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The FEATURES WITH Foenin SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASH INGTON, D. C., SATU RDAY, AUGUNT 14, g Sfar News of Churches 19537. PAGE B—1 KEEN INTEREST 1 Coal beds near the Suntrana mine of the Healy River Coal Corp.in Nevana Fiela Tipple and headgear at the Evan Junes coal mue, which supplies nearly all coal for the Government Agencies Have Much to Do Before Fate of Fuel Deposits in These Fields Is Decreed, But Gains Are Shown in Limited Production at Pcesent Time. By Lucy Salamanca. INCR Alaskan fie have hecome under Guffev Ri Coal Com- missien act Msrmer Neo 237 thers has been reviver a nterest in 1hiy probahle f1 Tnited 2ard Anr coal s known the imnans xeen ure armnide he States € hese n avernment with re- VAST resonrce lie hat north practically of wiched 1o ihe Wil National R Goa Iy the nous Camm apening up 2raniing prise, in ment Government hes or in new leases fo priva e entei will n deve 1e United lop- he 1 v Navy Srates s demands f(g re- . repves used in ihe event o war the Pacific s { ihe And astablish in on continent he the Navy? made 10 extend tes Prritory a coaling Will efforis ransporiation facili- Alaska? In 0 coal min- staion for be o the interior of &hort, (he imperns ing in Aisska the added the part sertlers comm xtarted a que. at given in the Dast vear. snd Dierest that is apparen prospecnive of miners o1 indicate that ihe new coal 60 hAs, by iis verv existence hings stirring bitter coniroversy A personal survev members of the Coal ficials of ihe Alaskan Department he rean of Mines and and with regard io n rhat been the center for many vears af opinions Commission Division of of Intarior, he among a ihe B 2ical Sur- vev inquiries number of producers and Government up districts who have for a coal conference made it clear o whaiever the Coal Gecide [0 do with respect 1o tan of 10 be a great diversity the advisabiliry may pecitiar \ TUpArvIsors in newly the Guffey inder act Tust mel n the Cap- Ariter Commission iral, his tha mav hese dis- reserves bour coal. ihere is ' opinion about anv There Tonchiness measires tha be taken is apparent a about the sub- pStates deveiopment of Alaskan coal mines that is difficult (o explaine Over the commf@sion, however there is reluctance 0 diseiss the mmediate and discouraging problems (hat musi be met pefore ihe United fn hope 10 oparate s jeri- arial coal mines, by lasze orgederally thar will cover aperating costs of distribution and (rans- horgtion, and Al the same lime as- residents he territory a con- Uinuots and reasonable supply of coal (CONSIDERING vided by exper at no sign of ap A cost rosts. he facis—as pro, s at the Cosl Com- Alaska totaling mission-there are avatlable in coal depasits 13.900.000.000 tons of lignite, 4.508 000.- 000 sub-bituminous. 18.000.000 1.492.000.000 1ons and 2129 000 000 and sub-anthracite Keep & oA g of turning indus- today estimatec tons of ons of of bitumInous, sem-bitminous anthracile Enot home-fires burning onl 0 g00d many ndy sum of vears. 1o say nothi Vs wheels in the nterests of manu- which inevitably development ¢ the follows fieldy shou e upon P coal ided 1hat up for this commercial provbiem that won'd would ne meeting’ Washi imported Indo-China of portation n dinadyaniages siore be he eaiest he comryssion 10 be he compention eof Wvomina and Colorado as of that amd states have tucea on well compention Russia in rom This meeting Japen turn mat- minirg I & er 0SS @ 1rAns- cosis and costs disiribu- ton ne face of mining ana dis tance Before oeing considered by s1on in outhining the problems now ihe Coal Comms- Alaskan coal remember that in of coal pro- since coal mining the territory was taken out of Alaskan mines. Com- conneciion with s 1936 inieresiing 10 the largest amount any in duced in vear has been orogress m pared of each vear 136 000 | 0 e average of 500.000.000 (ol birned tn the United Stales Alaska's contribution of ns 15 not striking. Tt s, how- coal Members of the National Bituwiiinows Coal Conunussion Smiith left to right. standing: C E ever, significant more extensive development mining operations, and ihe sieady slow, expansion of Alaskan markels faciors which inevitablv lead 1o indicating. as il and i does one IRS. ROBBINS LIKES NEW JOB Decorating American Legations and Consulates Abroad Will Take W ife of Late U. S. Minister to Canada, Who Ha Lived in 33 of Them, All Over the World. By Flora ;. Orr. — NE of the most fascinating inhs evar i fall 1o a woman's ot has just been given 1o ~ Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins of the late United States Min- 10 Canada. who was a President. Roosevelt's on his §16e of the family Mrs. Robbins furnishing and a1l American legations and consulates in foreign countries from Bangkok io Ruenos Aires. from Montreal 1o Muk- fien, And in them plans 1o build up a compeient S1aff 10 insure Americans in fore1gn countries proper sellings in which (0 conduct Sum's ness widow Ister cousin of mother s is in charge of decorating in mierior Uncle busi- Onlv within Americans and consular recent have appoinied 1o diplomatic posis been assyred that this country intended eventually to relieve them of house-hunting wor- res. When William Phillips first went Ambassador (o Brussels in 1924 he lived with his wife in two front rooms in & boarding house. There was such an acute housing shoriage thai when the then Secretary of State Hughes came Belgium on a visit Envoy Phillips gave up his pension quarters ta Secretary and Mrs, Hughes and retired 10 a back bed reom. Later largely at his own expense, Mr. Phil- lips leased beautiful twin one for his family, the other for offi- cial enteriaining. We siill rent quar- ters for our regresentatives in Brussels Today the Uniled States owns buildings in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Tonden, Paris, Berlin, Te- heran. Rome, Tokio, Mexico City, Tangier, Oslo, Panama City, Bang- kok, Istanbul, Tirana, Ottawa, Santi- ago (Chile), Peiping, San Jose (Costa Rica), Praha, San Salvador and some few other cities. We have made but a heginning, however, on what the Siate Department designales “a long and much needed program.” In some cases the buildings owned are suitable onlv for offices and the problem of living quarters still baunt: our emis- saries, vears i houses — A HISTORY of early hit-and-miss “} procedure in scquiring places abroad to hang diplomatic hats would he most interesting. One of ihe first smbassies 10 which the United States claimead ownership was the house in London which we received as a gift in tee simple from J. Pierpont Mor- gan When Ambassador Myron Herrick wax in Paris he did a bit of sleight-of- hand and got us A bargain. He had heen nrging ownership there for years and remarked that taxi drivers never knew where the American Embassy war lncated. Had there been trailers in " S. WARREN DELANO ROBBINS. . | that dav, he might have been en- sconced in one. Probably than once he considered the possibilities of & house boal on the Seine. more ‘The necessily in the past for ap- poiniing wealthy men to major diplo- matic posis was well understood, buy even at that ihe waste involved in our policy was tremendous. For example James Gerard spent a fortune remod- eling and furnishing & mansion in Germany before the World War, When Alanson Heughton went to Germany later, he had to find another place and spent some $150,000 on it. When Houzhion was ehifted to- London, he took along &s many personal posses- sions as possible and the new Ambas- sador 10 Germany fownd he must dig down in his jeans for & like amount in order 1o have surroundings in keep- ing with the dignity of the Natian he was representing. When finally we did buy in Germany, we took ad- vantage of none of these expenditures of money. time and effort. Moreover, the palace we purchased has never been remodeled or put in livable con- dition. V\/IVES of diplomais in those’early davs had t0 be clever interior decorators. Mrs. Robbins has opened and closed 33 houses in the course of her career as a diplomat's -wife, Her husband was stationed in Wash- ington at five separate periods of time. He had terms of service in Paris. Mexico City, Gustemals City, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Berliu, Rome, San Salvador and Ottawa. The tem-, -~ | type house of whire peratures Robbins in these all to 104 above Robbins in maiden name being President Roosevelt and friends call her ~Ren’ was a Belgian diplomat South American of wnd an accomplished 8L 16, Madame de Bruyn practices duilv &t the piano and composes. Mrs Robbins was educaled in France where she siudled languages, decorative art and dra- matics. She speaks five languages Spanish, French, German, Italian and Englisn—only the Jlatter with any wace of mccent. Because it is often 50 complicated AL an American gathering to explain her nationahiy and aniecedents. she often savs she is from the South and lets il go ai that. cities range, Mrs savs. the wav from 45 below Mrs Aires. h de Bruyn other Her father her mother & French descent pianisi. Toaay was Buenos Irene born close She has two sons aud & daughter and two grandchildren. Her eldest son. Warren Delano Robbins, jr., 27 is unmarried and has & post wih the Nationsl City Bank at Buenos Aires, where his material grand- parents. his uncle and his great- grandmother reside. Mrs. Robbins recently furnished an apariment her son in Buenos Alres in modern- istic style for RENE ROBBINS well knows the demands made on American ministers and ambassadors in 1oreign climes. She knows from experience what type of entertaining is expected Among the newer decoraling prob- lems for Uncle Sam within the next two years are the furnishing of residences in Vienna, Helsinki, Fin- land; Monrovia, Iiberi Montevideo. Uruguay; Port su Prince, Haiti; Rio de Janeiro, Brasi): Shanghai, and Cuidad Trujillo, Dominican Republic In Vienna & building has been pur- chased and remodeling will begin in about two months. AL Managua, Nicaragua, we plan to build a Spanish- cement with & patio this Fall. To some extent it will resemble old New Orleans houses with columns snd baiconies. Tn Finland the building 0 house the minister and his offices will be of brick, in Georgian siyle. In ‘the dificult climate of Liberia we wili copy to a detail the old Carroll House of Baltimors. Two con- crete houses will be built for staff members. To construct these build- ings in Liberia we must send all ma- ierials and equipment, engineers and skilled foremen. At Montevideo, in Port su Prince and in the Dominican Republic we are biflding this year (See MRS. ROBBINS, Paze B I Alaska Railroad > conclusion fhe ullimate solution of a question (hal bas estly set the Yu- Kou wlire (U (e pust (he pussibIlity conl [ of DIoDabIy wnikeling Aluskau 1936 output Lo ¥271 400 N s amonntiog wlwost tHealy value wex mined eutireiy River supplv vast 27643 Alaska W e Yel putenial sources of sontiered e Lusks A0d tields (hroug ot Alaska coal nie ienion of Phiere were ons of lmporied 1io (rom (he Stales (his same yeat jrom Ma- P. E Greenlee. W. H chietly 806 Lons (10M {0r#120 countries Briiish Cy sumpiion of frow Wastiugion - sod - ety otal con- last Himoia the coal 175 449 gt 10 Alaska was about uns. and he sntire smonint bave been suppliea lo- have difficulties geologi Inaccessivility cally 1f seme mesns could been found 0 eliminate peciiia ine arising from (he of ihe mining regions and 10 the seaboard within the formation terrain of he greal distances or i ternory viber sectivns HE results of vpening bis up certam sections uaiural source abounds would As far back s 1912 ihen b re- be tar-reachiog Walier L, Fisher e Interiorn e Alasgan coal can be opened 83 L0 ensble & larger or smaller number of individuals groups I0dividuals (0 make monev out of its development. bringing with ihis ge- velopment considerable incidental ben- €Al 10 the communily through expenditure of and the emplovment wen can be opened on ierms offer 10 the operaior o turmish an Secretary marked so a3 & whole the money it which will & sufficient profit adequate incentive his investment snd his efforis, but which will result in placing the cosl upon the markel aL the cheapest price cousistent with ihis incentive, con- ferring upon the community the mani- {old advaniages of cheap fuel and of the development of the many form. of Industrial enterprise (hat cheap fuel renders possible. I ihink there can be 0o room for doubl (hat the second of ihese objects Is Lhe one (o be al- tained’ Also early vear (he Phila- delphia of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America went on record 1o sav: “lIL is essential for the proper development of Alasks that its coal fields be opened for commer- cial use without furiher delay.” Yet today, & quarler of a laier, litlle furiher has been done (o develop our national resources in (ha Alazhan Territory bevond whal was done when M. Fisher made his recommendation. There are. in [act at present only three producing coal companies in Alaska. These are the Evan Joves Coal Co.. employing about 40 men: the Black Diamond Coal Co. employing about 10 men, and 'he Healy River Coal Co. employng about 50 men The fitst (wo companies are located in what is known as the Matanuska district, about 200 miles distant from the Healy River disirict. By the usual mode of travel. these properties are approximately 2.000 miles from Seal- tle, Wash,, which is (he nearest port of embarkation within the physical boundaries of disirict 23, as laid out by the Guffey act. From 8 to 10 days are required Lo make the journey from Seattle to any of the three properties 50, from Lhe standpoint of accessibility, these Alaska mines are farther from the State of Washington than are (he mines of Pennsylvania of o for 1 that section century “I'HE average annual production of coal in Alaska is about 150,000 tons, practically all of which is sold along the line of ihe Alaska Railroad This railroad, operated for vears by the United States Government ai a loss, but with & “paper profit” this year for the first time, runs from Seward, on the coast. to Fairbanks, in the interior—a distance of 472 miles. This limiied market and the difficulty of transportation are reasons that con- itribuie to the problems of develop- | ment of this industry in the region. :,l’v X 23 The Prewier mine, lucated (e Alaxa Rairoad A« & matier of fact none of the cosl produced 10 Alaska 1 stipped souih of Cordova which v sbout 1600 miles from Sesitie It decides e Conl Commission de- ihe wud when wogive wilenton W Ul e cosl ndusty " (w0 greal Swiih ways 10 be nehieved velopment w will hsve (o overcowe O Lecriiony iese Obstacies nmis- stoner tins unoi- ficially DOSNILIY which (s =0d unght 0 ume l2ilou und John C Percy Hostord tonev and mur C.F M1 of op- continued ei- efloris CMalkess buve been by companies aluski e sa e Swih pointed out wdidual erating e conl won w B0 forts wlong 1€ hould prove Fultial For exsmple The €vao Joues Cosl Co tically fuel With June Bl Jonesviile supplied prac- il of be Alaska lie lovotmuiite auG power ior Halltoud last the exceplion of he monih wine operaled on a rate of Not avernge production of bearly 140 us the ouly did (his company i nliea sov w00 supply (allroad but Gomestic orders for iuel was aclive Gevelopiig new markels by coal of ihe Alaska Feaeral turmshiog neries o W e gauizaions (hroughout 1 ihe Healy River be plant ol Lhe Corp. 18 equipped ChInery necessary 200 wons or more of coal v day beiny mined supply the Unied Stales Smelliog, Refiniog & Mioiog Co. for turnishing power e dredges and 1Ls large placer-miniog operations 1o the vicinity Fair- vanks. This one company is making lncreasing demauds for more - powe. calling for & greaier quentty of cosl merseL veing bullt up snd oiher points slong the peninsula. for power and domestic fuel. This mine was (0 continuous operalion ihroughout 1935 and yieldec considerably more bhalf of he coal mined o auring yeut ‘There are =xieusive copper in Alaska ana it unlikely that as the Territory densely populated snd takes & firm toothold and 1odustrial ceniers lished that will for coal. There is also mdication some 1ron* 1o this country, although 1L is not developed to any commercial exient. If this mineral is developed however. &L some fuiure duie.,lhere will be the ueed for coke for making sleel.” 10 some can- Southwestern wio wod Lerriorial o (he Territory district where Healy River Coal With mudern ma- eadiiy 8 10 handle i w 0 of A growing 4L Cordova than ali Alaska he of wli is more deposits 1€ Dot Bl colonization more smeliers will be estab- incresse the need of TWENTY-FIVE retarv of the stalement (hat vears ago (he Sec- the coul laterior made the opening of mioes 80d organization of & coal business must precede the revival of mining and the beginng of manu- facture.” Wheiher individuals will or will nol undertake development of (he Alaskan mines or the Government will sctively concern itself with their development is 8 matter that well may, 1n time, be laken complelely out of their hands. That 1s 10 say with the nalural growih of Alaska and its permanent colonizaion. needs will paturally arise (0 make such de- velopment imperative As & malter of facl, Alusia offers more real opportunity and larger promise of success loday than did the Lake Superior region when the first attempls were made Lo colonize it and develop the copper and iron that have made Michigan and Minaesola wealthy. Likewise, when Montans was being pioneered. the handicaps were grealer by [ar than are now faced in Alaska, yeL in little more than a generation Moniana has be- come & rich and powerful Stale The miner has always plaved a leading role in such development, and there are indications that Alaska will offer no exception to the rule. Slowly but surely her production figures -for coal are mounting, while her import figures show a steadv decrease. In the years between 1880 and 1915, for P Sellny S REVIVED IN ALASKA COAL RESERVES e on Lhe Moose Creek branch of Interested in Navy Showing Lo distinet coal formatons, v and Mulanusha ridyes conduct. Reserves, and Que here the Chickaloon ion of Private or Public Operation of Mines Is Tied Up With Costs of Pro- duction and Transportation. prodguced 1o tons of sub- wple. here were Alaska only 71633 short siuminons snd hgnile coal and there from the Staies 679 were imported Thomuas S Lerwes Huymond, Chair- Photo by Rideout 844 snort lumoia 1079735 In 1935 vrodiuced B00 vos and from Brinsh Co- by 119425 coulrast There were SUb-DITHmMINOUS igniie while 1imporie from Ihe States tons wnd 161 686 The Navv manifesied s keen interest coal mines. with an eve along ibe Pacific in var. In 1919 the Navi Depariment 0l 3 COmmission Aeid and delermine wheiner exploralion woula A w e Navy ook operalion the Navv Alaskan Cosl Comwmision. of ihe o Chickaloon wad also weil work making Yausporl aud Davi- dropped from Britsh 26 594 sbort Columbia 1o Uniled Stwtes has Alaska coahing of in 10 & station ime 0 sty ihe be advisable Sui ue wi Vigoronsty 1o broad SUGIES of Lt BOIS gallon problems When wmine 1922 1 baL private lease e Navy e Ci Depart- Lupe oper- angut returued e was aloon Y Taterion went 1w Wil be exprEsed (rougli public shou o wae work be continued With & view 1o Uinldiug Laais Supuiv e of Geed Gpol B come i) Conl-pro- ducing uoi o Le Nave eet witli fuel the Navy Las Lrom Lane wuu biuas Sy o s of A ~kd Geclated e ligh-giaue frow desiavie 1t o be vrougbl 1o Seward (o » hat Malaniska Das Leen uggesied (tal wnard woG naval comhng o by station he Malaniska the Government as s \WWHIE e e largely (eplace and erlaln areas relaiaed naval egion oe sl ol bas e coul 1 of feudency whereee vlber uperainon our uavel seners| wt pssible wod L sen-ul e (w e coul where rextmce 1L sivikes vue . e 01 a0 wrve ooy Py wod dighiv o ogical fu lavishly ex- pend limited o1l e wo Cibrougn 16 000 000 000 o extices Wi be aw DAL e we Dave be estigiated avallaole fall back 00 coal or sume syhinene sub- stie lu the Larie we cau or ol ta et vresent importation of ol trom Cahifern Alasks of thie nio eplacing coal 15 anntner oue ihase subiects in connection nat it with delicacy with question hehnaves one ang tact O coast to approach floated the han can much e p 502 more cheaply coa! can and foor hold ne (tausporied as a & firn There experts R California ol nas found roda 0 Ala-aa s alwa poz- Sy, As predieted hat ) gite Lave VUl betore B 21l manv vea When demand olied Dappens wiglit well would fod kel Compeiiine sronnd and s the for coal be 0 greal.ihat Alaska Lecself with a ready mar- joditions can Change the v hole piciine I'be gevloy Algska 80O LE difficuly conan nai coarae- present mininz ihree coal- made o1 Tne 1 mept Tnere crine conl wines Cli makes ery mxpeusive Loere mie Demiilg solies me sevs Geotogicnl S uf e De [vldiuy, w0O i he straia, q cirecs ling FRe veius bave Deen ralsea jower wud geverslly (wisted 0 sl W0US LY WoHLIA [OIMAIINS SINcA and n he beas were oniginglly formea bev wre broten &nd rregular Dickuess 0VOIVIng Whiie erv th mines much " dead “Ork in miniog many of he el mie long sul ow are sulAbe 01 sTripper or wiuiog (row he Toe st e irrace srologicn] EXploranon nie “gi0u Was mAce In 1898 wnen ne My tanuska w. ¢ Siaies Valley was ersed Unired v Meudentinll of ihe Menden- ooa charge of Unied pographie Ae- Geological Dell was & geologist PRITTEYRS Ceapt St ies Survey altacned £Xpedition 1o the of made = Eawin Almy ve COA1l Gleon He ne map egion and Page B-2.) LIBRARY ON FOOT TAKES ROOT Renaissance Comes to the “Roof” of Virginia as the National Youth Administration Makes Possible a Library and Librarians, Who Deliver in Isolated Areas. | By Ellis Mervedith. ITHE today back our not only 1o bring books sna magazines 1o (hose who have bold of much bewr hves. but o wnd women who 0 read 80d never velore (hat, (be printed page i W new and (ascinat- N Virginia bills [t librarian. Isolated areas not managed 10 read- ing sloud gel mater in resd 0 wen have never learoed discovered K Magic galewsy g worlds Aud 10 (e wwu 10 Graysou County. the bearl of il countiy. (wdav stands & Liny cli- culatiog library made of logs. & struc- (hat was dedicaled 0 Julv with Larbecue 1aciug a0d speeches ihen (here bad uever beeu a librsrv 1o the whole of Gravsou Counly. 60 wiles loug sud somelimes called ihe “100l" of Lhe Slule DECause 1L coutalns (he highest elevalions i Virginia, 1L was the Nationsl Youlh Admunistratiou. ageucy of the Federal Government dedicaled (ostering education sl the Uniled Siaies that, with (he aid of helpful Vir- 2inians, made (he library wnd ihe Fool-back librarians possibie. giving people of the hill area the chance (o read some of the lreasutes of liiera- ture that were discovered so long ngo by most grown-ups they have siuce become & part their chur- aclers of lndepeudence ture bunds A tor i s %oul contesis children Uuul 0 over that of Aund do the Lill peopie lLike “David Copperfield” wnd “Vanity Fair'? And do the eyes of (he young folks shine when (hey see books on carpentry mechanics o1 gardening They are definitely delighied or ‘I'he story of (his revaissance 1o the Virginia mountain country is best (old bv Mise Pauline Bourne Natwonal Youlli Adminisiration difector, whose efforis have been rewarded by seeing boys and girls walk 18 miles o the county seat in search ol work whose curiosity. now stimulated by writteo words, had never before lured them that far away from iheir bilitop homes. FIER much study been doone in other wilh similar problem: Miss decided (o “suit the procedure 1o the occasion sod use the maierial at hand” she says, and gives this picture of her field of action. “Grayson County had mo library There were 1.800 oui-of-school youth’ in the secticn who have probably com- pleted the sixth or seventh grade in one-room schools. living in isolated communities. They are ‘of pure English, Scotch and Irish descent, and they were idle. Many still are. We | had no ‘relief' teschers to instruet of had communities Bourne what !them In trades or handicraft. From chance that some neighbor who could ' PAULINE BOURNE. N. Y. A dweclor, b the were aroup lravenug Nbrarimos taken The soirit of wgraiiude uf Lhe ulder people ou ced me (bl something must Le done (v Improve (e mental aiiude of “The must be led infuence during Out of showu by sume el v the vouuger generaliou wiug well ws (he body iere Ay wod strouger stage (han Looks lhese conditons the Grayvaon #00(-Back Library was boru “The ceniral hbrary was ovne rovm. litlle more LN & receviug sis- 1ion, 80d 8 oOks ROU mAgAZINes wers “acquired rving Loxes were devised sud (he voung colpor €ach Wil Qis o her ront *aud cousderable leeway metlods, Now sud voung fonnd people who could read. but longed W be read Iney found old people. some of them blind a0d some of them with 0o glassex o ensbie them to make out the pages al woich they eagerly peered: they found sick folks, for whom (he dugs dragged wearily away, with hands Loo feeble 10 hold & 0ook. even If they bad such & treasure. ¢ 18 00 the plastic ca urs sent out wapped oul given ax 1o iheu w carier uo T THE coly wiug that everybody u those hills bsd plenly of was nme. So when the Fooi-Back Librar- ian found & wistful old person who never did nave no chance 1o learn to read.” what more simple than fo put down his traveling kit of literature choose & siory or an article, and read aloud for an hour or so? Somefimes | the book remained behind on ihe Counly - read woldd comne slong and somenimer rip. Some of more than "0 he new s waied o ne “ars old e gn 210 e but a5 200d 8e “XCEpL ThaL & MARAZINE Goes not st SLANG (he weat and 1ear of iravel ver well aud more sie constantly requiren u repleuist the supply “Very Betipatelic Wsralure. but & Wittcoay Goesu L sl s the e and many nills maid It nany of what are were peid light yver Gispensers of uey hielped FOSTLY 1u ihese dischsiging wittiout wenu 03 doiug wea e w0 extra car < woig without seuermlly s Cousidered I'here balanceq aret he bare necessi- anv siuch there isn't There one warm or pu en A< for dor- oceuhists - rhey manv s hill dweller uool afford such luxuries, The dollars 1nvolvea have beep G Ulessiug of e (g s on even [ suougl (60, such A3 1T 1S Bie Lo Olsokels (0 keep Shoes wie saed for Sundiv WHeu mpproschiug ors sud deniisis wre owr ana uonknown i who ¢ ew scanly wuoun | JEHE = e eshmons of some of (e Foul-Backers 1 lave Gad au OPPUILUDITY [0 ANIOY had before has offered an income o mer hi> and T have mac mauy wequaintances that T value 11 Uas been a0 FOUCEIION 10 MR, aN5 1o the teaders of (hese books.” [ mesant enleriainment o sowe Who Liad 0o pleasnres at wit 2oud books which 1 never I Ihe uecesisties of e people " bome I aud hve betier 1L bas meant clothes and food and My parents y i hem.™ “1L nas brought in contact witn pevple and letped 10 be more inferested 1o books and magazines and papers AU gelLing 1o (et with the world " ¥ I'ie Looks wie 10 coastant cireula reporis are made twice montuly. geuerally in person; those who read sloud arve himited to stand- ard waterals “T'his sounds solsmn. DUL 1L 18 nOL necessanilv so. Scott, snd sod Dickens are Jisied as Las weanl wore comfort in ine iable” mprove my heslth ne wud [00a vu Lelped e A chauce (0 Jearn Das beeu & grest help ‘o ¢ me hem wu, sod Ibuckary standard ‘I'ne bov who toe largest oir- Cuil” says Miss Bourne, “has a hun- dred readers; ove girl on Pine Moun- in has sixiy. A recent count showed about 2,000 readers. with & sieadily growing demand. The project 15 dlled with infinite varieiy. I bave seen bain parenis. old end worn. and iheir chil- dren Nill of dreams. Their sves lighy up As we give them hooks on 1Al fudies as wall as romancs. Rovs and (See LIBRARY. Page B3y has ~