Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-11-29
BY Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 4-S8S9

Our favorie Library
public with brandnew absoutelypositvely
unique in the metropolitan area.
At an open house Sunday p p m, Library
present collection of As paintings Old and New Mas
which beginning Monday will be available for borrowing
no charge to all adult card-holdng members.
simple The pictures which
framed reproductions be borrowed for period of
month with fine of six cents for each day overdue Pictures may
not be renewed.
being picture complete
with wire hanger ready to wall Your choice will be
charged to you just a book is charged out
The pictures range price but the average they costing
the Library SO apiece made possible only by the
discounts print dealers trainers the
work contributed by volunteers
The problem of safeguarding pictures while in transit
has been solved by handsome oo bags Our head librarian
Rose Miller asks that we treat our borrowed pictures erery and
guard them well from rain eet and peanubutey fingers by
carrying them always in the green bags
Failure to do will bring fine of S. The bags themselves
the loving products of volunteers hands and their replacement
is expensive proposition.
story behind the goes a long way
begins with Mrs Mlers firm belief that the place picture
is wall where day in all lights
and moods
a great paintings
the of her There also the fact that Roe
proximity housing may largest
collection paintings in it the
the library perform community service by stimulating interest
In art
lending collection paintings is not new idea Many libra
throughout country way another
by rental by lending mounted by endowment
collections.
ranslating the gleam Mlers eye actually
that will be exhibit Sunday for Rockville took least
and half of hard work on the part of many people
Setting the library service not like buying
where the investment the time
lively small. With the library it just the opposite
Librarians skilled in selecting and processing books but
ecng pictures getting them mounted framed the wall
and off again into the customers hot little hand another matter
Mrs Miller first had to determine that could be then
she and her assistant Dagmar LANCE had
and learn how Since then dozens people and have
consulted and the bars staff along with interested
stander have become experts carpentry framing sewing
Embarrassing
The fundamental problem Mrs. Miller is deciding
what pictures to buy. It's easy enough to think
imetesed paintings.
The difficulty lies in knowing where to find color prints them
reproduction you
the original
Many fine color prints made in Europe which meant that
librarians working shoesrng budget had
lar with the of converting francs marks
dollars the of duty and postage the time allow
porting - sA fF@ss -
The day that Mrs Miller introduced the UNESCO Caa
ogue of Color Reproductions of Paintings happy Th
excellent work is in volumes the first covering
fore 1860 and the second the period 1860 1855.
Each volume arranged alphabetically by artist full
the kind Of information gladden. the heart of thng
knowledge librarians
For instance it gives the full the artist the place
dates of birth and DEATH when the particular paintings listed