Show tl t 1 r r f V A WOMAN Belter Behar than limn mon man and women That ore nrc n ro dust lIU I though 1 E 1 dear r In our OUI joy jor a S and pain fro Are the tho I tr hands ham a have n tJ rot Tor they the a depart but hut tho the books re ro remain main these the so they speak to us UI what was wall best heat bestIn In i n tho limo loving heart and tho noble mind All II their loyal loul souls possessed forever to nil nit When outer other fall aft hint him tho tin wise Iso man moan looks lacks To Ti tho sure companionship p or of books IlEnE arc aro many stomas homes hero here THERE T owned by some somo of ot our well citizens that contain a t did libraries to la tho mho extent There are me also limo Iho homes homeR that not only no books honks nt at nil but hut In which not miot even oen a n over randy finds find Its way ay In one ou ot or Rail Bait l finest Hats flats all ajl the time lams are an luxurious In their appoint appointments ments hard hardwood wood floors oriental tugs toga mahogany muho furniture heavily ator d expensive oils In massive gilt frames everything proclaims 4 the mho fact fc n t that much money has lias been Joen expended In their But Is not flat wren even the tho shadow of a I book to 1 be e seen COI any unY anywhere anywhere where and tho the sonso of ot Incompleteness experienced while awhile there thoro proves that the old philosopher who described a n 1 room without books hooks as n a body without with without without out ti a 1 soul knew whereof ho Ito spoke Tho rho family who dwell In this soulless home homo have never known what It Is to possess tho the real friendship of books that Is very Tory evident Their entire con conversation Is ls about people their corn com Jugs hugs und and goings and doings Of Ot course I It Il Is 18 commendable to be bc Interested In ht people Tho 1110 and con of those who hive ha lived In hl Inthe tho the thick or ot things enriches th under understanding standing and Prevents But Instead oC oa n Jl friendly Interest In humanity ty t it IL Is IB mere mero Idle curiosity that these people Their Theli hc rc Is ts an at im excellent place to go for current gos sOs gossip gossip sip Rip but never nOVel for fOI Intellectual or 01 spirit spiritual spIritual spiritual ual enlightenment A few rev years ago n a kind doctor passed pa this way nay Hair Halt Or of Salt SnIt bake Laka know him anti and lowed loved d him Those who nha know him best baRt were wro not surprised that Hint t hi children were wel ver so wall versed In to high hl h class literature The Tho father had watched and guided his childrens mental dowel devel development from mho tho first lisping of ot their letters I anti he ho had Imd taken the pains to see that Iha the H choicest of drons drens books wore WOrl always at ut their com corn command mand mund Tho The united effete ot of father and mother moth or tr made mIl their a t home ham helpful In every way tray Ill and It wn was keen delight to 10 visit there them Ivory Evor room main In It was livable nail and comfortable though there thero was any wn no of ot luxury save savo In the tho wealth or of books book everywhere ee abon ha R for nil all moods and for all occasions occa lons lach Euch child had his hili own authors In his own room tho the easy cosy library contained treasures for 01 old and young oun the go test Works ork of or the greatest writ writers ers r A marked passage In n a I volume olum showed dean y the doctors doctor opinion as ItS to the value of books Hoire Sono relate to me mo tho time of oC past ages while others reveal I to nio mo mothe the tho of at nature Some Soma teach me mo how ham to live livo II VI and others how to die Soma by their vivacity drive away my m fares Cares and exhilarate my any spirits while s give fortitude to my mind and touch teach mo moo the tho Important lesson how hoe to restrain my m desires und and to depend wholly on myself Tho The children grow grew to manhood and amid womanhood In this atmosphere Path Fath Father Pathor er or 11 always selecting tho the books they thoy I should road mend 11 anti and patiently Interpreting for them when occasion required And ho he lute ban been repaid a n Ills III girls nail and 1 boys bos have hav risen to prom J hu along professional lines mind and I deeper 1110 1111 love lon and reverence tot for parents parets It IL would be Impossible to find II lid Tho The Indifference Indifference ference ferenc of or some sone parents PU 11 Is as to whether 11 their children read Ind at nt all nil or 01 what they urn uro rending reining rea lIng Is deplorable It 11 seems In Incredible credible but Is nevertheless true that there them are arc many mothers smothers and fathers who not only on take ink absolutely no Inter Interest est Nt In iii what their sons and daughters I are ure reading ading rr but hut are lire not oven oen aware of ot what they are arc studying In school School days arc are now nol upon us and If It X YM NN tome ome reformer r would devise n 1 scheme whereby hest C l rata could bo be aroused from the lethargy tho parents them themselves themselves selves as ns sol sel 11 I as e the Uw pupils u dl s tho teach tench teachers ers er od the community 11 nil In general would rU up u Pend and call hIt him n blessed r I know a 11 boy hay of or 12 who ho can carry carr carron on n cof creation better belter and use too chalo choicer er or English than ninny many a u fairly well sell MUC grown person parson std end his h ability to do so po o Is owing Giving largely to the fact that for Cur two or three years eaTs ho he has hn been beon beena ft II great render reader ron er He keeps hoops keo s posted on current historical historical events vents by reading the dallies dailies Knowing how to concentrate his mind l on mi tho thu matter nutter in hand ho humus has been Ohio able to got sot almost t nil all his studios In school ills His mother al woy Insists on nn his spending an nil much time hue au nu pos s every over day du In physical Y c r and andon on n n his retiring nt at an un early curly hour But Dut he hehns has hns managed to Ond time to 10 read a 11 groat number of Instinctive Inductive books hooks on history hint or travel otc etc He Ile can cnn tell you ou all tIl about Tho Time Stan Man Without a II Country Last nays Days s fo to Pompeii Westward Ho He Silas SlIns and aul even Shake has received a I share of f his hili at nt attention attention Ills His greatest delight however Is derived from trot n the tho t Henty Healy books book v When Ahen burled In one ono of or these C ho he h forgets kil him himself n self und and nil mill the world word and It takes strenuous efforts on Ins hi mothers part to Lo rat lIt him off orf to bed bd It Is beautiful to see lOl mother moaner anti and son Sou together Sometimes of an evening she Rho reads roads aloud to him ant him to 10 discuss tho the or orthe orthe the thc style stylo of ot the story or 01 the good and bad fruits of or tho I ho characters She very seldom Indulges In social festivities preferring to 10 spend the evenings with her lier boy Jo Every Ever mother may map ma not have so much time lime to devote devole to her child but hUL whore where theres theros a 11 will It Is 15 easy cany enough to find a 1 way c 0 I In the western part ot of town lown lives a woman who vho Is n a great treat bookworm ns aim she styles herself Whether she shee sh understands tho meaning of ot the th word wordIs Is problematical At any un rate the tho on only only ly Iy books discovered about her premises were a u 1 paperbound copy COP of Called Back HUlk another thick volume led Prom tho the Workhouse to 10 the Pelage or fir The Misers ira lre another book hook having a n thrilling frontispiece under tinier which occurred these thelle words Sho She moved not she scarcely breathed tho spell of the tho enchanter was upon her hert and ono or two others of the till name came sensational type t pe Will time the time ever er como come when whon there thor will s be he 11 laws t the tho publication of or such uch S harmful literature A number of years lors ngo ngn a n friend of lino lived In this his house hou e nod and as us she his was wan an nn orphan and very 11 young and lInd hud unit no one to tell her hc r wha hat t sort of ot books sh she should or should not read Cad sho know knew no better titan than to amuse her hel acif with whatever came carne her way The New York Ledger and all Th Time Fireside Companion Campanian appeared weekly and she poured over oer them at n t nil all hours hoars ho rs of the tho day and night And these unnatural un unnatural natural mind and pernicious doses were ore not nol all that she sho fed fol upon other papers paper and und books of ot a nature still more macro In hm Injurious InjurIous jurious were within her roach ranch and nothing escaped 1 perusal though thon h for tor fortunately fortunately sire sho failed to comprehend nt lit atthe the time till nil that she sho read road There Theo carne cumo a mi day however when her Inherent Instincts for all nil that Is and which had bad lain Cahn dor dormant dormant mant for tor nearly two to years regained el She now holds a Il position position tion of ot honor in ono one of at the professions r but confesses with sorrow that despite d nil all her nt ut eradication then Is III still lurking In iii her system I some of at tho the poison sho she absorbed In her curly carl youth f I have another friend who has been beon supporting self since her childhood Her home Is where she site makes It and the has hus recently made herself a 11 most moot home in this city The sur Hur surroundings surroundings are arc simple und and Inexpensive e eA A few pictures only hang upon the walls wals but they adorn not deface They arc ore such that one pauses Involuntarily to consider their beauty or 01 their meaning mean meaning ing InA But Dut Ilia U delight of the house U is the thelong thelong long living hiving room and Its chief charm consists In fu the three or four low book bool bookcases cases canes amid their contents My Sly II friend hus bus read road nil nl these thesa books hook and amid can cnn con colt converse verse vello Intelligently upon them nil all They mire are arranged almost us liS systematically I as nos a I circulating library would arrange N rr M t tY y A f f fn d h n f J cp r rt Y r r i il t 4 l ti tir r I L p 4 Io I i r k ks t ti s i ti Mt 5 r rr r v vf f I f h M MI 4 r I rr tT 7 sr r Films HIS FIRST HUSBAND Rai 11 mi um A i Ink t i ill linit of th Ts Iu third regiment of ot otT r T a i v w linn hits hail fled un Urn lime In III proving chat bin bb III m I I nt III tilt tho time ulio ribo ma rr ml him hilll and mul mho Iho affair In hl Ity un 1 wt du dui i t I feat Until Both to the mho th nr fir pr liUi ut und Col Gol Colit GolIt M It it h nr if Ie hU his hi chaining to have lui U l the thu HIM d I tl In lu the elute ule of Wu lon tOlt In tho the portion parson ot of o ne John Johll 4 1 HIM II I u l U at Mount In III that Ih L state la Is lapp I IsI liol I ham pp lilt In wu cl from th Ili Alls Sim ml ad I sho ho wai wu his bin hi wit elf when Kh l tol Col tit l i III Ili 1 I IS ll hud hind tu fu u mil u In li IL hI I r present US Lind In Ii IxU tb that hut It l slit lit her ii Ii iii wua Will vui mood doAI when Kite else the Lilt ii mi of tf trI II 1 a d r theirs Ono One rasa enso contains com tel seta of at Emerson Holmes Holmos u theme Scott kott Eliot Dickens doll and oth of tho the standards uniformly bound another case cano holds those for which sin luis IniD a 1 lt deeper s attachment a y Company or of friends m IlK to ele and amt ox ex exterior adornment lint but greatly In harmo harmony u ny an nil n e t to n mental worth There aro PI Stine inn i of ot the th present day 11 and onto of this the ancient theologians tholo near thorn are aro area aroa a 11 number of or Iho the old an mid 1 fi essayists there thero are arl historians too limo and lineon stand land Pence peace peaceably ably side e by b and the time well known English l I i und tumid t American pool hoots f add their stately presence to hI the company Two other CIVIC cases hold what chat she calla her frivolous Iho novels of oC II the he day They rho are 11 not noL all mill frivolous however one ono c ot or t them raid cold toe to mo me mid only the other do 11 day the t t the love lov lot e of or books Is III the ii strongest I of or nil all congenial conR bonds bond Had lInd It not ant been hoen fur for this congenial ca rm bond I 1 think 1 I should hIl boon been denied u beautiful which I t feel convinced will 11 endure while life lite lasts LADY |