The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-30
JANUARY MAGAZINES.

The Christmas Truth appears in cover
even handsomer than that Of last year
The number contains thirty fine color
pages, reproduced from the work of re-
preventative artists, among whom may
be mentioned E. H. Potthast, Rosina
Emmett, c. F. Naegeli, w. M. Eaton.
Dora Wheeler, De Beaumaret, Frederick
Diehlman, and William Beard There arc
stories by Octave Thanet, George Gis-
sing, Hamlin Garland, Henry Wilton
Thomas, Edgar Fawcett, and a dozen
others. Poems by Joaquin Miller, Hat
tie Whitney, Madison Cawein, John Lang
don Heaton, and others. The children s
page and the humorous department are
filed with good things, stories, POEMS
pictures-both in black and white, and
color-contributed by popular writers and
artists, among whom are John Walker
Harrington, Peter Newell, Carolyn Wells,
Frank Roe Batchelor Madeline Bridges,
and William J. Hampton. The sup
plement is an exquisite, foUr-paneled cal
endar, by Percy Moran.
The December number of Current His
tory has an unusual abundance of timely
articles Of interest, among them reviews
Of the most recent developments il
China, South Africa, Europe, and the
new American possessions The treat
ment of the French-Canadian question is
The revelations of the census of 1900 the
politics of all countries, the business and
Industrial situation, new scientific discoy-
cries and mechanical inventions. these
and hundreds of other topics within a
worldwide range are reviewed with
clearness and intelligent appreciation. AS
a systematic summary Of contemporary
history, no one who attempts to keep
in touch with the news of the world
should be without this convenient record
Of all that is worthy of permanent pres
ervation.
Ainslees begins the new century with
leading article on Americas Largest
Waterworks,' by H. H. Lewis. The SUBJ
ject seems particularly appropriate be-
cause the Massachusetts new system
of waterworks Is designed as much to
meet the needs of the state fifty years
from now, as to serve the people of this
decade. Besides this colossal feat OF
engineering will make Boston possessor
of the largest reservoir in the world. The
article is unusually we'll illustrated from
photographs of the various phases of the
work. 'Romances of the Big Mines
by Eugene BOyland Palmer, is cellect'on
OF true stories, ranging from the ridicu-
lous to the tragic, about the strange
freaks fortune plays on prospectors ana
mining men, in their search for wealth.
''Claus Spreckles-the Sugar King" by
Victor L. O'Brien, tells of the romantic
career Of the great California sugar mag
nate, who began at three dollars a week
in a South Carolina grocery store. THE
Langen Hanging Railway" by D. AL
len Wiley, is a very readable account
of a curious German railway eight miles
long, that looks from the photographs
as though it were upside down. The
Human Binding" by Harvey Sutherland,
contains a plenty of useful knowledge
about our skin, all of which is pleasant
ly conveyed in this writer's humorous
style. "a Water Color by Bliss Car
man, is the most noticeable poem in this
number of Ainslee's, although there are
also other good poems by Arthur Ket-
chum, Charlotte Becker and Arthur
Stringer. THE Wonder of Vaudeville
by Richard Duffy, contains much curious
matter about vaudeville people, and is
generously illustrated with photographs
Of the varied talent that goes to make
up the bill of continuous performance.
Rafael Sabatini contributes a picturesque
costume story entitled 'The Marquis
Coach" His Last Check" by Ethel
Watts Mumford, is a weird story of a
life saving station. Eugene Woods "Tne
Seventh Trumpet" is exceedingly power
full and grim. 1.-THE Harbor Courtship'
by Macmillan Foster, Is a love story
placed in the strenuous atmosphere OF
river people, while there are stories also
by Charles Westbrook and Howard Field
ing. All the stories and articles are
adequately illustrated.