Show literature IN FACTORIES the combination ol 01 cigar making and literature seems to work well in cuba but wa are not aware that it has been tried anywhere else in the havana factories the office of reader Is an oia established one and the july bookman alls up that any attempt to interfere with it would probably result in a the reading occupies about three hours dally and the reader as well as the choice of books is determined by the men who pay trifling amount per week toward the cost the literature selected Is usually of a high order and generally consists ot the test class of fiction quo vadas was very popular and dickens tales ot two cities has also had a great run american newspapers are appreciated but as these have to bo translated by tho reader the difficulties aro considerable the custom of reading to the cigar workers was established in 1878 by the cuban poet martinez the work of cigar making Is a monotonous one and it was found not only that th men greatly appreciated the mental diversion but that they worked better and more quickly books that have been read are subsequently sold at halt price to the workmen who wish to buy them |