The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-01-27
A GEM OF A LIBRARY
IT'S WONDERFUL SCHEME N COLOR
TONE AND CLASSICS.

rIunNhtlkN " Us 'Nhh. -
the Ingenuity of tile Twelve Vol
umc Edition 'of Ennius.
4 So. Louis pro rr who makes
speciality Of the cl. Languages and
Is particularly fond OF the Latin lit
eraturc was treated not long siucc to
q surprise he is not likely soon to Tor.
got.
An old friend who for many years
resided IN q distant state not long ago
moved to this city aud sent to the pro.
fas~or notice Of his arrival The twain
met downtown by appointment and
the now arrival invited the professor
90 call no his home "as soon as we get
thing, fixed up" After q decent in.
tcrval allowed for the fixing up the
professor called, and rs the gentleman
Of the house was momeutar.ly ougag-
cd Tho man of much Latin was usher
ell into his friends library. whore he
sat delighted with the elegant appear
aucc of the superb carved oak book
cases and the long rows Of gilt and
Russia Ills chair was close 10 one
OF the eases. and, glanciug round he
noted with keen satisfaction the names
Of Greek authors who had been his
lifelong library companions. He also
noted that each half OF each case to
the middle of the door contained exact.
~ twelve volumes and that each au.
thor's works constituted set of the
same number. II n'mcr twelve vol
uNcs; SophoclcS. twelve. so also with
Acsclylus Euripidcs. IIcrodotus. Thu.
cvd.lcs and even Thcocritus, each had
It's appointed number
"This Us peculiar" said the professor
TO himself. for he knew that some of
these authors wrote little and Others,
much Extensive commentaries per
haps." was his rcHcxlon. and. rising. he
stepped 10 the ucNt case and on tho
top shelf here was Eunlus In twelve
volumes. heading a long line Of most
respectable Roman historians and
poets. whats thlsT The professor
gave start for, although he knew
perfectly well that EnnIus was the
first in time of the Latin poets. he
knew also that there were only about
couple OF dozen lines OF him left and
that these had been preserved as quo
tatlons in the works of later writer's
"Enuius In twelve volumes. | never
heard Of such a thing. What In the
world can il bef'
lie glanced lnyoluntarily at the lock.
But there was no key. And while his
t marvel greater grew the door opened
. and I'm came his friend.
Half an hour later, after old times
had been discussed and former friends
recalled, the professor. who grew more
and more curious TO find out how any
commentator could expand twenty or
thirty lines of an old time poet into
twelve large volumes, brought up tho
e subject
| "By the way, notice you have an
h Ennius here In twelve volumes. Now.
e remembering that only twenty or thlr.
~ lines Of his poems are known to eN-
o lst | have great curiosity to know
~, what this can be. Is It commentary,
u history or, II not. what Is IT."
j. His friend smiled. "Oh, that's n lit
{ tie idea Of my wife. You see she has
a taste for Latin and Greek s,uG like
4 that and when we went 10 buy books
d Tor our library she determined TO have
a Greek case and Latin case. but
when we looked at the Greek and Latin
p books she found they were Of all sizes.
some too big TO go In the shelves and
some so lltLe that they looked like ba.
Il bics alongside the others, so she would
d not take 'cm.
2 but having her heart set on filling
up the Greek and Latin cases, she kept
worrying about them until finally she
hit on a great Idea. The ladies always
'' do, you know. II you give 'em time
enough
y "she took her idea to the binder and
= told him the exact length Of the
IT shelves and their height The binder
+. grinned little TO himself as she ex.
planned, but he was not the man to
lose a job, so he took lot Of thick
pine boards. trimmed one side so that
II bulged regularly like the backs OF
., books. and she went 10 library some
where and got list Of names for him
10 put bl llt buthHs ull'l llt came anu
S tackled in the boards and so she filed
h up her Greek ana Latin cases in sets
r. of twelve volumes each, twenty -four
y volumes on every board, and was per
o. Cpctly satisfied / don't know what
she did with the keys. Al here she
=. Is now, Allow me 10 Introduce my
friend, Professor Blank | was just
' telling him, my dear, OF your little
@ idea Of the Greek and Latin cases"
# "Oh, | hope, professor, you admire
II the setsw said the lady. Aren't they
/. lovcly|
g Perfectly lovely. madam" echoed
!, the professor.
"And don't you think it's good
ldcaT rejoincd the lady you see
nobody ever reads those old books
anyhow. but the uniform sets look
pretty, and the red contrasts well with