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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1904)
Pictures of Interest to the People mmIUKUUUU ins Kin 01 fiu.uuu irom I I Andrew Carnegie a handsuma punning IB w vitcuiiiw um yw manent horao of tha free publlo library of Council Bluffs. Tha picture shown herewith la a photographio reproduction of the perspcctis-e drawing made by Patton & Miller, the Chicago f.rm of architects who, with Woodward Broa of Council BlurTs, has been selected by thej board of library trustees to plan and su perintend the construction of the bulking. The site selected fur the building is an Imposing and sightly one. The board haa by purchase secured the homestead prop erty of the late W. II. M. Pusey, which i3 situated at the corner of Willow avenue and l'earl street, with a beautiful frontage on Bnylis iark, otie of If not the prettl st spots in Council Bluffs. In addition to this the board has purchased the l'inney prop erty lenith of the Pusey lots, so that tha ground? of the library' will extend clear through from Willow avenue to the grounds of the county courthouse. Mr. Carnegie, when first approaehoil by the library board, offered to donate $fiU,'M) for a library bul'dlng In Council TUtiTfl, but through the hind scrviees of Clene-al Crenville M. Dodge Mr. Carnegie later ll ore::5od his offer to $70.f0. In return the city council pledged an annual tax ley sufficient to raise J7.000 for the malnto nam e of the library. The building will have a frontage of 1? feet on IVnrl street and sixtv-Mve on Willow avenue, with an extension on the west side. The elevation from the irround to tin balustrade will be over forty fret, an 1 th- extren-.e clevntl-m ef the walls fro 1 the basement wl'l be nearly fifty fict. At will be seen by Hie picture, the building will have two ornate main entrances, one fie Ing Po u l street and the othr on Wil'nw avenue fronting Bajliss park. The first or main floor will contain the library proper. The Pearl rtre?t entrance loads Into a wide hallway, from which a h md some stairway nsrend to the sremd floor. This hallway leads directly Into the delivery room. The Willow avenue en trance also lenels through a hallvf.iy Into the delivery room. On either side of this hallway are the nriln reading rooms, one of which will be devoted to the use of children and the other for adults. The stock room will occupy the main central portion of the building, taking In the 15x 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 with a seiting capacity of 3v people. It will be located In the south end of the building. A large hall surrounds the rotunda with dome lights, lighting the de livery and looking elewn upon the delivery room. The room for the 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 addiM mal refer ence rooms and a museum. The basement will be ten feet from floor to celling mil will be only four feet underground. In It will be the ordinary toilet rooms, work rooms, packing rooms and a club roam for men. As yet the trustees have not definitely decided as to the charatcer of the material to be 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 e.rder to preserve the harmony of design the architects have suggested and favor Baby Carriages to Order OU DON'T see why people want Daby carriages built to order? You'd think that among the end less styles now made everybody would be able to find what ne wants in stock? "Well," went on the baby carriage builder, "most people can find what they want ready, but still we are building baby carriages to order all the tirrfe. People have notions about baby carriages just as they do about everything else. "For Instance, one may want a carriage larger-bodied than ordinary so that It can be used tor 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. Bo 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, .facing each other; but nowacays twin car VliQM are made with room to seat the babies side by side at the back. This brings the weight all over the rear axle and the higher wheels and closer to the handle of the carriage, where It can be more easily and conveniently bandied and managed. ' ' "TV " "' f"i1r 'I L I- .nmrnx r ? rlDloit I rt mill ;J Hs Is n . r to- . ... .. i .I,. - - ... . - ff III I Ml Ill 1 -i .- I'BRsri'rnvB vncw Vitrified pressed brick with some trimmings Incliiding the pilasters ai.d columns. The metnbirs of the Council P.luff9 J Library board are. M. F. Kohrcr. president; ! J. J. SU-wart. secretary; V. K, Mender, ! O. II. Scott, Mrs. Mary L. Kvcretl. I'. It i Tylc.-, W. R. l aird, lr. .1. II. Cleaver, and , John M. Cahln, Mrs. Miry H. pjiley Is librarian i.nd has two assistants. Miss Marraret 10. Sherman, and Mrs. Bos3lo i K. P!ak. At present the public llhnryj occupies f;uarters In the Merrlim block, fi-clng Hie site of the proposed new ! building. There are about L'0,000 books In i the circulating library. ' Miss May Naudain of Omaha, owing to ' her excellent voice and winning manner, i has been promoted by Julian Mitchell to nn Impo-lant part In "Ilalxs In Toyland," now playing at the Majestic theater, New : York. Miss Nella Webb, formerly of Julia Marlowe's company, left the caste to rejolr. Miss Marlowe and the part of "Mo-Peep," was given to Miss Naudaln. This hi fh first Important change In "Babes In Toy hind" since the extravaganza opt ned In New York. Ml.s Naudaln has nn excellent voice and the producer, Ju'ian Mitchell, has great hopes of her future. The many friends of Franz Schwa-zer, the celebrated zither maker, will be pained to hear of his deith. February 2n, at hla home at Washington, Mo., nfttr a Urge leg lllnrss which his old ape could not over come. Mr. Schwarzer was born In 1S28 and 1 had lived In this country for over forty years, coming from Oldmntz, Austria, his birthplace. At an early age h learned the art of making zithers In which he became the peer, his Instruments being used In all parts of the globe, the emperor of Austria. Mme. Pattl and all nrtlita' preferring his Instruments. My his fr'endS he was known as "Papa" Schwarzer and 1 he was a father to nil. kind-hearted an'l liberal always. His beautiful home on tho banks of the M'ssourl has heeu th scene of many gatherlncs of cclehrlMeg who came to piiy homage to the master, and his mu seum contains souvenirs from all parts of the world. He Is survived by h!s widow. "Triplet baby carriages? In all the time that I have been In business, and that Is many years, I have made but three. Triplet carriages are made broader at the back 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 detljjn, but In the comparatively rure Instances of triplet parents oftener use for their three babies two carriages. "Baby carriages have been made to carry four children, but such carriages ure used only in institutions. "Baby carriages are now made better than ever, and In greater variety, and cheaper, 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 tliat 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. "Baby carriages are made the ye. r round, of tiik rnorosicD iutdi.ic lihuauy at l M 1 St.. . t" ; . ' 1 M FUANZ SCIIWAnTZBn, FAMOl'S MAKER OF ZITHEn.S-LATF.LY PECKASED. uut the great demand for them In New York Is in the spring, summer and fall, say from March to October, go the lively trade In them will soon begin." New York; Sun. Couldn't Sell Coins Twenty-dollar gold pieces, fresh from the T'nlted States mint, were offered for sale at fl apiece a few days ago and found no buyers. The reason for this extraordinary bargain sale was a bet made between two "blooded" young nun who had dii-cusied "green goods" ur.d other things in a prom inent cafe and sought chain os to wager on almeist anything. Finally one of them pa!d a check with a golel coin and the theT said: "You ceiuld not go em the street and sell that kind eif money at a cent a pound." That seirt of a proposition seemed so pre posterous that the gold coin owner said nonsense, or something like It. Then the other offered to appro-ieh the first ten per sons he mel at a ecrtain preimlnent corner and offer to sell a genuine 1 gold piece for II, and If any one bought It he was to lose not only the J 19. but eneiugh wine to make- the night a real sue!cefs. He tried, and the first ten gave him looks that said: "You ought to be In Jail." But It is lucky he did not meet some bank teller. Philadelphia Press. Shun Possible Danger Young Lcggey, 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, topncii. hm kk. -4 , ii r HAY NAUDAIN. AN OMAHA OIRt, WHO IS WINNING HEIt WAY IN LIGHT OPEHA. heit and heavy. real fight stems.' I want to l:nif how When young Leggey canu to hi iself fif teen minutes later he found he was propped up in a corner, with one eye closed, the oilier eye In bad order, his nose twice as big as an ordinary nose, one or two teeth gone, a curleius feeling about his ribs and bruises and contusions distributed Impar tially all over him. "I guess," he said, as he struggled to his feet, "I'd letter ejult before I acquire a taste fur this sort of thing."
