Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-20
u1.rinc These Winter=

During These Winter
Days, when You are too busy to enjoy a
long story. read one Of the many books of
sbor; or'cs that have lately been pub
Iisued and which are taken from every ma
ton the hest story Of each writer being
chosen and carefully translated
TH,re are many of these books and
whether you want to read what the great
men OF Germany France Italy. or OF Rus
STA have written. YOU can get the book and
find in it many charming tales, while the
price demanded for it is lit
some day when YOU have made up your
mind that some other day you will travel
20 TO the library and get the book called
''Tnc Great Streets of the World 1t will
tell YOU of the jostling of Broadway and
PiccaGiuy the beauty of the houlevards of
Paris and Inter den Linden in Berlin. and
the wonders of the streets in the Older and
stranger cities.
Dickens and Thlckeray. Balzac and Bulwer
Iyttuu belong To the old school hut II YOU
remember the good old saying. "Old wood
hest To burn old friends to trust and old
authors to read" YOU will return to them
again and again.
The hooks that doalize vice. the books
that make tho wicked triumphant and snow
crime as "A mower are the books that leave
n nasty taste in your mouth and make YOU
feel as # You would like dose OF mentai
colonel. it is well to leave such books alone:
But "a good novel? Is there anything equal
Ia it, Think Of the story of Henry Es-
moud" Think Of his pleasure and JOYS That
came to him. and then svmpathlZe with MN
i'm his dis1ppointmcnts bling proud OF MN
I'm his successes. following his fortunes INTO
this new land. you go among the VII,
ginians and there read how he was loved
and respected or choose the Tale or Two
cities" and learn how one man gave his life
no IAy-h rrh
good? Such books can do nothing, else.
The novel is the printed panorama OF lie,
and the tears TIE smiles. and the heartbeatS
that we the readers. give to it, If YOU want
to enjoy Yourself if YOU want to make life
seem better and happier. lose yourself and
your own personality in good book.
Our Emotions
In their permanent forms become virtues
and vices The love emotions become vir-
tues leading to bliss because they are in har-
mony with the good law of our growth. The
hate emotions become vices and lead to mis-
cry because they are contrary to the great
good law Of our development.
The emotion Of affection repeatedly eX-
crriscd in a mild degree. say to a passing
acquaintance. i'm our business dealings. gives
rise to courtesy. blanGnaSs. poliieness. In
n STRONGER degree repeatedly exercised to
the many people we know better. il be-
comes the permanent virtue of frtendliness.
IeIpfulueSS. sr.iehility. In yet stronger
degree. exercised toward those who e
nearest and dearest to us, il develops an af-
fcctonute nature. domestcitv- Anger. or
repu-ion. exercised repeatedly in these
various degrees. DEVELOPS the exact oppO-
sites ruloncss. Unfriendlincss ara unhelp-
fulness. a cold and unloviug disposition.
The particular thing for u to appreciate
is TINT each of those emotions is susceptible
Of being accumulated and prolonged into 4
mood and a character and temperament.