El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

ana the ara Wings are tx
ceeoingly clever.
PARIS EXPOSITION
The Paris exposition is being written
up continually, IS much ~ the World g
Fair was. The Century has an article
on the dances there and the Cosnopo.
h.sn comes out with an extensively
illustrated ar .icle on the fair and its
eApJeitlou a.d It's interests.
ARE MULTIMILLIONAIRES TO BE
ENvIED?
The people who are minded to envy
mulLlmllltOnaires will get some solace
out of an article, Newport Palace, In
the August Cosmopolitan. 1t 10 hung
ABOUT the sentiment attributed 10
Colonel Waring, himself q Newporter.
Correcting the statement newspaper
man, who said that Newpo-ters devoted
themselves to pleasure regardless OF
expense, Colonel Wsriag said whas
they really did was to devote them
selves to expense regardless OF pleas.
ure.
Though the writer, taking the Van
derbilt palace, the Breakers, for his
text, makes his points against the null
timilliOnatre Newporters very clever
ly, yet the reader is not convinced that
there is not some JOY in possessing dol
lars without limit, It Is very much
like the tramp who said he had never
suffered from govt but would like to be
exposed to it.
MORE ABOUT THE YELLOW PERIL.
The Chinese question lie being dis
eusssd lightly. seriously, ponderously,
fippantly, historically marrow m1nde ed
ly, and broadmindedly, and ones
raadinp m saturated with the
yellow peril. The Saturday Evening
Post presents two good articles on the
subject, one by Frank Carpenter, the
well known traveller. aud one by the
Reverend Francis E Clark d d. Mr.
Carpenter describes the empress
dowager as woman who looks ten
years younger than her sixty four
summers, with her face plump and
free from wrinkles, q high forehead and
q strong face that must have been come
ly In its youth. Her majesty was
dressed in q yellow silk gown beauti.
fully embroidered with butterflies and
dragons of the same color. She wore
ly Chinese women, her hair being
fastened in knot in the back just
below the crown, the front of the head
and part of the forehead being con-
cealed by silk band heavily embroid-
cred with pearls of a large size. The
entire article is bright and chatty.
SOUTH AMERICANS IN WASHING TON
The Woman's Home Companion for
August presents an attractive article
on the women of the South American
Legation with PORTRAITS of many Of the
South Americans At Washington.
THE CENTURY COLOR PRINTS
Some people like the colored illustra
tIons that the Century is perimenting
with others think them out of the
province of good literature, but GER
tainly if colored illustrations have any
warrant IL 10 when they are as artistic
as those of the fishes In the August
number. The beautifully colored pic
lures accom- paDy q sketch of the trea-
sures of the New York Aquarium.
NEW STORY OF ADVENTURE
Another remarkable feature of this
number Of the Century Is the irss in
stalIment of a story, The Helmet of
Navarro, written by q new and young
writer, Bertha Runkle. The story be-
gins very we'll and is worth reading
even If il be serial. 1t is a story of
that most gallant, adventurous and
picturesque period, the time OF Henry
of Navarro and of old Paris. 1t is
written in a strong, breezy way, short
words, short sentences, crisp compart- |
sons, lively action and plenty OF plot.
The Century calls particular stten
tiCn to the story to contrsdict the |
careless verdict that many people give |
that magazines and publishers ara run |
by cliQues and that new and unknown |
genius finds recognition difficult. The |
Century admits that the story is young |
and naive nd lacking in restraint at
tim es, but vows that the spirit and |
enthusiasm of il, com bined with the |
good story of 1t, will more than Offset
It's defects.
DR. North and his Friends, DR. Weir |
Mitchell's story, does not run SO we'll |
this month. One is rather disappointed |
with the whole set of people.
A FRENCH CANADIAN STORY
For people who can stand is to read |
the French Canadian dialect, there is |
q most delightful short story by Mary
Knowles Bartlett. Il is full of charm
and deserves attention from those who |
love artistic writing.
In the Open Letters of the same
magazine is a little talk about women
of leisure, that club women and women
who hurry and worry should read and
extract their portion of moral there
from. Another feature that must not
be overlooked is William Mason's
Memories of q Musical Life. It Is
delightful. 1t is good enough reading
for uybody, but for music lovers and
students 1t must be . mine of pleasure
and profit.
ELSIE MCELRoY SLATER
BLANK BOOKS.