. Book of the Royal blue . THE FIRST WASIIINQTON By coiIlBLIC LIBKARY. tlio Wnsliington • THE NEW MUNICIPAL LIBRARY AT WASHINGTON. THE completion and opening of the newPublic Library of the District ofColumbia marks a rapid evolution inlibrary expansion at Washington, 1). C. Itmay seem strange that a city of suchnational prominence as Washington couldnot boast of a municipal public library asrecently as ten years ago. The Washing-ton Star, which was prominently instru-mental in exciting public interest to action,tells the interesting tale in its specialfiftieth anniversary supplement of De
. Book of the Royal blue . THE FIRST WASIIINQTON By coiIlBLIC LIBKARY. tlio Wnsliington • THE NEW MUNICIPAL LIBRARY AT WASHINGTON. THE completion and opening of the newPublic Library of the District ofColumbia marks a rapid evolution inlibrary expansion at Washington, 1). C. Itmay seem strange that a city of suchnational prominence as Washington couldnot boast of a municipal public library asrecently as ten years ago. The Washing-ton Star, which was prominently instru-mental in exciting public interest to action,tells the interesting tale in its specialfiftieth anniversary supplement of Decem-ber 16, 1902: A newspaper campaign for a municipalimprovement is comparatively a recentdevelopment of the functions of the publicpress. How such a campaign may be con-ducted to a successful termination and howthe present library facilities of the cityhave been developed may well be told inthe same story. The Star announced itstext on this question as long ago as Jan-uary 21, 18U1, when it gave Washingtonsneed in an e
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