The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-09

them those made By Vancouver. The article
contains all the information that the ordi-
nary student of the question could desire.
The enterprising Washington Post is out
early with what might properly be called
an expansion calendar for 1899. A portrait
OF Washington draped with the flag ION
which the sun ALWAYS shines embellishes
the front. while ON each of the twelve cards
following ia map OF the United States and
us possessions as they appeared at diff
ferent periods. The series shows the growth
OF the country during the century just end
ing. and IS of curious interest.
The Trail of the Transformer, in Aims
lees Magazine, is an entertaining account
of the presentation of that perennial play.
Uncle Toms Cabin" I'm the rural districts.
According TO this chronicle the play was
originally written TO run two nights. At the
BoWery Iheater the purchaser of a ticket
on Monday night got far along as where
s. Clair dies before he can sign Uncle
rom freedom papers. On Tuesday night
he gave the rest of his coupon and saw
the rest of the play.
The Paris exposition is beginning to oc-
cUpy space in the magazines. A description
of the buildings and grounds as they to
be and as they are now fills the opening
pages OF the current Cosmopolitan. Some
striking illustrations in paper on Electro
graphs show what an electric spark Is like
under the camera. Olive Schreiner, the
South African writer offers some views on
the woman question. Summed up 1T is a
demand that women shall have a full and
fair share of honored and socially useful
human toll. Julian Hawthorne recommends
the building national highway, not for
Gommerclal purposes, but 20 facilitate
ielsurely travel and acquaintanceship among
the people OF different parts of the country.
An Illustrated paper describes the engine
room of a warship; The Child's Proper De-
xelopment is the title of prize article:
President Hadley continues his discussion of
modern education; there is a description of
tne Dewey parade, an article on dancing
girls is contributed by Laura B. Starr, and
there are two or three short stories.
Among number of,very readable articles
i'm the November Mcclure is one in the ma
ture of an interview with Sir Henry Irving,
In which the actor touches upon his own
stag career and expresses his opinion of the
stage as a profession. THE stage" he
thinks will be the great teacher of the
future. but playwrghts should remember
that TO teach is not its purpose. only its
privileges" In this remark lies a hint ia
noVelists as we'll as to playwrights Another
curious contribution. which may be all fic-
ton, but sounds like the real thing il pro-
IesSeS TO be. Is a series of letters written
Dy a girl OF eleven and addressed to her
dear husband She was spending the
summer in a lonely place. and for lack OF
something better occupied her time in writ
ing 10 the unknown person who, somewhere
IN the world. was growing up to be her
husband. Another paper tells what is being
done by Russia i'm eastern China in the way
OF railway building. Two Thousand Miles
IN the Antarctic Ice" is the title of a read
able paper by DR.. Frederick A Cook sur
geon OF the Belgian antarctic expedition
rev people know what is being done in the
way OF antarctic exploration, and the in
formation given here is in the nature OF
news AN important contribution to the
NUMBER Is that by the Hon. George S. Bout
WelI on the famous BLACK F'riday''-Sept
"a 1869 Mr.. Boutwell, was secretary of the
treasury at that time and is well Qualified
10 give the facts concerning this episode in
hlplng, paper on the Indians of the
Northwest and two or three short stories
make up the number