El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-16

| gresslve, eager spirit OF the American
cannot abids win the sluggish BOer
A timely article on whether Greek
should be taught in the high schools
presents the subject in a very sensible
light. That the knowledge of Greek
is difficult to attain and
never of any particular use afterwards
to the average man, is being
acknowledged by many instructors.
literature in his own language the
study of which will be of great benefit
and pleasure to him and will abide
with him. Other articles on Gang
willis play, The Children of the Ghet-
to: on the trust problem, recent de-
velopments in the south, and on many
timely and interesting subjects, go to
make up very interesting mum Der The
articles in the Forum have one posi-
tive and unusual value. While they
are complete and satisfactory. they
are quite short aud a business man may
read them even in his busiest days.
They are always concise and to the
point.
Harper's Bazaar for Christmas comes
in most artistic covers aud from the
first to the last pages Is really q holi-
day number. Particularly to be COM
mended is the first page, picture of
the soldier in the Philippines and his
Christmas vision. The soldier stands.
leaning on his gun, the palms of
the tropics about his feet; a sentinel is
pacing his way in the distance. The
soldiers thoughts are of the night at
his far away home and in the sky above
him ia a vision of q sweet faced woman
with q dropping head and q cad little
quivering in her Ii ps; Up against her
shoulders is q child holding up its
hands to Xmas tree and It's candles.
The very simplicity of the dra ing and
its spirit bringsa lump to ones throat
and a feeling of tenderness for every
soldier boy who is spending his Christ
mas in far away lands. Christmas
Games for Children is an article full
make it the gala day Of all the year
for the little ones, what you can do
with q Chafing Dish, " and "Christmas
Masks, New and DID, are timely ar
ticles. The pages of Madonnas are
joy. The Madounas are from every
Christian land, Italy, Spain, Holland,
Spain Holland, France, Germany, En-
gland and America, and besides their
beauty, they make an interesting col
lection of noble types illustrating
much of the highest thought in art.
Though it is not necessarily so in our
days. in the days of the old masters,
the painter put the best of his soul and
the finest of the work of his fingers
In to q representation of the Madonna.
The subject has been one OF the great
to art and Ia forever aud
always interesting.
The New England Magazine comes
out in a holly decked cover and with q
numb Der that delights the
eye and is full of entertaining stories,
poems and semi-historic articles. One
of the most delightful things in this
months reading is the exquisitely il
lustrated article in Canterbury Cathe-
dral. One gets glimpse of long vistss
OF Gothic arches, of heavily carved
gates. of vine wreathed baptistery,
OF richly decorated chapels, of elm
pillared cloisters, of q graceful Nor
man porch and many other beautiful
views of the architecture that ia really
frozen or crystallized music as some
one has said. An article on Old Bos-
ton in England: is also illustrated with
many pictures of quaint roofs and
old, old hearths. Appropriate
to the holiday season are
Howard Markle Hoke's story.
"Tnelr Secondary Christmas" and
Nina Irving's verses entitled "The
Legend of the Christmas Wreaths."
"Some Old New England Flower Gar
dens," by Arthur A. Shurtleff, des-
out a formal plan of arrangement.
The paper is illustrated from photo
graphs and plans by the author. In
his little sketch, my Farm in Win
ter" John Albee interprets for the
reader the charms revealed to q true
nature lover in even dreary
s s1ssr Landscapes ssils WHEN Ssaes' na 81;
England Was Rebellious" and upon the
election of Jefferson to the presidency
contemplated withdrawal from the
union; Arlo Bates contributes aunique
paper on "Boston Street Cries. and
there is q good story entitled GA Prince
in Disguise," by Henry A. Clspp.