The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

IN CNG MQTC0
Magazines
M cCLURE'S for March adds stIlI
N further to its well-established
1 i reputation as a torch bearer IN
the magazine world. 1t is still gOins
before, lighting the way. In this num-
ber the light is shed on several of the
nations dark places greatly to the in
terest Of the public. Especially start
ling in its illumination is a powerful
article on THE Case of the State of
Kentucky VS.. Caleb Powers" by Sam
uel Hopkins Adams. who tersely and
dramatically reads the lines of this
dark page in Kentucky's history.
There is a mine of fiction from which
there is to be extracted riches for all.
Anthony Hope, in his strongest roman
tic style. solves The Riddle of COun-
tess Runa." Edward Cummings de-
scribes the Transforming effect Of en-
virOnment and circumstance on The
Coward" who dies a hero's death to
save his command. Rex E Beach has
a skillfully humorous article from the
Far West on The Colonel and the
Horse Thief" Myra Kelley dips into
the race problem of New York's poly
glot East Side in a fetchingly comicaI
tale of When a Mans Widowed" and
later. save the mark, when he's mar
ried. Mary Stewart Cutting INDUCES
in sweetly sentimental domesticity In
''The Terminal" while jeanette
Cooper consumes "A Candid Violet to
the great entertainment of her readers
in pseudo-endeavor to Justify femi-
nine inaccuracy. The heroism of the
commonplace is described by W. H.
Boardman in "A Kind of Hero" who
forgets self for duty. Genius"
poem by Florence Wilkinson displays
its own inspiration.
Country Life in America issues it's
large and superbly illustrated Gar
dening Manual" as a double number
for March, with an unusually beautiful
cover in many colors showing a stately
old-fashioned flower garden. 1t con-
tains practical directions and advice
for every sort Of plant-growing out-of-
doors, and in cold frames and hot
houses as well. Among the leading fea-
lures. Flowers for Every Place and
Purpose tells how to make waste
places beautiful and bare spots cheer
full A long list of flowers for difficult
situations is added. The GladioIus
and How to Grow 1t" is illustrated
with photographs of the wonderful re-
suits that may be obtained; THE
Worlds Greatest Tree Garden is the
story of the Arboretum Of Boston, by
Wilhelm Miller; THE Late-Planted
Garden of Tenderfoot' is the anus
1w,rr -
Maine, which is helpfuIly practical and
will show others how to succeed; while
"A Garden Of Sweet Herbs has to do
with the fragrant things that add the
final touch to good cooking-the home
ly "simples" and 'meeting-house
yarbs.' Everything is luxuriously il
lustrated on the ample pages.
The World To-Day for March con-
tains nineteen thrilling pictures of the
great Baltimore fire, giving the clear
est conception of this great disaster yet
published. In view of the approaching
Presidential campaign much interest
will attach to the article entitled "WilI
Roosevelt Share the Fate of Arthur"
by Charles NJ. Harvey, in which the
remarkable similarities and contrasts
between the campaigns of 1884 and 1904
are pointed out very forcefully "The
Labor Truce in New York." by William
English Walling, makes known the
true inwardness of the labor situation
there and the basis of agreement and
present harmony. Politics under the
control of the machine receive drastic
exposition from Francis w. Parker of
the Illinois Senate, who distinguishes
between The Machine or Ma
chine" w. T. Stead scores British
army officials for unnecessarily provok
ing war by an aggressive expedition
into Tibet. The seriousness of a possi
BILE war between the United States and
Colombia is also the theme of Charles
NJ Dobson's article, Respect Thine
Enemy"
The Worlds Work for March Is
striking number, fully realizing it's pur-
pose as a magazine of significant
achievement. OF timely interest is
Korea, japan and Russia" by Robert
E. Speer, for years resident of Korea.
With the aid of many new pictures he
gives first hand view of the prize Of
the RusSo-Japanese war and the peo-
pie. In What Has Followed the Coal
Striker" Guy Warfield tells how the an
thracite settlement has worked out
giving startling revelations of present
conditions, showing the enormous
profits of the operators and the restive-
ness of the miners. To make this inti-
mate study Mr.. Warfield lived with the
miners and worked in the mines. THE
Postoffice and the People," by NJ. c.
Cunniff, the third of a series OF search
ing investigations, shows that the real