Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-09-22
LITERARY NOTES.

A man who finds it necessary TO ask
his wife for money whenever he wish
es to make a purchase, unless he had
first provided the means at her COM
mand, feels very diminutiye and
suffers in the estimation of his best
self. This is true also of q woman.
Although man is looked upon as the
proyider of the family and usually
controls the family purse, yet a
woman loses self-respect and suffers
in pride if she must be continually
asking for money. Financial disagree
ments prove the rock ON which many
family is stranded and split. Man
is naturally and generally q selfish
creature in matters which concern his
pocketbook, and the purse strings
usually have an extension TO his
heart. After the money is extracted
and expended he thinks nothing of it,
but the process of extraction often
makes him disagreeable companion.
The remedy for this unpleasant state
of things might be found by dividing
your income with your wife. Ask her
TO take care of certain portion OF
the family expenses and then each
week, or monthly, pay into the bank
to the credit of her private account,
one-half or more or your income. Con-
slider that the money placed 10 her
suggestions TO the married men who
read this magazine, and many who
don { read it will no doubt have their
attention called to the subject.
The October number of the Smart
Set is vertiable mine of brilliant
stories and poems. "Moored," by
Anna A. Rogers, is the-title of the
novelette, which opens the issue. 1t
is story full of power and quiet
humor. dealing with the temptation
which comes to the young wife of a
naval officer while he is aboard and
she is "moored' at home. The tale
leaves a remarkably vivid impression
and will attract wide attention.
Gouverneur Morris, in his short story,
1.-The Lady of Moods, has written
as striking piece of work as has re-
Gently appeared in any magazine. Its
wonderful art stamps this young
author as a genius. In a wholly
different vein in the late Guy Wetmore
Carryls humorous tale, "A Tide in
the Affairs of Stephen Girdler." 1t
is brimful of delightful character
drawing In 1.-TWO Ghosts Richard
LIE Gallienne is at his best as a good
natured satirist and brilliant epigram-
matist. "When Delos Drifted," a
story by Beatrix Demarest Lloyd, a
new writer of great prominence, is
one of the most notable in the num-
Der, though one insult remember the
poetic beauty of iona Gales "A
Land Great Way Off, the intense
realism of Theodore Waters 1.-The
Passing of Con Out" the keen ana
lytical power of Willard French S
1.-THE Mastiff,'' story of political
life in Washington, and the cleverness
of Barry PAINS 1.-The Rewards of
Perseverance, the last and perhaps
the best in the series of detective
stories which the distinguished Eng
lish author has written exclusively
for The Smart Set Two essays, one
by Agnus Reppleir, the other by +. j.
Knight Anpkin, add, charm to this
number; and there are excellent poems
byssuch favorite verse writers as Joa-
quin Miller, Ernest McGaffey, Theo-
dosia Garrison, Madameline Bridges.
p. Macarthur, Frank l.. Pollock,
Thomas Walsh and Arthur Macy.
Variety is the distinguishing note of
the October Smart Set, and no two of
its stories are in any way alike.