Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-02

AoWers' Dy Katharine lyman which.
won 300, and The Work of tho IN
loved Libby" by Susan Heating CIas.
peh' which was awarded s150l The
remaining stories include: "Tba p,,.
Miss Knight" Cotton for Cotton q" ana
For His Loves Sake" go
1O-Story Book for Aupns+ Give.
much entertaining fiction inclrdina.
1.-THE Wise Widow" Helen smith. -.
Passion in the Tempest" Cathar,n.
Carr; Conrad the Demon" Annie
Brashear; The Worm Turns" n
Plummer; Was 1t Celestinea" r.
Valentine; THE Test Of ST."
| Graham WEIGH, and "Bernice,s c.
inc Malbones." Martha McCullocb wv,
| liams.
The August number of Harner,s
Bazaar fully sustains this magazina.s
enviable reputation. From cover 70
cover it is filled with attractive Zoo
| lures that cannot fail to win for ~
Bazaar a host of new readers. Lillian
Bell has a clever paper on THE MAN.
agement of Wives" katherine Rates
has pathetic story, "a Fourth of Inv
Anniversary" Laura b. Starr writes
entertainingly of My Oriental Dress
maker" Two instructive articles arc.
Furniture of Yesterday" ]. w
Guthrie, and Italian Peasants in n
New-Law Tenement" Lillian Belts
Louise f. Drew gives many helpfu,
suggestions in her paper on photo
graphic Possibilities" The papers Of
interest to the homemaker include
| Lace Work" For Girls" 'Midsum-
mer Luncheons." Hints to House,
wives" and the regular fashion de-
| partments.
The Midsummer Holiday Number of
the Century is pervaded with the holi-
day ana outdoor spirit. In the matter
of pictorial features this number is
especially noticeable. as it presents as
a frontispiece beautiful color drawing
by Anna Whelan Belts. showing an
old-time croquet game: eight pictures
in colors Of Italian villas, and drawings
by w. J Awkward. Florence Scovel
Shinn, Arthur I. Keller, Charles r.
Knight and others. The list of con-
tributors is a notable one. Albert Bige-
low Paine writes of 1.-THE New COney
Island" Edith Wharton describes
Lombard Villas" John Burroughs
gives an interesting answer to the
question, What DO Animals Know"
Maurice Francis Egan has capital
story. The Reign of Sentiment"
Andrew ID. White discusses Russia in
/ War-Time;" Miriam Nicholson con-
tributes delightful story, "A Pagan
and a Puritan" and Jack London and
s. Weir Mitchell give installments II
their notable serial features.
| McClures for August is the kind of
magazine that every vacationist will
include i'm his list of must HAYES"
In the matter of text and Illustration
it leaves nothing to be desired. The
place of honor is accorded to Part I of
Frances HodgsOn Burnetts novelette,
of child life. Gin the Closed Room 1t
is beautifully and sympa thetically
illustrated in colors by Jessie Wilcox
Smith. O. Henry is represented by a
humorous story, "A Tempered Wind"
In 1.-THE Coming of the Maestro"
James Hopper gives the story Of a
| thrilling experience. Alice Brown has
| a New England love story "a Winters
t1OuTtlnS. All dHluSlIlS StoTy IL "a
| West Point Regulation" by Mary Ray
mOnd Shipman Adams. Other stories
are contributed by Samuel Hopkins
Adams. Colin Mckay, and Henry Wal
lace Phillips. and there is an INSTALL
ment of George Madden Martins popu-
lar serial. "The House of Fulfilment."
A noteworthy contribution is the
article on Illinois: A Triumph of
Public Opinion" by Lincoln Steffens.
| The August WomanS Home COM
panion contains features for everybody.
THE Wonders of Modern Bridge Build
ing" is a popular article that reads like
fiction House boating on Lake st.
Clair" is vacation feature. In
| (Which is the Beautiful Sex" Henry
r. Finck advances the theory that men
are more beautiful than women.
Edward A. Steiner. Tolstoy's biog-
rapher. tells of pilgrimage to his
home. The Rev. Francis f. Clark, d.
D.. writes Of Christian Endeavor. The
fiction IL not second in prominence to
feature. There are short stories by
Mrs Spofford, Agnes l.. Provost, Bert
Taylor and Emery Pottle.
Pearsons for August has more than
usual of light reading. A new serial,
DIR. Nicholas Stone" opens attractive
lily. 1t is detective story, and promises
to be full of action and human interest.
lThen there is +" A Sheaf of Ghost StO-
ries," edited by Duke of Argyll. fine
story by Norman Duncan, THE Wreck
of The VIII o. the Wisp'" a chronical
of Don G., by K. and Heskdth Prichard,
How He Balanced Accounts with n
King of Finance; an Indian Nights
Entertainment story by IA. Sarath
lKumar- Ghosh-'The CaSkef of Kali.
and four shorter stories, all livery bright
land entertaining. The sblid matter
consists of Albert Bigeow tPaine's art
N icle on Mast and the Ring" in the
Thomas Mast series: the first of DIR.
lCyrus Townsend Brady's three papers
on WAR with the Sioux" in the Indian
Fights and Fighters serieE. and 1.-The
Combat On Beaver Creek" by Gen.
Eugene A. Carr.
There's no lack of pied sant reading
lin the August Lippincdtt's. Maude
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