Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-05-09
MONTHLY
MAGAZINE REVIEW.

Among the magazines for May by
far the most interesting to the people
of Colorado is the article by Ray Stan
nard Baker, Where Lawlessness
Reigns." 1t purports TO he an un-
prejudiced review of the strike situa-
ton in. though the labor unionists
will think 1t favors the governors
side of the issue, while the governors
following will loudly affirm that 1t IA
vors the unions.
Most OF us have read with interest
the exposures that have been running
in McClure's, congratulating ourselves
perhaps with the thought that none of
these things have happened in our
state. Now the laugh Is on the other
side and we get chance to see our
selves as others see us. To my mind
the article gives both sides without
prejudice, and is eminently fair
believe 1t to be worth careful study
by every voter in the state.
in marked contrast to the timeli
ness OF McClure's. comes Harpers
with an interesting array OF sprightly
literary features. Harper's in their
announcement for the year, say: I'VE
will. above ALL, maintain a distinctly
literary standard, avoiding such sub
jects as sports, politics, graft" ="
crime, coronations, volcanic catas-
trophies, etc. We will publish nothing
timely" nothing of journalistic inter
est"
To by far the larger part OF the
American reading public such an an
nouncement is, I believe, distasteful.
| We dislike to think that there is a
| for their own sake, who think more
of the form than of substance and de.
light in well turned phrase.
| McClure's certainly presents the
antithesis, for 1t is an attempt at ma
tional journalism pure and simple. To
my mind very successful one.
| Though Harper's appeals to lovers
| of Bellies Letters, ii is in no way idly
frivolous, and many serious and scien-
| tific articles grace its pages. For
| pleasure lovers without disguise Aims.
| lees and the Smart Set are purposely
arranged. They might well be term
| ed the magazines for decadence.
| A mention of the current monthlies
is not complete nowadays without
something to say of "Everybody's"
Less than year old it has leaped into
| popularity with giant strides Every
month shows new merits. The cur
rent issue contains, among other in
teresting features, an article by Dor
othy Dix on "Woman's Uncharitable
ness to Woman" 1t occurs to me
that this idea like the idea of woman's
wonderful intuitiveness, have been
| somewhat overdone Women are not
as a whole. uncharitable to women
| Certainly many cases where the adage
holds true and women do condemn
| their sister women, but certainly both
| You and | have known cases of the
broadcast charity from woman to wo.
man. SO as to their intuitive facul.
| ties; they have habit, to be sure
| of jumping at conclusions. though
| those same conclusions are as often
| wrong as right
"Everybody's" contains also a good
article on Consumption: Catching
Preventable; durable"
The Saturday Evening Post in con.
| cluding review of the history of the
| Astors' says: Yet after the big drum
has been beaten till arm and ear are
| both full weary of it, what words are
in the mouth of Epilogue as she takes
her thoughtful leave OF us. They can
| hardly be any praises of all this un-
| Imaginable wealth, nor yet any mere
| ill-natured girdings at the present
holder of so much of it, who has Civ
en- up America for an English country
| seat-for to have done that he must
have left some exceedingly interesting
| chapters of his Herbert Spencer unread
| No, IL is to his grandfather that our
| minds go back; to that young man
who for time was filled with the
| great enthusiasms, but who closed his
eyes upon them; who had the oppor.
tunity not merely of great possessions
but of urging inspiration His life,
so barren and miserable and useless,
is one more parable to keep us from
fooling ourselves into the belief that
the yellow metal, II only there be
enough OF it. can In some way take the
place OF all the rest
The point emphasized is one too oft.
en- overlooked in Success stories.
ROBERT VINYARD.