New-York tribune., 1884-11-16
AN HOUR IN A DING Room.
SOME OF TIE PECULIARITIEs OF READERS.

rApFRs AND BOOKS THAT ARE IN GREAT DEMAND
HOW THE GERMAN FUNNY PAPERS ARE
STUDIED.
httlo old man with clear-cut features peered
at a TmBUN reporter through his green goggles,
one day last week. he asked this questions:
Did You ever study character in pubic IL
braryf | thought not. Come with me ana see ior
yonrsof.n And he nimbly walked III the direction
of one of New-York's large readmg-rooms.
Il used to be curator in place like this years
ago. he resumed rs @ sidled in through the mar
row passage-way and took the customary check
from the child door-tender "Now there is the dl-
rectory on a stand near the door, where people
hunt for addresses real or imaginary. That
seedv-looking man with the unshayen lace
searching through lts pages look
ing for places where he might ma employment, Iio
has the outward appearance OF tramp, bnt so iohg
a, he is engaged in this task depend upon "! ne is
not without self-respect or hope. Men OF ms cIass
generally exercise great deal of dlscrnna'ion IN
selecting names that appear 10 their understanding
10 bc an index of the bearers beneyoi"nt DISPOSE
tion. Except III rev instances tpcy "io Pio''y
Bnt here we come 10 the daihes. Mark the men
WhO look through them are those ol practical ell
crgy The dreamcrs neraly pore over volume
of poems or devour The contents OF anoyei Those
tall sawart men brndlng over the great loca,
papers may never attain epin"nce and wealth. Dnt
ihey do hard, honest work, and II they are not
making money they are saving H."
"Ihr iies from the Interior OF the state look TO
sered" suggested the reporter.
YES, he fact N that our country cousins atten0
TOO much 10 slghf-sceing when they arrive IN town.
That vunng Granger reading the local news IN ms
homo paper n undoubtedly debating with himself
the adyisabt, Of abandoning Ne"-i0rk city aS
4 oonnt and pnc-faced man with long, dishcv.
ecd nair. wearly leaned alninst the s'nnh married.
"~nuthcrn papcis.p The type OF an impecnnions
Sonthr"n." said the ex-curator. He was not
made sor the metropolis, and sooner or
later bee will be seen returning TO tho sylvan giades
of the Palmetto or some other state sonth or Mason
and Dlyons line. When we come 70 the points
from tho far West We sometimes meet a parallel TO
the ioregoing, but oitener the individual ~ vs-
itor or buyer IN this CITY with Lnsilsh news
papers it's again different aud he three red
bear led men that You at the flies OF The iimes
Sioodq,d etc, appear as ready to go r9 new heids
he literature of the hour beng exhausted the
guide turned to the smaller stands' sie wneie
illustrated publications and the like; AZ some
stands two or three were waiting for their turn at
some particularly attractive optical ieast.
II hai's where the funny papers are spread also
Tie aative and foreign sheets more or less pclo,.
rally cmbelsheJ. Look at that Tile iou wouiomt
think it was less tnan week old, but II Is.
Nervous French hands have torn hentsy ~ ine em,,s
lower hail away, and ~ the case ~ hisinnIcAs
likeness they have ripped II bodily ont leaving
Kanuky and Gics staring at an cnpV sphe,,.
This too When the Germ lrs hanjlo thet papers WIN
aimost studons care. But the climax
of wonder is never reached until you see stout
rnprrtnrbable Ieuton engaged III stlhyiig ,he
innl Generally the ilusr'aiiphs arg, uip Is Iinu
funny. but he never smiles. Not he. WIN nes.
peinie seriousness tha, is enoneh tu cause sniuMt M
In those waiting 10 iollVw, MN, iig neRus nt III.
n,st unpp aud rpals n all thtuugh. Ilen hc taxes
idnp lingering hook M the lllnsmtlohs, am piis-.
emily lir ls irahy rs TORTURE 40 fiohs by-slahhWfW
ttaiino The nrSt phga iU a like scip,nt Nhfn
,ot Iline tYfp funny eJnps hlbne hp takes nwp
G,ptih abi nirNs fhe heat over iVn'et q si'er'.
-s 1 3, Ea, @ 'Ss tS L.. s9n sn s'E i s.gP'e tS " "''a
rrtpiN npni hlps without siaiA Ut hle'nsh ~
ntiti ihr rtes ~ lha wptgh'Nl heNstaftt m,,l
iAp uhl siNipirnh lnNhpl ~ ,hph utp' MA srrt'a-
tlps eiii, q aaiiiunip sihilp .a ~
vi iGa NtNl 90 appp . publication " eega eef,
dn % ftallls IiHll Wv ~ heahI a,et ~ N,l,a
ani Il lll,p hn q sinneymh " v HpllsrM Xxx Xxx
Nin st dawn anl blayels study wa
Advertisements Ia ihe tfoea's Ga'le, hpl lelp vt,'
uul Induce the average Wnitai 'u i'tn ~ ~ T.
hIunist.' slightly ahoNo these aIp tho p9rels u.,
,nied lo musical matters, Eco that dark k-ha''su
man with ho iei-hlaoh eyes aud salow lace ho
PROFANITY plays the piano ~ concert a.lo"i ioa Id
living and oou,s here TO see what news tue soa
Apollo may bring him." -, .
Al this poiut the little man stopped TO feau (.
posted notice to the elect that 'ewaiu ~ - tho
growing mutiation of hooks. In uolhs
so he MAS compelled TO lean over reader III aonej
Iast person at hrst was ldgety. Ihen no Jui'ppha ~
np wIth undlsguised Indignation and resumed th'
pea ~ oi HIS book at distance ,r
lie THINKS am looking over his shoulder. eA
planned ,hc reporters plot Nothing VIII
who are taxing notes have generally hobby, or
goal or they are engaged IN working out soinethus
new. That blond giant without collar aDout i US
neck is copying iron learned treatise on - a0 ino
Intellectual CalScity and Character ci i5p"tt 5tp"t
of Men, ii / go near he wili u siins ~
the book He appieGends may divine ms ia.'h ~
his own mental ylgor. different case Is that so,iu n
looking man with fail brown beard Sitting AZ f ~
end OF the table and lost 20 hs snrrouni,nss " Nat
lowing some Desultory Thoughts on Man IN Na., s.
ure' / cannot disturb han. iie Is IKE tD,s ,S;s p1y
with dime novel; which he has smueSiod ihtS h,aIa liz
warm ace and which no reads DeD,ad tne Silly, ''
inc cover of some large open book. ctnors WIN
bring their daily pspers and read nothing dawn o,s
Somo will go to sleep, while nota lew VIII si' "'"-
To think over their lives. .,r.s NJ
." could 90 on indefinitely pointing ont type, "s
cbaraoter' Between 1000 and 5000 persons v,sw
saah OF the larger Nsw.york public hprsf'es as'''