Evening journal., 1907-04-22

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can grand opera, to be composed b.
Victor Herbert for the impress ario.
oscar Hammerstein A thousand do
lars is offered to any American for a
suitable libretto. Wilmingtonians, here
Is your chance!
After going fishing. hunting sailing
ana shooting in an out OF door maga-
zine Ike recreation. whose numerous
Photographic Illustrations add realism
ITO the text. man sits down to dinner
with a campers appetite and glances
stealthily at the locking glass to sec
how much he has tanned. The article
on canoeing In the April number would
give an amateur confidence to shoot
rapids OF the first class. Typographi-
cally also, the magazine is Of unusual
excellence.
Still IN the outdoor vein but moro
addicted TO stories, is Sport Aheld. II
the Wilmington small boy discovers the
article on Cuban tops. these strangely
gyrating hcbgoblins may soon wobbla
along our sidewalks
Collier 's-We can givs but bare
idea of the wealth Of good things con .
fained in this magazine There are
two clever Dutch cover designs by VIII
Bradley and w. SHUTTER. Mr.. Kemble
offers three Roosevelt cartoons-two
timely and amusing, one that disap-
points. Cir comically cartoons iSecra-
tary Taft in Our Secretary Of Peace A"
There are absoi bing leading articles on
corruption in the New York polio g
force, the future Of the president, Will
ham II. Taft in the Philippines. the
inefficlency of the French navy, and
submarines (fine,y illustrated by H..
RcuterdahD.
The editorials on the great and ever
changing mass Of public questions and
current events are the strong point Of
Golfers. They are representative Of
American opinion. and 10 re-apply a
quotation from the magazine Itself,
they "cut out the trimmings and give
their hearers the plain article right
from the factory"
There IS gold and a multitude OF
rubies but the lips OF knowledge are
a precious jewel.-Provcrbs
Canst thou parse "a proposition. punctu-
ate a paragraph?
Lay thine hand on common 'errcrs give
the plural form OF cat?
To commandments orthoepical dost
thou make Dc'ite concession?
Are the iules OF English grammar in
thy permanent possession?
In order scientific, systematic and con-
else.
Or. MaxweCs new school grammar
gives most excellent advice.
Written by the superintendent Of the
schools Of New York town.
Published by the American Book Com
pany, sixty cents, in cloth Of
brown.
Now ready-74O7 hotels and 1900 lodg-
ing-houses in San Francisco" says the
attractive booklet issued by the South
ern Pacific Company. AL aboard for
SAN Francisco!
The Baker and Taylor Company an
nounce THE Golden Hawk" as dis
penser OF sunshine from its cheerful
cover and happy illustrations TO its lasl
gay word.
A plea for sea serpents and spirit
ualism. l. sea serpents ought to exist
ghosts also. .. S. S. are unduly dts
credited by ASSOCIATION with sailors
yarns by mediumistic frauds. s.
Actual sea serpents would add greatly
to biological interest-vastly more inn
portant would be the supernormal In
the psychological field. F,r anphhca-
ton and for communications from the
ether world. see April number OF Jour-
nal Of American Society for psychicdl
research.
Whatever our attitude toward the oc-
cult. the vibrations from the April
stellar Ray" are very readable. es-
pecially when they deal with norma
subjects as ancient surgery. strikes
and the benefits of laughter We ars
interested to learn that our bodies emit
red or yellow rays according 10 oui
state OF anger or calm lniellectuality
we have strongly suspected the moon
OF mixing up with human affairs; but
when we meet people --ho habituaby
dwell in the higher vibrations OF ether
and artce aerrene phenomena back 10
cosmic energies before breakfast the
ordinary mortal grabs Lali OF the good
solid earth and cries. 'halt!"
The April number Of The Square
Deal" is devoted largely to showing up
the unfortunate features of trades
unionism in the evil effects Of atrikcs
boycotts. and the limted-apprenti
system.
While intended for automobile own
ers, and descriptive OF the doings OF
mctor-cars and clubs, the april Auto
mobile Topics" contains much Of gen.
erai interest in its plans &C motor
trips for orphan children. ''good-roads
speeches for farmers. and the growing
use Of the motor-cars in traffic and
by fire departments.
Among the brilliant and entertaining
articles 10 he found In Appleton's Ma
gazine for May--art,cles which include
fiction by Maxim Gorlyy, Robert w
Chambers. the Castles, Grant Wallace
George Buchanan Fife. description by
W. G.. Fitzgerald. Joseph stickney and
biography by John :. Barnes-Wil-
siington people viii be Interested IN the
following poem which is accompanied
by a strong and beautiful illustration