The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
SAYS LIBRARY IS
BIG LEAGUE IDEA
Councilman Seagrayes Declares
City Ought to Spend Money
for Its Support.

City Councilman w. J. Seagraves OF
the First Ward, last night in a state
ment to The Tribune declared that
following the lead of the Council of
Women's Clubs in getting S2,O5O
pledged to a library site fund, the city
itself will have to find a way of pay
ing for the support of a $4,000 OF
$4,000 Carnegie library
Il am convinced that a public library
such as this plan proposes will be one
of the greatest benefits the city can
acquire, and ! am for anything that is
a good thing for Cape Girardeau.
ITS big league idea and l know
it can be acquired. We are growing
so fast it IS hard for us to find our
selves. If it costs US $500 a year to
maintain a library, | think it will be
but question of short time before
we will consider our library cheap at
that price.
ut may not mean so very much to
many of US who are older and have
our habits formed, but is will be q
habit-former for our young folks, and
that's why | think it will be a good
thing for Cape Girardeau. | believe
from my experience in police and
detective work that it will decrease
the tendancy for young people to fall
into criminal ways, if there is any
opportunity thrown their way in that
respect now.
1T might cost US, but | think we
ought to lust take the money for It.
| look at the library a coed deal like
the park-tWo years frCm now YOU
won't be able to take that parl, away
from the citizens Of Cape Girardeau
and If we can have a library, ! think
the same feeling Will derclop in re-
gard to It.
Mrs. John H. Himmelberger, presi-
dent of the Council Of Women's Clubs,
who is actively leading the campaign
10 swell the library site Subscription
fund, yesterday afternoon stated that
the Council has set 4 mark of $1,000
or more, in addition to the $2,050
that already has been pledged. The
total of approximately $4,000, she
said, she expected to have pledged by
June 1.
I'VE want Cape Girardeau men and
women to give to this fund so that
everyone in the city may feel that he
has purchased standing room on the
site that we will buy. We want sub
scriptions from everyone. The larger
the number of subscribers 10 this
fund, the greater right Cape Girar-
deau will have to call it q peoples
library.
''In the next 10 days | expect five
pledges of $500 each: fivc pledges Of
5000 each: ten pledges of 800 each:
and won't place size or the num-
Der of subscription from 81 up to as
high as anyone wishes TO pledge.
''The subscriptions that we arc ask
ing will be payable June !, 1917. We
will gladly make any financial ar
engagements the dcGOr wishes. They
may be paid quarterly. scmi-annually
or all at once. We want to suit the
convenience of thee who are giving"
Between today and Monday eve
ming, any person in Cape Girardeau
wishing to subscribe to the site fund
may do so by communicating by tele-
phone with Mrs. Hinmelbereer at her
home. The telephone number is AT.
Beginning Tucsd2y morning sub
scriptions 10 the fui.d should be COM
munitated to Mrs. ". S. Dearmont.
who is treasurer Of the organization.
Her telephone number is 395.
Mrs. DearmOnt will receive sub
scriptionS ill the close of the fund.
Mrs. HI l. a;1crCer viii depar' "aIiy
Tuesda! .lorEin% for st. Louis. ',cr.
her daughter Will be graduated from
ienox Hall, and following that she
will go to New York, accompanied by
her daughter, both TO be delegates TO
the biennial convention of the Fed
era, on OF WOmcn's Clubs.