The Washington herald., 1914-05-30
BEST SELLERS
DEALT UPPERCUT
Mrs. Van yalkenbursh Raps
Three Of Nhem Before
Conventions
cRITlcIsEs LIBRARIANS
Books. Not Machinery Of Prefess;ea.
Should Be Their Gsp1tsst
Worry. She Asserts.


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satirised before the Ameresn !.
lAssociation's convention yesterday aft
l.rnoon nv Ast.. Arnss van vaIkenburgh.
- $500, ~ Nev
Io tne Fuohc AApfAfy
York City. Reading frosn three eusrent
faove,s the csxatic cfltic poimtnA, out
a.. ,.,A..or nd hruu,.
~ns' sne esheu '"e .r.
magem and which she SAID distinguishes
some of the best sellers.
,-.,... Nj. v.irenhurwb r.poed
p'ete
the convention Tor reiesauns tne 0'0A
itself to the backsroundr while graveiy
discussing such minor matters as binding
and cataloguing, shelving and advertis-
Ing"
SIN short" she aid, stha machinery Of
our profession usurps the place which
the book itself should occupy In our pro-
eram."
After directing attention to the fact
that two .'so-cSlIAd ipanoorsi books', were
n,,hi,sh.d .er,siiy In reputable maraxinea.
vh,rh -. 100000 therehy suhstantiaIly
incres.s6 their circuIst zion for tfe Tina
49,. Ne. We, v.iL.nhur,n nroc..d.d
,v,th hsr un.n.r,r~ ind,ct,ncnf ~ the
49,. sha... sr..,r,s,s
Foftunate heres
Referring to one of the books that
formed the object Of her criticism, Miss
Van vaikenburgh, pointed out that the
hero had beautiful properties, Q pros
pective peeraee, E5o0o0 Q rear, motor
cars, and flying mGchines."
Then, quoting from the book. But
II was not your niece. 1t was always you
I wanted said the boy hero. He lay in
q deep wicker chair under the old null
berry tree. The boy had watched Chris
tobei pouring tea into those pretty rose
leaf cups nearly every afternoon during
tne golden two weeks Just after. ne
white hands, 80 soft, yet 10 strong and
capable. One day rs he was holding his
own cup and bending over her a. she
filled IT, the aunt suddenly said, Don't.
The boy might have said, Don't what7
Which would have put the aunt in .
difficulty. because It would have been 30
very impossible to explain. But he was
too honest. He 1t once didn't. and felt
q little shy for ive minutes; then recov-
cred and Rugged himself with fearful
JOY at the Thought that she had known
his eyes had kissed her dear. oeautlfui
hands: then stole look At her calm
race. 80 completely unmoved In its Gas
sic beauty. and thought he must nave
been mistaken; oniy-what on eartn else
could she have said Don't aboutf
FINALLY, the aunt told the boy nero
now sne mao seen MIN ana loved MIN
when ne was only AZ ana sne sixteen.
Meanwhhe the niece toio ner tnat sne
nan dreamed she mao married the pro-
tessor ano gone on IN economical ana
unexciuhs noneymoon nhicn - inter-
rupeeo py boy Deer smeeuhe tn oestn
~ the resuir OF an .cn TIP.
me .ant, Iosse.Iui on Al VINO nag
ia!d tnsir money on the boys night
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