The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-02

4 Just a step .or#two from Mr.. elders
office is a place that would interest
host of Americas Juvenile readers. This
is the. editorial office Of St. Nicholas. The
rooms Of this magazine are attractively
furnished, and are presided over by Will
Ham Fayaie Clark who sshas succeeded
Mary Mapes Dodge as editor Of st. Mich
olas.: Mr.. Clark was for a; long time as
sistant editor of St Nicholas, the work
| of issuing the magazine devolving upon
him more and more thru the last years
Of Mrs. Dodge's life.
| Near the back Of the building occupied
| by the Century company is an office rich
in associations with the art life of the
city. Here every day come many artists
with their work to be examined by the art
editor Of the magazine, and here have
come in past days such men as Abbey,
Pyle, Gibson, Castaigne, Remington,
Chase, Christy, Fox; Zogbaum, Hopkin-
son Smith and scores Of others Memen-
toes of. these and others are to be found
scattered all about the Century office.
They hang on the wall and they lean in
/ piles against the wall. Altogether the
! Century could give a fine exhibit Of fine
art work from their own collections.
One Of the treasures Of the office is a
time-wor and stained copy Of the first
number of the Century Magazine, issued
in November, 1870 A glance at this, be-
side one of the magazines Of today, is
startling evidence of the tremendous
strides that have been made in the art
of magazine making. - - o.
| The circumstances attending the found
ing of the Century Magazine are known
to a comparatively small number. One
night in 1868, on the bridge over the
Rhone at Geneva, DR.. J. G.. Holland an6
Mr.. Roswell Smith fell into a serious
discussion of the project of forming Tar
Am erican magazine whose dominant
note should be "a sane and earnest
Americanism." The new magazine ava:
to stand for the best in literature, ar
and thought and no means were to bt
spared to make it's development synony
NOUS with the development Of American
literature" This early purpose has beer
splendidly carried out and the successor
of the orlginators of the magazine, ar
following nobly in their efforts to keep vi
to the magazines original high Ideas
Century Magazine is printed by tn
house Of Theodore l.. De Winnie, who ha
done the printing of both, the Centur.
and St. Nicholas since they we're frs
started. - -..-. T.. ..-. 49, 81. -. A.
To the present officers Of the company
as well as to the editorial staff, belong
the credit of keeping the magazine fire
i from all faint Of commercialism. The
Il are men Of the highest standing and tn
=. finest ideals: A sketch of the office an
q personnel of the place would not be com
plete without tribute to these men
4 Frank H. Scott, president; Charles F
i Chichester, treasurer, and William W
/ Ellsworth, secretary. ..s-.-t-f- :
4 In all the feverish desire of magazin
makers to cater to the superficial taste
4 the makers of the Century have stoo
Il firmly by the ideal Of the best in litter
i ature, art and thought" and the Centur
.I Magazine today Is one Of the finest mon
! uments to their genius and one. Of tn
great forces in the literary life and cul
ture Of the nation.