The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-16

and Sudermann in Germany; Gorky and
Chekhov, in Russia; Serao and d'Annun-
zio, in Italy; and Maeterlinck. in Belgium,
VIII be an interesting experiment.
The Christian Science Journal. pub
volume with the April number, and APP
pears in pleasing new dress. Its first
editor was Mrs. Eddy, and to this num-
1er !.W,,;hn. sne ;. contributes a poem entitled
and Cure for Divorce Mr. KimbaIrs ar
ucle Christian Science: Its Compassion
ate Appeal. and Prof Mosley's discussion
OF The Problem of EVIL are deeply in
teresting.
While not expressly planned as a spe-
clal Easter number. there are in the May
issue of the Metropolitan Magazine several
distinctive features which give TO il a
strong flavor of the approaching spring.
time holiday: The cover design of this
is reproduced in full color from the naint-
ing made for the magazine by Biendon
campbell. Both in drawing and color this
cover effect is maSterly II is perhans the
most beautiful exterior adornment ever
put upon any magazine. a frontiSpiece in
fuil color by the same artist represents
ene faster Girl In a setting Of cool,
The article of foremost interest in the
May metropolitan is from the pen of Col
e w. Larned of the United States mill
trloution is not only authoritative but is
the best popular exposition of our great
military training school on the Hudson
river that has yet been published. An
Introductory paper by Gen. Fred. D. Grant
commander of the department of the east
=. D A, forms an interesting preface TO
Photographic Illustrations which give to
the unlnltlated reader an accurate under
standing of the inner life Of West Point
accompany this contribution.
Ihe initial chapters of a most eXtraor-
d1nary detective story. written for the
Metropolitan Magazine by James Barnes.
and entitled Outside the Law" appear
In this number. Mr.. Barnes has conceived
a sensational but wholly novel plot. and
back of this plot, back of the strongly
drawn characters of the story and the
graphically described scenes in which these
characters move. is a great. new idea.
sherlock Holmes" becomes by compari-
stage puppet; the leading character in
Outside the Law is not only a natural
and unaffected gentleman, but the pos
SCISSOR of good, sound common sense
which. as is usually the case, serves his
purpose bit more effectively than the
superhuman qualities attributed to Sir
Conan Doyles creation.
The North American Review for April Is
number or great and varied interest. 1t
contains the first fruits of Mr.. Henry
James pilgrimage of observation in his
native land after an absence OF twenty
five years, in the form of delightful ar
ticle entitled New England; An Autumn
Impression" DIR. Hannis TAYLOR diScloSes
a serious defect in The American Law of
impeachment" The Rt. Rev. W. c. Doane.
bishop of Albany. examines the theory and
practice of the Roman Catholic church in
relation TO the question of "Remarriage
After Divorce" Karl Blind describes the
multiplying signs of The Coming Crash
in Russia" In "A Dream and Vision
Ira Seymour Dodd contrasts the popular
attitudes toward the church and the bible
tells of the wonderful success of "The
Public School System in the Philippines"
Aim in Foreign Politics. AprOpos Of 1.-The
Centenary of -Schiller's Death" Wolf Won
Schierbrand writes of the career and work
of the popular German poet. United
States Senator +. G. Newlands expounds
THE Common Sense OF the Railroad
Question
There Is at least one street railway COM
pany in the United States which is prac-
tically insured against strikes. That is
the Metropolitan Street Railway company
Of New York-or. to be more exact, the
New York City Railway company. How
the president Of that company, Mr.. H H.
Vreeland, has provided against strikes is
described by William Brown Meoney in
Public Opinion, April S.
In the current Harper's Weekly Miss
Edith Abbott replies to the not uncommon
assertion that business women, speaking
generally. are failures. One Of the rea-
sons given for this assertion Is the fact
that the average earnings of the woman
in business are less than 81 a day. To
prove that this statement is unwarranted,
Miss Abbott cites statistics to prove that,
in a typical industry, the women who re-
ceived more than Sc a week constituted
S6,951 out of the 121, ,443 women employed.
or more than 20 per cent of the whole
number. incidentally, she notes the sur
prising fact that there are more than s..
900 women wage earners in the United
States of whom less than half are en-
gagged in domestic service.
With the uniform high charges for
gas. the gas stove is ordinarily the most
expensive piece of household machinery,
and at the same time it is the one least
understood by the average housekeeper.
Writing in the May Delineator under the
topic Gas Stove and Refrigerator Knowl-
edge Isabel Gordon Curtis has some sug-
gestions in this connection which rob the
gas stove of some of its terrors of cost.