Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-02-09
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a Year Book and Guide.

dead languages. Well, some facts
are even deader, but these are not
the kind that The Tribune Almanac
deals in. By way Of verifying that,
just take a glance over the issue for
1905, which is now on sale. 1t is not
an Almanac in the dictionary sense
Of the word, but is really a ready ref
erence and guide book, containing
everything that such 3; compilation
ought to have. And the material has
been garnered and sifted and tested
/ with the utmost care so as to secure
absolute accuracy, or at least get as
near to It as honest, painstaking en-
deavor will bring one.
| There isn't anything missing in the
way of records which the average
man will want to know about. It
doesn't matter what the subject
pension, legislation, sporting stats.
tics, facts about universities, colleges,
PATRIOTIC, societies, population, public
officials, to say nothing Of con-
densed guide of New York City, a
map of the underground railroad sys-
tenn, showing the location Of stations,
and a table telling railroad distances,
| fares, etc.
In fact, it is really not an exaggera-
ton to say that of hundred and one
4 things a sane person wants to know.
at least ninety-nine will be found in
The Tribune Almanac.
/ With the February issue, "The
Twentieth Century Home" begins the
second year of its existence. A COM
parison with the first number shows
a marked Improvement in appearance
and in policy. Certainly no more at
tractive magazine reaches us. It
bears every evidence of prosperity,
proving that there was large place
in the minds and homes of the Amer
lean people for periodical devoted
~ INC WAoSA 1ACCISSIS VI LulukluS
women. The leading article this
month is an interesting study Of the
social conditions surrounding the
women of India, by Edmund Russell,
who is an authority on the subject.
The illustrations are of great inter.
est. Martha Washington Levy de.
scribes the achievements of the
American Jewess, and there are many
/ beautiful portraits to accompany the
/ text. Other illustrated articles are
"The Homes of Thackeray," by
/ Frederic Taber Cooper; ...The Story
4 of St. Valentines Day" by Millicent
4 Olmsted-a timely article and illus.
trated with quaint old valentines.
Success Magazine" for February
"opens with an article which should
create decided sensation through
out the country. 1t is the first Of a
series entitled s'The Shameful Misuse
| of Wealth." The author is Cleye
land Moffett, a journalist whose pre-
vious work has created vivid i'm
preston in magazine circles. Mr.
Moffett is delving into one of the
burning questions of the day. The
fact that set of people dine at The
Hotel ST. Regis, New York, from
solid gold service, and daily with
viands that sum up total of one
thousand dollars "a plate, while sew
enty thousand poor children in the
same city are obliged to go to school
In the morning without breakfast be
cause their parents are too poor to
/ buy food, is not condition that ere
ates pleasant picture. Mr.. Moffeti
says that over twenty-seven thousand
babies were born in the Lying-In
/ Hospital, New York, last year; that
| the patrons Of this institution, who
represent a wealth of billions Of dol.
lars, gave less than $4,000 to its sup.
4 port, and that the institution is now
over eighty thousand dollars in debt
/ That wonderful book, 1.-THE Simple
/ Life" by Pastor Charles Wagner
which Is the most widely-read and
most Observation-Disclosures work OF
/ the present day, has stimulated curl.
osity in the other writings Of the
same author. His admirers viii there.
fore be pleased to learn that the ].
| s. Ogilvie Publishing Company, OF
| New York, have just issued another
OF Mr.. Wagner's books. It is en-.
titled ''The Busy Life; or. The Con.
quest Of Energy" The purpose OF
the book is to instin into the public
mind. with special reference to young
people, those qualities OF heart and
mind which are calculated to inspire
hope and confidence In struggling
soul to promote courage and