The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
AS Andrew Carnaygie given We a
libry YETI asked Mr.. Dooley.
Not that 1 know w." said Mr..

HAS Andrew Carnaygie given We a
nbry yet?'' asked Mr.. DooIey.
Not that 1 know w." said Mr.
Hennessy.
"Iie WILL" said Mr. Doolcy "Ye'n not
escape him. Befure ne dies, he hopes to
crowd the 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 to put up libries. Befure another
year. ivry house in Pittsburg that amt
blast furnace will be "A Carnaygie Iibry.
In some places all tn buildins is Hbries.
II We write him FIR an autygraft. he sinds
ye a libry. No beggar is liver turned
Imply handed fr'm tn dure. TIL pan
handler knocks an asts fr a glass iv
milk an a roll. No, sir says Andrew
Carnaygie. 1 will not pauperize this on
worthy man. Nawthin' is worse fr a
beggar man thin to make pauper iv
him. Yet it shall not be said iv me that
] gave nawthin' to tn poor Saunders.
give him a libry an ii he stin insists on
roll. tell him 10 roll tn Hbry. FIR I'm
humorous as we'll as wise he says
i. Does he give tn books that go with
it?'' asked Mr.. Hennessy.
''Books?" said Mr.. Dooley What
ARE We talkin about? Dye know what
a libry is? I suppose We think it's
place where a man can so, haul down
wan ~ his fav'rite authors Fl n tn shelf
an take Il nap in it, That's not a Car
maggie libry. A Carnaygie Hbry is
large, brown stone impenethrible buildin'
with tn name iv tn maker blown on tn
dure. Libry. firm tn Greek wurruds IL
bus. a book. and airy. sildom-slldom
book A Carnaygie libry is archytechoor.
not lithrachoor. LithFaehoor will be rip
risinted. TIL mos cilIybrated dead au-
thors will be houOred be havin their
names painted n tn wall in distinguished
COmp'n, as thus; Andrew Carnaygie.
Shakespeare. Andhrsw-- Garnaygie Byron.
Andrew Carnaygie. Bobby Burns. An
dhrew Carnaygie, an so on. Ivry author
IS guaranteed place mex to pure readin'
matther like a bal1in' powdher advertise
mint, so that whin a man comes along
that niver heerd iv SHAKESPEARE, he'll know
he was somebody because there he is on
tn wall. That's tn dead authors. TIL
live authors Will stand outside an wish
they were dead.
Hes havin' gr-reat spcort with it. I
Tread his speech tn other day whin he
laid tn corner stone iv tn libry at Pia-
nola. Ioway Tn entire population iv 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 Elk
change, an some STRAY live stock. La
dies an gintlemen, says he. 'Modesty
compels me to say nawthin' on this occa-
sion bat 1 am not to be bulldozed,' he
says. I can't tell We how much pleasure
] take in disthributin' mOnymints TO tn
humble name around which has gathered
so many hOn'rable associations with me-
silf. I have been very busy little man
all me life but I like hard wurruk an
gfvin away me money is tn hardest wur-
ruk liver did. 1t fairly makes me teeth
ache TO part with it. But there's wan
consolation. cheer mesilf with tn
thought that no matther how much
money 1 give. it don't do amy particular
person amy good. TIL worst thing We
can do FIR amy man is to do him good
] pass by tn organ grinder on tn corner
with a savage glare. 1 hate tn monkey
on tn head whin he comes up smilin' TO
me window an hurl him down on his
imyecyoonyOhs owner. None Nv me money
goes into tn little tin cup. I cud kick a
hospital an I lave Wall sthreet to look
afther tn widow an tn orphan. Tn
submarged tenth. thin that can't get
hold iv good chunk iv tn goods. 1 wud
cut off firm tn rest Nv tn wurruld an
pre- int firm bear.n' tn naughty name iv