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

I LIBRARY BOOKS.
 H There are good many New Milford people who are not aware of the fact \ that the town has Tabard Inn libra ry tation, 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 a p:aid-up capital of over S2,O0o, ,00O. The plan of operating ensures the quick est, 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 States. This means library with thousands of branches. These cases hold from 125 to 25O books each. Every book is boxed in an attractive case of black cloth carrying 2 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 identification 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, $1.50; life fee, S5.O0. The management announce 5000 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. includes: The five most helpful American writers now living" Twelve prizes amounting in all to $500 will be paid to the Tabard Inn members naming the "five most helpful American writers now living'' (that is, living at the date when the answer is mailed). By helpful is meant writers of books or of magazine or newspaper articles whose influence upon the American public is greatest for good in the broadest sense. The first prize will be awarded to the con- petitor who has on his or her list the five names receiving the largest vote. If no competitor should have all five, the first prize will be awarded for four or three as the case may be. If there
 should be tie the prize will be award ed to the one who has done better work
 than: the other on any or all of the four
 competitions. The names of the five
 writers selected must be neatly written on the prize letter sheet which can be secured at any Tabard Inn station
 upon the purchase of six exchange
 tickets. Mail the sheet as directed in
 Competition No. l. The first prize in ] this contest will be $500, the second .prlze will be S2OO, and there will be 10 third prizes of $1O each.
 The J. w. Hoyt Co. are offering some fine pianos to the public in the
 Steinway, Shoninger, Standard, Jew
 ett, Bordman and Woodbury. He has ] placed a number of fine instruments \ locally.
 Jeweler M. w. Hill is offering a very handsome and attractive line of ther-
 mometers, including some pretty New \ Milford souvenir thermometers. They 1 sell at price you can afford to buy ! them.
 s. Edgar Bostwick has bought a ! Deering corn harvester and has already 75 acres of corn to cut for his neigh