The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-14
THE GIVING OUT OF OLD MAG
AZINES.

<ALlANILO.
Many families in the course of sew
eral years must accumulate a supply
of old magazines for which they have
no further use Indeed unless the
custom nowadays not so general as
formerly is to bind them for the home
library shelves, the once-read num-
bers must be relegated to the attic
or the shed where they do no one any
good.
We think some practical scheme
could be worked out by which might
be effected a careful distribution of
worthy printed matter among those
who desire good reading but who are
unable to spend the money for sub
scriptions and books. There are sew
eral methods which we have known
to be successful in number of in
stances. In one case names were Sc
cured of appreciative families and to
them each week or month, when the
owners had looked over the magazines,
ried by messenger. In another case
arrangements were made for the bene-
ficiary to call in person at stated
times for bundle of printed matter,
some times at private house, some
times at a public place where was
maintained sort of general distribu-
ton office We have known of men
living isolated from their kind in the
mountains and out on desert home
steads who have rejoiced in the reg
ular arrival of the familiar and Gag |
erly opened roll. We have known of,
a rare friendship or two so founded |
and SO kept up. Until one has been
cut off from the delights of reading
and until one knows what it is to
huger for the sight of the printed
page, it may not be easy to imagine
the joy and benefits which one may be-
stow by the giving and sending of ex-
cellent magazines and papers to
lonely cabin. 1t is giving companion
ship where none was known before,
and the companionship of the very
best.
Many of us, as we behold, month af-
ter month, the growing pile of neglect
ed magazines which would provide
much profitable entertainment for any
number of persons, wish we knew just
how to dispose of what We have on
hand so that some one less well sup
piled might reap profit equal to our
own Copies of Harper's, Century, At l
are too valuable to be allowed to
gather dust and hide their glowing
thoughts in attic gloom. L
We venture to suggest two plans by e
which distribution might be success
July accomplished among the worthy. Il
Perhaps committee of the City Beau
iful Auxiliary might find in the CIV
ng out of these and other periodicals 1!
ret another means of fulfilling the
mission of the organiZation,-to make 1!
# Moscow in the truest and the finest
ense a city beautiful. To stimulate nj
he intellectual life and to contribute
o the intellectual pleasure of others
yould be, indeed, to make our city
eautiful and of fair report. -
The second plan we had in mind is IA
hat, if the City Beautiful Auxiliary is N
OF so minded, the undertaking might NJ,
g one properly delegated to the
brary board through its librarian. -,
UGH magazines could be given out at 49,,
lat place with little or no trouble.
through publicity the board could soon
stermine what would be the demand a.
II such magazines and how many per-
ms would contribute regularly. The
agazines could be reserved for those -
no live far from town until such
NE as they appoint to call or send a
essenger. There are those at some w
80. so,,,,.,ora -, H., six
send postage, which would, in most
ses, be much less than the original
st of the magazine. n
AS a beginning, we have fairly Y,
'ge collection of really valuable mag des
ines which we should be only too enc
ID to turn over to those who would stol
Joy reading the contributions made Cha
periodicals by the best writer's and fou
deepest thinkers of the day. and
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IL Oh e., J.,