,t ftu - ' V f t ' r - VI ' ? T '' , U' JJiV JU "i ' Hi r I? 'flEf '.V" EVEM&G PUBLIC L15DGBK PHlLAriELPKtA., WJiJPNEfeDAY, MAKOH -17,' 1920' EW LIBRARY TO BE ONE ClT? rVTWQ DTTATTTV CDATQ &IW ' A X A O UJUrTLU J. A VJJL V X VJ ki: v , at rnr nnn r. . . i jorwu,uuu airucxuro ai uogan f iSs Square to Bo Ono of Hand jh t? somest in United States CJt t J I Undecided' on Name; "Public" and "Free" Both Favored Giant Bookstapk Feature u If T. is I' & r J fV t lly GEORGC NOX McCAIN CJHOULD the letters to bo carved on K? the faendc or oer tlie cntrnuec of the' great new library bulldiug read, "Free Library of Philadelphia" or "Philadelphia Public Library"? The query is not a. new one. Tt was rt raised seven years ago by Doctor Orucnburs, of the liurcau of Municipal llescarcb. According to the doctor, It Involves both taste and dignity. In a brochure on the subject in W13 he said : "Nearly everywhere hi the United States tax-supported libraries are known as 'public libraries.' Tills seenu to be n stuudard iiiinu'. such us public chool nnd public highway. This being the case, it is rather stranco to tlnd J the local library Known as the Tree Xiiorary ot I'miadcjpiua. This name, perhaps, would be n descriptive ono if it were under private control. Would it not be well for the name to be made harmonious with those of the other great communitv libraries throughout tho country before the ntu central building Is elected?" The new library building in coure of erection is live blocks from City Hall, near the Parkway. It covers an entire city square. It is being built on a lot that measures 380 by 210 feet, that cost $214,580.73. As to dimensions the building will be 840 feet in lencth. 200 feet in dentil m,i iaa font v.tu rrttA-jh ...til Ka in i 1 courts inside. 48 by 08 feet. The build ing will be of Indiana limestone with a base of eranitc and it will be absolute!) J flrepVoof. A glimpse at tnc plant wouiu seem 10 Indicate that the east and west walls arn nf ln. so mnuv nnd so larcc arc 8 the windows. Taces Logan Square Thn nmin pntrnnre will face I.osrnti I Square nnd it will consist of three large doorwnjs upproacned Dy a oroaa nignt of about a dozen fctonc steps. An en trance for the emplovcs and staff is on Nineteenth street. There are entrances on every side of the building, slightlj below grade. Every square foot of the building will have ample light and ventilation This is even true of the baicment, which I below the street level, nnd which will be lighted and ventilated by large arcawnys. In this basement will be placed tho machinery for tho trans mission of books, power plants for the two elevators, engine, boiler and storage i rooms, and coal vaults. ' The most remarkable feature of the entire structure will be the giant book tack. This stack will consist of thou sands of book shelves with alleys or corridors between them on every floor. It will have a capacity of 1,250,000 Talumes. It will begin twenty -five feet below the street level and will be seven lories high. It will extend acres the entire width of the building. 224 feet in length und lifty feet in width. One could store 31,000 sets of Doctor Eliot's five-foot shelves of books in this tast xecc.ntablc. ' The ground floor is slightly below i'street grade on tho enst nnd west ends of the building. It will contain n lec rture room capable of seating about S00 g people; a newspaper and children's room, offices for the staff und a hospital 5 or emergency sickroom. ' '' Large Reference Rooms fi As you mount the steps to the mnin entrance und enter the first floor facing Logon Square on one side the entrance will bei found the reference room, with i capacity of about 10.000 volume, and a periodical room of ubout 30.000 vol vmes. Besides these u great cataloguing room, with offices and committee rooms, 'What's the Matter With Philadelphia?' MO lover of books ever dreamed of a finer library than has been planned and started to house the splendid collection of the Free Libiary of Philadelphia. Int all its appointments and multiplied conveniences, as well as its situation opposite Logan Sauarc on the Parkway, the new library attains the ideal. But read Colonel McCain's article and wiiJi for the day when you will see and enjoy the reality. and, being thoroughly up-to-date, a room for public stenographers. The first mezzanine floor will be oc cupied h filing, bookkeeping and store rooms. The second floor will be the main floor. Here will be located the mam reading room und circulating department. It will be n vast npartment, 224 feet long and fifty-two feet wide, facing Logan Square, with thirteen grent windows looking out on the squure. It will be lighted by skylights nnd the thirteen large windows mentioned. This room will have a capacity of 23,000 volumes. Another room of equnl dimension will face on Wood street aud will contain 25,000 books, which may vc consulted freely, but not taken from the building. Every haunter of public nnd private libraries is familiar with tho painful genuflexions one must go through to read the titles of books ou the lower shelves. This back-breaking necessity will bo eliminated in the new building, for the lowest fihclf will be placed at a height of fifteen inches from the floor. There will be n music room with nd joining apartments, deadened to sound, containing piunos; u mnprofara, also print und manuscript rooms: besides which there will bo two special reading rooms. A second mezzanine floor will contain individual study and storerooms. Tho third floor will be taken up by two largo exhibition rooms or picture galleries. A rare bookroom, a photo graphic room with darkroom nnd other conveniences and ti kitchen nnd storo room for tho staff. The roof will bo reached by stairs and elevators. It will consist mostly of an open-air roof garden or reading room, oxtending across nearly the whole front or the mitluing, Unix is lor summer use, while it glass-Inclosed reading room is available for winter use. The rest of the space will be taken up by a rest- Gifts for the Table Many articles at moderate prices arc to be found among our large stock of sterling silver. For instance, a tea caddy of sterling silver, gray finish and beautifully chased, five inches high $12. S. Kind & Sons, wo chestnut st. DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS fitSfl rVictrola Outfit No. 10 Fp $129.25 5 ThU cenulne Vlrtrola No. 10 in rrd or 'Mown mnhotrajjj- and f olden or fiuunl oak i and 10 irlectloiu (i 10" Double-facrd Vic tor Btcorda) of your own rhooslnc. A largo 1 shipment of Uimp uplradld InitrutnrnM r- rrotlr rcreltrd iuqKm tlirtr cpecJul ttrnio po lalbl. ft 13 Vovro. (10 l'rr Month I) .4& 3Lm.L. 9 1 t crap ?mi vr 'jix i IW iul WW aaTJaal aaTaa WaV TaTaT aaaTaT & aaT bbbT-p P Kf bbbbmv&1L'IbbS HaUnjHMrudEnRtTljr VlKaaaiaaBlrVBBBBBBBBBVl ft- room for tho staff and lunchroom for all tho employes. Nothing that nrchltcctuinl skill can deviso for tho comfort of the public and tho working staff has been omitted, There nro public lavatories on every floor. Tho ventilating system includes devices for washing tho nlr, whllo the. heating system will represent tho latest developments in radiation. Tho contents of tho building are about 7,000,000 cubic feet and it has u book capacity of 1,500,000 volumnsr A fcoturo that will add to Uio com fort of readers is nn outsldo gallery on tho second floor whose balustrndcs sup port great fluted columns. It opens from the main reading room, and read ers will bo privileged to sit hero in the sunshine nnd Indulgo in tho pleasure of perusing tho volumus which nn) bo ollcn a solnco nnd joy to tho book lover. Phllndclphla'H new library building la nn nssured fact. It will bo ono of tho most graceful and beautifulunT, completion: Vn ". fi,W ono of tho jdgnal features M" .Mooro's administration. , 4lN 923-25-27 MARKET STREET Men's & Young Men's 5 Spring Suits l In a Wonderful Display of New Styles, Materials, Patterns and Colorings $ 37 .50 This new individual shop invites every man to see these new spring clothes. By actual comparison they are the best to be found in this city at this low price for we marked them below regular. Not a style not a material not a coloring that any man would want that is not embraced in this special grouping. Cassimeres, worsteds, cheviots, homespuns and flannels in one and two button single and double breasted molels, form-fitting and conservative styles and the novelty belted and patch-pocket effects. -EXTRA SPECIAL- Men's $5.00 Trousers 3.95 Good, sturdy quality mixture cheviota, made to frive good every day business and dress wear. All sizes up to 40 waist. Home of Style and Econor S RROYEBSWrai WALNUT AT TENTH Store Optn Saturday Kvcnlntfl A vMiEAE ar nmr SMALLEST SHOR awl COMFORT wall, a.b MAGUIRSS IRISH CORN PLASTER Maka to ram fut Uka ao.U(. aUana. aW Mkt la Oraa ItIhc TiU aa Maw. I Ml a ""aim II Talua 9 OH B CaJWw 8 T.kc. Th.m Out by tli. Hoot. U The DIET during & after INFLUENZA IUchMUk fli Malted drain Eititrt u m.mHmms mNutriuona i"-V ' v Digestible f Instantly prepared no cooldnff i Used eucctiafuliy OTer H cntury .' 4wrct a .1 Cakaa I i'' : 'O Horlick's wwSK ISKU mil pmttiV 3w iniF Mm Miles upon miles, year after year, the powerful Silent Knight Motor improves with the running. Noiseless, vibra tionless, and free from all carbon and valve grinding troubles. We have authentic proof of Steams-Knight Cars that have gone 75,000 miles without exhibiting a trace of carbon or motor trouble. Additional motoring comfort is another Stearns ICnight feature mado possible by the extremely long and wide flat springs. And despite an added wheel base the Steams-Knight is 300 pounds lighter than preceding models. To better appreciate the wonderful merit of the Steams-Knight and the beauty of its body designs, arrange for a demonstration and convince yourself. When you sit at the wheel you know why the Steams-Knight is better motored better constructed a satisfying motor buy. Scott Motor Company 908 North Broad Street Knight PUono Poplar 3241-5-S 4 . -a., !- . f? New Homes With Private Garages, $6900 piIEY nrc well built on a street where the distance from house to house Is wider than Broad street. The open fireplaces make them most attractive. The tiled bath with tile shower and built-in sonp cups add greatly to the comfort nnd beuuty of the bathroom. One thousand dollars in all that is needed to buy, 'balance monthly payments. Would you like to know more? John H. McClatchy Builder and Owner 848 Land Title Bids. OPPENHEIMjaUMM Chestnut and 12th Sts. HI $18.75 N jy $18.75 Remarkable Sale Tomorrow 250 Smart Jersey Cloth Dresses For Women and Misses Sale Price 13.75 Tailored Models for present or early Spring wear, in straightlinc and coatee effects, smartly embroider ed, braided and button trimmed. Women's Dresses, 3rd Floor Misses' Dresses, 5th Floor 0TCETO TAK1 hTOJKMAHHO mmil&WMm 110 OTHOMHIK) Kb EQCfJtf Fr$m the Neto Ytrk Timit, Friday, January 16th, tgao. BRITAIN, FACING WAR WITH REDS, CALLS COUNCIL IN PARIS; ALLIES TO ARM POLES; LONDON SEES STORM COMINGSEMI OFFICIAL STATEMENT WARNS NATION NEAR EAST IS ASTIR "London, January 15th Before peace with Germany is a week old, the British public has been brought up sharply against the possibility of another war." VfS VMMaSlw (cMvEaaB Paaaaafflaalaaalraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf L TUaaaaaaaWyMWB JB "BBBBaV " t aBBaKaBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBBWr Why This Shift About Russia Overnight ? O you know why this shift was made over night ? Do you know why the United States allowed itself to be drawn by Europe into a Russian policy for two years, only to be left holding the sack? If the new Dolicv of trading with Russia is the right one, why have the people of the United States allowed themselves to be so long misled? What Does It Mean? Th Ntxt Dmj, frm tht Nrw Ytrk Timti tf Saturday, January l7tft NO WAR WITH RUSSIA, ALLIES TO TRADE WITH HER; BLOCKADE SUDDENLY RAISED BY PARIS COUNCIL; PREMIERS REVERSE STAND "Paris, January 16th The Allies will reopen commercial re lations with the Russians at once. This momentous decision was taken here late today and com pletely reverses the former Allied policy of a pacific blockade." A thousand questions are in your mind and in ours. Is iitJ. VISt a?my. a rcal Anting power or a shambling crew? What brains are back of it? Where arc the Czar's old Generals? Is the Kcd Army for defense or for a great drive on Europe and Asiar" Arc the peasants really supporting the Bolshevists? What was Bolshevism in 1917? What is it now? Are ignorant peasants and workmen managing great factories or has industry been put back under the control of experienced tech nical men i1 Are the peasants working land in a communistic system or are they holding it in private ownership? Are cbi! dren brought up by the state instead of by their parents? Do men and women marry? Is Eastern Siberia to be cut off as a new State under permanent Japanese domination? Is Great Britain preparing to deal with the Soviet Government following the lifting of the blockade? Is it to be peace or war with the Soviet Government? If war, are we to send an army? If jeacc, will we rccognizo the Soviet Government? Asia The American MAGAZINE on the Orient You have these niiftinnc nrc,r-.A u., i, r-rui n..? o Reinsch, who lately resigned as minister to China, and who knows die inside of the Siberian situation; Norman Hafigood; John Foord, editor of AslA, eminent student of economics and com merce; Isaac McBride and Wilfrtd Humphries, both eye witnesses of what has been going on inside Soviet Russia; Jackson FlemiHg,Yho tells of what is happening in the Cau casus, that link of world wide importance to the British Empire, In this issue of ASIA you will find an all-round story of Russia, for Russia is too vast to be ap proached from one point CONTENTS OF THE RUSSIAN NUMBER Tha Add Tett flnternatfiuiBl Pnllnle tn. ward Itaiiia) by Ntrman HoPfrtt! Tho Rod War (MHltary Situation) h feajftto Titi Old Ruitia in tho New World (Photograph) Japan'i Looe Hand (Japaa in Siberia) by Foul S. RtlnicA Ito the Peasant iy Qib Uiash Ru.iian Falrr Tale (Iaiert in Color) DUoU Dread and Tea ky " McBridt (Bxperieoo lorida the Red JUoei) the bigness and greatness of Russia's people and of her resources. LOU will see America's: wnnrtorful nnnnWimih, (nr ivinnini! the eternal friendship of the Russian people. Russian Fairy Tales Sptdal Art luitrtlu Cthr ASIA is a beautiluj magazine. "So beautiful, said one of our subscrib ers, "that it ought not to be a magazine. Each issue should beboundinleothcr covers to be kept for au time." If you want beauty a magazine, you will fin" in ASIA. If .y?j !?; vision, you will find '" ASIA. If you want in formation that cannoi found anywhere else, you will nnd it w wirt; Trodlol WRh the Co-opcratlws ky -Mm Foord BoUhcrht RbrmetfA Primer tor Peatanta) The SoeJfokSlai of tbo New RotoU (Io dutrial Orfanlutlooy b iftUrtJ HamfltvUt SUfod In the Cmomd (Britlafa PoUdea) ky Jackuu FUmlne Peter Karporltoh by R Strmatky KuniorTreeeure kj OUva GUkrteA loaUle View of Soriet RaaaU (Stndt o! UoltberUm in Operation) by V. Aniettto i uiaappc rrtrrt -mr,,- yvyiv auaoia to gel IDCU COPT. distribution. Previous issue, hnv' .35 1.11 ?ppl3r o is available for newsitand edition iot newStad dSbution Yo,. luf 5 ?rc obH8ed to Print an Iare Your dealer lls Z qufoklv Get Z!'1' everynewsstand and bookseller. acta -t,t ,J ' qu,olcly' et vour cPy 35o today to avoid possible diiappoiatment. ASIA PUBUSHTNn.nn o? ruvtMnm a..-..- .c - fi - w t A I : o-rj ZlKli. i&Kfi. u
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