The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-17


genius paints tie thing as ha sees
IL, tor lhe God af things as thes aFa
When Miss Aleoh Started to write
Little Women It is not probable that
she thought first of writing 4 book
that would teach children to Be- indus
sIipus and patient in poverty but to
sell Rhat beautiful times the AleoH
children had I'll spite 0t their poverty.
his preiudice. that 4 book must teach
lesson. il The hane Of children's lit-
eiatnre. It results ID the production
'ci hefoines who are discouragingly
good and heroes who are abnormally
wise unnatural prigs-aad lazy boys
who always come to aad END. RE-
Baldiess Of the other virtues that even
e lazy boy might have At an early
age, children VIII recognize this as
sentimental slush and untrue 10 life.
Some Of tina most valuable books Tor
chiidten is J.Si about children at all
Constant reading about themselves
makes them self-conscious. During
the childhood of the race Aesop's IA.
bles we're evolved. They are charm
ingly simple, with an obvious moral
very plainly stated W. All their
popularity and truth-teaching power,
il Is not best 10 pattern stories about
present-day children Oh tic same
ines. Shakespeare, the great moral
ist, states iacts. and lsaves you to
make your own deductions. From the
play Macba.h. even q. child will get
the impression that It pays % be good,
and that the goblins va Git you too.
if you don't watch out
Another battle-ground of public
opinion Il Imagination Hill. There
are some who characterize all pro.
ducts Of imagination as lies. and inn
moral per Sc. The cultivation of the
Imagination has practical value, for
ithout Il, all engineering feats would
have been impossible; all the discov-
elles OF science, al inventions, are
The product of the imagination, coM-
bined with Judgment. columbus was
guided by this faculty as well as rea-
son. In his search for the New World.
All the worlds progress has been
made BY those who had the gift Of
eeeing the thing that Is not. There
are many truths which cannot be dis
eefned BY the physical senses. No
cne need apologize for enjoying mag
NATIVE literature fairy stories. nov.
els, and poetry Il may be said with
~ reverence that the parallels Of the
New Testament are forms OF fiction.
lnimatabiy perfect in construction and
powerfully moral in effeet.
There are some standards Of judg.
ing books BY their personal appear.
anee- binding, Kind Of paper, size and
spaciag Of tyre, and pictures. There
has been a healthy reaction from the
flood Of the classics in painted cam.
brio 0indi9ge. wood puln paper and
microscopic type when came out dur
lie tho elsllues The sediment pre-
walls that any book thst worth
prinl'rg Is worth pittns up in read
able shape: Il is e0nsi iered disre-
spectful to dress thought in shabby
clothes. Well-made, moderate priced
books we're never before so plentiful
as today. Some readers argue that a
book must be good because II is worn
and torn, indicating frequent use. In
public library. that may be an fllog.
ical conclusion for three reasons:
Users who have previously selected
the book, may not have been good
judges 2nd. users may have been
rough and careless in handling the
book, Srd, book may have been phys
ically weak, and incapable Of enduring
ordinary wear. Il We had the privl-
lege Of selecting a well.worn book
from the library Of Riley or Bryant.
or Addison, we might be sure that any
one Of them is worth while, though
some Of them would probably be cut
of range q our interests.