Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06

articles. One is s,entitled Farming the
seas, by Daniel l.. Pratt, the other Is
entitled 1.-THE Mystery of the SAL
mon" by Bonnycastle Dale.
In these two articles the depletion OF
our salmon supply is described and the
urgent need of even more active red
eral regulation by the government Is
made clear. These two articles are
freely illustrated by photographs.
The Bohemian Magazine for Septem-
ber contains a group of attractively
illustrated special articles that are of
peculiar and immediate interest. owen
kildare, who has been called the lit
erary prodigy of the slums, in his ar
ticle.. 1.-THE Wall of the Underdog,"
takes philanthropists to task for their
| bungling methods designed to regen-
| crate the slums of New York city.
John r. Meader contributes an article
with many pictures, entitled "The
Story of the Picture That Moves" 1t
| contains many new and interesting
| facts upon the rise and development
of the moving picture business. Aub-
rey Lanston has a chatty article, Illus
| trated with several fetching photo
graphs, entitled "The Pretty Girl at,
| Washington" Another article Of
unique interest is entitled. THE Clev-
crest Tramp in America" This pre-
| sents the strange personality OF
tramp who aspires to. eminence as an
author and who would make tramping
fine art. There are ten short stories
in the number.
General Kuropatklns Memoirs OF the
Russo-Japanese War, which were sup
| pressed by the Russian authorities, FUR
nish the leading article In the Septem-
| ber McClures General Kuropatkln
| q ri
causes of the war, and remarkable rev.
elations concerning the great pol1cies
of the Russian Empire The fiction in
the number is unusually diversified and
attractive. Ellen Terry's "reminiscences
of English notabilities, running from
the time Of her early friendship with
Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in
Wonderland" to Bernard Shaw, whom
she describes as "a gentle creature
with brainstorms," contain a collection
of lively personal anecdotes.
The September Delineator is replete
with varied interest for both man and
woman readers: Estelline bennett, SO
ciety editor of the Chicago Record
Herald, has telling and dramatic
story, 'The Great Gallagher Strike"
which deals with life and love, feminine
frailty and masculine nobility In a
western mining sketch. The vivid
sketch makes strong appeal to tho
emotions. Marion Hill offers another
1.-THE Hour of Requital." "In Locker
bic Street, Where James Whitcomb
Riley Lives" is the title of a pleasing
paper by Mable Potter Daggett. char
acteristic photographs adding illustra-
tive interest. Clara Morris in Il Nearly
Knew Him" gives a fresh view of John
d. Rockefeller. Marion Crawford's new
Ill IN a 90 m a
number, while Pietro Floridla's dainty
bit of music, Canoeing" and other
good features round out fine issue.
"The Yelled Mariposa." telling nov
elette by Mrs. Wilson woodrow, consti-
tutes the opening feature of Ainslee's
for September e. Phillips Oppenheim
called Men Are Such Fools" Frank
Dandy, Mary Heaton Worse and Mary
Sinclair are among the other contribu-
tors of fiction, the latter's serial, "The
Immortal Moment" reaching a crucial
conclusion. 1.-THE Cry" by Theodosia
Garrison, is a fine bit of poetic pathos,
and John Kendrick Bangs appears in
a new and non-humorous light with his
pretty Love Song" 1t Is to think
and possibly smile-to read Arthur Lor-
ing Bruce's essay "Around the Bridge
Table" while ali the additional liter
ary tidbits are of delectable flavor and
kind.
The September Red Book will mark a
new departure In the history of q mag
azine heretofore devoted almost exclu-
sively to fiction and stage pictures.
Charles Edward Russell, under title of
"Billions for Bad Blue Blood" pre-
sents the first of three striking and
We illustrated articles on the mar
II. 90 tot, eyfF fn
ro leans of title. No true American
should miss reading this series. James
Huneker has some pertinent and daring
things to say concerning "Af1nities" in
his brisk discussion - 1.-THE Artist and
His Wife" Sir Gilbert Parker, Mrs.
Jacques Futrelle, Baroness Won Hutten
and Elenaor M. Ingram contribute
short stories. Herbert Kaufman has q
telling editorial on "The Great Lie of
Civilization"
What do we mean by "workingmen's
Compensation" and does 1t exist In
fact? This is a vital question to the
millions of laboring men and employers
of labor in this country, and William
Hard, In '"The Law of the Killed and
Wounded" has thrashed out the sub
ject thoroughly in the September
Everypodys The growing menace of
the Black Hand is dealt with by Lind
say Denison, who, besides laying bare
the workings OF this vast blackmailing
machine, constructs q practical plan to
effect its destruction. Gouverneur Nor
ris describes the healthy, picturesque,
informal life of the real Newport.
In the September American Magazine
o. Henry begins a new series of short
stories entitled New Manhattan
Nights" They are about that great
and beautiful city known as Bagdad-
on-the-Subway." The chief characters
in the first story are old Tom Crowley,
a soap caliph worth $42.000,000, and
James Turner, a poor scrub OF a hat
cleaner.
1t is an interesting fact that o.
Henry, himself really a westerner and
accustomed to writing western stuff,
has become so interested in New York
city, where he has lived for time,
that he has taken up writing stories Of
New York.
Being the annual building number,
the September Issue of Suburban Life
Is replete with practical, handsomely
illustrated articles dealing with the
making of home. special feature
is made of concrete construction, and
the leading article, written by Sanford
e. Thompson, one of the best known
experts in the country, is entitled "The
Coming of the Concrete Age" This
article is supplemented by one describ-
ing attractive houses built of concrete,
and another showing the varied uses
of this material in the construction OF
such articles as clothes poles, garden
seats and greenhouse benches.
How a business girl whose hobby is
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