The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-20
what Do You Read "
and WY Do You Read?


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; me second question first, ! would say: For
.;, instruction and amusement
,m, Al I read? A portion of the Scriptures should
a nart of the daily reading OF every believer in
Id the Bible Here, however plea OF guilty of the
- omission must be entered
"a . leading daily paper, not thoroughly but first by
i ,be headings for local happenings and then for
Fh"e an matters political and current events Edi-
~ rsad especally when brief and pointed and, when
M, ,ead also those which political matters hold
Iia.ring from mine. Humorous articles, too,
reciated
Of personal interest," VIZ, hNe stoeh' HORTICULTURE pour
and pet stock
act Of time and means preclude keeping up with all
@ hooks though occasionally read those of high
.~d an, sometimes richly repad-"Dsvd Harum," for
st manv Of the new books having their day and
sd into notorety by paid for opinions reading
d etc, will be lost and forgotten when standard fc-
like Dickens and Scott will never die, but like
on sweet old-tme melodies will be handed down from
Grafton to generation +. W. h.
ut., the request came to me, Write US short article
NM do YOU read Why do YOU read my first thought
Wbv do | eati Why do drink? and Why do I sleep?
E,,v because my physical nature demands it. The more
aptial and free from trash is my food the purer my
IL the more profound and resfu my sleep so much the
,,r ,hvsical woman am and the purer the deeper
thoughts of great minds which constitute the literature
on which iced my mental craving, the better intellect
Hin and spiritually will grow That is why read
What do ] read 2-he best within my reach
In times of famine the hungry have been known CRATE
,l,ofcp trees WI max nj
to satisfy the pangs of hunger but instead of
shment they much crave it only increases their suf
hing the limbs and abdomen swell to an size
4 physical death is certain.
As look around thousands who feed the cake
the so-caed current literature until their heads are
snta) swollen of shape, and intellectual death
md
do not say there is no good current literature aaoat
as have read any of it for the past eight
lars l. of course not sit in judgment upon it have,
kwever tried read of the socaed historical
and found before had very far, that there
stake in the titles they meant hysterca novels; and,
fear would suffer from the same malady I laid them
Ide
am sorry 70 be obliged confess that do not read
much perhaps many other to today; that
would not like to, but because cannot find the time
mother housekeeper, press woman, a--we, never
End the rest until the next time
read Of the daily papers the temperance papers
Pe Review OF Reviews few of the magazines (but
NY and the Bible OF believe in fiction for is
h fct truth after all? have always read Dickens
y believe always shall its pages find the joy the
the wealth the poverty the greatest spiritual heights
the lowest moral degradatons known the human fam
George Eliot (o my mnd) stands ahead Of all women
tiers her Daniel Deronda" is whole library by itself.
have read four times and expect to read it again 1t is
that she thousand books before she wrote it. and
b casilv believe it.
love ancient and modern history and read il because
WISH to know what we were, what are, and what
lay hope TO become: study it whenever the opportunity
lesents itself am reading Empress Josephine" by
frhlbach The historical novels by this writer hold
Fong fascination over and when compare them with
+ accepted histories find they not found wanting
Pow that am expected say, Il inst dote Shake
|eare but shall shock my readers by confessing that
not.
have already filed the space allotted me or should
a,c on and on for have habit of putting down my
P0ugh on paper, but my basket is spacious pa
Fn' ana silent no suffers from that tired feeling
lhank Inc Post for giving the opportunity Of know
X %hat the men and OF Texas read | am sure
PH De great benefit to
Mas. cArHARlNE D. ScHuREMAN
ne latter part OF your question should be answered
ASIDE from the daily papers, which are principally read
\ the daily which they contain INV reading has been
e Of The pleasures in life and can envy no
~ OF woman who has been without the companionship of
III o9oNs' 10 me they have been health in sickness,
!" poverty society in solitude They have been
.pnle encouraging consoling. Since the 9th day of
semoer 1900 however, my reading has been extremely
on that eventfu date my unpretentous library was
l@eTed INTO the Gulf of Mexico
aIe HOraTy being gone, and Mr. Carneges generosity
d but little now
b uaa the books again, would read and many times
~ read Macaulays gorgeous sentences refreshing in
- putty and strength teeming with truths as immortal
ord eleetual principle that gave birth to literature
i e au again and enjoy, have enjoyed the wther-
'ro u Junius the plastic imagination of Dante the
Bm. GlIVantes the comprehension of Bacon the wit
.a tne sublime and universal excellence of Shake
4 tb ana OF the following authors in addition to read
\ tb asa'n' would teach my child to read: Goldsmith.
i n purity and simplicity of his style the music of
lined ~ au the beautiful and inspiring philosophy
ad ,, ms traveller" and Deserted Village" would
ms ST. ana teach those dearest to me to read Dr. John
wherein his views on life in tender and
,prsssd are earnestly forcefuy and pahetcay
aiding y, l L. me reader would be admonshed, while
az IS % bear in mind that the treasure he is perusng
ay IN. s at few nights stngs to raise means to de-
NJ not ieses OF his mothers burial would read Mil
uiu, lot the purpose OF ascertaning how much his
oud and ehed the English language but to learn the
ID 10 ns history of his glory and his affection