Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-05
LATE MAGAZINES

zine for November are: 1.-THE Fight for
a New Navy" an article showing that
steps have been taken to correct the
mistakes in the construction of our bat
tleships which were pointed out in Nc
Clure's a year ago. "Fire-An Ameri-
can Extravaganza" by F. w. Fitz-
patrick, who says that we burn down
almost as fast as we build; what Or.
ganized Labor Wants." an interview
with Samuel Gompers by George Kibbe
Turner and history of "The Vanber-
bilt Fortune" by Baron j. Hendrick.
The number also includes another in
stalment of 1.-THE Familiar Letters of
Augustus Saint-Gaudens," and an ar
ticle by Edgar Beecher Bronson con-
tanning thrilling story of the old days
in the west. There are six good short
stories
The sporting possibilities of the
camera are not yet generally recognized
by veteran sportsmen who use the gun.
However, many men who used to be
hunters have become photographers.
In Country Life in America for Mo-
vember, A. Radclyffe Dugmore, the
well known outdoor photographer, has
an article entitled Shooting Wild
Ducks and Geese with the Camera"
The accompanying photographs show
conV1nc1ngly that the camera may be
expected more and more to supplant
the gun. A picture of geese flying di-
rectly overhead was taken by the
photographer lying fiat on his back
on the sandbank. Other interesting IL
lustrations show groups of wild geese
in different formations, in the process
of formation just after starting flight.
and in the awkward confusion that
fright sometimes brings into their
usually regular ranks. Some American
widgeon coming in to feed were caught
at top speed with the camera in an
exposure of n-hundredth OF a
second.
The November Review of Reviews is
full of timely information relative to
the crisis in Turkey and the Balkans.
Besides the Illuminating editorial para
graphs in THE Progress of the World"
there is an excellent summary of
Who's Who and What's What" in the
Balkans, by E. Alexander Powell, late
of the American consular service and
Balkan correspondent of the London
Evening Standard.
A striking feature of the November
Worlds Work is a photograph taken
at night of Orville Wright's aeroplane
in fight. This photograph was taken
after o'clock September 8, just before
Mr.. Wright descended from a flight.
1t was dusk and the moon had risen.
A. Radcliffe Dugmore was making pic
lures for the Worlds Work and, not
caring to carry home one unexposed
plate, took chance snapshot of one
hundreth of a second at the flying ma
chine. Three hours were required for
developing the negative. The fastest
plate and lens to be had were used,
and made possible this remarkable pho
tograph which renders even the deli
cate shadows of the moon.
Rita Graves story of a suicide bu-
reau advertising advice to Timid Sui
cides,'' in the November Smart Set. is
one of the striking magazine features
of the month. There is a curious story
centering about the mysterious Mad
anne Morte and her patrons, one of
whom at least has cause at last to
bless her and her activities in this un-
usual line of work.
Helen Frances Huntington shows a
knowledge of a certain side
of official life in the British Indian
service in her story, 1.-THE Leaven of
Regret" This tells of a young officer
who spoils his career by a needless
and of the splendid repara-
ton he makes for the sake of the zone"
woman. IAN Automobilist's Vocabu-
larry" by Ellis Parker Butler, is a
humorous tale of a would-be tourist
France on a working vocabulary of
three French words and a shrug OF
the shoulders"
In the November Everybody's "The
of the Philippines" Is dis
cussed by William Howard Taft and
Jennings Bryan, while Eleanor
Franklin Egan contributes a plain
statement of the work that has been
done by the United States in the
Islands.
William Hard's series, "The Woman's
Invasion" has it's first installment in
this number. 1t really involves. at
bottom, the question: What is the ef-
feet of four millions of worldngwonen
upon this country, upon men, upon
children? And is the workingwomau
success, physically, economically.
Forward, Citizens. to the Firing
Linel" is Charles Edward Russell's pa
triotic exhortation, embodying three
ways in which those who have the
Common Good at heart may render
practical good to the country.
In this number, too, is published the
result of the "Shadow World prize
of the six winning ar
icles, chosen from mass Of more than
/ thousand, are printed, with notes by
Iamlin Garland. These are an amaz-
ng and convincing subsantiation OF
he experiments described in Mr.. Gar
and's series, and they are wonderfully