The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
MAGAZINE NOTES


The Veteran for Apr:i offers some of the
best and most pertinent items regarding
events in the southern states which re-
iate both directly and indirectly to con-
tsSderaie tSis .eIn matters. The Illustrations in
frontispiece is an excellent picture of the
only surviving child OF Jefferson Davis
Mrs. Margaret III: Davis of Colorado
Springs-whlle the biographical sketches
jects-
Four members of McClure's staff were
story contest. Two of them. Lincoln
Steffens and Ray Stannard Baker are
better known to the public as writers OF
special articles Their energies and at
tenuon have been given so fully to this
held that they have had little time for
fiction Viola Roseboro and Samuel Hop
kins Adams have already taken their
Adams too, like Steffens and Baker. has
perhaps wider fame as a special writer.
T. R. Sullivan the American author
and the playwright who made the stage
version of DIR. Jekyl,' is an old time
friend of Salvini the elder. Last year he
made a visit TO Salvini's farm in a wild
region of Tuscany, and he describes il in
the May ScTibner's with many illustra-
tions.
Great Inventions Described by Their In
ventors, begins in the May number with
Mr.. Charles Brush's account of The Arc
Light. This story of one of the most
wonderful factors of modern life. told by
the inventor, should prove of permanent
interest and value.
Grover Cleveland explains just why he
Is such an ardent fisherman and shot in
the Country Calendar for MAY the first
RaViAW
company's outdoor magazine. He also has
word TO say about those who so bitterly
criticised him for his outdoor proclivities
while he held the office of president 1t
is an inspiring Interpretation that Mr..
Cleveland gives OF THE Mission of Sport
and Outdoor Life" and its practical value
In this essay should take its rank with
Mr.. Cleveland's other famous savings
that in which he declares that disobe-
d1enee 10 natures law of outdoor activity
viii result I'm the displacement of con-
tented age by the demon of querulous
and premature decrepitude."
The May number of Pearson's Magazine
contains, in addition to the usual num-
Der of bright. snappy short stories. a num-
Some interesting revelations regarding
the shackling of Jefferson Davis, as told
by an eyewSitn@sss ?g,,S @ appear in an article
Wis., The Revival of Ocean Yacht Rae
ing is well illustrated article by w. J..
Henderson. Martin NJ. Foss has contribut-
ed an article on THE Bucket Shops of the
Book World" and A. V. Stratton one on
the manufacture OF lead pencils. Albert
Bigelow Paine writes on Nathan Straus,
Merchant -Philanthropist." Households, !"
How DeOro Won the Pool Champion
Ship The Mounted Police of the West
and paper of Kate V. Saint Maur's
Self Supporting Home series complete
the list of special articles.
Among those contributing to the fiction
in this number are Charles Battell Loomis,
James Barr, Owen Kildare and ]. II.
Cannon Jr.
Does 1t Pay to be Literary WomanY'
by Jeanette L. Glider, is the title of the
leading article in Leslies Monthly Maga-
zine for May. Miss Glider not only SPEAKS
for herself. but Introduces letters from
other literary women. The consensus
seems to be that IL pays not necessarily in
dollars and cents, but in the satisfaction
one gets from work.
Miss Agnes c. Laut continues her
vikings of the Pacific" with the story of
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