Library Patronage Swells, And Some Library Patrons Smell

“Public libraries are bustling these days, thanks in part to the swelling ranks of the jobless, but they have always been a haven for people with nowhere else to go. In some towns, that includes a fair number of people with unpleasant hygiene.” One suburban Chicago library “recently added ‘offensive bodily odors’ to its list of prohibitions,” while “other book lenders around the Chicago area have long imposed such bans.”