Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-12-07
FAIR woMANs WAY.
This Various Ways in Which Novels are
Read by the Fair Sex.

Read by the Fair Sex.
Watch a awoman or girl road novel?
And If YOU have watched one of course
YOU have watched moro. 1t is curious
and 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 it is, and forget the whole story as
soon as they have turned the last leaf
and closed the covers. These are old
hands at noyel-reading, and so long as
they find temporary amusement and
time flies by unnoticed, they care not
for lovers woes and ways, nor whether
the climax is happy or unhappy.
But the sentimental schoolgirl and
the romantic young woman go to work
in very different way. They will pick
up a book and read the title attentively,
and then the title page, gloating over 1t
If by chance it happens to contain line
of poetry They will then open the book
at the first chapter and read its title and
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 sl1imming
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 unromantit
class of women, both married and single
They skip all the poetry and most Of thu
love making, and care only for the dc
velopment of the plot They gallol
through book after book of intricat
plots, caring little how the story ends
so far as hero and heroine are concerne,
they are simply curious 70 know hoy
much ingenuity the author can show il
the weaving of plot.
The inpatient woman reads the las
chapter of the novel first. She mus
know the fate of the lovers before sh
can consent to harrow her mind by reaC
ing of their quarrels, disappointment
and separations. When she learns i
the last chapter that everything come
out all right and everybody is happy
then, and then only, will she turn to tn
first page, and patiently wade throug
800 pages of doubts and trials, conideT
Of the ultimate joys of tho desp&inin
lovers.
And then there is the woman VIII
. reads only for style, caring nothing fC
plot, and taking little interest in til
: characters. Another type is the woma
who reads for information, devourin
! every thing that comes in her way, reat
ing rapidly and carelessly, it appears
: observers, but she gets what she reat
for and remembers it. Ask her an
question about the books she reads {
: has read within the past four or fly
, years, and she will give you an accura
answer.-N. Y. Star.