Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-20
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brand of cigar helped a critical situation.
For California, the monthly magazine
published by the California promotion
committee, devotes its entire January
number to the subject of game in Cali
fornia. A point worthy OF note is the
distribution of game over the state.
There is no country, and indeed no local
ity beyond tho actual suburbs of the
larger cities. that is not generously peo-
pied with It's appropriate wild things.
The intimate adjustment of mountain
wilderness to populous valley brings
some of the finest hunting in North
America within two or three hours travel
of the principal business centers Of the
state.
California has her share of enthusiastic
nimrods. and the appeal of her expansive
moorlands and all-but trackless mountain
forests is powerfully felt by men of every
degree To the present number OF the
magazine T. w. Henry contributes an
article on THE California Quail" "A
Hunt in the Mendocno' is described by
II. w. Schutler. Walter r. WEIGH tells of
Game in California and A. d. Jordan
writes of "QuaE of San Diego County
Game in Kern County is contributed
by E. A. PeuscheL j. NJ. Alexander tells
of 1.-THE Decadence OF the Jack Rabbit"
French Gilman. The game laws of Cal
ifornia are included in the magazine.
and a page is given to promotion para
graphs'' The frontispiece of the number
is a full page portrait of a magnificent
California elk.
At the various local book stalls among
the very first monthly magazines to make
a successful bid for public favor is The
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Publishing company. Denver, Colo. From
the ivory snow banks of the east 1t comes
in a garb not unlike the crimson snow
bird and is brimming over with Cheery
song and goodly wisdom
DR.. Alexander ]. McIvor Tyndall, its
editor, has many friends in Los Angeles
who will be pleased to note his success IN
literary lines.
The special holiday edition of The
swnstika is geographically dainty and
attractive and between its covers one
may find a world of good things in the
new thought line and of keenest interest
to psychic science students. The solu-
lions of personal problems are logical and
interesting. Among the score of clever
contributors we note a pretty little poem
from the pen of Margaret McIvor-Tyndal.
In The Nautilus for January appears
new view of Horace Fletcher's philosophy
of eating, by Grace MACEDONIAN Cooke,
"The Spiritual Meaning of Fletcherism. ="
How the Negro Has Taken Care of Him
self" by William e. Towne, sounds
rather better for the south than some
other magazine writer's lead one to be-
lieve. The ethics of parcels post and the
small storekeeper are editorially pre-
scented. Edgar l.. Larkin writes of THE
Science of the Mind" and Katherine
20 md
How to Live It."
The Housekeeper begins the news year
by presenting a well-rounded number
with an especially strong, heart gripping
story, THE Revealing Mirror" by Her
bert d. Ward THE Outsider" by Mary
Heaton Worse. is continued. The pages
are largely given over to instructive ar
ticles on present day Indians The first
is entitled "Hiawatha's People" and is
written by Marian Bonsall. associate ed
itor. who has spent the past year in
studying northwestern Indians. The In
dians of the southwest are represented In
"Ramonas People" by w. r. Chamber
lain. The photographs are especially
good. The departments devoted to the
home are carefully edited, being up-to-
date and practical.
The Woman's Home Companion fol
January begins well with a handsome
and snowy cover desig by James Mont
gomery Flagg. 1t is a notable number
from the standpoint OF illustrations. In
addition to F1agg's striking cover de-
sign, there is a full page reproduction OF
w. Balfour Ker's painting, Forgotten. D
DIR. Hale's Monthly Talk is on the sub
ject of New Years WisheS." Jack Lon
don contributes the first letter of his i'm
portant series of first-h;nd impressions
for which the Womans Home Companion
sent him around the world; it is the rec
ord of a marvellous adventure among the
lepers of Molok;,i.