El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-18

good things Chester Bailey Fernald.
author of The Cat and the Cherub.
contributes a psychological inquiry,
entitled Third Hand, one of his analy-
tical tales; and Charles Battell Loom
is adds another of his irresistible
sketches of Americans in Europe, this
time taking man from Ochre Point.
New Jersey, for his victim. There is
a grim story of the west, The Council
of Six, by Henry Holcomb Bennett,
with Frederic Remington's illuatra-
tions. and story of ranch lire IN
Tehauntepec. 1.-The Steer with the
Marked Hoof" by Walter Aarmsby.
Ruth McEnery Stuart contributes a
monolog on women seeing the funny
side of things feminine; there Is
Chinese story. The Play Devil. by
Earle Ashley wolcott. and other stor-
les funny. tragic and dramatic. The
Helmet of Navarro continues splendid
" and Hamlin Garland's story of the
Colorado miner in London, Her Noun
tain Lover. pluDges deeper into the
question of the love of the London
woman and the western man.
Among the more serious articles of
the magazine are one on the Steel In
dustry of North America, by Professor
Robert II. Thurston of Cornell, who
calls steel the barometer of the ma
tion's trade: one on The People at
the Top of the World. by Jonas Stad-
ing. who went in search of Andree and
his balloon; and an essay on Is Senti-
ment Declining? by Amelia Gere Mas
on. the author of Women OF the
French Salons.
The magazine is beautifully illus
trated and preserves its high tone or
e. Hence throughout the fiction. the
substantial articles. the pictures, poems
and editorials.
sketch. called Wild Motherhood. which
is very fine, a description of the moose
mother, the wolf mother, the human
mother and the snowy forests 1t is
full of the fine sympathy and heroic
tragedy that Kipling and Ernest Seton
Thompson put in their sketches of the
forests and plains. Charles G. D. Rob-
erts. the writer, who contributes TO al
most every number of Outing. is to be
counted in among the most delightful
writer's of out-of-door life.
Unclimbed Peaks of the Rockies, is
the title of a very interesting and
splendidly illustrated article. Undoubt-
eddy there are joys and adventures to
be found in climbing our Rockies that
are like the fascination of Alpine
climbing, and every year people are
less and less inclined to neglect their
own mountains for the peaks of Eur
ope Coon Hunting in Michigan by
Comet Light is an article worth read
ing With Fuegians on Gunaco Hunt
and Antelope Shooting in Cape Colo
ny carry one to the ends of the earth. I
The Portrait of John Burroughs, with
a slight sketch of the renowned nat /.
uralist, Upland Shooting in Oregon, l
and a Theory of Teaching Golf, make
good reading. The article on Aperi- :
can Figure Skating as a Recreation and
will not be of much
use TO Ell Pasoans. though probably
there are parts of the world where 1T !
would be practical as well as interest
ing.
In keith's magazine for February the
article on Glimpses of Mexican Home I
Life will remind Ell Pasoans of Juarez, !
but the rest of the magazine is full of /
new ideas and plans for the house
beautiful. An article on why We use
hardwood for floors, and the notes on !
house furnishing. decoration and eco
nomics will be of use to every house )
keeper. But Keith's best work is in de- !
signing small, artistic homes; cottages
just such as Ell Paso builds, with re-
gard to material and size. but with pic !
turesque roofs and windows and con-
venient rooms and closets. There are !
also some very good plans for larger
houses in this number
Everybody's Magazine is now John :
and is coming out with
more tone and style than
it used to have. 1t has one story. The
of a Country Home, well told
and delightfully."- illustrated. of the
po0pIa and their hahv who do
cided to give up fiat life and build a
home in the country. 1t is not one of
much practical suggestion to FL Paso-
ans and it has the demerit of being a
practical article spun on a thread of
story but it is nevertheless interest
ng Tsrumi Tsuki is n quantity pic
.ured Japanese love story, The Hiawa-
.ha Drama, an illustrated account of
festival of the Ojibway Indians, is
veil written and photographer The Val
ant Little Fat Man is a more or less
eaIistic story of the bull ring in Mex
co, and Richard Harding Davis con-
ributes an article on Curiosities of
courage
The Forum for February contributes ,
is usual array of excellent short ar
icles on timely topics. The Rehabili- ..
alton of the Democratic Party, BY an
the Naturalization of
he State Guards, an important article
Y General T. NJ. Anderson; The Spell a..
inders. by the Hon. William ID. j.
'oulke: Four Legs and Two Legs. :
of the discussion of the
supremacy of cavalry or infantry. by :
Iajor Henry A. Greene: Lessons of =
ne Election. by Willis John Abbott. :.
tie manager press bureau of the dem ;
cratic national headquarters; The An =
Scalping Bill by Hugh T. Matters: