The Newtown bee., 1903-06-26
PRIZES FOR READERS OF TABARD INN
 LIBRARY BOOKS.


 LIBRARY BOOKS.
 There are q good many New Milford people who are not aware of the fact that the town has a Tabard Inn libra ry stat tion, at the well-known drug store of Albert Evitts. What is the Tabard Inn library? The Tabard Inn is the. very newest thing in circulating libraries. It is owned and managed by the Booklovers Library, the largest corporation library in the world, with paid-up capital of over S2,OO0,OOO The plan of operating ensures the quickest, cleanest, and most trust worthy library service in the world. The Tabard Inn brings it's books to convenient centrally located stations where exchanges may be made. Re- volving bookcases (of quaint Tabard Inn design) are placed in attractive shops, covering the entire United States. This means library with thousands of branches. These cases hold from 125 to 25O books each. Every 1 book is boxed in an attractive case of black cloth carrying red band. The books are always fresh and clean and in absolutely the best state of repair. You will find delight in handling books so inviting. The books are changed once week or twice month from the central stations. A Tabard Inn book is the only identifca cation necessary. To make an exchange the member places one book on the shelf, takes down an other, and drops ticket in the slot in the bookcase. The book can be carried anywhere and exchanged anywhere The membership fees: Annual fee, S1.5O; life fee, $500. The management announce. $2, ,OOO in cash prizes for the summer months to stimulate whole. some reading and research and to pop ularize the educational and literary advantages of the Tabard Inn Libra ries. Offer No. 5 includes: The "five most helpful American writers now living" Twelve prizes amounting 1T all to $500 will be paid to the Tabarc Inn members naming the five mos1 helpful American writers now living' (that is, living at the date when the answer is mailed). By helpful is mean writers of books or of magazine O. newspaper articles whose influenc upon the American public is greates for good in the broadest sense. Tn first prize will be awarded to the com petitor who has on his or her list tn five names receiving the largest vote If no competitor should have all five the first prize will be awarded for fou or three as the case may be. If ther should be tie the prize will be award ed to the one who has done better wor than the other on any or all of the fou competitions. The names of the fv writers selected must be neatly writte on the prize letter sheet which can secured at any Tabard Inn static
 upon the purchase of six exchang
 tickets. Mail the sheet as directed
 Competition No. l. The first prize # this contest will be $500, the secor D. prlze will be $200, and there will be 'e third prizes of S1O each.
 The J. w. Hoyt Go. are offeril
 some fine pianos to the public in u
 Steinway, Shoninger, Standard, Je'
 ett, Bordman and Woodbury. He h
 placed number of fine instrumen
 locally.
 Jeweler M. w. Hill is offering ve E handsome and attractive line of th' eerr mometers, including some pretty NJ ba Milford souvenir thermometers. Th ti- sell at price you can afford to b
 them.
 }, s. Edgar Bostwick has bought
 Deering corn harvester and has alrea
 75 acres of corn to cut for his nelf