The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-26
READ AND BECOME WISE.
BY Carolyn Presee ,t.

w nen near u WOiuuh 0os DIG NV
sr reads the newspapers ! always feel
sorry for her What lot Of good, in
teresting reading she misses!
she knows, because she has heard
her husband talking about it, that
there are three or four presidential
candidates Roosevelt. and Tatt-'is 1t
Knox? Any @ay she doesn't care who
the next President is going to be- SO
long as prices don't go up Also she
has heard OF an Orchard somewhere
out in Idaho, but she doesn't know
whether it's an apple or a peach or
chard. That it Is a man, has escaped
her entirely.
politics, society, the telegraphic
news. baseball, golf, theatrical and IL
nancial newa-evea the ads--all look
alike to her. The newspapers are TO
her simply something to clutter up
the piazza in summer and to mess the
sitting-room in winter.
( pity these women Not because my
bread and butter and chewing gum
and ice cream soda supply would be
cut off il it were not for the news
paper, but because really believe that
those who do not read them are not
getting the best cut of life. or at least
all that is coming to them
just one days issue for instance:
There is the usual grist of suicides,
murders, wrecks, disasters, fires, ac-
cidents AND political prophecy. all of
which are of some consequence to some
one; some poor soul whose family or
friends are injured in an accident, per-
haps some frenzied financier Here are
the pltiful want ads, all telling their
same story of the eternal fight Tor
bread and butter, and there are other
articles that are not pleasant.
But on the other hand: Are you in
terested in your city's growth? In
this newspaper you may read of over
$1,000 900 worth Of improvements that
are to be made in one section of the
town; and another item telling Of
$4,000, 900 Improvement that the roads
Of the country are to have. Here, too.
is news of other improvements that
will make this city beautiful and
further along is described collection
Of art objects that will adorn one OF
the. public buildings.
The paper abounds in beautiful pic.
lures. Some are wooded mountains.
near town, where one may take a troll.
ley trip; Others are pictures of men
who do and are doing things. There
Is news OF happy weddings. and the
comings and goings Of friends ana
other peoplea's friends There are little
stories Of heart interest and mother
interests, pictures OF sweet babies. and
OF old couples who have passed the
golden milestone oi lites journey TO.
gether' happily and peacefully.
DO you hunger for something novel?
Here is news Of man who believes IN
eating nothing but grass and who pu.s
ms belief into practical execution at
one OF the city's parks. Here is an.
0ther story OF a balloon that kidnnped
. man and carried him a mile away
from home.
Then there are the ads. Oh. the ads
What woman in the possession OF her
right mind could resist those ads .
why after reading all these enticing
stories that the high-salarled ad. writ.
ers compose up there in their sl,v.
seraper offices one can almost imag,ns
themselves possessed Of those tempt.
ing bewitching bargains thar can No
bought for a song.
The fluffy gowns. these ensnar,.
parsains Of chiffon and lace. silk em.
Droidery and ribbons. Those heant,r,,,
marked down hats Just grom uo
French rooms, now marked sles -
.' aueea from s25. Those stunning gowns
'nat formerly SOLD for sl65. now mari
ga slo Tor your choice. Why q WOMB
WIN only spark OF Imagination rsn
"'s He'r nerseif swishing down the stree,
clad in one Of these silklined. tmno,.,a., s,res,
costumes if she reads the papers dni.
gently.
How foolish she is If she does not
Iead theml
People who do not read poetry can