The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-14

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deed, but owing to the growing i'm
| portance of the Russian empire and
people interest in this peculiar tongue
is on the increase
In the matter of preference. history
| has the greatest number of devotees
among the readers at the Congress
slonal library, fiction coming second.
Now, and for some time past. nearly
one-half of the number of readers in
the library reading room come here
to read town histories, genealogies
and that class of works which during
the past two years have appeared in
such numbers, and which deal with
historic towns, families, etc. of the
inherent groups of states of the
Union. Such subjects have become
immensely popular of late years. and
people who, ten years ago. probably
did not know the names of their graat.
grandparents, and possibly cared less
are today porting over old directories
genealogies, town histories and tho
Ike, in efforts to search up a dlstin.
guished ancestry.
One would also be surprised at tbe
large number of people who resort tn
'he library reading room to spend
their evenings reading works on bvn.
notism, table rapping, theosophy and
Nndred subjects The interest in
such matters is intense and far.reaob
ing and despite the advanced state of
learning and science it is astonishing
10 witness the large number of those
VINO every evening call for works on
the subjects aforementioned
The Congressional library lilo oil
institutions of considerable age has
quite number of old patrons Nor.
sons VINO have called regularly every
evening for the past 20 or 20 vears
some OF them have been coming 70
the library for period which evtarda
beyond the memory of many of tho
"dest employees and librarians Ono
man mas called every day for the nast
HV years TO spend several houre doiI,
reading poetry. He never reads or,'
'ning else' this being his hobby A.
- o,u''iiner has made the subject
Vi mushrooms his hobby and reods
r'erything printed on the spbioo,
=. ,oSe VINO come to prime themselve.
.uii OF nasty, ready.made inform, 49,
WI papers, speeches, addresses 90
are always In evidence. Some 20 49,
heaviest reading is done bv vorna
japanese and Chinese students who
are making the very best of that. "no
'ortunities. Next the works nm a., Up
-uai'sm' etc, the number of bno,..
mat are read on sociology , NS
lues''ons' criminology, the trust nroh
Ems etc,' Is astonishingly great No
h.e,eSt IN such things has been ~
ne increase for the past several roa o'
'nu SHOWS no evidence of waninS
minors under the age If sivta
,os allowed lowed IN the reading room md ~
'as long been the policy Of tbn D =, ~
aas ian Oh congress to assist WOW
eauerS between the ages Of oiv,as
nu t"ehty'one to a class NJ a
eauihg matter. The librarians soou
,,ro"I power to increase the rsa
I y OF the library as an ednoo. use
,hsll'u''on by giving advice s"r
. e'uohs and information to No. 9us
90 encouraging desire among vo' onu
e'uers for the best and most youns
we Vr, class of solid reading mat tto, uc'
q. " me standing near the desE of -,
I ,,.nE room one day the write .'7
=, ms'e lad Just sixteen years -, saw saw
!, ana IN card for Plato's "Ro o oi age
, m5S happened at the close If n" ,'
/, on the part of a largo n " great |
=, Young readers for cbean lumber lumber |
S " The little fellow did r aU'e emile |
,,,. cara made out quite riebt "I p,,t nave
,i5a attended to that for b, pu' the
,'u lg pleasure, putting bim ,.n with |
er s' ,,' pains to see that the ,'a ya, to
I'm wa" va, supplied in short ordo Jung
~, ~" me right translation '' V,l and
20 .ora SHOWS taste for such Iit mmeh a |
,n'g Is some hope for him ''' e',, |
% u'ways rest assured Of ro ana he
,ra y attention at the disposal I,' es
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