The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04


Her Brother" by Corr Stuart Wheeler
which Is also richly Illustrated, Will In
| torest not only those in the neiehbofng
United States. Mrs. Grace Hudson. The The
| well known california painter contributes
q number of beautiful Illustrations from
about her and her work In 1.-THE Call.
fcrnia Indian ON Canvas" by Ninetta
Games
Southern woman thus writes OF the
verb ITO Woo" in Leslie's Weekly; a
Southern man can interpret the verb ito
| WOO in all its Intricate moods and lenses.
1t is doubtful II the Northerner genuinely
understands single phase OF It. With
him Il Is not SO much the woolng as the
winning that Is the main point. and his
stupid bungling defeats its own object. II
| a Virginia girl the other day. Just think
of 1t, she may never have heard a man
that rs, as the darx,es say, love what Is
the real thing, and by q man what knows
how. The Northern lover does not hint
of sweet eyes and winning ways and
matter fact-too intent on getting
somewhere, or getting back from some
| where; and his manners!-well. woodeny
| does not express IT.
A quaint and charming love story OF old
Virginia is told In the series of love letters
which Mrs. Sally Nelson Robins of the
| Virginia Historical society publishes in
the April number of the Atlantic Monthly.
| These letters wore written by the young
ana beautiful willow OF the famous ROYAL
| Governor Spotswood of Virginia and her
| lover the rector of the parish. who won
her heart and hand after an heroic siege.
LArt de la Mode, the we'll known fash
ion journal published by the Morse
Broughton company OF New York. con-
,a5ns in every number one of a series Of
articles on practical Lessons in Dress
making" useful alike 10 the novice and
| TO the more experienced dressmakcr. Com
mencng with the February issue each
number also contains one of o series of
| papers on Tho Correct Thing" The first
| paper deals with church weddings and
explains all the perplexing little aues-
tons that always arise on these moment
ous occas'o ne. THIS feature is ono that
| has never before been attempted by u
said, has never been more carefully and
correctly written UP In any other mag
| azine.
In the March issue OF the Lotus the
bill of fare contains the following: "The
Corporal's Mercy" by Corporal +. L.
Clayton one OF Uncle Sans troopers in
the Western reserve, and fine solder,
lover and story writer, whom tie editor
of The Lotus has discovered for li,era-
ture; "isabel's smile a romance by
Charles Nj. skinner. the author of Nalua-
bile work, Myths and Legends of Amer
lea" and The well known dramatst Of
OTIS SINNERS "NHlon the Nasnhond;
| Talked Out. sketch of life in south
American wilderness by the well known
correspondent, q. Frederic Russell; The
Revival of the Essay a. COSBY paper oil
some awakening OF Ola literary fashions
and tendencies, by Jonathan Penn, and
a weird story of romantic aud conjuEal
love, by Walter Blackburn Harte, called
Earth Haunted"
The growing taste in the United States
for decorative painting. as shown in The
costly decoration of many recent struc-
cunss. public and private, gives special
thickness and interest 10 a paper by Mr..
VIII II. Low in McClure's Magazine for
April Mr.. Low. by his well known cell
Ing In the Waldorf hotel and other work
of this kind, is himself closely Identified
with the new movement. and in this pa
per he touches upon the origin ana extern
OF ii, and then considers, Geographically
and critically, the three greatest masters
OF decorative painting, in recent times.
| The paper is richly illustrated with repro
ductlons ii celebrated paintings by Pau
Baudry, Puyls de chayannes. and others.
The editor OF the Review OF Reviews
passes suggestive comment on the latest
phases OF the Greco-Turkish question. He
holds that the only reasonable solution
of the Cretan difficulty is to place Crete
definitely IN the keeping of Greece. .. II
theory 4 that RUSSIA is playing waiting
game. and chat the other great powers
are playing into her hands. The key,sw
raproduces a portion of the Athens
f,phemcris of recent date, containing war
news and comment printed IN modern
Greek, together with several striking car
toons showing the Hellenic point OF view.
The secret of Mark Twain's remarkable
popularity will be explained in the April
number of tho Atlantic Monthly IN novel
ard instructive fashion by Mr.. Charles
Miner Thompson. lie points out that In
great mcas sure the most succession BOOKS
of the humorist are essentially antoDlo-
graphical, and that the great persohahN
that dominates them IS In all essential re
spects "A typical American, In ms way
there IS q strange binship betWeeH~apfa-
ham Lincoln and Mark Twain
Beginning with the issue of March, 1877
the London Studio will publish an Amer
jean edition. THIS Will appear simutane-
ously with the English edition, from me
Office OF Mr.. John Lane. $40 Firth ave
nue. Kew York. 1t will be identical WIN!
the Stgdo excepting "A cover deslGh ~
WIN II. Bradley. and Il supplement- ne-
voted exclusively TO AMERICAN arr. Nhieh
will lie conducted by Mr.. Ernest hnauHt
editor OF the Art Student.
The Texas School Journal for March
has an Interesting essay upon education
by j. j. Fitzpatrick of Maria, Texas Inc
Psychology of Diet is contribution by
n. u. Abbott. who demonstrates that rood
Is matter of mental as we'll ms physical
taste. There are number of other val
| liable essays and the various departments
are filled with new ideas Tor teachers
In the April Short Stories the list OF a''-
thors includes Guy do Maupassant. who
is represented by powerful description
OF a night scene on river, David Christie
| Murray Arthur Dourllac, Erckrnat,n-
| Chaitraln and others. Ruth Lawrence con,
| tributes a clever sketch OF professional
| thief and William Virbeck an interesting
study OF Japanese life and customs enti-
tied THE Two Ronins"
The Sanitarium for March opens with
capital article by g. NJ Sternberg on
| "Preyentive Medicine" "Hyg.cnic Self
Defense" is another article In the same
vein. Mental Fatigue In Schools by
| VIM ~ Harris. draws attention 10 nm