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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1904)
Pictures of Interest to the People r I Andrew Carnegie a handsuma punning ib o wcoms ui i manent homo of the free pubtto library of Council Bluffs. Th picture Bliown herewith Is a photographla reproduction of the perspective drawing made by Patton & Miller, the Chicago Ann of architects who, with Woodward Broek of Council Bluffs, has been selected by the board ef llbrury trustees to plan and su perintend the construction of the bulk'Jns. The site selected for the building Is aa Imposing: and sightly one. The board has by purchase secured the homestead prop erty of tho late W. II. M. Pusey, which id situated at the corner of Willow nvonut and I'earl street, with a beautiful frontnja on Bay lis park, one of if not the pretti- st spots in Council Bluffs. In addition to this the hoard has purchased the l'inney prop erty remit) of the I'usey lots, so that tba ground. of tho library will extend cVnr through from Willow avenue to the grounds of the county courthouse. Mr. Carnegie, when first npproaehud 'iy the library board, oiTered to donate $r(J,K0 for a library bul'dlng in Cotinell BluTfl, but through the lilnil services of General Crenvillo M. Podge Mr. Carnegie, later It Cfe;'jed his offer to STO.CX). In return the city cfiiincil pledged en annual tax levy sufficient to raise $7,000 for the mointo nani e of the library. The building will have a frontnere of 125 feet on IVarl street and slxtv-ilve on Willow avenue, with an extension on t lie west i!de. The elevation from the irround to thi balustrade will be over forty feet, an 1 tho extren-.e elevation ef the walls fro-n the basement wl'l be nearly fifty f ct. At will be Keen by Ibe picture, the building will have two ornate main entrances, one fac ing l'eirl street and the othT on Wil'ow avenue fronting Ilayliss park. The first or main floor will contain the library proper. The Pearl ftre?t entrance leads into a wide hallway, from which a h md snme stairway ascend to the sremd floor. This hallway leads directly Into tho delivery room. The Willow avenue en trance also leads through a hallway into the delivery room. On either side of this hallway are the miln. rending rooms, one of which will be devoted to the u?e of children and the other for adults. The stock room will occupy the main centr.el portion of the building, taking in the lSx 60 extension and will be carried up to the second story. The reference rooms will occupy the southeast corner and will be separated by a study room. Work rooms and the librarian's room will also be on this floor. On the second floor will be an auditorium witli a seiting capacity of 3 people. It will be located in the south end of the building. A large hull Furrounds the rotunda with dome lights, lighting the de livery and looking town upon the delivery room. The room for tho Hoard of Library Trustees and committee room will be lo cated on the south side of the main stair way. On the north will be addi'l inal refer ence rooms and a museum. Tho basement will be ten feet from floor to celling nnl will be only four feet underground. In It will be the ordinary toilet rooms, work rooms, packing rooms and a club room for men. As yet the trustees have not definitely decided as to the charatcer of the material to he used In the construction of the outer walls of the building. In the opinion of some of the trustees the classic style of architecture seems to demand all stono In trder to preserve the harmony of design the architects have suggested and favor -' ' ' 1 1--L. Hill I I f''''qgtr ssasSi W. . . . ,.'.. ..... . ,ir.A,viU" ''S.t ',5 ' V PKRSPliCTlVK VIEW OK TITO mo POSED PUBLIC LIBHABY AT COUNCIL BLPFFrt. Vitrified pressed brick with some trimmings, Including the pilasters ai.d columns. Tho members of the Council Bluffs Library board are, M. F. Kohrcr. provident; J. J. Slcwart. secretary; V. 1'. Hender, G. If. Scott. Mrs. Mary I.. Kverett. C. It. W. P. l aird, nr. J. II. Cleaver, and M. C.ahln, Mrs. Miry E. Duiley Is an i.nd lias two assistants, Misa K. Rhenium, and Mrs. Hc-sie At present the public llbnry Tylc John lilir.tr Marraret K. Pluck occupies i;uarters In the Merrliin block, feeing the site of the proposed new building. There are about 20,000 books la the circulating library. Miss May Naudaln, of Omaha, owing to her excellent voice and winning manner, has been promoted by Julian Mitchell to nn Impo-tant part In "Babes In Toyland," now p'.aylng nt the Majestic theater, New York. Miss Nella Webb, formerly of Julia Marlowe's company, left the caste to rejoin Miss Marlowe and the part of "Bo-Peep," was given to Miss Naudaln. Tils It tha first Important clun-.ge In "Babes In Toy land" since the extravaganza opened In New York. Mi.s Naudaln has an excellent voice and the producer, Ju'lan Mitchell, has great hopes of her future. The many friends of Frnnz Schwa-ier, the celebrated zither maker, will be pained, to hear eif his deith, February 20, at Ida home at Washington. Mo., after a Urge Irgf Illness which his old age could not over come. Mr. Schwarzer was born In 128 and 1 had lived In this country for over forty years, ceming from Oldmutz, Austria, his birthplace. At an early age ho learned the art of making zithers in which' he beeame the peer, his Instruments being? used in all parts of the globe, the emperor of Austria, Mme. Patti and nil artlits' preferring his Instruments. By his frnd9 he was known as "Papa" Schwarzer and he was n father to nil. kind-hearted and liberal always. His beautiful home on the banks of the M'ssourl has been the scene of many gatherincs of eclebriMr-s who came to py homage to the master, and his mu seum contains souvenirs from nil parts of the world, lie Is survived by his widow. .V .. . . . i 4 Xl" ''Sjirt's I . J X V -. ' !ii FBANZ SCIIWARTZEB, FAMOUS MAKER OF Z1T1 1 EBS LATELY DECEASED. but the great demand for them In New York Is In the spring, summer and fall, say from March to October. So the lively trade in them will soon begin." New Yorlc Sun. Baby Carriages to Order couldn't scn coins OU DON'T see why people want baby carriages built to order? You'd think that among the end less styles now made everybody would be able to find what ha wants In stock? "Well," went on the baby carriage builder, "moet people can find what they want ready, but still we are building baby carriages to order all the tlrrfe. Teople have notions about baby carriages Juft as they do about everything elf. "For instance, one may want a carriage larger-bodied than ordinary so that It can, be used for two children on occasions. I don't mean for twins, but for a baby and for an older child. "What proportion of the baby carriages old are for twins? I should say perhaps ten In a thousand. "I have sold three twin carriages In one day, and then not sold another for three months. So we don't commonly keep them In stock, but make them to order. "Formerly all twin carriage were made to carry the children one at either end, natos each other; but nowadays twin car babie bTj made with room to seat tho "This bring, ?ld at th0 back axle and the hlghirv,t all over the rear the handle of the carriage. closer to bo more easily and wmvealonUiTVJ: can tod managed, "e "Triplet baby carriages? In all the time that I have be-en In business, and that Is many years, I have made but three. Triplet carriages are made broader at the buck and narrowing toward the front, to carry two children at the back and one, facing, at the front. "Triplet carriages can, of course, be made graceful and sightly In design, but in the comparatively rare instance's of triplet parents oftener use for their three bubics two carriages. "Baby carriages have been made to eavry four children, but such carriages uro usee! only in Institutions. "Baby carriages are now made better than ever, and In greater variety, and che-aper, and more costly, and with more devices and attachments for the baby's safety and comfort. All baby carriages nowadays, or nearly all, including the cheapest as well as the more costly, have rubber-tired wheels, for Instance, and the great majority of them are provided with brakes that can be set on the wheels so tluit the carriage won't roll away if left standing on a grade. "Tlie go-cart Is the latest development of the modern baby carriage, and it has, In fact, to a very considerable extent sup planted the larger baby carriage. There are baby carriage manufacturers that now make go-carts only. Bby carriages are made tha yer r round. Twenty-dollar gold pieces, fresh from tho Pnlted States mint, were offered for sulo at 1 apiece a few days ugo anil found no buyers. The reason for this extraordinary bargain sale was a bet made be tween two "blooded'' young men who hud dli-euHiod "gren goods" ur.d other things in a prom inent cafe and Sought ciianee'S to wager on ulmost anything. Finally one of them paid a e beck with a geild coin and the e thcr said: "Vou could neit go em the street and sell that kind eif money at a cent a pound." That seirt of a preiposltion seemed so pr(V peuiterous that the gold coin owner said nonsense, or something like It. Then tha other offered to approach the first ten per sons he met at a certain preimlnent corner and nffVr to sell a genuine Hi gold piece for $1, and if any one bought It he was to lose not only the 19, but eneiugh wine to make the night a real sue-cers. He tried, and the firrt ten gave him looks that said: "You ought to be In Jail." But It is lucky he did not meet some bunk teller. Philadelphia Press. Shun Possible Danger Young Irf'ggey, who had taken a fancy to athletics, was putting on the gloves for another lesson in the manly art of self-defense. "Never mind my Inexperience," he said to the teacher of boxing. "Sail into me, mv-mn. i-...i. ., ., ,, I II III II r . -t I - T ' ' MAY NAUDAIN, AN OMAHA GIRL WHO IS WINNING HEIt WAY IN ' LIGHT OPE11A. hot and hnavy. I want to :ioW how a real right stems." When young Leggey came to hi iself flf-le-en minutes later lie found he was propped up in a corner, with one eye closed, the oilier eye in bad oreler, his nose twice as big as an ordinary nose, one or two teeth gone, a curious feeling about his ribs and bruises and cemtusious distributed impar tially all over him. "I guess," he said, as he struggled to his feet, "I'd letter eiult before I acquire a lame for this sort of thing."
