Pictures of Interest to the People
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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
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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.
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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,
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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."
