The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-07
MAGAZINES FOR NOVEMBER

yOTrNCrS-Tbis magazine for october
strikes a cynical note. In "A daughter
of the City" the opening novelette,, Dy
Ellen Heney all the pattry ideals OF the
mOnev-mad metropolis are lad bare ana
the tvpe of woman those ideals has pro
dUced is scathingly portrayed. II pre-
SentS a wonderful picture OF New ! OIk a.
it is. of its grOtesque contrasts and bltteI
Ironies. its gittering shams and soTded
realities. and through this picture moves
Electra. serenely lovely and supefIauNeiy
selfish, seeking the highest bidder Tor her
beauty COldly resolved to barter herselI
for the social position ana bouhdiess
wealth which, to her, stands for the TOP
most pinnacle of human achievement II
is an unpleasant story, but pOWefIui
one AT the Command of His Goddess,
by H TiDtOn Steck, is marvellous STUDY
of absinthe madness, which makes me
flesh Green and is warranted to Danish
sleep if read before retiring Ihe An
swer." by Louise button, Is Ilashih8,
iewel-Iikc tragedy of love and betrayal
enacted in the hushed sweetness Of an Ola
Italian garden. In the Outer Room, by
Forrest Halsey, displays marriage from
the ugIiest possible viewpoint, while "A
Matrimonial Mistake" by Hans Won Kan
lenberg. treats of welded fOibles in a
Sarcastically humorous vein. IN mat
Kind Of Woman" w. Carey WOnderly IN
PRODUCES a heroine whom one would be
forced TO ignore in real life, though she
proves to be rather good sort, after all,
and The Little Gods of the Red Dragon,
bv W H Durham. is sure to shock some
bOdy's maiden aunt. Yes. YounSs maya
zine for October is decidedly cynical but
also it is decidedly interesting.
CASTER S-The most notable article in
Casters Magazine for October is the eX-
tensive paper upon the natural resources
of Alaska, by Mr.. A. j. Quigley- The
wealth of undevelOped mineral deposits.
gold copper. coal. tin, etc, is discussed
and the possibilities of the territory I'M
folded. accompanied by a wealth of illus
tratiOn. Another acknowledgements ar
! ticle is contributed by Mr.. w Wilson
upon the great Otira Tunnel, on the Mid
! land railway of New Zealand. This i'm
uOrtant work. a bore of more than five
miles in length. is now nearly finished,
and, although it has attracted little at
| tention in Europe or America 1t stands
! second in magnitude only to the great
| Alpine tunnels. Other articles include q
| discussion of wastes in power plants by
Mr.. =. r. Moses; paper upon notable
| contributions TO science by women: by
/ Rev James Johnston, and a study of the
| stability of floating docks, by Mr.. Ber-
/ rard c. Laws. Mr.. j. F. Springer con-
/ cludes his article on concrete piles, while
/ Mrs J. b. Kershay reviews the proceed
/ ings of the regent international chemical
| congress.
! NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW-This
magazine for October presents a varied I3
! table of contents. The Rev. DR.. Philip S
] MOxOm contributes a learned article on
! ''Christ in Modern Thought" Salvatore
/ Cortesi writes in an Illuminating manner
on why America Has Not Six Cardi-
nails" ''The Startling Growth of State
/ Power is the title of an interesting ar
ticie by DR. Hannis Taylor. Fl. T. New
/ comb contributes a timely article on The
/ Conflicting Duties OF the Interstate Com
| merce Commission" Paul s. Reinsch, in
/ THE Declaration of London writes upon
/ the code of international law recently for
/ mulatcd nv the powers. Sidney Whitman
] Of 4 .
gives England credit for a wide interna-
| tional influence as TO manners and Gus
| toms Professor William Lyon Phelps
! contributes a brilliant article on The
/ Novels of Thomas Hardy" and PHILIP
IL. Aliens article on States With Idea;
of Their Own shows in an interesting
manner the legislative peculiarities of oul
| sovereign states, Sydney Brooks continues
his series on The New Ireland" anC
President Woodrow Wilson contributes
mastery and searching article entitled
| 1.-THE Tariff Make-Believe" to show wha
the Republican party has done with th'
tariff which it had pledged itself to re
wise.
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION-It il
possible to get most amazing amount o.
interest out of practical articles, wheI
they are handled like those which appeal
in WOman's Home Companion for OctO
Der. Such an article is that containing
/ William Armstrong; advice to the ambi
tiOus music student VINO wants TO STUDY
abroad Mr.. Armstrong has made care
full special investigation, and his advice Il
TO study at home first. In Short Cuts Il
Health" DR.. Woods Hutchinson waves
danger flag over many popular oid-fash
| Toned remedies. why / Left the Min
istry'' is a startling confession by
country parson who is anonymous for OBJ
vious reasons. Far from the country par
son lies the theatre of action of KeTiOgy
Durlands story of Queen Elena Marion
/ Harland at Chinon has written her big
hearted woman's story of Joan of Arc
Besides these there are eleven special ar
ticles in this issue, every one of which
ought to be read and preserved.
! THE BOOKKEEPER-Th leading ar
ticle in The BOokkeeper. a magazine TO
business men, for the month of Novem
Der, discusses the Importance of the i'm
provements of the rivers and canals o
the country, under the title .EcOnOm,
Of Waterway Development" The Book
keeper has given considerable attention
to this subject heretofore because of it
great Importance; it is matter of dol
lars and cents to every man who ha
anything to do with the transportation
of material or goods. According to tn
writer OF the present article the larg