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Show HOW THEY READ THE PAPER. Varying Departments Which interest Different People. "Very old persons," said an observer, observ-er, "nearly nlways, on unfolding their newspapers, turn to tho personal columns. col-umns. This Is becauso, In tho first place, thoy aro more likely to find news of their friends thoro than In the news columns or In nny other part of tho paper; and, becauso, In tho second place, thoy aro interested In personal matters thoy havo tho subject so much In their minds. "Young girls turn flrst to tho society soci-ety news and weddings, and after that to tho fashions. Young men ot the healthy, open-air sort, turn flrst to tho sporting nows; whilo boys universally univer-sally turn to this pago, too. Tho actor, of courso, reads tho dramatic columns, col-umns, and tho wrltor the book ro-vlows; ro-vlows; but neither of these departments, depart-ments, I fancy, does nny part of tho disinterested public consult first of all. "Tho oldcrly gentleman of pompous appearance reads tho 'leaders' first; whilo his corpulent, cheerful wifo reads tho recipes on tho 'household' pago. Somo clergymen read the wills of the doad, to seo what charities have been romemberod with bequests. There aro many peoplo v:ho road tho crimes, tho scandals and tho shocking accidents flrst. Poets, kas a rule, will not read tho newspapers at all'. |