The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-23


and literary, scientific and eaucal1oaal
workers in the city, and others com
plying with the regulations laid down,
may take advantage freely ofIthe privi-
leges of the library.
We have had come down to US the fol-
lowing anecdote of Petrarch, the great
Italian poet, namely, that 'sThe Bishop
of Carvaillon, Petrareh S friend, in
playful experiment, locked up the poet S
library, intending TO exclude him from
it for three days, but the poet s misery
caused him to restore the KEY on the
first evening" And l verify believe
L should have become insane,'' saws
Petrareh, elf my mind had longer been
deprived of its necessary nourishment -
That we may be spared so serious an
ending, | hasten now to use these keys,
which have been today intrusted to the
trustees, to open, in their name, the
doors of the Cooke Library, asking you
all to follow, since
Life thrills along the allowed hall;
The Lords of thought await our call -
The Library Is Opened.
Upon the conclusion of the address,
Mr.. Damon, with little Carolenes as
sistance, unlocked the big front door
of the library. Passing Within the
trustees and their wives held an in
formal reception of the visiting
friends, and the building was inspect
ed from basement to upper book rack.
The splendid building added yester-
day to the educative plant at Punahou
has cost, with it's furniture and equip
ment, the sum of $4,000. There still
remains in the hands of the building
committee the sum of $500 of the
total donation by Mr. and Mrs. Cooke,
which is $44,80o. In addition to the
building, the generous donors have
placed $4,000 at the disposal of the
trustees for books. Of this amount
$4,000 has been spent, leaving $4,000 yet
to be invested. The selection of books
is being made with great care, the OBJ
ject sought being to create a we'll
roundabout working library, which
will meet the requirements of ali
branches of the institution There are
now 1900 books and 5000 unbound
pamphlets and documents on the
shelves. The total capacity of the
building is 10000 Volumes AS if the
foregoing were not enough. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cooke have also, presented to the
library a splendid painting of THE
Last Supper" 1t is a copy of one of
the most famous paintings in the
world. The original is in the great
cathedral at Milan, Italy, and was
painted by Leonardo da Vinci The
original picture is 30x12 feet in size
The copy is about half that size It
was painted by special order of Mr.
Cooke, when recently in Europe.
Following in the footsteps of their
parents, Mr.. Clarence II. Cooke has
presented the library with a fine bronze
statue of lion,and Theodore Cooke has
donated handsome bronze japanese
hibachi. To the initiated, it looks
like large and handsome jardiniere.
and it yesterday served that purpose
admirably, containing a young palm.
A copy of Alexander's series of six pic
lures. THE Evolution of the Book, y
the originals of which are in the Con
gressional Library, also ornament the
walls. They We're given by the gradu-
ating class last year.
J The library building is of blue lava
rock, one story and a basement. with
metal racks for books and oak tables
and chairs.
! The building was designed by A. L.
| Kerr and erected under contract by
/ John Ouderkirk, under the supervision
| of w. L. Emory. 1t is a credit to
designer, contractor and supervisor