Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-26
Conquering Her Rival. The Newspaper

me newspaper habit is growing. and
with IT is growing u menace to tha
happincss Of every household.
Fer. generally speaking. it is among
men chat the newspaper finds it's er-
lire, feminine interest in it beine- larga.
" confined TO its llccitimate portione
'H'ch lhistook their destiny and should
ave peen citnor story paper or maya
| 1lue- ihus the newspaper often hardens
| mo middle wall Of partition making
u our household temples two divisions
| q Nomen's court and mems.
| come women try To batter down this
! wall ~ Seeding Others seek to wash
| Il away win tears. or melt it with
| e'a%lhE.cr undermine it with the s,,ll,e
| ihts falling some in despair build up an
| opposition wall even higher, ana fierce
| y read every word in The largest Sun
Gay ISSUES, especially the advertise
ments
N1oHcl heWspaper-readinE consists in
sense Of proportions. You must learn
70 give only glance at what will he
forgotten tomorrow though ii occupy
whole pages of the paper. and to con-
| slider most carefully what will he heard
Of again and again, though thereporte,s
ard saGaclous editors dispose of if in
a paragraph. This great divorce suit
the giafing headlines Will give Won
enough Of il for today's conversation
and more than enough for toInorrow's
interest. This football game this
murder, this fire. are destined. save in
The baldcst outlines, to instant oblivion
on The other hand an obscure para
sfaph hints at riots in Korea-what
looks Ike an insuTection. That cloud
Whi@h your little finger can cover is
destined to grow y chance sentence
or TWO declares that = certain railroad
is To make partial trial of the trolley
system. Watch that. Another line or
SO chronicles the introduction of q
congressional bill for the forcible re-
'uln To China Of unregistered Chinese.
ihere's an egg-and q live one. SO
much of our newspaper cositations are
broodinSs over eggs already added
advise you 10 make specially of
foreign news. In this field YOU have a
distinct advantage over your husband
lie picks up from his comrades during
the day many an item of home news.
pit sets no light on the world beyond
his state or nation To expand and
'A'Ni hsci the curt ColullH given up tn
foreign news is no slight task. Every
unfamiliar word-Bundcsrath Mukdeu,
Parnirs. Pasha-must be investigated
with atlas, gazetteer, dictionary or en-
cNciopedia, or the news is nothing and
nowhere. Your husband. on the car.
in the office. cannot do this; you can.
And before long. If you are faithful
and shrewd your newspaper lord will
be coming to you with. Peggy. where's
Port Arthur" Peggy, who's Cecil
hhudeS? What does Rcichstag'
mean, PcgSy--a town or an officer, or
WHAT Then will You indeed have
conquered your rival, the newspaper
Pc not, however. expect such a tri-
umph Immediately. You cannot leap
at once into a now world Don't be
ashamed Of your ignorance, or fear to
ask questions. after you have ex-
h&ustcd your own resources Men love
to air their information. This newspa-
per mastery comes slowly. but it comes
surely and with Il delightful accelera-
tcn, il the method | have outlined be
followed.-Anos II. Wells, in The In
dependent.