Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-09-04

M hook form and a Is left Co The read
81 a. chousr whether he viii read good
or had. You hear little said from the
pulpit and little hy the press about the
s,,htle poison imbued IN the minds Qf
Young and old ~ the reading Of un'
wholesome iiterature--hut ~ ~ Just as
mu.h io h. dopiorcd as any 81 the other
,vi Influences. and more 30. for II In 20
M dious 90 quiet and lts Influence }
gn deep
What are the requisites Of good
haoRr 4 book must first b. entertain
lne--ihat ~ q must hold our interest.
Some people are interested in one class
NJ reading. others IN an entirely differ.
ew class - that w. mus, cultivate o'ir
minds hv reading clean hooks. II n not
enough then for book to just hc IN.
iercstlnr--i, must be Instructive at
least "a Some extent II We Fain nothing
- information from u Il n not really
GOOD hook. Not that u necessarily
must give Home concret. information
- ~ some one thing on this earth--bat
/ Il must teach either our minds or our
hearts Something. n Il only interests
and lnstrucis. ~ sim isn't good hook
because Ind hnoks often 40 bc,h II
must inspire and touch tho GOOD that IN
/ N ~ So often when I have finished 4
1 book that ! think gnod feel lifted M
I and II " hard g. come hack 20 wishing
dishes and the nihcr tasks-r Just want
10 dram. \ good hook will make ms
have higher ideals. better thoughts. ard
o. result 81 THESE do better things
The two hooks that have IN mind
I that infmenred my growing days the
uus; were "t.iiue Women md "Pii.
grims Progress and know that each
% you have had the same experience. 7
must have been about twelve when \
/ rcad Little Women the first hook
with romance IN II that had ever read
and though, that Meg and Mr.. brooks.
4 Laurie and Joe wcro M Ideal young
peoplc-nni they were Pilgrims Pro.
grsss' while n great deal too deer for
m" to grasp the full meaning. helped
We a rrea, deal IN my growing stand
ards and ideals. and didn't read them
on.c. read ihcm over and over.
that you will find Is true - really good
books. We read them many times. not
for the works themselves. hut for the
thoughts that they leave with us.
of course the one good hook ~ the
Pihle. No ether book can have such an
abiding influence over our lives because
II Is divine. Gods Book. IN II we find
nothing that could cause evIl--H we
had no books and could 60, no took hu,
the Bible we would have all that We
needed for interest instruction ard In.
! spiraticn. and vet how We neglect I,
tof trash. ] de-. and lots ~ times when
I'm reading popular magazines I think
% how much better of Ia b. n ia
spent rs much time with the Bible The
Bible does more than feed tho mind
l, feeds the soul.
think tina, the agitation 81 n cam,
paign fer good books Is needed In ANA
: rlllo The short stories are 20 a grca,
extent crowding out the book Cor W.
/. can read them quicker and speed today
In what seems TO count most. We need
a good library. inviting. 50 attractive
that II will BE- the most frcuonted place
In town. When my brother WIS ~
Wichita Falls one summer. he spcn
} every spare minute nj the public libra
~ and didn't blame him. for Il wal
, the coolest, pleasantcst place In IN,
, whole city. We need a place where tn
boys and girls can get nothing bur goo'
. books. ana they will then desire NJ
. other kind-fcr good rsaiing Is n habit
J. II must be cnltivated.-By Mrs. W. w
Cox.