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u_y MIC buulllay . As many fear the stings and arrows of nutrageous taxes, many counties are with- out `such service. -v"I)......I A.._-._!.._. o _,, -_- ,,,..I _.,, A , , I -uuu auuu M:l`VKZL'a ' ~-Rum! Americans are apathetic towards books. California has made most progress, _ having 42 libraries with 389 branches. t\Ir|A .. an- n.......m :,...l..L'...I L-..___ JJDVUIE 'xa ulnzuum wuu 00:1 UI`tllUIlC. Sometnncs 21 car serves Isolated homes, carrying books for exchange. A , Mica` 'T`hnn\ng-nn annvnnafnrl fknf nun IIIDUCDU UI KJIKI k7UUlUlln Funds had to be raised in variouaways. In one column of a paper one read that a hen roost had been robbed, and in another that the ladies of the town were giving a Fowl Supper to raise funds for the library, of course without connecting the two items. In a northern town a man had taken a small bear which grew up with his children, "but Bruin becoming too rough a playfellow, was sold for $150, which was donated to begin a public library. Suggests Grants V She spoke of the development of County A Libraries in Great Britian, where `only twelve per cent. of the peopleused public libraries, these -being chiey` town dwellers. `She spoke of the wide inuence the lib- rarian exerted, having the opportunity to act as guide. philosopher, and friend to farmer, villager and town dweller. A central room was engaged, and generally at a school with. the schoolmaster invcharge. These are really travelling libraries in charge of a County Librarian and nanced by the county. - An rv|uI\v1 Inn- cl... ..L:...... .....l ..__..-.._ - Miss Dorothy Thompson of the.Public Libraries Branch, Department of Educa- tion, then spoke on The County Library system in connection with Great Britian _and the U. S." She said We are proud `that we have 453 public libraries in our province; the largest number- in the world with respect to population, yet there are V still 800,000 unserved by libraries. These may have them if they are suiciently in- tcrestcd. as a library is the inevitable re- sult of an interest in books. Wherever the `travelling library has gone it has met with generous patronage showing that every community appreciates books. The de- mand for travelling libraries has increased . forty per cent in twelve months. The city worker has no conception of the difficulties that confront those in rural districts. They have to take what accommodation they . can get, in one case the bar of a disused 1 hotel, where the `speaker humorously said that Eleanor M, Porter was dispensed in- j stead of bottled porter, and Scott's works 1 instead of Old Scotch. E`.._.J,. I L..J A- L. _.!_..J 2.. _.._J_.."-------- I MORE BOOKS READ, ` % RURAL NEEDS TOLD Miss Emma King Reports rm Library Work in Ontario. ' Page Six Sykes Speaks -,_ I I 453 Libraries ua ucucw z1uu`;u.c1uUu'S on nlstory. ' Rev. Dr. Herridge of'0ttawa spoke on Books and_ Life." He saidxit was not at all `probable that the ght would be fought out in our time between the /defenders of ancient and modern learning, tho the champions of the former were becoming reduced in number. While valuable books are, by the library, bought within the reach of those who otherwise would not` uunuc 5U LU uuu.; Common people would have a better chance to rise above their station if those of thebetter class would notsixxktso far below theirs. The want of money is al- most as great a hindrance to development as is too much. Q`\____ ___L_ _,_ Al I . There is something wrong wirh our men- tality` if it makes us too fastidious to note the throbbing of the life of the world. A certain welfare worker was warned by his doctor that he must rest and was ad` vised to go to Algiers. He said he could V not possibly leave his work. When the` doctor told him it was either Algiers or Heaven, he chose Algiers. There is no need to despise this world as -a vindication of piety. (If a. man goes to the devil it is worth while trying to find out why he goes so much more enthusiastically than some go to God.) nnvnrnnn v\Ann`n aunnlyl L--... .. L_L;_,_ .... --.-4 v. vvnouvv Lav Ilvva al\-III BI -It-VIIFVICBUCC The culture of the '.n\ind does not involve the choking up of the heart's emotions. Education, if of the right kind, does not expand in one direction at the expense of another. We must study to `think. If we get our opinions from other people as we get our milk, rather than keep a cow, we must ex ct to get the opinions watered. I` ' - AI_,',,,,, , 11' - read them, there should be created in them 9. desire for a private library, where the true book lover will have favorites he will be too selsh to share with others. Books do n6t clamor for notice but wait to en- lighten and cheer the owner. It is only by studying the thoughts of great thinkers that we learn. Yet one should not assume a taste for books. If one does not want to be literate, he should be illiterate, grace- fully. .Your well informed person may be an intolerable vbore. Amid the stress and care of life, there is no time for the pedant who talks of what he does not appreciate. '!`L.. ....h...._ -4` AL- ...`1...l .1--- _-. 2 I PERMANENT H IG HWAY5 . Y ' Algnersor Heaven I uccu xctu wr. we Iubure 01 Uunada. Mr. Payne addressed the gathering on Let the other side `be heard. He said There are no chosen people. .Every race has its contribution to make to human welfare. On one side there is intolerance, on the other political liberty, freedom of speech, Aucu u we nave 21 nroau Ou[l0(_)K. I We must keep. maternal thmgs In their {proper place and show patriotism by up- right pexsorial character. Then no onel need fear for. the future of Canada. 1 Mr Dunno nArIu.uv....l 4.L.. ..-LL_7!-, _. ..,.,......_u. , suuuualulc uulusu. I Intellectual life, like physical life, is larger than any of its manifestations. The man who has never written a book is not on alower plane than one who has, but he must rejoice that so many have written what is read in many -lands.` `I7. 1...... -7, .4 . -.r'y nu-J Lvyuunn In the evening an address was giv_en by the President of the O. L. A. W. J. Sykes, B.A. of Ottawa on The Bearing of `Letters and Memoirs on History." R-n\' hr I'TnFl`;l"lIl:I nf'f\6-I-nu. ---L~ _.... .. ........ ... Aunuul -annua- We have great names in literature to conjure with, I and we "must not lose the power of choosing the good. 117.. ...._r .._:r, 2 `__. .-- .. vocvvvnlna vAA\4 avuu. We must unite in enthronin literaiture that will ennoble Canadian sentiment. n....L1-_.__ A .1. Q. , r - - ._ --.-......-y V...-4\...uu o\.uvAulCl||.'. Prob1ezns that, confront us can only be met if we have a broad outlook. Wu rnvugvf Ln...` .....;....:..1 n.:.., - .- ` 1 <- I if we were indifferent to Canada s great' resources, but the land in which material things` are dominant must have people who appreciatmintangible things. Inc-nllm.+....l I::.. m._ _1__._:_,n 1-1- n, V Printed Wdrd Serves After some illustrations, the speaker went THE BARRIE EXAMINER , ,_.._.,.....e.., "um nu. Luau ydllcl U1 l.H(`[ "sessions. - ` I Mr. Morris said To enjoy books of science requires practise, but it is a mis- take to suppose that technical knowledge is essential to undersztnhriinu Hruxlre A`. 'uppuuuuu._y m_r service. 4 _l The newspaper is indispensable to the Govermnent of a. country. It carries to the people what the Government is doing and to the Government what the people think about it. The papers often-go too far and publish what is not true, but the remedy has not yet been discovered by which the `evil can be stripped from the good on the plant of liberty. Liberty must permit the other side to be heard. Anyone can `denounce the sins of their enemies.` it is better to reveal the faults` of friend;;.} To the members of the great profasionj of print he suggested the emblem-the! Torch of John McCrae. ' A ; .! How to enjoy Books ca\yh_____ 1-)",_y_,,*7 a 1'1 1 . on to say, We are of the profession of print. We belong to the army ranging from poet to newsboy who `serve the public through the printed word. We call our work a profession. A profession is a. body of specially trained persons, en- gaged {in the _service of mankind. God requires us to give democracy 3 chance be- cause of the blessing He gives us in the` , opportunity for ser_vice." i I 'l`l-m` mm......L..... .- :...J:-__-___u, .v .- I ---..... ... Jvlll auuuuuuulga uuu ]8.K8 your life richer, you may do so by good read- ing." He quoted the prayer, Give us in this world, knowledge of Thyitruth," and said There is no better way to reach this knowledge than by the art of literature. That is \_vhy God gave us printing and good writers." 111 v n 1 .- UIIJLJJ UU Nature Books", by F. J. A. Morris,` M. Petcrborough, the last paper of the zssions. ' ` I}K\3 Faced with the imperative need of providing those hard sun of withstanding s'uch increased strain as the increasing use Truck inevitably represents, we must surely recognize that calls for the adoption of the higher type of paving wt makes possible. Experience _is showing that Concrete has those qt which render it"` cheapest in the long run. We our roads of any less pcnnanent material. - Experience has shown how costly some roads are. There is no longer the shadow of an excuse for disregarding _ultimate economy when planning our highways.` If a road costs little to build but much to maintain, it must give way to a type of pavement which---alt.hough _costing more to build--- ` involves minimum maintenance charges; No so-called economyis real economy unless it can justify itself in the ultimate cost. This applies with particular. forceeto Roads. ' CANADA CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED ___, .._--- -.a-.;vnJ.l.J Canada Cement iampany Building, Phillips Square, Montreal qualities of , _.-_ H In- V - K v-- ---~~u \oE}JrlIJlI7 `easing of the Motor gnize real economy which Concrete Thursday, April 27, 1922 mu pct ucuu U1 u1_('. population. . Mr. Paine thought the County Library plan a promising one. a rule the {far- mers are not suiciently interested in books -to come to the village for them, so the speaker hoped a library would be establish- ed in every rural school, and the children encouraged to carry the books home. He spoke of the boyion the farm and his susceptibility to'hie surroundings. Some waste their lives in fruitless longing. some rroum away, some stay and watch the stream of life pass by, and seem rooted where they are. Good reading may be the salvation of those who feel they are marooned. He said If you would feel at home in your surroundings and make richer. you mave do so hv annrl ...,...L 1ualities permanence cannot afford to build surfaces Capab] `c;nr-1 I10` I\` oL- In V. '0 sn:ne*iInv.< each woMin;z :mx following `1i.\`Y'1I|11_V ture refs.-rt-ncv. 1 year. cnttnn; thin wooden; twr-nty ti year, gnldon. 7>i4>x< [N * , >X<>X<>X<>`<>X<>X<>X< '%%>I"X`%>I I4. (`UH It is: It isn't ruining 1t`r' ruining In (-\'m`_v dim; ,II"I 0 AI ISCJVCII. muln: \c|y ulI}!L'l'H.'l'lly. He spoke of 2; village of 1100 people, where one frail wom_un started single h8I)(lG(l to ostublish :1 library. Most of those to whom she applied for help object- `ed l)eczmse' of the cost. She was asked What do you want a lilwrary for anyway? Why not. pave the main street, or start a Zoo? But. she persevered, got what books she could, put up shelves for them in her sitting room. und when the state umnv +n l\nr .m_.:o+........ -1... L..,I `L- _1.:|.1___ iw;.;;`*;.(; 'I'hough (-1. Am] -mm 1'. A wcck-cnd in To: you to cmoy the in and sportingcvcm ~ calibre. Write for about our Spcciz .. end gucst_s._ Iiingib 5019 TORONTO C. Thursday, Ay uuum mu: uuulu, pub up suexves I01` mem room. wentito her assistance she had the chlldren ocking to her house after school. Now` the number of books read per year` is over ten per head of the population." `'1' ])!I;nn fknuulrhaf tkn !",....... 131.--... Week - E Attractic. Wedding Anni- (`In By Ru Fake 0 into yo and pr Sunlig laundr ibcautif and wi Kl`\I|JIl\`.I V " . A committee was appointed to consider the tl(l\'lSul)llity of extending the workeof the rural school library. ' Rural Needs told Rural Library Extension was discussed "by Paul M. Paine, Chief Lil)rarian~of the Public Library of Syracuse, N. Y. He began by saying he sometimes thought we -hear too much about the inunigrunt,pro- blexn. Outeof a population of 95 millions, 55 millions are of Anglo Saxon descent. Yet," he said, we have not .gone*far enough in reaching the foreign-born. But if I had to choose which I would inuence by banks, the new iinniigrnnt or the far- mer, I would choose the farmer." Let me tell you, he said." something of what New York_Stute is doing to let the light of good hooks shine in country places. There are 614 lihrurie:<. 500 of them in small places. Many _villuges are not yet served. some very imperfectly. . people hflllllll tn ncfulwlielw u likr-nrvu Mn;-t n9 ;_u nllpli-' RAIN. less- nut II into most UGIIJIH5 LlUUl\h IVJI CAUlI'd`Il5Co Miss` Thompsoll suggested that our County Council be asked to give grantsfor Couzfty Libraries. 7.. ` ,, ', AL, ,1, 1`! 1-" I -. `JlIulll.V lJI`|Jll.lllK.'Bn In the (iiSL'llSi0n which followed it was said thu: nothing like the number that had been mentioned were without access to libruri(=s,i as every ruralischool has one "and the children carry hoime bopks for the adults. '1,IA , 'I