Mental Dissipation

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jun 9, 1904

Mental Dissipation

THOUSANDS of people have been driven to the insane asylum by the novel-reading mania. It is a species of intemperance that almost rivals the liquor traffic in its blighting influence. It is creeping in among our young people to an extent that is not realized. The June number of The Life Boat is a special anti-fiction number which not only endeavors to create an appetite for wholesome and uplifting literature, but it also calls attention to the real underlying causes of this widespread evil, for it is as true of this as of any other, that “the curse causeless shall not come.”

Among those who have contributed to this number are W. S. Sadler, Mrs. M. C. Wilcox, Mrs. E. H. Whitney, Mrs. E. E. Kellogg, and other experienced workers.

This number should be placed in the hands of pastors, Sunday-school teachers, Y. M. C. A. workers, and educators everywhere. They will appreciate it, and many will be led to look for truth on other subjects.

The Life Boat will be furnished at two cents a copy. Address The Life Boat, Hinsdale, Ill.