Evening journal., 1907-05-14
in THE REALM
OF LITERATURE

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The leading articles in the May Ma
tional Review are strongly partizan
and SAVIOR slightly Of The mental hys-
teria which the writer Of American
Affairs solemnly pronounces an Amer
ican affliction. Apropos OF the Roose-
velt-Harriman letters. he says that we |
are so neurasthenic that we VIII be- /
heve anything against wealth and
capital, and are in danger of being led
into an autocratic form of government I
by politicians who use trust-denuncia- /
tions as bait. All OF which Is provo
cative OF discussion. The Real Enc
mics Of Tsardom points out the vacn
lation and indecision of all parties and
makes the sweeping assertion that
most Russian public officials are amaz-
ingly stupid Church and State ia
France, written by a Protestant en-
deavors to show that the republic has
committed no crime but has obtained
that freedom for both church and
state which has long been enjoyed by
other democratic countries.
Literary Misfits As a sensible and
timely protest against prevailing
methods of teaching English compo-
sition. The young writer is taught 20
put down what he thinks he ought
to think in standard phrases he thinks
he ought to use, instead OF saying sim
cerely what he actually does think
Only great minds can be great. but we
can all be natural and that IS the test
of good style.
The initial number of the Magazine
of Christian Art is issued for April
II is well-printed and illustrated. and
written by the leading ecclesiastical
architects of America and Europe
The Protestant denominations. Roman
Catholics, and Episcopalans are all
represented impartialv. The maya
zine purposes to record all manifesta-
tions Of art. TO further all progress OF
art, in the service of the Christian
Faith.
Golfers, for May II, contains an es-
pecially delectable Kemble cartoon on
the Fairbanks boom, and two import
ant papers on topics upon which every
one should desire information-the Ex-
position and the Moyer-Haywood case.
Princes gowns are stin the latest
style, snails are boiled for two hours
before they are eaten, you can have "a
cottage 20 feet by 2S feet for $780,
there is a renewed interest IN lingerie
hats this season. and you can find out
a great many other things. including
what TO have when company come to
supper. from McCalrs Magazine for
May.
Go tell Aunt Tabby. the old gray
goose is dead She died easy. stand
| ing on her head" They used 10 sing
the lullaby TO put us children to
sleep; bnt now we arc grown up
another Gray Goose has come TO life
TO wake us up with adventurous short
stories. and the only dead thing is the
time which it proposes to kill.
Minced St. Nicholas
While FRITZ and Pinkey Boy Perkins
Took a ride on the merry round.
Which stood in a field Of glory
Where electrical music did sound,
The marvellous man of Talinatan,
With the studious Princess in tow
Took Dorothea's May-hasllet
To give TO II. ID. Thoreau.
But he left the Faulthner behind
them,
And the rest of St. Nicholas pack
Youn find making Rainy Day Wig
vans
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Nuggets From Success Magazine
Cheerful looks make every dish a
feast
Books are lighthouses erected on the
great sea Of time.
One in love with truth need never
ask about his reputation.
Shabby clothes are no longer an al.
lowable eccentricity of genius.
A rough, rude, coarse manner creates
an instantaneous prejudice. closes
hearts, and bars doors against us.
The Circles within the Circle. II IS
a bright. wholesome MAGAZINE and its
circles CLINT in the SUNSHINE Art, sci.
ence, music. religion. It goes the
rounds and all the way around The
most interesting thing in its ALIEN.
bracing circumference is the art o.
conducting by Safonon of the New
York Philharmonic Society. a mar
built somewhat on the spherical piar
himself and used to evoking the musl,
Of the spheres before audiences ir
various parts OF the globe.
More wheels within wheels-real one.
this time, bicycles The Bicyling Worit
announces that the cycle Associa.
tions will meet at Washington this
summer. like many other convention,
taking pains to be within reaching
distance Of jamestown. These worth,
manufacturers contemplate mounting
brand-new shiny bicycles and spinning
en- masse to call at the White House
The latest numbers Of Musical Amer
lea contain a surprising number o
notices OF American singers who hav,
made successful European debuts IL
operatic roles. AS a counterbalance q