Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-08

at the height of their career. 1t is a
charming circle into which he intro
duces the reader in the first number
Theodore Robinson, r. A. M. Steven
son, Ridgway Knight, Wyatt Eaton
with the life in the studio of Carolus-
Duran, and in the court where these
artists lived with their foreign fellow
students. The paper is fully Illus
trated, some of the sketches by con-
temporaries. The short fiction In
cludes a story by Edith Wharton, "The
Verdict" which has to do with the
artistic temperament; THE Quondam
Club" by Edward S. Martin, which de-
scribes a new social experiment, and
railroad story by Francis Lynde, Ca
win of Broken Arrow" Richard Hard
ing Davis concludes "Vera, the Med
ium;" John Fox, Jr.'s serial, 'The Trail
of the Lonesome Pine" pictures the re-
turn of June from a 'civilizing" New
York school.
In the June number of the American
Magazine Mr.. Dooley" contributes an
article on Diplomacy. William j.
Locke. author of "The Beloved Vaga-
bond" is just beginning his new serial,
simple Septimus" Lincoln Steffens
contributes AN Apology for Graft"
Ray Stannard Baker writes of "The
Negro in Politics." Ada and Julian
Street contribute translation Of selec-
tions from La 628 E s" by Octave Mir
beau-the experiences of an AUTOMOBILE
list on the road, the speed of an auto
mobile, the story of a chauffeur, and
so ON. keeping a Stiff Upper Lip
Through the Panic" is an exchange of
interesting letters (genuine and un-
edited) between two mechanics in the
middle west.
A feature of the Bohemian Magazine
for June is a series of twelve beautiful
fuIl-page portraits of the best known
women on the English stage. The issue
also contains ten short stories of a
wide range of topic and treatment.
Edwin L. Sabin has a bright college
yarn entitled "The Man Who Was NOT
Old" "The Sandwich Man." by Ida
c. Schem is the humorous tale of a
penniless French count who follows an
American girl, with whom he has be-
come enamored, to her home in New
York. "The Beachcomber" is by James
Francis Dwyer "Betty's Moving Day
Is a pretty love story. A finely illus
trated feature is entitled "Denver: the
City of Hope" The pictures show
Denver from its beginning as a log
cabin in 1858 to its metropolitan pro-
portions of today.
The June number of Popular Me-
chanics gives a full description of a
French scientists demonstration of his
ability to produce real diamonds arti-
ficially. The event took place before
the president of the De Beers South
Africa Diamond Mining company. The
French scientist was thrown in prison
on a charge of fraud. but there are
many who believe that the diamond
magnate was frightened by the actual
results he saw attained, fearing the
effect on the diamond market A num-
ber of good illustrations in the same
number depict the devastation wrought
of the recent fire at Chelsea, Mass.
"Bleaching Negroes White" (an X-ray
process), "Hatpins from Genuine Rose
buds" IAN Aquatic Tournament" and
Cannon to Shoot from London to
Paris" are other special features. The
second of the series of articles on
Building Airships and Flying Ma
chimes" tells how to make a hydrogen
gas generator.
The fiction in the June Red Book
Magazine is introduced by "The Elop-
ers," written by Jacques Futrelle and
illustrated by Henry HUT. striking
story in the same issue is Man and
Man" in which Olin Lyman presents
the case of an iron-mll strike. A busi-
ness STORY of a business woman. in
which she plays the game of 'low
finance" and wins, is William Hamilton
Osborne's story, "The War on the
Widow"
Lincoln Steffens heads the list of con-
tributors to the fifth anniversary num-
Der of Everybody's with a powerful ex-
position of the views of President
Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and Senator
La Toilette upon what the Matter Is
in America, and What to Do About It."
There is also an article by Charles Ed
ward Russell, "a Burglar in the Max
ing" which brings to light some of the
horrors perpetrated in the convict
camps of Georgia. Hamlin Garland
carries his psychic experiments into
wider and more varied fields. o. Henry
and Samuel G. Blythe supply the hui
NOR. The former has a breezy, delight
full tale, 1.-THE Rose of Dixie" and Mr..
Blythe says what he thinks about "Ber-
lin and It's Burghers," in his own In
imitable way. Harrison Rhodes tells Il
society story in "The Way to Mrs Nor
points" James Hopper contributes Il
fine Philippine story. Killing" and
Michael Williams holds one breathless
with "rhe Avenger" Edwilda Nor
dahPs pretty, homely love story "a
Lowly Diplomat" and Little Stories of
Real Life" by Bessie r. Hoover and
May Isabel Fisk, complete the list.
The June metropolitan MdBdZlle pun
fishes an article on THE National Con-
ventions of the Country" by Charles
Wadsworth Camp, reciting. entertaining
and dramatic incidents of those of the
past from which differences of those
about to be held may be drawn, and re-
viewing the situation as It appears on
the eve of the conventions. Another
important article in this number is
What Christian Science Claims" by
.lo I1au Truip0 q TOfnIing0n. M A.
secretary to Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy.