The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-28

try house and a garden. Mr. Box gives
much advice 10 young married couples IN
his editorial Another article Is why
Should Young Man support the Church.
by the Rev. Francis r Clark. Many home
made Christmas gifts are shown. and the
first OF the journals amusing puzzles
appears The regular departments are cx-
ceptionally good and the Illustrations ca
cellent
West Indian number OF "The Ex-
position" the literary organ Of the South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian Ex-
position has been issued. II is a handsome
publication. 1t opens with a triple page
showing a panoramic view OF the city Of
Havana. Following Is an illustrated az
ticle descriptive OF Havana There are
also articles on Porto Rico and jamaica
and on the trade with these Islands. An
excellent cOlored map Of the exposition
grounds is given with the number The
literary bureau OF the enterprise Is Indus
trious and uses good judgment
The amount OF interesting reading matter
crowded into the pages Of the November
number Of Harper's Magazine is a delight
to one who has leisure 10 enjoy the treat
and a tantalizaton to the busy person who
can only peep here and there and snatch a
mere morsel Of the many good things. The
descriptive articles "Surolling Mounte-
banks, The Bottom Of the Sea, "Old 81.
Saviors" Southwark, etc. the stories.
long and short, the poems, the iilustra-
tloiiS anu al the rest. CldSSlltu anu III
classlhed. deserve a column in which TO do
them justice. The editors Easy Chair
Is disturbed by the eternal womanly
question. The editors study promises Tor
future numbers still finer literary pabulum
than the magazine has yet prOffered-im-
proVement in the artistic features. a varie-
" OF brief contributions. stories, sketches
ana essays, continuation of Woodrow
| Wilson's History of the United States
ana series of five papers on American
Lie and Letters" by George +. Wood
berry 1t viii be difficult. however. TO i'm
prove on the current issue.
The first number OF Country Life, the
magazine long promised by Doubleday,
] Page & Co, the New York publishers, full
fills all the claims of the proprietors. IL is
a very handsome publication. its pages. ten
by fourteen inches in size. making the il
| Illustrations especially effective. These are
| all Photographic reproductions. but show
artistic taste in choice of subjects and are
triumphs OF printing. The New England
abandoned Farm is the theme of the
| first paper. and the picturesqueness of the
| places portrayed should cause those farms
TO be occupied forthwith. Very different
| scenes are portrayed in the illustrations ac-
complaining the article descriptive of e.
| lerSlle, the nome or Hon. Levi Il. Morton
on the Hudson. All that wealth can do has
been done to bring this place TO perfection
| Topics of other papers are 'Shrubbery in
| the Home Grounds, "A Home Makers
Yard" The Life Story of a Frog and
| La Belle Fameuse," the domestic apple OF
| the CANADIAN Erencn, ana American APP
| pies. Several pages are given up To prac-
/ teal instructions in plant-growing in gar
| den and field. The purpose of the publish
/ erS is TO preach the sermon Of the Out-of-
| doors and teach the charm of country
| life, and with this first number il has GER
tainly made a good beginning.
Professor Glen Levin Swiggett contrib
utes critical but sympathetic study of
Sidney Lanier TO the September number of
| the Conservative Review washington,
ID. c. In the course of the article he says:
''Lanier's claim as an American poet is
| certainly "a just one; and our failure TO
| recognize ii speaks loudly either for our
| lack of poetic appreciation or our failure
| TO give him his true proportion in every
| study OF American literature. l am inclined
| 10 think that the latter is the explanation
| of Lanier's limited appeal. With no stand
ard OF taste we'll defined leave the
Obiter dicta to teachers of literature
| who mold the taste Of all, save a very
| limited circle OF readers. With the recent
| educational idea that il is hazardous to the
pupils growth 10 give him peep into the
| makers of literature through some WELL
! selected chrestomathy, the teachers in our
! hlgh schools and colleges prefer TO study,
| in a more comprehensive way, one or more
| representative poets. l dare say the results
| gained by this treatment will Justify the
| means; but ii surely is perious 10 the gen.
| eral culture Of the country. if il can be
| claimed that the study Of poets contributes
| to this" Professor Swiggett, well known
| in indianapolis, and at Purdue University.
| where he held a prOfessOrship. is now pur-
| suing a special course in Germanics at
Pennsylvania University.
In Pearson's Magazine for November is
a contribution from the pen Of Ray STAN
| nard Baker entitled, Where the Worlds
| Standards of Measurement are Set-A De-
scription OF One Of the Most Wonderful
| Institutions in the World" This is the
German Reichsanstalt, which. with scien-
tihc equipment without parallel I'm the
world and with staff of ninety-fve pro-
fessOrs scientific assistants and expert
mechanicians, is recognized as the final
| authority on all scientific matters. IL is TO
sends it's electric lights TO have their candle
power proved, and the great manufacture
ers send their thermometers and barom-
eters TO be certified, and il is here that the
tuning forks which regulate the pitch OF
music you hear at the opera house have
been tested-to mention only a few pOpu-
lar instances of the work Of this institu-
ton. Another attractive article IN this
number is entitled. with a Camera in the
Bush" which, written by one OF ire best
known egg collectors in Australia, de-
scribes his experience in searching for rare
specimens in the giant trees and the dense
scrubs of the Australian forests. Among
noteworthy contributions may be men
| toned Midnight Mountaineering" Tests
Of Strength" suggest some simple and
| pleasant ways OF testing whether you are
| stronger than your neighbor, and ar
ticle describes how fruit farmers in Cali
| fornia raise the temperature at night to
protect trees from frost. Besides the con-
Sea Lady" there are eight short stories in
| rar11o her