The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-01
READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS,
somoiWhoIcsome Advice tn Readers of the
Newspapers.

lrashtngton Star.
'"Do l read advertisements Yes
they form one Of the most interesting
branches Of my study" said the old
man, laying the Star across his knee and
looking over the rim of his spectacles.
CATER reading editorial for opinions,
and all the news, to know what is going
on among the people OF the world SUI
perlicially, | turn to the advertisement
columns for romance, philosophy and a
study OF human nature. There Is more
OF human interest in advertisements us
they are assembled in tho Star than
in the great mass Of works which arc
written to entertain and to present to
our View the various phases and incl
dents OF life and the impulses OF man.
kind. read them with the interest OF
a novel, and | find instruction and en-
terlQinment not to be had from any but
the highest works OF fiction. There Is q
popular notion TINT women, only, read
advertisements. They do read them
more, perhaps, than men do, bnt 1t is
only as they read mere r0manCe-be.
cause they lave more time. Men have
to deny themselves many OF the pleas,
ures OF the Imagination.
"You dom read them Then begin. II
the habit doesn't grow OH you, you are
lacking IN human interest. Why, the
habit Observation-Disclosures will grow,
rs novel reading on a girl OF seventeen.
They will become Of most absorbing in
tGrest, aud while they entertain they at
the same time impart much information.
II you are weary or sick you can read ad-
vertisements when anything else would
prove fatigulng or not OF interest. fyou
have not given 1t thought 1t may not 90.
cur TO you how much OF romance and
pathos there may be In n three-line ad.
Wanted Lost or PERSONAL EaOll
issue OF the paper furnishes the keynote
for hundred romQnces. Each line be-
trays some impulse that is influencing
the world, and w you read you are drawn
into the busy marts Of liIe, jostled against
the crowd; are touched with pity, re-
PEELED by greed; brought into sharp con-
tact with sharp men, who are Conspiring
in some deep plot to betray, deceive oF
detraud some trusting person YOU arc
shown love, misery, despair and ambition
In all their phases, and in the contention
you must find a lively interest,
ain advertisements you read romance
in real life. Part Of 1t is only everyday
home lie, Part is dramatic. The no.
nance Of the fortune hunter is there. A
thousand men arc digging alter hidden
treasure with as much eagerness as any
band OF adventurerers ever searched far
the golden treasure OF Capt. Kidd. a
thousand men arc trying to trace out
the hieFoGlyphiCs on the chart that tell
oil tho hiding place OF fortune. There
are q few pir6tiCal stories tolt!! In adver-
tisements, and many OF desperate adven.
cures. There are Thanksgivip stories
and Christmas stories, and SiEies iOy
people Of all ages and all II anner d
thought And aside from all that the
attention Is called by the advei isOmcnt
Of the merchant 10 all sorts e. things
that are OF interest TO every OF as re.
laing to their comfort and Qsure,
One is invited to contemplation II the
factory, the commerce aud the { do Of
everyday life, and is astonished It the
in( ention Of new wants and new / eanG
Of qualification. You will not tln M
.ad. that does not disclose some vie ~ oil
human nature or awake n mater! IN
tereN. The columns OF For Rent show
q rise and fall Of fortune, q change OF To-
Caticn, bringing together or sepafStlon
OF f'iends-perhapg families -na2 be
loyerL a lost dog or lost bangle IN
lead 10 Il weddingl No end OF rctllAl
may ltiOCE go n,islaid umbrella, l.. d
recalci' mt pug = 'Pe 'sonalS' Ilr,si
OF Necessity ha q" IT,? ! rtAJ'eu
An auction sale ann. 4Avt. ct = III
significant Of the dissolution Of 3D. oil
family or tho downfall Of grea .,
Tho Wanted Situations column !. :"
Of pathetic stories told In brief--thTet
line stories Of privRtion, struggle, DESPAIR
heroism and long.suiIering. TIT y
vertisements Of SKIS and lagos, AoweN
jewels, and what not that is rare and y
pensivC, tell OF gaye.y and wealth. TIL,
toy shops tell all about Christmas, b. q
Ing up d thUuSand !f'le ianCiGs out Of n
quiet chimney colhe" VI childish re,
election.
Most thinking leu read advertise
mGnts, Constantlss. R"-inGss men "
to read them Oh cccunt Of luE,ueCi
Authers, lectVl4tS AID rea ling me
generally read III = advertisement CO.
Imns as l do, ic: \ /, interest there
In them. | inVa:if Nly read the Gdvel
IIt1n,un0Nu &, ~ .nG al =. tnu0n III mn la