The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-07

Man With the Hoe" 1t was written a1ter
seeing Millet's world famous painting,
which IS now in San Francisco, THE Man
With the Hoe" Oscar King Davis writes
In a chatty. breezy way about Admiral
Dewey. Speaking Of the first of May, the
admiral cont nued: " If I were a relig-
ious mamie hesitated a moment-'well,
I hope l am a religious man-yes, | am
religious man-but. if / We're a religious
man in the sense in which that term ordi-
narily is understood-if ! were the good
Presbyterian some persons have sad l am
Il should certainly say that the LORD
meant to punish Spain for her years of
wickedness and misrule in these islands
Why, look at itr He jumped up and
swung his hand around in a broad, sweep
ing gesture that took in Manila and the
beautiful country behind and beyond it.
we have taken an empire and have lost
scarcely a mani! "
In the Strand magaz ne an article of pc
culiar interest is Letters of Burne-Jones
to a Child showing the tender and loving
qualities of great man. The letters pass
ed between him and little girl whosliVed
in London. The letters, SO quantity Illus
trated. are full of interest to the reader
who, perchance, only knows this great
man as the artist and creator of 1.-THE Br ar
Rose and 1.-THE Golden Stair" 1t is said
that when the artist died there were more
SN nDalneLlc hearts lldI oIlet anu nut iHc
least among them was that of the child
who received these letters
"a Peep Into Punch including the years
between 1860 and 1864 by John Holt School
ing, is an unusually interesting article. In
the fac smile illustrations Is given the
first work contr buted by Du Marier, who
for thirty-six years thereafter worked reg
ularly for Punch; and who, with Leach,
Tenniel and Keene, built up the artistic
reputation of Punch.
Outing is presented this month in an at
tractive cover. which is inviting and sug-
gest've of outdoor sport.
Cooling Round the Hub" by George II.
Sargent is OF interest to the lover of golf.
The author states that the good English
game has taken so firm hold upon the
people of Boston and its vicinity that with
in a radius of twelve miles from the Bos-
ton city hall no less than twenty-nine links
may be found The article is fully Illus
tratcd, giving pictures of numerous county
club houses. and also portraits of Law
renee Curtis, ex-president United States
Golf association, and w B. Thomas, the
present president.
In 1.-The Challenge of the Shamrock -
the author, A. J. Geneally, writes with en-
thusiasm and interest regarding the chal-
lenge for the Americas cup Cuts of the
"Jessica" and "Aisa" are given. which add
to the information conveyed by the text.
Full and complete notes on base bail.
athletics and swimming completes this
breezy magazine.
Frank Leslie appears in exquisite
cover, daintily suggestive of spring tine
flowers and the gay summer girl to follow.
Felipe Agoncillo writes quite a lengthy
article upon the subject-"Are the Filipinos
Civilized?" The article bears testimony to
a degree of civilization and education that
~ dO,rIn Mill 1an a c11rn In
reader. In conclusion the author says
st cannot close these notes without tax
ing occasion to express once more the graf
itude felt by my countrymen toward Amer
cans for the assistance rendered them in
the attainment of their liberty and their
strong desire in every way, less than their
effacement as a nation, to give practical
expression to this gratitude, and further to
hopo that as self-respecting nations the
bonds of friendship between the two may
grow stronger with the passage of years"
Charles Emory Smith, postmaster general.
in the current number of the Cosmopolitan
writes of the United States postal service
as the Greatest Business Organization in
the World" The author says ut han
dies more pieces, employs more men, spends
more money, brings more revenue, uses
more agencies, reaches more homes, in
wolves more details and touches more in
tercsts than any other human organization,
public or private, governmental or corpor-
ate. Our postal system is the minute, intrt-
cate, all-pervasive ganglia, the ever-alert
nerve life of the great people who are the
heirs of all the ages in the foremost files
of time " The article is fully illustrated.
aside from the information and value of the
text.
Some time ago the Cosmopolitan offered
a prize on 1.-THE Ideal and Practical Organ
ization of Home Mrs. Albert Norton
Wood won the prize. However, there were
several other articles of 50 much value
that the editor decided to publish them be-
fore he published the prize paper. The
present one is by Van Buren, Denslow, LII.
D., and is a suggestive and thoughtful pa
per. He takes the rather remarkable DO
sition that the best two housekeepers of