The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-01-26

ministered for the public good, is a pub.
lie benefit by reason Of Its strength, but
it does not need to une the newspapers
to advocate the shortest line, the most
miles without a stop tue best equip
ment,' its time table or anything else.
1t gives perfect serv ce tut is not obliged
to solicit business Geo. NJ. Whitaker
in New England Fal mer.
LIPPENCoTT's MAGAZINE.
The February number of Lippencotts
Magazine is a woma as number, and eX
hibits the better hal of humanity in a
number OF the av, cations which the
present age throws pen to women; as
translator, novelist. lawyer poet and
literary critic. Mrs A. L. Wister trans,
lates novel called The Spell of the
Home, after the GeI man of E, Werner,
and the novel is as thoroughly charm
ing as anything Il at this best of all
translators has ever given to the public.
Amelie Rivers show herself in a new
and most lnterestin; light in a brilliant
story of ancient At ems, The Man of the
Golden Fillet, whic ! is wonderful tour
de force as an lima yinative production
of classic thought aid manners, and as
story Of the most intense and exciting
order. Mrs. Belva \. Lockwood gives
an entertaining and valuable sketch Of
her Efforts to become Lawyer, show.
ing how energy, pluck and perseverance
finally conquered the prejudices Of
ages. Agnes Repp Ter has a pleasant
little essay on Mode n Word Parsimony.
An anonymous autl or discusses Our Old
Maids from a practical and common
sense point Of view Life at Working
Woman's Home, by Charlotte L,Adams,
glimpse into curl us phase of life. The
poems are by Heller Gray Cone, Sarah
NJ. B. Piatt, Edith NJ. Thompson and
Ella Wheeler Wi cox, The Monthly
Gossip discusses a new and ingenious
method of producln literature which is
within the reach of humble intelligence
and announces a sc ieme for series of
one hundred questions n literature and
matters of current interest for answers
to which prize of hundred dollars is
offered.
OUR LITTLE MI y AND WOMEN.
The aim of this magazine is to inter
est children at the lime they begin to
Il haF al
for a year or two " It'll pictures, stories
and pleasant talks pleasant as to make
them forget the tas part altogether.
The following outline includes the
larger topics Of the year,
Pocahontas teach es a little early Amer
lean history through the year,
A French story, Susanna'5 Auction,
full Of amusement.
A story month Untitled Laura's Hol
idays suggests to or little girls what
they can do on holi lays.
A story a month IN Tiny Folks in Ar
NOR; which means beetles.
A flower poem 10 every number.
Buffy's (six) Lett RS to His Mistress
Buffy is a coon cat
Six Mexican stor es on Little People
OF Plaza; also about some Mexican ami
mails.
Besides there are many, too many to
tell Of, stories short and bright and I'M.
expected.
With all this en- ertsinment OF pic
ture and humor there il serious pur-
pose all through i'm Piled in the name,
Our Little Men an Women, 1t is to
teach and lead the children to take read
ing for profit; but easure comes first as
it ought.
A dollar year. Five cents for a sam
pie copy. D. 10th op Company, pub.
fishers, Boston.
BABYLAND.
In general it will be about the same as
in S7.
Nothing in Bal yland ever pleased
more people than Finger play rhymes
and pictures. Thy have even been
sought by Kinderg rtners here lin Bos.
ton and elsewhere; and the author has
personally taught them, Six of the 'SS
Babylsnds will contain new Finger.
plays.
The other six will have series OF
baby stories in rhyme about Chrickets,
how they manage their babies, with
many pictures.
Me and Toddlekhs is baby cat story
all through the yea by Margaret John
son, with pictures also by Margaret
Johnson.
There will also b. lot of jingle bits
and story bits, so any as to make you
wonder where the ext years entertain.
ment is to come from.
Fifty cents yea a copy sent for five
cents. D. Lothrop Company, Publish
ers, Boston.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
It's all right for husband to wish his
wife "A Happy New Year on the first
day Of January, bu if he wishes her to
be happy and keep happy the whole
three hundred and sixty five days, to
save her from frett ng and stewing over
what to get for his meals,-to say moth
ing about the stewing after the market
ing is done-he she uld provide her with
the greatest help to all housekeepers, the
most valuable publ cation ever takeh in.
to home that fortnightly magazine,
the Springfield Ma s., Good Housekeep-
ing, whose writers are practical house
keepers, and who eat of every depart
msnt of housekeep ng in very inter-
esting way. But we do not wish our
readers by any mea rs to think that Good
Housekeeping is de voted merely to the
drudgery OF the house. Its aim is no
BILE one--the High II Life of the House
hold'-and as we refully peruse each
number we can ch aerfully recommend
it to our readers as the very best publi-
cation we know of
Abraham Lincoln once said, You can
fool all the people part Of the time and
part of the people ii the time; but you
can't fool all the p oplo all the time.-
That very practical fortnightly maya
zine. the Springfield, Mass. Good House
keeping, started in May, 1885, and the
publishers constant aim has been to
give its readers the most valuable publ