The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-08
LIBRARY BOOKS SHOW
RESULTS OF CONTEST
Proverb Volumes Were Eagerly
Sought and Soon
Worn Out

The circulation of books in the st.
Paul public library during the month
or March was the largest in the year.
More cards were in force at the close
OF the month than ever before in the
history of the institution and the prov
erb contest of The Globe was re-
sponsible for both facts. The officials
of the library have reached this con-
ciusion and doubters are respectfully
commended to take a glance at the ref
erence room in the library any day un-
I'll April is and be convinced
TIL e Clio paid the library and the
reference room a visit yesterday after
noon and found every book bearing
upon proverbs in the circulating de-
partment out and many calls waiting
for every one the moment they were
returned. In the reference room were
twenty-eight persons busy poring
through books of proverbs kept there.
Two Books Stolen
IF this contest were to last much
longer l am afraid it would nearly drive
me crazy!" exclaimed Mrs. Katherine
NICK Beals. who is in charge of the
reference room. Why" she continued.
people are here in perfect crowds ali
1sy long studying up on proverbs.
Ihey are even coming over from Min
neapolis to study the proverbs up in
our library. l understand some enter
pr1sing individual over there stole the
Minneapolis library copies of Haslett's
ana Christy's compendiums of prov
erbs- They are the two best authori-
ties on the subject and both are out of
print so the MillCity people come here.
Just let me get Haslett's and Chris
" DOCKS a moment to show YOU"
Mrs Beals went out to the reference
tables and came back with three big
volumes. Two, Christy's books, were
IN most dilapidated state of wear.
Ihe third, Haslett'S. was in a new
binding. Now when this contest start
er, she resumed, 'all three of these
DOCKS were practically as good as new
Ihey were probably used on an average
OF once a year. They have been in
constant use ever since the start of
the contest. We had to send Hasletts
book out to get it rebound between two
days the condition of the binding was
so bad.
But there is not the slightest ques-
ton in my mind but what the contest
Is most excellent affair from an edu-
catonal point of view. We have had
hundreds of proverb students here
since it opened and they have been of
uOtH sexes, ranging IN age between
the years Of 10 and so. They cannot
possibly guess upon each of the fifty
proverbs without acQuainting them
selves with great many other prov
erbs- wish every child in St Paul
would take part in it for it would help
them ever so much" And Mrs Beals
turned away to explain to a lady with
a big bundle of paper that it was
really impossible for her to advance
q theory as to the probable solution
TO proverb picture No. 81, because she
might give the wrong proverb in an
swer and thus blight all of the lady's
chances of winning.
Answers Pour In
Yesterday many more sets of an
swers came pouring in upon the con-
test manager and the fact that many
are eontesting for the big prize money
offered seems assured.
Tuesday afternoon, April Is, at
o'clock has been decided upon as the
day and hour for drawing the contest
to close. Answers received in T h
u b e office up to that minute will
be entitled to and receive the same
recognition as any. Answers mailed to
L h e G 10 b e and bearing the receiv-
ing stamp of the st. Paul postoffice
showing that they were in the office not
later than o'clock on that afternoon
will be admitted. Answers arriving
later will not be entitled to recognition
in the contest.