Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-30
Literary.

"A scTltS Vi portTalts Vi I1dii Sdlne5
the author of The Manxman," will
appear in the April number of Nc
Cures Magazine.
Edward Atkinson has written for
the April number of the Forum an
article of unusual economic interest
on The Battle of Standards and the
Fall of Prices" showing why prices
have declined and on what articles.
Scribner's Magazine for April
abounds in Easter features. The
cover itself is a very striking ar
rangement of lilies. The frontis-
piece is particularly excellent en-
craving by Closson of painting
called The Worphipers." Then
follows a striking series of Easter
pictures by four of the best illustra-
tors of our day-Smedley, Lynch.
Abbey and Weeks. These illustra-
tons represent Easter scenes in New
York, Paris, old England and Jeru-
salem. Another original feature of
the number is an Easter HYMN.
written many years ago by Thomas
Blackburn. interpreted in a series of
six full pages by Henry McCarter.
These pictures ere of remarkable
decorative value. The number
abounds in other interesting reading.
Home and Country, New York. for
April, the Easter number. has a very
appropriate and seasonable as well as
beautiful frontispiece entitled. IAN
! Easter Morn" 1t is but one of sew
eral full page engravings in the
highest art. The illustrated articles
are: An Easter of Ye Olden Time
and Easter HYMNS, by Rev. T. p.
Hughes, ID. D.; Our Jennie, by X. F..
Francillon: Life Among the Afghans.
by Betram Bernard: In Sunset-Land.
(poem). by Roy Farrell Greene: The
Doctors story. by Roger Macdonald:
Venetian Glass, by Florian Martell;
Free kindergarten Schools, by Caro-
line b. lie Row; Waiting for a Story.
(poem), by c. A. c.; the New Birth
of India. by Rev. j. B. Whitford:
You Can't Always Tell, (poem). by
Ida C. Tulloch. and The Nugget
Gulch Plan. by Capt. Jack Crawford,
the poet scout.
The Beautiful Models of Paris, :"
in the March Cosmopolitan. satisfy a
long felt curiosity in regard to the
women who have been posing for the
worlds famous paintings. The Cos
mopolitan has carefully gathered a
collection of the most famous of these
portraits and used them TO illustrate
an interesting article by distin-
guished French critic, Fir. Thiebault
Sisson. Nor does the beauty of the
originals fall short of the ideal on the
painters canvas. In the same num-
Der is delightful article about the
famed sea-girt isle, for so many GEN.
turtles fortress and prison-Mont-
Saint-Nlichel. ..Pearl-Diving and Its
Perils." by an English naval officer,
written from personal experiences, is
perhaps the most thrilling tale of ex-
ploration of the oceans depths ever
put on paper. The fiction of this
number is unusually entertaining.
Probably no two words in the
English language are more misused
and abused than lady" and "wo-
man." and there is much wisdom.
therefore. in popular discussion of
the proper usage of the words. such
as is given in the April Ladies' Home
Journal by Margaret Deland, Mrs.
Burton Harrison and Sarah Orne
Jewett. The Burning Question of
Domestic Service" is treated intelli-
gently and Interestingly by the count
ess of Aberdeen. Jessie Bartlett
Davis, the well known contralto of
the '.Bostonians," contributes a val
liable article on the Uses of a Con-
tralto Voice." Mrs. Burton Harrison
speaks of the department of The
Well Bred Girl Abroad" and her
travel requirements; Kate Greena-
way, whose quaint pictures have
never before appeared in the pages
of a magazine, is represented by a
page Of April children, whose histor-
les are delightfully."- told in rhyme by
Laura +. Richards. The Story of
a Vivacious Girl" is the title of a
new, bright novelette, of girl-life of
today which Grace Stuart Reid be-
gins and Frank o. Small illustrates.