The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-21
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The Smart Set for June opens with a
novelette, by Gertrude Lynch, entitled THE
Fighting Chance" 1t has many love COM
plications, including the love affair OF a
statesman. Ii is not pleasing tale. There
are snort stories in variety and numerous
poems of fair quality.
Mrs. Margaret Deland discourses wisely
in Harpers Bazaar for June on THE Tyran-
ny of Things" Lillian Bell writes in what
some easily pleased persons regard as an
amusing manner about THE Trials OF a
Young Housewife" A well-told story OF
domestic life is contributed by Mary s.
Cutting.
Seventy degrees Fahrenheit and ten de-
grees moisture is the average atmosphere
of our drawing rooms. This is a climate
that only cactus and American women can
stand. In Lesle's Monthly for June appears
an article on this subject. embodying the
Investigations OF Prof. =. b. Woodwork, of
Lewis Institute, Chicago.
The theory of some scientific men that
the world has almost reached the limit of
its capacity to produce wheat is exploded
in the article on THE New Agriculture"
in the June Scribner's. which shows how
the work of the agricultural experiment
stations has removed this catastrophe in
definitely from the impending possibilities.
The latest issue of the photographer.
bearing on it's cover the inscription Paul
Leicester Ford, editor" has pathetic
interest. Besides his editorial work an
article over his name appears in the num-
Der. 1t relates to pamphlet entitled The
Crisis, published during our revolutionary
period The publishers. Dodd, Mead & Co,
have not announced the name of Mr. Fords
successor as editor.
The recent Country Life in America"
Photographic competitions awarded Miss
Frances E. Wheeler the fourth prize for a
series of pictures taken on her unique
"Clovernook" duck farm. In the June issue
these will be published, and she will tell
how ducks thrive in conditions not at all
or the usual poultry-yard sort, and why
duck-raising is so seldom carried on with
profit.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich will contribute to
the June Century "A Note on 'L'Aiglon,' >"
calling attention to a curious resemblance
between the Wagram battlefield scene in
Hugo's description of Waterloo in les
Misera bles. MIR. Aldrich also relates his
own impressions on the latter field, illus
trating the spell OF the historic event there
enacted.
A gentleman who has just returned from
the Mojave desert, writes to the Literary
Digest as follows; AT the mine we found
the men a little short OF literature, and
| each one OF our party agreed TO send them
a periodical, suggesting some of the cur
! rent magazines Their first choice out of
/ the whole bunch was the Literary Digest.
| This speaks well for the class of men we
| have got at these mines. They like 10 keep
in touch with the current events OF the day.
/ and think they can do IL better through this
/ periodical than any other"
The Presidents family has permitted the
first public use of the family portrait OF
! President Roosevelt's mother, and IL will
be published in the Ladies Home Journal.
| The portrait is a beautiful oil painting
! painted in 1874 by Jennie s. Loop and is
/ now In the possession OF Mrs. Douglas
/ Robinson, jr.. the Presidents sister. Mrs
! Robinson has also loaned TO the magazine
1 the family portrait OF the President 5
/ father, and this will receive publication at
/ same time