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Show Saying "Hello" to Heart Throbs. "It is a curious thing," said a prominent prom-inent lecturer recently, "h.w some books havo a Btrong radl&Ung personality, person-ality, so that you feel llko saying 'Howdy' every tlmo you como across them. Last Chrlstinns I visited friends back at tho old home on tho farm. When tho supper dishes had been put away, tho chores dono and tho evening lamp' lighted wo gathered bcsldo tho organ for a good old fashioned 'sing.'" On tho center table wero strown tho Christmas remembrances taken from ChriBtnias treo on tho evening before, dancing over them I suddenly exclaimed ex-claimed 'Hollo! my good friend, Hello!' nnd ns tho others looked up with surprise, 1 picked up a copy of 'Heart Throbs' and read to them from Its pages tho 'pleco' I spoko in school 40 years ago. "That was enough to set in motion tho friendly entertaining spirit ot Heart Throbs, and thomuslc was forgotten for-gotten as wo took turns reading the humorous and pathetic bits of proBo and verso that havo been preserved In this wondorful volumo. Somo books have great literary valuo, somo have historical significance, but Heart Throbs Is tho only book I know that slaps you on tho back in a friendly sort of way, cutting itself to your moods and proving faithful to every emotion. Noxt to my lovo ot tho Bible I lovo Heart Throbs. It Is tho most notable book of tho times." |