The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-07
APRIL MAGAZINES.

The Indianapolis kindergarten Monthly
| for April contains, among other interest
| ing contributions, pretty little fairy story
| of the old-faShoned kind, without an oD-
trusive moral, written by Julia A. Brown
The April Home Magazine. published at
Binghamton, N. Y, by the Commercial
Travellers Association, is a special naval
number, it's leading articles having bear
| ing on the present Cuban situation. The
| opening paper is an illustrated description
| of THE Building of the Snip.
The Art Amateur for April appears with
a cover bearing an Easter design and the
imprint of new publisher, j. w. Van
| COST. The leading illustrations are from
| Da Vinci, and include his Head of the
Redeemer,' the Last Supper" Madonna
| of the Rocks" and Mona Lisa"
The Metropolitan Magazine, which de-
votes most Of it's attention to the world of
artists and actors, contains in it's April
number a sketch of the career of Amalia
| Kussner, the Terre Haute girl who has
attained such celebrity as a painter of mill
| iatureS. There is also a sketch of Amer
| ica's foremost Woman illustrator" Alice
| Barber Stephens.
Publishers of McClures Magazine state
that the announcement that Anthony
Hopes Rupert of Hentzau," now run
ming as serial in that periodical, is soon
| to appear in book form is an error. 1t can
not SO appear until it has concluded in Nc
| CIurG 5, ana TINS Will not De until MD
summer at least. In it's serial publication
| the story is now at it's most absorbing
| stage.
Mrs Elizabeth Robins Pennell has writ
ten for the April Century an account of
| trip "OVer the Alps on a Bicycle" and her
husband, Joseph Pencil, contributes many
| illustrations. Mr. and Mrs Pencil have
been ardent bicyclers for many years, and
made wheeling tours through Europe be-
fore the days OF "safeties" and pneumatic
! fnnC ~ipaO h.ai1N 40
| down the steep Alpine passes, and found
| that it was not as difficult or dangerous as
! had been reported.
Two admirals of the United States navy
will contribute to the Youths Companion
in April. Rear Admiral Lester A. Boards
lee, retired will tell of personal experiences
| in How the Yukon Was Opened to Gold
| Hunters" Rear Admiral Pierce Crosby.
| also retired, we'll known for his capture of
| late in .sThe Rarbary Pirates how Decatur
/ caused the ScourgeS of the Mediterranean
| to look the stars and stripes with whole
| some respect and fear.
| Recent issues of Leslie's Weekly put it
into the front rank of illustrated papers.
It's pictures of the Maine were among the
best produced anywhere. Its latest issue
| contains the first and only authentic photo
graphs of the principal war vessels of the
| Spanish navy, including the famous torpedo
| floulla now en- route for Su3a VIA me
| Canary islands. President Mckinney anu
| his Cabinet discussing the situation; the
| mortar batteries at Sandy Hook; the hustle
of preparation at the Brooklyn navy yard,
| and fine front-page cartoon OF JACK az
| the Gun" complete the Warlike pictures IN
| the number.
"The Kings Jackal' four-part story,
by Richard Harding Davis, begins in the
April Scribner Its scene is laid in Tangier,
! and it is illustrated by Gibson. The cur
rent chapter of Wyckoffs Workers is
graphic account of the struggle for exist
| ence by pennieSS men III CROWDED CITY
where there was not work enough Tor All.
| An Easter poem by Henry van Dyke IS a
| Legend of New Saying or the Christ
Among other features is an essay on Ihe
Conventions of the Drama. by Brander
| Matthews. The cover or this number OF
| the magazine is a beautiful bit of color
work.
One of the very best weeklies, the Out
| look. also comes near to being the best
monthly publication, it's fourth, or maya
| zine number each month containing mat
ter of an amount and character to make
| it a. rival of the more pretentious period
| icals. Among other readable papers of the
| current issue is graphic description by
! Ernest Jngersoll, of the manner of get
ting about New York. Tt may also be
! learned from parts of an address by Miss
Jane Adams why the notorious Sgi tommy ry
| of Chicago, and who was reelected on
| Tuesday in spite of formidable opposition,
| rules the WaIu dS TIC uOSS.
The Cosmopolitan contains among other
matters Of interest curious little essay
by Thomas B. Reed on 1.-THE Conquest of
Fear" ITO be right with the majority"
he remarks sententiously, lis safe and COM
| forting, but to side with the minority has
! led to martyrdoms and death. God and one
may be a majority, but crucifixion and
fagots may antedate the counting of the
votes" Following this paper, though with
what fitness is not quite clear, IS a paper
| nv the editor John Brisben Walker, on
| ''irhe Power of the Speaker of the House"
! Among other contributions is a description
/ of the great drainage canal of Mexico and
| q dissertation on the Flight of the Carrier
/ pigeon Paul Laurence Dunbar has a
| short story representing negro life
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secre-
| tary of the navy, has written an article for
the April Century on Flights Between Iron
clads.' with reference to their significance
and priority Mr. Roosevelts article is sup
Elemental to one by Claude III. Wetmore
in the same number on "A Famous Sea
Fight" Mr. Wetmore describes the en-
gagement between the Chilean and Pc
| ruvian ironclads off the coast of Bolivia in
| 1879 when the noted Peruvian turret snip
| Huascar was captured. The article is fully
| illustrated. Andre CaSta1gne mas Drawn
| for the Century series of striking full-
ma pc illustrations of the Seven wonders OF
! the World The first one, reproduction or
the Pharos Of Alexandria. appears in the
| Anrii Century. with accompanying letter
| press by Prof Benjamin Ide Wheeler.
ouida contributes an interesting criticism
of Marion Crawfords Italian moves which
| is reproduced in the Eclectic. She complains
| that he does not do justice to the lower
classes of Italians, but on the whole gives
him high praise. What stiles Italian inn
| aoination and kills the Italian SOUL" she
saws incidentally, lis the passion for
money; pure acquisitiveness, or avarice, for
the desire to get, little or no pleasure is
taken in spending. 1t is often alleged that
| this passion is due to their povery; but
poverty is not necessarily accompanied by
avarice; the Irish people are very poor, but
| they are extremely generous; the Spanish
| people are so also. A comical instance Of
| This stinginess occurred the other day at
| Milan; a rich tradesman had built himself
| a fine set of new premises, ana opened his
| new establishment with much feaSting; no
| sent Is francs TO the municipality TO be
| divided ancug the poor, and every one
| applauded his lberality. This love Of
/ money acquisitiveness, niggardliness or
| whatever we call IT, is too general not 10
/ be Injurious to the Italian character, and
n enters into all daily life and personal