The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-09

this way will not read a great MANY
books. unless he 1--we a long time, or
pastime, reads to little profit. / be-
ieve there is a mental dyspepsia as
we'll as a dyspepsia of the stomach
an intoxication of the intellect as we'll
as of the body. and he who reads for
any other purpose than to enrich him.
self reads to little profit.
Il believe, in saying the following,
/ commit treason to my profession
Ny notion is that one of the great
evils of the day is too much news
paper reading. If I should give ad-
vice, I should say that one could in
twenty minutes get all out of a daily
not read all the stuff that is put into
the average daily newspaper. I be-
licve that the inordinate reading of
newspapers is for leisure and not for
profit. To read not to learn, is the
destroying of the memory and the
brain.
beyond casual reading and little
reading people should read books and
real for the purpose of treasuring
what they contain This may be trea-
sen TO my profession, but it is true
just the same"
Prof. F. w. Blackmar. of Kansas
university, was scheduled for the next
ADDRESS, Literature and Learning
He could not come, SO D. o. McCray
a local newspaper celebrity, was sub
st;tuted. Mr.. McCray spent about
papers should be read in the public
schools every day alongside of geog-
raphY, arithmetic and spelling His
argument was excellent and to the
point, and the banqueters cheered
him to the echo 81 should like to
see such a law passed." he declared.
''Jhen I should like to follow it to
the governors office to witness to it
the signature of a man who has edited
a paper for quarter of a century,
every issue of which is worth a place
in any Kansas school ROOM
The preachers had the next chance
Rev. Dr. S. s. Estey of the First
Presbyterian church spoke on Litter
allure and the Pulpit" His talk bore
evidence of midnight oil. It was a
mastery analysis of the subject. "a
passion for literature he said. .HhaSi
spoiled many a preacher and turned
his congregation into literary So
ciety. Human life is many faced-it
has tragedies that make the world
sight has griefs that bring tears to
the eye and aches to the heart-it has
aspirations that the gods cannot voice.
Souls have gone from. the common
ground and listened and gathered all
sorrow and grief and pathos and joy
of humanity, and given it to the world
in poems, the drama, and story. There
have been sensitive souls that have
caught and expressed things which are
the masterpieces today. The pulpit
must know human life. The minister
must open MS h6arL TO all these tnOuS-i
and different mOOdS-muSt voice the
emotions and passions, so that the
listeners can grasp them and catch the
inspiration of their own unuttered
thoughts
Mrs Lee Monroe, given the subject
Literature and Woman" read a
beautiful, striking lesson story, which
to be appreciated must be read in
full. 1t won the hearts of the listen
ers and they expressed their feelings
As an interlude. DR.. H. W. Roby
the president of the club. read an
original poem, 1.-THE Kings of PoeSy.''
He was given a hearty share of hand
Eugene F. Ware was next on the
programme. He was awarded the
subject of LITERATURE and Law" In
starting out he said that a subject on
signal on the ice, you are supposed to
skate all around it, So the incom-
para BILE Ironquill put on an old pair
of Shirleys, Wsdged them tight with
a few thousand pages of the Pandex
of Justinian, and went skating over
the aqueducts- of Rome with Diocle-
tan, Protullus. a few Of the Caesar
family, and some other celebrities of
the Bar association of the city of
Rome, Italy. In the course of their
party, they told the speaker all about
the irrigation laws of that country,
and the latter quietly took them down
for use in his suit of the state of Kan
Sas against Colorado for the diversion
of the waters of the Arkansas river.
All this foregoing paragraph sounds
is If Mr.. Ware had been Joking. But
that was not the case He spoke seri-
ously He told of the fuss of the OPP
ing that the Roman law covered the
case, while he with the remainder of
the Kansans declared that decision
must be had from the civil code,
i1I, IiCh la
length, for three-quarters of an hour,
he told of his search through the
Pandex of Justinian. translating
every thing he found which contained
the word aqua and the wealth of
irrigation law which the old Roman
calf-bound volumes contained.
James f. Morrison took care of the
doctors end. He spoke on "Litera- |
ture and Medicine telling of the
wealth of medicinal literature written
in Greece. Rome and the Oriental
countries thousands of years ago. He
believed that doctors could gain much |
strength through the reading of good
In the absence of Captain Joseph G.
Waters, who was scheduled for a dis
sertation on Literature and the
Poets,'' a stranger at the gate, $ D.
J. Emerson. Just returned from Japan,
was called on to tell of the literature
of the mikado's domains. My talk
is divided into two parts he said, |
my ignorance of the Japanese Ian
guage. and an explanation of why I
Mrs. III. O. Garvey concluded the
progra mne with an anth ology of
philosophy which was very pretty and
won the hearts of the banqueters
The menu was written in plain Eng
fish. and a French dictionary and a /
Jimmy were not needed to pry loose
from the words their meaning. 1t fol-
lows:
Hot Roast Beef
Snow Potatoes Brown Gravy.
F1sca iOned OYSTERS Dreamed Asparagus. ]