Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-24
IN CURRENT MAGAZINES

In the third of his articles descrfb-
ing "a ForeigA Tour at Home,' Hen
ry Holt tells, in Putnam's and the
Reader for May, what he saw in
Southern California. He found very
much to admire and marvel at in Los
Monterey and Carmel, and on the ISL
and of Santa Catalina. These notes
of Mr.. Holt's are not intended to treat
comprehensively of the western half of
the United States, nor to be write
ups of the cities and resorts he Wis
tied. They are merely the memoranda
of an intelligent and experienced trav-
eler. who puts down what he has seen
without claiming to have seen all that
there was to see.
The experiences of a practical photo
grapher in Alaska furnish material for
the principal feature of Photo-Era
Magazine for May. The article and
beautiful accompanying Illustrations
are by George r. King of Boston, an
extensive traveller and successful pho
| tographer. Graft in the making of
graduating-c photographs In the
public schols is also an important and
| timely topic which is discussed at
| length other distinctive articles are:
Cum Bchromate Printing" by Flea
nor w. willard; "Ozobrome Prints
from P. o. P. Possible" by William
Findlay; Disadvantages of Working
In Miniature by David j. Cooke:
Home 1'ortraiture, Using an Ordinary
window" by Felix Raymer; "Some
Notes on Composition In Landscape"
by Horace Mummery. The issue con-
tains a wealth of beautiful illustrations
and the usual departments.
A singularly striking episode in the
life of a girl is presented by Brand
Whitlock. Toledo's present Golden
Rule" mayor. in story he has writ
ten for the May Red Book Magazine
The story's title is "The Girl That's
Down." and it offers in a terse, con-
densed form Mayor Whitlock's atti-
ture toward one phase of life in the
greater American cities. Another Amer
lean story of quite another sort is
1.-THE Shock Absorber," the story of
motor partys experiences in Mexico.
Every admirer of pearls will be inter-
ested in Albert Dorrington's story, "a
Deal in Planets" in which he gives
startlngly real picture of the great
fisheries of the Torres straits. "A Bar
gain in Antiques by Michael White is
the story of secondhand piano that
will bring smiles to the face of every
'f1at dweller'' who reads 1t.
Professor David Starr Jordan's article on
''The Pageant of the Ships is given place
of honor in the May number of the Pacific
Monthly. other articles include "Interna-
tional Good WHIP by Baron Kogora TAXA
hira and "The Japanese and the Atlantic
Fleet" by X X Kawakami. Peter Robert
son contributes the first of series OF arti-
cIes on "Great Actors of Old San Francisco
Days" The article Is illustrated from old
photographs and is a delightful reminis-
cence, giving us an Intimate view of the
men and women who made the stage Of
California notable at a time when the des-
tinies of the theater were not controlled
from one office. The stage is represented
also in "How to Make Up" by William H.
Dills. illustrated interestingly from photo
graphs of the author in several characters
differing widely in facial appearance. Ciar-
ence J. Blanchard contributes an article on
"Ready for Homemakers: 100000 Acres
Ira E. Bennett writes of IA Momentous
Conference" by which title he refers to
President Roosevelts efforts to prevent de-
forestration. and the fiction is we'll up to
the usual standard.
Sunset Magazine for May devotes con
siderable part of its contents to a welcome
to the battleship fleet. The issue opens
with a panoramic view of the ships in San
Francisco harbor. from painting. not
photograph, as the magazine was on the
news stands before the war vessels had
rived in the bay There follows an article
on the Coming of the Fleet by H. A.
Evans, U. s. NJ Then there are excerpts
from Henry Reuterdahfs recent criticism
of the ships, together with the reply OF
naval men; and translated reprints from The
San Francisco Japanese press relative to the
appearance of the fleet in the Pacific and
its prospective visit to the islands of the
Mikado. Former Mayor James d. Phelan
contributes an article under the heading
"san Francisco's Greeting" j. M. Carroll
tells "The Truth About Nevada" with refer
ence to its gold production and mining stock
features. The fiction includes the third in
stallment of Owen Wister's 'Lin Mclean"
''The Path" story of love and theosophy
by Austin Adams. and "El Senior Osno.
Matchmaker" by Thomas Grant Springer.
Verse and the usual departments complete
the number.