The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-07-16

Nelson Hall. Clara Palmer, William Ingersoll, Ralph Lewis, Margaret Wycherley, Maude Fulton, Marie Louise Griffen, Janet Burton, Helen Robert son, Amy Lesser, Dolores MacLean, Adele Ritchie, Louis Harrison, Grace Merritt, Rose LeMoine, Julia Dean, Maclyn Arbuckle, Florence Rockwell, Elmer Grandin, etc, etc, and scenes from Fascinating Flora" 'The Round Up," etc, etc.
 1 The Book News Monthly for July is an Ian MacLaren memorial number with fine portrait supplement of Dr. Watson. It exhausts the subject in a thorough manner. There are three articles about him by Dr. Charles Houston Goudiss. W. Robertson Nich- oil, and w. Scott King. Particularly lifelike and vivid Is the personal de- scription of ''MacLaren" by Charles Houston Goudiss, in which he thus pictures the Scotch preacher and au- thor:
 John Watson was Highlander, pure blooded, his father having come from Braemar and his mother from Loch Fay. To meet him was to see Scot land. He would never have been taken for aught else, with his broad shoulders and towering dimensions, his hearty, pleasant manner, his air of brisk vigor and his thoughtful face that could well be called canny. There was in his bearing distinction of the carriage of the body as of great man saying and doing the simple thing with the air that realizes the word aristocrat.
 Also in the July Book News, Albert s. Henry writes of the late Albert Henry Smyth. Dr. Joseph K. Dixon contributes two articles on photogra- phy and in Timely Topics are papers on Fiction and the Middle Glass; and 'In Defense of Readers" The depart ments of literary news and "Educa- tionar' are full and varied, so that in spite of the space given to Dr. Watson there is plenty of variety.
 The Travel Magazine for July is given chiefly to American scenes, al- though there is an exception in the ar ticle called College Men on a Cattle Steamer" and that entitled Some Lit tie Inns of France" Other articles are: Canoeing in Nearby Rivers" by Bri- an Hooker; "On the Detroit River" by Clayton Hamilton; "An ocean Trip on Shore," by Marvin Wallace; "A Day Deep in Surrey, by Howard Bell; "A Calendar of Travel" by Walter Pri- chard Eaton; Quaint Nantucket" by Alfred William Cutler, and "A Short Motor Trip Out of New York;
 The July Metropolitan is worth read ing both for purposes of information and entertainment It opens with Darlington A. Phelps vigorous article on Life, Health and Our Milk Sup ply, in which a problem of immense public importance Is helpfully discuss ed. Alexander Hume, writing of "The Future of Transportation as suggest. ed by "the revolutionizing trolley makes prophecies as interesting as re. HldIhdUlS. Jpuu ,Dull , pTbdu Ddsh- et'-the great wheat lands of western lCanada-gives Herbert vanderhoof op- portunity for some good descriptive work c, R, Patterson, under title ot There She Blows, frames fasclnat- ing account of present-day, off-short whaling, while Charles F. Holder pleasantly muses of far different or | l of ArI, lsa Tc fu the East" The number also contains good poetry and fiction, "The Silver Flask" by A. E. w. Mason, "Wher Campbell Cried by H. R. Durant, ant "The Prince in the Fairy Tale" by { Leonard Merrick, being among mum. Der of unusual tales. There is col. ored frontispiece by Frank Penney Johnson, and other Illustrative feat ures deserve note.
 McCalrs Magazine for July beside! its fashion news, which is, as always abundant and reliable, gives directions for "A Jolly Fourth of July Party tels how to make pretty summer hat out of paper and gives many receipts TOT QalnIy not W6dlHeF ulSueS. lHeT' are many bits of miscellany of various kinds which always prove attractive to the readers.
 The splendid picture In colors of al American boy triumphantly riding th' American eagle on the front cover O the July American Boy (Detroit) Is in spring. In the excellence and timeli ness of it's reading matter also, tn, magazine will interest and delight il readers, There are additional cnap ters of the fine serials by Tomlinson, ol stories and articles there is the usua generous supply. The usual depart ments of stamps, coins and curios boy photographer, o, A. B. and the bo,
 mechanic and electrician, will hold tn, interest of their readers. There are | addition seventy-five illustrations. PERIL OF THE PHILIPPINES. And q Realization of What Their Pos session Means to Us,