Show H II III ii 11 I Read and Become Wise H LI Hr CAROLYN C. COTT rh When n I hear a woman flay sy Y nho never reads rends tho the ne newspapers I 1 always Cel l lorr sorry orr for her What a n. lot hot of or good In Interesting interesting In- In reading sho she misses She knows no because she lm has heard her husband talking about It It that there are arc or four Presidential candidates Roosevelt and Taft Taft-is Is it Knox Anyay Anyway Anyway Any Any- way yay sho doesn't read the papers and she he doesn't rare care who tho the next Pr President President sl- sl dent la is going to be so ao Ion long I as prices pric's dont don't go co up Also sun sho ha has heard of ot an nn Orchard somewhere out In Idaho but she doesn't know whether Its It's an apple or a a. peach orchard That It Is a a. man has escaped her cn entirely Politics society tho the telegraphic news baseball golf KOlf of theatrical and financial news news even even tho the ads all ads all look Jook alike alne to her Tho The newspapers are arc to her simply something to clutter up tho the piazza In summer and to mess mesa th the tIu sitting room In winter I pity these women Not ot because In mj my br bread ad and butter and chewing gum and andIce andIce andice Ice cream soda supply would be bo cut off orr I If It were not for tor the newspaper but bu t because I rea really believe c that those who I do not read them are aro not getting the tho best out of ot life lite or at nt least a all that I Is coming to them Just one days day's issue for tor instance There I is the usual grist of or suicides suicide murders wrecks disasters fires accidents acci dents dent anti and political propHecy c a all o of which are of or some consequence to some somo someone someone one somo some poor soul whose family or friends arc are Injured In an accident perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps some frenzied financier There Ther are the pitiful want sant ads all telling their same story of ot the eternal fight to for tor bread anti and butter and there thero aro other othe articles that are aro not pleasant But Hut on tho the other hand Are you ou In In- In In your our city's growth In this newspaper you OU ma may read of ot over o 4 U- 4 worth of Improvements that anto an are areto to be made In one section of or tho the town and another Item telling of ot a Improvement that the roads road of ot tin the country are to have Here too Is IK nt news new ws of other improvements that will make mak this a 1 elt city beautiful and further along alongIs Is 19 described a collection of or art objects object that will adorn one of or the public build build- ings Tho The paper abounds In beautiful pic pie tures lures Some are of or wooded mountains mountain near town where one mn may take lake a trolley trip others are pictures of or men mei who do and are arc doing things s. s Thorla Thor There la is news vs of or happy weddings and th the comings and goings of friends an another and other peoples people's friends There are aro lit littie littie little lit lit- tie tle stories of or heart henrt Interest and mother mothe Interest pictures o of sweet babies nn and andor of or old couples who have passed th the golden milestone of or lifes life's journey to together together to- to gether happily and peacefully Do you OU hunger for something novel Here Is news of or a man who believes i In eating nothing but grass an and who tho puts put his belief Into inlo practical execution a aone at atone atone one of or tho the city's parks Here is another another another an an- other stor story of a balloon that kidnapped a man and anti carried him a mile mlle mile awa away from home Then there are the ads Oh the ads What woman in the of or he her right mind could resist those ads V Why h after otter reading all an these enticing stories that the salaried high a ad writers compose composo up there In tn their skyscraper skyscraper skyscraper sky sky- scraper offices one can almost ImagIne Imag Ine inc themselves possessed of ot those thos tempting bewitching bargains that ca cabo can be bo bought for tor a song Those Huffy flurry j. j those thos ensnaring bargains of or chiffon silk HUk embroidery cm em- m- m and ribbons Those beautiful marked down hats jU just t from the French Frond looms now marked reduced from 25 2 5 Those stunning gowns that formerly for tor merly merb sold for now marked 15 fo for your our choice Why h a woman with onla only a spark of or can enn hear herself her her- self swishing down tho the street clad i ione In one of these silk-lined silk Imported costumes costumes costumes cos cos- f If she reads the papers diligent ly h How foolish she I is if she sho does no not read them There Is much to Interest much to Instruct and much to move ones one's heart heart to to make c one better bolter ant and wiser And what more could any an on one want for Cor five cents I |