Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-19
IiterarY.

Richard Harding Davis, who was
one of the few war correspondents to
follow the army from Cuba to Porto
Rico, and who was with the advance
from the time of landing until the
close of hostilities, gives his impress
sions of The Porto Rican Campaign"
for the November Scribner's. Cap
tain F. f. Chadwick, commanding the
flagship New York and chief of
staff to Admiral Sampson. writes of
The Navy in the War, - and presents
for the first time a deliberate profess
siOnal account of the wav the situa-
ton was met and the lessons learned
regarding modern types and classes of
vessels. The article on The Wo-
mans Paris bv Ada Gone, deals
with those aspects of the French cap
ital that are socially and commercial
" typical of its fame as the worlds
center of fashion. In going Prom
Denver to the Pacific Walter A.
Wyckoff reaches the end of his long
journey across the continent as day
laborer. G. D. Gibson further illus
trates phases of New York City life:
this time dealing with Might" The
subjects are The Musician" The
Club, " ."Outside Fleischmann' Bak-
erv, Broadway, Waiting for Bread"
In his paper on Torpedo Boats in
the War with Spain, John r. Spears
discusses the whole question of tor
pedo boat use. In Senator Lodges
line chapter on Yorktown he de-
scribes the events that led up to the
surrender of CORVALLIS, and points
out the dis heartening conditions that
a, 70, aft Ar
nold's treason. and the mastery way
in which he overcame all obstacles.
Another naval article is a vivid ac-
count of "A Night Escape" an cpl
sode of the war, told by Stevens Vail,
of the New York Naval Reserves. who
served on the cruiser Yankee. The
stories of the number include The
Great Secretary of State Interview
by Jesse Lynch Williams, a newspa-
per story of cub reporter, and The
Pelican by Edith Wharton, study
of a type of woman lecturer. Thomas
Nelson Pages fine story of Red
Rock. his first long novel ends. The
point of view deals with Imperial
ism, defective Dictionaries, and
The Spanish manner" The field of
art discusses, Photography and the
Stage"
How general the use of photography
is coming to be adopted by the mod
ern magazine as a means OF illustra-
ton is shown in the announcement of
the Ladies' Home Journal that it is
about TO publish six new. distinct
series of articles which will include
not less than 400 photographs. The
idea of the magazine is to present 100
of the prettiest country homes IN
America, to encourage artistic archI-
lecture; 100 of the prettiest gardens,
to encourage taste in Horticulture; 40
churches decorated for festal occasions
of all kinds, such as weddings. Christ
mas and Easter services, etc; some
40 of the prettiest girls rooms IN the
country; % floral Porches and vine
clad houses, and the story of the native
wild flowers in America. told in 80
photographs. Over 5000 Photog-
raphers, in every part of the country,
were employed by the magazine to
get these pictures, and several thous-
ands of dollars were paid in prize
awards for the best photographs.
The choice was made out OF over TO-
600 photographs received by the mag
aZiRe.
His Baptism of War. Among Cuban
Insurgents and Spaniards, is the
title ola new novel by Edgar r. Hoad-
lev. now in press. to be issued by F.
Nicely, New York. Advance
sheet. show thu it is a stirring story
of war timLs u aba, and il will. no
doubt. appea not only TO the soldier
who went to Cuba, and Is familiar
with its scenes. but to the boys who
hoped to go and had to remain at
home. All lovers OF a story with 90
in it will be entertained by its vivid
descriptions of chivalrous actions and
heroic deeds by flood and field