Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-28

The january number of Suburban Life
opens with an elaborately illustrated ac-
count by Mabel Tuke Priestman of the
suburban home of Alice Barber Stephens.
Another leading article describes num-
Der OF houses which have been built at
comparatively low cost during the past
few Years. There are several practical
articles such as Keeping Fancy Poul-
try" Common Sense Care of Dogs" and
Simple Methods of Ventilation" One
Of the most interesting features of this
number is a symposium by a number OF
writer's with the general title Was 1
Wise to Move Into the Suburbs?'
In a series of articles on "Great Cor.
poration Lawyers and Their Mastec
Strokes" the Ne,' Broadway Magazine.
beginning with tn, January issue, is tell
ing the inside methods of the trusts with
vigor and veracity. In outlining the big
cases-such as Standard OIL the rail-
roads, etc.--James French Dorrance, the
author, has written with such simplicity
and consciousness that the series is bound
to appeal not only to the lawyer, but to
the layman IS wei. 1t is an investiga-
ton into the conception of trusts as
trusts and reveals the powerful position
OF the lawyer in the mooern industrial
world.
Everybody's for January sets a pace for
the new year that will be hard to beat.
Foremost In Importance is the inside story
of the recent panic-'The Game Got
Them'-by Edwin Lefevre, the Wall
street expert William Hard takes up
the question of DE Kid Wot Works at
Night" and writes of the newsbay, the
messenger boy and the street gamin, and
the problem they present collectively and
individually to themselves and to society.
'The Romance of the Reaper" Is con-
tinued by Herbert N. Casson, who tells
Night" and writer of the newsboy. tho
of the war of the reaper kings and tho
effect of their rivairy upon American in
dustry. One of the most remarkable Of
ferings is THE Autobiography of
Climber" in which self made society
woman confesses the history of her
ascent from the bottom to the top of the
social ladder. In its eight fictional sto-
ries Everybody's maintains the pace II
has set for itself-and then some"
McClure's has gone up in quality as
well as in price. THE Needs of Our
Navy" by Henry Reuterdahl, gives
some staggering facts about our battle
ships and our preparation for war
Great American Fortunes" by Burton
J. Hendrick, sums up the history of the
Metropolitan street railway and its
effects on the public. "One Man and
His Town." by Marion H. Carter, is an
account of a man who practically grew
a town.
Photography having become one of
the most popular of sciences, there has
been wide interest on the part of the
general public as well as the photo
graphic world In the recent exhibition
by Mr. Stieglitz at the rooms of the
Photo-Secession in New York, of the
examples of color photography recently
made by him and Mr.. Eugene in Munich
and by Mr.. Steichen in Paris. There
will he special interest, therefore, in
the January Century's presentation, in
full color, of ful1-page portraits of
Alfred Stieglitz and of Mrs. Gertrude
Kasebier, two examples of Mr.. Stei
chens work, in color photography, the
first reproductions In color made in
America from such originals. These
reproductions are not the actual re-
suits of the new process, which as yet
are to be seen only on glass, but are
transcriptions. and are said to indicate
admirably the subtlety, range and
beauty of the new process They ac-
company an article on THE New Color
Photographic" by J. Nilsen Laurvik.
The Smart Set begins the year 1908
most auspiciously. The novelette, is
from the pen of that always delightful
author, Anne Warner. 1t is entitled.
"Wanted-ar Original Gentleman" and
concerns the whimsical adventures of a
young man who believes himself stranded
in Europe and answers a curious adver-
tisement. The story, in itself a charm
ing one, is illustrated by many clever
human touches, which cannot fail to di-
vert every reader.
Prince Julian Begins the New Year"
is the timely novelette, for the Januar,'
number of Transatlantic Tales. The
story deals with the adventures of d
madcap Ger:-ian prince, who takes 1t into
his head to exchange vocations with
night watchman. Court politics, humor
intrigue, and a very pretty love theme
give 1t a wide appeal. Probably the
strongest and biggest" piece of writing
in the issue is 1.-THE Outlaws Cod" trans
lated from the Swedish of Selma Lager
lof. Against background of her own
wild mountains, this writer, already fam
GUS on the continent and in England,
has depicted conflict of emotions of
almost Titanic proportions. In her grasp
the primitive forces of human nature she
COHlpdTeS Will hlpllHB-Or, Detterp With
the more polished Thomas Hardy.
Ainslee's for January has an unusually
full and interesting table of contents.
Besides a complete novel by E. Phillips
Oppenheim, there are eleven short stories
by Agnes and Egerton Castle, Steel Will
Jams, Campbell MacCulloch, johnson
Morton, Elliott Flower, Owen oliver,
Martha McCulloch Williams, John W.
Guthrie Marion Hill and William Mcleod
Raine. and two entertaining essays by
Mrs. John Van Worst and William Arm
strong.
To acnleve perfect powder is the
dream of every war chemist of today.
So writes William George in the Tech
nical World Magazine for January. For
upon this uncertain stuff does the des-
tiny of nations depend, in spite of Hague
conferences and the amitable platitudes
of peace ENJOYS. Great Britain has her
cordite and lyddite; France puts her
trust in poison-reeking melinite; Japan
has her Shimonose powder. In short,
every war office has it's own formula,
but all are based on "nitro-compound"
like gun cotton. This is high explosive
almost entirely smokeless and enormous
ly more powerful than ordinary gum