Evening star. [volume], June 10, 1919, Page 10, Image 10

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By A. F. CURRIER, if. D.
L. G .?Am a clerk in the postoffice
and. stand at my work all day At the
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NEW WALTER REED LIBRARY
ROOM POPULAR WITH MEN
Thousands of Volumes Circulated in
Hospital?Home Newspapers From
All Sections Received in Large
Numbers.
When a book -which was read in part
amid the scenes of warfare in France
is finished with enthusiasm at an
Army hospital here evidence is fur"
n'.shed of the interest that is taken b> i
the soldiers in the library service that
is provided for them.
It was such an incident at ^ !
Reed Hospital in this city which
marked the opening of the new read- 1
ing room at the local hospital. |
The soldier had just arrived from
across the water, and was surier.ng
from wounds received in battle. One
of his first requests at the Washing
ton institution was for a certain work
of fiction.
"I started that in France Just after
I had been wounded and was lying on
a litter," he said. "I want to finish it.
He did finish it. The librarian im-j
mediately produced the volume, the '
soldier seized it. expressing his recog- |
nition of an old friend, and for some
hours it engaged his undivided atten- j
tion.
New Reading Boom.
The opening of the new reading
room is one of the latest and most
important developments in the library
work that is conducted in the Red j
Cross building at Walter Reed. The |
sister organization, which controls i
the building, made the addition for
the benefit of the American I, brary
Association, and has furnished shelves
as well as temporary chairs and
tables. The permanent furnishings or
the room have been awaited for some
time and may come at any moment. |
but for the present the facilities that1
happened to bo available are sum- ?
ciently serviceable to make the room ,
one of the most popular places on the |
post. At 10:30 a.m.. when the room,
is opened, they are ready for the day s
literary diversion, and when closing
time arrives at 9 a.m.. they leave
reluctantly. . . . .
This week there are being placed ,
on the walls at the many bookshelves
a series of attractively lettered cards j
which are intended to serve as guides !
in the selection of books. Among the ;
legends are: .
"Some People Worth Knowing.
"Interesting New Books."
"Have You Read These?"
"Detective and Mystery Stories."
"Western Stories."
"If you cannot find what you want,
the librarian will be glad to help you. ;
Walter Reed post is a community of
more than 2.000 veterans, and with at
tendants is of such magnitude that it j
requires for its service a real town i
library. Because of the nature of its I
activities ft needs more extensive |
facilities than the average settlement j
of the same size, for practically all of i
the returned soldiers want to read and j
have the time to read.
Has More Than 6,000 Volumes, j
The beginning of the summer season
finds this library at a strong stage of
development. It has between 6,000 and
7,000 volumes, all useful, up-to-d%te
exaTnples of literature. Nearly all of
these represent donations, although a
large per cent of the technical books
were bought with the funds of the
' A. L. A., which has made every pos
sible effort to carry out the purpose of
I the association's book, "Your Job Back
Home," which has had a wide circula
tion among the soldiers.
At least 2.000 of the books are non
fiction, and include encyclopedias, dic
tionaries, directories, books in French,
Italian, Spanish, Russian. Polish and
other languages, and all sorts of voca
*>nal works. All technical books are
kept In the reconstruction department
(ward 93), where the classes of in
struction are held, and a special
I librarian is in charge there.
' Three bags of mall were received
?by the Walter Reed library today.
I "We get the same amount of piail
every day," said Miss Helen Harris,
i the librarian in charge, "and a large
part of it consists of newspapers.
They are papers from the home towns
of many of the men. We have 100
newspapers from all parts of the i
country. The men enjoy their home j
newspapers perhaps more than any- j
thing else we have here."
100 Magazines Not Enough.
The library at the hospital sub
scribes to about 100 magazines and
also has many gifts of such publi
cations. It cannot get enough of
them to meet all the. demands, and
i the public is asked to furnish as many
late issues as possible for the daily
: reading of the soldiers."
Miss Arie Jones is assistant to Miss |
Harris and Miss Frances Cox is in
charge of the vocational works. In
terested persons in Washington have
given much assistance in bringing
the library to the state of perfection
that is now revealed, as plans are
near fruition for the complete fur
nishing 1.1 the new reading rocm.
"Many volunteers have bireo very
faithful service during the winter,"
said Miss Harris, "and without them
we couldn't have carried on the
WThe library at the post has been in
' existence for more than a year, and
.before the reading room was opened
I the bookshelves were placed about
the main recreation hall of the Red
1 Cross building. Some shelves are
still maintained in the big hall, but
the library work now centers in the
' reading room.
From that center many other ave
inues for reaching the soldiers are
maintained. Several hundred books
each are placed with the Jewish Wel
fare Board. Y. M. C. A.. Knights of
Columbus and the Nurses' Recreation
I House in addition to the total num
ber available at the reading room.
These are changed every two or
three months.
Library on Wheels for Wounded.
For the soldiers whose condition
makes it impossible for them to leave
the wards, little trucks, forty inches
thigh and eighteen inches wide, with
two shelves bearing from thirty to
| fifty volumes, are wheeled by hand
into the fifty wards that have bed
patients. About half of the books on
the trucks are non-fiction and the
men in the beds are able to look over
the carefully selected group of all
kinds and select those which appeal
most strongly to them. Often a well
remembered work which may have
been begun across the water is chos
en. As they go through the grounds
the library representatives also serve
the men who may be sitting about.
The same trucks bring back to head
quarters those which have been fin
ished.
Books of adventure and descriptive
works on outdoor life are most popu
lar. ' One soldier who was using the
reading room remarked today that a
certain popular writer of stories of ad
venture was represented in every ward
in the hospital. Magazines devoted to
outdoor subjects also are wanted, for
the men start such subjects In their
books and want to follow them up in
the periodical publications.
Requests for specific volumes are very
numerous, and when these are not on
the shelves they are usually obtainable
either at the Congressional Library or at
the local Public Library. One soldier
recently asked for Walton's "Compleat
Angler." A colonel wanted a certain
book on clocks, watches and bells, which
was obtained for him. Another wm
able to get a work on embalming. All
turn to the library with, great confidence
and expect to get almost anything in
the world that has been printed.
Unlike the circulation of the ordinary
library, that which is recorded at Wal
ter Reed does not indicate the actual
extent of the reading, for each book
is read by at least half a dozen men
before it soes back to the shelves. Whai
I imprests one man attracts his neighbors,
| and is passed along.
I The ultimate purpose of the A. L. A.
at Walter Reed, as well as in France
and on the transports, is to Interest the
i men so that when they go back home
I they wJll make valuable use of their own
public libraries. Their reading at these
I adjuncts of the American service In War
also is valuable In itself and has de
veloped a library system which is en
tirely -unprecedented In the country's
history.
MAY BE U. S. ENVOY TO ITALY.
Former Senator Saulsbury Men
tioned as Probable Appointee.
Former Senator Saulsbury of Dela
ware was mentioned by senators
yesterday as being under considera
tion by President Wilson for ap
pointment as ambassador to Italy
succeeding Thomas Nelson Page, whs
| wishes to resign. g
Brand Whitlock, minister to Bel
gium, previously has been mentioned
for the post. ,
DECISION FREES GODSOLL.
Snpreme Court Will Not Review
Case Where Extradition Is Sought.
The United States Supreme Court
has refused to review the decision
of the lower courts In the case of
Frank J. CJodsoll, whose extradition
was sought by the French govern
ment, this action freeing Godsoll.
DR. WILLIAMS SPEAKS
AT MEDICAL CONVENTION
Says Obtuseness Obtains Regard
ing: Preventable Losses by
Nervous Diseases.
? ?
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. June 10.?
Dr. T. A. Williams of Washington,
D. C.. told the American Academy of
Medicine, in annual convention here
today, that industrial leaders, presi
dents of universities and other edu
cators were obtuse regarding the pre
ventable losses by functional nervous
,
diseases. The war. he said, had dem
onstrated the rapid curability of ?
these caseB where properly dealt
with. *
"It all depends," Dr. Williams said,
"upon placing the patient under prop
er conditions; differentiating the va
rious psychological conditions and
devisine: and organizing ways of decl
ine with each kind. .
"The war has shown the Importance
of neurological knowledge, especiajly
regardinc public undertakings in ed
ucational, social service, employment,
labor and industry. Industrial leaders
already have realized the importance
of physical hygiene In all these fields.
They must now realize that psycho
logical hygiene is also in need of
skilled management. Not only will
efficiency be Increased, but content
also."
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