The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-06

terial prosperity, as we'll as its moral
and political well-being must de-
pend
Finally the public library includes
potentially all other means of social
betterment a library is a living or
ganism, having within itself the ca
pacity of infinite growth and repro
duction
What a Free Library does for a
Country Town
1t keeps boys home in the evening
by giving them we'll written stories
of adventure.
1t gives teachers and pupils inter-
eSting books to aid their school work
in history and geography and makes
better citizens of them by enlarging
their knowledge of their country
and it's growth.
1t provides books on the care of
children and animals, cookery and
housekeeping, building and garden
ing, and teaches young readers how
| to make simple dynomos, telephones
and other machines.
1t helps clubs that are studying
history, literature or life in other
countries
1t furnishes books of selection for
reading aloud, suggestions for enter
| tainments and home amusements,
/ and hints on correct speech and good
manners.
II teaches the names and habits of
plants, birds and insects of the
| neighborhooi, and the differences in
sell and rocks.
II tells the story of the town from
its settlement. and keeps a record Of
all important events in its history.
II offers pleasant and wholesome
stories 10 readers Of all ages.
Why We Need Library
A public library in our community
would be an influence for good every
| day in the week
It would make the town more at
tractive to the class Of people we
want as residents and neighbors.
1t would mould the characters OF
tbs children in our homes.
A good library would receive gifts
from wealthy citizens.
No other public institution offers
SO fitting an opportunity for a public
spirited citizen to help his neighbor
sand win their approval and affection.
4 public library in Ocala would
b, the center Of our intellectual life
and would stimulate the growth OF
al. kinds Of clubs for study and de-
batting.
1t is a great part of our education
to know how to find facts. No
man knows everything, but a man
who knows how to find an indispen-
sable fact quickly has the best sub
stitute for such knowledge, and a
library is the best place to find the
facts embodied in books.
What Library Does for a Town
5 Completes its education and equip
ment, carrying on and giving perma
nent value to the work OF the
+ schools.
D Gives the children of all classes {
chance to know and love the bes
: literature Without the public Ii
: brary such a chance is limited 20 tn.
n very few
|, Minimizes the sale and reading o
e vicious literature in the community
thus promoting mental ana mora
: health.
q Effects a great saving in money t
5, every reader in the community. TIL
II free library is the application o
/ common sense to the problem o
n supply and demand Thru it ever
J reader in the town can secure at
given cost from 100 to 1000 time
e the material for reading or stud
e that he coald secure by acting ind
/ yi1ualy
5 Appealing 10 all classes, sects an
degrees of intelligence, it is stron
-e unifying factor in the life Of towI
IS The library is the one thing i
IS which every town, however poor c
isolated, can have something as goo
i and inspiring as the greatest cit
l. can offer. Neither Boston nor Ne
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