Evening journal., 1907-04-29
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The Amir of Afghanistan, who has
taken an Indian pleasure trip, has
come up TO all the requirements Of a
comic opera monarch. He kept a pick
ed assortment of English war-ships
waiting for davs ia Bombay harbor
and then concluded he would visit the
races instead. He kept several Indian
cities buying fresh decorations and
eatables while waiting for him. Anglo
Indian railroads obediently re-arrang-
ed their time tables several times over
because his majesty was having too
good a time. to leave dinner party
before morning The Minto fete ai
Calcutta, sort of glorihed bazaar and
amusement garden, which realized
thousands of rupees for Indian hospi-
tails, quite won the Amir's heart. Gn-
cidentally be il remarked that Lord
Kitchener drew a baby elephant as n
lucky-bag prize at rhis fete) The
Amir gave several interesting exhibi-
tions of sleep-slaying at Mohammedan
1ites. He left behind fierce jeal
ousy among Indian princes because he
had been accorded a royal salute of
thirty-one guns, King Edwards own
number 1t is doubtful if Afghanistan
viii experience great reforms from it's
rulers automobile-dinner- -party-racing
excursion, but reporters prophesy "a
marvellous change in tho dress of his
court from the fact that members of
his suite took to the dear ones at
home several well-aged copies of our
own American Delineator. In his own
words. the Amir IS the best cook, tho
best shot the best statesman physi-
clan. and Judge he has ever met. See
the National Review and the Empress
(Calcutta)
Spring Fashions in Fiction. Every
smartly dressed spring magazine may
he guaranteed to wear certain STYLES
of stories as nounces on the shining
folds OF its politico-social robe-de-
promenade. Cut strongly on the bias
is the loVnce based upon civic cor
ruption, insurance scandals, frenzied
finance, and other up-to-date evils.
Leading designs are 'Iight-fngered
Gentry" by Phillips for Pearson's
"A Wall Street Man" by VIII Payne
for the Saturday Evening Post. "The
Mortgage on His Soul Human Life
Particularly stylish are the detective
story hounces, in which an intellect
ual giant massive-hrnwed and ILL
hammered, works out by logic a prob
lem whose solution is more or less oh
vious. They depend for interest rather
ON ingenious twists than on the good.
old-fashioned thrill OF the better sort
are the Randolph Mason stories in
Pearson's, "The Magistrates own
Case" from Transatlantic Tales.
Plain, ordinary love-stories are de-
cidedly old-fashioncd. They must be
decked out with Bowerv slang. must
take place in queer. FOREIGN lands on
amidst humorous hapeppings The
American magazine story aims above
all things to be clever; it may fire.
ouentlv breach a sermon. but it must
be entertaining. While it is ant TO Dc
I superficial it rs seldom sentimental Or
unwholosome in its view Of life. Some
clover stories arc "The Entrance OF
Ezekiel" "The Gentle Eobber' "Tho
Gate OF the Seven Hundred Virgins"
from the Naw Mcclure $; THE Bar
rator." from Evorybodys for May;
Proof of TIE Puddinc" Broadway
Magazine; "Thc Education of Trooper
Brown" The shuttle. Come and
Find Me" from the Century for MAY.
"The Iareess of Chico" from the Red
Book "The Fruit Of tho Tree from
Scribner's; "The Livery of Luck,
from the Bohemian.