The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-18

HAS Andrew Carnaygie given we a
libry YETI" asked Mr. Dooley.
Not that l know w." said Mr.. Hen
messy.
He will'' said Mr.. Dooley. Yen
not escape him. Befure he dies he hopes
to crowd a libry on ivry man. woman
an child in tn country. He's given
thin to cities, towns, villages, an
whistlin' stations. They're tearin'
down gas houses an poor houses to
put up libries. Befure another year
ivry house in Pittsburg that amt a
blast furnace will be Carnaygie libry
In some places all tn buildin's is IL
bries. If We write him FIR an autygraft
he sinds We a lbry. No beggar is ever
turned Imply handed firm tn dure
Tn pan-handler knocks an asts FIR
a glass Nv milk an a roll. No, sir,
says Andrew Carnaygie. L will not
pauperize this unworthy man. Nawthin
is worse FIR a beggar man thin to
make a pauperiv him. Yet it shall not h
said iv me that l give nawthin' to tn
poor. Saunders. give him a libry an
If he still insists on a roll, tell him to
roll tn libry. FIR I'm humorous as well
as wise he says"
Does he give tn books that go with
tt?' asked MIR. Hennessy.
Books said Mr.. Dooley. What
ar-re ye talkin' about? Dye know
what a libry is? | suppose We think
it's a place where a man can go, haul
down wan Nv his fav'rite authors firm
tn shelf an take a nap in II. That's
not Carnaygie libry. A Carnaygie
| libry is large, brown-stone impene-
thrible buildin' with tn name Nv tn
maker blown on tn dure. Libry, firm
tn Greek wurruds, libus, a book, an
airy, sildom-sildom book. A Carnay-
| gle libry is archytechoor. not lthra-
choor. Lithrachoor will be riprisinted
! TIL mos cillybrated dead authors will
be honored be havin' their names paint
| ed on tn wall in distinguished comp
! ny, as thus: Andrew Carnaygie
| Shakespeare, Andrew Carnaygie, BY
ROM Andrew Carnaygie, Bobby
! Burns Andrew Carnaygie, an so on.
lvry author is guaranteed place mex
to pure readin' matter like a bakin'
| powdher advertisemint so that within
man comes along that niver heerd Nv
Shakespeare, he'll know he was some
body because there he is on tn wall.
| That's tn dead authors. TIL live au-
thors will stand outside an wish they
were dead.
He's havin' gr-reat sport with IL.
/ r-read his speech tn other day whin
he laid tn corner stone iv tn libry at
4 idiitlttt iOWdy. II tullTG DODYtaIlOn
! Nv this lithry cinter gathered to see an
hear him. They was tn postmaster
an his wife, tn blacksmith an his
family, tn station agent, mine host iv
| tn farmers Exchange, an some
sthray live stock. Ladies an gintle-
| men, says he. 'Modesty compels me
to say nawthin' on this occasion but
l am not to be bulldozed,' he says. I
can't tell We how much pleasure take
In Il let taa-fl 4. H.
humble name around which has gath
cred so many hon'rable associations
with mesilf. l have been a very busy
little man all me life, but | like hard
wurruk an givin' away me money Is
tn hardest wurruk / liver did. 1t fair
~ makes me teeth ache to part with
| 1t. But there's wan consolation 1
cheer mesilf with tn thought that no
matther how much money | give. 1t
don't do amy particular person amy
! good. TIL worst thing we can do FIR
| amy man is to do him good L pass
! by tn organ grinder on tn corner with
a savage glare. / bate the monkey on
! tn head whin he comes UP smllin' to
me window an hurl him down on his
| lmpecyoonyous owner None Nv me
| money goes into tn little tin cup.
| cud kick a hospital an lave Wall
sthreet to look afther tn widow an
| IN orphan. IN submerged tenth,
thin that can't get hold iv a good
chunk Nv tn goods, / wud cut off firm
tn rest iv tn wurruld an prevint firm
bearin' tn naughty name Nv papa or
tn still lovelier name Nv ma. So
far I've got on'y half me wish in this
matther. | don't want poverty an
crime to go on. ] intind to stop 1t.
But how? It's been holdin' its own
fr cinchries. Some Nv tn gr-reatest w
former minds has undertook to pre-,
Vint 1t an has failed. They didn't
know how Modesty wud prevint me
again firm sayin' that / know how,
but that's nayether here nor there. /
do. TIL way to abolish poverty an
bust crime is to put up a brown stone
buildin' in ivry town i'm tn country
with me name over it, That's tn way.
| suppose tn raison 1t wasn't thried
befure was that no man liver had such
name. 'Tis thrue me efforts is not
appreciated ivrywhere. offer a CITY
libry an oftentimes IL replies an
asks me FIR something to pay off tn
school debt l rayceive degraded pet
tyshuns firm so-called proud methro-
polises askin FIR a gas house in place
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