Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-18
HAS Andrew Carnaygie given ye
q libry yet?" asked MIR. Dooley,
'.Not that know IL" said Mr.. Hen

has AndnreW Carnay81e given ye
ibry yet?" asked Mr., Dooley,
"Not that know IL" said Mr.. Hen
messy.
'He WILL" said Mr.. pooley. "Ye'll
not escape him. Befure he dies, he
hopes to crowd Z. libry on ivry man,
woman, an child in tn country.
He's given thin to cities, towns, vii
lagos, an whistlin' stations. They're
tearin' down gas houses an poor
houses to put up libries. Befure an
other year, ivry house in Pittsburg
that amt a blast furnace will be
.Carnaygie libry. In some places all
eth buildin's is slibries. If We write him
FIR an antygraft, he sinds We a. libry.
No beggar is liver turned, Imply hand
ed firm tn dure. TIL pan-handler
knocks an asts f'r glass iv milk
an a roll. No, sir, says Andrew
Carnaygie. I will not pauperize this
onworthy man. Nawthin' is worse FIR
a beggar man thin to make a pauper
Nv him Yet 1t shall not e~-said iv
me that I gave naWthin' to tn poor.
Saunders, give him libry an if he
still insists on g roll, tell him to roll
tn libry. F'r I'm humorous as well
as wise he says
ttDoes he give tn books that go with
it?n asked Er. Hennessy.
tBooks?" said Mr.. Dooley. What
ar-re We talkin' about? Dye know
what q. libry Is? I suppose ye think
It's a place where a man can go, haul
down van " his fav'rite authors firm
tn shelf an take nap In it.. That's
not Carnaygic libry. A Carnaygie
libry is a large, brown-stone impene-
thrihle buildin with tn name " tn
maker blown on tn dure. Libry, firm
en- Greek wurruds, ihus. a book, an
airy, sildom-sildom a book. a Car
maggie lihry is archytechoor, not lith-
achoor. Lithrac hoor will be riprisint-
ed. TIL mos cillybrated dead authors
will be honored be }lavin' their names
painted on tn wall in distinguished
comp'ny. as thus: Anarhew Caruay-
gle, SHAKESPEARE, Andrew Carnaygie,
Byron, Andrew Carnaygie, Bobby
Burns, Andrew Carnaygie. and SO
On. Iyry author is guaranteed a place
mex to pure readin' matther like 4
baking powder advertisement. so that
whin a man comes along that niyer
heerd iv Shakespeare, he'll know he
was somebody, because there he is on
tn wall That's tn dead authors.
TIL live autlors will stand outside an
wish they were dead.
He's havin' gr-reat sport with 1t.
I read his speech tn other day whin
he laid tn cornerstone iv TIL libry5 at
iv this lithTy cinter gathered to see
an hear him. Theyswas tn postmast-
er an his wife, tn blacksmith an
his family, TIL station agent, naine
host iv tn Farmers Exchange. an.
some sthray live stock. Ladies an
gintlemen,' says he. 'Modesty tompels
me to say nawthin' on this occasion
but I am not to be bulldozed,' he says.
7 can't tell We how much pleasure
take in disthributin' monymints to
tn humble name around which has
gathered so NANNY hon'rable asso-
Citations with naesilf, have been
very Fee little man all me life, but
8 like = - = Whrruk an givin' away
mo money is tn hardest Wurruks
iyer did. It fairly makes me teeth
ache to part with it. But there's
wan consolation. I cheer mesilf with
tn thought that no matther how
much money I give, 1t don't do amy
particular person amy good: TIL
worst thing ye can do f'rsanny man is
TO do him good. Il pass by TIL organ
grinder on tn corner with a savage
glare bate tn monkey on TIL head
whin he comes up smil to me win
dow an huri him down on his impe-
q ENORMOUS owner. None " me money
goes into tn, little tin cup. 8cud kick
a hospital, an lave Wall sthrNetS
to look afther h wild W an TIL
orphan. TIL sub1narged tenth, thin
1 that cant set hold " a good chunk
SiV TIT goods, Wud cut on firm thu.
& rest iv TIL wurruld an pTeyipt firm
hearin' TIL. naughty name aiv papa or
til. still lovelier name II ma. So
I far I've got on q = e wish in this
n,atther, is don want poyerty.s an
But how been hold II, ita oyyH
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