Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-27

events throughout the world
"Minnie VS.. Dannie." by Wallace
Irwin in the July number Of The Metro
politan Magazine, is a tale of a calmly
strong longshoreman and a Sassy
young lady Of his class who evinced a
love for him by hurling stove-lids at him
across the breakfast table In the end.
when she grew sweet, Dannie knew that
her love was failing and left her forever
Wallace Irwin knew his San Francisco
before the earthquake. through bitter
experience, arriving there from Lead
vile, where he had been brought up as a
cattle driver and gold assayer, with
scarcely more than a few dollars i'm his
pocket Since then he has marked his
name decisively in newspaper and maga-
zine circles, and so it is quite find to
discover a story by him of the city of the
west in the days before the calamity
The text book has been illustrated by
Dan-Sayre Groesbeck who has lived a
life very similar to that of the author and
consequently is most fitted to illustrate
his text. How Gen. Porcos and the
forces Of Caballa were defeated by "Holt
of the Alcantara" is in a story of f. Wal
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extraction to the south seem to furnish
us with an unlimited field for stories of
humorous adventure, and the one related
here meets no superior among those that
have recently been placed before the
public.
The Bohemian for July appears in a
new and attractive form with an original
and very striking cover design by William
G.. kreghoif Mr.. Weymer Jay Mills
opens the magazine with a theatrical
story entitled The Darling Of the Park "
1t is a clever bit of fiction and tells Of the
last appearance of a great iavorite of the
old Park Theatre OF New York City.
Edwin l.. Sabin contributes "Petunies
"a story Of western life with touch Of
eastern flavor at its close Quite different
from Mr. Sabin's story is GLOW the Pro-
fessor Broke Jail, by Tudor jerks. This
is a cleverly conceived tale of an escapade
in Australia and is written in Mr. jerks
best vein "The Precipice." by Aleck H.
WoOllcott, is an exceptionally strong
story of Bohemia-that land so full OF
tragedies and comedies j. W. kennard
tells about "A Transaction in Fiances'
in which a young lady inserts an adver-
tisement in the daily paper to dispose OF
her fance. r. G. Pitzer has thrown a
peculiar charm Of romance about his
story, Count Louis of Flanders. "The
Little Crimson Triangle" by W. Edgar
Simpson, is n story OF the frozen North
and involves a fine sense Of duty. W. D.
Wattles has written 90 'Brien and His
Angels" another one of those humorous
stories full TO the brim and running over
with Irish wit Leigh Gordon Giltner in
can Original Solution solves the very
difficult problem of how to purchase al
engagement ring when you are dead
broke" "The Shrewsbury Sweepstakes,
by + H Crawford, is a yachting story il
which the prize is well worth winning
Disconnected at Central, by Alfred B
Iozer, is a newspaper story with an ex
ceptionally original plot. Bennett
Partner, by James Knapp Reeve, reache
its conclusion in this number fac
which many readers will regret. The Jul,
Bohemian will make an excellent com
panion to take on your railroad journe.
or on your vacation trip.
There is scarcely a phase Of Americai
outdoor life, from the Great Lakes to th
country "crick, or from the great deSer
10 the small home garden, which Tn
Outing Magazine for July does not touch
| There is Ralph Paines "Men of the I'm
| tanned Desert. full of virile American
| optimism, and there is Holman Day
| quaint "Long Corvallis Crick," boil
accompanied by striking photographs
/ "1he White Wings of the Great Lakes
/ by Wilbur Bassett, and Howe Williams
"Slimming Down the Delaware" carryin
| the reader in varying moods along Ameri
can waterways. Short stories by GouveI
neur Morris and Clarence +. Mulford
among others. are second in importanc
only TO white Fang Jack London
| great serial, which has attracted perhap
| more interest as a piece of literature tina
| any American story of recent times
| Among the practical articles in The Out
ing Magazine for July are Boats an
Boat Handlers" by DIR. Henry c. Row
land, well known as a writer of facts a
we'll as Of fiction about the sea. AdviC
about the Garden, by f. E. Rexforc
Dieting vs. Exercise 20 Reduce Flesh,
hy G. Elliot Flint. in which theory
backed by examples Of practical e.
perience; "The Cost Of an Average Day
Horse Racing figured carefully by Rer
Bache; "What a Woman Can Do with a
Automobile. sprightly stories Of h
actual experience Of many America
women, by Mary Mullet; and numerol
papers about fishing, horses and dog
Frank +. Schoonover, Stanley Arthur
Hy. S Watson, Frederic Dorr Steele an
Henry McCarter are some Of the artis
whose work appears in the number.
In Success Magazine for July, Davi
Ferguson explains the evils Of irr
sponsible hnanciering which cent
around Dummy Directors Mr. Fe
guson is one of the newspaper men
New York who got at the FIRST details
the scandal in the Equitable Life lnsu
ance Co. The dummy director NJ
Ferguson says, is not a modern creation
but has existed for a long timo in variou
forms. being brought to its full detelol
ment In this country In the form OF PR
iessional dummies, public men who loa
their names for a consideration, 9th,
mems agents. and those who enter
directorate upon someone else's stool
As il is an impossibihty for man
know intimately the details Of man
2 large concerns. Il is obvious that anon
financial men who hold many directo
ships the proportion who are actual
dummies is very great. In "Ihompsc
and His Hippodromo' Samuel Merwi
gives us a vivid picture of this gre
New York amusement palace, and sun
b up the character of Frederic Ihompsc
In describing him as a mixture Of dreame
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