The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-09
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

Whatever may be thought of the i'm
portance of the disquistions by the modern
advanced woman on the "tyrant man." it
must be admitted that some of the COM
mentS she makes are of an entertaining
character keen and cutting, though. Sarah
Grand, author of the Heavenly Twins"
has a chapter in the North American Re-
view on 1.-The New Aspect of the Woman
Question" in which she takes the view
that it is now time for women to take men
in hand and teach them their true place
in the social fabric. Incidentally she gives
the views of man as he is. and the picture
is unfattering. True Wonanliness," she
says, ''is not in danger. and the sacred du-
ties of wife and mother will be all the more
honorably performed when women have a
reasonable hope of becoming wives and
mothers of men. But there is the difficulty
The trouble is not because women are man
niSh but because men grow ever more eff
feminate ManlinesS Is at premfSm now
because there is so little of it. and we are
accused of aping men in order to conceal
the side from which the contrast should ev-
identity be drawn. Man in his manners be-
comes more and more wanting until we seem
70 be near the time when there will be
nothing left of him but the old Adam who
true so they have nothing new to give us,
nothing either to expand the heart or move
us TO happy mirth. Their ideas of beauty
ballet dancers legs, pretty things enough
In their way, but not worth mentioning
as an aid to the moral, intellectual and
physical strength that make man. They
are sadly deficient in imagination too: that
old fallacy to which they cling, that be-
cause an evil thing has always been, there
fore 1t must always continue. inasmuch az
the result of want of Imagination of the
mans trick of evadinS the responsibility of
seeing right done In any matter that does
not Immediately affect his personal COM
fort. But there is one thing the younger
men are especially good at, and that is Civ.
ing their opinion; this they do to each 9TH
er's admiration until they verify believe ii
cussed are 'The House of Representatives
and the House of Commons. "A Present
Chance for American shipping" The Out
olies and the Workingman." Village Life
In England Dramatic Criticism" "Pris-
ons in the Old World and the New River
and Harbor Improvement and "A Naval
Union with Great Britain" The effect of
the Wilson bill on home industries is dis
cusSed by the presidents of chambers of
commerce in several large cities.
The complete novel in Lippincott is "a
Deserted Claim" by Mary f. Stickney,
and, the title indicates is a tale of far
Western and somewhat uncivilized life.
Fiction predominates, an installment of
Gilbert Parker's serial, 1.-The Trespasser,"
being given considerable space. A tragic
sketch by ". c. Morrow and an amusing
one by Joel Chandler Harris are features
of the number. Annie Nathan Meyer has a
eulogy of Ibsen, whom she calls the proph-
ct of the new womanhOod." John Gilmer
Speed writes about the training of the
saddle horse. and Charles McIlvaine of the
evolution of public roads.
McClure's Magazine for March contains
Herbert Spencer's tribute to the memory of
the late Professor Tyndall. Portraits of
both Tyndal and Spencer are given. NJ. II.
Spieman has an interesting study of John
Ruskr, as he appears in his home life. a
paper by Ida NJ. Tarbell describes the sci
entihc method of Identifying criminals in use
in France. Conan Doyle has graphic pic
ture of life on q whale ship in the Arctic
seas. The fiction consists of two short
stories by Octave Thanet and Rudyard
Kipling, respectively, and an installment of
Stevenson and Osbourne's serial THE Ebb
Tide"
Readers of st. Nicholas are now following
the fortunes of tom Sawyer Abroad" as
related by Mark Twain. The story of
!. ''Toinette's Philip grows almost tragic in
intensity, but the boy reaches the end of
his long Journey i'm safety and his troubles
are evidently near an end. Among the
more serious articles are "A Lesson in
Electricity" and the history of THE Cat
Family in This Country"
There are magazines for all ages, from
the cradle TO the grave. The kindergarten
News is not periodical for little people to
read. but is for the benefit and instruction
of the elders who teach the children. Those
who are interested in child life and i'm
proved methods of education will find much
practical information and many sugges-
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Mass.
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