Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-29
FEBRUARY MAGAZINES

| NNiD0it o. beNerluse mas sought tho
same medium to explain his national
child labor bill to the American peonle
senator Beverldge convincinplv nre-
sents the need of a national child labor
Jaw ana incidentally gives his Wow of
| tne important question OF stetes'
! rights, In the same number of the
magazine is an editorial by DR.. Ed
| ward Everett Hale. i'm which the dIs-
tlnguished American gives character
lstic view of club women and what
they should do for their country's bene-
NJ. Gertrude Atherton also writes of
| tne club question in an article entitled
| Ihe Club Man and the Club Woman"
ana Elizabeth Duer contributes an ar
tlcle on THE Millionaire Women of
Yesterday and Today" in which she
compares the modern woman of wealth
Nun her rich sister of decades past.
rms article Is the first of n series of
TOUR on the general theme ",The Woman
or Millions" The fiction in this Nun
per includes a charming short story by
| Myra Kelly called "Veni Vidi. Vici."
MY inherited Maid" by Clara Morris.
captain Murch's Lopemunt," by
Holman r. Day; "The Transforn,ation
of Kate" by Francis Lynde' ana i''t,V, tVvn
serials-"The Sacred Fire" bv Eliza.
beth Stuart Phelps, and Jerry Juniot"
! by Jean Webster Music lovers Vyiu
be pleased with the original song and
music, with Roses" contributed hv
| Louis T.. Gottschalk In "tThe DnS
That Found Himself" Homer Davons
port tells of canine tragedy con.
nected with his recent trip to Turkey
and the Euphrates. The department.
conducted by Grace Margaret Gould
Anna Steese Richardson, Mrs. Sanrster
and Fannie Merritt Farmer offer many
valuable hints to womenkind in gem
cral, while Aunt Janet and Dan Beard
take equally good care of the chill
| dren.
| The February Bohemian has fresh
ness of interest and intimacy OF treat
ment. Among the short stories are
'Turpin the Second" by George Allan
England, brimming with clever sar-
casm and delightful irony, the while
being cleverly told little tale THE
Greater Thing" by Roland Ashford
Phillips is "A delicate prose pastel that
charms by it's poetic spirit. "The
Honor of Plebeian," Is a character
| istically wholesome story by Eleanor
NJ. Ingram The Unwritten Law" by
b. w. Sinclair is an impressive story
! of the western plains.
! The February number of the Metro
! politan Is the strongest and most enter
tanning any magazine has put forth in
many months. Powerful, absorbing ar
| ticles and the very best fiction and
NSl 90 llldht IL dllllOSl II necessity to all
who like good and timely reading.
The Scars of War;" by John d. Wells,
| Is sympathetic account of the battle
fields of northern Virginia as they are
today. compared with their condition
forty-fve years ago War time sketches
and photographs are placed side by
side. with pictures of the same locali-
| ties recently made.
The outing Magazine for February
is an ideal, bracing midwinter number
Its articles are filled with the whole
some, open-air spirit that is always as
sociated with the outing Magazine. Its
pictorial features. as ever, are note
worthy, particularly the drawings by
N. c. Wyeth and oliver Kemp, which
are works of real art. Two series of
photographs will claim wide attention.
The several pictures of winter coasting
scenes must renew the youth of the
most city-tried dweller, and sportsmen
will be tempted even from warm fire.
side by the graphic story in picture of
a winters duck-hunt in a power boat.
by Thomas e. Mari The special arti-
cles for February give the reader
glimpse of forest trails and open prairie
stretches that make one uneasy to get
away from desk and work.
In the February number of Suburban
Life Mrs Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
| living on the citys borders in the fol-
lowing words: geographically speak
| ing the suburban life is the ideal life.
Mentally and spiritually the same
noble adjective holds. To have the
rest cure of the country and yet be
able to receive the mind cure OF the
| town-this is the true system of treat
ment for soul and body. In many not
in AID human relations, we get what
we give. In the nature relations we
! get more than we give. We are for
| ever pensioners on the bounty or beau-
| ty and beggars at the hand OF peace.
| To set the face toward the horizon is
| to turn the heart to the realities we
are what our homes are, and we should
root these like the grass and in 1t. our
roofs should look up into the open
skies and draw from them that quiet
ness which is the lost art of our rest
| less age
The new number of the American
! Magazine - the February number Is
| easily the best one issued so far by the
new editors. Miss Tarbells Lincoln ar
| ticle is one of the great stories OF the
year. Josephine Daskam Bacon be-
! gins her new series, I'VE and Our ser
! wants" Frederic c. Howe reveals
some facts about Graft in England"
DIR. Leonard Keene Hirshberg tells the
| truth about "Cancer, the Unconquered
Plague" w. G. Fitz-Gerald reports
the discovery in South Africa of dia-
mond three times bigger than any
ever before found-a diamond bigger
than a baseball 1.-The Interpreter this
month talks about Lincoln-a talk
which the critic shrewdly suspects Is
| from the pen OF r. p. Dunno, the Gre
ator of "Mr. Dooley," although 1t is
| unsigned.
| The February Everybody's has re-
markable group of six special articles,
and for entertainment seven hctlon
contributions of high order. In add
tion, there are special drawings poems
and the usual departments OF book re,
viewing, humor and publishers
straight talk" "Our Industrial jug
gernaut," by Arthur B. Reeve, Is an
astonishing exposition of the e., yearly early
sacrifice of life in America TO ihe .wln m
| gods of speed and greed dollars vs.
Pedigree" by George Barr Baker, is
sane discussion of international mar
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