Indiana daily times., 1920-12-11
When job Hunting
Gets THesOnae, Go
to Central LIBRARY
FeIC Empty Chairs and SheIUeS
Are Depleted, Librarians
.S0u.

That literary gem. ''lost two golden
hours, set with sixty diamond minutes"
was a work Of art OF past era If the
reading space at the Central Library is
any evidence on the case. If you happen
to need q particular book with such ne
cessity that you undertake q special trip
to the library to procure it, and then
try to find a peaceful, restful corner
behind one OF the columns where the
librarian viii fail to discover your
snooEes, you will find that you are alb
sOlutely out Of luck. Seats up front as
well as in the rear are all sold out"
and you can take your choice between
reading on one foot while the other rests
or in bearing your book homeward.
The line forms promptly at a. m,
when the massive iron doors swing open
under the manipulation Of the Janitor.
The librarians say that there has been
an increased demand for books for local
reading at the library along with a
scarcity Of jobs. The rainy days when
hunting a job is unpleasant is the time
when the library has a full house."
The shelves in the reading room are de-
pleted and every chair is occupied.
The time is past when the library wa
the exclusive possession OF the idle edu-
Gated Right up close to the desk sits
a man who is studying some phase OF
engineering with the idea that he may
perfect an invention which he has con-
cetved.
THREE TYPES
OF PATRONS.
There are three types Of patrons at
the library" said the librarian. "0t
course, you can make other classified
tions but these describe them the best.
There is the employed reader. the unem-
ployed and the one who changes his job.
They all choose their books for distinctly
different purposes. Among the pro
fessional men we have different types,
too. The physician breezes in and out,
taking his book along with him to read
at spare moments. The artist strOlls in
and spends half day reading different
items"
Just then a woman siddled up in the
most unobtrusive manner possible and
asked If they had a book OF directions in
'letter writing" Having been supplied
she retreated TO a table and drew out
s pencil and a piece Of paper.
IN Hust wager anything that she is
going to, apply for a certain Job and she
wishes tOcfind out how to write a letter
that viii land her" remarked the
I1AUEdElHus EELAEGLlNels- he nave AAN
half a dozen come in here and ask for
book ike that You know they are aw
fully afraid that we viii find out some
thing about their business, and lot Of
times II we could know just what they
want we could help them much better.
AS It is we give them books a lot Of
times that do not contain what they
d wish and thus they lose a lot Of time
Among other secrets Of the library
which the communicative librarian i'm
parted were would-be poets who asked
for "poetical" dictionaries so as to fad
rhyming words; the individuals who
were compiling the history OF airplanes
and the persons who Were planning 10
favor the world with a complete re-
port Of the life Of the cinema.
I'VE have them all here" she contin-
ued, "the salesman. the manager, the
author and the clerk. From indications
based upon the popular demand for
books It would seem that everybody Is
turning into advertising men and sales
men, whether il is because there is more
money IN It, is something that we can't
tell.