The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-29
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A most unique magazine is the Febru-
ary Ladies' Home Journal, entirely
made up, as it is, in prose, verse and fc-
tion by daughters OF famous parentage,
some of the daughters" being famed
themselves, Thirty daughters" are
represented, each by au article, story or
poem, and a more curious and SUCCESSFUL
innovation in magazine literature has
not been made for years. The issue is IN
every respect a surprise, and is n power
full argument in behalf OF hereditary
genius. Hswthorne's daughter. Mrs.
Lathrop, for example, has an excel
lent story, Mildred Howells' tne
novelist's daughter, writes very
sweet poem; the daughters CT Charles
Dickens, ThackerRy aud Horace Greeley
all write of their famous fathers. Presi-
lent Hnrrisou's daughter. Mrs. Mckee,
surprises by writing a very strong article
on '"The Training of Children; Glad
stones daughter tells How Il Womau's
College Began" of which she is Vice
Principal; General Sherman's daughter
tells a clever war story; Julia Ward
Howe presents three literary daughters;
ex-senator Ingalls, clever daughter,
Ethel, sketches Mrs. Leland Stanford;
Jefferson Davis, .. fayorlte 9or daughGte er
Who Studies Abroad" from her w ex-
perience; and these are followed up by
the daughters of Sir Morell Mackenzie,
Mrs. Alexander and Richard Henry
Dana; Miss Bradley, writes of the
Queens of Westminster Abbey" of
which her father is Dean. And as a Mt
ting complement to the fore-part of the
issue Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Henry
Ward Beecher, Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren.
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney ard other famous
mothers tell How to Train a Daughter"
This is, indeed, a curious number, and
the most novel ever issued by a mag
azine. None of the Journals depart
daughters" occupying the forepart Of The
maraZine, while DR.. Talmage, bob"
Burdette, Margaret Bottome and all the
other Journal editors forth the rearguard.
"rhe Forum" for February.
With the number of February. The
Forum completes its twelfth volume,
most favorable conditions. The dominant
idea in it's establishment was to create a
vehicle for the discussion of the great
problems that press for solution in the
United States. 1t Is true that the most
rapid progress that has ever been made
by the human race has been made by the
people of the United States within the
lifetime Of the present generation. There
Is evidence of this In every direction of
activity. A broad view Of American
progress during recent years brings home
to every thoughtful student the ,convtc-
tion that we are living in n time richer
both in results aud in promise, in in
teresting subjects for Investigation
and for public discussion, than
any proceeding time. To encourage
discussion Of all these important
new subjects and of new phases OF old
subjects, a company of literary men, SIX
years ago., established The Forum, not
primarily as a commercial enterprise, but
as a great public Institution. 1t grew
without an interruption, and soon estab-
lished itself in a commercial as well as in
u literary sense. Having now become a
great property as we'll as a power and
having recently enlarged ITS size. The
Forum Is continually broadening its
scope, and is undertaking line OF original
work that have been hitherto untouched
by periodical enterprise. 1t has, for
instance, recently .sent out DIR. j. NJ.
Rice, a well equipped student of all the
European educational systems, to make a
special investigation of the practical work
ing OF our public school systems In the
principal cities of the United States, and
the articles from him will be an important
feature of the next volume. Other enter
prises of a similar sort are in process of
arrangement.
The February number has as a special
feature an explanation of three OF the
greatest industrial problems in all history
which now await us:-The Nicaragua
Canal lin both its commercial and its
political aspects), the further develop
ment Of lake and of ways to
the sea, and the retaining of a great do
main by irrigation. In the same way,
largest experiments that have been made
In practical philanthropy - General
Booths great plan of work in England
and the German labor olonies for tramps
have been investigated for the Forum
by Professor Francis q. Peabody (who is
now studying social systems in Germany.
aud by DR.. Albert Shaw, who went to
year of General Booths work with the
large sum that was collected i'll response
TO his appeal in Darkest England"