Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-25
The Field of Literature.

The mother of a president of the
United States is always an object of
special interest and regard on the
part of the people. But in all that
has been written about Mr.. Roosevelt
since he became chief executive last
September there has been little on
no mention of his mother. On this
account. and because she was a re-
markably fine and lovely woman.
much interest attaches To an article
ON The Presidents Mother. which
will appear in the Ladies' Home Jour
nal i'm the near future. IL will he the
first story of her life yet told. and
will be one of a series of articles. the
first of which is published in the cur
rent number OF the Journal. on the
president and his family. Miss Alice
Roosevelt is the subject of this. Next
month The Outdoor President" will
be told of. and later the presidents
wife and children will be portrayed.
The April Pilgrim X announced as
a number especially devoted To the
forthcoming biennial conference of
the General Federation of Womans
Clubs. To be held at Los Angeles. Cal
ifornia. The articles specially bear
ing upon this are: Los Angeles. the
Convention City" lavishly illustrat-
ed article. by Edith NJ. Haverly; The
Federation of Woman's Clubs" by its
present president. Mrs. Rebecca
Douglass Lowe; ''Twenty-five Years
Club WCman." by Rev. Celia T.. Wool
ley; Notable American Clubwomen."
by Bertha Damaris knObe. Edwin
Markham contributes a thoughtful
article on the possibilities before wo-
mankind under the title THE Fruit
of Her Hands" Two especially IL
Illustrated features relating to the
conference are a double page illus
trated supplement of pictures of club
houses owned by women. and archi-
tectural plans for $4,000 clubhouse,
suitable for n town of moderate size.
Although 50 much space has been Civ
en- to the distinctly feminine side of
The Pilgrim. its literary and other
features of interest to all members of
the home circle are not neglected.
The long story in the April ST.
Nicholas ought to be popular with
the girls and boys of today. They
love fresh air. and the Boys of Rim
con Ranch" is long draft of oxygen.
1t tells of the visit of two city boys
to their cousin upon Texas ranch.
Under his guardianship the slightly
morbid city boys grow rugged and
strong, are tanned to a beautiful
brown, and maIe-the acquaintance of
some Texas wonders. They ride.
shoot. camp out. hunt and gather pc
can-nuts. They see fight betwe IN
roadrunner and rattlesnake; they
chase and bring to bay a peccary
boar; they see the tarantula over
come by his immemOrial enemy the
"tarantula hawk one of the wasps
that lays eggs in the bodies of paral-
wed creatures; one of them is lost
in the woods and learns to box ma
lures compass
1t is a bright. breezy. manly little
story. well illustrated by Il. Martin
Justice. an artist who knows the west.
Besides the long story there are
short stories by Alice Balch Abbott
and Tudor jerks, with articles by
Prof J. II. Gore. RosaIind Richards
and Frederic Dean-AIr. Deans being
an account of the famous Boy ChOris-
tiers in the United States.
The departments are full of prize
awards feature that appeals
strongly to the young ST. Nicholas
readers.