People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-12-03
LITERARY NOTES.

OOhlDNEh 3 ut OuIlSbuluS DCTlDE
ner has another of those brilliant
and beautiful cover IN gold and col
OrS that first attracted popular IA
yOrOn last summers Fiction Num-
Der. The Christmas design Is by
BrysOn Burroughs. al OF the fc-
tiOn in the number There are nine
complete short stOrieS) Is OF remark
able quality and variety. The de-
partmentS end poems complete the
most attractive Christmas number
that Scribner's has ever published.
THE HOUsEKEEPER.-With possibly
one exception, there is no domestic
magazine more widely or favora-
bly, known than The HOuSekeeper of
Minneapolis, MINI. From the
standpoint of practical helpfulneSs
to the housewife it is without a
peer.
1t is published twice month, each
issue comprising twenty or more
large pages. The subscription price
10 Oull MY NCuUS lCdls
In point of circulation the House
keeper is the strongest periodical
published in the entire West or
South, and if there beany virtue in
high character, good quality and
low price, it will continue to grow.
The publishers will send sample
copy free to applicants.
ARENA.-The December Arena is a
brilliant number. 1t opens with a
well written and eminently sensible
article on THE Relation Of Art to
Religion" by the widely known
sculptor, William Ordway Partridge,
and closes with another of viii Al
len DrOmgoOle's inimitabIe short
stories entitled "Sweet'Laases," in
which, as usual, the humOr and
pathOS are deliciOuSly blended.
Within these limits are to be found
valuable papers on a great variety Of
subjects, in proof Of which it is Suf-
ticient to cite merely the names of
some of their writers: Prof. Frank
ParSOn of Boston University School
of Law, Edward Everett Hale, ID.
Mary A. Livermore. Lillian Whit
Ing, Camille FlammariOA, the great
French astronomer, Eltweed Pom
eroy, B. o. Flower, Ellen NJ. Hen
IOtin, etc. Camille FlammariOn
contributes psychiCal romance OF
great interest, entitled "a Celestial
Love- There are two fine portraits
of William Morris and Rev. E. A.
Horton.
CHRISTMAS LADIES HOME JOURNAL.
The Christmas Ladies Home Jour-
nal far SurpaSSeS in general excel
lence and attractiyeneSs any previ-
Gus issue Of that magazine. Its del.
icaIe-tOned cover most artiStically
SymOUilZeo Christmas, and the senJi-
ment and spirit of the holiday season
are reflected in its pages. An APP
DrOpriate opening is charcaterizl-
ton of "ScrOUge," from Dickens
christmas Carol" the first Of
Charles Dana Gibson'S series Of
sketches OF the great nOvelists best
known characters. Not less inter
eSting, and revealing the humor
and pathOS Of the Christmas of the
children of the very poor, is a page
of NJ T. WoOlf's waits. In sharp
and bright contrast is an article by
Lady Seune. telling What Christ
mas Means to Queen Victoria" and
feature Of romantic interest is a
delightfully."- illustrated article On
the CreOieS Of New Orleans by Ruth
McEnery Stuart. Mrs. Henry Ward
Beeoher, in the SecCnd Of the Great
Personal Events" papers. recalls
when Mr.. Beecher Sold Slaves in
Plymouth Pulpit" the eXcitment
incident to those remarkable slave
auctions and their wde-reaching ef-
feet being graphically detailed. Elk
President Harrison's theme is The
Judicial Department of the Gov
ernment," Rev. Charles H. Park
hurst, D. D., writes of "The Young
Man on the Fence" Dwight l..
Moody gives his second lesson to his
great Sunday school class. and
'DrOch" writes delightly about
books. There are besides the usual
departments, poems by James Whit
comb Riley, Frank L. Stanton and
Others, articles on Christmas gifts,
Christmas daintieS, Christmas enter
tainments and festivals, and the
home. The current Journal is eX-
ceptiOnally rich in Illustrations and
interesting in everv line. By The
Curtis Publishing Company, Phila-
delphia; one dollar per year, 10 cts.
per copy.