Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-21
Ladies of Library Associa- tion Plan Extensive Cam
 paign Next Month.
BOOKS BEFORE HOME
Purpose Is to Secure 1000 Members to Contribute & 1.3 Cents Per Month to Provide Books and
 Fixtures,

termination. md intention of getting each of these members to pay the sum of $1 as dues for one full year. Not 2 house in the city is going to be skipped" by the canvassers, unless the occupants of that house are al- ready enrolled among the members of the association. The ladies will start the canvass the first week in May, and are decided that it will be proposi- tion perfectly carried out
 The ladies have reached the con- clusion that library of many volumes will be established by them before they make their best endeavors toward the matter of getting permanent home for the library. Each dollar re- ceived by them, therefore, is to be in- vested in books, magazines or other proper reading matter, as we'll as in shelves, bookcases and other such necessities.
 Announcing their plan for the can vass, the ladies make it plain first of all that whether or not person be- comes member of the association, that person still retains all the rights and privileges of the library. he is still entitled to read every book. mag azine or paper in the library, either in the library reading room, or through the department for lending books The library is a public insti- tuition in every way, owned by the public and operated for the public, with no fees Or charges, except a sys- tenn of fines for delinquency in return- ing borrowed books. Books are loan ed for :a certain period only, and if kept longer than that, without a re- newal of the loan, a fine is assessed against the borrower, this custom be- l ing universal with libraries.
 To become member of the associ- a.ion, therefore, and to pay the $1 dues, on the face of things, would bring nothing that is not already en- l joyed or possessed. The ladies, how ever, in their announcement, call the attention of the public to the fact that each person who pays in the $1 is entitled to name the book which will be purchased with that $1, and this book will be inscribed with the name of the person who thus practically presented it to the library. In addi- tion to this, each $1 received adds an- lother volume to the library, affords an- other book for general reading, and gives just so much more value to a public library, by making it so much more useful.
 Aid to School Children.
 | The library association is laying emphasis on the value of library to the school children of the city, and is pointing to the great results achiev- ed in other cities where libraries are established, in this respect. It is not every family which can afford to pur- chase costly reference works or the
 works of the worlds best writers. Shakespeare. Dickens, Addison, the other English, American, German or French writers. Yet such works and more particularly the dictionaries, at lases, encyclopaedia and other refer ence works should be close to the hand of the school child, for the schools to get the best results. With library, such books are provided, and the school children have free ac- cess to them. The trained librarian is there also, to lend counsel and aid, in bringing to light the information sought. In addition, the reading of the works of the worlds masters is certain to reflect upon the minds of the young, and with "a library such reading is within the reach of all. That every book in the library is se- lected carefully, that the shelves of the library are dilegently censored" need not be mentioned.
 Children's Department.
 It is the earnest desire of the li- brary association to establish de- partment for the younger children. In fact, such a department may be said to have been established already, in- asmuch as the series of weekly story hours has already been started, and with unexpected success. Only thirty or so children attend the story hours at Little Rock, yet nearly three times that many were in attendance at the story hour in the local library Satur- day, afternoon last. Some of the story hours will be made of especial pleas lure and interest to the children by the use of lantern slides to illustrate the stories. arrangements for this hav- ing already been completed.
 l me CulluIcu uCYoA tHACHC 1o IO UC filled with books especially written for the children, and the little folks
 will be encouraged to make them- selves perfectly at home. The parents will be in close touch with the de- partment, and in this way the parents, the older sisters and brothers, will all be brought into contact with the li- brary, and will eventually become willing and energetic workers for the Institution.
 l Chas. Well Memorial.
 With checks already coming in from business institution and organ izations with which the late Chas Well was connected, Mrs. Jasin, the chairman of the committee in charge of the Chas. Well Memorial alcove, is most optimistic as to the results ot lthe campaign her committee is now making.