Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12

| NV New York avenue, TINS
' week reopens it's young
| peoples room on the sec.
ond floor, visitors will find a novel
exhibition on view there. 1t is the
model of an Indian temple, designed
by Charles Mason Remey after the
world famous Tai Mahal, and COM
plete in every detail of the exterior
and surrounding gardens, besides a
section of the interior, with mosaic
| decorations in color. This Oriental
novelty measures 16 feet at base and
| is Of proportionate height, as shown
| at the top of the stairway in the lobby
entrance to the room devoted to the
younger patrons.
Before pausing to study in detail
| Mr.. Remeys beautiful original archi-
tectural composition, let us make a
short tour of the library. beginning
with the juniors room, lately reno
waited. When this division was closed,
about July l, the librarian permitted
| the young people to withdraw 10
| books each for vacation use. Over
| 1900 books were taken out, the at
| tendant says, and it was really sur
prising how many of them were non
| fiction.
DR.. George F. Bowerman, the libra
rian. pays great attention to the needs
Of all classes of readers. The public
| is perhaps unaware of the efforts
made and the opportunities now Of
fered by the library to reach the spe-
cial needs of a wide variety of read
ers The entire force is keenly awake
to the interesting problem of extend
| ing popular education in an agreeable
way to every one desiring it.
Parents who feel that their own
| a. 70
the questions and discussions Of THEM
active minded high school and college
sons and daughters often conf1de al
most heartbreaking tales to the sym
| pathetic libra rian, with a result that
| a special service is maintained to
| give them the guidance they desire
| in keeping ahead" of George and
Mary in their studies.
| Teachers too, are ever seeking fresh
information for their speciality, and 1t
is an important branch Of the library
work to aid the professional mind in
! being abreast Of the times.
The general fiction reader. who rep
| resentS another large class, Is known
as an inveterate devotee of the lighter
! reading-detective, love and adventure
! stories-but today an attempt is made
! to lead toward more stable taste in
or her. to biography. the entertaining
life stories of the great, or to history
with it's never-ending pageant-truth
stranger than fiction.
! X X X
THROUGH the information desk.
where Miss Cecilia FranZoni and
Miss Jean Macdonald assist in taking
charge, a new aim has been inaugu-
! rated-to work with individuals, find
| ing out the inquirer's interest. making
! for him a short resume and advising
as to courses of reading. The name
and address are recorded. with a re-
| quest TO report whether the books
| have proved beneficial or not.
| If no word is received within GER
tain time, the advisor follows up the
matter by personal note. In this
| way many adults are continuing their
| school or college studies. or special.
| izing in some hobby. industrial or ar
| tiStiC.
! OF how these fields have developed,
! and of their fa~-~eaching results. the
| writer learned last W''ak in an en-.
pertaining chat with DR.. Bowerman
and his able assistant, Miss Graca b