The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29

4 house without books Is Ike q
house without children, one won
dcre why anyone wants 10 i've lu ll
and questions lfs right 20 %" called
a home. And as tho homo, in iia
true sense. exists chiefly ns nest
and refuge for the young, Hn ih"
essential books ~ tho HON" lnttiy
arc ths books that the young folks
can read and enjoy.
individual tlatcs in books. ae To
hOmrs-alnd children develop with
che years. ] would no moro attempt
ia select tho reading matter Tor
somc uthcr family than my own
than | would try 90 choose tne'r
children for them. But JUST as
there are certain qualities whirn
We recognize as good or bad In chill.
dfen, desirable or undesirable IN
homes. 90 there are ccrain qualities
I'm literature which We can readily
recognize and which make certain
booke or types Of books good ana
deoirnbio nA the foundation stones
OF the home library
Upon a foundation laid w'.h such
materials a structure ut beauty utI-
mnnencc aud lifelong value can bo
butt The ch.ld eurroundod from
infancy with books whose PAGES
ring with tho gallant deeds Of the
heroes OF all time, grow with warm
sympathy for the wrongs of the
fceblo and oppressed, aiug with the
Hitting melodies thnt have fired the
splrlts of men since Homer tuned
hts Tyre, glitter with tho fantasies
OF the unreal world OF the imaginn-
tlon that is aftOr all, so much moro
real aud enduring than moft oi
what we are pleased To call real. ~
or record the tragic annals OF the
great souls that havo Htrlvcn nnd
suffercd In the service Of mankind
has received II heritage that he can
not sauAndcr, gained great possca-
slons OF which no adversely can rob
him.
Effect ON Childhood.
The child 30 reared goes forth
into the world armed with certain I
aud discriminating knowledge OF
the real values OF life. lie is not
easily 10 be deceived into accepting
as permanent the transltory stnud-
ards OF his own times or aB true the
false pefspec lives hcgotten OF re-
strlctsd and eordid environment
From his youth up he has known
Familiarity the beautiful and tdnci-
ful creations that have stood the
tost OF charming and uplifting sue
cessivc generation! he IL on inti-
mate terms with the wit and wis
dom OF tho ages. lie may be almost
entirely lacking IN formal educa-
tion, but with this equipment no
mects on level ground tho clear
thinking forwnrdlng-looking lntelli-
gences OF hls day, sees lies beauty
eye To eye with tho cultured men
aud women OF his community ana
discovers n common bnsls OF COM
radeshlp with all who hold fast To
the eternal truths or finds delight
in the eternal beauties disclosed and
set down In the worlds great litera-
ture.
This Is ono OF the great values
and uses OF books, that thoy make
their readers free OF all tho goodly
company of minded persons.
the world around. FOR two persons
to discover that they have read In
childhood the same characters or fic-
tlon and history In the same fashion
strikes a chord OF mutual sympathy
and interest that makes instant
friends OF strangers from the ends
OF the earth. And sooner or later.
in every home whore the parents
have themselves lived with and
loved books. they will accumulate
the same books so that tho children,
600. may learn To know and love the
people who inhahit their pages.
Next 10 the thrill OF reading 'frcas-
ure Island" for the first time comes
that OF Watching your own young
stere. each, In his turn, drnmatigo
themselves as Jim Hawkins ana sail
off with Long John silver and his
parrot to the isle where Rilly Bones
bmbbers maudlin repentance Tor his
piratical Gins.
"Oncc-Ovcr" Books.
The book that gives no pleasure
90 the reader is not "A book for the
home library; II is a task for the
echoolroom That is not the test
OF the distinction between great lit
eraturo and tho vast output uf writ
ing that liz here today and gone to-
morrow. The latter may ints ed,
give pleasure; but unless II gives en-
during pleasure II deserves no per-
mnnent place an the family book
shelves. Unloas, indeed, a book has
qualities that lie deeper than the
mere giving OF pleasure It has no
claim to greatness, for such pleasure