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.lE MAGAZINES

The spirit Of Christmas in
vades the editorial sanctum long
before Christmas comes, and
the Christmas magazines scele-
brate the holiday season with a
specially liberal literary and
artistic menu. Among the
Christmas magazines The Book
lovers will take a foremost
pace. It contains a varied and
attractive array of literary con-
tributions, and an unusual
quantity of brilliant and artistic
illustrations, many of them in
color and tint. -
- Pastor Charles Wagner, the
apostle of the simple life, opens
the Decemer number with a brief
Christmas Message, written in
French, and translated by Mary
Bacon. 1T is a singularly fresh
and unconventional treatment of
an almost threadbare subject, a
paena of praise on the beauty of
the "mother-spirit that at Christ
mastide, atleast, is universal
and powerful in its appeal to
the best in human nature.
One of the most interesting
papers in the December number
is that by Burriss Gahan on
"The Real Australia, being the
first Of series Of three papers
on the island continent. In tbs
article Mr.. Gahan introduces
the reader to "the land and
the people in that country of
opposites, and describes and
corrects those first impressions
of the traveller which are so
apt to be false and misleading.
The Woman's Home Com
panion is d Santa Clause in the
magazine world. It's December
number is a pack of good things.
Here are a few Of the titles:
THE Greatest Christmas Charity
in the World" a description Of
the Salvation Army Dinner by
Booth Tucker; How to Get up
a Christmas Entertainment, = by
David Belasco; where the
Chrimstas Toys come from =
Christmas Eve and the: Morning
After, = Home Made Chris tmas
Gifts, = sand Going Home for
Christmas" a picture story by
Wallace Nutting.- A charming
article by Harold Baynes, writ
ten in the Christmas spirit, is
called How to Feed the Wild
Birds in Winter. There are
four short stories, every one of
which is full Of holiday cheer ,
'.The Forgiveness Of Deacon
Cobb" by Josiah Aliens Wife;
'.The Honor of Paxton Alley, ''by
Gwen Oliver; .'Wee Macgregor
Goes to the Sunday-School
Soiree, 'by j. j. Bell; and The
Old Bell Ringer, by Frederick
Smith. Published by the Crow
ell Publishing Company. Spring
field. Ohio; one dollar a year;
ten cents a copy. 6
The Christmas humble of
Keith's Magazine is an especial
ly large and attrractiveissue. It
opens with an article by w. j.
Keith, the Architect, on My Idea
of a Typical American Home. !"
This article is very profusely IL
Illustrated and tells about his
own attractive home. Some of
the other leading articles in this
issue are The Craft Of the Stem
cil', What it Cost me to Build
my Six Room House, = g A Min
netonka Country Home, illus
tated; followed by ten or a dozen
designs for the Homed Builder,
giving exterior and floor plans
with full description and cost
estimates. Each of the designs
!. has a complete color scheme for
painting. The usual depart
ments on decoration and fur.
4 nishing are complete, forming
one of the best numbers ever
published. Yearly subscription
price $1.5O. Max L. Keith, Pub
Usher, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Several years ago, the daghter
of the poet Iongfellow paid a
visit to the OjibWay Indians, on
the north shore Of Lake Huron,
and for her benefit the Indians
/ gave presentation Of their play
" HiaWatha' Since that time
the play has been given every
q summer near the village Of Des-
barats, on Georgian Bay, and
those who have been privileged
B to see it are enthusiastic in their