Life — October 17, 1907 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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piled in fas not n Of re- » Alien, mbers, nil oe v2 + he RCRA ESO Ze A Tale of Two Boroughs 2S,” sadly confessed the cerebrocrat who makes his living by the sweat of \ brow, “Tam moving from Manhattan » Brooklyn. Why? Because that much- igned borough beyond the bridge has al Public Library, with a real card ogue and a cross-reference index. en I first left my rural retreat in New ten years ago, and came to New I knew that I was about to become tizen of the metropolis where the wild- whims of civilized man can be gratified ply by pressing a button, as it were. I © this because the New York papers | so, and either ridiculed or denounced © one who held an opposing view. Now sow more—and less. Cheerfully dis- rsing the bulk of my little stock of books, vhich there was scarcely room in my York @at, I blithely set about my k as a writer of magazine articles and ays. Then I began to learn things. A spsis of this painfully acquired in- rmation—purely of a negative nature— suld detain too long the busy ear of a New Yorker. To be brief, at the expense ‘details: I had worked in the libraries of Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and Wash- and I had fatuously hoped to find York comparable facilities and . [found nothing of the sort. The ihlic libraries of New York are seriously ciective, incomplete and inadequate for he purposes of the average all-around lit- erary worker. They are ill-equipped and in some respects ridiculously organized. I ave spent an entire week ransagking them, irom Harlem to Cooper Union, for mate- ul for a literary article that I would not ail recondite; and then, despairing, I have cone to Brooklyn and accomplished the t y say that my general riticism specifically applies to the Astor Library, and that I have never discussed he subject with any literary worker who 1s not emphasized my own experience. " “The new library, which New Yorkers. ullered Mr. Carnegie to provide for them ? \h! yes, a beautiful structure. Some day, it will be stocked with books. \nd now I must be going. I want to stop vat the Astor to see if it has yet acquired copy of “Alice in Wonderland” (the nglish copyright has expired, you know, nd the book can be had cheap)—or per- hance a complete edition of Robert Louis ‘tevenson. Simply a matter of curiosity, I ssure you, And the exiled Manhattanite went carily on his way. Te art of letter writing is in such dis- repute at present that it almost startles us with a sense of our own hopeless condition in this respect to pick up the “Familiar Letters of James Howell,” just Isn't there Danger of Side Slipping? oa Impossi le Madam! sir qi This car is equipped with the greatest tire invention of the age artford “#3 Tires No matter how wet, slimy or muddy the street or road, there's absolutely no danger from skidding or failure of treads to hold. They grip the ground like “cat's claws.” Endorsed by the Press, Owners, Chauffeurs and Professional Drivers. Every town car—every touring car should be equipped with them MILLIMETRE SIZES FOR FOREIGN CARS New book “How To Put On A Clincher Tire” and booklet on Hartford Midgl FREE Tread Clincher or Dunlop Tires. Write to-day. artford Midgley The Haritord Rubber Works Co: Desk A conneenicur NEW YORK, 0 Clas 5 Jay CACO, SEEN me Beene. Private Stable OR SALE—On Fifty-second Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, a new thoroughly equipped private stable 25 feet wide; accommodations for seven hors with two box stalls. Up to date in every particular; electricity, gas, telephone, etc. The best lighted stable in the city. Address J. EDGAR LEAYCRAFT & CO., 19 West 42d Street, New York | comicbooks.com