The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

"Other animals influence the course OF
evolution only thru the offspring they pro-
duce; man even more thru the life he
| lives" II one wants mental stimulus
the independent is a good place to look
for it.
Mr.. 6arrie's Success as PIaywright.-
Sydney Brooks, London, in Harper's
Weekly Tor to-day. gives a view of Mr.
Barrie that is decidedly interesting. He
IS quoting distinguished critic;
(" Here is a fellow he said, who is nc
more a dramatist than L am He is
just man of letters writing plays, and
he writes them as they were never written
before. He breaks all the rules, cuts
clean thru every accepted convention, and
yet, somehow, gets there all the same
How the deuce does he do it?'" This
is all by way Of introduction to comment
upon Barrie's new play Little Mary
Little Mary is-the stomach, which led
wit to describe the play as "Senti-
mental Tummy.'' The Weekly suggests
that Bryan's turn as a democratic can
didate for the presidency may come again
after several years If he waits and grows
as he has in the past four years. There
Is much else Of general interest in the
number.
The Effect Of England's Proposed Pro-
lection PoIicy.-Talcott Williams in the
generously good BookIovers' Magazine for
February puts the effects of the proposed
protection measure of Mr.. Chamberlain
thus:
The same movement which for thirty years has
diminished English manufactured exports out
side the British empire, and increased them in
side, would be accelerated.
AS always In protection, the internal effect
on the manufactures, trade and exchanges of the
British empire would be very great If Mr.. Cham
berlains policy were adopted-greater than any
| one now tmagines. The external effect on other
nations would be small The chief visible outer
fruits would be political and not economic. The
British empire would become fifty framed to-
gether--an economic unit. Three great areas,
the Russian, the American (including dependen-
cies united as Cuba isl and the British empire,
would develop an internal trade. Europe, out
side of Russia and Great Britain would be side
tracked.
| The number hardly keeps up to the
magazines high standard in point Of illus
tration Of it's art talk and in it's photo.
graphic portraiture. The leading article is
mark Twain. Made in America" by T
M. Parrot. A timely article is Wagner
and His Music Dramas" by Gustav Kobbe
Mrs. Bancroft's Letters-A feature O
Scribner'S for February is Letters from
England in 1S46-49," by Mrs. George Ban
croft. The letters constitute a journal O.
Mrs. Bancrofts life in England and con
tain lively and interesting observations O
men and things. Not less interesting thai
the letters are the illustrations, including
portraits of Mr.. and Mrs. Bancroft, of Lore
and Lady Palmerston, pictures of Brace
bridge Hall, made famous by Washington
Irving, and other portraits and pictures
1.-THE Cndercurrent,' by Robert Grant
reaches a crisis in the lives Of the lead
ing characters. Another feature of inter
est to lovers Of the theater and admirer
of great actors is "Salvini'' by Norman
Hapgood. There are also several shor
stories of a high standard Of excellence.
Our Giddy capital-Our national cap
ital seems to be getting gay and giddy
according to Howard Cameron, an essay
ist writing for the February Ainslee's
He says: mo city of it's size in the worlt
gives itself SO unreservedly to pleasure
as Washington That is no doubt VIII,
some of the government employees OBJ
jected to that extra half-hour added t,
their afternoons work. But Mr.. Cameron
says more; he says they are lot of COS
sipers down there, that is, if talk abou
other peoples personal affairs is gossip
the typewriter almost made it "goossip.'
The novelette, is by Elizabeth Duer, win
contributed that for the Christmas mum
Der. James H. Cannon, Jr., begins il
this number the first Of a series of ''Storie
Of the Street, entitled, 1.-THE Control o
the st. Louis Southern" Dorothy Di,
| has another of her talks with women
I"Choosing a Husband full of advice,