Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-28

Mendenhall
The February Red Book is artistic
in its appearance and enticing in its
illustrations and stories in its table
OF contents. Seventeen clever Selec-
tons in short fiction are included. con-
tributed by n noteworthy list of recog-
nized authors. the cover is a charming
winter girl Eighteen portraits of Ju-
liza Marlowe in various poses and cos
tunes make a pictorial supplement OF
peculiar interest and value. The au-
thors represented in the number are
Harry Irving Greene. Nelson Lloyd.
Katharine Lord. Elizabeth Phipps
Train. Owen Oliver Mary Wilhelmina
Hastings, Anne Warner f. F. Stearns.
Julia F. Deane. Frances r. Sterrett.
Juliet Sager Henry Louis Mencken.
Ethel Shackelford. Harriet A. Nash
and Birdsall Briscoe.
The personal narrative of the taking
of Port Arthur. told by the men who
took it. Is the feature of the February
Leslie's Monthly Magazine. Two of
the narratives. by an Officer of engi-
neers and by n sapper. give a most
vivid and picturesque idea of the act
ual fighting. both above and below
ground. around that tremendous fort
ress. Some beautiful photographs of
japanese girls in this number show a
more peaceful side of the national life.
The story of Boring. the man after
whom Behring'S Straits We're named.
begins Miss Laut's articles on the eX-
plorers of the Pacific
The second installment of Anna
Katharine Green's novel. THE Woman
in the Above" is even more thrilling
than the first one. and the last chap
tiers of Ralph Connor's novel. The
Prospector.' are as good as any that
have gone before There are besides
eight short stories in this magazine,
including an excellent automobile
story. an amusing musical story. Il cir
Gus story. a Russian police story with
an entirely new motive, and NUM-
Der of others.
There is also an automobile supple
ment to this number. with a complete
catalogue of American machines of the
day.
The novel by Frederic Reddale.
which Lippincott's Magazine for Feb
ruary carries complete, is based on an
exciting incident. new. SO far as we
know. of fiction. The tile is "A
Transaction in Rubies," which de-
scribes the deal made by oIe of the
characters upon a rich ruby necklace
stolen from his patroness. He put
this up TO bolster a speculation, while
whole house party is under suspicion
and detained until the device which
leads To discovery is introduced. a very
clever plan. not thought OF even by
Sherlock Holmes.
Lincoln Steffens writes in the Feb.
ruary McClure's of the Rhode Island
company. the combination of public
utility companies in and around Provi-
dence controlled by Senator Aldrich
and his associates: "Aldrich, Perry
* Co. were in this business 10 sell
out. and they had TO have a perpetual
franchise. They got il. and the act by
piece OF legislation that | know of any
where. An act To increase the rev.
enues of the state is the title. The
consent clause says that when the
! company has agreed, the act shall be
binding and in full force between the
state and such asserting company
and shall not be altered or amended
| without the consent of both parties.
Gov Garvin characterized this as an
'irrepealable law II is contract
| between United States Senator Aid
rich as the state and President Mel
son W. Aldrich of the Street Railway
company, by which without the con-
sent of his company his stare cannot
| tax his company or alter or take back
its franchise. Ii passed. and is believ-
ed by the company to be what Boss
Brayton calls il, a perpetual fran
chise."
A fine story by Miss Susan Heating
Glaspell of Davenport is among the
contributions to The Youths Compan-
| ion of Jan. &c. II is entitled The
Return of Rhoda," and has "a message
for devoted parents and ambitious
children everywhere. No one in the
village could sing like Rhoda and by
and by she felt that the applause Of
the great world would sound sweeter
than that of her father and mother
and neighbors. In the city however.
she found that her voice was but one
in a thousand as good. Her apparent
defeat was a triumph for she return
ed TO community that needed her
and delighted in her.