The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-07-07


the waste basket rather than sent to
the Linotype. Affairs at Washington,
by the editor, give chatty personals,
with portraits, Of public men, but
have never seen paragraph that was
not OF fiattering nature with no un-
favorable criticisms "Taffy," all the
time, Brother Joe, pals on the taste.
The Delineator, published monthly
by the Butterick Publishing Co.. Of
Paris, London, New York, Toronto,
at 81 per year, Is always the earliest
OF the magazines to appear before the
Natal month comes In. So the July
number is on my table before the mid
die of June has arrived. Almost a
book in size, its 104 pages crowded
with matter primarily designed for
the women Of the world and devoted
to the frills and fancies of fashiona-
BILE folks, 1t yet has mass of illustra.
tions and descriptive matter devoted
to the major part of the households of
the country where more or less econo-
my Is practiced and where millinery
bills, ETC., are carefully scanned. I
remember the time when "Godey's"
and "Peterson's" were the only maya
zines published in which attention
was given to the fashions. Thinking
Of the stiff, crude pictures that were
in their pages and looking over the
exquisite ones now given In the De-
lineator and other magazines for wo-
men, the advance in art Is most no
ticeable, while the number of new
cuts, half tones and colored plates
must be a big item In the publishers
expense account. And all for 81 per
year. Aside from the articles devo-
ted to dress, the literary matter is
first class, covering fiction, poetry,
art, home utilities and society obser-
vations.
Closely following the Delineator,
comes McCalPs for July; smaller,
cheaper, but probably having larger
clientage as 1t publicly announces
that 1t has more subscribers than any
other ladies magazine. Devoted to
the latest fashions, fancy needlework,
millinery, useful household informa-
ton, children's clothing, ETC., 1t would
seem to fully meet the needs of those
who can only spend 80 cents each
year for this purpose. The leading
article Is on Becoming Dresses for
Elderly Ladies'" Lessons in dress.
making are continued and there are
other articles of special interest to
mothers in this number.
The Woman's Home Companion for
June announces new editorial manage.
ment and has begun q campaign to
Save the Children" from the evils OF
child labor. Edward Everett Hale's
optimistic article on THE Comforts
of To-day" and the first article OF a
serious campaign against Child Slav-
cry are the contrasting features that
distinguish the June number of the
Woman's Home Companion. The lat.
ter subject Is handled in a mastery
way In the first Of a series of articles
called ITO Save the Children"-each
article sustained by actual photo.
graphs and names and addresses of
little children drudging all around
you. The rest of the magazine-and
there is the equivalent OF one hundred
and fifty pages in all--is alive with
the practical and interesting matters
that women most appreciate. This
months fiction Is especially good, In.
Guiding "A Home OF Your own" by
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins; Peter and
the Faculty" by Mary Wilhelmina
Hastings; "Muriel Tewksbury's Life
Work." by Mary Heaton Verse; "An
April Shower" Hi Way with Chill.
dren. "Siefgried and the Bandit"
and the last of Elliott Flowers anus.
ing Barney and Norah" sketches,
and the conclusion of Burton e. Stew.
enson's serial. affairs Of State" 81
per year. Address Woman's Home
COmnaniOn Enriu0fi Ohio