The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
DGOLEY DISCOURSES ON BOOKS.
He Tells Father Kelly There Are En-
tireIy Too Many of Them.
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Chicago Post.
'Tvry time I pick up me mornin' paper
thry D." said Mr.. Dooley, 9Th first thing 1
run aerost is somethin' like this: a hot
Ann Am gift Fl Is Wood
Thought" or If we wud delight tn hear-rt
iv ye'er child yen give him DR.. ,Harper's
firm Moses to tn Standard Club TIL idee
Nv givin' books FIR Chris mas prisints whin
tn stores are full Nv tin HORNS an dhrums
an boxin' gloves an choo-choo ca-ars! Peo-
They ARE said Mr.. Hennessy. MY
house is so full Nv books We cudden't turn
found tn life iv an ex-convict tn 'Pris-
day, where Mary Ann was hidin' it firm
an skylarkin in tn evening they're set
tin around tn table with their noses
rIread, but she, picks up that's goin' on.
IT'S Honoria, did Lor-rd What's his-name
marry tn fair Aminta? or But that Lady
no injymint in tn house. an they're usn'
me- , cravats FIR book MARKS.
They're on'y three books in tn wurruid
worth readin'. Shakespeare, tn Bible an
Mike Ahearn's histury iv Chicago. have
tn Bible FIR me- an 1 didn't buy Mike
Ahearns histhry because seen more thin
he cud put into it. Books is the room iv
people, espichully novels. Whin | was
young man tn parish priest used to preach
again thin, but nobody knowed what he
meant. At that time Willum Joyce had tn
on'y library in tn Sixth wa-ard. Tn mayor
give him tn bound volumes iv tn Council
proceedings an they was very handsome
set. tn on'y books ! Seen was tn kind
that has tn life of tn Pope on tn outside
an a set iv dominoes on tn inside. They're
good readin'. Nawthin' cud be better FIR
a man whin he's tired out afther days
wurruk thin to go to his library an take
down wan iv tn great wurruks iv litra-
choor an play a game iv dominoes fr the
drinks out iv 1t. Amy other kind iv r-read-
in, barrin' tn newspa-apers, which will
niyer hurt amy onedycated man, is de-
sthructive Nv morals
II had it out with Father Kelly tn other
day in this very matter. He was comm
up firm downtown with an ar-rinful iv
books FIR prizes at IN school. Have We
says he. 'th' childei that'n get these books
don't need no key They go in undher tn
turnstile,' he says laughin. Have We tn
Lives iv tn Saints, or tn Christyan Dooty
or tn Story iv Saint Rose iv Lima? l says.
i have not says he; have some good
story books. I'd rather tn kids'd r-read
Charles Dickens than amy iv tn tales
iv thin holy men that was burned in lie
or ct up be lines he says. 1t does no good
In these degin rate days to prove that tn
best that can come to a man FIR behavin
himself is to be cooked in pot or di-gested
be a line he sa-ays 'Ye-er wrong, says l.
Begin -yeer riy'rince's pardon. ye'er
with thin young vans? Yeer goin to make
thin near-sighted an round-shouldered;
says. lie ct gum " NAVE liillil DcllCNt tiic1l
If they behave themselves an lead a vir-
chous life they'll marry rich an go to Con-
gress. They'll wake up some day an find out
that gettin money an benavin' ye'ersilf
don't always go together | says. Some Nv
tn wickedest men in tn wur-ruld have
marrid rich. / says. Ye'er goin' to teach
thin that man doesn't have to use an
ak to get along in tn wur-rald. Ye'er goin'
to teach thin that a la-ad with curlin'
black mustache an smokin' a cigareet is
always villyan, whin he's more often a
barber with large family. Life. says We!
There's no life In a book. If We want TO
show thin what life is tell thin to look
around thin. There's more life on a Satur-