HOSPITALITY IN U.S.A.
Impressions of City Librarian. “ One thing that impressed me more than anything during my tour in America was the friendship and hospiwith which I was met in every town, said Mr E. J. Bell, during the course of his lecture at the Public Library last evening. tl }?/, ass ! sta ' lce of some excellent s ld l 3 > e ,., sav ? a short account (f the principal libraries and builrlin t, s he had visited. A, Washington he attended a meeting of the Supreme Court and was amazed at the lack of ceremony. The/judge did not wear any ceremonial nobos and was not addressed as >cur Honor or even “sir.” The pupils at the high schools did not wear a uniform and at the schools nenr Hollywood the girls used rouge and seventy-five per cent of them were blondes. The teacher assured him that this was the influence of Hollywood and wns the result of peroxide. In conclusion he said that he had visited on a n average four libraries a day during his trip and had gathered much valuable information which might be of assistance in Christchurch.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 24 July 1934, Page 12
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