el
LRI
X
A NS
Membars
and
their Families wiii be furnished
with Urasd
Stand
Badges
wioich
"hev
|
are
politely reguesied
to exhibit by wearing.
In
caseoi.the
Dudges
not
being
worn
the official
in charge
bas*the
right
to demand
tae gulity parly
o exiibit
same
and
1f
this
canno:
he
done,
ad nittance
will be
reiused.
Partias
who
are
noi
MMEMBERS OF
THE ASSOCIATION, and desire
1o darive
theie
Cars,
or
Carriagos
within the enclosvre
must
pay 80 cencs
per iiead.
Tad Judees’
Stand,
must
be used oniy for the
purpose
intended,
and oniy
the Presi
dent,
Viee President,
Judge,
Judge’s
Assistant,
and Ulerk of Scales
have
access
to said
Stand.
:
‘
No Person
shal!
be
allowed
to cross
the coursa
or leave
any of
the paths
leading
tu
samea,
after
the be'l
has
been
rung,
exeept
during
the nail hour’s intermissionsetween
the Riices.
>
s
MUSIC IN ATTENDANCE
MUSIC IN ATTENDANCE
1
Sec.
& I'reas.
tle that
wiil be
on
exhibition
ai
the
Red
Star
25
cants
siore.
Rt.
Rev.
Bishop
Greider
will
eoun:
toe
beans
and
on
the
Y4tin.
Dec.
4
p.
m.
the dolls
wiil be
pre-
sented
to the winner.
'
Go
and
see
the
Dolls
and record
your
guess.
|
(Guessing
cleses
at
poun
Dec.
24th
|
The Bulletin, Dec.
15th.
‘
The
Virgio Island
Proteciive
League
has
sent
the
sum
of $30.50
for
distribu-
tionr
(O the
very
poor of St, Thomas,
St.
|
Johin
and
St.
Croix
so 'My." Rotbe:Blid
Praneis
of
this
city.
He
in
turn
has
rennvied
S2O
10 Mr. Joseph
A.
B 3 :njamin
for
the
two towns
of
St.
Croix
and
sl7
to Mr. Louis
Sprauve
ior St.
John,
whila
the
Dalance
‘willi
be
disiributed
in
Lne
poor
house
here —Com.—7The
Bulletin,
Dec.
16th.
|
e s
RS
e
A
|
THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ITS IN
|
AUGURATION.
|
After years
of, endeavour,
aft-r
long
years
of
weary
weling,
with
deterred
hope
that
maketh
the
heart sick,
a Public
|
{,ibrarv
in
the
island
of
St. Thomas,
has
at
last
become
a thing
accomplished.
|
Looking back
into
(he
past,
we
see
In-
|
dividuals
as
weli
as
the
combined
ef-
forts of societies
being
made
for the
pro-
caring
of
such
an
establishiment.
We
|
remember,
how
1n
i898—1900,
when
some
of the
Dritish
West
llndia
lslands,
|
ntably
Dominica,
were
<pdowed
with
a library Ly
hat
gireat American philan- |
thropist Carnegie,
how we, thru
ceriain
interested
sources
iried to secure
a
like
gift, but faited.
Nothing daunted, some
of our ieading and
educated
young
men
got together
and
forming themselvés
in-
to a literary society,
endeavoured
to gain
|
the goodwiil
and
f{inancial
assistance
of
ihe
populace
toward
the
successful
achievement
of this
project.
but failed;
|
not through
lack of endeavowt
and initia-
|
tive
‘but
through
circumstances
over
|
which they had
no control.
Death claim-
|
ed a Ytew; while
circumstances
militated
|
in
sueh
a
manner,
shat
others
had to
|
20 abroad
Lo earn
a iucrative
iivelirood.
|
Thus,
the lictle band of
heroes
diminish-
!
ed
"in
number,
until
today,
that
the
|
grand project
has
been
realized,
only
a
few, of that
pioneer,
band,
remain,
Some
time
after
the
occupation
of
these
isiands
by
the
Americans,
repro-
sentations
wer2
made
toc
Governor
U
ver,
reiative
(o the need
of
a
publie
-
31"-.'{11';.
in our znidst,
[his
re presantaiio:
meiL with
sympatiny,
and
ever
since, i
idea
was never
allowed
to lay.
Wiien
our
popular
Governor
Omean,
succeeded
to the gove:norsinp,
represen-
tations
concerning
he
Public
ibra
were
again
_put iorwaid,
and
met
wiih
ready
and
spontaneous
sympathy:
at
his
hand.
Since
the:,
vo swwne
was left
un
turned
to
obtain
a
successful
issue
to
|
vur desires.
KEventually,
the
<ovices
of
|
that
greatest
of
mothers—'t{he
Ameri
ran
Red
Cross
which
has
cortributea
|
¢3,000
to (he
cause——were
enlisted.
Like-
wise,
were
those
of
the American
Libra-
|
ry
Associatien
whichh
has
contributed
|
right robiy
to
the
cause
of
the
Library.
|
‘lO
assist
in this
weli-merited
scheme,
tne
Guvernment
on May 14rh,
introdueed
in the
Coloniai
Councii
an urdivance
au-
|
thorizing
the
establishment
and
main-
tenance
of a Public
Library,
and
toward
which,
the
sum
of
Fres,
6,000
was
bud-
|
getted.
Securing
the
assistance
o!
some
ladies,
they with
the
zeal
so
characteris-
iic of them,
when
engaged
iu charitable
work,
collected
from
the
general
publie
-
the
sum
$659.14.
Things
having
tnos
beer
got ‘‘under way,’’ the
sight for
the
|
Library the upper
storey
of
the
huilding
|
east
oi the [Lutheran Church
was secured:
while
a iew days
later
saw
the
arrival
irom
the Stutes ol
viisses
Adelina
Zach-
|
art
and Eleanor
‘iieascn
to take
charge
|
of the operations.
i
With heart
and
miad
set
upon
ithe work
|
before
them,
it
was
noi
long
befcre
things began
(o take
on
a
definite shape.
|
Soon
books
began
coming
in
from
the
|
States
and elsewhere,
znd
so rapidiy
was
the
work accomplished,
that
a
date
{or
|
the definite opening
of the much
needed
|
and
highly
prized
institution
couid
be
set.
:
Friday mght,
December
10th,
saw
th>
|
formal opening
of the
institution
|
Previous
(o its
being
turned
aver
10
the
commanity,
appropriate
exercises,
|
consisting
ot musieal
sclecrions
by
mem-
bers
of the J.
S. Navy Band,
addresses
and
a vocal
solo
by
Mr.
Pnil
Gomez,
'
|
were rengdered,
1n
she
spacious
ball
voom
of
the Grand*Hotel.
With
the
Hon’ble
U.
S. Kean
membe:
of the Coloniat
Coun-
il
and Chairman
of
the
Library
Com-
mission
in the
chair,
the
meerting
was
called to oyder
at
10
p.
m.
Among the
vas'
audience
were
His Exceliency
Gov-
-
ernor
Uman
and
#rs.
Oman
and
mem-
bers
oi thc
Governor’s
stats,
the
Chair-
man
and members
of the
(oloma.
(un-
cil,
the teathers
of the
various
schoois,
.
members
ot
the elergy,
and
wmany
of our
rmerenants
aud prowinent
Citlzens.
Next
on the
programmme,
after
u
few
prefatory
remarks
by the
Chairman,
was
.
a
short
address
and
prayer
by the
Revw.
Fr.
Guillo,
~
8.
5. K.,
followed
by
&
short
address
oi.
welcome
by
the
Chair:
man.
Then
came
(he
selection
‘"Ameri-
¢a’’ bv the Band.
Then
followed
the
ad-
dress
of the evening
by the
Rev.
A. H.
Leslie.
Ihis
was
in
itseif
a
lterary
treat,
and
we
regre:
that
lack
ot
space
praveats
us
irom giving
some
exeerpis
from this briiliant
oration.
it was fine!
Anofner
muasicai
selection
by the
Band
fotlowing.
Aiss
Zachart
was Introduced
t 0 she
audience,
and
gave
a suecinet
ac-
count
of Lie work,
sie
and
her colleague
|
-—Miss
Gleason—had
done.
‘l'aken
up
with
ne=r subject,
sbe
carried
the
audi-
;
ence
along
with
her,
as
pnase
aitter
|
phase
in
the
preliminary
work
of
the
.
Library
was unfolded.
1
Al
he close
of
her
addiress.
She
re.
ceived
well—deserved
ovation
Ihe
Li-
|
orary
having
now been
formally
handed
|
over,
ihe
Chairman
accepred
same.
|
Then,
followed
a
short
address
on
Libraries
by
Mr.
ieroy
Nolte.
This
.
was
feillowed
by
a
song
by
Mr Phiiip
|
omez
beautifully
rendered
gs
usual,
ooana
aceempanied
DY
oud
PlSing pianist
Master
Hugo
sbornn.
|
After the
closing
adoress
by
the R,
.
nev.
oishop
Greider,
President
of
the
American
Hed
Cross,
and
tie
playing
of the National Anthem,
the vastgathep-
~ing surged
lorwuard
on
their
way
over
,
to the Library Building.
|
Herc,
a
beaulifui
collection of
books
.
of every description,
met the
eys—histo-
-
ries,
biograpiies,
natural
study,
fiction,
poetry,
encyciopaedias,
books of all sorts.
.
And with
cager, glisiening
eye, and
ba-
-
tedbreath,
as the vast throng passed
from
room
to
room
oi
its
tour
of inspection,
one couid
read
nothing
hut
aypreciation
and high expectation
of the
work aeco -
plished.
'
>
As one,
wio
nas
always
had
the- idea
of
the
crection
of
a Public Library
in our
midst
;
as one,
who ior years
has planned
and worked
towards
it realization,
we
haii
the
opening
of
the
Publie Library
with
joy.
With
acclaim.
we
hail
the
10tk day of December
as
a red-letrer day
in the 'fe
of our community.
Long live
the Public Library! Long live
the
Ama:
vican hed Cross
and
the
other
assoeis.
tions ihat have
helped
to make
the
open.
ing
of
the
Public
Liorary
a
suecess
I
St
Thomas
Mail Notes,
Dec.
13th.