The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07

TO the u-ndercurrent OF thought which has
long been sweeping through the minds Of
reasoning men as to the duties and respon-
s~ibiitfes Of government and as TO the best
form Of government adapted TO the never
ceasing cry for freedom, which sounds
through the soul of every normal human
being. The paper contains information
and suggestions which should be OF benefit.
The Modern Chivalry." by John CoTb!n.
treats OF the athletic sports so prevalent
through our country, and recommends
tam the intellectual as well as physical
ylgor OF the race. The Study of the In
hnitely Small" by John Trowbridge, indi-
Gates that the general belief in the exact
ness OF the findings of science is wrong,
as scientific findings are continually
changing with the advance Of experiment
phenomena apparently far apart and the
Investigations of the infinitely smalf'
upon which the life and activity OF the
world depend. John Fiske. an Apprecia-
tion,' by Thomas 5. Perry, is a brief
sketch of the life and work of the we'll
known writer who lately died in the midst
OF his labors. a Hidden Weakness in Our
Democracy by Vida Scudder, whose sec
ond paper, Democracy and Education,
Will appear in the June Atlantic, is worthy
or careful consideration. The Rebuilding
or Old Commonwealths" Is a revelation or
the developing forces at work in the South
ern States, by Walter IL. Page. an eye
witness. Another timely and thoughtful
article is Higher Commercial Education
by j. Lawrence Laughlin. Poetry, fiction,
literary reviews, The Contributors Club
and a dissertation in a new line on Ham
let with other papers of interest, COM
plete the number.
The Century Magazine for May opens
will the first paper of a serial called
THE Great Southwest. illustrated by two
color drawings by Maxfeld Parrish. In
one the desert and mountains are repre-
scented, in the other the rich farming lands
xr;@H -,,--s-- 80 - N,o,,tsFn1 ~nrarl
of trees. The author of The Great South
west is Ray Stannard Baker. 1.-The Cap
ital of Our Democracy by Henry Loomis
Nelson, is a description Of the people, their
traits, their oddities and their customs. as
represented in the varied elements which
compose the society of Washington. For
Civic Improvement-What to Do and How
TO Do It," by Sylvester Baxter, is full of
excellent suggestions 10 those who desire
to see the city and country made beau
tiful. The Recollections of a Player by
]. ii. Stoddart, begins in this number and
promises admirably. Edmund Gosse offers
mis- tribute of admiration to the poet Swim
burne, whose portrait adorns the magazine,
and declares near the close OF his happily
conceived and cheerful paper that Mr..
Swinburne has not lost his power to sur
prise us by new and marvellous feats in
certain that mis- fervor and color, his impet-
uOus melody, his great resource in art and
his unfailing virtuosity will always retain
their Importance in the history of poetry"
Roger S. Tracy writes of Longevity in our
Time" and while writing favorably of the
improved sanitary conditions, gives no
promise Of any swift increase in longevity.
On the contrary, he argues that the condi-
ttonS necessary for such longevity can be
brought about only as a result of long
continued teaching and pressure extending
over many generations, and may not be
perceptible in the race for a hundred years
10 come" He declares that only one out
of a million is able to reach the physiolog-
ical limit of life, which certainly should
be one hundred years and possibly one hun
dred and twenty" Other articles are "A
Noteworthy Letter of Whittier's," by w.
l.. Phelps; "A Little Essay on, Books and
Reading" by Martin Dooley; Ms the Moon
g Dead Planet?" by William II: Pickering;
How the Voice Looks with illustrations
now first published, by E. S. Scripture. and
Conversation with the -Four German
Chancellors," by Wolf Won Schierbrand.
ID Captaine of de Marguerite" a bit of
Illinois and French Canadian dialect verse,
by Wallace Bruce Amsbary, with illus
t%rations, is clean. Half a dozen short
stories add interest to the number.