Show WHAT DO WE READ Every Department n Newspaper Has Its Devotees Pittsburg Post read Well that depends What do we pends First of all everyone reads the home newspapers Now just stand on the various the street corner and hear things a newsy is supposed to possess pos-sess Newspaper sir Why yes have you a Philadelphia morning paper says one man Maybe the next customer is one of the Four Hundred He invaritably Inquires for the Tribune World or Sun Once in a while a fellow buys a New York paper just for the sake of appearance Oh you can tell them at a glance S Everone is true to his colors and his own newspaper The Cleveland people want Cleveland papers and the Chicago people insist upon having papers from the Windy City or none at all while the people of western Pennsylvania oil districts proudly demand the Pittsburg papers Sometimes we find Uncle Josh asking for the Billville Journal or some other local paper which for him contains as much knowledge as the whole Encyclopedia Ency-clopedia Britannica It is human nature na-ture to long for and expect to find the old familiar landmarks and at that last day when the weary editor stands at the golden gate and answers that ho published the most popular paper in his district of the country St Peter will stand by in awe and allow this truly great man to pass into the great beyond Sometimes the love of home la overbalanced by the love of party and the newsboy is called upon to produce the best Republican or Democratic paper as the case may be And then when we get our papers what do we read first You may ba sure each and every individual has this favorite page and column spotted and when his head becomes buried behind be-hind his newspaper he is lost to sight until he has read his fill And what different fancies we have Here is the busy nervouslooking man Why he can scarcely wait until he has glanced at a certain page and seen the ups and downs of the market Often one word in the market reports signifies ruin or success < to the anxious speculator specu-lator Then the ladies most of them but not all seem to prefer the fashion column if there Is one or as second choice the society page The theatre goers know where to find their pet hobby and soon ore contemplating how to take in two fine shows in one night The statesman looks around guiltily to see if anyone notices that the first subject sub-ject to which he gives his attention is his own speech For the sporty girl the college enthusiast and the baseball crank we all know which page is the most fascinating The man who wants to know what other people think about things reads the editorials The youth who desires to appear bright and witty before his best girl studies and masters mas-ters all the new and madeover jokes The business man glances over the summary of events while he sips his morning coffee Aunty Doleful would not be contented if she could not seethe see-the suicide record while she shudders for her life as she reads about the murders and burglaries the topics which interest the bad boy Why even the weather report is most interesting to some for what presents as many aspects as the weather And if you will believe it for it is the gospeL tcuth the advertisements furnish material to satisfy the longfelt wants of some readers Once in a while a mans last penny pees to buy a paper This person 1 the student of the want column bu alas he often finds that Man wane but little here below The individuals who read foreign news are not few for each class has its ardent followers Line them up in column and before you stands a mighty army of newspaper news-paper readers who represent the intel lectual pushing brainy people of the world |