The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-26
Current Periodicals.

h Cosmopolitan Magazine is the first
to offer a sketch of General Fred Funston.
with illustrations that include all the family
portraits. :.
Besides its usual receipts. menus and other
culinary features, July Table Talk has q
entertainments.
The Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. In the July
issue of Harper's Magazine. brings to an
end the history of the war with Spain with
an account of the Manila campaign.
The international Magazine (Chicago) has
a story in its July number by Frank III.
Mark. of Indianapolis. II is a tale of adj
venture of the time of the battle OF Water
loo.
1.-The Foreign Mail Service at New York.
involves the handling Of many millions OF
separate pieces In an incredibly short time.
How 1t Is done is described by an expert In
the July Scribner's.
The Ledger Monthly has a patriotic
Fourth-of-Juiy cover. in colors. entitled
Young and Old Glory" representing a
pretty child holding flags in her arms. This
monthly is an excellent family magazine.
Some curious and unusual experiments
with soap bubbles are shown in st. Nicno,as
and should be OF interest to boys. The story
Of the Rough Riders Is being told In this
magazine by Henry LIE Motle, surgeon of the
regiment.
Besides it's literary features, which are Of
good quality, the Woman's Home Comp.n-
ion (Springfeld. o. offers practical infor-
nation from special writer's on cookery.
dressmaking, hospital work, HON exercise
for women. club work. cottage building.
fancy work and miscellaneous matters Of IN
terest to housekeepers.
The latest issue of the Architectural
Record, published at is vesey street, New
Bruce Price Mr. Price has designed a
great number and a remarkable variety OF
buildings, as shown by illustrations, and his
services seem to have been in demand from
New York to California.
The Automobile in Common Use: What
1t Costs: How 1t is Operated: What 1t
Will Do,"-in short, the automobile. or
horseless vehicle. as we find IL In actual
service to-day, will be the subject of the
opening article Of McClure's Magazine for
July. The article will be illustrated witt
pictures of all the more important types
now under trial.
1.-The Organization of a Home on $50 =
Day is the title Of a practical article in
the July Cosmopolitan. til magazine having
offered a series OF prizes for the best papers
on subjects pertaining to the home. This
paper is written by Charlotte Whitney East
man and treats Of the home from every
standpoint-its moral, social and intellectual
life, az well as the mere physical wants
Scientific Method and Its Application to
the Bible is the title OF an article by the
Rev. David Sprague which appears In APP
pleton's Popular Science Monthly for July.
The author points out the justice for the
higher criticism, and shows that, while
much of II has been actuated by unworthy
motives, the honest truthseeker Is entirely
justified in his desire TO know the actual
history of the most wonderful OF all books
The first paper Of the series entitled
Famous Feuds in Congress. which appears
In the Saturday Evening Post OF June ~.
gives an authentic and vivid account Of the
.1a,.ae fhaf led rrn ~ the fffafnnO anmtfv
between Blaine and Conkiing. and Conkling
and Lamar. Other notable features OF this
nun Mor aae: NV Majors Gen usrM q Nelson MA a.
Miles, and the story Of The Little House
in the Little Street Where the Sun Never
Came" by John Luther Long.
Some of the special features In the Ladies'
Home Journal for July are an account OF
meeting In America when Washington
was Married" presents that have Come 10
Uncle Sam" and The Gossip OF a New
York Girl" Editorial contributions deal
Home How to Make the Most Of Your
Minister" How 10 be Pretty Though
Plain" What it Means to be a Dressmak-
err Cooking over all sorts OF Fuel How
TO Have Good Health and many Others
Prof. Benz. Ide Wheeler. of Cornell. who
has just been elected president OF the Uni
versity Of California. is a distinguished phil
ologist and Greek scholar. for some time
director of the American school at Athens.
and has written several books on the sub
jet OF his special study. The only work.
however, I'm which he has appealed 10 the
general public-a work which has awakened
considerable popular interests the history
of Alexander the Great, now running In
the Century. One critic Of this scholarly
work goes so far as 10 say that the great
soldier has waited over two thousand years
TO be accorded his due as man and empire
builder.
In the July Cosmopolitan Charlotte Per-
kins Stetson makes a dIgnifed but sufficient
reply TO Hgrry Thurston Pecks article in
the June number on "Woman's Economic
Place" It Is natural. she says. that the
unthinking mind. meaning Of course Prof.
Peck's mind, should assume that what has
been must he. Every age has seen It's
changes. she points out. and every change
has seen the fond and hopeless reactionary
striving TO sweep back the tide until IL
rolled above his head. The present change
In the condition of women. she continues.
lis not a question OF femininity. IL Il q
question Of humanity, a progress of the
whole race. And In the face OF . world