The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-22
Possibility OF q League Of Nations" She

Possibility Of a League Of Nations" She
said in part:
III i. til. unity of spirit that assures
US Of L bright future. the Monroe Doc
,rinr in America which makes safe so
large a territory is tn" sure proof or
unity with one large idea Just as the
Cit; OF wheeling must have league to
further its progress. so III" nations
combined must have Il unified league.
There were only TWO persons VINO were
against the Monroe Doctrine. Macterlinck
who said il was Of no value ana BIS
ularrk who said that 1t was piece OF
international iInp"rtincuce." Today the
doctrine has proved by long practice
that II is Of value and that il is de-
rid:-lly not internationally impairment.
What war unity has done for Wheel
ing. in the affilation Of Red Cross &C
tfIltieS. war chest drives and all the
other organizations that the war has
brought about. this lna gu" OF nations
will do for the whole world. Tho unity
displayed her" in Wheeling has world
background and will have an effect at
Charis son. Washington and tho World
Cauital. wherever that may be-"
Miss F.;ta Roberts spoke on The
Library as Il Public Institution" She
Of III" public library. After the boys
corlc hnck they will be in favor Of It. for
the American Library Association has
done much for them. 1t is a world ac-
copied fact and tho most democratic
institution in tho L. S. for it bars none
no matter what color. race or creed.
Even the smallest cities have public
library and although tho first librarians
werc producers AZ we'll as dispensers,
being scholarly and literary. n change
has como about and VIC find tho librarian
mostly tho dispenser, assuredly not the
producer.
In some oe tho larger libraries in the
cities th"rn ar" lecture courses given In
III" libraries, pictur" shows in some and
th"r" is one in Edinburgh that has a
play room and gymnasium. In London
| there is 4 First Aid TO Travellers" room
where all the time tables of all the rail-
WY lines in Great Britain are to be
found. In some libraries music rolls
arc loaned and some have sound proof
rooms in which the rolls may be tested.
But the greatest work that the librar-
| irs do is the settlement work tho branch
libraries Of tho large library do in the
!nrgc cities. They. through the children.
| reach tho foreign class and teach them
they are making.
In Newark. y. T.. there is 4 business
MINIS library in which tho business man
may find directories OF every city and
| state in tho union oc any considerable
! size and there are also telephone dircc-
, tories and cataloss pertaining to every
| business known. The business man Is
| rapidly beginning to make use Of the
| library and Z recent addition to X Is n
| typewriter whore he may write or bring
! his stGnn srapher TO do it for him"
| In conclusion Miss Roberts said: The
! library is 4 show room for the bookseller
! for after reading the books. people arr
reminded OF ih"ir worth and rs II con-
S"aurnc" buy them for gifts for friends
| TIL retailer has often thought that the
; public library rorS him of trade but such
is not tn" case. Tho public library helps
him. It is essentially for service and
gives it freely and unrcscrredly.