The sun., 1907-11-30
EEE MAGAZINE A WONDER
"THE ORIENT CALCULATED TO
MAKE LITERATURE SIT UP.

Prof. Ramirez ls thS Resident Edlt@r. hut
There Are Others Scattered Abeut I'M
Turkey and lndAn One snert story mat
Tnngies up HFeaand and me FAF East.
Prof. Jaime Ramirez. rosident editor OF
the Orient. a new magAsine of ~lOvs. Christ
ian Science. spiritualism, hypnOtisn, telep-
athy, magic. astrOlogy. OcCultism,' indeed
OF nearly everything Augustus Thomas has
used in bic newest play. having sent n polite
note to THE SUN asking for q friendly
notice. IL 10 With tho hveliest sentiments
OF delight ono assigned 10 the job discovers
that the Orient II nothing short Of ripping
to notice.
Prof. Ramirez 10 spoken Of as the resident
editor because All Bel, assistant editor.
remains in India; Jemai Bel. associate editor,
continues his residence in Constantinople;
+. x. TchOrba-Joglu. the gen. mgr" IL
put down on the list as Turkey"
Tho reviewer turns no further than TO the
editorial note printed on front page 20 find
matter for reflection. There the editor is
observed to remark. SHOULD our prospectus
not ifn the void OF our expectations
we are sure our publication will interest
An intelligent public" Why. II the void
OF his expectation were filed to OvertowinE
an intelligent public could not be more
interested than II must be when IL comes
to examine even the illustrations OF the
Orient.
Start right In with The cover design There
it Is seen that the foundation stone. key
and mystery of magazine success is grasped
at a glance. so to speak. for on the cover OF
beautiful red and pearl gray Is picture Of
what? OF course you have guessed-a
beautiful grill None Of your Gibson girls,
but q regular Oriental beauty. She is re-
clining on q divan, and IL il we're not for the
crescent which intervenes at a proper point
there would be little left to the ima ginatio
as TO her bust measurement
Turning over to the page facing the table
OF contents we find black and white repro
ductiOn Of "A popular oriental painting by
Suleiman,' which represents "a perform
anCe before his Ma iesty the Sultan Of Tur-
key and his Court
The ripping surface Of the water in the
background (Or backwater) 10 dotted with
men OF war. and one rancies every sailor
on those ships, with powerful glasses at
eyes. studying the details Of the picture
which they see from a point Of view re-
versed from that obtained by the charmed
subscribers OF the Orient. young lady Is
seen dancing on . rug--and well, a young
lady ts dancing on rug and that 10 all
about the lady and the rug (she is not
covered by the rug), for We must continue
our search.
On the page fronting the beginning Of
An Occult Tale OF Old Egypt is sreproduced
from q popular painting Of kaimil Bill
the scene Of an attempt to conquer the
love OF the Pashas Choice. Bill he knew
just how 20 make a likeness Of a Paaha's
Choice. She's just the prettiest young
and har 0AOklQRA
Of pearls and bracelets OF gold must make
il easy going for the Pasha when his bank
suspends, If his uncle 10 still doing a cash
business.
OF the OTieRf's art editors. The writers
call. On page 10 begins the FIRST instslment
of a piece OF fiction entitled The Oriental
Witch OF O'Gonnelio. IL puzzles to read
here: For upward Of eighty-hve years
there lived in q little cottage at the foot OF
the O'Gonnello hills, County Clare, a woman
known as Fatima Khanim in all the Orient.
Now County Clare and SFatima" may
do very well for Coney Island, whore all Is
truth-but in fiction! The reviewer felt
editor, and that jolly person laughed flt
TO kill before he could calm down enough
to explain that in the hurry OF getting out
the first number he had not carefully over
looked all the work of the stan. II appears
was told to take an Irish folklore story and
orientalize it. He tinkered -O'Connell"
into "O'Gonnello," and Fannie into
-Fatinra. but there was County Clare as
bold as you please.
The resident editor sometimes spells
his name backward, as when he writes
poetry. and on page 20 is found Prof
Zerimar' writing
There Is no room for Sadness when
You give a smile,
II nerves YOU to try again It's never