The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-14

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thing about business whn
gan. The incest thing ~
shop, ! think. 10 the way n sss
attract the authors Who "a t
through our midst. Many ! Hssa
light who has called has ~
his visit BY helping me dust I;:s
Where Famous Aea 80
Miss Butchers guest -
tains such names ~ Maurics ~
terlinck. W. B. Yeats, H. Z 49,
en-. Frederick O'Brien ani ~
Ferber. Carl Sandburx ~
scribed along with his nans -
appropriate sentiment: .Nest
real reAtaurant what 10 mor. ~
than . real book shop! Nsv n
spiders Be a long while gettins -
one Of r. BIS"
Next to Miss Butchers ~.
the Children's Book ShSp. 1e,.s
exclusively to good books ~ -
s<ructive toys for the youne q.
casoan, and showing that o.
10 going In for culture fron n.
ground up. as it were. Thh A.
is three years old, and d m :
Louise Douglas Hyde, hersSlf n.
mother Of three children o.s
good books are sold here, - \.
busy parent who has no IT, 4 |
censor his offspring's reading -.
to 1t with relief. The shop itoeK 4 !
. charming place. artistically -,
GRATED by Genevieve Stumn r.
, erything is upon a small 'oeah
even to the low door by whicA n
enter, SO that the child feels Is
here is really a shop meant =
him.
A book shop far removed I'm.
these in character, but also I'm n
| a woman Is the Radical Book SAn
| one Of those landmarks Of lihe,L
ism which nearly every larse u
endures, and which a small srtiat
and liberal group in every du
cherishes. This shop with the nj
cal name has for proprietor q q.
tle-voiced little lady, Mrs. zen
/ assisted by her daughter Geraldsa
| Its history is an interesting exan.
pie Of idealism, which howevef.
much We may disapprove OF It. n
cannot help but admire.
| Four years ago Mr.. and Nh
Udell started this shop in cuhaI
hole on Clark street with no mond
to speak of but a great deal d
| faith. For two years they stfus.
gled along selling books ~
pamphlets treating economic M
social subjects in an advanced WV,
and eking out their income By m.
ming a laundry agency in the Shep
In times of great emergencythg
sold one of the valued books 'frea
their private library, feeling In
cannibals when we did 30" sayl
| Mrs. Udell.' SID,
A Book Shop Backed BY AatAsre
Two yeats ago, just when til,
were beginning to glimpse sonl
success for their long struggle, II
iTdell died, leaving Mrs. Udell. VI
/, is blind, alone in the world WI
two growing daughters and y
money. But the many friends vAiel
the little shop had gained. rallbi
to its support in this crisis. TvSS
..aem, Theron Cooper and She
I! wood Anderson, organized the @
operative Book Stores Company
nearly every regular customer q
= store took one of more shares b ]
and the Radical Book Shop now q
cupies a quaint and colorful cqna
store. The fact that Sherwood A.
derson is one of its hackers givl
it dignity. even in the eyes OF y
conservative; since his sbool
"Winesburg, Ohio" has been CALI
one Of the greatest in a decade !
critics here and abroad.
Recently the Cooperative Bon
Stores company started a seed
shop in the downtown district eal
ed the Walden Book Shop. b
these stores are run on a eoops
alive basis-that is, il you buy
book there you are given a SLIP
paper upon which you write "!
, name and address to leave with Q
shop. Then at the end OF the -
. certain percentage Of the pfcl
made on the purchase OF your -
. is returned to you. So far the =
. centase returned to purchasers 4
; been 10 low as to be negligible,
as the shops are already PAN
dividends to the stockholders \
J to be expected that their custona
Twill soon be surprised BY subso'
Z tial results. a