Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-27


with story by Roy Norton, entitled
SANDY, the Substitute" in which there
is pictured a blizzard on the mountain
tops that will be as refreshing as
cool breeze to August vacationists
Richard lie Gallienne contributes, in
his charming manner, one of the most
beautiful short stories he has ever writ
ten. Its title is "The House Of JOY
That is Gone" The story of a love
conquest in the Tennessee mountains
byEmma Bell Miles, entitled "Mallard
Plumage," serves to make known a
new writer of singular power and
charm. 1.-The Barrier" by 1. A. r.
Wylie, Is another story of far more
than ordinary significance. A fancy
that cannot fail to impress all who read
1t is "The Gods of a City Street" by
Marion Hill, the famous creator of
1.-THE Pettison Twins" Other favorite
writer's of short fiction whise latest
stories appear in the Red Book Maga-
zine for August are Della Campbell
Macleod, Hopkins Moorhouse, Mar
guerite Track, Constance Darcy Mac
kay, Gordon Thayer and E. l.. Sapln.
The splendid illustrations by the best
known American illustrators give an
added interest to the issue.
The August Strand Magazine-Fic-
tion plays an important part in the
August number of the Strand Maya
zine, the contributors including Hall
Caine, w. w. Jacobs, Becllles Wilson,
Evelyne e. Rynd, Frank Savile, w.
PETIT Ridge and e. Nesbit. The articles
are interesting and unique. Louis N.
Parker of Pageant" fame contributes
an interesting chapter of "Reminis-
cences"; e. II. Aitken, assisted by the
animal artist, j. A. Shepherd, writes
Of Feet and Hands" III the course of
which he asserts that "the foot came
in suddenly when the backboned crea-
lures began to live on the dry land
that is, with the frogs" A number of
British artists exhibit their cleverness
and ingenuity by illustrating the same
joke, and in their interpretations prove
once again that no two persons see
humor in exactly the same way. The
Mature" article Is supplied by H. f.
Macmillan, who writes very charming
ly on "Some Wonders of Tropical Life
The daylight saving bill is anus
ingly dealt with by Henry Franklin,
who, in the course of an interesting
article, declares that the children
should have a word to say about the
matter, though seeing that they are
firmly convinced that the whole thing
is only q trick on the part of their
natural enemies, the grown-ups. to get
them to bed an hour earlier, it is hard
ly likely that they would support Mr.
Willett's bill The color section this
month is devoted to Sensation" pic
lures and includes paintings by Book
lin, Gericault, Beraud Goetz and Shaw
One of the leading articles in the
Wide World Magazine for August deals
with "The Exploits of the Duke of the
Abruzzi." The romantic explorer has
long since taken his place among the
worlds foremost delivers into the un-
known, and now that he has started
upon another expedition in the Hima-
layas, this article, which is authorita-
tive will be read with additional in
terest. The account of his royal high
ness exploits deals particularly with
his achievements in scaling Mount St.
Elias, Alaska, his adventurous dash to-
ward the north pole and his conquest
of the Mountains of the Moon" Other
interesting articles in the August Wide
World include Earthquakes from a
Japanese Point of View" by Lady
Lawson; "An Englishmans Pilgrimage
to Mecca and Medina" by Hail Abdur
Rahman: "Pegging Out the Empire" by
Col. WhitlOck, and Some Adventures
with Sea Lions" a thrilling account of
this exciting sport by well known
hunter. Through the Rocky Mountains
on a Raft" by Frank Vrooman, f. r.
G. S., is continued from last month";
and is full of interest and excitement
The Wide World is a remarkable maga-
zine, providing, as 1t does, an immense
mass of interesting and instructive ma
terial every month. The editors claim
that it is being taken as a textbook by
various schools and colleges, and the
reason is obvious; IT is a pleasant
medium for becoming acquainted with
~, nfVfo nd
the world.
One of the features of August Nau-
titus CHolyoke, Mass.) is Sinclair
Lewis fanciful and summerly story,
"The Smile Lady" Another is by F.
A. Fall, Bursar of New York univer-
sity, on New Thought and the Busi-
ness Mana clear pungent exposition
of the new idea" in business. Edwin
Markhams new unique poem, BE Pa
tient with God" and Thoughts of a
Young Man." the literary bow of Don
aid Morse Kingsley, the son of Flor
ence Morse Kingsley who is a regu-
lar contributor to Nautilus, appear in
this issue. Adelaide Keen's Almost
a Vegetarian" is a jaunty summer
cook book in tabloid. Other articles
are personal Love-" by Ellen M.
Price, Bolton Halls THE Joy Of Life"
"My Message to You" by Edgar l..
Vincent, "The More Abundant Life"
by Edgar Wallace Conable, "Compre-
hension," by w. r. C. Latson, M. D.,
"A Manifestation of the Soul" by
what is Truth" by Wallace D. Wat
ties. other new poetry is Made in
the Mount" by Lannie Hayes Martin;
"Don't Get Blue" by Walter S. Whit
acre; 1.-THE Path of Solitude by Mar
chesa f. Alli-Maccaroni. The edi-
torials by Elizabeth Towne, THE Edi-
tors Abroad" and Briefs" by Mr..
ToWne. are devoted largely to fur
ther description and comment on the
west, where they have been lecturlns
and touring.
There are few phashes Of life in
suburban communities not touched on
in Suburban Life for August. The
leading article is an entertaining de-
scription of the suburban home of Ed
win Markham, the poet. 1t seems that
the author Of "The Man with the Hoe
is often to be found welding that pro-
sale instrument in his own garden.
"The Beautiful in Feathers is an
unusual and handsomely illustrated
story. "a Bungalow Which Is Worth
While" is both pictured and described.
Jason Rogers, the well-knoWn expert
golfer writes pointedly on Golf Re-
duced to It's Simplest Terms" and E.
S. Bowdish contributes an article en-
titled 1.-THE White Badge of Cruelty
which ought to be read by every
woman. Among the essentially prac-
tical articles is one entitled early
Work in the Greenhouse; another
with the title Living Well from Twen-
ty Acres" and third on planning
Modest Country Home" There is also
an exhaustive planting table for bulbs,
indoors and out. The younger readers
will be pleased with an article on