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Show AMERICANS GREAT READERS Kxampllftcatlen of a Well-Knn National Trait Noted by s ' ; foreign Visiter. "Great roadera, you American, said a foreign visitor to tboao ibaeo, according to the New York m. "Tou seem to be reading all tb. thno newipapor or book. and jou raad overrwhore Id public aa In prhmte. on tha olovatod eara. In the iubvar, every where and I waa gettlsf filte wved to aoelng the manlfeautlca of what appoara to be a nationsl ktblt; but I waa a lltUe surprlwd this morning yea. Ju.t a little-wktn I saw a lady reading a aewapapw as she rode up on an eacaJalor from the aldawalk to an elevated VlUrosd platform. "I know the reatlosa Americas energy en-ergy which prompt! you to tbt ut-moat ut-moat economy of lime, to the btlllaa-tlon btlllaa-tlon of every minute, ao tkat no chance for gain shall be lost; but It eeeme to me In my dull sad stupid l old-world way that there mltht be r such a thing aa overdoing tbla bitter eeonotnf of time, don't yon kiow. "Ia the eaae of the lady, reading on tbe eoealator, for Instance, I wu afraid It might lead to an accident to her. It Is only a abort ride on an escalator, and I waa afraid she might forget aod fall at the top, lor one aeomed very lnt.nL " fact, I couldn't tell whether shtfwaa economising econ-omising time or whetherlihe was reeding beeauee she oaa'ao Interested Inter-ested In what she waa reading. "But. however, aba read and read Intently all tbe way up, or until abe had got three atepe from the top and then she .topped and looked up, and then atopped off briskly and quite safely. "It muet take about twenty nve second, sec-ond, for that eoealator to carry one from the ground to lb. platform and ehe had read all but three ateps. sli. bad utlllwd twenty-two seconds of the time eonaumed on tha trip and loot only three. The moot remarkable exemplification I have rat aeon of your chareotarlatlo economy ot time and national habit of reading. "Julte wonderful people, yon Amor loaaar i |