Telegram-herald., 1889-09-08
READS NEWSPAPERS
In Their Perusal William Window
Passed His Viadlcztlon.
EE LEARNS HISTORY FROM rHEN
~ Aat as Feand 81 Iafsssst him-Hhs
scrap Baoks ~ -aasesassn--@ of
taaEFessnl-a aaa Oti4ers ksssr fsr
the s4tisa-l Legislative -sssisa.


fsr-eial corrsspo1dsaesl
WAsHIsGros. sept At would not
ke easg - guess nos Sscretary ~ lnd0m
employed a good SHARE u his tine ~hlis
s9lF ca 1Ls Vacaton- The secrsGary did
Esg y'aY baseball. avn tennis or carus-
lis greatest pleasure ~as IN reading
Besspapofs The sxrraordln4ry feature
of tne secretary's reading <as mat ns
al oet counns himself - journals q
c4lreat ass0-, bit spent many a pleasant
heur 18th papers a month, t~o months'
anl even fss mouths Old Explanation
0f tls i found in the fact that since
March 5 ,he secretary hAs nAd no time 70
rad the neeespaperz He sas been 80
5uiy With the Office seekers and the
nultifari.als cares q his orice that al
kls newspaper reading va done az tho
br..ak fast table. Aad that. q course, con
sisted u but glance 4t the head lines.
Fsen IL elaborate accounts OF the in
sax1raron ceremonies and the inaugu-
ration ball SIR Window had not read I'll
a few weeks ago.
Immediately on taking charge Of ths
treasury he sAw IL would be impossible
Tor hlm - keep up with tho papers day
b. lay. and he formed the habit OF lay
iay asiis copies or cuttings. which had
attracted bis attention. for perusal on a
msre leisurely occasion. Il was a larye
rol Of these back numbers that occupied
his attention during vacation. Then for
the first time he read. thoroughly and
with anything ike satisfaction. the re-
ports II the Inauguration. OF the Cronin
murder mystery In Chicago. OF the
Jalast0wn horror and many other events
q. great interest.
Mention of the Cronin case reminds
nis u the queer scrap book kept By the
Nfe u prominent official In th. city
She has been keeplng this scrap book for
FeVerai years. and Is very Industrious
and thorough about IT, What do you
suppose her Speciality ~ Society. cook
Ing recipes dress. care x babies, poetry,
love stories. personalities, politics, Chris
tim science, religions No. none Of these;
nothing that would naturally suggest it
seif % the feminine mind Her specially
ss-murders Shs dotes on murders,
reads All murder accounts word by word,
ships cur every sf'ng pertaining 70 mur-
der and carefully pastes 10 in her book,
or rather her books. for her collection
has now grown 70 . half dozen volumes.
TIE Maxwell case. the CrOnin mystery,
the Mrs. Maybrick affair. the Smell case.
and hundreds OF other sensational muir
ders arc represented in her collection by
page after page Of letter press. emoel-
hshed by scores OF hideous illustrations.
Here is a large engraving showing the
BODY of Dr. Cronm as it lay in the
morgue. there ons Of Preller as found in
the bloody trunk in ST. Louis. Every
Neek the lady has her maid 20 ont and
buy = copy Of The Police Gazette, and
from its pages she takes more genuine
satisfaction than shs could from al the
fashion books publshed In christendom.
This queer fad seems all the more queer
when considered in connection with the
fact that the lady Is young. pretty. ac-
compllshed and as gentle as a day old
kitten.
Many Washington ladies'. wives Of
public men. Sesp scrap books. assisting
their husbands IN thus most onsrous OF
tasks. In such cases the specialties are
usually the subjects To which their hus-
bands are Interested. such as finance.
foreign affairs. the navy. silver, the
southern question. or politics in general
one % ths brightest ideas In connec-
tion with scrao book keeping Of which
have heard in a long time must be credit
n. .. q -. :.