The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

Specially good numbers in the January
Outing Magazine appear over the sigma
tire OF DR.. w. r. C. Watson, w. M
Raine, Stephen French Whitman Emer-
son Hough, Dillon Wallace, Lynn L.
Sprague, Caspar Whitney, Fl. Clifton
johnson. Vance Thompson, Stewart b.
White, and Eben u. Rexford.
Here and There an attractive depart
iment of the January Bohemian, Is fully
on "An Infant Prodigy" NO Woman
Great to Her Maid" Concerning Tom
Mason" "a Short Road to HEALTH"
RESCUE" "She Had Talent" "a Lesson
in Art" "a Play Within a Play" The
Beginning of Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd's
Literary Career "Mr. Forbes Robertson
on Bernard shaw Concerning the
Symbolism of Ibsen," How Measles Made
al. Actress why He Didn't Laugh"
The list OF the months contributors in
clude Arthur Appin, Bertrand w. SIN
clair. Lawrence Perry, Clinton Scollard,
! DIN L. Lyman, Clarence f. Milford, w.
A. Frost. Otis Skinner, Zoe Anderson
Norris, George C. Tyler, Catherine Carr,
Harvey Peake, Adele Marie and Albert
Shaw, N. NJ. Wagerman, Miles Bradford,
w. Carey Wonderly, Edward Marshall
| Harvey Peake La Touche Hancock, Jules
| Il. Goodman, Frederick x. Melvin, w. c.
| Boccroft.
"The Story of the Plum Flower" is the
| leading feature in the January Craftsman.
| 1t is written by Mary Fenollosa, who has
\ lived much of her life in Japan, and who
/ not only has many Interesting facts to
present, but a remarkable gift in ex-
| pressing in words, color. perfume, in
! deed all Of outdoors. Her story Is illus
| trated by reproductions from famous old
| Japanese prints and some modern photo
| graphs The Sho-gatsu. the Plum Flower
| festival. is celebrated the first OF the year
| in Japan. so that Mrs. Fenollosa's story
| is fttingly presented in January.-New
! York has long been called the ugliest city
+, in the world. This is no longer true, and
| the cause of the first expression OF beauty
| which this city has shown Is made clear
| in an article in the January Craftsman,
! "rhe Skyscraper as a Source of Beauty. .
Etchings of New York sFyscrapers by
Joseph Pencil are used to prove tho
truth OF the assertion in the title; and
these tall tower-like buildings, erected
i solely for utility, have brought about
the picturesque irregularty Of the city's
skyline. which, viewed as whole, make
possible the word beauty" in connection
with Manhattan.--In the same issue OF
The Craftsman Edward Carpenter sets
forth the not too often recognized fac
that work Is an excellent teacher o.
manners. Ho contends that modern man
ners are meagre because we are too self
conscious and. disingenuous, and, l thinl
he would have liked to add, lazy. This
essay, "Manners rs Il Fine Art" Is boti
severely critical and pleasantly instruc
tive. Bliss Carmen has something to sa,
IN the January Craftsman about 9TH,
Use Of Out-of-Doors.' He contends tina
"houses should be for shelter, not 70
confinement" and recommends seepin.
out of doors whenever it is possible 70
the sake of the nations health and beau
ty. In this same Issue Gustav Sickle,
talks about the modern home and 1t
many problems He believes that on
, way to meet domestic problems is b,
building the right sort of houses whicl
do not furnish burdens. To lessen worl
for women in the care of homes is to d.
away with problems. which is mucl
easer than coping with them. This i
the first of a series of articles on tn
housework difficulties found in the averag
! American home, every man and woma
9 Who wish TO live comfortably, peacefully