The National tribune., 1895-08-22
EDITOR's CHAT.
A Taste for Good Reading and How to Guilt.
waite 1T.
CULTIVATE A TASTE.

CULTIVATE TASTE.
&C e friend writes to express much inter
est in the weekly chat of the Editor upon ques-
lions brought to her attention from time to
time, and TO express regret that he has not q
taste for the best reading. He wonders if it is
TOO late to learn enough of the works of the
best authors, and asks some suggestions as to
the best course to pursue in acquiring taste.
All his life he has been reading cheap news
stand fiction. aud not until recently, so few has
been his advantages for education, has be be-
come TO realize that there is a store of treasures
waiting his attention, whose value he had mol
learned to understand appreciate.
This is most unfortunate state OF affairs,
and vet there is more hope for reader OF TINS
class than for one who has all ms lie had eooc
hooks q: his command. yet has steadily refused
TO read them. preierring, instead The oiooi-
curdline aud uncanny story, which unduy ex-
cites the imagination. impaiTs the "ill, ana
lnuddles the understanding.
Now, suppose our sincere Z. Z. frlcnd-ior we
must believe all 10 be sincere who come 10 the
Editor for counsel or adyice-wanted to learn
10 like some new vegetable, fruit, FISH, or fowl,
10 whose peculiar flavor he was unaccustomed,
and vet which he earnestly believed TO be
necessary for the best good OF has body. What
would he do2
which. distasteful at first, would in time be-
come necessary to the pleasures of the palate.
III n Mesterner, unaccustOmed TO sea food,
pe should be ordered to go TO Newport or Long
Branch, or some other ocean resort, 10 live ON
Iittle-ncck CLANS aua-lobster and soitsheil
crabs. with some terrapin now and then by
way OF variety, be would probably consider
himself the most miserable OF men.
Bat he would taste and taste. until it would
NOT be long until, like the genuine seacoast
Yankee or sand. beach Jerseyman. be would
feel real commseration for the iTontlersmau
whose daily sustentation is corn and bacon aud
prairie chickens.
Witness the acquired delight novice learns
for olives and mushrooms, frog legs aud maca-
roni served with cheese and tomatoes, with
olive oil dressing.
To change Horace Greeley's aphorism, " The
way TO resume is TO resume" the Editor would
saw "The way to cultivate a taste is to culti-
waite it,"
Ifyou do not like poetry. read il and con-
tinue 10 read ii; the same with history or phi
losophy or biography; Of art, science or bellies
letters.
If you want TO give up your sensational
stories for the elevating works Of Scott Dick
ems. Ruskin Sbakspere aud other classic
writers, give them up. The better books may
pail at first; but persevere, and soon you wll
wish you light never see any other
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
i. Who was the last President to wear the
cooked hai2
Ans James Monroe.
2. What President wrote his wedding inVi-
tations?
Aus Grover Cleveland
g. The White House is copy Of what build
ing across the Atlantic?
Ans The Duke OF Leinster's Palace. Dublin.
4 Who said Millions for defense. but not
cent for tribute" and thus dispelled war
elOudi
Aus Chas C. Pinckney, the American Min
lister TO Paris, l79T
). Who was Major Molly Pitcher?
Aus. A woman OF Revolutionary fame, who,
when her husband was killed. took his place at
the cannon.
i. What American poctess wrote 275 poems
before she Was Ia?
Ans. Lucreiia Maria Davidson.
2. What battle OF the Revolutionary war was
fought with a broomsick2
Ans. 1853 Mrs. Day whipped the Provost
Marshal with bToomstick.
6. What battle of the Resolution was fought
four years before Lexington?
Aus. AismAuce Creek, y. C.. May, 177l. be-
tween the Regulars and Gey. Tryon's troops.