The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-19
Current Periodicals.

Current Periodicals.
During the present session of Congress
the Saturday Evening Post. of Philadel-
phia, will contain bi-weekly articles on
national affairs by the former postmaster
general, Hon. Charles Emory Smith
The Green Bag (Boston) for March gives
up the largest part of it's space to an arti-
Gle by Charles r. Grinnell. entitled "A
Legal View of the Inquiry Granted to Rear
ADMIRAL Schley, and of Other Inquiries by
Military Courts"
Howard Pyle and f. c. Yohn have illus
~trations in color for THE Story of Three
States" in Scribner's for April. Other illus
tratlons showing the region of the Wvom-
ing massacre as ii is to-day will accom-
pany this article.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. steamship line
celebrated the latest trip OF the Deutsch-
land. when that vessel carried Prime
Henry and his party on their return jour
ney, by issuing the passenger list in a
booklet which is a model specimen of the
printers and illustrators art and well
worth preserving as a souvenir.
Harper's Bazaar for April is the special
spring fashion edition of this magazine,
and contains forty-one pages of text and
pictures descriptive of the new fashions i'm
materials and designs. Among the literary
features is a paper by Margaret Deland,
eHllll6U Inc SnelI. winch is 1ntenQeu IOf
the benefit of parents.
The publishers of Puck celebrate the
twenty-ffth anniversary of that periodical
by issuing a handsome special number,
containing many more pages of matter
than usual and more Illustrations, includ-
ing portraits of editors, artists and con-
tributors. Among other features is an in
terestlng editorial tracing progress in the
art of joke-writing and in Illustrating.
Tho handGono n oboaoloai.a p,anazfno
Records of the Past, contains in its March
issue an illustrated description of certain
prehistoric ruins of the Southwest. showing
to find relics of an ancient c~iviliza-
ton. Other papers in the number are An
cient Corinth Uncovered" and The Ro-
setta Stone" This magazine is published
in Washington, ID. c.
The first number of a Juvenile periodical
called Young Folks Magazine bears the
imprint of the Penn Publishing Company,
Philadelphia, and it's contents and attract
i've appearance give promise that il will
meet the requirements of the most exact
ing young readers. The fact that this
house issues high-class juvenile books is a
further indication that the best may be
expected of the periodical.
The international Studio Cor March has
for it frontispiece a reproduction i'm color
of a water color drawing by ]. Mcneil
Whistler. 1t is a beach and water scene
in very faint tints and its merits are prob
ably more discernible TO professional artists
than to the lay observer. Other full-page
supplements are, some of them, quite
striking reproductions of the various
artists. The letter press deals, among
other things, with the work of Frank
Short. THE Latest Evolution of the Medal
in France and THE Royal Academy and
Its Student Competitors"
pearSon'S Maoazfna for Anrl oneps with
an interesting article on THE New York
Subway illustrated by Jay Hambidge.
The article itself gives a bird's-eye view
of the whole subway scheme. from its in
ceptiOn TO the present phase of it's develop
ment, when it is a year ahead of contract
time. Another special article is the one
entitled "Our Descent from Monkeys the
illustrations for which, taken from actual
photographs of babies and monkeys. are
unpleasantly convincing. "A City of Beer"
is an account of the enormous breweries in
the town of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire,
England. Other special articles deal with
Flying Fish, "A Pigeon
Ranch" and 1.-THE Story of the States"
Montana is the subject of the States arti-
Gle. Concerning Golf gives an ingenious
il not authentic account of the origin of
the great sport. The fiction is of good
quality.
The Atlantic for March contains a SYM
postum upon the Philippine problem. Fred
w. Atkinson, the government superintend-
ent of schools, discusses the educational
problem i'm the Philippines. He explains
the educational condition and necessities
OF the FilipinOs, what the government has
done and is doing about their schooling,
and what are their educational qualifca-
tiOnS and prospects. Mr.. Charles a. Co
nant, who has just returned from the
islands. discusses the economic future of
the FiIipinos, their character of mind, the
labor problems involved among them, the
responsibilities assumed and the task in
VolVed lin seeking to raise such a people
from their present economic condition up
to the level of Western civilization" Both
articles have come at first hand from the
center of action, and are contributed by the
most qualified Of observers, each in his own
line.
Not one person in ten thousand of those
who will read Helen Keller's own story Of
her life, when it begins i'm an early issue
of the Ladies' Home Journal. will nave the
least conception of the amount Of hard
work required to write the story. First Of
all, Miss Keller puts down her ideas 'in
Braille.' as the blind express il: that is TO
say. i'm the system of points raised on
paper by means of a stylus and slate de
Vised to aid the blind, these points being
read afterward by passing the sensitive
fingers over them. When al OF this Braille
work has been completed Miss Keller goes
10 her typewriter and uses these notes as a
guide TO the rewriting Of the story. As
soon as a page of matter is typewriter IT
is. so to speak, lost to Miss Keller. who
has to depend upon her faithful teacher.
Miss Sullivan. TO repeat il to her by spell
ing out each sentence by means OF the
hands. Ii is a tedious task. especially as
some of the pages have to be read again
and again, with changes here and there.
before Miss Keller is satisfied. Then. when
the proofs are sent to her. all this slow
process OF spelling word after word has TO
be gone through once more, SO that each
word that Helen Keller writes goes
through her fingers at least five times.
Among the Publishers.
NJ. HoNells's new novel. which the Har-