Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-01-17
LITERARY NOTES

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OF the most interesting women In
Chicago, says The Delineator for Jan.
uary. 1t Is conceded on all sides that
she might take up the reins wl,en
Mrs. Palmer let's them fall. She is
one OF the beauties among Chicago
society women, with beauty which
lies more In poise and bearing than
In mere facial feature She Is .al!
and finely modelled, with tastes which
are athletic and artistic. Several
years ago she startled Chicago ny
establishing "The Rose Biadery"--i
she was Rose Farwell before her mar
riage--which is housed in the Fine
Arts Building now, and from that
shop come forth many really good
examples Of the hand.bound book.
In the department Of World-Pol.ti,s
In the January number oi IKE North
American Review, there are four com.
municatiohs one from London on the
topics, 1.-THE Premier's Illness"
Some of His Prominent Colleagues"
THE Prospects for the Coming Sea-
sem; one from Berlin on the topics,
uS hdlnGI 1871 W
German Naval Expansion; one from
Washington on the topics, "The Presi.
dents Message and It's Reception by
the Country" Mr.. Roosevelt's Re.
fusal to be Candidate for Third
Term Reiterated; and one from st,
Petersburg on the topics. Prime
Minister Stolypin's Commanding In
f1uence," Composition Of the Third
Duma" and "The Address to the
Tsar."
Everybodys for January sets q
pace for the new year that will be
hard to beat. Foremost in import
ance in the inside story of the recent
panic-"The Game Got Them"-by
Edwin Lafevre, the Wan Street ex-
pert. 1.-THE Romance OF the Reaper"
Is continued by Herbert N. Casson.
who tells OF the Introduction OF the
harvester, ard of the war of the reap
er kings and the effect of their rivalry
upon American industry.
Though the January issue OF The
Century is Fiction number" the
chief point of interest is the first two
reproductions in color made in Ameri-
ca from the new color photographs by
the Lumiere process, the work OF
Eduard ]. Steichen-transcriptions
admirably indicating the subtlety.
range and beauty of the process,
which is the subject of an article by
]. Nilsen Laurvik. The text as we'll
as the pictures will interest not only
professional photographers, but anna
teurs as well, and also the general
public.
"The Cat in the Crackers and the
grocer who owns the cat are in them
selves harmless, bpt the unsanitary
grocery store indicated by the one
and conducted by the other Is public
nuisance" The Woman's Companion
is now conducting campaign for the
clean grocery and is using the fore
going sentence together with a pic
ture Of a black cat seated on a lot OF
crackers as slogan of the campaign.
The editors of the Woman's Home
Companion have been able to show
not only that there is vast differ
ence in the way the clean grocer and
the unclean grocer keep their goods
and their shops, but furthermore
that the careless grocer sells inferior
goods and charges more for them in
the long run than does the clear
grocer for mgh-grade products. .
Stirring, stories, interesting inform
alton, valuable instruction, and en-
enlargement along lines of right liv-
ing and high endeavor make the jan
uary American Boy a noteworthy is.
sue: The front cover page picture
speaks eloquently of breaking Home
Ties Mr. Tomlinson's serial, -Four
Boys on the Mississippi" is begun.
and promises to sustain the splendid
reputation CT the author as writer
for boys. A notable article is "Canal
and Jungle" the Boys Own Story OF
the Big Ditch at Panama, written by
Hugh c. Weir, who was specially sent
by The American Boy to Panama to
write up the true conditions for its
readers, and the boys will enjoy the
snap and vim of the story
Finance is dealt with in two notable
articles in the January Atlantic.
Henry Lee Higginscn, in Justice to
the Corporations" pleads for less
frantic dealings with these vast indus
trial combinations. and Charles A
Conant discusses "The Worlds
Wealth in Negotiable Securities"
showing how great 1t has become,
and how important it is that markets
should not be needlessly disturbed.
Leading articles in the January
number OF the America Review Of
Reviews are Currency Reform: A
Central Bank" by Robert Emmett
Ireton; Oscar H., a Democratic
Monarch" by a swedish-American
with portraits; "A Nobel Prize for
American Science" by Herbert T..
Wade, with portrait of Albert A.
Nicholson; William James, Man anG
Thinker by Edwin Bjorkman, with
portrait; "Electricit's Latest Tri
aumphs.' by George lies. with illustra.
tious: THE Coming Conquest Of the
Air" by ernest La Rue Jones, with
illustrations: How the Cuban Prob
lem Might be Solved" by Captain
John II. Parker, U. 4 A. THE News
paper and the Forest" by W. S. Ros-
sitter: "The Gold Flood and its Prob.
lems," by j. Pease Norton; The
Story OF the Hoarders," by William
Justus Eoies. III
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