Show Few Persons Persona Get Full Advantage of Reading That there are several million persons persons per per- sons In the United States lJ beyond yond the age of ot childhood who are Illiterate It contradicts the live statement put b by Shakespeare pru e in the mouth of ot Dog Dog- berry herry that to read and write v rile conies comes l by y nature There ore lire other million nominally literate who yet rt read so little and with such pain that to them books bools lire are as us an Instrument upon which they o hll not learned to play Prof Charles II Il Judd of ot the University University Uni Uni- of ot Chicago emphasized this In speaking on adult education at atthe atthe atthe the convocation coO of the tho University of the State of New York Until people people peo peo- are ready to cultivate rending reading as they tiley would cultivate the ability to play pIny a II musical Instrument or to play golf golt they tillY will never be he able oble to URethe use URe the best sources of ot information with readiness and full tull advantage tending Rending aloud Is III recognized as an anart anart art but reading to ones one's own mind Is also an art which can be developed developed devel devel- as other arts by Incessant practice If It he lIe were to give as much attention to the cultivation of ot this skill kill as the tile musician gives to his hh art the artisan with leisure and ond a Library li library Li- Li would be richer than the man whose profession or vocation leaves him no time to read swiftly and thoughtfully In the literature which Is the organ of ot the race mind and anti whose chief function is the fusion of ot nations notions and the enfranchisement of et the soul of ot the Individual New New NewYork York Times It R Is the library where the bo books are hit or miss that has been the most ren read d. d |