The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1889-11-27
FAIR WOAAHs WAY.


ne SaRiees Ways In Which Novels srs
Read BY the Fair Sex.
Watch awoman or a girl read a novel>
And II you have watched one of course
you have watched more. 1t is curious
ana Interesting work, and gives one
quite An insight into a woman's char
acter, for they do not all read novels in
the same way. OF course, the majority
read for the simple object of passing the
time away, without caring for plot or
style; they devour every thing that
comes in their way, hardly knowing
what 1t Is. and forget the whole story as
soon as they have turned the last leaf
and closed the covers. These are old
hands at novel-reading, and so long as
they find temporary amusement and
time flies by unnoticed, they care not
Tor lovers woes and ways, nor whether
the climax is happy or unhappy.
But the sentimental schoolgirl and
the romantic young woman 60 to work
In very different way. They will pick
up book and read the title attentively,
and then the title page, gloating over it
II by chance it happens to contain limo
OF poetry They will then open the book
at the first chapter and read its title ard
the few head lines Of poetry, if there
happen to be any, and so on through the
whole volume to the very last page. In
this way they get vague idea Of the
story and gauge the interest of it by the
quantity and quality of the verse con-
tanned therein. After this skimming
process they begin to read at the begin
ming OF the first chapter and read stead
lily through to the very end. thorough
ly enjoying it all, and remem-
bering fairly we'll the plot. names of the
characters and the principal incidents.
These readers have good memories.
They read more for story than for style,
and reading slowly and carefully, they
do not get through many books during
the year, but remember those that they
do read. Opposite to this class of read.
ers is the unSentimental and unromantic
class Of women. both married and single.
They skip all the poetry and most Of the
love making, and care only for the de.
velopment of the plot. They GALLON
through book after book of intricate
plots, caring little how the story ends,
so far as hero and heroine are concerned
they are simply curious to know how
much ingenuity the author can show in
the weaving of plot.
The impatient woman reads the last
chapter of the novel first. She must
know the fate of the lovers before she
can consent to harrow her mind by read.
ing of their quarrels. disappointments
and separations. When she learns in
the last chapter that everything comes
out all right and everybody is happy,
then, and then only, will she turn to the
first page, and patiently wade through
800 pages of doubts and trials, confident
of the ultimate joys of the despairing
lovers.
And then there is the woman who
reads only for style. caring nothing for
plot, and taking little interest in the
characters. Another type is the woman
who reads for information, devouring
every thing that comes in her way, read.
ing rapidly and carelessly, it appears to
observers, but she gets what she reads
for and remembers it. Ask her any
question about the books she reads or
has read within the past four or five
years, and she will give you an accurate
answer.-N. Y. Star.