The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06

and it is requested FOR publication but that is not
Eiredl
&Uhv do read? Because l can, and like TO.
kybat do read7 The best can get.
ading is as natural breathing and has cost far less
4, Our family reading family always read,
e. we must do something else. To the best of my
Injection mot my beef) have always read and l
HENCE any one to prove to the contrary. l remember
nety that fine spring morning before years
was placed upon the cellar stairs and made to read
Eth chapter Of Acts because my sister said told lie.
the benefit of your readers it is best that this
Ter contains the account of the awful fate Of Ananias
Sappha, and II is well for children of ripper years
Mad il and then.
Xow as the value of this symposium will consist in its
&racy will say never had to sit the stairs again,
Mail promise tell the truth and nothing but the truth
not the whole truth, the Sunday Post could
trint that for omnivorous reader-the kind and
&nty of matter varying according 10 circumstances.
Il reading is essential and must be done every day.
II portion Of the Bible, to set the compass by and
up hope and courage; then the Morning Post must
ad not for its politics, but for the from the world
&rge from own land State and city, and most i'm
hnt of ALL know of the welfare and doings OF our
&pds or even next door neighbors otherwise we
n be In ignorance of their affairs.
ach week, for fifty years have read the New York
&hgelst religious journal and the judgment OF its
&r DR.. Henry NJ Field has become sort of standard by
kh my ideas Of public questions were formed l thus
Nd with him,
The Topeka (Kan) Capital is read for It's local news,
that may not forget there is place where people
q the rum traffic.
fhe Ladies' Reading club is neglected Its course
literature history and biography Is followed extensive
- time will permit
dhe current magazines arc read in part as leisure Is
ia. Books and articles upon education, training Of
ren sanitary and domestic science cooking and garden
are eagerly devoured Scientific works when not too
med particularly upon botany and horticulture medical
as and lawyers briefs, read with avdity and
"a understanding.
he histories of such writer's Motley Prescott Fsle
Imam, and even of Roosevelt are favores. Biographies
good historical novels have caused me to neglect many
1crtant things, and very alluring.
As for poets and dramatsts, enjoy them very much
"A congenial companions but seldom read them alone
SIo down lower, is higher, it is recent
zkast TO the world of fiction AS child I was not
ved to read novels; hut it was we'll good ones
u then, If not do not follow the advice to
"a books; read books by preference if they
Ngood and both read and enjoy many of the popular
Ms at times read scores of light and thin ones,
sfts when | not able to think. read them for
II soporifc soothing effect to keep my mind empty,
&Fhey do It, Well written fiction Is part of education
% is grievous to allow child to read worth
& much less bad, books However, was not asked for
q, forbear.
To- myself read nor have any taste for even
onable books; they disgust and repel me; will
a. those that take me into low company In
feading wish to rise above daily life. Thus aside
Il heredity, habit inclination or duty, read to know
Mediation to God to humanity, to acquire the garnered
pm Of the world, to delight my mind with the beauty
usic Of literature to watch the panorama of passing
4fsi read to rise above animal environments
enjoy the birthrisht of an immortal being, and be
~ for the mansions above Mrs. w. B. SLossoN
M 4
"a good many years ago became addicted to the bad
81 OF reading good deal just to pass the time but of
have quite reformed and have abandoned it. satisfying
tlppette by reading only the daily papers.
u y
profession requires practically that should spend
eFdinaTy business hours in reading and that do very
Isl other reading. OF course, it is necessary that
- should be somewhat familiar with events
Yor this purpose read The Post the Literary Digest
&&the Review of Reviews. Certainly there are some
ard works which every reads more or less and
read and reread with much pleasure, and trust with
proht' For instance l have translation into mod
English OF the Wescott 6 Hort Greek Text with which
somewhat familiar in the original when in college
read ever now and then with renewed interest and
. katon
1884 when cadet in the United States revenue cutter
fe saw Booth play Hamlet In manner which, to
mind represented the ideal of gentleman and a
From that day to the present time have been
fg Hamlet, which seems to me contain the very
fe OF all purely worldly wisdom.
va the realm OF fiction tire of Dickens, Bella
LIS in her relation her Majestic Ma, who absolutely
70 io In the Nustmans carriage, and in her love for
3Y who never had complete suit of clothes but
I'M lie and that when Bella bought it for him,
fts to my mind perfect picture of a bright inteli-
1ohle-hearted, afectiouate girl who had inherited from
tner sweetness of disposition which made her be-
t% oy al with whom she in contact and yet was
MRNeo by her Majestic Ma with sufficient temper of
49, quality, to prevent Bella from becoming
washy or insipd, and which rendered her positive
¬ negative character.
3e4 henwigs, whose pride in each recurring Kenwgs
1 prevented him from full appreciation of the fact
ioFeena was also fine baby to present
SMoper attitude of father of family While all are
s a to agree with Mr. Weller that if angels in
**HSa this earth, dressed in small clothes and black
3<* then Mr.. Pickwck an angel.
.<SsFs: Dodson Fogg, Mr. Perker, Sergeant Snubbin
t.2 lukinghorn doubtless present types of the
essH par who are not unknown to the American bar.
hey Carton, cheerfully going the guotine that
< al might marry the girl whom they both loved is
no inspiring example it seems to of the possib
fG& seit-sacrihce often latent and dormant in man
1{<t y reprted to be utterly worthless
fN sawyer late Nockemorf and the distinguished con-
f*# physician of the Anglo-Bengalee doubt not still
FS hsr legitimate in the medical fraternity
Ss* Lester Deadlock baronet the very embodiment Of
WI pI,ae in rank and family in his love and devotion
E*%y deadlock, after she had left her home and was
E& uesa ehrging to the iron railing surrounding the
IA Memo IN the slums Of London, seems my mind
kef c character as Carton
en- we remember that in the tale of the suffering