Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-03

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and. the atmosphere of the story is full
of the gorgeous coloring of that cradle
|of the world" while the opening Incl
dent reflects the political and racial
troubles which are now rife there no
less than In India. Throughout the !,
; story there runs a fascinating and
, thrilling love story-the love story of
, gallant and high-minded young SOL
der and the beautiful and courageous
I, daughter of his general.
Woman's Home Companion for
Christmas.-The Christmas Number of
| Woman's Home Companion is one of
the most beautiful of the holiday mag |
azines Its cover is in blue and gold
depicting the Madonna and child. |
There is beautiful painting in color
| by James Montgomery Flagg, occupy
! ing a full page. Another delightful
and unique feature consists of two big
pages of old-fashioned Christmas car
OILS, with decorations by Ernest Has
lkell
| For the Christmas Woman's Home
Companion, Edwin Markham has writ
ten most beautiful poem, Before the
Gospels Were" 1t tells the story of
the gathering of the materials for the
gospels by the disciples after Christs
ascension. Before the Gospels Were"
is greater than 1.-THE Man With the
Hoe" 1t is, perhaps, the greatest
lpoem of the generation
1t is seldom that magazine-even
a Christmas magazine-offers stories
by such an array of great writer's as
will be found in the December Com
panion-Josephine Daskam Bacon, An
Ina katharine Green, Mary Wilkins
Freeman, Florence Morse Kingsley,
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins.
Above all else, the woman reader
will find here a magazine of Christmas
helps-hundreds of suggestions for the
making ,of attractive and unique gifts;
ideas for the table: for making delic-
,ious candies: new neckweak; embroid-
lery; fashions-an almost bewildering
array of practical Christmas suggest
ions.
: The Christmas lippincott's-With
the approach of Christmas, everybody
Ought to be in joyous mood, even
if everybody isn't, so let us away with
gloom and melancholy, and have about
us only reading matter that is cheer
full in tone and atune with the holiday
season. The December Lippincott's
provides just the sort of entertainment
to put you in good humor. The con-
plete novel is a humorous mystery
story entitled Seven Days" by Mary
, Robert Rinehart, whose book "The
Circular Staircase now ranks as one
of the seasons best sellers" Mrs
Rinehart has chosen for the theme OF
L her latest story the mishaps and adj
y ventures of number of society folk
J. and a few others-who suddenly find
: themselves quarantined, owing to the
t ILLNESS of servant, in house where
e the society folk have gone to dine
lSome of the complications are due to
e the presence of young couple who
d have been divorced but are still in
S love with each other; the ex-husband'S
/ ,spinster aunt, who has a horror of di
d lvorce and is unaware of the rift in
|, their matrimonial lutte; a girl who
l. trashy undertakes to impersonate the
S wife, to spare the aunt's feelings
r this before the eXwife apears on the
n scene; and a young man who Is I'm
e iaware of the deception and falls il
$ love with the supposed wife. All sort:
p lof weird happenings take place in this
K "house of too much trouble durin.
n their Imprisonment A diamond brace
)f let, a pearl necklace, and other val
'f uables mysteriously disappear, the tel
Il ephone wires are cut, and one of tn
p women guests is brutally embraces
and kissed by a person unknown. Al
ID together, there are enough amusing
e. situations for dozen stories. Anon
III the notable offerings other than fic
X ton are witty and amusing pape
g. on Irish Courtship.," by the famou
e. Irish humorist, Semus MacManus
X 1.-THE Nativity" a beautiful miracl
pit play in blank verse, by Chrles L
y, O'Donnel; delightful sketch Gale
~ 1.-THE Truly Christmas" by Edwin
"a Sabin; a very funny discourse o.
g Anatomy for Beginners by Thoma
by l.. Mason; a strikingly beautift
Christmas poem, Jesus unto Mary,
or by Chester Firkins, and other contr
Oh buttons by DR.. A. l.. Benedict, "
"a Dayton Wegefarth, S. M. Talbo
IT. George Herbert Clarke, Stephen Trac
ln- Livingston, Minna T. Antrim and Isl
or bel S. Mason. The short stories al
ne no whit behind the rest of the content
~ in quality. Some of them are Wi
Lexington Comforts "The Thing
oy theatrical story of great power; A
lid gusta Kortrecht's ''Big-I and Little-U
on a very original and tender tale
W. child life; "The Amendment of M.
TX Chirac." by H. c. Bailey; and "Ti
ay Man Who Was Horse-CraZy," by Ca
ce ,oline Lockhart "Walnuts and Wine
Lippincott's widely quoted humoro1
section, is brimful of cleverness tn
months. and helps to round out We