The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-24
MODERN READING.
We Are Inundated Nth Every Form Of
Esi and Wee

Better not read said Nlebuhr
books In which you make the CO 4
qualEiance 90 the devil The aGv..e .
was given az IN age when s9en t.d .
read b0ok-. aad when these 1Udeed. .
formed the bulk % their reading. says
the Nea York Tribune. IN the llJl .
proportlonaiely fewer books appear o. I
Do read. To those tina; are. tAs sane /
advice applies ls per;ilently o. ever. I,
For the number " books which serve .
az letters OF introduction. II not 10 the /
devil al least 10 hls most character
ist.c works. IL larg, and. one may fear.
growing There mas been Of late a
food ~ problem novels" 10 which the
problem Il that u the relations be-
tween the sexes. and the solution
ought ls almost invariably 20 make
hose relations rot pure natural and
snn0bl.ng. bu. unclean. abnormal and
ieDasiag. and 10 find specious excuses
u apologies therefor The greatest
and most puzzllng problem in the
whole business Is. however. how intel
llgcnt people " clean minds and lives
Fan ind pleasure or profit IN poring
over such revolving stun. The genius
u "a k07scttl may invest Jenny with
an unmerited bu: nevertheless fascl-
GatIng interest Tut the bedraggled
ienizcn % the Teuderloin. treated W
some schoolgirl sister ~ Gifted Hop
kins. can never be anything more than
cheap and nasty. Nor ioes the latter.
day preGOmin-ace ~ Newspapers over
books IN the least lessen the force and
value Of the philosophers injunction.
The vital truth 10 it Is universal app
plying 10 the costiiogt tome 10 the bib
li0philf'a library and 70 the penny
paper with which the GRAND boy or
The srullery maid rogalea leisure
hour Better not read anything IN
which you L.lke the Acquaintance u
evil Yet IN much o. the current ICsa,
Ing u the day how evil Is daunted ane
forced upon ne public eequalntancc'
Here Is a wre'chtd w0mli. lillterate.
drunken. debauched Her whole iie
has been given up 20 physical and
moral nth. There r. not an honest
shopgirl In town who. meeting her
upon the street. would not instructive
ly step aside lest her skirts should
brush against the creature and be de-
filed. The career Of vice r.. however,
crowned with q capital crime. or with
some participation IN one Instantly
the fact is made the excuse for intro
ducing the woman personally % the
entire public. Through the medium of
the press she is brought into the
household into the family circle Her
h.loousieaturesare thrust before every
eye Her ignorant and vicious words
are repeated 20 every ear She O. made
| the subject ~ psychological studies
/ and every Infection o. her voice as she
/ tells her tale o. lnfamy is descanted
upon and interpreted us though u
were the uttcrance Of au oracle. Tho
example is only one % lu iuuumerabil
multitude with which the reading mat.
tor OF the day is crowded Those who
read make the Acquaintance not ouly
Of the devil bu, OF ali the lnhlbitauu
of Paudemonlum u. then. people az,
20 be- known ly their acqua.n,lnces
what D. 90 be said Of tho present OF %
the oncoming generation Of readers
r. rs '0rbiddinr prospect The dali.
/ sa'urat.on % minds and Of lmmatur,
minds with all manner Of hlth newt
ably conduces 90 uns0uu1nass q.
argue otherwise is 30 contradict com
nonsense. when mon sleep ln mi
lFmatIe swamps 10 avoid fever au.
ague and soak themselves 10 rum q
escape drunkenness they may f1rtli,
themselves agains. vice and crime D..
. E.0lfluE over them and making hor0c
of their perpetrators But when tho
lime comes Rc shall have 90 rewr.t
every chapter " moral philosophy s
present DO o. safest 90 shun evil. 20 Loo
upward II We would rise. 20 look fol
ward u we would make progress. an,
10 We would have earth move t0war
her earthly best. 90 obey the adyiJ
given by ancient wisdom NhatsC
ever things are pure Whatsoever thing
are lovely. whatsoever things are d
good report think on these things