The Gavelyte, November 1908

The Gavelyte. VOL. 111 NOVEMBER, 1908. NO. 9. What to Read And What Not to Read. In these times everybody reads. No one can get on without his new:,;paper, his Rib le, his religious paper or hrs novel. Women are perhaps greater reariers than men in general. They have more inclination anri more time for it. Besides their minds are more rereptive to impressions from others. It is her province to ask questions, so she not only asks quPstions of her husbandR at home, but of the literary author whom she calls into her home, or who may b?. there hy accident through the periodical. Now, what do wor11en read? They read their Bibles. There are few housrs where there is no Bihlr. There are some such heathen bomes, but they are rare. But who reads it in the home? Sometimes no one. It lies on the shelf or table from week to week and month to month unopened. No one cares to be seen reacting its page:-1. But the Bible is read, more or less, in most homf>S, and the woman is the one who reads it more often than others. She is the one who ht->ars the voice of God in the garden of His word. She meddles not with higher eritieism, but humbly sits at the feet of Jesus drinking in the instructions of wi:,;dom. Women read the ieli12ious newspaper. She is interested in missions and Sabbath Schools and in all the diffen.. nt opnations of God's people . Ro, she must have her Church Paper and when it comes, she is the fir~t to examine its contents, t.o find out who is married and who has died and what iRgoing on among the thu)(h1s. W<mtn urnall) tal, e a more lively intnest in all these things than do the mrn of the church Womrn are great rrndns of fiction and light Jiteraturr. The story