The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-09
A NOTABLE SILVER ANNIVER-
SARY.

With the close of the present year
Mr.. David C. Cook, of Chicago, will
celebrate his first quarter-centennial
as editor and publisher of Sunday
school literature. Starting twenty-five
years ago, without reputation or assur-
ance of support, he has become one OF
the most widely and favorably known
publishers in this line. Beginning in
1875 with two small publications, his
| periodicals have grown in number and
favor until there are few schools in
this country hat do not find it to their
interest to use some of his pure and
helpful publications, while many in
distant lands pay tribute to their mer-
its. The past quarter of g century
has witnessed many changes among
Sunday-school publishers, and much
less time than this has sufficed for some
to outlive their usefulness. On the con-
trary, Mr.. Cook is preparing to cele-
brate the beginning of another quarter
century with additional improvements
and new publications. Among these
may be mentioned the New Century
Sunday School Teachers Monthly, a
large and thoroughly ~up-to-date mag
azine for superintendent and teachers,
the first issue of which will appear in
December. Among the most remark
able of his publications is the Young
Peoples Weekly, which has attained
a circulatic2 of nearly a quarter of a
million, being a successful attempt to
furnish a high grade of religious story
reading for boys and girls. To avoid
the 'goody-goody" story of the Sun
day-school, such as we remember in
our childhood days, ard furnish some
thing natural, Interesting and en-
nobling, has been its aim, and we are
not at all surprised at its popularity.
The restraining influence OF the
Christian home and the Sunday-school
on our growing community of young
people, some of us may not appreciate
as we should-perhaps because these
sometimes fail to restrain. This paper
should be a most welcome accessory
in this work, and one which all should
appreciate. Boys and girls will read,
and the story book and paper are their
first choice. There seems a plentiful
supply of religious papers for older
people, but this is the first successful
attempt to furnish a non-sectarian re-
ligious story paper for young people.
The paper is p~rofusely illustrated,
beautifully printed, and contains as
much or more reading matter than the
most expensive of secular young peo-
Piles story papers. The price, seventy
five cents per year, should bring it
within the reach of every home. Mr..
Cook is now making a special effort
to give the paper a wider circulation,
and all who send seventy-five cents for
a years subscription before Jan. 1st
will receive a beautiful premium pic
ture entitled "The Souls Awakening"
1t is exactly the same size C3X1S
inches) and style as those on sale at
art stores for 81. Orders should be adj
dressed to David c. Cook Publishing
Co., sc Washington ST., Chicago.
Probably no man living has done so
much to improve and cheaper Sunday
school literature as has Mr.. David C.
Cook. Through his aid thousands of
schools have been encouraged, i'm
proved and made self-sustaining. Mr..
Cook is yet a comparatively young man,
and it does not appear at all improbable
that his field of usefulness may extend
over yet another quarter-century.