The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-09-01

am reading: IVY hat are you readln.:'
a book, w here d!d yon get IT. Il
borrowed It, Alas: there are always those
abroad who would like to loan YOUR son or
daughter a bad book, Everywhere, every
where, az unelean literature | charge
upon 1t the destruction OF 10000 immortal
| sous, and | bld YOU wake up to the ma,nl-
tude OF the evil
l charge you, in the first pace. to
stand alooi from al! books tnat CIV" taise
pictures OF hte: Life is neither a tragedy
nor a farce Nen are not all either FnaVes
or heroes: " omen are nett her angels nor
iurles And yet, II you depended upon
much OK the literature of the f'-v, you
would get the idea that lite. instead NJ be-
ing something earnest, something practi-
cal. Is titful and fantastic and eN!raNa-
CANT thing. How poorly prepared are
that young man and woman Tor the du-
ties OF TODAY who sncnt last nlcht W0dlng
through brilliant passages descriptive Of
magnIhcent knavery and wicRedneS.: me
| man VIII be looking al day long 1Cr ms
heroine. in the ofic": hv the forge. in the
| factory IN the counting room. and hH VII
| not flnd her, and he VII b" d1SSatietled.
y man who gives himself up t. the lhdi8-
rtrimlnate reading OF novels VII be nerve
less; name and nuisance, l}' will he TT
nei'her Tor the stort,' nor IN" shop, nor the
l,eid: \ woman who gives herself up f.,
TIE lndl'crIm'nate reading OF novels VIII
he uahtted tor the duties OF N'te mother,
sister, daughter. 1here she IL, halr diS-
hs't!'d, countehahce vacant: chett' 1a'',
ha9as trembling; bursting INTO tt'r' at
midAlGht over the tate OF some uHiortn-
natr lover; IN the daytime; when she
ought to busy. staringg. by the half hour at
ho,h'he; m'ing her niger haiIS mo 'hc
qnm,rS; ne carpet 'ha' WAS paln orlnfn
Wil he piainer after having wandered
,hrohGh romance all nlGht ionG IN terSSi-
lated halls OF castles. And yonr INDUS
tfous companion Will be more unattrac,
tlve ,han ever, now mat you nave "a'ErI
IN the romance through parks Win
plnmed princesses. or lonnged IN he arh"r
with polished desperate. Oh, these con-
hrmcd no. | readers They are unfitted
Tor tins ilte, which is tremendous DIS
clpllne: They. know not how to go
through the furnaces of trial through
winch they must pass, and they are I'M
gam we achieve by hard and long contlnu-
ing work.
Again, abstain from all those books
which, while they have some good things,
have also an admxture of evil. You have
read books that had two elements in
them-the good and th" bad. Which
struck You; The bad. he heart OF most
peop'r Is IKE a sieve which let's the small
lIr'lcles OF 9old l1,l lhroh8h; nu. Keeps
r,'na IKE ioaas'onH me. "hlch' plunged
anna sttei ana pras1 hif,heS' gamers uh
lhe steel and rrpe's the brass. Bnt 1t Is
echtr"HF eNa,'y 'nr opposite II you
attempt TO plunge through hedge OF
ours TO pe, one niac%hciIy' You VIII fct
n.'e ','is man ohcenerfies Aou cahhoi
afford to read baa ., book. however good
!on are 11u SAY, ne iniinence IS lnslg.
n'ncant; L tell You that the scratch OF
VI" s'"s SON, '''hts Proauced lockJa".
N'"S. II ,hrohRh CURIOSITY as many DO.
~ ~, na,o d" e',i n'"A your , curiosity
II S, aS aahSer"us az ihat OF the man WI"
W. toa,n 'aka ha.h a loren lhlo gnnhoWder mil
~ ~ o,, "e'"e' IL "ou'o feaiiy olo" up
nv ~
IN mena9cEie IN New YORK man
,5. ,h". n,I aili 'h'nu0h lhr parS OF hiacS
le'ta'u cTtt. ne amman hIde I"oked
;" ,s Eli aS.i nI'shI ~ una peautllu'. ne n'St
, ~ i. s.L e 3 o.ci ~ r'Ze,' MN
a;n ain, ' ~ ~ ~ d1;.n l'nhu .olh ana man,
Hli H;,t NV s.'' u,e.','s, nn' tDnch rot eVlI
W. m,'n , ,ne lann'1'. a S,fnEc! ahonsh II nay
You w pull forth y"nr ron 't torn and Ib hce. .e
"R,t .1S "'orr rp 'ne c'n1rn hd, oa tne leopard
whether q q o., hooE *, IL good or bad without
suspicious about bad book. l mover
knew an exception something suspicious
in the index oorretyle of illustration This
venomous reptile always carries warning
rattle.
Much OF the impure pictorial. literature
one who can like good pictures batter
than ! do. The quickest and most con.
densed way OF lmprcSslns the pubic m'nd
Is by picture. What the painter does
by his brush for a few farortes the :,,: en-
&reVer does by MS knife lot the mliilon
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