Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-03

of country in the northwest. This WORK
win actually cost before its completion
almost as much as the Panama canal
The first of a series OF stories py
Maude L. Radford, judith, Solver o'
Mysteries" describes interestingly the
adventures of a society girl who takes
up the work of a detective as her
chosen calling.
An excellent and timely article In
Popular Mechanics fonsApril Is entitled
UNITED States VIII Strive for Airsnlp
Supremacy" Another feature describes
with Illustrations an aluminium
heavier-than-air flying machine NIL
vaukee inventor has built. There are
1872 articles and 1856 illustrations in th'
number Many times picture Will
tell graphically story words cannon
express. This is true of description
OF the punishment OF criminals IN orl-
entail countries, evolution of Rubber
f~oyo seed TO Auto Tires" Removing
a Live Wire Victim from Pole,
Cropping a cypress Tree" THE
CHASTITY End of Old Horses, "A Cy
clone Photograph" and others. Ar
Italian engineer has a plan for climb
ing the Alps with boats. Strange as II
pay seem other noted engineers nave
indorsed his idea as practicable ana
several illustrations accompanying an
article on the subject show how 1t Is
proposed to carry out the scheme.
There is one city in the world today
which bears an absolutely UNIQUE dis
tinction. and that is Detroit-the "City
of Pills" SO writes j. Olivier cur
wood in the Technical World Maga-
zine for April This year 1t is esti-
mated that Detroit manufa0 turers VIII
make three-uuarter of the worlds sup
ply of pills, or over 5000, 900 pellets
of all sizes, shapes and colors, ana IN
tended for almost every ailment OF
human kind. In this city are made
over 1000 different varieties OF pills
and IL a single seasons crop was MADE
of some deadly poison there would be
enough to depopulate the entire globe
twice over To look at 1t in another
way if this annual harvest was strung
like popcorn the rope of pills would
reach three times around the earth al
the equator. This is the introduction &c
an interesting illustrated article on
pill making in great manufacture
ing chemists establishment and the
author handles the subject very enter
tainingly Other good things make
the number noteworthy.
the first published results of the
"Pittsburg Survey"-not an engineer
ing survey, although in many senses
as technical. but a study of social con-
ditions in the biggest industrial city In
America. A staff of from ten to
twenty-five experts have been on the
ground since early fall and will con-
tinue throughout the spring. Miss F
Elisabeth Crowell. member of this
staff, tells what bad housing means to
the city toilers in a community like
Pittsburgh striking study of evil con-
ditions that are practically forced or
the workers. Miss Crystal Eastman
also n member of the Pittsburg staff
contributes an analysis of the master
and servant law in Pennsylvania,
showing how completely the employer
is protected at the employees expense
In his department, Social Forces,
Edward T. Devine condemns the idea
of the bread line. so popular in news
paper supplements this winter. Jacob
A. Riis tells how the west is heading
off the slums."
The current American Aeronaut con-
tains a comprehensive survey of the
broadening scientific and sport phases
of aeronautics. Articles appear over
the signatures of well known authori-
ties. One of the most interesting con-
tributions is motor Ballooning," which
the authors. Messrs. Carl Dienstbach
and Rosslyn Whytock, pronounce the
most advanced form of aeronautics
especially from the sport view. Ger
many seems to be going in strongly fol-
this kind of air-recreation