The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-04

ADD ALSO TO JUVENILE usT
Child Labor Exhibit Was Feature For
November; the Picture Display;
o.. Notes From Report
From Wednesdays Daily.

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| Nothing but routine business was
taken up before the library board
last night Tie librarian submitted
the following report. which. shows
that the patronage at the library il
on the increase: !
ITO the Board of Directors: Here
with is submitted the report of the
Mankato public library for Novem,
her. 1914. The library has been open
ltwenty-nine days for reading and
reference-closed> on Thanksgiving
Day-and twnty-four days for the
circulation OF books, with records of
attendance and circulation as fol-
Bows: Attendance OF adult readers
on week days, 1,130; on the four
Sunday afternoons. 1871: attendance
| of Juvenile readers, 661. Circulation
of adult nof-fction, $50; OF adult fic-
ton, 1916; total adult circulation.
l1,s76; circulation OF juvenile nom
.fction; $50, OF juvenile fiction. SIC,
making a total Juvenile circulation OF
LAS. 49,
"Eighty-three new adult registra-
tons and seven adult DEMONSTRATIONS
have been taken; also twenty-five
new juvenile and four juvenile re-
registrations. The new registrations
include seven from out Of town
Additions to Book Collections.
"Thirty-four additions have been
made to the book collection. Five
volumes by purchase and twenty
three volumes by gift have been
placed in the adult collection. and
two volumes by purchase and four
volumes by gift added to the Juvenile
collection. NTwenty-six of the books
added came as gift from Miss
Frances Minor, and one from the
Carnegie Endowment OF International
Peace. The national child labor
committee also gave number of
valuable pamphlets on child labor.
THE exhibit of the national child
labor committee. held in the chill.
dren's room from November 1921
averaged about one hundred daily
visitors. The exhibit was In charge
OF Miss Josephine ]. Eschenbrenner
OF New York City. She was assisted
by a number OF club women who
acted as hostesses' during the days
and evenings. The exhibit consisted
or ten large screens with pictures
from life of children at work. and
brief but telling statements as to the
reasons for the existence OF child
labor and inevitable evil results. A
number Of articles. such as artificial
flowers, crocheting and bead work,
Ewith photographs of children work.
Fling upon them, formed a striking
part Of the exhibit "o. -. 81
Sociology Glasses In Work. ..-
| "The classes In sociology at the
J high school used the exhibit in their
4 work and found II very valuable
fStudents from the normal school and
school children from the grades
showed much interest. The exhibit,
could not fail to enlist the interest
and sympathy OF the visitors. and
has doubtless acted as an awakening
| TO many people who have hitherto
been Indifferent because of lack OF
information. Now that the matter
has become more vital to us because
of this first hand information we
have gained in this way, would
recommend that the library avail II
self Of the opportunity of acquiring
up-to-date material on child labor by
becoming a member Of the nationa
child labor committee, -, ~
II "a second exhibit that has beer
shown since November 20 is a. col
lection Of prints OF Jules Guerin. The
pictures are loaned to the library by
Mr.. William Shepard of the Univer
sity Art shop Of Evanston. III. They
are giving pleasure to many visitors
/ Respectfully submitted, Flora F
i n,rr qihror for-u tnE14a 80