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New-York tribune., 1921-12-05

lory, of New York, and later took them
to the motion pictures in the new the
ater.
Arrivals at the Homestead to-day in
clude Mr.. and Mrs. William s. Vroom,
OF Somerville, N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs Rob-
ert NJ. Math, Of Asheville, NJ c.; DR..
and Mrs. George r. Hill, Of Akron,
Ohio; DR.. and Mrs. George A. Hubert,
of Baltimore, and Mr.. end Mrs. R. l..
Hardman, of Atlanta. Mr.. and Mrs S.
Dobbs arrived yesterday from Phila-
delnhia
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
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PROF. ABRAHAM J. DEMARES

Professor Abraham J. Demarest, su-
perintendent emeritus of the public
schools of Hoboken, died on Saturday
in St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken. He
had been i'll for the last two years. On
August 27 last Professor Demarest was
retired after 8 service of thirty-seven
years in the public schools of Hoboken.
Born in Woodbridge, Bergen County,
y. j., on February IA 1858, Professor
Demarest was a descendant of the
Huguenots- He became q teacher in
Hoboken High School at the age of
twenty-six. In 1899 he was made Su-
perintendent of Schools. Since his re-
tirement he had been living with his
son, Stanley T. Demarest, on Irving
Street. East Orange.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
Harding Attends Session
OF Elks Lodge of Sorrow

WASHINGTON, Dec. A. President
Harding tonight attended exercises of
the local chapter of the Elks to COM
m memorate members of the order who
died in the last year. The ceremony is
an annual event and is a fixed fea-
ture OF all chapters throughout the
country. At the local meeting the
memorial address was delivered bv
John G. Price, Attorney General of
Ohio.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05

tlghtleth Street.
Mrs. Elisha Dyer has arrived from
baltimore and will be at the Ritz
Carlton during her stay in New York.
A Christmas sale for the benefit of
the kindergarten and Day Nursery of
the Wilson Industrial School for Girls
will be held at the residence Of Mrs.
William Norris Hubbard, 180 West
Flfty-ninth Street, tomorrow from 9
to p. m. There will be on sale at
tractive articles for Christmas and
practical articles for household use.
The series Of Bagby Musical Morn
ings that will continue throughout the
remainder of the winter will begin
this morning at II o'clock at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, with the usual subscrib-
ers in attendancn
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
At Hot Springs, Va.
Special Dispatch TO The Tribune

Special Oispdtch 60 The Tribune
HOT SPRINGS. Va, Dec. 4.-Mr and
Mrs. William Ellis Scull, OF PhiIadel-
phia, entertained Augustus Jay and
Ernest A. Thompson, of New York. at
dinner last night in the Homestead.
George McFadden, of Philadelphia, had
as dinner guests last night the Baron
and Baroness Rosenkrantz, Mrs. John
c. Mallory and her son, Garick L. Nal
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
HERRERT c. KEECH

DANIELSON, Conn, Dec. 4.-Her-
bert C. Keech, forty years old, warden
of the Borough of Danielson, died
suddenly at his home tonight. He
represented the town Of Killingly in
the state Legislature in 1909-'1O and
was former selectman of the town.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
FREDERICK HUTH JACKSON

LONDON, Dec. 4.-The Right Honor
able Frederick Huth Jackson, direc-
tor of the Bank of England and part
ner in the firm of Fdererick Huth &
Company. died Saturday at Posing
worth, Sussex. He was born in 1863.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05

to be held at Fort Myer Decsmher II
Tor tke benefit OF the army relief.
Judge and Mrs. Sidney BaIlou have
issued invitations for dance for the
suh~dehutantes at their home In Leroy
Place on Wednesday,, December 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edson Bradley will
entertain at dinner on December %.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
PERCY ELLSWORTH COyEY

BOSTON. Dec. 4.-Percy Ellsworth
Covey, a Halifax, N. S., newspaper
man, died here to-day of heart disease.
He came here several weeks ago to
visit relatives. His body will be sent
home for burial
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
Christmas Sale ut Plaza

The annual Christmas sale of the
Needlework Shop of the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association will be held
on Wednesday from 10 to o'clock in
the Rose Room of the Hotel Plaza The
proceeds will be used to further the in
terests Of self-supporting women whose
handiwork is of an unusual oroe..
Miss Ethel Zabriskie will preside at the
tea table from to 6.
ANON, the prominent women inter
ested n the sale are Mrs. William
Hamilton Harris, chairman of the
Needlework Shop; Mrs. William Jordon
Rogers, Mrs. S. Theodore Hodgman,
Mrs. Earl D. Babst, Mrs George P.
Brett and Mrs S. A. Sackett.
The Needlework Shop campaign
team which is aiding in the Y: W. c. a.
drive is headed by Mrs. William J,
Rogers, assisted by Mrs. Randolph
Beadleston, Mrs. William H. Harris
and Miss Dorothy Hodgwan.
One of the interes ing debutante
affairs of the week will be the dance
which Mrs. Joseph Wood Cushman, of
$40 Lexington Avenue, will give at the
Cosmopolitan Club on lpext Friday to
introduce her daughteN, Miss Eliza
beth Lambert Cusha1an.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peabody In Town
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Peabody have
come to New York from Old yWestbury
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
Y.W.C.A. Lunclaeons TO
Be Ciuen Budget Week
Woma,'s Work Sale To Be
Held Beginning To-day; Nee
dfetcork Sion to Hold Hrsnnr

Mrs. Robert Bacon has arranged tor
luncheons to be given each day through
out the Young Women's Christian AS
sociatlcn budget week campaign, De-
censber 6 to Is. with distinguished
speakers and guest list. DR.. George
+. Vincent, Dwight Whitney Morrow,
George W. Wickersham. Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, Mrs. William Sloane Coffin,
Mrs. August Belmont and Miss Rachel
Crothers will be among the luncheon
speakers. Guests include:
Mrs. Henry White, Mrs. Marshall
Field, Mrs. John w. Davis, Mrs. Frank
H. Polk, Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin, Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid, Mrs. Oliver JENNINGS,
Mrs. George F. Baker jr,, Mrs. Robert
Brewster, Mrs. Monroe Robinson, Mrs.
&. H. Hartman, Mrs. John T. Pratt,
Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. Mrs. Harold
4. Pratt, Mrs George S. Brewster, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. M. Richard
3amin Brewster, Mrs. NJ. Orme Wilson.
A. Fahnestock.
Members of the executive committee
of the Y. ". C. A. campaign are:
Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, general
chairman; Mrs. George Whitney, treas
urer; Mrs. William Fellowes Morgan.
Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs. Harry Emer-
son Fosdick, Miss Katherine Lambert.
Mrs. Herbert Lee Pratt, Mrs. Willis D.
Wood, Mrs Edward Perry Towsend and
Mrs. William Henry Hays.
-Lmmage sale for the benefit ef the
emergency fund of the New York Ex-
change for Woman's Work will be held
at East Forty eighth Street beginning
as 10 a. m. to-day and continuing
through tomorrow and Wednesday. In
charge of the sale is committee which
includes Mrs. II. H. Pease, Mrs. George
F: Baker ir., Mrs. George E. B4ewer,
Miss Mary Choate, Mrs C. A. De Gers
dortf, Mrs. Okinton Gilbert, Mrs. John
A. Mitchell. Mrs. John 7. Terry and
Mrs. W. Gilman Thompson.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05

Birth, Engagement, Marriage,
Death and In Memoriaua Notice,
may be ielephoned to The Tribune
any time up 10 midnight for in
scrtion in the next days paper,
Telephone Beekman 5000.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
Going On To-day
DAY

American Museum OF Natural History, ad-
mission free
Metropolitan Museum OF Art, admission 26
Aquarium, admission FREQ.
New York Historical Society. admission
Van Cortlandt Park Museum. admission
free.
Lecture by Dhan Gopal Mukerji on THE
Town Hail, l2s West Forty-third Street.
day Life" Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences. Academy OF Music, 4
Convention of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. 80 West Thirty
ninth Street all day
NIGHT
Dinner to the British delegates on the
Limitation OF ArrnaInents BY the English
Speaking Union. WaldorfAstoria. T
Dinner OF the Pan American Society OF
the United States in honor or John Bas-
sett Moore, The Plaza, Z o'clock.
BOARD OF EDUCATION LECTURES
Manhattan and the Bronx
'Books That Every One Should know
shahespeares Anthony and Cleo
Rn[ra Rrdnn BY 9sun4 professor sasoa J. G. Carter
l08th Street.
Songs of Yesterday" by Miss Esther
Benson, at Public School 46, l56th
Street and ST. Nicholas Avenue. Illus
trated by songs
Dance Music, Seen by a Musician" by
giuseppe sds "A A. Rsndegger. at Public School
50, 22S East FIFTY seventh Street
Robert w. Service, the Worlds Most
p Popqlar ,sa,l, Living pest.' By Miss Kathleen
Nicholas Avenue and 127th street.
How Life Begins" by G. Clyde Fisher
Ph d, at Labor Temple, southwest cor
ner Fourteenth Street and Second Ave-
pictures.
"Eyerybody's Friend; Louis Pasteur" by
Slation for Blind. III East Fifty-ninth
Street
The h, s. EstTSSgge u q for Freedom of the Sea"
i1msa slnasa Hall Hall, a4s West Twenty-hfth
bFazil, srs5I,., Its Beauties and Commercial Pos
at at New York Public Library, 1oS West
ls5th Street stereopticon views.
Ssw C,wc,s aork RI as the Center Of the Universal
SON, at Evander Childs High School.
lS4th Street and Field Place. the Bronx
Brooklyn and Queens
Cairo to Cape by .Airplane," by Miss Ida
school Fatsush h Avenue aauS near as chureh mreh
Avenue. Stereo pticon views.
''Colonnial and Revolutionary New York.
ing High School, Seventh Avenue and
Fifth Street Stereopticon views
Napoleon. the Little. and Eugenie, the
Ambitious" by Jonas IAppmann. at
Brooklyn Public Library. Greenpoint
Branch, Norman Avenue and Leonard
Street
Glacier National Park" by Robert G.
Weyh. at Richmond Hill High School,
Ridgewood and Stoothon avenues. Rich
rnond HILL L. 1. stereopticon views
The Pitfalls of Youth" by Mrs. Mabel
Irwin at Public School 3, Colonial Ave
nue. and Livingston Street
THE Glories of Venice" by Garret P
Serviss. at Public School 81 Eighty
nth and Shipley streets, Woodhaven,
L. |. Stereopticon views
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
MARRIAGES

GUTTER-H HIRscHBERG-Mrs. B. Gutter
announces the marriage OK ner son Lou
to Miss Rae Hlrshberg
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
ABINGDON
2 ALL B 90 X S
The Uncommon Commonplace
By BISHOP WILLIAM A. QUAYLE

A book OF essays overfowing with the ten
derness of the most intimate associations.
ie>-awships, memories, longings, expectations.
Net. $500. postpaid.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05

and will be at the Hotel Vanderbilt
until they open their house at lit East
Eightieth Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
The Opinions of John Clear6eld
John Ruskin, Preacher
BY LEWIS II. CHRIsMAN

III this book We have & presentation OF
Kuskin as an interpreter OF the things OF
God. But there are ten other essays OF
breadth, beauty. virility. and keen analysis
Net. lbs. postpaid
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
The Home of the Echoes

This title Of this book by the popular
Australian essayist Is plucked like flower
out or & crannied wall OF Maori tradition.
Net. Sits. postpaid.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-05
Cross-Lots: And Other Essays

From cover to cover arc tIro!ery and gentle
irony. flashing scirnetar-lke strokes of
truth. with Deryastye sympathy.
Net, sl.25. postpaid
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
SOME WOULD ANSWER NEVER
French Law Wants TO Know at What
Aos Man 70 Competent 70
Choose Z Wife?

At what age does q man possess
sufncient ability to be able to choose
q wife7
According to the present French
laws, remarks the New York Tribune,
he Is not considered capable until he
reaches thirty years. and should
he marry before that time he must
obtain the consent Of his parents. In
1918 and again In 1919 the chamber
lowered the age to twenty-five. but
each time the bill was rejected by the
senate. Soon another attempt to al
ter the law will be made By Able
Lemire. deputy for the Nord.
The able says that men who would
make an unwise marriage at twenty
five would be just as liable to do the
same thing at thirty. He also thinks
that moro men and women who have
supposedly reached the age Of dis
erection make more unhappy marri-
ages than younger people.
II certainly think man Is sufficient
~ matured by the time he Is twenty
i've. or even twenty-one, to enter into
marriage upon his own responsibility.
It seems ridiculous for man to have
to ask his parents consent until he
Is thirty"
The Marchioness Townsend gives a.
her opinion that 'by the time he II
twenty-five II man has bad tend
encies they win have developed. or
II he has good tendencies they will
also have developed. 1t would GER
tainly. in my opinion, be good thing
to lower the age at which French
man attains his majority"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
ARTISTS MISSION IN LIFE
BY Interpretation, He Must Unfold
Beauty to Those Persons Not 80
Gifted ~ Himself.

All work has some element Of the
creative, but the artist must realize
that 1t Ia art that brings everything
to him, and that the best he can bring
to art Is sympathy. intelligence and
skill In presenting 1t. The material
him to develop the means Of imparting
It to others. The singer sings q song
but before he can deliver its message
with his voice. the composer has visu-
allied through musical setting an In
depreciation Of the poet-the poet has
translated phase Of life. or emotion.
that has come to him from reading or
experience. Our knowledge and the
mental processes that govern our ac-
lions are the result Of recorded and
unrecorded memories-and so on
through an endless chain Of evolution.
The artists mission is to interpret
the depth and breadth Of the mysterl-
Gus joys or sorrows Of existence, real
and imaginary. through music, poetry.
sculpture. painting. the stage. or what
ever his profession. In his interpreta-
ton he unfolds these beauties-to 9TH
er men and women who may not be
gifted with the mental or physical
abilities to re-create them for them
selves. but who can understand and
enjoy them through the medium OF the
artist-and as his skill In that medium
develops, his giving out Of understand
ing increases.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
MONARCH A MEAN NEIGHBoR
eennacherlb, Ancient Ruler Of Egypt,
Evidently Bully Of the
Highest Order.

Going about knocking down other
kings cities when they failed to kiss
his feet" was one Of the playful habits
OF Sennacherib, ruler Of Egypt some
two thousand years ago. according to
cuneiform tablets just placed on ex-
hibition at the University Of Chicago.
Sennacherib kept a "diary" Of his
playful habits" The big stone slabs
were brought to the United States,
with other records Of ancient Egypt,
by Prof. James H. Breasted. I'm my
third campaign l marched against the
land of HAITI (Palestine)." said Sen
nacherib in his "diary." '"The kings
Of the west land brought rich gifts be-
fore me for the fourth time and kissed
my feet" "Hezekiah, the Judean, who
had not submitted to my yoke, I be-
sieged and took 48 Of his strong walled
cities, together with countless small
cities, by assault Of battering rams
and siege engines, attack by foot SOL
diers and by mines and breaches. !
captured some two hundred thousand
people, some small and great, men and
women, oxen and innumerable sheep"
"Hezekiah himself / shut up in Je-
rusalem like a Gagged bird" Other
tablets showed that Sennacherib had
q Cheops "jazz band" a dromedary
"toddle" and desert "home brew"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
Nation Without Language.

Switzerland has no language OF Its
own. The official languages OF Swift
erland are French. Italian and Ger
man, all three being recognized as the
another tongue" Of the majority OF the
inhabitants.
A majority Of the people speak Ger
man, while the others use French and
Italian. varying rs rule according 70
the proximity Of the people to each
country whose language they speak.
Public documents and notices are
printed in the French and German Ian
guages. In the Swiss national pariia-
ment the members make their speeches
either In French or German. the mem-
bers being as familiar with one Ian
guage as the other.
Statements from the president OF
Switzerland are furnished to the news
papers In both languages.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
plecadIlly 4 "Ruff."

Piccadilly, known the world over as
O famous thoroughfare Of London, re-
ceived It's name from tavern several
centuries ago. The tavern In Its turn
took the name from a tennis court
that was near by, and much frequent
ed by members Of the kings house
hold.
The tennis court acquired the name
because Of the number Of both men
and women who frequented 1t wearing
q "pIcadilly," or ruff.
The name. then, was originally the
name Of shirred bit Of silk, or other
stiff material that was gathered along
the edge Of the cloak, bodice or jerkin,
and brought together under the chin,
forming an outstanding collar or ruff
often six or eight inches wide, and In
I. some cases handles went to even
greater extremes and extended their
"pickadilly" foot or more.
Queen Elizabeth made the ruff al
most historical by her constant wear
ing Of It at court functions, and to
have her portrait painted.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
SOME NOVELTIES OF SOUND
Really Curious Phenomena That Haye
Come Under the Observation
Of the PhysleIsts.

II. when the air IL still, you stand
near high wall and speak q word
loudly. II will come back to you as II
repeated by an invisible person. 1t Il,
Of course, an echo.
Parallel walls separated by-a few
hundred feet, as in canyon, may 30
reflect sound as to cause It to be dis
tinctly heard again and again in q
long-dying series OF repetitions.
II the rejecting walls are irregular.
the repetitions, instead Of being dis
tnct to the ear, will be mere jumbled
and unintelligible reverberations. This
Is noticeable In certain caverns.
Prof. w. ]. Humphreys, an eminent
physicist, describes a curious phenom-
enon which he calls an "acoustical
mirage" sounds uttered at a distance
on the surface Of the earth seeming to
come from high in the air. Such an
uplifting Of sound corresponding to
the uplifting Of landscape by a Wis
ual mirage) may occur when a stratum
OF warm air at the surface Is over
laid by cooler air. The sound travels
faster at the top. and so appears to
come from aloft.
A balloonist can often hear the
earth-echo Of his own voice when he
cannot, by shouting, gain the attention
Of people standing on the ground be-
low him. 1t Is because heat an alti-
tude Of fifteen hundred feet perhaps
is In a region Of silence. whereas they
are immersed In a food Of sound.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
Note Was Misleading.

At the head Of a large business con-
Germ In Muncie is very pompous man.
who not only is very careful OF his
dignity but inclined to irritability II
things do not go exactly right with
him. Wishing to attend to some CORE
spondence and having been troubled
much Of the day by visitors he placed
a note on the outside Of his private
office door the other day which read:
"Mr. Blank cannot be disturbed"
A collector soon afterward APP
peared at the door Of the private Of
fee, walked past the secretary. read
the note and strobe In, but soon came
out the door much more rapidly than
he had entered.
Didn't you read the note7" the sec
rotary asked Of the disheveled col
lector.
II read It," the latter admitted. but
I didn't believe 1t and went In to find
out. I discovered that I was right. for
he can be and was" - Indianapolis
News.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
SUGGESTIONS OF THE PAST
Many Years Ago Had Almost UNI
versal credenee.

A reader furnishes rs with q list
Of old superstitions which were part
Of our folk lore in this part Of the
country before we had to have folk
lore societies to preserve this sort Of
thing:
"A rooster Growing at the front door
meant a visitor coming.
twig catching young lady's dress
meant beau.
An itching ear meant that some one
was talking about you.
To turn back after starting meant
bad luck.
Opening an umbrella In the house
meant bad luck to the house.
A measuring worm on w0man's
frock meant a new dress.
An itching left hand meant that you
would marry soon.
An itching right hand meant that
you would shake hands with strang-
er.
Seeing the new moon over the left
shoulder meant one would soon get
money.
Probably most Of US are supersti-
tious about the number Is, just as peo-
pie were long time ago. Our own
superstitions will amuse subsequent
generation, as those recalled by our
reader amuse us. Only a subsequent
generation can safely laugh at super
stitions. Socrates was put to death for
laughing at some of the superstitions
Of the Greeks. Let US, then, laugh at
these and take the superstitions of our
own time as seriously as we please
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
In MEMORIAM.

In sad but loving remembrance of
my dear mother, Mrs. Lydia Mitchell
who entered into eternal rest / year
ago, August II, 1920.
She toiled with me for many years
As by my side she stayed
And kept my heart from pain and
fear
No thought to be repaid
Her love was deep for all she knew
For each she had care
For all her life SO good and true
Gods blessings still / share.
With faith in God and hope complete
She left me for her rest
Where soon again my soul shall meet
And be forever blessed
Rest on dear mother thy labor is Ger
Thy willing hands will toll no more
A faithful mother true and kind
A better mother / could not find.
Dear is the grave where my mother
is laid
Sweet is the memory that shall
never fade
Heart of my life is buried deep
Under the sod where my mother
sleeps
Often when the days are brightest
There's a gloom that fills my heart
For it brings back all sad memories
OF the day God bid us part
More and more each day / miss her
Friends may think the wound is
healed
But they little know the sorrow
That lies within my heart conceal
ed
Whose love can equal love Of q
mother
Whose devotion was loyal and true
Who suffered so much with the joy
for another
As mother for you.
Dear mother how miss you
In this lonely world so wide
May Heaven above bless you
With angels by your side
No eye can see me weep
But many a silent tear
/ shed when others are asleep
Time may heal this aching heart
Time may make the wound less sore
But Time will never stop the long
ing
For the loved one gone before.
By her Daughter,
Lizzie Baily.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
BUSINESS LOCALS.

C. P. Miller sells Victrolas on easy
monthly payments.
All the latest photograph records
at Miller's.
Eskayo Red Cedar Compound, the
moth exterminator. Brown & Hooff.
C. P. Miller sells Victor, Columbia
and Brunswick Records.
Buy your talking machine Of C. P.
/ Miller.
We pay highest prices for horse
hides. Lyman Wiener.
Lyman wiener pays good prices for
all kinds of junk. Let him know if
you have any.
See us for writing tablets, envelo.
pes and correspondence cards, inks
&c Brown & Hooffff.
Bonnie B hair nets and good form
hair nets made from human hair and
sterilized. Brown & Hooff.
Pyrox and Dry Lime and Sulphur
spray material, For sale by Burns
& Marshall.
Write, phone or see US if you want
good flock of sheep. We have the
good kind and will make you inter.
ested in seeing them. We can fur.
nish you a fancy flock or in carload
lots. w. c. RELY & Son.
Telephone 215-13.
When you have hogs, cattle, calves
sheep or lambs for sale write OF
phone US. We pay top market prices
for first class live stock at all times
and the same prices to one and all fol
live stock of the same quality.
w. c. RELY < Son.
Telephone 215-13.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-09-06
LIBRARY Of CONGRESS Ranks Third.

The collection of the library Of con-
gress is the largest In the western
hemisphere, and third In the world.
1t comprises over 2,710,500 printed
books and pamphlets Cncludfng the
law library, which, while a division
Of the library Of congress. still re-
mains at the capitoD, maps and charts,
pieces Of music, and photographs,
prints, engravings and Autographs
numbering about one million. The col
lection is rich In history, political SCI
ence. in official documents. national.
state and foreign. and in Americana,
including important files Of American
newspapers and original manuscripts
Colonial, revolutionary and formative
periods). Many rare books and manu-
scripts belonging to the library are
exhibited In show cases on the second
floor.