Evening journal., 1910-05-09
LITERARY REVIEWS
By Miss Elizabeth W. K. eurney.

The spring magazines surrounded tho
literary reviewer. Time and again that
individual hung up do IL now" and
"This is my busy day. notices on the
desk, and started I'm to review; but the
magazines were too interesting for her.
The end Of the day would find her buried
in the thrilling adventures Of baseball
umpire or in the mlle-a-minute romance II
Of the chauffeur and the heiress and tho
typo writer had not clicked a single pur-
pie letter upon tho cory paper So II be-
fell that the reviewer was completely
buried: but as she was composing a com
bined epitaph and warning to reviewers,
some learned friends came to the rescue,
and took a magazine apiece off her shoul- /
ders.
The baseball fan undertook to record |
the May number Of the American Maga-
zinc. on his score sheet. and gave a joy /
Gus whoop when his old friend Hugh S. |
Fullerton came TO bat in the first inning |
with inside information Of teamwork and
signalling in baseball. Fullerton is par
tlcularly vcrsed on all the curves of the
game and IS explaining them with good
diagrams in several numbers Of the mag
azine. IN the second inning. James OPP
penheim got home run and Pittshurg,
THE Hired City" struck out. The root
ors for the legislative crooks groaned as
Samuel Hopkins Adams slid safely into
the bag at second base in the third in
ming. In the bleachers, Miss Jane Adams
was busy writing photographed notes
telling Of the beginnings OF Hull House,
and Ida Tarhcll was talking of the
bravery Of American women during tho
war All this time. Lynn Haines waS hand
ing some fast balls to the Pullman Com
pany. The fiction did brilliantly. scoring
from second base on an inheld out. The
score was American Magazine 22 Duh
Care, o. Time. / hour, 30 minutes
The Doctor Of Divinity was making his
way towards the May number Of the Cen
tury Magazine, having an eye out for the
fourth paper Of Robert Hichen's enter
tanning experiences in the Holy Land. but
he found a reporter ahead OF him. inter-
viewing the magazine. The Century told
the reporter that at last We had great
American tenor Riccardo Martin; and
added that as TO airships, st would not he
| long before the Germans got a transatian-
tic service started. The Century had some
- early pictures Of Roosevelt and queer
pictures Of Indians. done by Millet whom
most people thought devoted his time en-
tirely TO Breton peasants. Learning that
the reporter was going over to Italy, the
r. Century gave him many curious charms
h against the evil eye, and told him the his
. tory Of this superstition. The Century was
in the midst Of interesting "reminiscences
Of Modjeska, when the Doctor OF Divinity
4 said he wouldn't stand it any longer. and
n took him away from the reporter by main
e force
s Artist Peeps at Harper's.
l. II was the artist who held the MAY
II number OF Harper's Monthly against al
e comers, because he knew there were goinf
g; to be two paintings by Howard Pyle there
n in; and he soon was having a happy time
Il giving good-morrow 10 the Holy Mr. Her
'r bert" under the cool shade Of great tre
m in the midst Of the sunlit fields Then th
artist put in a felicitous day going through
'e hundreds Of shops I'm New York city wher
y certain ancient crafts are done by han
exactly as they were thousands OF year
-, ago. There were tapestry weaving. violi
20 making, pottery, wood-carving, and cor
n per work. Philip Verril Mighels who ac
ic companied the artist, said that IL wa
De- nNNltNADlt now lUuAN Allt MNAAAiAAn Nil
"a ioyed their work The artist ran across al
IN Old friend. Thomas c. Gotch and spent
pleasant hour looking at his charming
u pictures of young girlhood. Among th
to stories which claimed attention. 9Th
i- sympathetic Part. by Norman Duncan
'f was especially strong. The artist sent thi
:; review through the mail, the envelop
bearing the postmark "Tangier." A brie
lc postscript stated he had gone there wit
p Harpers Monthly. and didn't know who
a. he would be back.
T. This May number Of the Book New
le Monthly" said the student, seems Z
~ be- mapping out a circular evolution 70
al the drama. They say the human rae
H. started acting outdoors, but since the
es they found it more comfortable I'm th
n' house with foouights in the place of sur
IL light Recent years find a revival of oil
e morality and miracle plays, ana of th
ut Greek drama. To get the proper atmos
1s phere there is an increasing tendency
M play outdoors again An ultimate &C
a. synthetic"
~ SAY" interrupted the bookworm has
Is ny. "what author is Biographical in th
et months uumuefs
ng "The English essayist, A. C. Benson. A
ru interesting account is given of his quie
;. poctical life. and his boyhood in Lambet
IN Palace. Balzac and Victor Hugo are ais
es featured"
ed what else is there?" said the bool
worm
es "There is an account of the year
ed grand opera I'm Philadelphia; it surnish'
ed an explanation as to why Hammerstein r.
ilu tired"
. 90, I'm going to read it for myself" sa
the bookworm.
o5 Soph, Too, Reads.
- The college sophomore, who had al
Io stracted a periodical from the pile. W;
- seated in the biggest chair i'm the ofhc
with his feet comfortably resting on II
lilt
ant