The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-11
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Misses 0as Of the Greatest pleasures
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Ask ans hoaieaa Of your ueqBalBi-
ance what type Of Rneat she has found
The hardest 10 entertain during q pro
iracied visit, and she will answers
The woman who never reads"
Probably sou know her yourself She
slips into your guest room some day,
with the promising assurance: Now
j don't want 60 be made company Of.
Just lei me De Of The family and
look 0ut for myself"
YqH are q busy woman, and YDu con.
graduate yourself that your hoapitali-
~ Is 20 Be extended to one d your sex
who Is eapablcof making her stay some
thing besides a nervous strain on Gbe
part Of yourself us hostess and your
household IN general
You have fitted mp that guest room
Of yours with especial reference 10 the
hoped for boukisb tuEtcs Of iis 90
rupanta, There is q goodly nssori-
msnt Of current literature scattered
about Being a render yourself, YOU
can imagine nothing more dellghtsome
than an opportunity for coy compau
ionBhip with the latest magazine Or
novel.
You delicatcly alludg 10 your
thonghtfulness Ia providing The, 10 you,
literary i%eaHts, and suggest 10 Your
guest that she take her pick 81 an that
the family library contains, and then
well, then comes the disi llusioumcut
Never while that woman Is IN your
house do you catch her with "a book or
paper IN her hand. Days when gov run
short Of hmusements for her she wan.
ders aimlesfly about from room Ia
room is plainly dependent over bod
weather and sets an your hospitublr
instincts on edge by the iIl-conoeuled
fact that she Is bored,
"0hlh you sigh III she would only
read Just 20 see her 10 minutes Of The
day with her eyes fastened luterpstedly
upon some bit Of printol matter"
a taste for reading may be as surely
cultivated u any other luslu, and 4
healthy appetite for good literature Is !
aa necessary for mental n0urishment
Rs good food Is for physical vel, being
10 get right tothe root Of the matter |
the reudinR habit utedatu DC cultivated |
IN the nursery, Az soon us children are
able 70 pick out the words In thei
primers they should be taught To CON
slider that acre enjoyment Is TO be
found between the covers Of d book
than among an tbc toys and Rimcrockt
that clutter up the ]pIayroom, Nc
need 10 mako bookwormg Of them. but
o tactiul mother may implut the read
Ing Idea into the Juvenile mind and SO
carefully nurture " that IN after years
j. will bear intellectual fruits Of IN,
calaulRhie benefit
LRztness Is usually the foundation
for The childish request "please read
70 me-" provided The youthful petition.
90 il able to read TO himself. The same
obliBing grandmother or gracious aunt
who ia always ready 10 do the young
tors bidding In this direction Is also
Fefp onslblo for The fad Of spinning
iafafry yurns to listeners who are old
nahFh and schooled enough to Gull
8 own tales from books.
Wien there Is no personal upplica
an on the ohild's part how can there
any mental stimulus2 NO wonder
bud 50 mony insipld, y%uclllatlnp
Ninds among grOwu-ups when we re
member how little thought conccn
ration iseNacted fromthe ayeragechild
There would be fewer restless men
lnd certainly fopyer discontentpd
Romeu Il The reading habit wus made f..
feature of nursery training,
Fortunate is the man or woman who
las discovered ia books that world
Which Will widen the most contracted
'phere and glority the most common
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