The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-17
JULY MAGAZINES.

PuOiiSHeu july ~ Will contain the opening
chapters of a new short serial story by
captain Charles King, entitled Corporal
Fred'S Commission"
Harper's Weekly of July "a will contain
an interesting and important article on
The Breeding of Wheat" by w. S. Har-
MOOD WOOD, and Israel c. Russell will describe
The Wheatlands of Washington"
Among the various features of the sum-
mer number of Poet Lore attractive to
leisurely students of literature is School
of Literature" which gives a reading
course for vacation time, and outline
studies of Tennyson's lyrics, "Of Old Sat
freedom on the Heights" and Love Thou
the Land" and Wordsworths '"Tintern Alb
bey This is also the programme of the
Boston Browning Society.
General John M Schofeld contributes an
other chapter of secret history to the
August number of The Century the present
paper dealing with Controversies in the
war Department. with special reference
10 the Impeachment of President Johnson.
Ihls Will treat particularly of the contro-
Yefsy between General Grant and Secretary
stanton, which fnally led to the impeach-
ment Of the President of the United States.
The International Magazine .(Chicago)
contains unique but useful feature 1t
Is a classified list of first-class passengers
going abroad from Atlantic and Pacific
ports of this country and Canada. BY re-
ferr1ng to 1t when it appears each month,
OIle MAY Tedu the names or all people re-
siding in any given locality who have left
our shores. The list is arranged first by
States, then towns and then the names
are alphabetically arranged in the towns.
Art has all seasons for its own and dates
do not matter; so that the fact that the
current issue of Mr.. Bowless Modern Art
bears the label, Winter number is far
from signifying that it Is not up to date -
After some decorative experiments Mr.
earlier l.
city Of his cover design and the typographi-
cal features that first made his publication
SO distinctive. Claude Monet, Whistler and
Emile Gale are subjects of papers, and
among the illustrations are reproductions
from Whistler Monet, Gale and Velas-
quez. Miss Mary Y. Robinson contributes
an article on The Art of the Home and
HEARTH" and the editor writes of "Ameri-
can Arts and Crafts " a picture of Mac
Monniess much-talked-of "Bacchante" is
a feature of the number. The magazine en-
ters upon its fifth volume with this issue.
Prof. Max Muller relates this anecdote in
his paper on Royalties" in the Cosmopolis:
With regard to royal personages, they
have the great advantage that they are to
their business born. They have not be-
come, they were born royal l was much
struck by the extraordinary power of obser-
walton Of a French friend of mine who
when in 1855 the Queen and the Empress
Eugene entered the Grand Opera at Paris
together, and were received with immense
lishman, and said Look at the difference
between your Queen and our Empress.
They had both bowed most graciously. and
then sat down Did you not observe he
continued, how the Empress looked around
to see If there was a chair for her before
she sat down? But your Queen, born
Queen, sat down without looking. She knew
chair must be there, as surely as she is
Queen of England. "
Prof Max Muller contributes to the July
CosmOpolis the first of a series of papers on
Royalties" He says: 1T has been my
good fortune to see a good deal of royalty
during the whole of my life. 1 say good
fortune on purpose for, with all the draw
backs inherent in court life, royal persons
enjoy some great advantages Their posi-
ton is assured and we'll defined. 1t requires
no kind of Self-aSsertion, and wherever
they appear they have no equals, no rivals
and hardly any enviers. They know that
their presence always gives pleasure, and
is highly appreciated. They seldom have
any inducement to try to appear different
from what they are, or to disguise what
ing a bishop, Stanley used to say, except
that you can speak your own mind? The
same applies to crowned heads. and if some
of them, and it may be some bishops, also,
do not avail themselves of their privilege,
it is surely their own fault" The. most of
the current article Is devoted TO the Duke
of AnhaltDessau, who was the great per-
sonage of Muller'S native town, Dessau,
when he was a boy Although he was one
of the small German princes he had all of
the best attributes of a ruler, and his story
makes an entertaining chapter.
The Strand Musical Magazine, a COM
panion to the well-known English Maya
zine. the Strand, contains in each issue, in
addition to several literary contributions
bearing on musical themes number OF
musical compositions of high class for the
voice and for various instruments. Atten-
ton is called by this magazine to the mar
velous changes in musical taste which have
taken place since the accession of Queen
Victoria: From 1897 to 1897 is a far cry,
and it seems difficult to realize the enor-
nous changes in the musical conditions of
London. In the year of her Majesty's ac-
cession Beethoven had been dead only
eleven years, and a great deal of his music
was still caviare to the general public;
Cherubini and Spontini were still alive;
Mendelssohn was only twenty-elght years
of age and the idol of the British public;
Wagner and Verdi were young men OF
twenty-four, both totally unknown to
fame; Gounod was youth of eighteen and
Saint-Saens a. baby in arms; Brahms and
Rubinstein We're children, while Bizet,
Tschaikowsky, Dvorak, Sullivan, Grieg and
many others who have since become cele-
brated were yet unborn Meyerbeer, Au-
Der and Rossini were in the zenith OF their
fame. RosSini's operas were the rage, ana
famous singers, such as Rubini, Tamburinl,
Lablache and GriSi were in their prime.
Those were the days of vocal acrobats.
situation, and lorded it over the COM
poser"
A writer in the Inland Educator (Terre
Haute) makes a plea for more leisure for
the teachers Of public schools-a need too
often forgotten by superintendent who
crowd unnecessary work upon them.
Teaching" he truly says, lis one of those
professions which react heavily upon the
nervous system, and the general health
Use of energy means waste, and demands
repair If it is true that we should do
everything to promote the health of the
child it is equally true that we must pay
full attention to the health of the teacher
and physical matter? Is the teacher ex-
cepted from natures law, so that he never
gets tired, never brain-fatlguedE II we
want good schools, we must first have
healthy wel-nourished, and well-equipped
teachers with a sincere and broadly edu-
not only to do office routine work, but to
give at least to the general teachers gen.
eral instruction in the branches taught.
AS the teacher, so is the school. 1t is as
tonishing to see how many school man
ayers seem to lose sight entirely of this
the teachers with work, frequently OF the
most trivial nature: would not call meet
ingS two or three times every week after
regular school hours thus destroying all
love for the profession and lowering the
standard of the work. High intellectual
work calls for ample time TO mediate and
create; for daily fresh air and invigorating
exercise"
1t Is July.
When the scarlet cardinal tells
Her dreams the dragon fly.
And he Il