Evening journal., 1910-08-24
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Queer Reading That a
Great Mind Loved
n. aIr.rT.Iw
BY "HOnand."

] SnOftly aIter the late JOnn u. Cdr-
Isle had made before the United
! States Supreme Court the brilliant
argument by which the territorial re-
! lations of Porto Rico to the United
States were interpreted by the court,
/ saw in the far end of a smoking car
in which / was riding tall, white
felt beaver hat, of a style which was
I'm fashion about a generation ago,
and | knew at once that its wearer
was Mr.. Carlisle; for he was the only
man in his later days who maintained
the once universal custom Of wearing
such a headpiece.
had known Mr.. Carlisle for a num-
Der OF years and. going up 10 his seat,
/ spoke to him. He greeted me cordi-
ally and asked me to be seated beside
him, and AS | did so I saw that he
was surrounded with as large a col
lection of very light reading as It had
been my fortune to see in the posses
sion Of one person. other than a news
agent. for many a moon. l suppose I
showed my astonishment; at any rate,
Mr.. Carlisle smiling remarked: "You
see. have some light reading"
Il should hardly have thought, Mr..
Carlisle" | replied. that a man of
your professional and political ability
would find any pleasure in reading
publications devoted chiefly to the
summer girl and boy"
"Wel," laughed Mr.. Carlisle, Il dote
on 'em. have secured a quiet place
up in the country, in a very quaint
nook on a hillside. Every evening
when start for this delightful resting
place. / go TO a news stand and pick
out the lightest kind Of reading I can
find, and on the train and after sup
per is over. until midnight, sometimes
have a fine time reading. It's the
way I get my mental rest and recre-
alton; it is the only way I get It. You
know, take no interest in sports of
any kind; I don't even care about
horses, though / was born and bred
in old Kentucky But give me light
reading-the frothier the better-and
am refreshed by II as other men are
renewed when they ride to hounds or
track the golf ball down.
And the worse the story the better
l am refrigerated, the easier l forget
the cares OF life. Now take this story
have been reading. Listen to this
-" and the great lawyer reeled off
paragraph or two of as bad writing
as / had gained knowledge Of in a
long while Isn't that delicious? Do
you wonder that the enjoyment | get
from perusing such literature makes
me forget my professional cares and
gives me that complete mental rest
and recreation which every man needs
at some period of the day? ! have
heard Senator Hoar of Massachusetts
say that he delights in the stories OF
Ned Buntline-dime novels, l believe
they are-and ] have known justices
on the Supreme Court bench who
found perfect mental rest in reading
what is called trashy literature. II
is the same way with me-
"And give me the short story, If pos
sible. and the thrilling detective story
at that. / am very fond Of a de-
tective story, no matter what its liter
airy style or merit and no matter what
the plot. This magazine here has a
good one, from my point of view
he held up a cheap periodical-"and
so has this one. All these magazines
you see about me I'll probably finish
with tonight, and then I'll go to bed
and sleep soundly because they've
made me dismiss all professional
cares and worries from my mind.
attribute no small portion of my good
health to the fact that this light read
ing brings me mental change and
sound sleep, for it is a practice that
have kept up for many years, and il
has never failed me-"
few minutes later. the train hav-
ing reached my station. I bade Mr.
Carlisle bood-by. On my way from
the car looked back, and already Mr.
Carlisle was immersed in the pages OF