The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
MAGAZINE NOTES

Over the whole continent-in the east.
in the middle. in the west-Graft has set
its talons- Do you want the facts? Ev-
eryoody's for May is full OF them; facts
about Mr.. Rogers and Amalgamated: facts
about the land thieves; facts about the
beef trust: facts about the. people ruined
by the graft OF business by whatever
AS with a searchlight Mr.. Lawson. in
the May instaliment of his "FrenZied
Finance" illumines the dark doings of the
workings OF the STANDARD or crowd.
whose motto is Extract Every Dollarr'
He tells how Mr.. Rogers I'm building up
Amalgamated decided to sell the DAILY,
which had been promised to investors
because he could make more out of such
a shuttle. and he forced the old firm OF
Lew1sohn Bros. to sell its great business
for less than half its value-one of the
many personal tragedies in the formation
OF the great copper companies. The heart
leSSneSS OF those driven by the money
lust was never shown more clearly than
by Mr.. Lawson in this installment-noth-
ing IS sacred TO it. nothing safe that
money. and STANDARD or is It's chiefest
prophet.
The race track trust receives a solar
plexus blow by Alfred Henry Lewis in
forcible style Mr.. Lewis lays bare the
method by which the best tracks in the
east are operated. showing the amount
of money taken in-money that is wrung
from the public in the very face of law
that makes betting Illegal. After read
ing Mr. Lewis crusade against this octo-
pus and the great harm il is doing to
men and women all over the United
States. one marvels that il Is permitted
to exist. Mr.. Lewis assures US that the
best trainers In the business assert that
horse racing does not improve horsefiesh
any more than stealing the vestments
OF church Will save a mans soul He
also says that the pooroOms are merely
closed by the trust in order that the bet
ting people may be forced to the tracks
to Increase the admissions. Cleveland
Moffett contributes the fourth INSTALL
ment of The Shameful Misuse Of
Wealth.
The new portrait of Mrs Humphrey
Ward which will be reproduced in the
May Century was made for this purpose
by Alvin LangdOn Coburn. an American
amateur photographer OF note. BY Mrs.
wards own arrangement. she sat in the
garden OF London school for poor chill
uren In which she is interested. while on
a visit there from her summer home. The
photographs OF Austin Dobson and Ed
mund GOSse. shown in the same series
We're also taken by Mr.. -Coburn in each
case in the garden OF the writer's home.
The May housekeeper Is a typical num-
ber OF this high class magazine for the
N1hAt the heSilolt oI nelplulneSS
is emphasized. as usual. the stories. spe-
cial articles. verses and Illustrations are
exceptionally excellent. A number of
charming storyettes by popular writer's
form striking feature. Mary A. Clarke.
a returned missionary. writes OF the wom-
en- of Persia. and Francis Trevelyan Mil
Ter on the Psychology of Market Day The
Alps of America. the Canadian Rockies,
are portrayed In double page of unusu-
ally beautiful pictures. The entire field
OF feminine interest Is covered by the
rfr
by experts, such as The Newest and Best
in Fancywork, by Mrs. A. T.. Arnstrutter:
Helpful Hints for the Busy Wife The
Entertainer. by Marjorie March: In the
Realm OF Girldom. by Millicent Moore;
Home Talks and Mothers Council. by
Jane -Latimer; In the World of Fashions,