The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-30
MAY MAGAZINES,

OF the United States. The policy, orig
mating naturally from u geographical
situation. was impressed upon the ma
tion by Washington. and has always
been adhered to since his time. MI.
olney suggests that the changes OF re-
cent years may necessltate changes in
this t~lme-honored policy.
The May number OF Harper's Round
Table Will contain the first instalment
OF Kirk Munroc's six-part serial story,
THE Copper Princess" The scene Is
laid In the mining country OF Lake SUI
perior, and the story hinges on the mys-
terry OF a deserted copper. mine. In the
course OF the story, as we are informed,
Mr.. Munroe will make his readers thor
oughly acquainted with the workings
OF those copper mines. some Of which
are as much as q mile underground.
The May number Of Current L!tera-
ture is at hand, with Its abundant store
of good things, literary and ,informa-
tional. All OF the departments are we'll
filled and interesting, as usual, the ed
.itorials being specially strong and
timely. Another timely feature this
month is the compilation OF newspaper
verse entitled, Remember the MaIne!"
Anew department Of French letters Is
also a noteworthy feature. Frank L.
Stanton, the popular verse writer. is the
American Poet OF To-day, considered by
F. NJ. Hopkins in his monthly contribu-
ton OF this interesting series.
Every person, whether q musician or
not, will be interested to know that Reg
inald de Koyen has set Rudyard Kip
ling's .Recessional" to music, and that
the hymn Is published in the May La
dies Home Journal. The "Recessional"
Is conceded to have enriched our liter
AZURE more than any other single poem
of the century, and Mr.. de koven's mu-
sic IS said to be in every way worthy of
the famous authors masterpiece. He
has set the words for barytone and
mezzo-sopcano voices with q chorus
and solo. making q composition which
Is likely to prove n OF the most pop
ular for church choir singing presented
in recent gears.
Goday''s Magazine for May opens with
a thiity-two page special supplement,
containing large pictures Of the WAR
Ships OF u Navy These pictures are
fromS..h latest photographs and form q
SUPERB souvenir that Is to-day peculiar
ly timely. People desiring to follow the
course of naval events In future. will.
by the aid of these pictures, be able TO
quickly place each ship Alright. The
leadiig feature of the issue is the be-
ginning OF the new novel, "a Golden
SorroE," by Maria Louise Pool. This
is one OF Miss Pools Enthusiastically
strong stories. and will not fail to in
terest Its readers to its close.
Theileading feature of Karper's Mag
aZinejfor Mag is awakened Russia"
the fist OF a series of article: treating
Russll as a militant power in the fore
front of modern political and territor-
!al movements. by Julian Ralph; illus
trated from drawings by T. de Thul-
strip and Carlton T. Chapman. and
from engravings by E, Schladitz. 1.-THE
Trnns-1sthmlan Canal Problem" (wlth
map Is by Colonel William Ludlow. Z.
S. A.. chairman OF the first Nicaraguan
commission. East Side Considera-
t!ons,r Is a cheerful and sympathetic
account OF the less-familiar side of New
York life, by E. S. Martin, illustrated
by W, A. Rogers. "Varallo and the Val
Sesia' is an account OF a comparative
" unknown Italian artist considered by
high authorities to be Raphaefs super
Tor, Ia which Is added a graphic sketch
Of life in an UNEMPLOYED corner OF Italy.
One OF the most charming features OF
the Pail Mall Gazette Is the exquisite
frontitpiece which accompanies each
number. These are usually reproduce
lions of famous pictures and nre SO
richlySexecuted as to be worthy of pres
ervation in some more permanent form.
This Is especially true Of h frontis-
piece TO the May number beginning
Vol. XvD Of the magazine. 1t Is an
original etching by Mr.. B. Schumacher.
| entitled "A Street in H~ildesheim." and
Is an exquisite piece OF work. In addi-
ton to this handsome picture, this num-
Der OF the magazine also contains 4
beautiful full-pagc illustration by Mr..
E. Chettle entitled Spring" The con-
tents OF the number sweep over a wide
range and are such as appeal to every
taste.
In Golfers Weekly Robert Chambers
hanks back to the civil war and tells n
rollicking story OF tricks played upon
each other by an Irish regiment and one
composed Of Germans.
Colleges for women in this country are
now old enough to have customs and
traditions, and a distinct undergraduate
life. after the manner OF mems colleges.
The first serious attempt to represent
this life In magazine articles Is begun
In the May Scribncr's, with Under
graduate Life at Wellesley" by Abbic
Carter Gcodloe. This article has MOTH
Ing TO do with scholastic ideals or the
problems OF higher education: It pic
lures the life rs one who has lived It
secs 1t. Miss Goodies skill as n writer
was amply attCsted by the success OF her
college Girls" stories. She exhibits
here humor and n keen appreciation of
the social side OF the life at Wellesley
! particularly MS 1t u lived by the large
majority who take college sancly, and
work when they work and play when It
Is time to play"
May time here nEain. how time flies!
Yes, here are the May magazines oncc
more, and among them none arc more
attractive or inviting in their spring
cover garb than "rhe National Maya
Zinc" of Boston. ClnaGic almost to an
extreme, ne National Alngi2lnc'
cover pages have q character more dis
t!nctive than that OF any other pcrIodl-
cal published, and the contents make the
most valuable Investment OF len cents,
TINT can be conceived OF even with thel
s%,irfeit Of good thinGs on the news
stands.
ForIShc present Casnar whitney will
be IN The field. AZ the chief correspond
eHt off Harper'I Weekly, In the war be-