The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-04
Among the Magazines
->Of Early Summer
PAUL PRY

sketches on 1.-The Women One Meets"
'@The Ancestors of the Modern Piano,
and other subjects, as well as a number OF
short stories One rather prosaic young
woman ventures to write an article on
"The Disadvantages of Being in Love"
1.-The Rise of the Cooking School, proves
the rapid steps that have been taken in the
direction of domestic science during the
past few years. From this article we learn
that schools, churches, mission colleges
and Institutions of every kind are now add
ing cooking classes to their curricula.
The illustrations give happy idea of the
character of the work and the seriousness
of the undertaking..
We cannot tear ourselves away too
abruptly from the many absorbing and ok
citing articles of the war with Spain that
in the past year have been written by
many of the most prominent people who
made the history of that war. and conse-
| quenty in Frank Leslie's'' this month We
have a really exhaustive article upon THE
Building of the New Navy" by no less
a parsonage than the Hon. John D. Long,
secretary of the navy. The piece is quite
| fully illustrated with portraits and with
| official plans and photographs by special
permission of the navy department
This is followed by THE Building of
| Battleship'' by Frederick j. Gauntlet.
| The progress of the work of construction
| tually the trial trip is made, and then
come the finishing touches Here the
painter is in great demand. The fine fur
niture is put on board, rugs are laid in the
, stateroems, portieres are hung and all the
machinery is re-eXamined, cleaned and
| tested. With sresh paint everywhere and
| as clean as new pin, the ship is delivered
| to L 4 lie Sam, who checks off long lists of
| spare parts, stores, etc, and then signs
receipt for the vessel After putting
| aboard the necessary stores she is sent
| forth, commissioned, read to maintain our
rights against all comers She is tes-
| timony to the ingenuity of the American
| shipbulders-a modern American battle
| ship"
| In the Forum for June are a number of
| most thoughtful and timely articles; one
! however, is particularly suggestive and
| should be read carefully by parents and
| teachers. The article is entitled "Physi-
| cal Growth Periods and Appropriate Ply
| steal Exercises" by William o. Krohn
| Dr. Krohn after holding several RESPONSE
| Bile offices, where he gained vast Informal
| ton and experience, is now psychologist of
| the Illinois Eastern hospital for the insane
| In May. 1894, DR.. Krohn called a con-
| gross of the leading educators of Illinois;
| and as result of this meeting the we'll
known Illinois society for Child Study was
organized. He is editor of the Child-Stufv
! in Psychology" The article gives most
valuable information in regard to the
growth periods and developments of the
| child, both mental and physical and is full
OF valuable suggestions ON this all-impor-
| tant subject
In recent number of the Literary Di-
gest writer comments upon the interview
| with Mr.. w. D. Howells, in which this
worthy author observes an apparent de-
cadence of the poetic instinct. He says:
| IL We're asked what seemed to be the
most significant tendency in literature
should say that it was the gradual decline
| OF interest In poetry. When 1 began to
write, young people read Byron Bryon
was indeed craze. A little later one read
Emerson, Hawthorne, Tennyson and Whit
tier, People of literary taste were really
Iehd OF poetry. But now all that seems
changed. Browning apparently closed the
poetical cycle" If these reflections are in
deed correct and today we do not care for
poetry as we possibly did a decade even
ago, the change has not become evident fin
the magazines for ever and anon as we
turn the sweet scented incut leaves some
rare couplet is found which Is full of sem
timent and beauty, and which never fails
TO attract and hold the attention of the
o1lentimes hurried and casual reader
such little gem is one by 8. Raymond
Jocelyn called "At Twilight"
AHV t0hleS III Inc twilight hours were
fitting to and fro,
Their tiny lanterns swinging for the
flowers to see to grow;
And as they watched the blossoms rare
abloom beneath their feet,
They wondered where the clover fair
learned how to smell so sweet;
But the clover kept the secret, though
yielding sweet perfumes;
And the firefies kept their lanterns still
swinging in the gloom"
In Munsey Is a couple of stanzas Inv orr
own Georgia poet-Robert Loveman, whose
verse ever displays much quiet beauty of
thought and expression.
Hamlin Garland, the popular western
author contributes poem this month to
| the Century. 1.-THE Ute Lover possesses
strange. wierd beauty all its own. The
initial stanza will give an adequate idea of
the poem as whole:
Beneath the burning, brazen sky the yell
lowed tepees stand;
Not far away singing river sets through
the sand;
Within the shadow of lofty willow the
tired ponies keep;
The wild land, misted white with sunshine
lies wrapped in Sleep"
The pictures by E. w. Deming are par
dcularly appropriate. The artist seems to
| have caught the very weird, picturesque
spirit of the poem and to have produced 1t
in visible form with marked success
This Is unusual, for more often the Illus
trations interfere with the mental pictures
produced by the text and in consequence
| destroy It's beauty.
SPLENDID CHARITY.