Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

The editors of the Bohemian are con-
vinced that there are hundreds OF peo-
pie in this country who have a good
story to tell if only they are induced
to put themselves upon paper. 1t is
to bring out these stories from what
source so ever that next month par
ticulars of the cash offer for prizes VIII
be printed In the Outing Press pupnca-
tions: The Bohemian and the outing
Magazine.
The Nile, marvellous river of the cen
turies, receives unusually sympatnetlc
treatment from Marie Van Worst IN
the article which opens Harpers Mag
azine for May. The mystery or the
river its vagarious course, the mer-
chant boats that ply 1t, the old-world
memories and present-day actiVlties
that people it's banks, are described
with extraordinary charm, and further
pictured by the drawings in tint OF
Andre Castaigne. Frederick Trevor
Hill describes "Wall Street in Colonial
Times" the second article in his new
series upon Wall street. Ihrough
London by Canal" by sydney brooks'
gives a remarkable view of LONDON
caught, as it were, from the rear. IN
a distinguished treatise entitled Ine
Whitherward Of Matter" Robert Ken
nedy Duncan traces the changes that
are taking place in the material ele-
menis. Rare drawings by Edwin =
Abbey, r. A., are the basis Tor a CRIT
ical Shakespearean study upon "Tlmon
of Athens" by William Sharp. Henry
w. Nevinson calls his discussion on the
little Russian province of Georgia Ine
Burden of the Caucasus" How the
brave Duchess de Berry, grandnlece Oh
Marie Antoinette, was forced out OF
her last stubborn hiding place Is toid
bv Basil King in a sketch aptly named
Grhe End of the End" The duchess
was the last person to raise over
France the flag of the fleur-de-ns.
Short stories in this number pegin
with "rhe Squall,' sea story by Nor
man Duncan, and others are by Emery
Pottle, Elizabeth Jordan, Margaret
Sutton, Annie Hamilton Donnell and
James Branch Cabell
Literature worthy to endure Is Helen
Keller's "a Chant of Darkness Ger
tainly this remarkable blind girls most
notable achievement. printed IN the
Nav Century. The lines were original
ly a passage in the first draft OF MISS
Keller's "Sense and Sensibility," pub
lished in The Century for February and
March; but as Miss Keller developed
the thought her style became dithy-
rambie, and made a poetical chant
which stood out from the prose. This
passage gradually shaped itself into
complete stanzaic structure--enriched
with quotations from Job and from
some Of the modern poets-a remarka-
BILE and exquisite chantNof faith.
OF peculiar personal interest also is
''The Prince of the Power of the Air"
the article upon which Edmund Clar-
ence Stedman was engaged at the time
of his death, printed from full, but
not a final, draft, of which the first
paragraph was Mr.. Stedman's last
written words. The article refers to
Mr.. Stedmans early studies of the
subject and his remarkable forecasts,
reviews what has been accomplished
or undertaken in aeronautics by va
rious governments and discusses the
menace to Britain's isolation. DR.. Bell
has a letter in the same number COM
menting favorably on Mr.. Stedman's
paper.
The Individual note is sounded again
in the first of DR.. George F. Shrady's
papers dealing with his memories of
General Grants Last Days" DR..
Shrady having been one of the con-
sulting surgeons. And Dr. w: A. N;
Dorla1d follows up his interesting and
suggestive discussion of "The Age of
Mental Virility" in the April Century
by what the World Might Have
Missed" a brilliant showing OF the
great work wrought by men over 4O.
Scribner's Magazine for May opens
with an article on 1.-THE Charm OF
Mountain Climbing" by William VIII
liams, New York lawyer, VINO mas
for many years been member of the
Alpine club. He was member of one
of the earliest expeditions that at
tempted to conquer Mt. st. Elias. This
paper treats of mountain climbing as
a healthy and not overhazardous out
door sport--one that any person in good
condition can enjoy with reason, pro-
avoided. The paper is devoted princi-
pally to the Alps and is illustrated. The
authorized biographer of Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, Ferris Greenslet, describes the
early days in the career of "Aldrich in
New York" when he was beginning to
write poetry and was making friends
with Stedman, Stoddard, Fitz James
O'Brien, Edwin Booth and all the young
writer's of that day, while he lived on
Clinton place and enjoyed the mild
Bohemianism of the time. In 1.-The
Automobile of Tomorrow" Herbert
Ladd Towle, a consulting engineer, dis
cusses the trend of those improvements
and inventions which are necessary to
make the automobile a comfortable ma
American articles with Impressions of
Buenos Ayres, sometimes called the
Paris of South America, but which
resident graphically describes as paris
given a kick and told to wake up"
Suburban Life for May is replete
with strong, attractive and well-Writ-
ten articles, while the illustrations and
the general makeup entitle it to be
called one of the handsomest numbers
of this beautiful publication ever is
sued. The leading article is an enter
tanning account of visit to the subur-
ban home of DR.. Henry Van Dyke. the
famous author and preacher. "Three
Months of Iris Bloom" Is a practical
article for flower lovers, and Select
ing the Pictures for the Home" will
be found of no little value by those
who desire to give their homes an
atmosphere of refinement and good
taste. "What Kind of an Automobile?"
should prove helpful to those suburb
antics who have the automobile fever,
while "A Dominic and His Bees" is a
true story of minister who finds both
recreation and profit in an apiary.
William ]. Locke, author of 1.-THE Be-
loved Vagabond" and 1.-THE Morals of
Marcus" begins a new serial, Simple
Septimus," in the May American mag
azine. William Allen White writes a
character sketch of Taft. Mr.. Dooley''
" writes on 1.-THE End of Life" Ray
Stannard Baker reports "An Ostracized
Race in Ferment." This is the story
of the conflict of negro parties and
negro leaders over the methods of DEAL