El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
SOLDIERS WILL
/. Be GIVEN BOOKS
Circulating Library, Do.
mated By FL Pasoans,
Will Be Organized.

To accumulate books for a circu-
latfuE library for soldiers. d campaign
viii be instituted this week 10y the Fl
Iaso army and community recreation
committee. The campaign viii be in
charge of the subcommittee on edu-
cation OF that Organization. Of which
a. IT. HuGhey is chairman
Several thousand looks viii be
donated by III Faso3us Tor The use
. of the soldiers, it is believed by mem
Iers Of the committee. Twenty five
thousand volumes recently were do
mated 20 Chicago for a similar sol
ci.r~' library.
The books will be received at the
office of e.. e.. North, -eureSeutdtig
I'D III Paso OF the Fosdick commits
sion, al room 10, chamber Of com
merce building After sufficient
number of books have been ac-umu-
lated. the library viii be turned over
20 Mrs. H. D. sullivan, librarian of the
El PasO public library. who viii cata-
lOuge the books and attend TO their
be made Co every place in the El Faso
border district where soldiers are
stationed.
with the saloons barred 10 the sol
diers. recreation and amusement of
various kinds must be provided for
Them said ar North by con-
tributinE books TO the soldiers cir
cularuE libraries. the people Of El
of pleasure TO the men. and can
bring interest TO many AN hour Of
mouOtOuy-
Choose Books with Care.
Just any books which happen 20
be unused in the household are not
the ones which should be sEiveu to the
soldiers library" said Mrs sullivan
The books should be chosen with
care. both as To their contents and as
TO their condition Old. ragged books
use 10 the library. for they would not
stand single shipment. In other
cities where soldiers libraries have
been formed. many persons have
bought new books for the libraries
Among the individual books for
which there has been a great demand
are Mr. ErirlinE Sees IL Through.
by H c. Welles: Hope of the House"
by W J. Locke, The Harbor.. by
Ernest Poole, and other books Of this
ANY books by the following authors
viii be read over and over again by
the soldiers. and viii bring them much
pleasure %. Henry. Jack London,
Rudyard kiplinE. Robert Louis Steven
son. Rex Beach, Harold Bndloss,
Alexandra Dumas. Victor Hugo, Gil
bert Parker Randall Parrish, zane
Grey. Harold Bell Wright. Louis
Tracy. p. Phillips Oupeuheim. Conan
DOYLE Booth Harrington and Richard
Harding Davis
Soldiers Like NonfictiOn.
Among the nOuficriou read 20 a
large extent by the soldiers may he
mentioned Two Years Before the
Mast" by Dana Smiths biography OF
@. Henry "a Captain Unafraid." by
O'Brien- buccaneers and Pirates of
our Coasts" by stockton any o.
Frederick RemlnEtOus books. any OF
Mark Twaiu's works. personal nara
JFes or The war anything written ny
Roosevelt; poetry by Robert w. Serv-
ice, Rucyard klplIug or Robert
Burns; or humorous books by Bangs,
Walt Mason or Stephen LeacocE-
Books Of travel are desirable for
the library as they are read extern
sively. Among the popular travel
books are- african Game Trails"
Last OF the Plainsmen.' by PaEson:
France, Her People and Her Spirit"
bv JerrOld- Belgium" by Ensor.
The Forest" and The cabin and the
Pass" by Stewart Edward White.
anything late on Russia, and books
on Latin America
"Of each shipment OF 100 books sent
out IS part Of q travelling library -
are fiction and . nonfiction-
These are merely suggestions as
to what are desirable for the soldiers. I
As to what the soldiers do not read.
that is very easily answered. It is
useless 10 give looks on religion. or
essays. unless they be on popular
subjects"