Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-04

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turn hia house lhio museum Of cur.
lpsliles rather than p,ace IN which
% dwell fSis hard 10 nno fault with
pneh pteplc. bccaupc they mean we'll.
OMIT that thcS % moi Rnow how 70
hppretiate values
NJ carry me comparison fursher. u
fnay 81 admitted that an sorts d Old
bric-n. brac. such a. antique watches,
fans postage esamps miniatures bull
tons ana waihlns sticks may be- inter-
sstiaN and uarth while collecting Isut
shss are all side sho~s 70 the main
teas IL llfs'a tlFess
The impoflant thing IN the world
il te set rid o. the useless shlegs
Yet how few persons rcaIlse thia
Take. tor txampie, the case Of woin-
IN who wants 40 attract some as,cn-
tson and knows that hes mental
eoaipment - not equal 20 the task
Instead - improtlne that eauivment
she eia ia nine eases out of ten. en-
ecnvor 10 attract notice by mnklna a.
elsbctste display ~ attire a. pos
sihie.
~ hcr mesas l,ersnst she win load
hesself down with icweiry. when
she travels she wiz take az many
TRUNKS a. NE can get hold o. and wiz
inn chem with ~ many changes OF
dress a. she can buy II she goes 10
Europe she will acquire more articles
On she ether slde. just 10 show that
me has been abroad
Yci the "trip 70 Europe means prac-
tieaiis nothing to such person The
HISTORY u the countries she visits ~ a
closed hook 20 her when she re-
turns hes experiences are not enrich
"a nor her mind enlarged nor her
vision o. Ire widened. All she has
% show 70 her yourneyinss Is col
iec,icn ~ photographs. glass. crock.
cry or other things which she mas
picked Az Jus, because they are For.
eisn."
Not 80 oonane the illustration q
one sex. there may be considered th'
man who has suddenly risen TO wealth
an6 wants the world 10 know Il. $,
he begins 10 bay things-anythinE
that costs money aud IL supposed a
be proper thing TO have. He make
his purchases without any real knowl
edee Of their worth. AID in them h
takes no real enjoyment. for the,
mean nothing 70 him
Probably ne viii bay large u
brary shelves fun Of books look wei
and give the Impression that thei
owner is a person OF culture. But
he has no real desire TO become cul
turcd the booHs never viii be read
~ he attempts to read them. he yer
soons.rsill .sro~ iired.i lihs. .untamilia
nalnes and places viii have NO mean
ing az all for him,
Persons of thoughtful rchnemen
can have no patience with such die
plays Of useful things that are mad
no use. the kind OF collection tina
counts--whethcr OF books. works q
art. or other--is that which helps 4
make up a mental accumulation ina
always will be storehouse Of treas
IRE.
In the wonderful Cosmos In th
midst OF which we INA ourselves, am
In regard to which We are CONSTANT
learning something new. II still hold
Igood, as Il has from the beginning
that there ~ nothing no wonderful. =
mysterious ana Interesting az ma
himself. A. Pope said. "Thc prope
siudy Of mankind II man" An
nothing has 40 Tar been discovers
that az all approaches him as
banling and absorbing subject a
study and Investigation.
when the great issues ~ life bca
heavily upon ua We learn the Sigh
value OF trivial things the commo
gossip Of the uneduontcd aud unie
. ierested. the little details that -.
not worth While--as compared wit
the great thlnss Those who canno
distinguish between them miss niue
that makes life worth living