The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-02
THE LATE MAeAzINnc.

Miss Cecilia Beaux. easily first among
American women artists. aud one OF the
strongest portrait painters of the iay. has
made striking head of Admiral Sampson.
from life. which appears as the frontspiece
OF the January number OF the Century. This
Is apropos OF the second inetalment OF Lieu
tenant IIobson's "Merrimac" papers. IN which
the stalking Of the collier. as directed by the
ADMIRAL. is wildly but modestly described BY
the hand that did II. Captain sigsbee OF the
Maine continues his personal account OF ths
episode that preclptated the conilict with
Spain; aud Mr.. Edmond Kelly Describes the
experiences OF AN American Ia Maarii Dur
ing the War; But the interest OF the maya
zine is by no means exciusiyely military. de-
spite these three articles and the continuation
of Prof. wheclcr's Alexander the Great
There is much that brtathes OF peace.
The New Years Ladies Home Journal con-
tans number OF practical articles, besides
n score OF features OF lighter interest. aud
opens with full-paEe drawing by W. Il.
Taylor. illustrating Longfellows "NiiiaSe
Blacksmith" Early colonial social life ls MIR.
rorpd In 1.-THE Most Aristocrauc Social EeVent
in America the annual bali of the Philadels
pha Assembly" an article that VIII De ren o.l
with unusual interest. close-range view
OF strong interest Is given OF Lescne'iLks,. u.
Cleveland Moifett. who discloses the mctnoos
OF The Man Who Taught Padsfewsh' anu
Elizabeth G.. Jordan tells WHAT II Meams
which she writes from her own experiences
st. Nicholas for January has for Its open
Ing article. 'Three Little Spanish Princesses'
b. Isabel McDournil, with three full page re-
productions of paintings by the greatest OF
Spanish portrait painters, Velasquez. IL Is
far cry from these grave little Spanish iadles,
buried long ago to MARK Twain's Pets'
"the prsttiest AMI daintiost mousers that ever
hacked in an atmosphere of fame" "Ihe ~
.f,ta la. A
lougl's pcom. do just the things that pillow
falrier do In real life, We have hnd Mr.. Iisr,
terds amusing rhymes about The ba tIu
Earthquake" and now comes Helen ~ tiaw-
legs Harmless Earthquake, that aiarlhol
the occupants OF Il New York tenement house
vixen the New Year was born.
Major Edward Stuart wortley commanded
one wing of Kitchener's army In It's famous
Soudan campaign. His business was to clean
out the Dervishes on the east bank OF tho
Mite. Major Wortley has written an account
OF this operation which appears In the JAM
airy .scribners under the ute with ne III,
dar' Another article which has TO win
British affairs is the description OF the recent
army n,aneuvcrs In the south Of hhgiamu,
| where for the first time in many years It was
! pcss,tle to mobilize a great army and test
the capacity of British generals to command
! large bodies of men,, and OF the commisshry
| and ouartcrmaster's departments to move ana
| feed them.
| Outing Tor january Is run OF the merry
| sport and pastime OF braeing winter days.
| mid Winter Mndcaps." u poem by Charles
| Turner: "a Christmas in Mooseland Ivy ed.
| w, saudys; "A sncwshoe Caribou Hunt by
| Frank H. Risteen; New Years Day at
| Hudson Bay Fur Post" by w Baisdell Cam
eion and Figure Stating" by ]. E. Mitchie.
| are few of the many good features whicn
| have the pale beauty OF the snow In them.
! Tho fiction department contains two com
| plcte stories, while tales of sport, travel And
| adventure In many lands furnish the neediul
| VARIETY,
| Few men have been more written about, ani
about few men has thera been as much in
accuracy In what has been written, as about
Russell Sage. lie is 4 familiar character in
| every corner OF the country. and almost every
where ho is supposed to be mean, nisgardly
| aud pennrous--in II word the living cmbcdi-
ment of b;ckens' Scrooge. ''rhe Real Russell
| Sage" which is n character study in Ausieo's
| Magazine for January, Is Hat contradiction
nous fnGncier II Is from the pen of one who
| has Known Mr. Sage long and intimately, and
| Mi. sage has himself read and approved the
| article.
| III the Christmas Alkahest, John Trotwood
| Moore has grand poem, "1he Bells of Az
| larta'-An Incident of the Civil War" One
| Sunday morning, rs sherman was preparing to
fire or the defensecss city the church bells
| rang out so tandery for Peace on earth,
COOL VIII to men,. that the soldiers refused To
| hre This was heartily appropriate. Just fol-
| LOWING the Atlanta peace Jupileo,