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Now suppose the Club drops its library feature. and put all the money into the best American and Foreign periodicals. When Mr. Smoot and such men had charge of the reading room they had a choice lot of American magazines, and wanted Hence this Club library lowers the standard of the public library. The children patronize the public and call for fiction and that grade of literature, and the directors respond to the popular demand. Of course the members of the Club have a perfect right to do as they like about this matter and no one has any disposition to question that right, or does question it so far as we know. But the Club is a semi- public institution and we are all in- terested in it. Now our friend’s criticism was based largely on his strong desire for the success of the public library. While it is not a pet' of his, he seems extremely anxious for its success; not a moderate suc- cess, but the largest and best pos- sible for a city of the size and re. sources of Highland Park. Now one vital point in the success of« the pub- lic library is in the high permanent quality of the books put into it. Every choice volume put into the Club’s private library, takes away the demand for the book in the pubâ€" liclibrary. We use the public li- brary very little because it contains so few of the books we want. We are deeply interested in the events of the “Far East” as it is called, China, etc, but the latest and best books were not there the last time we inquired, but we have found some of them in the Club. We go slow on the “books of the day,” those just now creating a sensation. , One of the earliest members ofthe Club said to us awhile ago that he thought the members of the Club were making a mistake in buying books and building up a little Club House library. His idea seemed to be that instead of buying books ,they should put the money into first class magazines home find foreign and make an ideal reading room for this city, and put the books into the public library. THE CLUB LIBRARY. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Alexan< (161' have taken quartets at the Vir- ginia in Chicago for the winter and so another charming home among us is closed for a few months. Butterick pattefh’s’ for sale at Miss Erakine’s. a boy from this wild and wooly west to go down there and distance those scions of old aristocratic families. We have received the collegiate department catalogue of Colgate University. Hamilton, N. Y.. from which we learn that the founder of this modern Nsws is a sophomore, with a "II” after his name which means that he ranks second .in his class, we suppose. Pretty good for Pass this along to Frank Green, or any others stuggling with the same problem. “The Binkses must buy everything on the instalment plan.” “What makes you think so?” “I heard Jimn‘y Binks ask his father Whether their new baby" 'would be taken away if they couldn’t keep up the paymente.”Iâ€"Chicago Record. The next annual meeting of the Exmoor Country Club will be held at the office of the President, Room 8, No. 94 'Dearborn street, Friday Dec. 9th, at 3 o'clock p. m. This meeting is for the election of a new board of directors. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. Robert C. Rafl‘en, after doing jusâ€" tice to the Thanksgiving turkey et cetera, down at C. H. Bakers’ went over to Crystal Lake and spent the balance of the week with his sister, Mrs. Dr. Hull. :* antrBlack'wood. *That ‘readiug room marks the literary standard of the Club, and the cheap stuff ' like Munsey, etc, with a few Pucks and similar things are not quite enough. more. Such a reading room is not complete without such standards as the Forum, North American Review, Popular Science Monthly. and one or two of the best quarterlies, together with half a‘dosen of the best British magazines, as the Nineteenth Cen- tury Edinburg, Fortnightly or Con - temporw, with the old tory Quart- Cows~for rent Or sale at Allen’s Dairy Farm. RAFFEN BAKER, Coal, Building Material, and Ice. Schneider Cooke, IASYE BLOCK HIGHLAND PARK H ORSESH 0EIN G, CA RRIA GE I RONIN G, and GENERAL BLA CKSMITHING J©bn7 Genes? Highland Park , Electric Light" Co. Private Telephones m Speaking Tubes. Electric Light, . .. Electric 8e11,. Burglar Alarm, Fire Alarm, Electrical Dealers In Musical Instruments, Strings, Etc. ()ur workmen are expert. we use only the pest material and our rices are as low as :3 consistent with 200 wuxk. In the most approved man- ner and at prices that are bound to suit. We are now prepared to do all kinds of Electricalo nstruction work and repair- ing. such as having purchased the shop and stock of H. F. Pitts 18 prepared to do all kinds of TELEPHONE NO 3‘ AND REPAIRING NEATLV DON! [VII TEOTID FREE. Jewelers Opticians. Construction. 0000