The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-29

MAGAZINE MULES
The New West is the main subject of
pen and pencil in the World Today for
February, for no less than eleven articles
these are largely illustrated. James H
Eekels, president of the Commercial Ma
tional bank of Chicago, treats of The FL
nanciaI nan Power Of l the NeW Vest ~, Mam and
West" while the editor, Shailer Math--
ews. has something to say about its cql-
ture. The Westerner" is described by
of Empire by w. S. Harwood. How
Railroads Build up the West is explained
by Roger Irving Cuyler: THE Growth Of
Frederic. Austin ogg, and THE Con
quest of the Mountains by Henry F.
Cope. John Rothwell Slater writes of "A
man takes US into THE Land of Sun
shine.
:. The desperate increase in the cost Of
reasons for it are asked by all In Feb
ruary Everybodys. Charles 3. Russell,
commissioned by the magazine to inves-
ticles On 1.-The Greatest Trust in the
World" In the installment he reveals a
menstsr "a mon1opoly n.1 greater than the e
the meat, fruit and dairy products of the
United States. He shows the rapacity of
this beef trust, its defiance of the law,
lIS lnSdCldDl6 dmOlI1OIk tO~cOnlrOl all the
food supplies of this great country. He
shows its grasping hand closing surely
over wheat and corn and oats. Mr.. Rus
seh's revelations are full OF ghastiy me.
mace to the people over whom this ter
rible trust is gaining power greater
than the governments.
Mr.. Lawson's contribution to sFren-
zied Finance begins with an explanation
of his recent move against the System
in Wall street. The upbuildipg of
bull market, the schemes and bribes
Al ..1.Is.
curities, and the blow which Mr.. Lawson
through his widely circulated advertise
ments delivered at the System, are eX-
planned clearly and in detail.
Pearson's Magazine for February con-
tains an especially interesting assortment
of short stories and wideawake special
articles, numbering in all nineteen.
The leading article is an up-to-date his
tory of that wild and woolly'' recent
state, Washington, one of our most prom
ising states and already well under way
in taking the lead in agricultural produc-
tons. The startling decline of our New
England mackerel and lobster fisheries is
the subject of another live article which
and suggests remedies that will add mill
lions to the wealth of the world-re-
moved Gloucester men. How the famous
pl.aywrights place their plays and the
trials and tribulations of playwrights is
another article, by Bryan % Malley. Still
another is the vivid pen picture of the
life of the late Louis Deibler, the heads
man of Paris, a social outcast, man
foredoomed as the executioner of men,
yet man with intensely human feeling.
The Mounted Police of the Vest. VIM
ly illustrated. "The Truth About the
RattIesnake,'' by A. w Rolker, andN"The
ss supporaiag by Kate ST.
specials. OF fiction there are ten num-
bers, chief of which is "Aepyornis ISL
and" one of H. G. Wells clever scientific
detective story, a Wall street story, an
East Indian love story and six other
stories, funny, pathetic and clever, to
suit the moods of the reader.
The February number of the Four
Track News, which lis the second issue
since since the advance in price to 81 per year,
lished by, the January number The open
ing article, entitled african Big Game, -
is an account of the occupants of the IA
nous n antelope house at the New York
Hornaday. director of the park; Wash
-ington's Home Town, is an interesting
account Of Alexandria and the observ--s
home town. Austin Cook contributes an
article on Philip Schuyler which recalls
many of the incidents of revolutionary
times, with pictures of the present build
ings which link the past with the present;
Long Coast Country is an intensely
interesting article on Chile by G. M. T..
Brown; An Hour at Spofford," by Nellie
Blessing Eyster.
The February McClure's gets right to
the spot-we should say the three spots
on our national character:
Lawlessness. the Smothering Corpora
ton" Real conditions these, stirring
events, that make you think hard and
cuss hard, interpreted and analyzed by
experts, with practical suggestions of
hope. There is plenty of fiction in the
number, both moving and exciting, but
the the most 70 startling narrative of all is Lin
coin Steffen's damning account of Rhode
island politics. How votes, legislation,
the honor of the state, are pawned by
those who should guard its interests, and
how every American is keenly concerned
In the story, through the prominence of
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island in nation
al al, politics, POI. Mr. steffens tells with aston
is that administered to the friends and
the institution of "Iynching in the
North, by Ray, Stannard Baker. No
wrote last. month of the South, Mr.. Ba-
ker describes conditions in two "lynch-
ing towns he visited-Sprlngfield Ohio,
where he found disgraceful inefficiency of
ofncerS and SupineneSs of citizens; and
Dany1lle, Ill, where he found a hero In
its impartiality and dramatic interest, this
is one of Mr.. Bakers best articles.
The Booklovers Magazine is ernphati-
cally magazine of the hour, with this
advantage: its articles do not only re-
fleet. the passing vogue, but they are in
many instances, a permanent contribution
to the literature of the subjects with
which they deal.
The most conspicuous article is by
William Curtis Taylor, entitled What
Did Washington Look Like?'' Mr. Tay-
lor treats the subject from the point of
view OF contemporary painters, and the
article is fully illustrated with repro
ductions from original paintings. A COM
pos.te. Photograph of Washington based
upon live accepted portraits, is an impor-
tant feature. The second article in the
series on The Real Australia" " discusses
the political and social development of the
island continent. Mr.. Burriss Gahan
writes IN an exceptionally brilliant and
searching vein, and pithily presents those
phases Of political and sociological inn
provement which have made Australia an
object of wonder to the Western world
Portraits of some of Australia leading
public men and other Illustrations ac-
company the article.
BOOK NEWS
Frederic Courtland Penfield the New
York clubnlan, Journalist, diplomat and
author of Present Day Egypt published