LIBRARY ON LABOUR.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 402, 21 January 1904, Page 3

LIBRARY ON LABOUR.

Crerar Library of Chicago Secure* Best Collection of the Kind. . ■■: ' .. i. ■ ,:. ~ % - ; Trtmtce* at the lomtUntlon Farehase the Hook* of' Prof. Ely, of the UniveraMy of WUconsln, Coonpricing 4,000 Volume*. » ____' • r" i The John Crerar library, of Chicago, has bought the most complete reference library on the social and labor movement in the country. Four thousand volumes dealing with trade unionism and social problems and 4,000 pamphlets treating on the same subjects, have, been purchased from Prof. Bichard T. Ely, of the"University of Wisconsin. The.purchase marks an innovation in the reference department of libraries, as the labor movement has how reached suchjprpportioW that rthereis a large demand for labor literature. The Crerar library- is the first institution in the west to respond, and the first public library in the country. ' •Prof., Ely parts reluctantly with his collection, so that it may be centrally located.■•and of greater: URcfnlness|to students than is afforded at-Madison. The price paid wi]l not be made public/although Librarian Clement W. Andrews said thatlto buy this collection, the directors had been compelled to double their annual appropriation '., for the purchase of bor^a. "For years,", said Librarian Andrews, "Prof. Ely has been collecting the library. Tie is the one professor who in the beginning took.the point of view of the labor men, |md!prpbably no other literary man could have assembled the collection;"

NO MORE "SERVANTS." National Momewlvei' Association tit Chicago Decide* to Ttlgnl'tr Them with High Son'wdtngr Title. Hereafter .in Chicago \yi|] be no such person ns n ''servanC'' for the National Housewives' association has decided to elevate housework to the dignity of a profession. "Spinster of dishwashing" or "mistress-of cooking" or, even "doctress of general housework" for attendants" on the new school of technology the; association is to found, will, however, be eminently proper terms with which tp:de«ignate housemaids.

It was Mrs. Howard S. of the C'lricago-.Woman,'s proposed the new departure.. She declared that thg only way to .solve the housemaid problem was "to insist that employes in every department of housework should have a. te,plinieal education before they also thought that diplomas should be given ho nseniaids after one year of employmcn't in a family, suehdiplomaste be signed by the executive committee of the association., i Mrs. Rretschmar's 'ideas met with instant favor,, and Mrs. Augusta Levi, president of the association, appointed a committee to see that they were.a,cted upon as soon as; The ocinniittee will also consider a plan outlined by Dr. Mary Seymore for erect* ing a clubhouse and hospital for housemaids. .. .? ;' : f ' •'■- WM,

OLD FRONTIERSMAN'S GtN. . It Went Off and Sow Captain letliq la Minus attKnr and Feam HidS tcul«j of Friend*. Capt, Frank Leslie, an bldfroniiera-i man, was seriously wounded by the accidental discharge of his pistol a few days ago at San Francisco.' While he was in a store he stooped to pick up a piece of paper, and as he did so his revolver fell to the floor. The. weapon has a range of 2,000 yards. It was discharged by the force of the fall, and the bullet struck Leslie in the right leg just above the knee. • '. The piece of lead penetrated upward about four inches, and ing, continued its upward -flight, completely- severing the right ear and cutting a severe gash along the side of .„ his head. Leslie is much chagrined over the nature of the accident, ,"To think,"' lie said', "that after 40 years' fighting with the Indians, and constant exposure .to all the dangers of frontier life, I should be nearly killed by my own gun—it's enough to make a man hunt cover. I shall never hear the last of this from my friends."

WRITES MAYOR FOR A WIFE. The- Nftwr of the i«ek «f Toning Mt« at Kenosha Brines aPropos&l from the Ba#t». ~.. . _,, .'. -. - ■;■--,.-- % —2±_ .'•"•v'i §J|l William H. writes to the mayor of Keno*fcaf ; WJi<, . stating that as marriageable young women are scarce down .'his way hi- . would like to w«d x a Kenosha girl. "1 tee by the papera,f he says, "that tbt young women of your city have'to act as their own escorts ow|ng to the,lack< of youiig men. : Therefore, I would be. glad if you can secure me a wife among them." Moist adds tha.tjieis sober,in* iustHousJand of marriageable-age. Aa his letter■'■has beenmade/public it is et? pected that he will get a deluge of pio/f posals. • *;.»'!« ' Prep»refl for Tro«bS#« Joseph Chamberlain ■- U" jgoiagf ■ South Africa on a mission' of will make the trip on a warship, saye the Chicago; Record-Herald, and in addition to! being strongly guarded/. ";- will have a gun in his boot. V. A Den« .Population. . -</ , In Liverpool, which lis 'the dense** and unhealthiest' district in England, the population is 63,823 to the square) mile«. . ■ .- _.' , '-'J