Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04
MA0AziHES FOR DECEMBER.

The first part of 1.-THE Workers." deal.
ing with the rural regions Of the East,
IL concluded In this issue with vivid
picture of life "1n Logging Camp in
the Pennsylvania mountains. A more
varied lot of Interesting characters ap-
pears in this experience than In any
previous one. In Its comprehensive
grasp of character. II II a fOrctaste of
what Mr.. wyckOff will do In the series
10 begin In 1893. dealing with "The
Workers in the West" especially In the
congested labor market of Chicago. No
serial feature In Scribner's has ever
excited more intense interest among all
classes than this.
The New Time continues It's attack
on Carroll ID. Wright's labor statistics
In the December number Of that wide
awake reform magazine. II. l.. Bliss
asserts that the Commissioner Of sta.
tistics has deliberately misrepresented
the facts. and asserts that Col. Wright
has compared figures which he has Off.
cially declared to he Incompatible and
that there Is no actual basis for the
claim that wages have increased since
1880. Justice Walter Clark of the M
preme Court Of North Carolina contrib
utes spirited article entitled, III
Christ should Come to Earth To-day,
Who Would Receive Him and Who
Would Cruelty Him. Gov. John Il.
Rogers Of Washington has n scholarly
article on Fundamental Propositions"
and the magazine II filled with first.
class material. Richard Llnthicum,
who has been termed the american
Kipiing." is In his best vein In "A Sil.
yer Heels Christmas Gift" which Is
well illustrated by Artist Marks.
The New Time will begin the new
year with n circulation exceeding TO-
100. In less than yenr II has won It's
way into popular favor ana It's editors
have demonstrated that reform mag.
nxine can he made success. No one
who pretcnds to keep abreast Of the
thought Of the day can Ike without The
New Time. and II II doing an educa.
tional work Of a value beyond cOmpu.
| tatiOn.
Everything In December magazine
covers pays outside tribute to the
Christmas season. either In color Illus.
tratiOn or In the stereOtyped line,
"Christmas Number" Tradition has II
that everything dropping wet from pc.
riOdical presses any time after the first
frost south Of Mason and Dixon's line
shall be Christmas number. No pub
Usher has the hartlihood to determine
by Its omission whether or not the pub.
lie has tired of this. but In very many
lay minds there In furtivc idea that
a good, hot Fourth Of July number nj
this particular time would have made
n signal stroke for success.
Russian Humanity" by Truxtou
Bcale. leads the Cosmopolitan. "Well
Dressed Women" by Elsie A. de Wolfe
follows. with Photographic reproduc
lions Of well.knOwn women. "'rhe Wal
Of the Worlds" comes to an end, and
"rhe History Of Our Late War Will
SPAIN II scheduled to cease In the Jan
uary number. Harry Thurston Peel
discusses a future "Great National
Newspaper" after showing up thu
shortcomings Of metropolitan journals
which, he says, nre not national
Throughout the table Of contents II In
teresting.
The Ladies' Home Journal continue,
In its makeup, which has the effect o.
confusing advertisements with litera
ture. Lillian Bell II in London In thi
number. but she Is going to Paris 10
more hystcria for the January issue
1.-THE Inner Experiences Of u Cabine
Minister'S Wife'-which has no rela
ton whatever to therapeutics-bcgin
In this number. Hamlin Garland con
tributes q story called "rhe Doctor,
which will be continued into the New
Year. "a Christmas with an EmpC
rOr," by Nagel Won Brave, IL the stOr'
&. the holiday season In the home o
the German Emperor. Mary u. VIII
kins. Ruth McEnery stuart ana Mrs
A. ID. r. whitney contribute Christina
stories. The Illustrations ana specia
features IRE good.
The Metropolitan Magazine has al
artistic cover and some well-illustrate
pages. I'm u London Twilight" mis-
Santa Claus" ana ~ Christmas Due
ut Luck" are It's fiction features.
The Black Cat for December prints
49, 600 prize story, but after its title
, page yOwl over possible infringement
of copyrights. II IL doubtful II any on
will have the temerity to review til
, story.
u. GOdey's Magazine IL a creditabl
|, number. Its half-tOnes are excellen
!, \ paper on amateur photography ia 81
I pecially attractive to students Of til
I dark room, ana the fiction contents ar
' inviting.
r Current Literature for Decembf
I seems to have "cut ana pasted" wit
!. It's usual discrimination. Its tribute
Q Christmas Is Il page of verse.
2 sA0LETS.
Mondays meeting of the Count
s Board ended the work of that body IL
v the present fiscal year. 1t will con
a mence the second ana last years teri
l