The Republican journal., 1902-06-12
The Utility Of Scrap books.

Scrap-books are certainly "worth
while" There are few people who can
not afford to spend some time in the
collection and preservation of items of
interest. of course, no one would eX
pect to see on the shelves of a busy
professional man series of books con-
tanning "Household Hints;" and vol
ume containing electrical Inventions
and improvements would scarcely be
of much value to a young art student.
But would it not be worth their while,
the one to devote some stray, spare
moments to the arrangement of items
| bearing directly upon his work, and by
this means, perhaps, be enabled to
answer a question in few moments
which hours of search in ordinary chan
nels would have left unanswered; the
other to collect and preserve in some
systematic way articles relative to the
masters and reproductions of their
works? Sooner or later, such series,
or single volume judiciously filled, will
be sure to demonstrate it's value. Sys-
tenn is one of the greatest requirements
in handling clippings. 1t is well to
choose few subjects in which you are
interested, rather than to cover
greater range of subjects with less
thoroughness
Before the writer is a scrap book,
very pasty. and somewhat the worse
for wear, which bears the date, and the
owners name, with "age eleven years"
following. Inside its covers are articles
on The Closing Days of Ruskin,
''Funny Advertisements, Leonardo
da Ninci,' GLOW the Bears Ate the
Squash Pies "A Tale of Bonnet,
voting" ''The Smallest Government
Salary" and 'kansas Philosophy" i'll
terlarded with miscellaneous poetry
That was the first step toward an ever
increasing number of scrap books,
whose growth, though slow and some
what erratic, has progressed surely for
six years.
, To the boy or girl contemplating a
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! interest and value than a"College Scrap
book" containing all the items of in
terest concerning the progress and de
velopment of the colleges and univer-
sites all over our country, their ma
terial and intellectual growth, the
sports. pastmes, annual feteS and cere-
monies of the student bodies, their
time honored traditions and their de
velopment, and their facultes-all are
of interest to the prospective student.
) Devotees of the feline race will be sur
prised at the amount of material at
hand for a unique, interesting, and at
: the same time beautiful, book on"Cats"
Certainly the creature who Sc image was
placed on the Temple of Liberty by
Tiberius Gracious, whose likeness on a
banner was followed into battle by
more than one Roman Legion, who
pliny and Palladus mention is worthy
of our attention and study.
The native of this state. either at
home or abroad, can find much of inter
est and beauty about the State of his
nativity to use for this purpose. Maine
scenery has grown to be so popular that
half-tone reproductions are very com
mon. and, added to articles of in
terest Oh Maine people and things,
make All extremely attractive book
The person with literary interests, the
lover of the drama, OF the devotee of
any sport, can find enough material in
the current press to make the question,
What shall be left CUT" a prominent
one. The boy whose hobby is boats can
find amusement indoors during the Win
ter months when sailing is impossible,
and rowing out of the question. in see
ing over again in his minds eye, as the
real thing" follows the printed words.
the thrilling race of the summer be
! fore: while the CIR whose hobby is
cookery, and large cooking class be
ing out of the question, improvises a
school of one, with a large and varied
collection of recipes as teacher
OF more personal interest are the
Memory Books" which are becoming
quite common among young people.
Perhaps a vacation trip, or a summer
sojourn, is the subject. All souvenirs
of the places and things visited are
carefully saved, pictures and articles
bearing on them collected, any remark
able facts made note of, and the whole
collection carefully arranged in blank
book This makes an extremely inter
estlng souvenir to the owner and his
or her friends. If you are sceptical on
the subject of scrap books, try it and
he con WINGED Al Ii z