The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-17
Current Periodicals.

Leslie's Monthly is printing a Christmas
issue Of the size and elaboration of a Is
cent magazine.
The Ledger Monthly, one of the most
practical and attractive of household mag
azines, has in it's November issue an article
telling how actors are trained, a chapter
on evening home entertainments, an ar
ticle on Uruguay, stories, sketches, pic
lures and a variety of domestic lore.
The new story by Alice Caldwell Hogan,
author of Mrs. Wigs, of the Cabbage
Patch" will begin in the December Cen
fury. 1t is named from one Of it's charac-
tiers. Lovey Mary, an inmate of a charita-
bic institution who is said to have as many
interesting characteristics as Mrs. Wigs.
Lorna Doone'' has become a classic in
fiction, and yet while he lived the person.
atty of it's author was almost unknown
by reason of his great reticence and wish
of delightful letters to a young American
woman, and these are to be published in
the Christmas Scribner's.
New York Town Topics of Oct. 30 is a
special commercial number, and devotes
much space to New York's financial dis
trict. the London Stock Exchange, the
Bourse of Paris, the Vienna Bourse, and the
Frankfurt Bourse- There Is also a valu,
able historical paper on railroads and
their development and a paper on present
railroad systems.
An article in the current number of the
Woman's Home Companion purports to
be by Madame WI Tingfang. but doubt
less that lady merely permitted some
American writer to transcribe her views.
She talks about Chinese customs and
compares them with those of this country.
An illustrated article on the New York
Zoo" is a feature of the number.
In a letter to the editor of Leslie's
Monthly regarding his story in the De-
cember number of that magazine the au-
thor of The Mississippi Bubble" expresses
his resentment at what he calls "car-win-
dow writing" According to Mr.. Hough.
the ordinary tale of the West is the result
of Pullman experience, pure and simple
and the man who has been within three
miles of a lariat and a pair of "chaps"
writes as though he knew the smell of
leather.
The Delineator celebrates its thirtieth
anniversary by issuing an elaborate and
handsome Christmas number. whose con-
tents must afford satisfaction to every
woman of domestic tastes. In addition
to a great variety of fashion plates and
costume designs both in black and white
and in color. are numerous excellent liter
airy features and some fine illustrations
Among the contributors are John Luther
Long, Josephine Dodge. Daskam, +. Hop
kinson Smith. and Sir Edwin Arnold. the
last named Offering a Christmas hymn.
Among the features of the Internationa
Studio for November is an article on In
dian (Hindoo) pictorial art, with some curl
Gus illustrations. The Studio has in prep.
aration as a special winter number for the
coming season a volume devoted 10 Coro1
and Millet. The articles will be written
respectively, by the well-known French
critics, Gustave Geffroy and Arsene Alex
andre. and the illustrations. which will
comprise a variety of methods of reproduc
ton in half-tone, color, meZzotint. etc.
will include several paintings, drawing,
and etchings not before published.
The Journal seldom comments on trad,
publications in this column. but the re
markably fine printing and color work IN
a book and a series Of accompanying plates
issued by the H. Il. Clafin Company. o
New York. as a guide to wholesale buyer,
of wash dress fabrics calls for approval
One series of prints shows the goods, an
other the material as IL appears made int
gowns. With a series of these plates In he
possession, enterprising women may max
their next summers gowns before Christ
mas. sure that they will be In correc
style.
The publishers of st. Nicholas Magazin
announce that they have been fortunat
enough to secure two short stories b.
Louisa NJ. Alcott. which have never befor
been published. They. with numerou
others. were written especially for ne
young niece Lulu, daughter of the Beth
of Little Women" Some of these wer
afterwards published. others not. IN
first of these stories. one in which Mis-
Alcott and the niece both figure unde
fanciful names. will appear In the Decem
Der issue of the magazine. Following Mis-