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Show I HABIT IN READING PAPERS. Almost Every Person Haa One Part He Turna te First. "Very old persons," said" an obtsrv er, "nearly alwaya. on unfolding thett newspaper, turn to the column of 'Deatha.' Tbls Is beraute, In the first place, they are most likely to And news of their frlenda there than In the column of 'Marriages,' or any other part ot the paper, and because, In the second place, they are Interested Interest-ed In death they have It much In their minds. "Young girls turn first to the society soci-ety news and weddings, and aftor Uial to the fashions. Young men ot the healthy, open-air sort, turn first to the sporting news, while boys universally turn to lb Is page first. The actor, of course, reads the dramatlo ciilumns, and Uie writer the book reviews, but neither of these departments, I fancy does any part of the disinterested public consult first of all, "The elderly gentleman of a pompous pom-pous appearance reads the edltoriala first, while bis corpulont, cheerful wife roads the recipes on the 'house-bold' 'house-bold' psge. Some clorgymon read the wills of the dead, to see what charities have been remembered wllh heiuests. Tbero are many people who read the crimes, tho scandals and the shocking accident first. Pouts, ss a rule, will not read the Lowspapers at all." Philadelphia Kecord. |