The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-02

entire week. Yet there are thvu''i'"'
who buy tho whole lot. The politicians
constitute ono class Of purchasers; tne
ladies are likewise n numerous Dooy Oh
customers; advertisers are eager 10 scan
the want columns; othersare following
tho "To be- continued" stories, while hum
dreds Of literary people, with scissors ana
paste not. transfer 10 their scrap DOCKS
the many articles they desire to preserve
More than one person within the "iileF B
acquaintance employs a secretary whose
duties it is 10 Gull, classify and index the
material selected for future USE and IN
the library Of a famous correspondent,
whose name is familiar 70 the reading
world. a score of shelves arc occupied
with the scrap books that some day will
furnish him these best thoughts OF the
best writer's OF our land.
1t is safe to say that within a decade
the army of readers has increased ten
fold: editors have, therefore, been COM
PEELED to keep pace with the progressive
demands Of their more cultivated TASTE
and thus we have better papers than ever
before. By way of Illustration, let me
briefly describe three of them rs they app
peared on a recent Sunday-Ihe World,
Sun and Herald-all the titles referred
to covering articles ranging from coll
umn TO q page i'm length, and not includ-
ing the current news of the day.
I'm The World were nearly four pages
devoted 20 the return of Nellie bly, from
her remarkable trip around the world IN
seventy-two days. One Of these pages
contained on entire pictorial game based
on the event. It is safe TO say that ale
though the expedition did not cost The
World proprietor more than $1,000, the
daily sales Of the paper during her a0-
sence have been increased five times that
amount. Other articles comprised Sal
WINS farewell TO America and autograph
letter Of adieu; the offer of a ten thousand
dollar policy for the most popular police
officer in the country, the question TO be
decided by the vote Of The Worlds read
ors: q special letter hy Castelar, the Bra-
Spanish statesman, on affairs I'M BRAZIL
how an artist paints a portraits runie,
the new rival of cotton; the progress of
science and art; the story Of q detective;
what it costs to keep q brougham; what
is going ON in society; new iads IN note
paper, with the signatures of some
Of the fashionables; Annie Louise
Cary i'm % diet kitchen; % brilliant
achievement I'm stage machinery; dra-
matte criticisms. with notes; how t0 play
baseball indoors; The Worlds funny
side; Bill I'VE on his travels; page story
by Rider Hac1ard. o sketch ct Paul
Jones by Admiral David Porter, and %
page devoted To- the entertainment of
youth. I'm addition to this were scores
of lesser articles. and editorials and ai-
vertisements galore. The index t0 the
latter alone occupied the eighth Of % COLI
umn Altogether, the single issue cone
sisted of thirty-two pages.
On the same Sunday, The Sun con-
tanned twenty-four pages, with guam
tity Of reading matter chat would have
equipped an ordinary newspaper for "a
week. First came three columns OF
brilliant gossip from its foreign corro-
p0ndont Then am interview with Dom
Pedro. the cx-emporor of Brazil; tails
with Emperor William; % graphic story
of the death of Cashier L0uns0ury of
the New York postoficc; the death of 90
lonely reclu-e; part of the eulosy of
United States Senator Daniels, of Nir-
einia. on Jefferson Davis; the art of
playing billiards; q page Of crisp edi-
tOriaIs; the romance of one of JAY
G0ulds surveys; stories from the woods;
how 10 develop muscular strength; fa-
nous vase; gossip about boxers; sweet
womans chatter; Goethe and his sweet
heart: London theatrical successes; the
science Of advertising; reviews OF new
books; adventures I'm the Indian terri
tory; the new war ship Maine; when the
war ended: odd accidents, ETC., etc.
The Herald leads with superior illus
trations and well chosen literary and
news matter. Here are some of the
more important subjects The Salvation
Army; glimpses of the capital of Vera
Cruz; science baiiled by sixteen letters;
am evening at the Nineteenth Century
club. some advice for small incomes; Inc
formation ior and from the masses; what
TO eat and how TO cook; practical hints
for riding horseback; f0otlight facts and
fairy fancies; the sunshine and shadow
of the theatrical season; the world of 500
ciety; does the costume make the man or
the man the costume: how postal cards
made disc0rd: the future of the south
west. negro colonization; q new German
air set to music; fame and how it should
De sought; old bells and handsome
steeples: % miIlionaires first quarter;
yacht shippers Of celebrity; a family of
champion skalers the living voice of the
constitution; mission work among the
col0rci people; race problem etc.
The foregoing is bat "a sample of the
good things which the public are enjoy
ing as the result of the spirit of compsti-
ton that has entered into the production
of the best newspapers.