The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-26
PARENTS SHOULD TAKE MORE
TIME READING TO THEIR chill
DREN; WILL BE A BIG AID IN
JUDGING CHARACTER.

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BY Mrs. T. p. Marshall
IF parents only knew the value of
establishing in their childen the read
ing habit. they would take more
time with them" declared a man who
has attained a national reputation as
a writer. "As little fellow, 1 would
sit for hours listening to my mother
read, and many times l would ask
her to read to me when she did not
have the time, and then / made up
so could read all day If l wanted to-.
This / did at an early age, and l give
Dickens credit for all have done
in the literary world. Our library
quality was high, and so read Dick
ems and cried over the woes of his
characters and learned to appreciate
character delineation.
II must acknowledge that 1 hated
school. 1 was the poorest mathema-
tician on earth, and, when waded
as far as geometry 1 thought the end
Of the world had come, so far as my
thing which tied me to that school
was my love for English and Latin:
Long before the other boys had
finish the first. year of Latin had
read many Latin poems. 1t was my
forte. and I endured the drYdgery Of
all the other subjects for the prlvil-
eye of studying these two, We hear
much these days of Latin being a
dead language, but it is the greatest
help in the world 60 man or woman
a profession. Ny vocabulary is a
large one. and it is because have
at my finger tips Latin foundation
should Select Books.
All children enjoy being read to If
they like the book. Strange as II may
seem. the same books will not inter-
est all children. Some like fairy tales,
while others are bored to death with
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concerning animals. There are now in
the library many fascinating stories
of wild life which stir the magma
ton of the child, Many new bird
hardly a child who does not respond
to good bird story.
my little girl loves the Bible stor-
les" mother said recently. II can
get this book and she will sit for
hours while I read to her. but she
soon tires of all the others we have
do not know whether it is the way
the stories are told or whether she
has a natural love for the characters
depicted, but she likes them best Of
ALL" No mistake is made by catering
to the particular taste of the child.
1t gives the mother quite a little in
sight into the character of the little
one, so far as natural aptitude is con-
cerned
my love for reading has saved me
many weary hours" cripple said
II learned 1t at my mothers knee,
and since / have been helpless 1 have
spent many happy hours which would
have been painful to me and to my
family had l been unable to read with
pleasure. As 1t is, / am never what
is termed lonesome"
Most people during their lives come
in contact with the person who never
contact with the person who never
reads" Having tried to converse with
such a one, the; experience is never
forgotten. This is the type which is
always lonesome" and must have
something to entertain and amuse 1t.
1t is difficult to deal with such per-
sons when they are young, but 1t is
almost a tragedy to all concerned
when old age has overtaken them.
Their minds are not stored with the
riches of literature and there is moth
ing to relieve the sufferings atten-
dant upon physical informity and the
whole family must hear their groan-
ings and complaints.
Dallas Journal