Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-23

cases the injured persons have been "snap-
shotted'' working, all unknowingly, for the
very railroad against which they had brought
action. 1t has been shown beyond doubt that
large class of these damage claims are dishon-
est from the outset and that many persons
throughout the country have made a profession
of this sort Of business, but the detectives
with their cameras have stopped most of 1t.
From the cloying sweets of nction with
which many magazines seek to hold their
readers, one turns with keen appreciation to
the profusely illustrated Popular Mechanics
magazine sure that he will find In its pages
not only entertainment, but instruction as
well. Ever true to it's motto, Written
you understand it," this publication de-
scribes all the modern achievements in me-
chanics, in manner designed to hold the
most disinterested reader in thrall. The octo-
ber number contains in all 143 articles and 121
illustrations, and among the interesting fea-
lures are a description of a process for chemi-
cally producing sugar from elements almost
free as air: how the big palatial ocean liners
of the present age are taken out of the water
after every voyage AMI given an overhauling
both inside and out that surpasses anything
in the way of spring housecleaning ever under
gone; a new system of draining marsh by
means of a water Wheel a method of teaching
swimming dry land; how the railroad is
conquering the African interior--a vivid de-
scripton of the dangers besetting such enter
prise in the dark continent; and many others
fully interesting. Wisconsin farm lad
of his own construction. He tells just how
he built the instrument, and incidentally one
gets picture of a wondering youth going out
at night to gaze at the stars and dream until
at last they kindle the fires Of his own nature
to ambition and attainment. The article will
be a source of inspiration to many boy of
limited opportunities For the practical me-
chanic there are AZ illustrated articles describ-
ing ways other men have found of improving
or lessening their work. and for the amateur
mechanic there is splendid department de-
nfh har tnttr Iaxr. Fl.twx
amusement, instruction and profit in building.
Variety of interest is the keynote of the Sep
tember number Of the Travel Magazine. Com
ing as 1t does between the big seasons of sum-
mer and winter mgrations it gives the pub
fishers an opportunity to present several arti-
cles of unique interest and more general char
acter than we can find space for in our spe-
cial numbers And from the handsome red
and green cover depicting the Return from
the Hunt" throughout the whole number, the
issue is delightfully."- seasouable-all the trips
indicated may be taken this month with great
pleasure In Following the Hounds in Cali
fornia' we have in Charles #. Holders usual
delightful style description of the variety of
sport and the fun afforded in hunting the
Pacific coast. Gardner Richardson tells of his
experience 'At Sea with the Gloucester Fish
ing Fleet" the experience of two college men
who desert a summer hotel of a Massachusetts
resort to fish with old salts. Walter Prichard
Eaton's good advice about the seasons is
found as usual in "A Calendar of Travel"
Shnoru howard describes "A DIP IN Great
Salt Lake. and the sensations afforded by a
salt water bath inland. Hunting Elk and An
telope in Wyoming is Paul Townsend's rec
ord of recent trip in the mountains of the
northwest. In "A Week End Auto Trip to
Southampton, Long Islands' learn about
the kinds OF roads to expect and the various
points that mako good stopping places along
the ways of the "Automobiists Paradise"
Ernest Cawcroft tells where to go and
what to see in a limited amount of time in "A
Tourists Trip through Panama" "An Ameri-
can Woman's German Vacation" by Grace
Isabel Colbron is the story of summer Ar
cadia within the shadow of Berlin. motoring
through the Country of Millet and Rousseau
by ]. Marchand shows how the fields of France
and the forest Of Fontainebleau present the
to an art-loving world "a Trip Down the
Thames from oxford to London by Esther
Brook is an account of the delights of the
river life as followed in houseboat, launch or
shell, between historic banks.