Evening journal., 1907-10-03
LITERARY

In the excellence of its cover
designs. Golfers is the leader, though
with the Saturday Evening Post a
close second, among magazines having
pictured covers Miss Stilwelrs
cover. Bluebeard's Wife. is probably
the most beautiful design shown this
year by any magazine. Golfers is
continuing its policy Of disclosing al
legged frauds. A recent exposition of
the business methods of fake spiritual
mediums was instructive. 1t is well
known that majority of our popula-
tion consult mediums. astrologers, and
palmists. With a little announcement,
the majority of people are also launch
ed into a complete description of their
own life and character naturally the
most interesting topic imaginable.
Thus the shrewd observer of humanity
can make marvellous guesses from
what the subject has unconsciously
given away.
McClure's recently published an
article defending ordinary diet. 1t
made hash of vegetable and raw food
menus by showing the active poisons
at work in all but staple foods. For
instance. beans may contain more
nourishment than beefsteak. but the
poison also present plays the old harry
with the human apparatus. The dis
cussion ends with kindly encourage
ment for tea and coffee drinkers and
is altogether written in a most hope
full spirit.
1t was a respectable but dull Circle
last spring. The Improvement in the
last two issues is almost amazing.
The cover is better. the illustrations
good. and the contributions excellent
and up-to-date. Notable are the thor
oughly cheerful studies of immigra-
ton. Panama colonies. antique tea
pots. and the fiction.
st. Nicholas. also. is more interesting
in its recent issues. The cover is an
attractive little girl in an apple-tree.
and the stories though preachy are
entertaining.
Shooting may be good sport, If
YOU like it, Secretary Of War Taft IS
quoted as saying recently, in Recrea-
tion for September; but I have never
learned to like it. I speak personally.
mind you. think I should prefer
to hunt with a camera if 1 should
hunt at ALL"
Recreation makes a habit Of huntinE-
with the camera. and Is unique among
magazines for the striking photo
graphic cuts with which it is gener-
ously filled.
Other magazines have discovered .he
value of photographs. especially in
articles on outdoor life. Automobile
Topics frequently publishes charming
bits Of landscape.
One hundred thousind printed and
bound copies of THE Younger Set
bv Robert w. Chambers. have been i'm
the warerooms of d. Appleton and
Company. waiting for distribution to
the book dealers on whose counters II
appears August 2Sd. AS each copy
Of the book is an inch and three
eights thick. the slate pencil viii show
tl.at II a stack were made Of this first
edition. It wobld erect a tower 137. 500
inches tall; that is. LASS feet. or more
than two miles high about twice as
high as Mount Washington. If the
books could be stood end to end. the
result would be still more impressive,
as each COPY is z 5-S inches tall. The
total length Of these books would DC
over twelve miles. This, ii must be
remembered. is only the first edition.
II shows both the magnitude of the
publishing industry and the solid posi-
tion of Mr. Chambers that such an
advance sale should be made possible.
Miss Anna Stanert. Of Newport. has
returned home after 4 two weeks
visit with relatives and friends at
CLAYTON and Smyrna