The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-25

= foi5 ,uaIesophers tell us man has a thrc
o. JSsch na, physical, moral and mentn
te ~ 80 s, person is unit but unit comnoss
A. oi nina, heart and BODY. N'HiFose
n, see only The body or physical mari
lie ~ y rs .he mental, or moral, forces ,ha
nj we ieel, That influence us. that really cnn
lie inSa soeiety' Animals and nations In thol
IA ustauoy are ruled by physical force h,
J. viVlhzed nations only resort ~ ,hat W
ia as, resort We do not neglect The hod,
= anu forget TO nourish and sustain tbat
n s,s, our groceries and kitchens. Wbe,
q an,,,1 utaoks our physical nature wr
= npos skilled agency and court our 5oc
so's anu drug stores; then court the shan.
: and quacks '"e suahns
: ,ot,, at OF our citizens recognize our moral
nature witness orr beautiful. we'll attsnS'
~, ,hurenes' our rhilanthropic and beneyo-
rent societies. we even talc 800 80
$ that our children and yo,,ny n.nni, ar, .a.e
sne pest mental training tho money az ,ho
hae anu city can give them. We even
s 80. .h't our great State has also Tho,
saeatest school fund in the country. Wa
snhs, MIN Justlfahle pride to our fine.
eupstantisl school buildings and resnsct
ourselves that we employ such n va,ushin
'anu " nara working, earnest teachers.
mus up TO certain age we really nm.
pear 70 believe that mankind has mind "a
m Myli as a heart aud body: that unless ,his
| ,hird part of lis is Nourished, trained kept
| IN exercise. that Its powers fail beco,na
useless or, as the scientists saw. afro |
pnieu ana decay, or even worse than that |
! , ueeolns source OF danger and weakness
w society Ia word. after the school
1 age we say to our citizens. DO not st,idv
investigate or strive to educat,, yoirseivss
| iihe we rest OF the world. or do 1t on tho
Ely Wlthout our aid. Let your mental now
ers DC dormant. work work work. eat
sisep ana read the daily paper, Blessings
upon mat, else we might forget TO read
entirely. Edmund Burke saws Of tbe newsN
paper. II is part of the readings OF ali
me people and all the reading OF the great
majority. HAPPY is the city that has as
pure and clean morning paper as we
haze. nc
Years ago people used to read the alma.
nae, too; now that is out of fashion. wei
use the calendar that advertises fnmousi
pltters or an easy bicycle. Perhaps in tbcl f,
next generation even the newspaper mayj I
us eiiIninated, and we retain only enoughl a
education to transact business and read q
the bulletin boards. However, we will not r
anticipate what may be; only consider what Il
Is or more definitely waht Isl q
not. valuable as the newspaper is, IT, 4
as has been said, 1t constitutes ali the G
reaalns OF the great majority, the mental
part OF The great majority is not being built n
and nourished or cared for at all. Then a
one strand of our threefod cord is weak Ii
ana II our chain has only the strength fl
u It's weakest link, is II not high time we II
'egan to consider what kind of people we W
ire becoming? z.
Our young people, when they leayeI
chool, are, or should be. hungry forl n
knowledge Their school life is in part to II
each them how to learn and whore to
ook for facts. They are turned loose into
ne work-a-dsy world, It is true, but the
ours of employment are shortened until Til
ny young person almost has leisure TO
dpance himself in almost any chosen line
study What can Houston offer hers?I
there even a place where he cgn consult
. dictionary a al al
ny modern value except here and at the SI
Dung Mems Christian Association?
III. then, he can not even begin or re-
esh his memory with even the simplest ~
dments, what wonder he soon loses all
lish for intellectual pursuits and sinks,
here?
Not our young people alone. There are
ople who have managed to keep alive
relish for something beyond the dime
can not afford to buy the
oks nor take the time 10 stay in the and
ms and read them. even IL they were feet
md here. Shall the city and state care ~
the mental growth of children and "'N
rye their mature citizens who are bear der,
the heat and burden OF life until they bnc
k into mere beasts of burden? !,
gain, every day. we have strangers Of -
lcation and refinement visiting our lhef
oh advertised city and estimating it's mar
What do you answer when h,st
brine tbe,, hara p wa ,1pra ., 20 feet
,mpts OF few great souls to do the and
X of the many? Perhaps you visit the
ost any other city Of enterprise and dam
i -, ~ 80, NV WIZ. ~ eenlinenoapie IIan
4. - .' 49, - 1'.'S1 Win hcsu The
- a, ~ 80, .saae.s ., anu WHEN you conc
vo, nan. go 49, =. a,sp :. ae"uhus that
!, ~, ea.,s,, ,gso VIII s"aine thsn This
:, the home OF wealth. refinement and ~ - =
ure-has nc. public library: least of y n =
q n Eve III a..
soever will nav iaarn IL 80 49," 800, iigat
telling OF the glories OF our city be- ,a 'as
M wonder tnen' know
is almost too ahsurs n stand ..no with
give reasons why we should have pah
lrary You know wa OUGHT ~ 800 an Of
or give in all nretense N heinz AZ, ~, OF In.
GENT community, and fancy all the msht
ton is after all. how shall We get It? Inc
safe to say IL will uot coma ,,'jtbon, mean
/. Somebody must work for -. certa
somebodies. too, The men OF Texas tnat
very Justly proud OF their gaIInnfrv all II
the women very perseyerinr Noxy reach
women 81 Texas have undertaken to Tess
libraries all over our mapnihcant past
II the women begin this do vo,, Amos
use the men viii let them worl, Sch
I? think not and lust when they have
70 are In earnest they will take hold ter IN
such power and force that we shall cities
back both glad and ashamed. pointc
ned that we worked so hard To do Ing tn
tie and glad that the year 1900 finds ment.
one Star State dotted all over with we ar
or the mind. with safeguards against tiers OF
With free books for earnest readers. by tho
Il Houston stand back any longer. tion Il
che count tho cost when II comes lie sch
ks ana use her wealth with a lavish tentior
for material things? Pare
Is on irial before an Intelligent The tri
who VIII Judge what kind Of ueo 10 10;
e invites 10 come-~worse set, viii Omaha