Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-14

The problem of making American
cities beautiful is not an easy one.
What has been done in this direction
is graphically described in the June
Atlantic by Clinton Rogers woodruff,
of the American Civic association, in
a paper entitled "City Planning in
America" The issue also contains two
papers of unusual literary interest.
Agnes Repplier writes charmingly of
Our at-Grandmothers' Novel," and
Martha Baker Dunn describes the
books of other days in humorous
paper entitled "Glimpses and Gather
lngs." The staid and formal narratives
of an earlier generation contrast
strangely with the problem novels of
today.
The June number of Country Life in
America is the annual vacation and
outing number. Its aim is evidently
to furnish helpful information regard
ing new and more delightful ways to
spend the summer vacation. The key
note of the number is found in the
leading article, Vacation Trips for
Everybody" which is a Baedeker to
vacation land and a general roundup
of the where-to-go problem, with prac-
teal information as to cost, etc.
The Technical World Magazine for
June contains among other interesting
and informative articles How the Dirt
Flies at Panama" by Roy Crandall;
Sowing Future Fish-Crops," by John
Ray Smith, jr. "To Travel by lorna
do" by T. B. Moon; Fabrics from
Waste Plants;" Billions in Swamps,"
by c. F. Carter; milk Bottles of Pa
per-" by Emmett Campbell Hail. life
Work to Make Huge Bugs" by Henry
Hale; "The Battleship That Slept" by
George Frederic Stratton; Fighting
the Ruinous Iron-Rust," by Rene
Bache; TENTS to Serve as Rain Coats. +"
| by William T. Walsh; ITO Submerge
Harbor Lights" by Ernest Halter;
Robert Franklin; pole Tax on the For
ests," by j. Newton Greene. and rats
"a National Pest" by w. w. Richard
son.
| The real meaning of the White
| House conference of governors and
other citizens, held on May 1915, at the
invitationfof President Roosevelt, Is sci
forth editorially in the June Review OF
Reviews. Just why the conference was
called and what lines of action were de-
veloped are clearly stated. Walter
Wellman's study of Taft, Trained t.
Be President" in the same issue, Ii
both luminous and convincing.
"The Whole Family" the remarkable
serial novel now appearing in Harper
Bazaar, is one of the most striking
features in the magazine this year
1.-THE Whole Family" is written b.
William Dean Howells, Mary e. VIII
kins Freeman, John Kendrick Bangs
Mary r. S. Andrews, Mary Stewar
Cutting, Alice Brown, Henry Val
Dyke, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Eliza
beth Jordan, Edith Wyatt, Mary Hea
ton Worse and Henry James. TIL
novel is different from former com
posite novels in the fact that eac
author writes his chapter in the frs
person and as the mouthpiece of on
member of the family. Moreover, tn
Bazaar Is publishing the chapters with
out the names of the authors, and al
lowing the public to guess which ha
written each installment.
The complete novel in the June Aims
lees is an exciting story of mate
race between two horses. arranged b
J their owners, an American and a.
Englishman, upon the result of whic
depends, in a way, the issue of q Low
story. From this the story takes it
title, "The International" the autho
of which is w. A. Fraser. Anothe
absorbing story is by Steel Williams
It is a western story, called "The Low
Eyes of Trina" Ralph d. Paine ha
sea story entitled John Janvin
Shipmaster" Austin Adams has dra
matte and interesting story called est
Salome," in which there is an elemen
of mystery. A novel adventure Low,
story is 1.-THE Moon Path" by Freder
lex M. Smith. Fanny Kemble johnson
has story of child interest which sh,
calls "The Draw Other short storie.
are by Johnson Morton, Owen Oliver