Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-17

THE ROSARY OF A RAMBLER

things in general when one of the group. q
who hasn't been inside of school room I
since she herself graduated, said it /
seemed to hersSthat the schools had im- (
proved SO much since she attended. T
in Il chorus, as those who |
knew the defects whereof they spoke.
the teachers demanded her reason. She I
said she had noticed her young brothers I
and sisters had acquired so much of
general knowledge which would have
been almost impossible when she was a
child. This point the disputants We're
not willing 10 cuncede but an unexpect- |
ed occurrence made ii necessary for
them Ia do so. BY one of those light
ming changes which take place inconver-
sation, they We're discussing the beau
ties Of Nenee and the interesting
church of ST. Marks. The little brother
of the hostess had entered the room
with a number of photographs of the
romantic city Of canals. and his eXpla
nations We're so lucid and his descrip-
tions so vivid that the young ladies'
learned more than they had ever known
of the city Questioned as to where he
bad learned il all he answered, oh, in
nnr geography lessons. Those who
lived when geography was taught as
matter Of boundaries and population
Will admit with but little discussion that
the new way of embracing history, art
and litrrature is not only the more in
teresting but the more lasting as Well.
Did YOU ever read book and have
the characters seem to you not like mere
story book men and women. but like
friends you know and meet every day?
/ If you have not one half the enjoyment
lof reading you have not known. \
young lady In the city very pronounced
in her likes and dislikes in literary mat
ters, has taken great fancy TO Gilbert
Parksr,s books, especially The Battle
| of the Strong ON her recommendation
| a number of he friends We're induced to
read the thrilling tale of Jersey life. and
some of them were free 70 say they did
| not join in her admiration. She ~ Will
ling TO say that perhaps 1t had an espe-
fetal claim for her because the story IS
substantially the same as one which
3came under her observation during her
school days The local coloring was
different, for the scene was iaid IN an
Iowa college town and such an exile as
/ Guida knew was not made necessary
loving TO the difference IN cifeum-
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