The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1921-03-31
LIBRARY NOTES

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brary. The largest number Of books
drawn in one day was 100 on Feb
ruary 9th.
A card catalog has been made of
the books in the library. There are
about ten thousand cards in the cata-
log and the books are indexed by
author, title and subject.
The high school student and the up
per grade children are showing a
marked improvement in their ability
to use the reference books in the Ii
brary.
The children are very much inter-
ested in new stcrcscope and views
which have recently been purchased.
John Martins Book" is new
magazine especially for the little
children from three to nine. The
stories are very good for reading aloud
and the mothers who have taken 1t
home speak very highly of it.
If you wish to read the new maya
zines come to the library. You will
be welcome. There are the Ameri-
can, Literary Digest, Outlook, Har-
per's, Century, Popular Mechanics,
Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's
Home Companion, Good Housekeep-
ing, National Geographic, Life and
others. For the boys and girls there
are the Youths Companion, st.
Nicholas, Boys Life and the Ameri-
can Boy. Magazines may be taken
from the library.
According to the "Bookman" the
following books are the most in de-
mand in the public libraries of the
United States at the present time:
Top Of the World-Ethel Dell.
Main Street-Sinclair Lewis.
The Valley of Silent Mem. O..
Curwood.
A Poor Wise Man-Marl r. Rhine
hart.
Harriet and the Piper-Kathleen
Norris.
The Purple Heights-Marie Oemler.
If you want a good book come to
the library. Some of these new ones
will interest you:
"Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis.
A novel about the real American
small town of today. Not horse
trading deacons and pink romance in
sunbonnets, but farm line telephones,
Fords, land deals, the movies and
trips to the metropolis or Los
Angeles. Considered one of the best
American novels of today.
"Sister Sue" Eleanor H. Porter's
last big novel. A story of joy through
self sacrifice; Of girl who surren-
ders her career for the sake of her
family, and who discovers at last
that in helping others she has help
ed herself to find romance and hap
piness.
GIVE to the Rescue" by Ethel
Hueston. Eve finds her greatest joy
in doctoring up the troubles of her
friends and she is the sympathetic
recipient of condolences from all
sources. She advances the theory
that duty alone, without the person
al touch, isn't enough to create hap
piness in the world, and proves her
principle in the end.
"The Mysterious Rider" by Zane
Grey. The mysterious rider came to
the Bellhounds ranch from no one
knew where, and managed his gun SO
expertly that he became known as
"Hell-Bent" Wade. He played the
part Of fate in the lives of those at
the ranch and when he made his
great sacrifice, Columbine was re-
leased from the shadow of tragedy
and entered the sunshine of love.
"The Valley of Silent Men" by
James Oliver Curwood. A plot
thriller of the Canadian Northwest.
There are romance and adventure q
plenty, a red-blooded hero, a beauti-
full heroine, satisfying william, trap
pers, brigade captains and voyageurs
and through it all an unguessable
mystery.
"The Trumpeter Swan" by Temple
Bailey. Nantucket Moors and old
Virginia are the back ground of a
wholesome romance with radiantly
happy ending.
"a Poor Wise Man" by Mary
Roberts Rhinehart. A brisk, enter
tanning story of labor, politics and
love.
The following is the third annual
report of the librarian for the year
ending February 90, 1921:
Circulation of books
Juvenile Adult Total