The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-10

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strikus,y original. both as TO appearance
and contents. and has been spuy styled by
a weli-known writer "ihe criterion Of short
stories and clever verse. !"
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Tho .llussratians IN the FebrusrS number
Of Everybedy's Magazine ara certainly a.
feature. The best art.s,s in the country are
now engaged In making its pictures. and
the results are manifested IN such nae studies
as Carl Fungus carihous. Gustave yef-
beek's Japanese pictures. James N. Pres
toms illustrations in Tho Ev denco % the
Sword"
Besides editorial comment on the subject,
tho February Rcv.cw of Reviews has hrce
important contributed articles on The Frye
Shipping hill; Mr.. Winthrop l.. Marvin states
the merits aud advantages Of the measure.
While John Dow!A Warner. for ;hc Reform
club, aud william F. King. for che Mcr-
chants association OF New York City. SCI
forth the objections urged by those ossani-
cations. The three papers sum UP the eros
and cons Of the matter suesuctly ana tcrcl-
oiy.
(, In the February Scrtbner's Mrs. Glioert
tells some OF her stsge re,oliectous rhs
IS one. remember once IN Dublin we were
just going 20 open our snow--we were somc-
ing Ike the famous Ravel Brothers, Only
our work would be serious comedy while
theirs was farce-and we went IN TO see the
performance Of Faust" as actors always
Will go 70 the play when not working theiu-
selves Something went wrong with the trap
! thaa should have let Mcpalsopheles down to
the under world. He went half way down
and then stuck; they h,tcAed him up q h't
aud he wont down better. but stuck again,
They tried two or three times, and then had
to lower the curtain with him sticking head
and shoulders above the trap. voice IN
the gallery shouted ont: "Husrah, boys
hell's full" and the house reared.
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Interesting. at this time are the opinions
Of each her stated by X tchener and Chris
tian De Wet, aud quoted by Mr. Barnes In
the February wcride work "K. OF X" Is
reported TO have said, give me one man
Ike De Wet and I will send homo one third
OF tho army" And DC Wet Is quoted as
having spoken as follows: II wi give Lord
Rober three years to catch me ] Will
give Kitchener three mouths and Lord
Mcthucn all his ne"
VIII hazins ever be stopped az west Point
asks General Merritt IN Leslie's weekly, and
answers: No. unless drastic measures arr
employed. The superintendent must he .
mat who is bitterly opposed to hasing, and
believe Colonel Mills thoroughly meets thai
requirement. Whom he makes recommends
tor Ia the war department to dismiss I
cadet from the service that recommenda'ior
should be promptly and favorabIy acted upon
I is hard. indeed. to get absolute evsienc'
against any cadet. but sonnet mes the super
iniendent knows cadets guilty as con
eli s!vey as he could upon the most positive
testimony.
> The February number OF the Woman
Home Companion contains several feature
Of especial merit chief Of these Is tn
r short story by the dueen of Roumana tCa-
{ men Sy.val "a Festival In Heaven" whcl
VII appeal TO all thoug t,ul readers. Dane
inr in the Austrian Tyrol," by Lillian Ball
"iome and Social Life of the japanese,
j an "The woman's Paper Of Little B5hein a
, are few of the lead ng articles The Hcto
o is ontrlbuted by such writer's as Mrs. SPOT
5 I'd j I'm Kendrick Bangs. Frank II. spear
man and spFhie Sweet whose names spea
a for them.
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. Will NJ. Clemens has an article In IN
e February Home Magazine On THE LIE c
the Life Savers" In which lie d-serlbos 1
an in err citing manner the exlatenco OF tn
3 brave n en- who pa rol the Atan,ic coas
e II Is a sry Of human interest. vita son,
o pictures by PR. Fnsseit. In the cam
number there IA an article on the Game
rvl,ft hV
. land. late Of Pekn unlvers ty whose ar &c
n on The Chine Mother Goose" was so ia
n v.rably received last N5vember.
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. "You and your mother should both h
. very patient and very ieader ana very fran
7 y.th aacA ofhc-" Nrles Halen Watterso
Moody IN the February Ladies Home Joui
Eal when the ssran ocweon you come
Try moi 10 le. it make inroads upon the gre
fund Of love and trust there really Is b
. tween you; draw close together to taIh og'
even your dsagreemen;s. speaking honest
and with willingness N each heart 70 g
!" the Others point of view. Never be sati
i fed wi settlement in which either one
you has shut the other out OF her fun cont
dence And do you, especially. rememb'
this: That Il the time ever comes when yc
!, turn from telling your mother all you
: thoughts and heart aud hopes because "
i lear she would not understand. or would pr
a vent you from carrying out your ldess-r
a member that there has already come u
/. little rift within the lutte, {"
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rs Among literary topics in the February A
Is isnuc "Tae Great Preacher" is feeir
= and sympathetic discussion Of DR.. Allen
"a Life OF Phillips Brooks; John Fiske IS cha
A. a0ter!stcally Brilliant and force;ul 10 h
ID "F, mlp.scences of Huxley" apropos OF t
n reeen. Life and Lstarsi'' Gpldwin sml
5, reviews Lord R seberY's "Napoleou." rel
i? forced by his own personal experience al
u, rseollectcns; ard Fret Nssvane Of Harra
causte,lly ssects Fosters American pipl
macy snd exposes Is srroTs
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