Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-01
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Seat" by Thomas Nelson Page. in the
April Woman's Home Companion. In
this poem, which occupies two full
pages Of the magazine, Mr.. Page de-
parts from the usual procedure and
describes the judgment from Pilates
point of view. The result is a mas
terly and novel treatment of the most
marvellous trial scene in the worlds
history. The poem is strilSingly deco
rated by Herbert Paus. Another inn
portant feature in this number is a
Characteristic editorial by Edward
Everett Hale, "Some "reminiscences OF
the Nations Capitol" Homer Daven-
port, who recently visited the Arabian
desert for this magazine, has a nota-
BILE article, entitled THE Arab Horse
in Legend and Story" in which is
given a wealth of frst-hand informa-
tion on a very interesting subject The
ever helpful subject of home building
is treated by Henry Harrison Lewis in
an article, Selecting the Site" which
describes in detail this important pre-
; liminary i'm home construction An
unusually strong array of fiction head
ed by timely short story, Mrs. Sack
ett's Easter Bonnet" by Mary e. VIII
kins Freeman and including Josephine
! Daskam BaCon's serial, THE Domes-
tic Adventures" and short stories by
Jennette Lee, Temple Bailey, Lulu
Judson Moody and Gelston Spring give
! added interest to the April number
Among the special departments are
For the Girl Who Earns Her own
Living" by Anna Steese Richardson;
Mrs Sangster's Home Page; Sam
Loyd's Puzzle Page; The Campaign
| Against Child Labor, a department
| specially conducted by the national
| child labor COMMITTEES; a page for Sc
! rious- Minded Women" conducted by
] II ri. na
Page for Boys Practical Fashions, by
! Grace Margaret Gould; Cooking Les
! sons. by Fannie Merritt Farmer, and
| Aunt Janets department for children.
The art features are fully up to this
magazines high standard.
The April number of the Metropoli-
tan Magazine is an ideal one. 1.-THE
New Criminal" by Broughton Bran
denburg, furnishes an interesting re-
sufne of the working plans of the mod
ern housebreaker and the methods by
which one may protect himself and his
property against his attempts. Captain
| Charles T. Boyd of the United States
army contributes valuable paper on
"Chinas Military Awakening" and
what 1t may mean to the world DR..
Robert lcNutt McElroy continues his
series on the Mexican war in this in
stallment, throwing new light on the
annexation of Texas. James Huneker
contributes an article on "Personali-
ties and Mrs. Sally Royce Weir mas
written a charming paper on her per-
sonal "reminiscences of the social side
of the Ku KluX Klan.
What promises to be another of
Everybody's notable series is begun
in the April number under the title of
"Romances of Success" James j. Hill
is the hero of the first romance-a fas-
cinating life story of the man whose in
telltgence and driving power have lift
ed him to the pinnacle of railroad
achievement. Carl Snyder goes to the
bottom in n study of our daily railroad
wreck horror. In THE Growing Rail-
way Death Roll: Who Is Responsible"
he answers his own question, sparing
no one, and he offers a remedy-in fact,
three remedies, all efficacious and prac-
! ticable.
| The opening article in Harper's Mag
azine for April is Capt. Roald Amund-
sens personal narrative of how he dis
covered the north magnetic pole, and
how he sailed his little ship through
/ the Northwest Passage from the waters
of the Atlantic to those of the Pacific.
! For centuries the achievement has
is the first to succeed. 1t is a fasci-
mating description of a voyage of per-
manent historical and scientific i'm
portance, and the more fascinating
through being told by Amundsen him
self. Between the Northwest Passage
and Richmond, in Virginia, there is
sufficiency of contrast; and an article
on Richmond, by Charles Henry White,
illustrated by views etched by him
self and printed in tint, is an attrac-
tive feature.
short story of far more than or
dinary significance serves to open The
Red Book Magazine for April. It's
title, The Empty Box piques ones
curiosity but only after the story has
been read does the excellence of the
title make itself felt. The author,
Joseph Altshelter, is well and favorably
known through his American novels.
Another story one that is strikingly
varied from the foregoing, is How
Jake Went Home" by the famous
author of THE Incomplete Amorist,"
E. Nesbit. 1t recounts the adventure
of little London street waif on the
floor of the ocean, and must strike a
responsive chord in the heart of every
lover of children.
All California owes a debt of graft
tude to Belle Sumner Angler for the
! Garden Book" This means all Cali
fornia for all the future, for the book
will live long and its works longer.
Those who love the outdoor life, who
love the beautiful things that grow al
most unlimited at our doorsteps will
greet this book as an expected and well
come friend. At the outset the author
gets on good terms with her readers
by some delightful philosophy. Then
interest is stimulated in the home,
beautified by surroundings made at
tractive by permitting flowers to grow.
To those who seek information and
training in Horticulture the Garden
Book" will be a companion and a de-
light. The planting time calendar is
an invaluable feature, yet is written in
such an attractive manner as to make
it most interesting reading and the
reader will find himself wading through
details which any other writer would
have made irksome. The chapter on
the culture of common plants will do
much to awaken Californians to the
fact that we have drifted far from the
ideals of our ancestors. Miss Angler
takes us to task for our neglect of the
sweet, short-llved flowers our grand
mothers loved. She declares our appe-