Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-11-10

the contrary, both politicians are emf
nently domestic. 1 have found Mr.,
Plat, as we'll as Mr.. Wood, to be a very
lovable man in private life. Exon
gresham Wood is nearly twenty years
the senior of ex-senator, but they made
good comrades, although so diametric
in politics. The former, although 76
years old, gives daily attention to his
newspaper, directing its policy, super
vising its business details, placing his
imprimatur on every editorial and aud
iting every weekly payroll. Both Of
these Fifth Avenue Hotel habitues are
wealthy, hospitable and generous. They
are political institutions Of the city,
marching as celebrities, in company
with Mayor Strong or Richard Croker,
Chauncey Depew or Car Roosevelt.
Indeed, I never yet knew political
leader-and my procession of them
moves from the year 1S40-whose So
cial side was not tender and interest
ing, a remark which applies even to
the much vilified Richard Croker.
Think Of the Christmas numbers Of
the magazines already made up and
ready for the press, so as to reach all
points of the Union for the day Of home
publication. And the editor of the
North American Review informed me
yesterday that its future numbers were
scheduled as to articles into the New
Year. This necessity of pre-prepara-
ton more or less injuries the up-to-da-
tiveness of the topics treated. And the
ingenuity OF the different editors to
avoid conflict of topic and and sameness
of treatment is, Of course, greatly chal-
lenged. New York City now issues fif-
teen monthly magazines. Harper" "
Leslie" and Cooley are the eldest,
and the metropolitan" the junior;
though another, the international" %
is promised for the New Year. The
two first, along with the Century" and
"Scribner," remain high-priced. But
the Mcclure" the Cooley and. the
"MLnsey" sell at dime. The "Har-
per" the Century" and the "Scribner"
are each clquely, anc bear an impress
of sameness, month by month. One
generally can fancy who will be the
contributors of those magazines, and
guess at the subjects to come in next
number. The Leslie now under edi-
torship Of Henry Tyrrell-replacing
Nm. Leslie, who sold it TO company
shows the impress Of its editor,
charming poet. an able critic and wide
awake entrepreneur. And it continues
what Frank Leslie named it, Popular
Monthly" I fancy I am pronouncing
q popular verdict when l say that the
Mcclure Magazine" is the best of all.
Its November number is a wonderful
specimen as beginning with rare pho
tos and pictures, life Of Lincoln, that
must inevitably become his leading
biography. 1t takes the lead in adver-
tisements of any of the magazines, and
we all know what a large income that
brings out of which to eXpend outlay
for famous contributions and the eX-
travigance of finished pictorial use. |
notice for instance, ninety-two pages
of reading matter, but 102 pages Of ad-
vertisements at probably $50 page.
There are eighty illustrations of letter
press and forty of advertisements; and
every picture is worthy Of being cut
out to compose a first class pictorial
album. What a jump such magazine
makes from the "KnickerbOcker' and
Graham of q century ago. But the
New York magazines have dangerous
rival in the monthly Ladies Home
Journal" of Philadelphia, the success
of which has been deservedly phenome-
nal. Foreigners who visit this city re-
mark. what omnivorous readers Amer
leans are. Why, London, has only six
magazines. and in all Great Britain
there are not as many as are published
in this city. Unprophetic Edinburg
reviewer vert thou, who, noticing in
1881 a Harper publication, wrote sneer-
inelv: But who reads an American
book" Have not American readers
made the fortunes of Du Maurier
through his impossible novel Of "Tril-
bv" and Of Hall Game, through his
more than possible novels OF the
aDeemster' and THE Manxman"
Literary America would form a capital
theme for a review article in Arena"
or Forum"
A. OAEY HALL.