The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-17
what Do You Read ~
and Why DO You Read,


70 sp compatible with my ability, therefore sub
,sd q to my taste, than TO give in lust FIVE
1t nofe "a. what read and why read the telling Of
raea ,ires FIVE thousand FOR throughout the length
shh r.! ,ubdon point out the woman who could NOT
ID hs'ln an the subject having gone over il SO care
e Fmersons essays, where he urges moment
5s 70 a of reading the next as ferventy
IL tess ..dnr as the physician does the evil con-
prs !, oyereating The injury the one does TO the
ssrnee' os the other does to the brain--the minds
r.u. l. hindered from constantly viewing questions
tss'pm .ho,s standpoint and from excessive reading
tn lns :, denendent to fear to venture his own
r N0 "A IN the fact that the habit of voracious en-
rran Cir, hccoiies necessary for club women in this
fi'pu ~ thinking and acting 10 become posted on the
pd 's e. array Of subjects, acquaintance with which
N a study demands, lies the only reasonable, we'll
s; pa ,ert 10 be used in the dsparager,ent Of the
noa Aud it is the only that the few dsgruntlcd
W. ~ a society who have constituted themselves antag-
S ronbelievers in the teachings thereof, have not
So !, the numerous denunciations at that instu-
pm A. concentrate my thoughts to the immediate sub
nts, read and why | read At the risk Of having
sr ii assuming virtue that do not possess hurled
~ d.fenseless head shall claim as my first (and should
~ W. .bsolutely necessary, could without excessive
s s.t injury to myself all others) and say
a. love is Shakespeare. And, like Mrs. Foster, |
,s,s. in taking up one OF his plays with which l am
sl familiar and wherever the book happens OPEN
i,..ratey Understandings. Even if it requires hours
~, The Significance of expression, the time is we'll
wy have been amused at the methods some adopt
4 adore
~ What a wonderful scope for the imagination TO
E. t,und in the masterpieces of master mind What
s,d II knowledge, what food for thought in every
W., n which the bard of Avon gave expression
ike essays Macauay being favorte but De
49,, clear cleancut sentences we-rounded periods and
u nhrases | become enthusiastic, and ! have made the
mtry however wanting the outward manifestation of
living nrohted by t) that the study OF other authors
tie is beneficial ana heiplul III improving one own
k,aer OF expression
n ors might dare do SO without being reproved for
ty and unceremonious fight from the sublime to the
aruou would confess that in the winter when thought
,x.ion are not taxing TO ones strength and
He to read Sarto Resarts to wonder and wonder, and
,Tr after much wrinkljng OF the perpeXed brow to
m the trend OF his thoughts buried meath many layers
sounding EXPRESSIONS and miner searching in the
s OF the earth the sight of that bright CLEAN which
.ns 50 much to him, is proud than | am when
ha find something tangible in that great talk clothes
The few of Rusns which do overstep the limitations
ny comprehension are increasingly read, whether
them or not but this last assertion is made with fear
b trembling Then, in the long golden summer days,
hen one feels that he is simply drifting with the tdeand
adng-I like read Holmes Bangs and Jerome. If the
gaty for weeping is lacking in your makeup, go, as
be done and read that wonderful physiological psyche
sfal novel of Oliver Wendell Holmes If the pathetic
nce hopeless depression of Elsie Venner in her vain
se against the inherited principles which dominated
Do not tears Of sympathetic sorrow to chase
sn your cheeks your heart is indeed hardened
While most OF the historical novels my pet abomina-
m in that many heroes whom have been taught from
hy regard with reverence and caused to de-
md from their pedcsals and retire the crowded plane of
rpons because Of ascribed to them by the Nine
sh century novelist q should be neither shocked nor
Trsed any time encounter the troubled spirit of
htge Washington vainy seeking redress), partial to
history recorded by such Prescott Abbott, Green
Hawthorne. ! like TO read of those thrilling times,
in niehthood in flower, when il man wished to
aaih his fame he his in blood across the
hntnt and to make lightning mental calculations and
isons between those times and the present when the
4 m nj in he n
% more deadly the honor and hopes of his foe than
htave broadsword welded by warrior bold in days OF
be history Of the present is equally interesting ] do
eTe IN be!lttng contemporaries in waiting until
y ata'h to reward great woman with that tor
they have expended the best that in them lies
~ name on the subscription list OF fourteen of the
Aasazlnes As far as am able to Judge, can not say
much in favor Of establishing their importance in the
scot literature, for have observed a practical demon
en their ability to take the place in measure OF
~Hg training. Within twelve years | have seen one
= elreation business principles was painfully
d irom information secured from these magazines,
Aeu by the ST Louis Republic and Houston Post emerge
I ate OF almost ignorance TO the sublime heights OF
e on every subject pertaining to the worlds history
,'snh'g OF time until the millennia dawn, competent
MS listeners spellbound with the uency of his con-
sum and the brliancy of his wit l imagine the holy
, hetedulty and disgust with which this startling
sa mas temporarily stricken some, who believe that
- eah come out Of Nazareth, proper enlightenment
siussl OF newspapers, and who believe the latter to
1lHOns OF the presiding genius Of the lower regions
I ior no purpose those tending to increase
pssuon OF his realm But the truth of my statement
M M n y. s proof to speak in its defense
Az ID 10 read' Because ! love books The contents OF
vases are just as dear my heart some mothers
n eninrcn More than once a child, il have not
rm Nep over the fact, have grieved most seriously
ep computation discovered that it would be i'm
snAs' me to read every book that ever written
u ra snort compass of my earthly existence. car
h, ~ 20 witness the useless demolition of even news
,, u inc magazines though they multiply marveously
r,rs. enormous proportions, | keep for future
trouble ' nave oileu proved d present heii III N
Next since
n 4 ee do not possess the cunning that makes one
rs,i ~ what do not, l must read to keep up with
NM, nS as applied to of the present day
,,,s leh II she would keep up with the procession
Biz oSpea under foot wise will march
6aio 4, aon and experience have strengthened my
rs mi L .a' no amount of reading will broaden ones
rr, m one IN sympathy and in touch with the march
rrd III Ae contact with manknd--the keen encounter
sh.r ~ mind in conversation and exchange OF wit
otv rs deprived of these circumstances which lie
h Ma, :, when is condemned to existence in
npe, ruling incidents are of such occurrence
la. discussion are people to discuss then
xs ,Ont funeral is pleasing innovation in that y
n pupss Ing new to occupy the mind for time on'
I. ap Or .s,s o literature safeguard from ennui
laprspr. esruction, from fate still worse becom
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