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Sc7lbnea'S Magazine for May opens
with the second article in the series on
THE Poor in Great Cities,"i in which
Jacob A. Riis, the author of"How the
Other Half Lives" repeats his first
success which has gained him such
wide recognition. This time he finds
a most congenial subject in "The
Children of the Poor" in New York
a phase Of life to which his sympa-
thies strongly attract him. Mr.. Riis
knows the gamin at first hand,
through his many years of newspaper
work at police headquarters. The re-
suit is that this article is filled with
incidents and stories illustrating the
life of the children-its hui
NOR and pathos. the element
Of good that is always mani
tested in them, and the methods
which have so far proved most eff
Client in developing it. There is
nothing farther from professional
philanthropy than the spirit of Mr..
Riis' article, and it appeals strongly
to all right thinking people by its
humanity. The many illustrations in
the article are made from photo
graphs taken by Mr.. Riis of actual
characters and scenes referred to in
his text.
The next article in this series (Which
has already attracted great popular
favor is the Rev. William r. Elsing's
account of Life in New York Tene-
ments as Seen by q City Missionary"
which gives an actual picture of the
surroundings in which the children of
the poor are bred.
Thomas Curtis Clarke, the eminent
engineer and builder of the Pough-
keepsie Bridge, writes, from his full
experience, of the great problem of
Rapid Transit in Cities"-which is
one of the chief elements in the future
betterment of the condition of the
DOOR, as it is for the comfort and con-
venience of the commercial world.
The brief pen-pictures of Historic
Moments" are represented in this issue
by an account of 1.-THE First News
Message by Telegraph" sent on May /,
1914, from Annapolis Junction to Ralti-
more, announcing the nomination of
Clay and Frelinghuysen by the Balti-
more Convention on that day. The
author is John W. Kirk, the only mar
present with Morse in the little room
in the capitol when the message was
received.
Professor N. S. Shaler (whose series
of papers in this magazine have been
SO widely ready begins in this issue a
group of four articles on the Sea
shore and Depths of the Sea-" which
will be fully illustrated from the au-
thor's photographs.
mPaul Lindau, the well-known Ger
s an author, contributes to the Great
treets series a most picturesque &C
count of "Unter den Linden
Mr.. w. F. Apthorp's concluding ar
ticle on Paris Theatres and Con-
certs' is light and amusing. reproduce
ing the theatre going habits and GUS
toms of modern Paris, and giving per-
sonal glimpses of the leading musical
and dramatic critics of the city, many
OF whom Mr.. Apthorp counts among
his friends.
The fiction of the number includes
the third instalment of Robert Grants
very successful social satire, 1.-The Re-
Elections of q Married Man," a chapter
of Stevenson's serial, 1.-The Wrecker."
which is the first fruits of his recent
visit to Australia, picturing most
graphically life in and around sgd
ney; and a short story by a new writ
er, entitled France Adoree." There
are poems by the late Charles Henry
Luders and by BENJAMIN Paul Blood.