Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-26
) MARCH NACAZlNES

to a human being should stay united to
cherish and to develop that life, accord
ing to Professor Felix Adler, as ex-
pressed in his conservative discussion Of
uniform divorce laws in the March
Woman's Home Companion. Afer all is
said and done this seems to be the
humane and desirable view Of a very
grave social subject, and Professor Ad-
| Ter makes It plain in his important con-
| tribution. The March Woman's Home
| Companion also contains "A Talk on
| Good Deeds" by Edward Everett Hale.
who, with the cheerful view of q re-
markable octogenarian, tells his readers
how they can be good by doing good to
others. one of the many strong features
| of the March Companion is a hither-
to unpublished drawing by Whistler. 1t
| Is an exquisite example OF the great
masters art, notable for it's beauty of
line, wonderful figure drawing and del
lcacy of atmosphere, and will appeal
strongly to Whistler's innumerable adj
mlrers. The fascination Of unlimited
wealth Is described by Anna Steese
| Richardson in an article entitled "The
Woman of Mlllions-How She Spends
Her Money" in which she gives many
surprising facts Another article of di-
rect interest to feminine readers is
what the Chicago Woman's Club Has
Done for Chicago" by Bertha D.
Knobe. The real function of the wo-
mans club has not yet been settled, at
least to the satisfaction of the general
| public, but the success of the Chicago
| Woman's club In civic reform work Will
go far toward solving the problem. An
other article strongly appealing to wo-
men, and especially to mothers, is
THE Mother and the Growing Boy" by
Margaret r. Sangster. This article
| forms one of series in which Mrs.
Sangster talks helpfully to mothers
about their many problems The fiction
| Is headed by 1.-The Domestic Adventur-
ers," a delightful new serial by Jose
phine Daskam Bacon. The "adVentur-
ers" are three bachelor women who live
together In some happiness and much
excitement. 1t is only necessary to say
that the cause of their adventures are
five extraordinary servants to induce
every woman to read the serial. Other
stories are contributed by Zona Gale,
Julia Truitt Bishop and Mary w. Hast
| ingS. The departments conducted by
Grace Margaret Gould, Fannie Merritt
Farmer, Evelyn Parsons, Sam Lloyd
and Anna Steese Richardson are un-
usually interesting. The childrens
pages contributed by Aunt Janet and
Dan Beard offer a pleasing array of
good things.
"Shall We Tax Wealth." is the title
given to an unusually interesting feat
Magazine 1t consists of symposium
on the much discussed topic of the in
come tax, and contains opinions from
such widely divergent personalities as
Joseph Letter, the millionaire; Hudson
Maxim, the scientist, and Governor
Folk, the reformer 1t is of unusual
interest for the insight it gives us into
the personal views of many of our
prominent statesmen, f1nanciers and
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the best possible gauge of public opinion
on this question. Besides this the
magazine contains a number of splen-
did short stories and articles by such
writers as Holman F. Day. Charles
Battell Loomis. Elmore Elliott Peake,
Tom Mason, Anne O'Hagan, Wallace
Irwin, Lillian Bell and Charles Gar
vice. 1t is profusely illustrated, hav-
ing set of sixteen pictures of stage
beauties and another set of eight full
page pictures of cats which are sure
to interest everyone.
If one were asked to indicate the
story in this months Popular which
had taken keenest hold upon the
, imagination the finger would probably
fall upon the third complete story ir
the series of Strange Cases of a Medi-
cal Free-lance," by w. B. NJ. Ferguson
1t is called THE Case of the Vegetable
Rabies" and tells of the remarkable
discovery made by doctor who
treated a patient for hydrophobia. The
story If sensational, is artistic and
cleverly told, as are all the stories in
the Popular
There are about twenty numbers in
all in the Peoples Magazine for March,
an all-fction publication of 1872 pages
One complete novel and great number
OF Well-selected short stories make UP
this generous bulk of fiction. John II.
Whitson is the author of the novel
which opens the magazine, and among
the writer's of the short stories are
Newton A. Fuessle, Rodrigues Otto
lengui, Julia Truitt Bishop, Ethel
Watts Mumford, Edwin l.. Sabin,
Brand Whitlock, Richard Marsh and
others.
Ainslee's for March contains another
Of Roy Norton's enhancing western
tales, called "Nodsawana," written
with the same knowledge of locality
and the same deep human interest and
sympathy that have made Mr.. Nortons
work Characteristic of an entirely new
type. Nobody today is writing with the
same sincere touch that makes his
stories so interesting. "Nodsawana" is
a combination of the western story
and the child-interest story that will
make Its own peculiar appeal.
Arthur Stringer, whose work in re-
cent years has grown in strength and
importance, is the author of the novel
which opens the March number of the
Smart Set. 1t is a love story of alb
sorbing interest, entitled, Creeping
Rails" depicting the passion of a
wealthy woman for a musician who, in
the end, proves worthy of her love. Mr..
Stringer has done no better piece of
work and this story will win him added
admirers
The March Century is a garden num-
Der, covering a wide and varied range
OF outdoor interests-Charleston gar
dens, Persian gardens, workingmen's s
gardens, flower arrangement in Japan,
and review by a Dutch expert of
Luther Burbank's work in scientific hor-
ticulture. The Luther Burbank review,
from the pen of Hugo de Vries, pro-
fessor of plant anatomy and physiology
in the University of Amsterdam, is the
article of most scientific value in the
magazine. 1t brings to American read
ers new, suggestive and authorita-
} tive presentation of Mr. Burbank's
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