The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-15
Dove Read Too Much28

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EVERY nows ind then, SOME slightly l!
despondentsp observer looks Up long ei,o1ea'l,
from iita task . q koepnig tubs on the cr .
rors VI man to inform us TINT Sthe great
trouble With tito Atnerlcanl people, among
d number o otlc,s, is that they read y 90
3much, Nationally speaking they say,
We never SIT down for Idle half8n, Enhll
without siin1s,cdiatcl reaching out ft'Irl
something to read. AS so loglcnl result,
the American intclcct md the American
sclnracter3is rushing To tile dog :. ls y OF o.
merely because tho literature Il 9 rS;s olr
choice liz oftenBpf an unimproylg t,l,e,
though his, IL op, Is no doubt the fact,
sb,,t because ,Se give over to this easy ,a}s
1,nstiine many moments that migh1t lb''4};
The devoted TO meditation md silent sci ~
communion. st Or minds, tlleyttell NE,
were given 3Sus mo- 50 much for the il'--
definite absorption of light iterat lure ts
it1iey. iwero, iii short. Is think with. iF#
The sifnct Involved In all tits seems to
be beyond dispute. h Unquest ionubly we
lre nHnation Of readers. 1'he penny ne vs..
paper has made S,is 50, and tho free sup r.
plcment, and tho tcn-ccnt magazine, aid az
tho cheap proas. II 13ac IS stltnIate 2 {
tho effects Of reading ls correct. We should
most Of us DO n very fun men q i1deed
Though not ecessally y full 1tst$atlsc
sort. of Il thing tho great Jnrist ll hi 4. II
mind. Iii those unrostrninod moments
OF evening leisure, with tho donrnling opf
the5well-Worn Slipper, I'd ,sr8 frivolous Gus cyp,
like instinct startsHi It's nocturnal rowing
for something TO read a Dndoubtc dly,5!yey1c
pass iii this way n g ood & deal Of time
which, iii days moro scnntilyt supplied
With specimens of tho printers anrt,,auseldl
lobe given over q pure tion.s$l'u t
hns;th change really, deprived US 81 very ''i
much? Would tho thoughts thus lost 4 70
the world have been Of any particular
use to anybody? Y ss5 r 3s5.
SSG1 is s. q do i feared that the EVERYDAY,
F1ndrcss Smedlttltiors Of most OF lus arc
somewhat wanting III real intrinsic value.
Driven to bay anu bereft {of any external
for tito mind, 10 VIC 3i,atirally
k[lll thinking 8llOD!eH lllS -4u6 y
lii IL railroad stat on,5 for example I, vi III
out q book. and lis Sydney stnlt ilsWoulds
say, fifteen miles from q new spa per, are y
our reflect ions OF d sort to be worthy of5
preseryatlongStD our thong Its irresisttbl.y'5
center upon &an Ga rnes a sire for self
betternlett? Do lley spur themselves
.enger'ly on to "a the oVolyilis really
logical and practical plal,s for tho fupllfts
Of, downtroddcn humanity? 9 Dr. I. 4 they
niot ratlel%d iclss rowsl nigh n
state Of eon,u sel y
ness Of trair cfiedules I, or5sSt he large
dues zion Of what and where FOR q nneii!:Ss
The aYern so thought Of "A \ lo$ Il average
man is not much more profitable and
product Ike thu i sleep % pleasant
dreams we don rs 81 races, h hi 4,
Better is' another and larger question:.
Few novels however, are 50 barren that
they do not at the least, furnish IN exer.r!
else cor the readers Imagination. And
even q 10 orS novels, 50 long as they are
not5bostlvely naughty, ma y be regarded
with comp)apence, simply q s vehicle
for carrying man for the n once out of f
himself, and as such are not to be lightly
condemned, II @ 3e5.5 ys 81 ,3i