The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
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have a bad wife, get some new needles
and new pins, and a clean handkerchief;
pin the needles and pins crossways on the
handkerchief; sew it inside her pillow, and
during the night she will confess all the
fault she has been committing against
you" This prescription is from the Ba-
hama negroes and is given in The journal
Of American Folklore for January
March, just issued. The number is one
of unusual interest along the lines of the
researches Of the American Folklore So
ciety.
Moral Effect of BaIoonIng.-"The ap-
pearance Of the earth as seer from
great height has decided moral effect
on the aerial voyager's soul. He perceives
how small place man occupies on the
earth, which appears as a wonderful COM
nlingling Of towns, woods, lakes and sill
yer streams the whole spectacle filtered
thru clear, effulgent medium, the in
comprehensive, marvellous purity Of the
atmosphere" So says Paul Nocquet, in
The Cosmopolitan for May, describing the
delights of aerial navigation.
The Making of a British Tar" "Won-
derful matchmaking by Steam" by P.
T. McGrath; The Training of a German
Actress" by Grace Isabel Colbron; en-
tellectual Germany of To-day" by Wolf
Won Schierbrand; THE Ruins Of Baalbek, -
by Dulany Hunter; "The Most Athletic
Nation in the World" by H. H Boyesen,
I'd; Interesting Personalities in the Bust"
ness World-Norman Bruce Ream,' by
Edwin Lefevre, and Sports with Which
We Are Unfamiliar by Helmet Stag Ar
cher, are other features Of the number.
Timely and Meaty-The North Ameri-
can Review for May is an extremely i'm
portant number for several reasons, par
ticuarly because it contains two articles
which were written by men who are not
only leaders in their different walks of life,
but who have not written and signed an
article in perhaps two decades. The rest
of the number is selected with a great
deal Of care to cover the largest possible
field of contemporary subjects. For ex-
ample, the most important foreign sub
ject of the hour is, of course. the war
between Russia and Japan in the far east.
Next in Importance is the English eX-
petition into Thibet, where Russia and
England must eventually either clash
arms or make a peaceable settlement of
boundaries. The most important domestic
subject of the hour is unquestionably the
development of our colonial government.
These subjects are all dealt with in this
number Of the Review. The two writer's
referred to as contributing valuable arti-
cles are Joseph Pulitzer, who writes OF the
school Of Journalism founded by him and
the reasons for it's existence, and Count
Cassini, who writes Of Russia's position
| in the present war.
Arenas Portrait Series Resumed.-Dur-
| ing the period when Mr. Flower edited
| The Arena that magazine carried each
month one finely executed frontispiece
portrait, and since his return to the sole
editorship of the magazine the frontls-
pieces have again been introduced. The
May issue contains an excellent recent
portrait Of Commissioner F. F. Ingram Of
Detroit, and one of the strongest features
Of the magazine is Mr.. Migrants argument
| in favor Of popular ownership of municipal
monopolies Other notable papers con
| slider THE, Supreme Court In the North
| ern Securities Case 1.-THE Political Rev
olution in New Zealand" 1.-THE Future o
Santo Domingo" the future Of public
4 education in the United States, the tif
4 tenth amendment, Socialism in Europe,
and the fundamental cause Of America!
friendly attitude toward Japan. Among
the contributors are Professor Frank Par
i sons. PHI D., Professor Edwin Maxey, LII
i D., Eltweed Pomeroy, A. NJ, Walter s
4 Logan and James E. Boyle, Phi. D.
(. MayfieId's Little Foiks-The title
A that of brand new magazine for littl
folk, published by Mayfield & Mayfield
4 South Omaha. Neb. THE Reason Why
a is told In part as follows by the editor:
II MayheIds Little Felix's has no apology to offer
res hirfh az hrnohf ahout hy deSir4 IN eatah