The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-22
THIRSTY LIBRARIANS
ASSURED BY ASBURY
American Association to Meet.
hut Not Aridly. i'm Jer-
sey Resort Monday.
TWO WOMEN LAND PRIZE

AssuRy PARK. June oi-The American
Library Association will begin It's an.
nual conference next Monday evening
at Asbury Park. This will he the sec
ond meeting of the association in New
Jersey since its organization forty year
ago. The first was held at Lakewood,
from which adjournment was taken TO
Washington.
Members II the association had been
given 10 understand that "a soon as
New Works new library was finished an
invitation would be given for a meet
ing In New York city. but 1t developed.
il is said. that the big hotels did not
are enough for the convention to offer
reduced rates and hat none was anxious
10 be made III. conferences headquar-
'ers, The managers OF the association.
therefore. We're obliged 10 stock to the
old plan OF making thu best terms pos
Sible AT some popular summer resort
just before the opening Of the season.
For nearly twenty years Asbury Park
had been trying to get the A. l.. A.
meeting and nearly succeeded a few
years ago. when the late Frank Ten
Brock was Mayor and Frank +. Hill
and W. G. Kimball were anxious TO
show what New Jersey could give in
the way OF entertainment. Hill and
NllIhtiI Hdu S'sNtu lokelNtT on tne HTSt
Public Library Commission appointed
by Gov. Voorhees, in 1900.
"Dry" Hint spoils Plane.
Just when the arrangements were
about completed, 50 II is said. some
one whispered TO the president OF the
\. l.. A.. who hailed from a wet State
in the Northwest. that Asbury Park was
exceedingly dry" and that neither love.
money. political influence nor apparent
respectability would induce an Asbury
Park hotel keeper to sell intoxlcan,s
Hin, Klmball and Ten Brock thought
they knew better. but they could not
reach the thirsty president in time to
correct the misrepresentation.
Il was almost by accident that
Ashury Park rot the conference this
year. Mayor Hetrick was at the head
Of a COMMITTEES sent to san Francisco
"a try to land a couple Of conventions
and had returned empty handed. when
the Misses Edna and Addie Pratt, libra
r!ans, visited the New York librarians.
who met at Twilight Park in the Cats
kills. There they saw members OF the
A. l.. 4. council. which chooses the meet
ing place.
Tn" Misses Pratt casually suggested
Asbury Park and described the resort
advantages, The suggestion received
't'SH 'iNu'iiS t'fttIHlIS 1Ht
thirst quenching possibilities were evi-
IDENTITY satisfactorily answered and thu
two young women suddenly found that
they had landed a prize for their home
town without cost to the boosters OF
Founder Rradley's resort
New York, Philadelphia, Newark and
Princeton are To help 10 entertain the
delegates before. during and after the
conference, which will begin on Monady
evening and will close on Friday after,
noon. Moses Taylor Pyne, chairman OF
IN" New Jersey Public Library Commits.
sion. will deliver an address OF welcome
on Monday evening, when the commits,
sion Will give IA reception. ON Wednes,
day afternoon Mr.. i'yne is to entertain
the association Al Princeton. There /,
to be a reception given by the New
York Library Club at the Metropolitat
Museum, New York, or the afternoon o
Monday, July 3. and John Cotton DAM
has invited librarians to lunch with hin
on their way 20 or from Asbury Park.
The state Librarians and the Law
Librarians OF the country are to hol,
their annual sessions at the same tim.
and place. and on Tuesday next John T.
Dullard, the State Librarian of New
Jersey, will deliver an address of wei
come to them n tive custodians of othe
special book collections. The stat,
Librarians are taking no chances on tn,
drink question. but are to establish head
quarters, where trouble will not be en-
roupterpi