The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-30
A THING OF BEAUTY
The October Housekeeper Breaks All
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Records for Artistic Appearance
and Interesting Reading.
A High Glass Woman's Journal
Which Reflects Credit Upon It's
Publishers and Community.

The October Housekeeper Is out, and
this number shows, even more than pre-
vious issues. that the publishers have sue
ceeded in producing womans journal
of which, not only they, but the whole
northwest may justly feel proud. The
copy at hand is forty page number, full
of high grade material The stories are
good and some Of the illustrated features
are deserving of special mention. Mad
am WI Ting-fang,' by Walden Fawcett,
is an article on the home life Of the Chi
nese ENJOYS family at Washington, and is
Illustrated with half tones of the Chinese
legation, the minister and his household,
and interior views. Successful Women
of California" tells about some Of the
women Of that state who have earned
fame and fortune in their chosen lines of
work. There are articles on the famous
Elk Teeth Gowns made by the Indians;
the wonderful Tiffany Fayrile Glass; the
Eeerfield Blue and White Society, and The
American Ostrich. The most interesting
illustrative feature of all perhaps, is the
doubl; page in the center Of the magazine,
showing photographs of popular actors
and actresses with leading stock COM
panies, AID scenes from the plays in which
they apepar. There are, also, many prac-
=tical articles Of helpful interest to wo-
men. while the fashion features for the
month are especially good. -
The ffOrs ekeeper has been making rapid
strides during the past few months and
has raE en- high rank among the first CLASS
magazines for women. geographically
and In geneial makeup it is exceedingly
artistic and up to-date. The cover de-
sign for, October, in colors, is especially
finn. ~. . s .
How many people in this city are there
who know OF the existence in Minneap-
oils, of g. magazine publishing plant of
the magnitude Of The EIousekeeper, where
5000 HoYsekeepers are printed and dis
tributed to every part of the United States
monthly? The entire space in the old
courthouse, on Eighth avenue, is devoted
to the various departments necessary to
the publication of journal of this kind,
and all the work upon the magazine from
the preparation Of the .copy' III the edit
orial rooms, to the completed production
put into mail sacks, ready to be mailed,
is done under one roof. There are special
artists to do the Illustrating, an engraving
pant to make the beautiful half-tone pic
lures, an electrotyping plant for making
the plates for the presses, in addition to
a fully equipped printing office and press
rooms.
Established in Minneapolis as a mere
advertising pamphlet, twenty five years
ago, The Housekeeper has grown to its
present proportions because of it's merit
and has proved the fallacy Of the idea that
used to be prevalent, namely, that a. first
class magazine could not be produced in
the west. 1t is being done every month
In Minneapolis. Moreover, while The
Housekeeper will bear comparison with
any of the dollar, domestic magazines 1T
is being supplied to subscribers for sixty
cents a year. r. rEE 49,.