The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-02

Mcclure. John La Fargo writes Of Rem
brandt" the paper being illustrated with
greatest psi5tines and etchings. The sto-
RES are Thirty Cents. The Lock Slep,
"Biny's Tenderfoot." Introducing Inach-
err and How She Saved the General
A sketch Of Miss Alice Roosevelt, with
portrait, occupies the first page OF the
Ledger Monthly, for April. Other features
are an account. by the Rev. Henry van
Dyke, of the workings of the Young Won
en- Christian Association In New 1oIk
city. a chapter on 9TH Brotherhood or
Andrew and Philip. its Methods and SerV-
ice by Rev. W. J. Peck; a story or a
queer Mexican custom observed IN hoiy
week: Leisure Hours of Stage Favorites,
by Frederick Phillips: The Training OF a
singer, with Illustrations; DINING Win
the President" with three Photographic IL
Illustrations. and the usual variety of topics
or special household interest
Under the title of American Shrines'
the New England Magazine is presenting a
series of frontispieces. The April number
contains a fine half-tone from the only
photograph in existence Of the Charter oak.
In this number is told THE True Story Of
Paul Revere's Ride" with many illustra-
ions. A paper of interest, showing the
CROWN or our navy, gives an account or
the instructive and experimental work be
ing done at the United States naval torpedo
station on Goat island. in the harbor of
- nap - tASOAA -
lections of Daniel Webster; an illustrated
sketch, I'm an Old Garden an historical
account of some Boston churches and sew
eral short stories go TO make up a readable
number OF this periodical.
Contents of the Pilgrim for April are:
Men and Matters of Moment" the editor,
Willis ]. Abbot: Los Angeles. the Conven-
ton City" by Edith NJ. Haverly; "A True
Peoples Art Palace" by Milton B.. Marks;
"A Flash of Lightning by Harriet Pres
colt Spofford; Love Making on the Stage"
by Walden Fawcett; Jean de Reszke." by
William j, Henderson; Planning the Home
Garden" by Wilhelm Miller; Twenty-Five
Years a Club Woman" by Rev. Celia p.
Woolley; "Clubhouses Owned by Women
special illustrated supplement-; The Fruit
of Her Hands" by Edwin Markham; "The
General Federation of Woman's Clubs"
by Rebecca Douglas Lowe; The Snufin'
of Paddy McCann," by William Bullock;
a design for a woman's clubhouse; plants
a variety of household matters. The Pill
grim is published at Battle Creek, Mich.
The April number of Country Life, the
periodical issued by Doubleday, Page &
Co. for the purpose of celebrating the
charms of rural life, is even more attrac-
tive than its predecessors. The literary
contributions are on the following themes:
1.-The Blooming Of the Trees" "Recollec-
tons of the Old Sugar Bush" "The Recla-
m3llOn OF a barren apple OTCndTC- ne
Gray Fox" THE Making of a Country
Home" "The Cloudlands." "The Art of
Formal Gardening, Hunting Rattlesnakes
with a Y Gsmera aTbd HoT PI to MAKE a Of Ga seS0oI
Grounds" Work and Play in April"
Grating" The Good Points of a Horse
and The Housekeeping of a Humming
Bird" The illustrations are very pleasing
and are likely to go far toward enticing the
city reader of the magazine to the country.
Agents of country real estate and owners of
a., H., $780, ~ flyn1x- - "a ~
circulation of Country Life of much use to
them.
The principal features of the April num-
Der of the Review of Reviews are a group
sketch of the Captains of Industry who
dined with Prince Henry i'm New York, with
more than seventy portraits, by Carl Sny-
der; a sketch of the late Charles L. Tiffany,
the great New York merchant: illustrated
articles on Educating the Deaf-Blind," by
ruin everett: ana on Inc New Lylns-lh
Hospital in New York. by DR.. Robert i.
Dickinson; a study of the life work of Col.
Francis w. Parker. of Chicago, the Original
tor of many new methods in education. by
Prof. Wilbur 5. Jackman, and articles on
"A New Factor in Lake Shipping by
George H. Cushing; Can Rural Social
Forces be Federated?-A First Step" by
Kenyon l.. Butterfield, and THE Anglo
Japanese Alliance from the japanese Point
of View" by T. Iyenaga In the editors
Progress of the World" the points at issue
III the NOTlntIh SECURITIES case. n Dues
ton of the Cuban sugar tariff and other
topics of the day are discussed.
The April number of the Woman's Home
Companion is especially devoted to Easter.
1t opens with an article on The Easter
Flower Market 9Th Pisgah Church.
IAN Easter Bonnet and 1.-The Flower
Fairies Easter Story" for children, are
appropriate bits of fiction. Will Payne con-
cludes his dramatic tale, THE New Men,
and Annie Steger Winston contributes AN
Idyl of Oyster Point" Lovers of outdoors
will find pleasure in Earnest Harold
Baynes's Little Journeys to the Woods
and Fields" Other features are Curious
Marriage Customs in China and Japan"
and '"The Lincoln National Museum" There
are six pages devoted to spring and summer
fashions. The first authoritative article on
the remarkable experiences of Miss Ellen
Stone. the American missionary, will be
continued in the May number of the Wom-
ans Home Companion with heretofore I'M
published pictures. The author is the Rev.
DR.. James i. Barton, corresponding secre-
tary of the American Board of Foreign
Missions.
In Harper's Magazine for April 1.-The
Deserted Village" with pictures by Edwin
A. Abbey, is continued. Nine additional
poems appear from both known and I'M
known writer's. Fiction is represented by
Bret Harte, Thomas Janvier, Sidney Pres
ton, Octave Thanet. Eugene White, Albert
Thomas, Virginia Remnitz and Cyrus T..
Brady. Fifty Years of Synthetic Chem
istry," by Carl Snyder, and The Relations
of Animals and Plants by N. S. Shaler,
will appeal TO the scientific class. The
Palace and Temple of Nebuchadnezzar," by
Morris Jastrow, jr., Phi. D., is of interest to
the lovers of antiquity. Descriptive papers,
"A Land Journey from Paris to New
York" by Harry De Windt. and THE
Mists of Skye by Arthur Cotton, are
thoroughly readable. New Light on Rev
dictionary Diplomacy" is a glimpse into the
diplomatic experiences of Francis Dana,
great grandfather of the author, Henrietta
Dana Skinner. and is embellished by ex-
tracts from Mr.. Dana's confidential letters
from John Adams, then minister to France
and Holland.
The Cosmopolitan for April has for it's
first article "Vesuvius. Destroyer of Cities"
by b. F. Fisher, which is well-written and
well-illustrated. Kenyon Cox describes the
work of Some American Figure Painters
specimens of their pictures are given.
Bret Harte writes a queer tale called
'Zuts-ki." Israel Zangwill contributes
THE Model of Sorrows" a powerful story.
summing up the woes of a ong-persecuted
race and their elimination in the two char
acteristics, craft and double-deaIing-the
sure heritage and weapons of the oppressed
and outcast. Maarten Maartens's story,
The Dream Knight" is fanciful and sad.
but is too unreal to awaken the emotions.
The Crime OF Samanthy North" is the
crime of the Woodworking "moonshiners, .
who, in spite of arrest, Imprisonment and
| even death. persist in the belief that they
! do no wrong when they convert their corn
into whisky and barter it for money or
necessities. r. Hopkinson Smith is the
/ author. Other articles are Husbands and