The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-19


er as \ poet and philosopher,
Ben Perlry Poore'S description of the
"Capitol at Washington" is l,eautiful-
ly illustrated. Cables Creole papers
are continued, this one being on the
Plotters and Pirates of Louisiana.
Visiting the Gypsies is al inte, esting
paper by Chas. G.. LELAND. Mis-. Bur-
nett's story, Through One Administers
tion is concluded in this number and
Howell's story, A Woman's Reason.
grows in interest. These are the Chi. t
contributions to the April number.
ST. NICHOLS FOR APEIL.-Opens IN
a very seasOna ble fashion with Il front
is piece illustration Of George ii.
beautiful picture, ''Snow
in SprimK-time," and some charming
springtide verses called 1.-The Sum
mOns," which are followed by Apr /
Fool story, entitled ''Louis's Little
Edgar Fawcett tells Il fanciful story;
called "The Sad Little Prince" for
which II. b. Birch has drawn some
illustrations; and II. II.
an interesting sketch of
Chinese life on the California coast, ui,-
der the title Of "A Brave Chinese E;l-
BY"
Flying Without Wings" describes
some of the ways in which certain gift
ed animals laugh ut Sir Isaac Newton
and his attraction of gravi1ation.
"Alone in Rnme,": u true story Of an
American mother and her SON LEI. vi h
out friends III the Eternal City. A hu
mer0us poem that boys will appreciate
is ''Bob's Wonderful Bicycle.'' From
this unique :Ontrivance the boys will
tnrn with interest to the Work and
Play Department, where they will learn
how De Cost Smith made Il paper boat.
III which he has rOwed two seasons, and
how any boy can IA AXE similar one. ut
an expense of less than seven dollars.
or the several stories, Frank II.
Stockton's ''Story Of Viteau," "comes all
too soon to it's c"nclusi ~; while J. T.
Trowh: lge's 1.-The Tink!am Br"thers'
Tidem' gets the young heroes into Il
serious predicament.
TIE LADIES FLORAL CABINET (NeW
Ycrk) for April has. Tor it's opening ar
ticle i poem entitled ''In April,' which
is one of Ebpn R-xtorl's 5 h st efforts.
&. f. Ptrne]l contributes Il very use
full article upon ''Lawns.'
No. 7 Uf the "Wun,lers Of the Veget-
able Kingdom" in this number, treats
upon Plants, ;S Chemists.
f.. ID. Sturtevant. Il successful grow
er III rare Water Lilies. describes the
"Egyptian i."tus," il large illustration
OF which is given.
"Wlll FluN Nrrs." HnOthp" topic inte-
resting to a!l readers. Btsi;l-s tie
floral articles. there are original strri'S
and poems; AM! its illuSt rated designs.
which ART prepared especially for this
magazine, are considered 10y The ladies
one of its chief attract ions.
IL tn housekeeping Department,
''Plain Directions for Making lNliciuu~
Bread" are given in detail, ami are pre-
pared by one who gives the reader the
benefit of the result of her own .x;uri-
ence.
AS before stated, any Of our rtalrrs
may have Il cory ot tlln CABI<Er for
examination at half price (six crHts) !.
Wy m'nti,nin. this paper. Address.
Ladies' Floral Cabinet, >. Vcsey street
New York.
The Spring number of Ehrichs' FASH
ion Quarterly m"re than fuIlilS the
PROMISE vi its predecessors. Within the
compass of its one hundred and twenty y
pages, it sets before it's readers !, abso.
lutte complete epitomle of the fashion 0f
the coming season in ladies ing al'.
parel and fabrics of every kind; aud
this. not in the Shape 1T Il srri+s "t
vague g-neraliti+s, *ucl, as the ordinary
fashion journal too often contents it.
self with. hut hy means Of IL succession
of clearly written descriptions of arti-
cIes, each accompanied with III eng;av-
ing Ut the thing described, and all ar
ranged ia 81 orderly and methOdical !,
manner that amy desired inf.r,nati ion
can be referred tO without difficulty
Over sixty new designs for ladies' and
chillren's dresses are illustrated and
described, together with u large mum
Der of trimmed hats. light spring wraps
and other articles for the atlornlnent Of
the outer woman. a new feature ct
the Magazine IS the introduction Of
fashions in men, clothing;a large va
riety Of stylish looking and economical
suits being illust rated and described.
The literary features of the Magazine
also deserve their NEED Of praise. Mar
garet Eytinge, Josephine Pollard. Ebe,
f. Rexford, and other well'known wri
ters are represented by tales, sketches
and poems. An Interesting article OF,
"IIousehold Decoration" is contributed
ny Mrs. f.. v. Battey of the New York
Sun; and Hope Ledyard's talk from tht
Easy Chair will he read with interest
by mothers far and near.
Altogether. We think the emphatic
| verdict pronounced by every lady read
er on the present number Of the Fash
ion Quarterly will be: Nv ortiz it's pric,
and ten times more.''
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