The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01

actions of breach Of promise are not known.
The author has succeeded we'll in giving
picture of life in the Netherlands as it is to-
day.
Margaret warrener. By Alice Brown.
Boston: Houghton. Mifain & Co. Mime
apols: N. Mccarthy. Price. S1.5o.
This is story Of some power after you get
we'll into it. The reader is introduced to
bohemian set in a somewhat shabby, cheap
apartment building in Boston, styled the ''Ba-
bine.' Llandoff Warrener and his wife Mar
garet, an ex-actress, live there. and Laura
Neale a woman journalist, has a room
there. These persons and few of their
friends, literary and dramatic are introduced.
Llandoff Warrener Is some kind of a cousin
Of Laura Neale who is smart, spicy. slangy,
mannish woman, who takes precedence in all
conversations. The sorrow of the thing is
that Warrener falls in love with her and ne
elects his wife, who IS woman Ct talent
and devoted to him. The Warrencrs were
happy together until they come back from
Europe and Llandoff met Laura Nele, who
amuses herself trying to captivate I, Itch old
man, a proceeding very distasteful 20 War
rener, but the old man loses his ne :! ay and
Laura has no further use for him. Llandof
becomes an invalid and Margaret Warrener
has to return to the stage to support them,
while her husband continues wrapped up in
Laura Neale. until one day he shoots himself
and she rushes off to write UP the tragedy in
her finest style. Warrener gone Margaret
devotes herself to the stage and becomes
very popular but cherishes the memory Of
her WORTHLESS husband most tenderly. Marga-
ret's devotion to Llandoff Warrener was wo-
1nanlike and pathetic, even after his suicide.
Think Of her saying to- Brandon: do you
suppose I've gone on one night since began
without Llandoff's name on my lips? He
wanted to do things. He never did do them.
I'm trying to do them for him. I am going to
make my life count now for both Of u.s.
The Century Book for Mothers. A
Practical Guide in the Rearing of Healthy
Sue Hospital Medical Ii; GO coilege, New York.
and Gustav Pollak, editor of Babyhood New
York: The Century company. Minneapolis:
N. Mccarthy. Price, 81.
The authors Of this book have embodied in
the text all that science and experience sug-
gest for the proper care OF children. The
first part goes back to preparations for
motherhood, and the arrangement of the nurs-
cry; what to do with the new baby to all
healthful development through air and light
and food and feeding and there are set forth
the precautions against illness and the proper
treatment of infantile ills, with hints as to the
administration Of medicines, nursery emery
encies and the household pharmacy. The
ond part of the book is devoted to the solu-
ton, so far as possible of all the problems
OF babyhood, including minor ailments, de-
fects, colds and infant diseases generally
harmful habits, phases of development, wean-
ing, sleeping bathing, teethng, hygiene and
sanitation; dress, special requirements, feed
ing problems, of the mother. The
volume seems to cover the ground completely
and the index is excellent
Ninth Biennial Report of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics for the State of
Iowa, 1S99-19OO. c. f. Wennerstrum,
Commissioner. Des Moines, Iowa.
This report gives evidence of careful in
vestgation into labor conditions and needs
and some Of the most valuable work in this
connection was done by Iowa women. During
1899-19O0 %2S factories were inspected and the
commissioner corrects the prevalent view that
Iowa is not manufacturing state, by show
ing that nearly half the population Is urban,
there being sixty -four towns having 1000 or
more inhabitants and six with populations
exceeding $4,000, and in these towns and cities
there are nearly $1,000 factories and manu-
featuring establishments, employing nearly
$4,000 persons, the capital amounting to $1O2,-
1885, 103, and wages paid, about $24 200, 900, the
product being valued at $164 ,617, ST.. The
state, however, is without statutory regula-
tions and inspection of factory employees. The
commissioner makes very Intelligent and
! earnest appeal for systematic factory inspec-
ton and for modern sanitary improvements in
| the industrial establishments as economic
| necessity, to say the least. The factories in
spected revealed many sanitary nuisances of
! a dangerous character and the commissioner
properly urges adequate legislation to remove
| the unsanitary conditions Dangerous, I'M
guarded machinery and unsafe boilers abound.
| On the subject Of child labor, the commits
sioner shows that Iowa is very backward in
protecting children of tender years from fac
| tory labor and labor in the mines He
oIn chat hoe hnov,
states and advises legislation prohibiting child
| labor under the age of IA. The commissioner s
! investigation into strikes shows that in the
| six years ard a half considered there were
! ISL strikes in thirty-four counties of the
state, $1,000 employees participating. The loss
| in wages was 81, $40 and loss to employers
| $54S, 1876. Strikes were successful in Pill es-
| Establishments and 633 out of the S31 took place
in the coal mining districts. Iowa has Jared
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