The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-15
rAlEE TINE 70 READ
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There are . good many foolish peo-
Pc iA the world. few OF whom have
~ ilsa how foolish they are. Most
a IN. perhaps, h tins true OF the fool
III people Who insist that they have
- time to read
Many such people even speak with
q hid Of boastfulness of their nom
reading habit.
Read" they exclaim. why. no. I
never read It is all l can do to find
the to glance through the nexspa-
per. l have got to attend to business
va know"
ny pity goes out to these people.
l can see them as L xrite-sense.
soEaimed. always On the go. inclined
70 hritability. their minds uneasy, the
demon OF unrest perpetualy harrving
them
Listen. brother.
Ours is proverbialiy a nervous age
PAysicians and psychologists marvel
u the increase OF functional nervous
and mental disorders. All sorts OF
theories are advanced TO aeeoun, for
this Increase. For myself, firmly
believe that it is in large part due 70
the decline OF the reading habit
Men need mental foods just as truly
as they need material food. They can
get II to some extent from newspa
pers-though no, BY merely ~glaacins
through them But newspaper reading
is not enough.
There must also be magazine read
ing, and there mus, in especial be hoos
reading.
Brother, YOU who are rushing from
home TO otfce, from o.nce to club
from club TO home, from home 10 thea
tire or dance or card game-stop ane
| consider
| You feel lack somewhere. Yo1
know that things are not exactly a:
they ought TO be. You feel sha, yo1
are not master O. yourself-,hat some
thing is driving you to chase hi,hel
and you. for what purpose you canno
+ tell
That something is Your hungry mind
Ii longs TO be fed with intellectual
nourishment. just as your body long:
to De fed with physical nourishment
And. just as cooks can feed your body
authors can feed your mind.
F Get acquainted with books. sooS
books. Take time TO read the grea
+. poets, noyelists. historians. essevists
!, scientists, philosophers. They vii
give your mind the food il Graves
And they will traneuillize Your mind.
/ Even from the standpoint o. busi
ness success, it will pay you to &c
quire the reading habit.
No matter what your business. 20
can get from books from al sort
OF books-ideas that viii prove ..paz
ing ones TO YOU. The soag 8. a roe
may mean TO YOU something that 20
can turn into dollars ana cents.
/ Best OF all. through books yoa vi
be able 10 live efficiently as well a
TO work efficiently Il is a great thin,
TO know how 10 liye-and the man VI.
does not read IS usually man = h
does not know how 70 live. The res,
lessaess. the nervousness O the nor
reader. Is sufficient proof q this.
You have lonely moments You
books can make them happy ones. 70
have times OF depression Books ca
turn these into times OF quiet. resttu
ne-ye-inyigocatins coatea,.aeat. Book
are joybringers Of almos, 1-.rac-loa
power
Brother. take this to heart;
Don't 90 on living without book:
You are missing more than ny i.
bic words can express far more. r.
gin 70 read. begin 70 enjoy books. b
gin % draw from them the peace {
mind the strength d El.-.l that IL
enwrapped II the World great liter.
ture. ready to- your use. R1y use, 4
erybody's use
(copywrigAt 1911. IL lie Associate.
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