Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-12
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Tho puhlishers OF Current Topics have
called around them an able CORPS OF
contributors. well calculated 10 popnlRIl@o
/ the magazine and give tone 60 Us pases,
] The opening article IL a nsevasiVn n
Helen NJ Cougar and William 4 eieau
! ON the wickedness Of Chicago. Mrs
! Cougar draws vivid picture oil inc pre-
yaiiing wrctrhedness and vice, ana het
| remedy lies In the bringing INTO pfaeueai
service views of Henry George, those. O.,
the Prohibition party. free traders ciNh
rergica and Acknowledgement for womcn:
Mr. Stead In vigorous English, writes OF
''prohibitiou vs. the Saloon" and tavors
the Norwegian system of mnnlcibaiihins
/ the drink traffic. or, If that inll, mat
The advocates Of temperance supply IN
the various wards something IN the pace
of the saloon which will supply at least
as well as saloons do the needs OF our
common humanity This he regarus as
the first step necessary before the tenn
/ pcrnnce campaign can hope 10 be- able
I 10 effect prohibition. Each article has
a portrait Of the respective writer,
The majority Of the articles nre not OF
undue length, and there IL, therefore,
! pleasing variety, One OF the excellent
! features is sketch of the late GeaFgt
| w Chids In connection with which a
I fne photogrnvurc Of the late phllanthro-
/ pis. Is given The sketch is an earnest
I tribute TO his memory by one OF the as
s1cinte editors Of the Philadelphia Pun
/ he Ledger the editor aud publisher OF
] which the late George W. CLills had
| been for many years Poetry and 70
| nance have o prominent place IN THIS
/ number OF the magazine; in fact u would
/ DO difficult to arrange IL more entertain.
I ing number, covering wider range oil
| timely topics ANA interestinE literature
The Atlantic Monthly, March; Hongh-
/ tom. Mihn * Company, publishers. Bos-
/ ton Yearly subscription, 81
The Atlantic Monthly for March opens
with the third ius.allment of Margaret
/ Delnl'- phillip and His Wife" in
( which the martial differences Of the pair
I seem no nearer an anicnble adjustment
! Than az any time since the union OF the
/ ili-assOrtcd pair
! Mrs Kate Douglas Wigrin has q force
| ful and pathetic story Of Now England
/ life, The Fore Room Rug Maurice
| Thompson in "Saphio Secret speaks Of
/ the world power with which SapphO seems
! 10 have been endowed and attributes it
/ in large measure to her art In linking
! words together so as TO have them seem
her own creation and giving to them
/ onilpolent energy.
The article which merits general ntlcn-
! ton : the one by Nicholas Murray But
] Ter, Reform Of Secondary Education IN
! The United States In which he discusses
| ilic report ~ the committee Of ten of
n
| report which Is elctiug much comment
! from writer's for iho daily press OF the
/ country II would be extremely pleasant
| to make cppinus extracts from this. but
| the dimensions Of the Book Table forbid
The Period, Mrs. Olive r. lee pro-
| prietor, Dalius, Tex. Terms $3.50
| year
Aside from the cuttings from leading
| journals ON the current political and
! commercial topics there are only a paper
/ read by Mrs Cote before the woman's
| congress and q poem. deserted" by
| Mrs. l-aing. The article, women In
| Literature and Journalism" is most
! happily conceived and expressed and the
| Period has done good work In giving II
a larger audience than when u was de-
| iivered at the congress. There are facts
| SET forth 10 this article which are un-
/ known TO even Intelligent persons. For
| instance. that the daily paper owes its
origin to woman, the first being ne
credited to Elizabeth Mallet in London in
1902
Frank Lcsllc's Popular Magazine,
March; Mrs, Frank Leslie, publisher,
| no Fifth avenue. New York.
10 any ono having the slightest in
| forest IN parliamentary bodies the open
Ing article Of Frank leslie for March
Is full Of information Frederic S. Dan
iels gives in European Parliaments'
| short concise description of the methods
ia use in the English parliament, thu
| French chamber of deputies, the German
rpichstag and the Italian parliament,
| The numerous Illustrations add TO the
interest aud serNp to fix the narration
In the mind Of the reader. "nhe Mar
| cOtic Of the Andes by Courtney De
Nalh, tells of some OF the curious habits
Of The South American Indians, hut deals
principally with the narcotic Of that
country, tho "Cocao," which 1t Is be.
licyed by the inhabitants of the Andes
give strength and power of endurance
when chcwNd Richard Malcolm John.
son, one of the most popular of short
story writers, tells Miss Clsbys Ro-
three CHAPTERS Of the continued novel,
ihe Silver shafts by Frances Swami
Williams, are given in this number
William H.. Garrison with his irenchant
blade opens a chamber of horrors when
ne details the different methods Of cap
tries,
Ihcrc Is an admirable character study
Of IEndal with p0rtruit and a number
of lifting Illustrations
Dixie Poems, by orie Bower; pnb-
lished by the Bower Rock compsny.
Denver, Col Price. 80 cents.
poems by Mr.. Bower known MS "The
LAWYER Poet OF the Rockies.n The first
seventy or more pages arc filled with
poems relating to Dixie "as twas In
o. ana as the writer Ia Il Sonthron
Us he says by fate Of birth" they are
Intensely sectional Occasionally he
rises 10 certain degree of dignity, hut
in NO instance does he reach a noint
which Indicates an ability to write tho
songs Of peOple, In the miscellaneous
poems he exhibits the talent Of one
whose lines are mere ilngles. destitute
OF high sentiment and OF laurh-inspirins
hnmor and who has little claim 10 be-
called q poet His limos ON iife well H.
lusiratc his peculiar genius:
a pity u 81, that "'tis human 10 crr.r
That ne Is hut strife, bubble, a
wMch errors can end with a sigh and a
1uralns ogc to sour milk without storing
lifr's cream.
The Book Table has received from the
house Of Tiffany X Go. "A handsomely
designed pamphlet containing tho por.
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fanny, tunder and present director Of the
immense business so elegantly exhibited
at the Columbian exposition. The story
Of Mr., Tlhlny's life is worthy the study
Of the youth OF this country. for he Is
one of the successful men who has grow N
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