Cañon City record., 1899-01-05
"A TASTE FOR HEADING.
ns.sass Dsriv.d Erea . Is.A.>.s p,
0esd Litersssrs.

Doasats Derived rron . DsaAnsss For
Ge>d Literature.
Ask any hostess of your acquaint-
ence what type of guest che has
found the hardest to entertain dur
ing protracted visit and she will
Answer. "The woman who never
feads, Gays q writer in the Phila-
A6phia Inquirer.
Probably you know her yourself.
he slips into your guestroom come
eay, with the promising assurance:
Nov, ] don't want to be made COM
yny Of. just let me be one of the
1nmily and look out for myself
You are q busy woman, and you
cnngratulate yourself that your hos
16tality il to be extended to one Of
your sex who il capable Of making
bor stay something besides a nerv-
- strain ON the part of yourself as
bostess and your household in gen.
G1nl.
You have fitted up that guestroom
e yours with especial reference 20
IT, hoped for bookish tastes of its
ocoupantA There ia goodly assort-
Nsnt of current literature scattered
shout Being a reader yourself, you
oan imagine nothing more delight
some than an opportunity for cozy
oompanionship with the latest mag
axine or novel
You delicately allude to your
thoughtfulness in providing the, TO
you. literary feaste, and suggest to
your guest that she take her pick
sf all that the family library con-
tafns and then-well. then comes the
&@Gllusionment.
Never while that woman is in
your house do you catch her with a
hook or paper in her hand. Days
when you run short Of amueements
1M her she wanders aimlessly about
from room to room. is plainly de
epondent over bad weather and sets
IN your hospitable instincts on edge
~ the i'll concealed fact that she is
bored
..Oh," you Sigh. "if she would
ely readI Just to see her Is min
Utn Of the day with her eyes fasten-
- interestedly upon come bit Of
r1fnted matterr'
"a taste for reading may be as sure
y cultivated as any other taste. and
= healthy appetite for good titera-
tire u as necessary for mental nour-
1bment as good food is for physical
veal being.
40 get right at the root of the
uhtter. the reading habit needs to
u eulfivated in the nursery. As
- - children are able to pick out
- words I'm their primers they
dpnld b taught TO consider that
= 70 enjoyment is to be found be-
n the covers OF . book than
r. - III the tcys and gimcfackr
TIT clutter mp the playroorn. No
Dend 10 make bookworms Of them.
but . tactful mother may implant
the reading idea into the juvenile
mind and 60 carefully nurture IT
that in after years il will bear intel
lecsual fruits of incalculahle benefit
Laxiness is usually the foundation
for the childish request. please
read to me-" provided the youthful
petitioner is able to read to himself.
Tho same obliging grandmother or
gracious aunt who is always ready
10 do. ths youngsters bidding in this
direction is also responsible for the
fAd OF spinning nursery yarns to lis
teners who are old enough and
schoolod enough to Gull their own
tales from books.
When there is no personal appli-
cation ON the child's part, how can
there be any mental stimulust No
wonder We find 90 many insipid,
vadliating minds among grown ups
when We remember how little
thought concentration b exacted
from the average child.
There would be fewer restless men
and certainly fewer discontented
women il the reading habit were
made . feature of nursery training
Fortunate is the man or woman
who has discovered in books that
world which will widen the most
contracted sphere and glorify the
moot commonplace existence