Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-13
The CosmopoIitan

| fer October has a brilliant list of con-
| tributors. The articles of special in
terest include: Alexander Hamil-
tom John Fiske: 1.-The Problem" Ell
bert Hubbard The Winters Drama"
WIngrobe 'Bathon: climbing the
Scotch Alps Arthur Campbell Cor
don; THE Coronation and It's Signifi-
cance." w. T. Stead; THE Problem of
the Birth-Supply,'' Herbert George
Wells; when Woman's Ideals FAIL"
Lavinia Hart; What Father Can Do
for HIS Son." Harry Thurston Peck.
The fiction this month is particularly
good and is made up of the following
stories: "Hepner's Undisputed WILL"
Elliott Flower; How Number Four
Was Saved" Ara 1. Shane: zone of
| the Arisrocracy," f. Crayton McCants,
and The Magic Kiss" Hartley Alex
ander. Especially interesting is the
series of biographies on Captains of
Industry The departments. Men.
Women and Events and Great
| Events: Humor and Satire" give
much of interest. Nearly all of the
contributions are illustrated.
Success.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge opens the
spring paper upon the ali important
subject of Good Citizenship In a
| profusely illustrated paper upon
Earning the Ocean, John r. Spears
| writes of how Uncle Sam protects the
food supplies found in the ocean. Es-
pecially pleasing and helpful is Chris
tine Terhune Herrick's article, When
Betty Entertained showing how a
chatting dish high tea was successfully
carried out David Fairly st. Clair
writes interestingly of THE First Gen.
tenary of Ohio's Statehood" Richard
lie Caffeine discusses stephen Phil
! lips and His Poetry" Among the long
list of remaining contributions may be
briefly noted: ITO Those Who Pay
| Too Much for Success THE Story
of NV Boyhood Days." Edward T.
Jeffrey: The Art of Public Speaking"
Henry M. Bowling: The Turn of the
Tide" Grant Richardson; The Won
ders of Chinese Tangrams, THE
Heroism of Coal Miners" F. A. Smink:
and THE Wealth of Economy Will
liam Mathews.
The National Sportsman.
! The most attractive number oil the
| National Sportsman that we nave Fe'
seen in the current issue. The feature
which gives it this distinction is series
| of about thirty full page half-tones winch
accompany the article The Camp King
and His Camps. To Maine readers TINS
article and the beautiful illustrations are
peculiarly interesting. The Camp KING
| is Mr. c. j. Cook of Boston, and his %
odd camps are located in the vicinity OF
Moose River in the northwestern part oil
Maine The illustrations will give the
many readers of the magazine an ADMIR-
able idea of the beauties OF Maine
scenery. other features of this number
| are: ..Snipe and Snipe Shooting, Ins
Birth of the Androscoggin, Edward w.
Burt: Fishing in the Miramichi River,
..Where to Go and What to Take, and
.sThe Strongest Man of Today, and Some
| Incidents of His Career.
| The American Queen.
The Fall Fashion Number of the Amer
| lean Queen presents fun review of the
cnrrent STYLES. and the large number of
handsome designs given will be well
coined by the home dressmaker. Many
articles OF practical interest are noted.
including ..Grapes in a Variety of styles,
Hints to the Dyspeptic." How 10 Open
II
Winter What May be Seen in the
Hand" etiquette in the Sick Room.
Fall Housecleaning," and Fruits and
Vegetables" Stories and special articles
are also given, the whole make a most
entertaining number.
The Black Cat.
A pleasant hours entertainment is fur
nished by the October Black Cat which
presents five short stories, two of which
are prize stories. The first story pre-
scented won $500 prize 1t is by Exc
| Brodlique-Summers and is entitled "Ac-
cording to Omar 1t shows how the in
| fuence of the Persian Tent-maker led a
4 heroine into some amusing situations
The other prize story is made to Order
by Robert Whitaker The remaining
stories are equally pleasing and include;
"Deadman's Hook Elliott Walker; "A
Brl.,iant Coincidence" Anne Rankin Os-
borne. and 1.-The Delegates from Dulver-
tom E. De Gray Fogg.
| Table Talk
The October number of this reliable
household publication appears in a new
and up-to-date cover design. The num-
Der opens with a paper on Halloween
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"A Witch Of Endor Luncheon" by Ruth
| Virginia Sackett, gives many delightful
suggestions for the observance of this
time honored event. Marjorie's March's
article. THE Table in Autumn will be
appreciated by the housewives who be-
lieve, and rightly, too. that it is as es-
sential to cater to the eye as to the
palate. All having the care of children
would do well to read. not once but sew
eral times, the paper, How Their Chill
dren Were Dressed. by Christine
Terhune Herrick. The moral that adorns
that tale is well worth needing. Two
valuable departments are "Honsekeepers'
Inquiries and How to Follow Table !,
| Talks Bills of Fare The dozens Of !
choice receipts which they present arc
highly appreciated by a large, and con- :,
stantly growing number of housewives
who have found by experience that Ia I
bic Talks receipts always come out
/ right