Little Falls herald., 1914-09-18

Stoll, John Kingen, Ed. Lauermann,
Guy Kidder, VIM. Batters, Leo Dom
mick. So sas
line. She named the different kinds
Of clubs which are being organized
and mentioned. the campfire girls
club as being one which is WORTHY Of
attention. There always has bc,n and
still is a close relationship between
the clubs and the library and they
should cooperate.
Mrs. C. L. Atwood of St. Clou l,
Of Women IS clubs, spoke on "Wom-
ems clubs and the Recreation Move
ment. - "Public recreation is Of very
great Importance and we must make
a business of it, she said. She stat
ed that because Of the great impor-
tance Of the recreation movement in
the federated women s clubs special
department has lately been created for
that work. She also stated that wom-
en- s clubs are Of great value in bring
ing about important state legislation.
The Minnesota Federation of Women s
clubs is now working for the passing
Of bill by the state Legislature for
the purchase by the state Of all lands
in the state which are unfit for agri-
cultural purposes, to be converted into
forest lands. Mrs. Atwood urged the
Librarians to aid this case. She also
told Of the value Of good roads and
stated that especially in the northern
part Of the state is there need for road
Improvement. The farmers there must
endure great hardships on account of
the lack Of good roads. Mrs. Atwood
closed her remarks by saying that the
women g clubs are very closely related
to the library and that the work of the
two should be of cooperative nature.
Her talk was very pleasing and in
structive. -, ss
The story hour for children, which
was held at the high school auditorium
Wednesday afternoon, was big sue
cess. The auditorium was taxed to
its capacity with school children and
adults, who were all eager to hear
Mrs. Gudrnn Thorne.Thomsen tell
stories and Miss Maude Granlt Small
ley sing.
Miss smalley opened the program
by singing several numbers which
pleased the audience very much. Mrs.
A. H. Vernon accompanied her on the
piano.
Mrs. Thomson divided the story hour.
into two divisions and in the first half
told stories for the children from the
kindergarten to the fourth grade and
in the second for children from the
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Her stories were highly pleasing and
one in particular, the story Of
Boots'' appealed to the children.
Supper was served at Maurin's hall
by the Episcopal guild.
A public meeting was held at the
high school auditorium Wednesday
evening, at which Mrs. c. A. Weyer-
'haeuser entertained with singing and
Mrs. Thomson spoke upon the educa-
tional value Of literature for children.
Z Mrs. Weyerhaeuser was the first to
appear on the evening program. She,
sang two ballads, Mrs. r. D. Musser
accompanying her on the piano. Her
singing pleased the audience so high
" that she had to respond with an
encore. For this she sang a folk song.
Mrs. Thomsen's talk was very in
teresting and instructive. She stated
that literature is of great value educa-
tionally for children, when used right.
point out moral so strongly that the
children are apt to dislike it, she said.
A child should be told the story in the
plainest possible way, and be allowed
to form its own picture or moral OF
the same. Mrs. Thomson also poln-eG
out the wrong committed BY using
poetry and prose in teaching grammar.
In this way the real value Of the COM
position is driven away and the chill
dren despise it. During the course of
her talk she told several good stories.
She concluded her talk by pointing
out the beauty Of literature and how
it IS appreciated by the children.
The closing meeting was held yes
terday morning. A. D. Keator Of Min
neapolis opened the meeting with
talk on the subject .Helping the De-
mands Of the Day. Advertising cat
alogues and literature Of an inexpen.
sive nature can be secured from vari-
GUS manufacturing companies and rail.
road companies and these are valu.
able addition to the library, in meet
ing the demands of the day, he said.
Misses Frances Sawyer Of Keewa-
tin, Eva Davis of Sahk Centre, and
Stella Stebbins and Ethel Wright Of
Sauk Centre gave short talks on school
relationships. Each Of. the speakers
are librarians or assistant Librarians in
libraries which are IN or connected
with the public schools of those cities
They stated that in their opinion the
con- bination Of the school and nDrary
q . very good fhinp IN the smaller