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.