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Show Solace In Bocks. A woman who used to drag through tho day In n vainglorious effort to "kill tlmo" wns persuaded to take recourse to ft circulating library near at hand Until this solution of tho time prob lem wns virtually thrust upon her sh was as Ignorant of books, especially current editions, us sb wns of tho fourth dimension, though sho had been something of a reader In girlhood days. After forcing herself to wade through three volumes, the old love of books, lying dormant, suddenly awakened awak-ened to renewed activity, and tho life of the woman, from being one of many humdrum days, given to wntchlng tho clock nnd aimless wandering through tho house, has come to be ono of un endless succession of exciting and Interesting In-teresting events, while her hours are peoplod with an evor-varylng procession proces-sion of unusual personalities which march through tho pages of good fiction. fic-tion. For her books have given a new test to living, nnd she Is nnxlous to pass along the suggestion to her glutei "stay at homes" who havo more time than they can possibly spend. |