Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1896-07-16
AMONG THE MAGAZINES.

Heavy linens, Russia crash, and pioues
! are the favorite materials for midsummer
outing-gowns. Following the craze fol
embroidery on ever ything, there is q
coarse gray linen which has an above,
scroll-pattern worked upon it in chain
stitch, with white, brown, blue, or black
thread. The embroidered linen is used
for the skirt and for a deep square collar
on the coat or blazer, which is made oil
plain linen. The newest piques have tiny
Dresden flowerets embroidered in silk
scattered all over them. Sometimes the
entire suit is made OF the embroidered
fabric, but it is better to have the skirt
plain and the jacket embroidered. A
skirt OF pale pink pique is effective with
little coat of embroidered white pique ;
and the same coat can be worn with sew.
eral skirts.-From "Review OF Fashions, -
III Demorest's Magazine for July.
The Atlantic Monthly, which begins
new volume with the July number, Sc
curely holds its own place as the fore
most of our periodicals in its literary
quality, and it shows also firm and
ready grasp on the important topics of
the time. Hon. +. J. Phelps, ex-Min-
sters to England, discusses Arbitration
and our Relations to England, showing
what arbitration may do and what it
cannot do, and what diplomacy ought to
accomplish, short what England
owes to lis and we to England and the
best methods of advancing international
amity and the progress of mankind.
This number treats OF the timely subjects
in International Politics, Democratic
Tendencies, Science, Literary Methods,
Fiction, Criticism, Literary Reminis-
cence and Suggestions, and Education
with an unusual variety OF minor topics,
also another installment of the Rossetti
Letters, full of charming condolences
about the literature and the art of the
time, with pleasant "reminiscences of
Browning; another part Of Henry James's
novel "The Old Things, 1.-THE most in
teresting OF his recent works; and another
installment OF Miss Jewett's romance of
the Maine woods, "The Country of the
Pointed FRS"
The August Number of The Delineator
is called the Midsummer Number, And
the superb colored photographic plates of
Dress Modes and Millinery begun in the
July issue again form brilliant feature
of its Illustrated fashion@ The vastly
improved quality OF the general and
literary matter OF The Delineator is at
tested anew by articles from such we'll
known writer's and authorities as Prof.
Xaver Scharwenka, Julia Magruder, and
Mary Cadwalader Jones. The first
named discusses Music as Profession
for Women; Miss Magruder's Novelette,,
"rhe Serpent and the Dove" is brought
to a satisfactory conclusion, while Mrs.
Jones, writes entertainingly on the
Virtue of Simplicity. Women longingly
considering the fascination OF the wheel
will read attentively what Prof. G. a.
Won Random has to say upon the Med
ical Aspects of Bicycling. OF allied in
terest is DR.. FL. Leviseur's "Talks on
Beauty" this month devoted to the Hair.
II. G. Wood gives an amusing description
gives an amusing description of ga New
Woman's Party" Mrs. A. B. Longstreet
adds a timely warning in regard 10
POISONOUS Plants and their Antidotes,"
and the departments devoted to Season
able Cookery, Tea-Table Chat, Summer
Reading, Knitting, Tatting, Crocheting,
etc, are, as always, excellent.
The last thing written by Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, only few days before
her death, was a loving acknowledge
ment to the public for fond remembrances
and tokens and expressions OF afec-
ton esteem, OH her S5th birthday, which
she sent to The Ladies' Home Journal.
In the next issues of this magazine it
will be published in fac smile. 1t re-
fleets the beautiful nature Of the gifted
authoress, and by her death has become
her last message to the American public
Stephen Fiske, who probably knew
Dickens as intimately as did any Amer
lean, has been induced TO write Of "The
Personal Side OF Dickens" for the Sep
TENDER Ladies' Home Journal. Mr..
Fiske often spent seasons with the
famous novelist at Gad's Hill, and his
article will describe the incidents OF these
visits, Dickens home life, his method of
working, and his pastimes. 1t will pos
sibly surprise Dickens friends to learn,
through Mr.. Flske, that considerable
portion Of his library was made up of
dummy books, which, however, offered
the author target for some of his de-
lightful satire in giving them titles, and
afforded his guests great amusement
The Ideal Panacea.