Arizona republican., 1903-01-18
Copyright, 1903, by Robert Howard
 Russell)
By F. P. DUNNE.

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 He will" said MT. DooIey. Yen net escape him. Befure he dies, he hopes to crowd a lbry On ivry man, woman an child in tn country. He's given thim to cities. towns. villages, an whistlin's stations. They're tearin' down gas houses an poor houses to put up libries. Befure another year. ivry house in Pittsburg that ain't blast furnace will be a Carnaygie libry. In some places all tn buildin's is libries If ye write him fir an autygraft, he sinds ye a libry. No beggar is iver turned imply handed fr'h tn dure. Tn pan-handlelr knocks an asts fir glass iv milk an roll. No. ST. says An dhrew Carnaygie. T will not pauperize this onworthy man. NaWthil' is worse f'r a beggar man thin to make a pau per iv him. Yet it shall not be said iv me that l give uu thin to tn poor. Saunders, give him libry an if he still insists on a roll, tell him to roll tn libry. F'r I'm humorous as well as wise he says"
 Does he give tn books that go with it?" asked MT. Hennessy.
 "Books?" said MT. DoOley. What ar-re ye talkin' about? Dye know what a libry is? l suppose ye think it's place where a man can go, haul down wan ivy his fav'rite authors firm tn shelf an take a raD in it. That's not a CaTnaygie libry. 4 Carnaygie li- bry is a large, brownstOne impenetri- ble buildin with tn name iV tn maker blown on tn dure Libry, firm tn Greek wurruds, Iibus, a book, an ary, sildom-sildom a book. A Carnay- gie libry is archytechOor. Lithrachoor will be riprisinted. Tn mos cilly- brated dead authors will be honOred be havin' their names painted on tn wall in distinguished comp'ny, as thus: Carnaygie, Byron, Andhrew Carnaygie. Bobby Burns, Andrew Carnaygie, an So on. Ivry author is guaranteed Q place neX' to pure readin matther like a b2kin powdher advertisemint, so that whin a man comes along that niver heerd iy Shakespeare he'll know he was somebody because there he is on tn wall That's tn dead authors Tn live authors will stand outside an wish they were dead.
 Hes havin' gr-reat spoort with it. l Tread his speech tn other day whin he laid tn corner stone iv tn libry at Pianola, Ioway. Tn entire population iv this Hthry ciuter gathered to see tAi AANAi 4AAAii- 2 AlGE VI d. LII DJS llIlt tS- ter an his wife, tn blacksmith an his family. tn station agent, mine host iv tn Farmers Exchange, an some sthray live stock. Ladies an gintIe- men, says he. 'MoGesty compels ne to say nawthin' on this occasion but am rot to be bullGozed,' he says. T can't tell ye how much pleasure I take in dis thributin' monymints to tn humble name around which has gathered so nanny hon'ra ble associations with me silf. l have been very busy little man all me life, but I like hard Wurruk an givin' away me money is tn hard est wurruk l iver did. It fairly makes me teeth ache to part with it. But there's wan consolation. l cheer me siIf with tn thought that no rnatther how much money I give, it don't do amy particular person amy good Tn worst thing ye can do fir amy man is to do him good. I pass by tn organ grinder on tn corner with q yavage glare. l hate tn monkey on tn head whin he comes up smilin' to me win dow an hurl him down on his impe- cyoonyOus owner. None fv me money goes into tn little tin cup. I cud kick hospital an I lave Wall sthreet to look afther tn widow an tn orphan. Tn submarged tenth. thim that can't get hold iv a good chunk iv tn goods. I wud cut off firm tn rest iv tn wur- ruld an prevint firm bearin' tn naughty name iv papa OF tn still love Her name iv ma. So far I've got on'y half me wish in thi7 ratthe-. I don't want poverty an crime to go on. I intind to stop it But now? It's been holdiI' its own f'r e,uchries. Some iv 4T,F dertook to preVint it an' has failed They didn't know. how Modesty wud prevint me again ct'm sayin' that l know how, but tr4t's nayether here nor there. I 10 Tn way to abolish poverty an bust crime is to put up a brown-stone buildin' in ivry town in tn country with me name over it. That's tn way. I suppose tn raison it wasn't thried befure was that m man iver had such name. Iris thrua me efforts is not apprecyated ivry- where. I offer a city a libry an often times it replies an asks me fir some thing to pay off tn school debt rayceivc degraded pettyshuns firm so- called proud mothropolises askin' fir a gas house in place iv a libry I pass thim by with scorn. All I ask iv a city in rayturn fir a fifty thOusan' dollar lbry is that it sh1lll raise wan millyor dollars to maintain tn buildin' an keep me name shiny an if it won't dc that much fir lithrachoor, tn divvle take it, it's onworthy iv tn name iy an American city. What ivry commu- nity needs is taxes an lithrachoor give thim both. Three cheers fir a libry an a bonded debt! Lithrachoor taxation an Andhrew CGrnaygie, war an insiprable, now an foriver They'se nawthin' so good as a good book. It's betther thin food; it's bet ther thin money. I have made money an books, an I like me books betthel thin me money. Others don't, but do. With these few wurruds I vii conclude. Modesty wud prevint me firm sayin' more, but I have to catcf a thrain an cannot go on. I stake yC to this Hbry which ye will have a. soon as ye raise tn money to keep i gcin'. Stock it with useful readin an some day, we're otherwise pauper an criminal childher will come to know ri, name whin l am gone an there's n' wan left to tell it thim.
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