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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

edition. il is argued that this course Is
sirable in the interest OF the puoi''
Fx-President Eliot OF HarNalu So''e
,oars ago at a conference OF the America"
,hrarv Association advocated cemeteries
for dead" books. and thought 'hdt o.e'e
might he established near Boston, Ne"
york Washington, the eastern slope Vi '"e
pocLies and the Pacific Coast Ihese ny
arv graveyards. or rather oipi'oei
,aeio,,r,s would be built on cheap land'
a,,,d he aat rooted and would contain
a.o,,s en- that books could be placed on
sbelves three deep, marked only pS SCI ''
,umber For economical spacing 'he ue"u
oras, would be grouped only accoru'hs ~
c,ze. theology. poetry and science "ouiu
-, toeather i'm the fellowship or death
"a uke dimensions. There would ne
1.,,hia u,ipdovs to exclude cold ana ouse
,ror, tho last resting place of the poohs
Sr,dorts would be permitted to resurrect
49, yolumes an operation which might
take day or two. T.,
,r,,. question of which books TO put in
such a limbo did not seem difficuit TO Dr'
Eliot who invoked the criterion W
I'D ANY book not called for In several
years should be sentenced to the cemetery -
4 great part of our books are ha'uran'
outdated bv each generation repri"'"s
"a re.editing. new encyclopedias, gazet-
,oore hiopraphies. histories. travels HAT
,ards library has been pinched lor roo"'
three times in sixty years .o,,
81. has been said that the present gen
Grafton cannot determine the taste II,
hooks which any future generation WIN
.,,itos, remarked Or. Eliot. ana there
fore that present disuse oil doom - ~,
| 40 no accented as evidence that II ~ u'''
: outright and forever. This susseSuo" mas
80 truth in IT, bu 1t does not go ial'
- 40 few books now In use winch
| - hoon resurrected after long puila' :
| -. - ,bere were such books, their 'e'h-
| -. .,oro0e I'm the house or disusen
| -, mould not prevent their restoration
| 80 ., the active libraries when the
new generation had Discovers
covered their merits am ho. p'opv''"e
1''..ar,, for dead books. but only a
receiving tomb. u.
superstitious book reverence "nee's
Nth No said a bookish young man. from
| ,ha dova Of the alphabets inNehuon anu
,ha time of scarcity In written OF printed
49, The burning OF the Library OF Al
exandria two thousand years ago was i"
crime against civilization because uooA'
and libraries were then so Few
we're no Carnegies in those Gays, III '"e
Middle Ages, likewise, the destruction OF
looks and manuscripts was properly epn7
sidered a barbaric deed. In Milton .lme
] 80. a,a stIll so scarce that the au'hor
~ Paradise Lost" was justified IN his
almost theological view OF book immortal sa,
a''' -. hooks are not absolutely dead
:, ro,e Milton. ~ good book Is
the precious lifeblood Of master spirit, spirit,
,n,,,,,od and treasured up on purpose
20 a life beyond life Even een'uF! aso
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
FUND FOR RUINED GAMBLERS.

The Casino company. which controls the
notorious gambling resort at Monte Carlo,
has provided fund to send home gam
bIers who have lost their all In the gam
bling rooms. The granting OF the viatique
Is constantly being carried on. The broken
gambler who presents himself at small
Office I'm the central saloon OF the Casino
is II he is found to be bona fide loser
handed the price OF a second class railway
ticket TO his home. whether his home be
I'm London. New York or Jerusalem, ana
enough extra money for his meals on the
tourney. An Englishman Is usually given
from $40 to $50 Each broken gambler who
receives the viatique signs a receipt for the
money handed TO him. surrenders his card
NJ admission to the Casino, and Is told that
- u,ui not be allowed again to enter the
wsmbling rooms until he has paid back
,ha loan Every year the company assists
ns ~. In this way to the extent Of nearly
an nno National Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

public morals or set a bad example to
childhood. Then will the world have room
10 use and enjey it's stock Of young,
healthy. active. up-to-date books.
Lord Rosebcry and Edmund Gosse are
responsible for the present movement TO
Oslerize literature. His lordship on open
ing a new library at Glasgow said:
Il am filled with hideous depression at
this enormous book cemetery-cemetery
because. after all most Of the books are
dead. (Groans and sobs from the alcoves)
There is no man who can grapple with the
Libraries Of these days. ! cannot
help feeling that so enormous collection
has rather stupefying and paralyzinG
than encouraging effect"
Which utterance had rather a Supplying
effect on bibhophles who had never con-
ceived Of books as being dead. but had fan
cied everything printed and between covers
10 possess sort of Immortality.
Mr.. Gosse took up the theme, and. sur
passing his lordshp. made the drastic sug
gestion that half-dead books should be put
out of their misery and the fully dead ones
should be buried Said this modern Torque-
mazda Of books.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
DEMAND FOR LIBRARIES.

well. shy financial secretary has just in
formed me" said Mr. Carnegie. that ] am
in debt $4,000, 900 on prorlists for new
libraries or extensions Therefor. Ny library
secretary tells me that We hsve already
given somewhat more than 2.9Q0 libraries.
Applications from $50 communities received
during the summer are all under examina-
ton and will be decided upon during the
winter So the cry is: SIN they come!
Long may il be so''
what is your method in library giving
asked the interviewer.
wherever the English language is spok-
en-in other words, IT Shakespoares tongue
be spoken :here and songs Of Burns be In
tho air here | provide libraries but after
the most rigid. searching investigation. AT
the opening Of the last library in England
the mayor told his people that Mr. Car
negie is no easy giver he goes to the bot
tom of the question; he had to be assured
an every point and IL took us nearly year
before we convinced him that our claims
were valid lie is no easy, charitable CIV
or he must be satisfied that the money he
gives is going to some good use ana Is
really needed. We appreciate his gift more
highly in consequence Of his Jealous care
This nraise is due more TO my secretary.
Mr. Rertram than 20 me- for he has after
many years evolved a system which insures
nroper giving When one town gets pub
lie library its neigh5ors are not long before
asking for the same blessing, and so the
GOOD seed Is sown. Carlyle never spoke a
,,por word than that library OF BOOKS
was the people's university.
An official of the New YORK ruoNc IL
-. ,bo did not wish 10 be quoted said:
"rho surplus book question comes up
..,.,,dtoatlv There are perhaps seventy
&C. ,,,i,lion hooks IN the United States most
- u,hicb arc out of date and comparatively
,,soIcss According To the last aVailapie
-, s,atisticg. our public, society
80, goto,I libraries having 300 volumes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

the output OF books was so slight thai
Horne Tooke boosted he had read every
thing printed in the English language-in
fact. he thought he had read everything IN
the boo! and manuscript line extant. To-
day there are untold millions of books and
tens of thousands of libraries. More vol
umes are published in year than the
civilized world possessed century ago
We could burn a Library of Alexandra
every day I'm the year and never know the
difference IN our progress or knowledge. If
the torch were put TO all the books Of all
the civilized countries except one the
world would soon be resupplied with its
useful books.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
C0mfortableS That Are
Substantial and Luxurious

You can choose from large variety
here. selected with special care as I'D
filing. only the most sanitary materials
being used.
French Sateen-fg'd or plain
blacks-worth SOS ..........,........-2 Az
Finest Sateen-1S-inch border
floral patterns scroll stitching
worth $3.9s ..............,...,2 80
Down flled-6x7 II. mote length:
also woo-fiIled French sateen-
fg'd top-plain back
SILK Top Comfortables-ssteen
Observation-Disclosures wool
flled-worth s9.9s ...............,......6. IS
silk Comfortabes-down
flled-worth 5000 .................14 90
Satin Comfortsbles-down allied
6x7 fl. before scanning
worth 5000 .........................2 "a 90
Wool flled-I2x.s- before
scanning -worth $500 ......,......... 5. OS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
Dainty White Goods

Waists. Dresses and Underwear
36-INCH LONG CLOTH
Chamois fnish--12-yd. piece
value Sl.9s ....:....t.,............ .O0
42-INCH LINGERIE NAINSOOK-
Highly merce-zed-beautiful fabric
for babies clothes and underwear
-yd. piece-vaIue SOS 40
FRENCH CHIFFON NOILEs-
45-inch-pretty for waists and
entire dresses-elsewhere $l.O0...,...... 10
FRENCH MARQUTSETTES-
15-inch-mercerized finish
extremely pretty over colors--
special value ..'......'''.''''''''''''' .Oo
Another good Grade at 40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

and over in 1905 possessed total Of IS. $50 =
1853 books. New York State led the list.
with about 100000 volumes: then came
Massachusetts,. with about 100000: then
Pennsylvania, the District OF Columbia I'LL
nois and Ohio The Congressional Library
at Washington has about 5000 90 volumes
We have in the New York Public Library
exclusive of our forty branches. about
100000 books and pamphlets. Our capacity
is double that, and we will begin to worry
about space quarter Of a century hence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
Andrew Carnegie Suggests
One Way and Others Ad-
vocate Steiner Methods
for Librarians to Employ.

Dedgl 10 useless poOhS.
This is not the cry Of vandal. an inlet
tered barbarian. surfeited critic. book-lov
less cufmudgeon or a desparing citizen on
moving day. II is the proclamation Of GER
tain eminent friends Of books These kind
hearted folk would treat aged and decrcpt
books in the same maner that humane
persons dispose OF WORKOUT animals. The
world is Overcrowded with volumes which
have no shelves whereon TO rest-superan-
nuated, useless, frayed, worm-eaten, dusty,
dog-eared old derelicts. which should be
painlessly sent into Nirvana. Let them be
decently slaughtered. burned or pulped at
such time and place as will not injure the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
MADE THE SALE.

Mr. Whilker. ! have seen Il stated that
,,on,an's feet are becoming larger. How
about that .,. u, 1, h,,,
- All my customers | don't know a
single one that 1t applies to. madam. -Chi-
cago Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
Newest Bridal Sets
) TO S Piec. Sets, 1913 TO 1898

Dainty indeed arc these garments many are
copies OF French sets all are beautifully de-
siened-wortnanship faultless. Materials are
fine soft nainsooks and bstistes trimmings In =
c!ude shadow duchesse. cluny, val, linen ana
other laces-embroidery landings. usually ribbon
run, medallions and motifs ribbons. all wash
able, are shown in more beautiful conceits than
ever
As an illustration, the sleeve Of one might
dress Ia entirely composed Of lace insertions and
edgings and Spreading spider-like bow Of wide
rihbon-snother shows four rosettes of half men
ribbon on A butterfly sleeve. Embroidery IN 4
hexagonsl open mesh design IL a beautiful >aria
ton in trimming. It is combined With linen lace
Insertion. edgirfg and motif banding OF the same
design in one. set marked | Z IS.
Bow knot motifs OF embroidery at frequent
intervals on yokcs OF Val. lace characterize a
most unusual set for S.S0.
But the list is long. and seeing Is the only
possible satisfactory way OF knowing superiority
OF these lovely garments. Prices arc mslead
ing. for they in no way represent the worth of
material, skful designing and splendid work
manshp here combined
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
Art Linens That Are Artistic
From Foreign Lands AS Well AS Our Own

all
erials nd autle
This blu sugge OF department
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

por-ND BANQUET CLOTHS
or royal beauty-I2 inches across
linen and hlet and cluny- 90
others ask $50. 40 and more.
Oval, BANQUET CLOTHS
7ox9O-rose pattern cluny -lo-inch
harder with 5-inch inserts added
Lers and there-insertion to
match-yalue 5000 .....-.....'''''''SO 90
Smaller Sizes same pattern 90
Z 20. sos. 10. 40, 14.9S
Al. he,ov nrices usually asked for such beauties.
scarfs TO match above design
Isx3s inch ...... y 40 and 1928
tsxi5 inch .....-..-.+''. ''.''C OS
1sX54 inch ..............ss. O.SS
lsxT2 inch ...........,.,..'''S 40
OTHER TEA AND BANQUET
CLOTHS AND SCARFS-
trimmed with cluny lace IN
meantime with its myriad loops ana
knots-also Russian. with its
square mesh and other designs
from ..............,.......2.S S 10 lO.So
OVAL PIECES PLAIN or emb'd
linen centres-l5x24 TO 20
i9x36 inches ....,............l Oh 10 400
LINEN TEACLOTHS-Every thread
linen elaborate with drawn WORK.
some include hand embroidery
Ak and "a inch square. ........2.SS 10 O.SO
BANQUET CLOTHS
70 inches sluare-drawn work
centre-hand mby--special ...'''.''' lO.SS
scAItFs AND SQUARES. ....... .9S TO 3.0S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

IMPORTED CENTRE PIECES
All trimmed with Cluny In liu'I
centres mainly hand emb'd IN
eyeIeting a few with hlet inserts
Italian French. Byz antine and
Russian designs
10 and - inches .............t 40 To- S. 9S
Doilies to match. 6. 5. 10 and IL inch
from IL TO Sl.lo.
HANDSOME SCARFS AND SQUARES
Pure linen, OF substantial quality
Clury and fet trimmed. simple
or more or less claborate-many
with handmade motifs and
medallions in many. ........S.2 % TO y. OS
ARABIAN LACE CENTRE
PIECES Imported-a ovcr or
with linen centres-2o TO -
inches across. .............. .OS TO ii %
Dollics TO mstch-S. and !. inch
from 10 to 81.
LIBRARY TABLE PIECES
21X46 inches Observation-Disclosures 40
ENID SILK LAMBREoUINs
zap silk In white, green old rose and
yeow-beautifu floral designs
wrought In fine fosses In natural
colors as only the wizards IN stitehery
OF the cherry blossom kingdom -
can work ..........'.' 80 20 :" -O'oo
OUR GREAT STOCK OF
LAMBREQUINS AND PIANO
COVERS includes those OF
printed messanes. heavy China
silks, velours panne velyets
damasks and sateens-ai frinsed; 90
mostly hand knotted. ......... Az 70 = 20
istic Decorations
OF the home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

p,.u,;,ad.l.., Lex. to Third Ave. seth to Goth St.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12

Beautiful and Ar tistic Decorations
that add so much to the atractiveness OF the home
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

OF the whole fight. The Union troops
were constantly driven back by the,
ever-growing forces. AT last. tired
and thirsty, they fell back to Young's
Branch for water. AS they did so,
formation was lost and the army be-
came mos.
Somehow from somewhere came the
order to retreat. AT first the men be-
gan falling back In a leisurely manner,
out when the crossing of the only ford
was being made. wagon became jam
med There was soon n panic, the
hameless fear selling the weary troops,
and they scrambled to get across.
While this was going on one-half OF
McDowells army was still standing on
Centreville Heights. having taken no
part In the battle. Had there been an
experienced commander. the retreat
would have been arrested at Centre
vile and the fugitives organized
Experienced Officers Lacking.
Finally. almost everybody began to
make the best time for Alexandria and
washington, although several brigades
preserved their organization and re-
mained at Centreville until midnight.
when they marched off to the Potomac.
1T Is my opinion that had there been
experienced officers there would have
been no panic or retreat. 1t would
have been stopped. The Confederates
were in no condition to pursue the flee
Ing Union soldiers They had been
shattered badly themselves"
About $4,000 men were engaged in
this battle on each side. The official
reports give the Union casualties as
nineteen officers and 162 men killed.
hfty four officers and 947 men wounded
and forty officers and 1.17s men cap
turcd. Tho Confederate losses are
unknown, as there are no records. The
Confederates captured twenty Ave
pieces OF artillery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16
, Williamsburg Social News
ISpeeial to The Tlmes-Dispatch. !

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Williamsburg. Va July 15-Mrs.
George w. Brown and daughters.
Misses Thelma and Lucille, will leave
next week to spend some time In Abe
marie and Orange counties.
MIS-. Margaret Hansford is spending
the summer in Goochland county.
MISS Mary Winder Garrett will
spend the summer on the coast of
Maine, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Letcher of Norfolk.
Miss Carrie Cole Lane and brother
James. arc visiting relatives in Smith.
field
Miss Francis Ruff. Of Staunton, is
visiting her sister. Mrs. H. G. Miller.
Miss Mamie Spencer left this week
for Clifton Forge. where she will Iba
the guest of friends.
Mrs. J. NJ. Geddy. of Toano, has
returned home from Charlottesville.
where she spent n couple of weeks.
Homer Dickerson has been in Sails
bury Md. the past two weeks. visiting
his mother. Mrs. II. U. Dickerson.
Mrs. r. a. Lincoln and children. of
richmond spent the week here witt.
Mrs. Lincoln's sister. Mrs. ]. S. Tim
berlake.
Mrs. NJ. s. Jewett and niece, Miss
Clara Jewett. have gone to New York.
where they will spend the summer.
r. e. Craig. of Port Casewell N. G..
is visiting his sister, Mrs. w. T,
Douglass
Mrs j. E. Banks, of Toano. is In
New York visiting her sister, Mrs,
Hunter East.
Mrs. sydney Bracket. of Richmond,
Is visiting her parents, Mr.. and MRS.
T. T.,Powell.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

sign his command in the United States
Army when his State seeded. as did
Leo and stuart and many others. Scott.
then the commanding general OF the
Union forces. is repeatedly referred to
as n renegade of bubble reputation"
"disowned and abhorred by the South.
and in disgrace because of his over
whelming defeat at the North"
The editorial says: eff anything
could enhance the modification and
the rage OF Scott at his late defeat
1t. will be the intelligence that his old
official master. the former Secretary
of War. Jefferson Davis. son.in-law OF
President Zachery Taylor. was at Ma
nassas on this eventful day. We doubt
whether of all the bedeviled spirits in
Washington, there IS one at this mo-
ment who suffers such pangs as Gen
eral Scott"
Accredited press correspondents at
General Beauregard's headquarters on
the field were .. G. Duncan, Richmond
Dispatch: L. w. Spratt. Charleston
Mercury; F. G. DeFontaine, Richmond
Enquirer and Charleston Courier; P.
W. Alexander, Savannah Republican:
G. Shepardson, Columbus (Ga) Times
and Montgomery Advertiser. The cor
respondents were guided during the
day by Colonel william G. Bonner
HHo +" dc aSsiEItu " give lneIH ali
facilities for viewing the battle.
Smith and the Rebel Yell.
Mr.. Duncan writes to the Dispatch
that he himself heard General john
ston exclaim to General Cooke as the
fate of the battle hung in the bal
ance. and the afternoon wore on: "oh.
for four regiments"
The four regiments came. though
hope of their coming had been aban-
doned. General Kirby Smith, com
handing the last brigade of Johnston's
force. had hurried from Winchester
with 1000 men. While on the Manas-
sas railroad he heard the roar OF bat
tie. and without orders he stopped the
train and marched TO the sound of the
firing. bringing his troops to the point
where most needed at the most criti-
cal moment of the day. 1t was when
Kirby Smiths men charged across the
field and the tired, thirsty. heat
stricken men who had fought since
daylight knew they had reinforce
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16
ADDRESS BY TAFT
WILL BE A FEATURE,

Lieutenant George C. Round. chair
man OF the executive committee of the
reunion. who was United States signal
officer in the war, has this to say of
the jubilee:
Tho Hebrew nation had a custom OF
a Jubilee once in fifty years. All debts
were cancelled all old scores wiped out
and there was rejoicing throughout all
the land.
President to Talk.
The great day. OF course. will be on
July 81. when the President will adj
dress the citizens of the reunited re-
public and shake hands with the Blue
and the Gray. The address of Presi-
dent Taft will be delivered at the juno
ton of Grand Avenue and Lee Avenue
the principal streets of the town of
have been grown during the last quar-
ter OF a century.
Forty eight girls. each representing
State. all clad in red. white and blue,
each bearing the name. of her State
across her breast, and all clasped hand
In hand and singing national airs, will
represent the reunited nation.
Mrs. Mary Speed Mercer, of Elm City.
n, g. has written a new national hymn
which has been adopted by the Jubilee
committee as The Manassas National
Anthem,The public school children of
Manassas are learning the music
Hero is the chorus:
America. all hail to thee
Thanks be to God who made ne free
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

came to see the fight. had been taken
prisoners. 1t IS wildly described how
the feld was strewn with all manner
of equipment, hastily abandoned by
the Federals in their flight to Wash
ington.
Panic reigned in the public offices
in Washington and in the money mar
ket. and from the reports II is evident
that for several days nothing could
have prevented the capture of Wash
ington by the enemy had the attempt
been made. 1t appears. however, that
the Confederate forces were much
shaken by this. the first great battle
of the war. and there seemed to be no
chief officer strong enough to rally
the hislocated brigades for an Of
fensive stroke.
Wild Excitement.
The accounts show the widest e1-
element in Washington Senators.
representatives. and magnates had
driven out from the city to witness the
fight. with carriage and pair as though
to the races. or to enjoy some great
spectacle. When the rout came, the
traces were cut. the carriages and
equipment abandoned. and men and
horses Joined in the mad rush for the
north bank OF the Potomac.
The reports show that the Federals
abandoned and left on the field twenty
eight cannon, with 100 rounds of am
munitlon for each: thirty-seven Gals
sons, battery wagons. horses. 500, 900
rounds of small arm ammunition. $500
sets of accohtrements. 1000 mhskets.
nine regimental hags, innumerable
pistols. swords. musical instruments.
knapsacks. canteens. blankets. tents.
hospital stores and supplies of every
description. and 1921 prisoners.
Then there follows from day TO day
the lists OF the killed and wounded.
\ correspondent for a New York
paper shows great diplomacy in start
ing his story of the battle. a reprint
in the Dispatch several days later Civ
ing it: Our troops. after gaining a
great victory on yesterday. were re-
pulsed and commenced a retreat on
Washington"
Scott, the Renegade.
The Dispatch has a bitter editorial
attack on General Scott. Virginian
by birth. who had not seen fit to re-