The record-union., 1899-04-26

Little Folks (now incorporated
Our Little Ones and THE Nursery }
is at hand for April IS. E. Cassiii'
Boston.) AS usual, it is filled WIN
matter adapted to youngest reaoers'
and with attractive and teaching Illus
trations. 1t is the foremost OF maya
zines for infantile readers.
Health for the current month
(Altruria, Sonoma County,, published
by DR.. Burke. is at hand, and has TINS
table OF contents besides the regular
departments: History of Mechanic
therapy" Fruit as Food, "Hlnd-
RANGES to Health and the Advancement
of Sanitary Science" Cholera, Man
Physiologically Considered" THE Care
of the skin" ITO prevent Diphtheria, .
THE Physicians Study Social
Health Woman in the Home, Ihe
Cooking School," Queries"
Cooking, in its every day phases, and
also as a fine art is among the attrac-
tions always held out by Table Talk, >
and in the April issue the recipes; the
menus. with the outline of their p1ac-
tical application; the notes on serving
and table decorations; an article on
Spring Fruit-A Study of the Dock, :"
is of special interest to housekeepers.
The magazine is also publishing series
of papers on the helpful books to read
preparatory to a trip to Europe at the
time of the exposition. Other articles
are: Easter Time" by Lucy Elliot
Keeler; THE Ethics of Shopping" by
Mrs. Burton Kingsland; "A Curious
California Clam Isabel NJ Winslow;
Mothers Who Need Help and How to
Keep Them,'' etc. The Table Talk
Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa
The current number of '"The Arena
(Boston) has among other papers these
articles: THE Paulist Fathers and
Their Work. Ruth Everett; THE Ori-
gin of Race Antagonism, Rt. Rev.
James T. Holly. Bishop of Hayti; rs
There Negro Problem ?" Professor W.
H Council. Ph. D.; "Disfranchisement
as Remedy" j. M. McGovern; I'm
possibility of Racial AmalgamatiOn," )"
W. S. McCurley; Educational Posi-
bilities," Booker T. Washington; Span
ish Character Studies" Felix l. Os-
wald; THE Failure Of the Death Pen
atty" Hon. c. G. Garrison; The
League for Social Service William H.
Tolman; Possibilities of the Moral
Law" Horatio w Dresser; I'm Man.
ayers Office" Ga story, Alfred Henne-
quin, Phi. D.; "Russia's March on Eu-
rope" S. Ivan Tonjoroff.
Trained Motherhood" for April CNew
York; is rich in suggestive and helpful
papers-too numerous to catalogue
here. We have seen no better number
of this invaluable magazine.
Two Sweethearts of Mine" is a song
received from the publishers. The mel
ody and words are so melodious and
pretty that we reprint the chorus:
One has hair of silvery gray,
The other just like gold,
One is gay and youthful
" hlle the others bent and old
But dearer than life are both to me,
And from neither would l part
one is my mother, God bless her l love
her
The other is my sweetheart.
This song complete, words and music
is In sheet form by The Greene Music
Publishing Company. Cincinnati. o.
The current number of the Quarterly
Journal of Economics" Geo. H. Ellis
Boston,. has these papers: THE The
ory of Savers Rent and Some of its
Applications, c. W. Mixter; 1.-The
Study of Practical Labor Problems in
France" William F. Willoughby; The
Gas Supply of Boston" QII), John H
Gray; Can We Keep a Gold Curren-
cy?" Charles F. Dunbar; Recent Rail
T Ill
Haigh Dixon THE Twelfth Census,
Carroll D. Wright: Comparative Mu
nicipal Statistics John Archibald Fair
lie; Recent Publications Upon Eco
nomics.''
An unusually interesting portrait of tbs
late Stephen Johnson Field, Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court. appears in the current issue OF
"Harper's Weekly" 1t is drawn from
life by the we'll known artist Arthur
Jules Goodman, whose skillful penci
has produced a faithful likeness A
brief but comprehensive review of The
late Justices life accompanies the pie
ture. Street cleaning in Havana ha:
made rapid strides under the able tut
tion of American experts Franklir
Matthews, a special correspondent fol
the Weekly" after careful study o,
the situation, writes, in the current is
sue that Havana's streets are as clear
as those of New York City under tht
Tanlmany regime. He cites many o.
the problems that confront Genera
Ludlow and Colonel Black in their eff
fort to purify one of the dirtiest cite
in the world.
The last art exhibition is now being
held in the old building of the Acad
emy of Design, New York. 1t is tn
spring exhibition Of oil paintings, anC
in the current issue of "Harper's Ba
zar'' Charles H. Caffin. in an articl
profusely illustrated, describes the pic
tures. In the same article. Mr.. CafIi,
enters into the history of the old Acad
emy of Design, telling of its purpose
of the many famous exhibitions helt
within it's walls, and of the American
artists who have met there year afte
year. In the same number of the "Ba
zar" Colonel Thomas w. Higginsol
writes of The English Gentleman