Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
SOME LITERARY NOTES.
FOR THE nousEwIFF.

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Writing on various Economies,' for tho
young housekeeper," in the February Delin-
Gator, Isabel Gordon Curtis discusses a fruit
tui topic In how TO keep expenses within the
income, and gives some practical suggestions
that viii appeal to the housewife who is vet
unskiiled in her art. Other features of do
nestle interest are valentine Luncheon Nov
elites" and Ideas for a Colonial Tea " films
trating original dishes for seasonable enter
tainmcnts, and there are many practical reci-
pes under the topics. "Left-overs in ORIGINAL
Adaptations" Novel Celery Combinations
and scandinavian Rosettes," in addition TO
miscellaneous household hints.
THE cBAPERoI AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Awriter in the New Idea womsn's Magazine
for February concludes that the English Gus
tom OF chaperoning girls has its raison d'etre
not 80 much in the necessity OF protecting the
girls as In the desire to meet the requirem ents
OF the aristocratic classes by conforming to
conventions. The English girl, IL appears.
does not go unchaperoned, because "her doing
SO would be taken as an indication that she
was not accustomed to good society and didn't
know the proper thing" 1t is also stated that
although this custom is rigidly observed, Eng
iish women and girls of spirit rather resent.
on the whole, the curtailing OF their liberty
ana "are unanimous In praising the healthft ,l
freedom and more natural conditions that oh
tain I'm the States" Yet observant people ON
this side OF the water may see yearly a grow
ing emulation OF things social as pactiscd by
the older nations so much SO that even our
"heaithful freedom" and natural conditions''
wiz have TO be carefully guarded Il they are
to be preserved I'm their simplicity.
THE FEBRUARY SMART sEr.
Readers OF The Smart Set have learned to
nm hao Nlo&n.w -.
each issue OF that magazine es the biggest
event of the month in fiction; but even the
most enthusiastic reader win be happily sur
prised by the story In the February number.
Beyond doubt 1.-The Eavesdroppers, ~ by Ar
thur stringer, will prove one OF the sensations
of the year. The story deals with the careers
or Two daring criminals-a man and a woman
whose astonishing adventures the reader fol-
lows with breathless interest From the Verv
opening sentence the tale becomes one of
rapid and exciting Incident. and, moreover, it
Is written with that literary distinction which
always chasacterizes MI. Stringer's work
different as THE Eavesdroppers" is from such
fiction as "In the Bishops Carriage" and
"Raffies," it combines all the interest of those
stories with movement and intensity entire
ly its own. 1t is notable achievement for
the author, and will prove a notable novelette,
in The Smart Sets long list of successful
stories or the sixteen short stories in this
number each is so excellent in its own way
that 1t is almost impossible to make selec-
ton of any one as 1.-THE best" The essay in
this issue is by the noted dramatic and music
critic, James Huneker, and will cause wide
comment. Mr.. Huneker has written of "Ibsen
the Individuaiist," and has many important
and interesting things TO say both of the per-
sonality and the work OF the great Norwegian
dramatist The poetry of this issue is of more
than usual value. and is contributed by Flor
ence Wilkinson joaquin Miller. Dora Reed
Goodale, Madeline Bridges, Clinton Danger
field. John Arbuthnott. Richard Kirk, Leah
Durand and Clinton Scotland. Altogether the
February Smart Set is a splendid example of
what a modern magazine should be