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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Ladies, HOME Journal for Deeembs

The Christmas Ladies' Home Journal
opens with a page of pictures OF Deaullul
children, selected from thousands q POT
traits. The children's holiday greeting IS
a pleasing Introduction to the excellent
articles pertaining to the great festal
season. One of these interestingly De-
scribes Christmas in the Palace at Pots
dam. telling how the German Emperor
and Empress and the Royal children ce.e-
brate the day. There are also two admir-
able short stories + e ..Gbr;atmas al az me
Trimbles.'" A feature that will arouse
widespread interest is the first letters OF
a series giving The Inner Experiences
of a Cabinet Members Wife They pre-
sent an inside view of Washington's po-
liticaI and social life, as has never before
been lone in any magazine. h letters
of the first installment makes obvious the
reason for Withholding the writer's name.
Every reader of fiction will be delighted
to find the opening hapter OF HamlIn
2. Wilkins carries her readers into her
~favorite realm, New England, in one OF
her sketches, THE Christmas Sing in Our
Village" and Lillian Bell, in her second
letter from London, sums up her studies
of English men and women at short range
IN keen and brilliant epigram. Edward w.
the Christmas of the youth and the aged,
and decries the use of slang by girls, and
the habit of talking about ones ills. me
only correct and authorized version OF
'1ne IOSI S1lOl SfC4 IL ti4D
country appears, with an autograph note
nv its famous composer, Sir Arthur Sulli-
van. Practical articles on Christmas tell
of suitable things to make for gifts, and
detail games, amusements, etc. Mrs.
Rorer in addition to her cooking lesson,
has an instructive article on candy max
ing, and another on how TO set the CHRIST
dinner. The excellence of the illustrations
is striking, and in every feature the
Christmas Journal is attractive n
useful.
Womanss Home Companion for De-
cember.
In the variety, interest and timeliness Of
ifs literary features, n in the beauty of
lis Illustrations, the December "Woman's
Home Companion" is a notable number.
The cover design. breathing the spirit Of
the Christmas holidays, is by j. e. Leyen-
decker, and is especially clever in concep-i
ton and execution. Christmas stoIes
are contributed by popular writers, in
PelI: Srhe Mothers Christmas and the
Daughter's,' by Harriet Prescott Spot
ford; IA Christmas Bullet" by opie
Read, and "A Christmas Stiff by Ab i
tilted ssSongs of Yuletide," such clever
verse-makeTs as Clinton Scollard. Err
nest MCCARTHY, Ella HIgginson and Viii
court Of king Winter is a clever sug-
g u Tsnce fer Hpll Win herIaag w enfegsa IF !sTbs
HlCICilIG KILL v ilk = ~ = liz
Rp,lt discusses '"The Christmas
Tree and Holiday Parties and Feasts';
I. Maud Souders chats cleverly about the
contents of sThe Christmas Bookshelf;
.Jean Roberts presents a novel idea in "A
Game Of Chess; Hezekiah B~utterworth
has something pertinent to say about
sChristmas Merriments," and w. Bert
Foster furnishes the Christmas story for
Inc little folk. Aside from the purely
soliday features there are many other
r>nd hines Including the closing chan
fers Of Julia M~agruder's story. "A Real
ized IDEAL; the SECOND part Of Women in
fuines1 at Home. by Mrs. F. M. Colby;
ssThe Voice" by Eleanor Morton Parker;
"a Dainty LUNCH Set" by Helen Mar
Adams: rFancies in Winter Gowns
BLOUSE Jackets and Coats" odds and
Ends Of Fashitr." floral gossip. etc. Such
artists as Albert D. Blashfeld, Harry
Roseland, Florence England Nosworthy,
Martin Justice. Freder.ek Mccormick and
decorations for the Christmas Com
p~anion."