A voice: It trains intelligent citizens in the house.

A voice: It saves time that would be otherwise wasted.

A voice: It gives pleasant subjects of thought while we are about our daily work.

A voice: It promotes conversation.

A voice: It leads us into new lines of work.

A voice: It makes us more attractive to each other.

A voice: It keeps husbands at home in the evening. [Laughter.]

Mr. Martin: It keeps wives home in the evening.

A voice: It crowds out unprofitable occupation.

A voice: It leads to farther investigation.