South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-06
STUDY CLUBS.

STUDY (LObO.
The days when nearly everybody belonged to a
'"Chautauqua" or other Reading Circle to
have vanished When people are not at the movies
they seem TO spend their time reading movie
magazines-though the local librarian may say that
people do read books. and she can prove 1t
But where is the evening study club?
Yet. when winters rains and ruins or SHOWS and
slushes. are keeping the car barn. there
are long evenings what is more real fun than such
a club? does much difference what
the subject is-hstory economics poetry. theosophy
or the best fiction. When a dozen people get to-
gether in the evening with good sound book TO
aloud-a book with substance to it-and they
read that book turn and turn about with open
discussion a the end of each chapter. interest
ing evening Is bound TO be the result, Too many
people make the discussion awkward handle
Two may be enough, but six seven better
The book unihes the talk gives basis and struc-
But it really the talk that counts. Every
bodys mind gets brushed up. everybody becomes
more alert The intellectual stimulus has a way of
lasting through the week to the next meeting.
The restlessness that has been overtaking
many people lately making them uneasy and dis
contented when they can't motor go to a movie
Is apt disappear after Joining the study
club. A real interest has been added to life.
that encourages other WALKING talk and eliminates
other reading.
Minds are like any other tools. The more they
are used, the brighter they shine and the more
pleasure the owner takes in using them.
The finding in a chicken coop OF that $4,000. 900
stolen from the railway mails should occasion no
surprise. With eggs present prices almost any
body might find fortune in a hen cooper lose
If present tendencies of the American stage con
tinue pretty soon an important branch Of the thea
trical business will be ruined. The costumers won't
have anything to do.
Many arid folks could tell the Scotch that prohi-
btion started in this country with a cloud no
larger than a mans hand.
It may be said in favor of coeducation that it is
an active ally of Cupid and that is no small recon-
mendaton.
Even the most casual survey would probably show
that there more open-mouthed persons than
open-minded ones
Does anybody expect a return of the old days
when could get things cheaper because they
plentiful?
There should be statistics TO show that the
high cost of living has the number of cases
of bigamy
It sometimes takes several lawyers to get a man
of Jail. but little good sense would have kept
him out
When some men discover that the truth is going
hurt them, they are willing to take chances with
a lie.
Eve least did not lie awake at night wonder
ing whether Adam gving a dinner to some
chorus girl
The chief trouble seems to be that one is never
certain of crook until he gets away with some
money.
Many persons think they could get along better
if there were only five commandments.
What a blessing have congress convene, Lie
doesn't seem right without a war going on
Nobody but the inmates themselves
would object TO having the jails filled
Grand juries have way OF discovering things
which nobody hears about afterward.
Many man is not bad folks say he Is any
than another m he saws ne Is