The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24

Fast side Appreciates Thrm 'ua..
Ing OuI for the thIl,iTrn'> H....r-
n New York il Ia h'corl" tr.
roofs the Public Library H. gurr- ..
sharr tn bring II about Air',u.
the forty branches have oy"nI.- .-
rooms un ID" roof. ana NOR .. -.
opened Just a. soon ~ thus" Iu .... ....-
have Justified the expense OF thee, ....
Iishment
The branches fttci up m tht- -.. .-e
the Seward Park branch GA EJ-' D..
way; the Rvington street bran .s
Hamilton Fish Park branch. 80 So, ..,
Houston street: the ~ Gabriel ....
az a9 East Thirty -siNth street. u... Pie.
Columbus avenue branch. a. ~ ..'7
avenue That they are appr"'H,... r.
shown Nv the fact that between 9. ...f 30
per cont of those who VISIT tN'. U.-.rra-
IN the summer months ClTh 'n 'rn
top to ENJOY the fresh arr and tp .tr.. a
possible breeze that might h. VOTED
about up there.
Steep and hot II the climb. but great Il
tho reward. cool retreat. ~ Far tom
the no,ar and the heat Of th" -iI'a'- as
VOC can get IN th" tenement d-trrn'.
closed in by iron ratings and hlgh box
hedges. covered Nv = cool looking green
striped awning and hung with .la,'rIc
lights for night reading. these roofs oaar
enough compensation for the climb up
four flights al stairs Then when you
have fully recovered from the effect ~
the tourney you may sit down at com.
Portable table IA a comfortable char
and spend the rest Of tn" div thor,
reading magazines, newspapers "r hooks
that ynuh brought up from IN" shelves
downstairs.
Al ola. or two 81 the branches such
hooks A. hav, heen discarded from tho
shelves are scnt up To- the r"uf for rh,
lenaii, % thos" who want something moro
substantial than periodical literature 20
read In"s-' books may not o." taken
home. Tor a. vet no provision 'I= Ion
made for eAt,n diug N" offices Of Oh" a.r-
Culation d"partn"nt To tn" roof
There Is always "a librarian M large
to count tho visitors. to CIV" counsel or
advice and to seo that the silence rlle is
strictly observed, tor ocCasIunalir >pme
youngsters stray in who think that 'he>'
roofs ar. public Fairgrounds ami hfE
their voices and their hands ana feet IN
with this belief until they are
impressed with the fact that even though
il IL on a roof library In a library for
"A that
At th seward Park branch. on Past
Broadway ana jefferson street. II often
happens that some poor mother coHlusas
the library WITH tho Educational Alliance.
which stsIds on the oiposit" corncr and
clin.srs 70 tEy roof Nith s"yo oral small
ur,h ms IN her ~akc before she r'lil1"s
h"r mistake. lh"r" Is a recreation @, ntre
on ia, ROOT of mat other building where
sil.nCo II not obligatory In sucn case
IT," young lihrarWn IN cEarE" does the
h..,t sho can Ia ANTS" the urghIns until
H.. mother - rested euolGh TO under
take the second rooiw ara ascent.
At II" - efahrIel branch and the Ham
Itun rush Park branch there are 80 many
more iuS all" tuGn adult visitors on the
root Ia, -. oial chiidren's assistant j.
called in to take charge Of them on ths
b usiest days v hon there are enough %
them. as sometimes happens on Saur-
dav afternoon they are treated 10
story hour. when one of the Librarians
gathers them together and tells them
story. Oftentines there are as many IS
thirty or forty at a time when the school
and playground hours are over. and II i
not unusual to have several hundred IN
a Tendance IN one day.
Tho Riv!ngtor street branch. which
stands lust west of Alien street holds
the record m numbers for several r"a- us
In the FIRST place l. has m publ" play
ground rival IA the inmediat" n"igftor-
hood: secondly. IL keeps op"n Saturday
nights until 10 O'Clock and SUNDAYS from
, until y. Moreover, this root has l'crn
established for hv" years. for d i' N"