The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-09
PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS

THE Business Side of a Great Univer-
sity,' by President Harper, OF the Univer-
sity of Chicago, is the opening article in the
college mans number (Oct. 12) of the Sat-
urday Evening Post, OF Philadelphia.
In addition TO the usual valuable and in
structive articles the Trained Nurse and
Hospital Review for October is particularly
interesting to nurses because of the infor-
nation il contains regarding the nurses
who attended President Mckinley.
The Inland Educator and Indiana School
Journal for October contains a number of
articles which show the progress that is
being made in professional school teaching.
Among them are Manual Training I'm the
Schools Of the District of Columbia" The
Higher Cleanliness" the first of a series of
articles on school Sanitation and Decora-
ton" by Superintendent Mott. OF Rich
mond Ind. il seems TO be a periodical that
the Indiana teacher must read in order to
keep up with the educational procession.
Arthur J. Brown, d. D., secretary of the
Presbyterian board of foreign missions,
has lately spent some time i'm China where
he has made detailed study of Chinese
civilization He has furnished the Great
Round World with valuable information
concerning all the phases of Chinese life.
The magazine number tissue of Oct. 81 of
that weekly contains an excellent article
on the conditions I'm China as they are right
now. The writer has facilities which en-
able him TO get at phases Of the social and
industrial conditions of the country that
have not been exploited.
The literary features of the Ladies' Home
Journal for October include How the
Leopard Got His Spots" by Rudyard Kip
ling; "A Fifth-avenue Troubadour." by
Ernest Seton-Thompson; the first Install
ment of "A Gentleman OF the Bluegrass"
by Laura Spencer Porter; the last of Miss
Alcotts Letters TO Her Laurie and the
closing chapters OF "Aileen." Some
Things the President Does Not Do col
lection of anecdotes about Whistler, the
artist, and Mr.. Bok's advice to a young
man about to marry are important fea-
lures. The regular editorial departments
are supplemented by nine new ones. among
which Prof. Edward Howard Griggs's talks
ON The Education OF Child from Eleven
TO Eighteen Professor Schmucker's See
ing Things Outdoors" and Miss Withey's
Writing and Speaking Correctly" are
noteworthy. The Illustrations and art fea-
lures are excellent.
The first pages OF the October Forum are
devoted TO an appreciative article on the
late President Mckinley by Henry Letch-
field West, who saw much of him for years.
Representative Boutell, of Illinois, contrib
utes an article entitled "Our National
Debt in which he shows that from the
first to the present time the government
has honorably met its obligations. Labor
and Law in England" by A Maurice Low
who made the subject q study for the Ma
tional Bureau OF Labor and Statistics,
shows the growth OF legislation in favor of
labor The Organization of the Medical
Profession" by DIR. p. NJ. Foshay. gives
some interesting information regarding
profession which is so modest that most
OF its members object to paid advertise
ments. The Outlook for Public Owner
ship, European Feeling Toward the
United States" and The Decadence Of Our
Constitution" are in the list of articles.
The North American Review for October
contains fourteen articles. some OF which
every man and woman who takes an inter-
est in the larger affairs Of the world must
find instructive. Under the general cap
ton. The Anarchists" are two papers
congress and Anarchy" by the general
solicitor Of the Standard Oil Company. and
The Anarchists and the President" by
Charles Johnston. who has written OF nj
hilism and anarchy. One of the most no.
ticeable articles is that Of Archbishop Ire
land. entitled Personal Liberty and Labor
Strikes. There are four articles bearing
on the misrule of Tammany which has
come into special prominence. Mrs Kate
Gannett Wells contributes Some Com
ments on Divorce ,,, and Mr. McCraeken
tian Science" Some Thoughts on Pain
and DEATH IS the rather unpleasant topic
OF II. Il. Marriott-Watson. the article COW
ering a dozen pages. w. ID. Howells's first
article of a new series is devoted TO AN
Italian View Of Humor"
The leading editorials in the Worlds Work
for October deal with the assassination of
President Mckinley and are illustrated with
striking portraits OF the dead President.
President Roosevelt Secretary Hay and Sec
rotary Root. The Pan-American policies
which Mr.. Mckinley outlined in his last
speech are given full treatment by Frederic
Emory in an article entitled THE Greater
America" other timely articles In the
magazine are The Character of the Po-
lice" by Franklin Matthews, in which a
more careful selection OF the chief of po-
lice is demanded, a description OF McKees-
port i'm strike time by NJ @. Cunniff and "A
characterization Of Judge Jerome, Of New
York, and the aggressive work he Is doing
10 expose police blackmail. by Arthur Good
rich. Frank Norris tells what he thinks is
the true reward OF a novelist. Sydney
Brooks writes of Russia In the fifth of his
series OF descriptions of European coun-
tries at the beginning OF the century. There
are number OF handsomely illustrated ar
ticles. one by r. T.. Phillips. comparing the
treatment OF hayward children in institu-
lions and AT the George Junior Republic,