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Show I M ii lira POOR BOYS 10 GIRLS 1 The suggestion of Judge Volney C. Bunnell of the Juvenile court, looking -'' toward the establishment of a free r.-agaztne library at Uie Bramwell book store Is already taking root Mr V.'llford Bramwell, who consented to give space in hla place of business , lor the library and to take care of 'I 1 the circulation of the magazine free of ehargo, has received a number of Inquiries as to when he would be ready to receive magazines. The In-nuirles In-nuirles have come from a number of I 1 people who dolre to assist In the I ' good work and Mr Bramwell states ' that the space for the library is now ready and as soon as the magazines nre received they will be put Into circulation among the people who II c;.nnot afford to buy reading mate Judge Gunnell again urges all who can do so. to take or send their surplus sur-plus magazines to the Bramwell book sinrft as soon as possible, so that i lie oung people who may call for read 1 Ing material, will not hae to go away without it. The judge feels that the rending, of books, newspapers and magazines is a most necessary ele-n ele-n i nt In the general education of a child and that. In - This respect, the education of the present-day girl and jl boy Is being sadly neglected. The I benefits of reading, he said, recently may be seen when a person can, in a half hour's lime, learn what is go-J go-J ing on all over the world, by reading an up-io-date newspaper Thp maga- i zlnes too, are a potent force in edu- cation, covering as they do, in the i writings of the brightest men of the c'ge, all subjects having a bearing on i lie moral, mental and physical life, H ol mankind I The principal object of the estab- hshment of the free magazine library , HL is to have the children get the - reading habit This, according to ! - Judge Gunnell s observation in his de- I partment of the civic life, has almost j become a thing of the past, for, in- i stead of being at home in the even-I ing studying their school lessons or I j reading good literature, the young j people are, to a great extent, find Una amusement down town in ways which will, sooner or later bring I ihem to the attention of the juvenile One reason for this, the judge con- t iuls, is the lack of stress laid on j jl the necessity of home study by the teachers in the public schools of to- day In some instances, which have come to his attention recently, the' I children have been refused permls s:on to take text books home with them To fill ibis void, all the boys who are brought under his jurlsdlc-1 jurlsdlc-1 tlon are advised to read the daily I .. papers and magazines. |