The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-13
MIR. AND MRS, CARNEGIE
 VISIT NORTHAMPTON
GREAT PLEASURE TO BE IN
 PRETTY LITTLE TOWN.
Ardent Wish of Mrs. Carnegie's Grand mother FulfIIed-Carnegie House of the Home Culture Club Opened, the Wife of Steel King Unlocking the Main Door With Silver Key.

Northampton, Mass, April 12.-An- drew Carnegie was the guest of honor and the principal speaker at a public meeting held in the Academy of Music tonight to signalize the opening of the Carnegie house, the latest addition to the group of buildings devoted to the work of the Home Culture clubs in this city,. .... ..-4-..---s .-
 The new house, which will be used as an administrative building was made possible by gift of $5O,Oo0 from MT. Carnegie. It was formally opened with brief exercises late this afternoon in the course of which Mrs. Carnegie was presented with a jewel casket contain- ing a silver key with which she un- locked the main door. ~ ...
 Later MT. and Mrs. Carnegie receiy- ed the members of the clubs and others in the new building. ~ During the reception a committee from the Springfield Libraray associa- ton presented MT. Carnegie with reso- lution of thanks for his recent gift of $150, ,000 for the erection of a public li- brary building in Springfield, and a committee from Turner's Falls thanked him for a donation received toward the erection of a libraray building in that town.
 George ". Cable presided at to- nights meeting at the Academy of Mu- sio and spoke on the work of the home culture clubs. . z-. Mayor s. M. Connor also spoke, after
 which MT. Carnegie was introduced, and in opening said: 5..s...
 There were several reasons why Mrs. Carnegie and myself could not resist your kind invitation to visit North { ampton. Mrs. Carnegie's old family connection with this beautiful town, and the injunction which her grand
 mother often impressed upon her-"If
 you can, do visit Northampton which was to the old lady in her ninety-sec- ond year the earthly paradise of hu- man settlements. Mrs. Carnegie has this day been able to fulfill the ardent
 wish of her revered grandmother. I | wished to see Northampton because 1 many years ago it was brought to my
 notice as the model town in the care of it's people, unique in the amount of 1 it's charitable endownents, and in it's college said to be the largest and high est seat of learning for women in the
 United States, therefore in, the world,
 for in .wonlen's education our country stands first-in it's agricultural school public libraries, its free kindergarten
 school, it's art gallery, hospital Acad-
 emy of Music, high school--in all these ! needed constituents of a high civiliza- tion." MT. and Mrs. Carnegie were the
 guests tonight of MT. Cable, and will
 return to New York tomorrow morn i ing. ., .. The Home Culture clubs, founded by
 MT. Cable eighteen years ago, consist
 of small groups of persons of all class
 es, who are brought together socially
 for courses of reading and study. Some
 200 classes are conducted.
 The Carnegie house, which stands in
 Gothic street, in the center of the city
 is one of group of four buildings used
 by the clubs, and is of brick, four sto-
 ries in height, and of colonial design Besides the offices of the clubs, it con tains a large hall, class rooms and bill l Hard rooms. ,a"