The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18
NJ -:ss.DO1O LEY.
Mr.. DOoley on the Carnegie LibTaries S

BY F. P. DUNE.

HAS Andrew Carnaygie given we a
| libry yet?" asked Mr.. Dooley.
mot that 1 know iv," said Mr.. Hen
messy.
'He wiH,' said Mr.. Dooley. "Ye'll
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 wear.
1vry house in Pittsburg that amt a
blast furnace will be a Carnaygie Iibry,
In some places all tn buildin's is lfbrfes.
Ii We write him FIR an autygraft, he
sInds ye libry. No beggar is fyer
turned Imply handed firm tn dure Ths
pan-handler knocks an asts FIR glass
" milk an roll. No, sir" says. An
dhreW Carnaygie. I will not pauperfze
this unworthy man. Nawthin' is worse
fr beggar thin to make a paupereiv
him. Yet it shall not be said iv me that
l give nawthin' to tn poor. Saunders,
give him a Hbry an if he still insists
on a roll, tell him to roll tn libry. FIR
I'm humorous as well as wise he saws. -
Does he give tn books that go with
it ~ asked Mr.. Hennessy.
'Books?" said Mr.. Dooley: s'What
ar-are We talkin' about? Dye know
what libry is? I suppose. we think
It's place where man can go, haul
down wan iv his fav'rite authors fr'm
tn shelf an take a nap in it. That S
not Carnaygie Iibry. A Carnaygie
libry is a large, brown-st3ne Impene-
thrible buildin' with tn name iv th,
maker blown on tn dure. Libry, firm
tn Greek wurruds, libus, book, am
airy, SIldom-sildOm a book A Car
maggie llbry is archytechOor, not lith-
rachoor LithrachCor will lie riprisint-
ed. Tn mos cillybrated dead authors
will be honored be havin their names
painted on tn wall in distinguished
comp'ny, as thus: Andrew Carnaygie
Shakespere, Andrew Carnaygie, By
ron, Andrew Carnaygie, Bobby Burns
Andrew Carnaygie, an SO on. Tvry
author is guaranteed a place mex to
pure readin' matther like a bakin' pow
dher advertisement, SC that whin a
man comes along that niver heerd iv
SHAKESPEARE, he'll know ne was some
body because there he is on tn wall.
That's tn dead authors. TIL live au-
thofs will stand outside an wish they
were dead.
He's havin' great sport with it,
r-read his speech tn other day whin
he laid tn corner stone iv tn Iibry at
Pianola, Ioway. TIL entire population
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 gintlemen,' SAYS
he 'Modesty compels me to say naw-
thin on this occasion, but 1 am not to
be buIIdozed,' he says. Il can't tell We
how much pleasure I talEassIn dis,
thributin' monymints to- sfUf7lble
name around which has gathered so
nanny hon'rable associations with ME.
silf. have been q very busy little man
all me life,, but 1 like hard wurruk an
giVin' away me money is TIL hardest
Wurruk / iVeP did. 1t. fairly makes me
teeth ache to part Witheit. But there's
wan. consolation. 4 cheer nesilf with
tn thought that no natther how much
money L give, it don't do amy partic-
ular person amy good. TIL worst thing
We can do f'r amy man is to do him
good. l pass by tn organ grinder on
tn corner with a savage glare. l hate
tn monkey on tn head Wsilinshes comes
up smilin' to me window an Hlfr1 him
down on his impecyoonyous owner
None iv me money goes into TIL little
tin cup. [ cud kick hospital an I
lave Wall sthreet to look afther tn
widow an tn orphan. TIL submerged
tenth, thin that can't get hold iv
good chunk iv tn goods, / wud cut off
FIR m tn rest iv tn wurruld an prevint
firm bearin' tn naughty name ~ papa
or tn still lovelier name iv ma So far
I've got on'y half me wish in this mat
Their. I don't want poverty an crime
to go on. intind to stop it. But how?
It's been holdin' it's own FIR cinchries
Some iv tn gr-reatest iv former minds
has undertook to prevint it an has fail
ed. They didn't know how. Modesty
wud preVint me again firm jSayin' that
/ know how, but that's nayether here
nor there. I do. TIL way to abolish
poverty an bust crime is to put up a
brown-stone builGin in ivry town in
tn country with me name over it.
That's tn way. 1 suppose tn raison it
wasn't thried befure was that no man
efforts is not appreciated ivrywhere. L
offer a city libry an oftentimes it
replies an asks me FIR something to
pay off tn school debt. rayceive de-
graded pettys4luns firm so-called proud
mothropolises .asl1in' FIR gas house in
place iv libry. l pass thin by with