Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-19
XANTED..2O00 PEOPLE TO JOIN
 LIBRARY ASSN Ladies Will Ask Aid of Ev- eryone in Real Effort to
 Promote Culture. OUTGIROWS PRESENT LOANED QUARTERS Demand for Free Library Demons rtrat- ed by Popularity Institution
 Here Has Already
 Attained.

WO luDuSd1lu uCW sICIllUe-S IS the slogan adopted by the ladies who will spend all day tomorrow making a canvass of every home in Pine Bluff, to aid the public library.
 Each headed by it's captain. who will be aided by her lieutenarts, the ten squads of canvassers will start out at 9 a. m.. each to call at every home in her territory. The city has been divided into ten sections and there is every reason to believe the canvassers will complete their work in the one day.
 Subscriptions of money for the li- brary will be accepted by the ladies, but primarily it is hoped that at least one member for the association will be obtained in each home in tho city.
 Membership in the library associa ton costs $1 per year. This $l will add another book to the library shelves, which already contain vol umes numbering between 1,500 and 2,00O.
 If the ladies can obtain the desired 2,0O0 members, or the equivalent in money subscriptions, they will feel that the people of the city are really anxious to give Pine Bluff public li brary.
 May Have Own Home.
 The officers of the library associa- tion have virtually perfected plans whereby the association can rent quarters in the business section, these quarters to be the permanent home of the library until a building can be erected by and for the library as- sociation.
 These quarters will be rented and occupied by the library, if the can- vass tomorrow meets with success. Unless the canvass is successful, how ever, the establishment of such quar- ters for the library will be almost an mpossibility.
 The building which the library of ficers have in view. is located in as convenient a place as it is possible to get. in the heart of the retail busi- ness section. It is proposed to rent the ground floor only. but this is sufficiently large for the library it. self, the reading room. librarians or flee. and a large room which can be used for the children's story hour and as a place of meeting for women,s clubs and other such organizations. For such purposes, the building IS considered almost ideal, especially as only a minimum amount of removal ing and rearranging will be necessary
 Some New Books.
 The following books, all recent fic- tion have been ordered for the H. brary. and will be on the shelves within the next few days:
 "Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley," Belle Kanaris Mandates.
 "The Turmoil" Booth Tarkington.
 "The Prince of Graustark,' Geo. B. McCutcheon.
 '.The Clarion" Samuel Hopkins Adams.
 wThe Blind Spot" Justus Miles For man.
 'The Wall of Partition" Florence Barclay.
 "The Nightingale" Mrs. Ella s. Greenslet.
 "His Official Fiancee," Mrs. Oliver Onions.
 "sanpriel. the Promised Land," Alvilda Prydz.
 "Polyanna," Eleanor H. Porter.
 "Polyanna Grown Up," Eleanor Il. Porter "CalifOrnia, Romantic and Beautl- full" Geo. Wharton James.
 It will be noted that on the list IS ''The Blind Spot" perhaps the latest published work of Justus Miles For man who went to his eternal sleep in the wreck of the steamship Lust tania. Among the authors represent ed by the books in the list, are seV- eral of the best known and most pop ular writers of fiction. All Depends on Canvass. We feel that the whole future or the library depends on the results that will be obtained in the canvass tomorrow said one of the ladles yesterday.
 "The people of Pine Bluff will now be given an opportunity to help put the library on a firm, solid founda- tion. and unless they show they are willing to cooperate with us in our efforts. we will be greatly discourag- ed.
 "If we can get this cooperation, we will move into larger and more satisfactory quarters, we can put in to effect certain plans We have per- fected which will add to the value and popularity of the library, ana we can add to our collection of books a sufficient number of volumes to make it more fully answer the pur- poses for which library is designed"
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