The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-07

course, upon the point OF view. WA4y
Their or not they would be CONAN
would depend somewhat upon tho AA
fists treatm ent of the theme.
conceivable that any one of q d0JN(
of the bright young men who mAkeIt
Illustrations for comic suppl06nN58
might. If turned loose upon
Ring and the Book find soncthin
in it's pages out Of which to ma1
side splitters." But the result wOai
hardly be satisfactory to the me1Sf
bership Of Browning club. The 1ttx
piement would probably be less so4tM
factory 70 the devourer of comic 1a44<
plements than the adventures OF GAlk3
tain kiddo, Major Ozone. Maud. tif&3
Newlyweds or other characters progxI
ineut in the pages of comic suppI&
ments of the unreformed type. nm
1t has been solemnly asserted by
student of child welfare that the pl5NX
steal effort of performing the servlE4
OF caddy is extremely injurious {
boys. The boy walks further the
he should and grows one-sided from
carrying a bag Of ciubs. To the aver
age man 1t does not seem that suGs8
light exercise IS following a golfplGNA3
er about the links would greatly dana
age the constitution of a. healthy laSlS&
But the specialist who Is looking f.Ss
evil where others do not expect HIN
find II Is able to prove to his own 1AtN$s
isfaction that cadying is a form fsfHsi
child labor that entails Ill results. Pea
sons who make study Of child wes@|
fare may honestly believe that CONT
supplements constitute one Of the n1ss%s
! ior evils of the day. but 1t 10 sOmNsS
what difficult TO believe that they nrS|
right s
To be sure. many changes might hM3
made in newspapers if Newspaper
were IN be reformed with a view fyR
making them purely educative MHsaA
IregenerattVe in their effect. 1t ii n0xS|
II must be admitted. the aim az tns@
press 10 supplant the pulpit, rob tlxAs
Sabbath school of its function, rxaa
move the need of the high school Hfls$
deyote itself wholly to spiritual ana
temporal preaching and tcHrhfnr@
What the effect of a newspaper n1AuSSj
to fulfill the ideals of persons who
view the press of the times with alArtIf
because it publishes dangerous co1ixs
ic supplement can be best judged I'M
the wide circulation of worldly daffff
and the narrower scope of the cirHtf&
lation of those that most nearly AV
proach those ideals. Circulation Il fss121
the sole consideration. hut without Hi
no educative or missionary work m
lie done. The most Useful newspaTS1
/ - enc whose purpose is worthy &M7
whose general effect is Improving aH2
not one 50 vtrtuous and priggish t16H&
/ those standing in need of meutatSx
spiritual tonic will have none of
Il ia as the iayman friendly 70 m
projects of the school, the univer1<<
and the pulpit. and not as n milikS
person that the press may be uaelY
The newspaper must be human
F., unread, To be widely read II r,a5S
make a broad appeal 1t Is HornX
we believe. who asserts that it IL III
10 unhend upon fitting occasion. X4
there n a weliworn< coupiet a6275
nonsense being occasionally reIfsS
by the best OF men. The comic m
plement may not be absolutely n64yd2
ssr3' to tfe welfare or newspapera
that 1t is inimical to the weIfarA
any class Of newspaper readers
not been ccnTincingly argued, ana
gives innocent enjoyment to many II
ers OF humor.--LouisviIle Court
journal.