Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-19
PRAISE FOR
THE LIBRARY
Citizen Makes Excellent Sugset-
tions ard Expands on Benefits
Of Such an Institution.

In looking about for place IN
which to spend pleasant evening t !
occurred to me to visit the pubic
library in Montezuma park. 1t is So
quiet and bright, and so full of good
books and good company that it is a
wonder the elegant assembly room is
not continuously filled to OverflOwing.
True, very many come and go, and
Scribner's Golfers and others.
On the news table is found good
supply of newspapers, daily and week
| ly, and upon the shelves over 5000
volumes of the best of books, biOgraph-
| ical, literary, and historic
There is no better place in Las We
gas where the people may find op-
portunity for pleasant and profit
able evening.
a well read man or woman Will pass
at par the world over Mark the diff
ference between a family whose men,
| bers read much and the one where
| hey attach no importance to books,
BUT where the time is spent in lazy
idle gossip.
| In the one is found cultivation. in
telligence and that breadth of mind
which comes of a knowledge of the
important affairs of life.
In the other there is pancity Of
some tarry SO that it is evident the
reading habit is on in Las Vegas. The
reading room is especially patrOnizei
by the boys and girls in their teens,
but why not by the older of the young
men and ladies? On the tables may
be found all the recent periodicals:
AinsIees, Red Book, Harper's, Every
lbody's Magazine. Good Housekeeping,
the Four Track News, Youths Corl-
oanion, Literary Digest, the Outlook,
9ooklover's Magazine. The Book Man,
Review of Reviews, the Critic, Nc
Hlure's Magazine. the Cosmopolitan
information and ideas. a narrOwness
If mind born of ignorance. The read
! ling habit is a good one. Observe the
Iyoung man who reads, and contrast
such with those who make more o
a boot that fits. or a dress which is
lswell," than of mind stored witt
, knowledge.
What do the fathers and mothers o
: as Vegas want their children to be
Workers. walking in the pleasan
) paths of intellectual life. commanding
, the esteem and confidence of the pub
! Ilc or drones, conspicuous mainly 70
Their lack of information? Here. II
a this public library, maintained by tn
q generosity of people, striving to elt
@ lvate the intellectual and moral ton
d lof the community is opportunity fo
!. lreadng and investigation.
The maintenance of such an inst
t tuition is creditable tO@the public spir
If and forethought of our public official
It like the church, the school. the le
m ture room and the Y. M. G.. A..
" seeks TO disseminate knowledge an
10 l'ay the foundations of home cit
,g here where adjoining mountain an
er plain have designated place II
er charming homes, where intelligenc
in culture and morality are to be II
rt leading features Of life.
I'd Many of our people have no idea
a the coziness and internal beauty
of our public library. say, "our library
as because it is the property OF the cit
ge III is a veritable home where boys al
ng girls young men and maidens, mi
IT, fnd the very best associations OF Z
ce ages. and from which In stea
he stream refining, purifying and elev;
Ter ling influences may flow.
ST. Where better can the sons, a
by daughters be of an evening tn
Ids laround the tables, supplied free TO
ad for the coming. at the public librar
Al Where can the fathers and motht
&c. find better evening influences
led their children?
The teachers in the public scho
may make their labors lighter a
more efficient. by giving their puT
ES an hour day for reading.
Visit the library building; beco
md acquainted with its opportunities {
sti management and uphold the bonds
his those who are giving up their time
ted build and maintain creditable
a o stitution. CITIZEN
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