Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-30

Magazine hiss the honor Of being the
medium through which THIS "a ntlng .
offered 10 the mothers, wives and
daughters OF America, 10 whom Is =
lovingly dedicated.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
September The political Kaleidoscope
of Central aud south America s con-
tinuaAy changing, sal probably lev
even Of the best posted" readers
could name OF hand the actual presl-
dents Of the VARIOUS LATIN American
republics. The current september)
number Of Frank Lesle's Popular
Monthly gives a concise account OF
them all, with numerous portraits aud
Illustrations, III a timely article en-
titled, "a Bird's-eye View of LATIN
American Politics, DY Jose Bornn.
The plot Of one OF the best OF Mrs. f.
d. T.. y. SOutnWorth's famous books
Was founded on episodes III the career
of a man who began life ss black
smith. The story OF his social and
political trlumphs Is admirably set
forth IN this book, which under the
name OF "The Lost Heiress," has Just
been p0blshed IN ''Petersons New
Twenty five Cent Series" OF choice ne
ton. When not 10 DO had OF your
bookseller or railroad news agent,
copies viii be sent by mail on receipt
of retail price by I. b. Peterson u
Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa.
Home and Country Magazine for
September will contain an excellent
portrait and sketch of Mrs. Harrison,
the wife of the president, an engraving
OF the grand review of the army at
the close OF the war, several short
stories translated from the French, Il
description OF Zlmnerman's bicycle
conquests in Europe, with portrait, and
many other readable papers by It's able
corps Of contributors.
The September Scribner contains the
unusual number of seven deliberately
illustrated articles, including:
The Emperor of Russia Blessing tn e
Waters of the Neva at Epiphany; The
Last of the Buffalo; The Tllden Trust
Library: What Shall II Be? The Nevsky
Prospekt; \ Case in Point; French Art;
Stories of Western Town; Insomnia;
The Indian Who Is Not Poor; Her
Last Word; The Education of the
Blind; Death at Daybreak; Historic
Moment; The Point OF View.
"Tales from Town Topics" (No. 81 is
fully worthy of its predecessors. The
subtlety OF the American WIT, the keen
ness of French intuition coupled with
realism that is at once bold, yet cneck-
ed 10y wholesome sense of propriety,
is here displayed with force that Is
sure to make itself felt IN American lit
erature. We are proud of these regu-
lar and refreshing visits. % cents.
Town Topics, q West Twenty-third
street, New York.
Modern society has welcomed COM
mon sense shoes and common sense
forms of dress, writes John Lambert
Payne in an attempt TO solve the ques-
ton "Why Young Men Defer Mar
rage in the September Ladies' Home
Journal. 1t would seem that the time
is oppOrtune for widespread outbreak
of common sense marriages. At all
events, if a change from the present
stagnation is to be effected, three things
seem to be necessary: First, there
must be popular knowledge of the
facts; second, the people at large must
think; and third, there must be ac-
ton.
The September Forum, which begins
volume fourteen, brings a table of con-
tents of more than usual tlmellness.
For instance, prominent place Is
given to "The Lesson of Homestead:
A Remedy for Labor Troubles" by
Chauncey +. Black, of Pennsylvania,
the remedy he proposes being the in
corporation of labor organizations pre-
cisely as organizations of capital are
Incorporated. Mr.. Black writes with
great sympathy for the worklngmen' s
side of the contest. The political ar
tlcles, which have been an especial
feature of The Forum this summer, IN
clude an analysis of the alarming
Proportion of Nenal Voters" prlmar-
lily IN Connecticut, by Prof. J. J. Nc
Cook. which IS the first effort that has
been made to get at the number of
the venal and to annaly:e the causes
and methods of vote buying and sell
ing; two articles on "Metnods and
Morals of Campaign Committees" by
Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia, and
Hon. NJ. ID. Harter of Ohio, who both
favor open methods of conducting a
campaign, even the publication of the
expenditures by committees; and an
explanation of the real meaning of "a
Tariff for Revenue" by David A.
Wells, thorough-going exposition of
the democratic position on the tariff.
This, II is announced, will be followed
by an article from Senator Aldrich.
There il a fun page, haIf-tone engrav-
ing of Hon. james G.. Blaine in the "Life
of benjamin Harrison" which The Herald