Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-25

been anssring IN her efforts 10 make Il
. success
The director. OF the school are: Pres
idenf, George l.. gngrshzm, justice Of
the supreme court; the Rev. Jonn Wee
ley Brown, ID. b., rector of 81. Thomas
church; Benjamin 4. Porter. y. A d.;
William IL. Fuller OF Warren, Fuller &
Co.: secretary aud treasurer. Mise Ellen
j Pond. once al No. 209 West Twenty-
third street; Mrs. James Hartman aud
Miss Calender. The executive com
mite IS composed of Chairman Mrs.
Dunlap Hopkins. j.. Carroll Beck with,
professor Metropolitan Museum and
Art Students league. aud Eilhu Root.
AUGUST MAGAZINES.
The August Arena contains the sec
ODD Instailmrnt OF Mr.. Reed's bslsf for
the plaintiff In the interesting discus
sion OF Bacon vs.. Shakespeare" What
ever may be .aId of the abstract merits
Of the case. no ne can fail To be iu-
pressed with the ingenious and power
f1I array of evidence thus far adduced
Ia b.nAlf of Lord Bacon as tue author
OF the plays Other lead papers IN
the August Arena are nv United States
senator James IL. Kyle. the Hon.
George Fred Williams, NJ. c.. the Hon.
William L. Ellis, VI. c.. Gail Hamilton.
Mary A. Llvermore, Louise Chandler
Monltou, Helen II. Gardener, Frances
T.. Willard, Mrs. Gen. Lew Wallace,
Frances T. Russell and the editor OF
the Arena, Ia addition To these papers
there 10 brilliant symposium on "Wo-
mems Clubs IN America" TO which
eleven leading American women con-
tribute.
Home and Country of New York,
viii appear IN July and thereafter
among the illustrated magazines- Its
specialties will be literature, war his
tory, finance and industrial progress.
Among the interesting features of the
first number are descriptions OF the trial
irips of the Clermont and Orleans. the
tirst steamers navigating the Hudson
and Mississippi. The subscription price
of the magazine Is ~ per year, and 1t
may be- dubbed with any 81 weekly or
monthly In the country without extra
cost.
A drowsy August afternoon, the
light snimmerlng through the dense
leaves Of the broad spreading beech
trees; figure lying upon the grass
holding IN mis- hand q magazIne-not
too heavy, just heavy enough for easy
holding-the Cosmopolitan, for August;
just the sort Of reading matter for =
midsummer afternoon. full Of attract
i've illustrations; scenes and life In the
far OF Philippine islands. with an ex-
perience OF an earthquake; photo
graphs on the Atlanuc beach accom-
panying . charming sketch of Jersey's
''Salt Water Day." by Hamlin Gar
land; charming Spanish bits by the
artist Chase; lovely vistas and enticing
groves, illustrating y California farm
village, sin which Colonel Fitzsimmons
describes the growth and development
of q model community of fruit farms.
OF the fiction, Henry James Jersey
Villas" makes delightful midsummer
reading, and there 10 an odd story Of
southern life, while curiosities of musi-
cal literature will furnish half hours
entertainment for every lover of MUSIC.
Messrs. A. Mcdowell & Co.. Nos.
and West Fourteenth street, New
York have lssud their September num-
Der. This firm import and publish the
American edition Of the Partisan fash
ION journals, La Mode de Paris, 35c;
Paris Album OF Fashion. 35c; La C0ur-
turiere. SOC, and La Mode, l5c. These
books have been favorably commented
on IN previous writings, but In consid-
Grafton Of the many improvements that
have been noticed one does not hest.
tate to speah of them as the first jour-
nails of their kind to be found on the
bookstands. Their September numbers
come out August l and will contain all
the latest fall styles at least Q month
earlier than any other fashion paper.
In order to stimulate American COM
position, The Ladies' Home Journal
has just made public an attractive &C.
ries OF liberal prizes for the best oIigi-
nal musical composition by composers
resident in the United States and Csn-
ada. The prizes call for o waltz, q pi-
sno composition, u pleasing ballad and
. popular song, an anthem aud the
four best hymn tunes. The compete
ton is open until November next.
The opportunity has an additional at
tractiveness since the prize COMPOSE
tons will form part of q series for which
Strauss Is writing an original waltz aud
OuaIltS uOuuOu 8uu OH AAbhug Coiit"
van each an original song.
The August number Of Scribner's
Magazine IL, 10 the annual Fiction
Number" there IS no continued mat
ter In III, and contains this year seven
complete short stories-four of them
illustrated, each by u simple artist.
Amodg the writers we note such popu-
lar names ss II. G.. Bunner, L. X. SulIi-
van, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Octave
Thanet and Duncan Campbell Scott.
The Midsummer (August) number of
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly has an
appropriately breezy and outdoor tone
throughout. The leading article. "Sum-
mer Outing by the Midnight Sum-" by
Anna NJ. Reed, is admirably written IN
this spirit, and occupies fresh fields by
describing the voyage 10 Norwsy's won-
derland and the North Cape. In an
other charming descriptive article "Tne
Tuscan Coast" is visited. "Some French
Women OF letters" including Nine.
Adam, sevepIne. 'Gyp," Carmen
SYLVIA" Judith Gautmer end others
are interestingly characterized by Ar
thur Hornblnw.