The morning news., 1899-01-01

to it and is going to make it a feature at
Newport, Lenox, in fact, the country over,
next spring.
There are many more ways of imbib-
ing literature than by spending half life
time over books. The intelligent society
woman in New York proves it. Every 9th
or hostess or debutante you meet is biz
of a Dookworm, has knowledge I the
contents of the newest publications that
is amazing, keeps track of what the au-
thors are doing, from the latest Russian
or Belgian eccentricity, to the last popu-
lar dialect story in the magazines, and her
cheeks are none the paler nor have her
eyes lost a scrap of luster because of
burning any midnight oil.
How she manages to do it is little short
of marvellous, considering the social, sar-
torial and philantLropic duties she is
Obliged to cram into these too brief winter
days, but when you come to stdy her
methods they are simpe and ingenious to
a degree.
Such women as Mrs. Clarence Mackay,
Mrs Seward Webb, Mrs j. N A Girls
void, Miss de Forest, Mrs. La Fargo and
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt, satisfy their
mental appetites by filling up all the lille
chnks Of time by reading in their car
riages and having readers come to their
homes In Miss de Forests beautiful
brougham, lined with violet satin, one of
the tufted side walls is made in the form
of deep pocket that is ever filled with
the latest products of the press. French,
and English periodicals, besides our own
paper and cloth back books. make the case
bulge out, and when setting forth. on a
round of calls, or bent on a long drive to
some evening entertainment, The maid puts
fresh literature into the rack and by
small electric light the reading can be car
ried on at night.
There is a really charming and profitable
profession pursued in New York in winter
and in Newport in summer, by women who
go from house to house and read aloud to
employers who can give only their lunch
con, toilet or late breakfast-in- bed, or af-
ternoon rest hours to book lore There IS
one enterprising individual who has as
many as six or eight engagements a day
TO read at 81 an hour, and she is growing
rich on the profits. She picks her books
out herself, with discretion, or reads
something any employer, who is a member
of literary cub may wish to hear and
as she has a clear, low voice, a perfect
French and German accent, she really has
more work than she can do.
Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. Goelet employ as
their reader woman who studied for the
stage, but whose health gave way and
who goes about improving her patron
esses' French accent by reading 20 them
in the afternoon before they dress for
dinner, or by reading Cyrano de Bergerae
and Shakespeare in a soothing voice, with
proper accentuation.
OF course, every social figure who lays
any claim to brains al all but who has
not the time to climb Parnassus by the
studious reverent steps her Boston sister
pursues,- gets the same effect by the direc-
ter means OF joining book and a maga-
zine CLUB. There are various kinds of
book clubs,> but the one all the smart girls,
Miss Chapin, Miss Brice, Miss Morgan,
Miss lselin, etc, belong to. and that has
her living TO earn and nice knowledge Of
fashionable taste in reading
The woman who manages this club so
cleverly has made a pie of money coach
ing young women or their mothers who
are asked 90 meet a great literary person
age and who wish to acquit themselves
well in the Intellectual presence. She drops
in by appoin tment an hour before a din
ner, runs over a list OF an authors works,
with an outline of the plots and charac
ters, tells what to praise and on what
points 80 be silent. Most important of all,
the coach makes Out list of nice, brief
quotations from the authors own pages
for her employer 10 memorize, and slyly
introduce into her conversation with the
great man.
Last month the coach was busy posting
in verses from the Bible, various great
ladies who met James Tissot and Tissot
as well as Zangwell and Anthony Hope,
]. NJ. Barrie and Paul Bourget, went
away from the fashionable dinners charm
ed and amazed with the culture, discern
ment and good taste of the American So
ciety woman. Emily Holt.
-Tourist-"You say he is one of your