The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-03

tore, ne. says, DuC so Is the output Oh Jam;
and people buy story-books and books Of
entertainment for much the same purpose
that they buy jam. The writer goes on to
show that the best authors of today, Mrs.
Ward, Kipling and Mark Twain among
others, are not lacking, in. audiences; and
that the inferior books do, not crowd out
the better ones, but merely supplement
them. g.. .r- 4-.-,
ETHICAL ADDRESSES ENLARGED
Ethical Addresses, a magazine whose
name Is sufficient indication of the held
1t covers, has been doubled in size. The
first number Of the. double. size contains
as it's leading feature a republication OF
Professor William James lis Life Worth
| Iiving?", Professor James answer is in
the affirmative, and so affirmatively az
frmative that it would be hard for one on
| the negative side to get around it. For
example, he says: r.
God himself, in short, may draw vital strength
and increase Of very being from our fidelity.
For my own part, r do not know what the
sweat and blood and tr9gedy Of this life mean'
il they mean anything short Of this. If this
life be not a real fight, IN which. something is
eternally gained for ther universe by success,
1t is no better than. a game of private theatricals
from which one may, withdraw Anvil But II
feels like a real fight.
There is something in that to put heart
into q, man when. he has come to feel thai
the fight is going against him; something
to make him "up and at it again ano
again, until he falls in the ranks with hi:
\ face to the foe. &,
Other recent numbers of the magazine
contain such addresses as "Shall Socia
l!Ostracism Be Used by Religious Societies
in the Struggle Against Public 1niquity?
by Felix Adler, "Ethics in the Schools
and 1.-THE Bible in the Schools" by Wi
liam M. Salter. -:
The editors are S.. Burns Weston an
Percival Chubb. j.
Miss Mary and Miss Jane Findlater, who wer'
the Joint authors with Kate Douglas Wiggil
of The Affair at the Inn" are now visiting
in Boston, and are: said to be very enthusiast
over their Impressions Of America. The larg
sale Of 1.-THE Affair at the Inn has been some
what of a surprise to its authors, as 1t wa
written more for their own diversion than wit
any idea of its great success.
J. X. BANGS SUGGESTS MOTTO Fol
YACHT cLUB.-A friend who invite
John Kendrick Bangs to lunch with hi1
the other day at the New York Yacht clut
tells Of a suggestion made by his que
After luncheon, Mr.. Bangs stood in tn
; large model-room Of that institution gaz
ing out of the window at the Yale club o
the other side Of the street. His eye re
: upon the medallion and motto over tn
main entrance of the college club.
That's NICE" he said, turning to h
friend. "That gives an air to that uilo
Q ing that attracts me. Lux ct Ver1ta
IWhy don't you yacht-club chaps put"
motto on your own door?"
"Possibly because we don't happen
|have one,' said the host.
n nonsense" said Mr.. Bangs. IF tt
8 tYale club can use Lux ct Verjtas, WI
can't you fellows use Ducks ct Demitasse
It's quite as appropriate
The publication, of Mr.. Bangs amusin
- little comedietta, 1.-THE Worsted Man. ne
: been postponed by the Harpers until II
middle of April. ~ H..
r. MARION CRAWFORD VERY ILL.,
F. Marion Crawford, the Weu-knc"
American author, is very Ill in. Londc
with pleuro-pneumenia. HIS doctors a.
nit that his condition is serious.