The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-04-29
Literary News and Notes.

While the National Magazine always
fulfils its policy of embodying the ma
tional spirit and giving information con-
corning all national affairs each month,
/ every issue breathes the special spirit of
| the month named on it's cover page. The
keynote of the May number is sounded
on the back of the frontispiece in the
| eloquent tribute by the editor to Mothers
Day, which is celebrated on May 9th,
the second Sunday in the month, when it
is suggested that every human being
wear a white flower in honor of ''the
best mother who ever lived-your own. :"
In the New Idea Woman's Magazine
for May, Mary Garden describes wildly
her struggle for fame. In an article en-
titled Moments | Remember in NV
Life" she recalls her first triumphs in
opera and incidentally gives good advice
| to girls who have an ambition to become
singers. Charlotte Perkins Gilman con-
siders ''The Money Value of Women's
! Work. from the point of view of the
possible economic independence of every
housewife. Overton Westfeldt Price
discusses "Why We Should Celebrate
Arbor Day. and makes a strong plea for
the conservation of the forests. Other
features of the month are: Friends of
the Immigrant Grip by Ethel Colson;
when Moving Day Comes by Mary
Taylor-Ross; 1.-THE Possibility of Late
Garden" by Ida D. Bennett, and ''Social
Benefits You Should Know About by
Ann Forsyth.
| An indictment of the richest church in
America-but an indictment which does
not disturb ones faith in religion-is Ray
Stannard Bakers theme in his article,
1.-THE Case Against Trinity" which is
the leading feature of the May Ameri-
can Magazine. 1t is a scathing arraign-
ment before the bar of public opinion.
THE indecent Stage" by Samuel Hop
kins Adams is comment on the present
tendency of the theatre. The number of
leud and immoral theatrical offerings to-
day before the public is appalling. True
stories which illustrate how sharp eyes,
quick thinking and ingenious signals win
Fullerton, the great baseball expert,
under the title of 1.-The Fine Points of
the Game. The article is full of pictures
of the most prominent players.
Justice to Wall Street is the keynote
of the May Everybody's. Taking up a
stand between the radicalism of "Fren-
zied Finance days, and the conserva-
tism of Wall Streets present defenders,
Frederick Upham Adams and the pub
fishers of Everybody's offer the calmest
People VS.. the Stock Gambling Game
that has yet been heard. Mr. Adams
gives in cold, incontrovertible form ''The
Cost of the Wall Street Came the
price that the amateur has to pay for
keeping up the great gambling system of
America. Thomas w. Lawson tells why
it is that his followers sometime lose
it is not defense of himself, but a
statement of fact. The publishers of the
magazine round up the discussion con-
clusively, and answer their critics in
thorough and explicit terms.
President Taft, in an article in Nc
Clure's Magazine for May, answers the
critics of the Panama Canal He de-
clares that the lock type was the best
type of canal to build, and he dares hope
that it will be finished before 1915, and
that the cost will fall below Colonel
Cocktails latest estimate of 1927, 900, 600.
Arthur Woods, Deputy Police Com
missioner in New York City, contributes
a timely article on the Black Hand So
clety which was responsible for the MUIR
der of Detective Petrosino; Judson c..
Welliver describes the latest monopoly,
The National Water Power Trust"
George F. Parker quotes Cleveland S
opinions of Mckinley, Bryan, Cortelyou
and others; Benjamin Brooks describes
the work of ''The Webfoot Engineer, -
and makes clear to the laymen the mys-
teries of tunnel-building; Guglielmo Fer
zero, the Italian historian, writes about
the part played by 1.-The Vine in Roman
! History" and Tuscan lady, who was in
Messina at the time of the earthquake,
contributes human document on that
great disaster There are four good
short stories, and another instalment of
Mrs. Humphrey Wards novel, Marriage
a la Mode"
The burden of our changing social
order falls upon our daughters, claims
the Woman's Home Companion for May,
and this magazine shows by striking ex-
amples and figures how sy-turvy is
our way of training girls. In this same
issue is charming article by Margaret
Sangster, showing that the millionaire
mother is by no means as black as she is
painted. Mary Heaton Worse, in her
own inimitable style proves that if we
serious mood is trip through the Metro
politan Museum of Art with Sir Caspar
Purdon Clarke as guide. This valuable
article is Illustrated by exquisite repro
auctions of famous paintings. Other ar
ticles of interest are 1.-The Art of Econ
omy, - by Mrs. John Van Worst, and
The Commuters Of New York. by Al
bert Bigelow Paine. can Imperial
WRATH" by Clara Morris, contains
charming "reminiscences of the Empress
Eugene. Lucy Green" friendless
seventeen-year-old girl, tells how she
went to Boston penniless, in search of a
job, and how she got one.
If you have backache and urinary troubles
you should take Foley's Kidney Remedy tt
strengthen and build up the kidneys SO they
will act properly, as serious kidney trouble
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