Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-04
FIELD OF LITERATURE

April EVerybody's. - The editors of
Everybody's seem to have set out to
cover, in their April number, about
every phase of life, and to provide
entertainment and interest for every
member of the family. In Sanity and
Democracy" which opens the maya
zine, they furnish some remarkable
facts about the success Of American
cities under commission government.
From this start they talk about wild
animal photographing in Africa; ath-
letfcs, straight and tainted, the pro-
ductiOn of gold, its romance, and its
effect on high prices; the makeup Of
an orchestra, and all the complicated
machinery that goes into the pleasant
sounds to which we dance and sing;
the trials of Judge Lindsey in his fight
with machine politics and corporation
greed; the theatre and its people; the
new books of the month, and some
talk on what literature really is;
bunch Of jokes, mostly old and mostly
laugh producing; a talk by Mr.. Ridg-
way on imagination and its applica-
ton to business; letters on all sub
jects from everywhere; poetry, hui
NOR in verse and story; marriage as
a vocation; the methods adopted by a
plagiarist play writer" the effect of
the mother spirit on boy who is fup
against it," the homely F1ickinger
family and the Wanderlust of the
butchers boy; and, laughable. ridicu-
lous, the story of the absent-minded
professor who Knows all about what's
in your COCO" and his friend who for
got that he was married and that his
rich aunt was dead. The cover is an
absurdly attractive collection of Eas-
ter eggs, with fuzzy yellow chickens
just coming through the shells. They
were photographed from life, and
have at least the merit of infinite
pains.
April Success. - Success magazine
for April commences with a charm
ing story by Rupert Hughes, entitled
'Tth! Tth! Tth!" The "B-Flat from
BONE" is the first Of a series of abb
sorbing detective stories by Samuel
Hopkins Adams. There is a delight
full funny short story by Hugh Pen
dexter, entitled, "Going Home to
Mother" and an interesting tale of
an international love affair by Mary
Heaton Worse, called The WeH-Be-
loved The great serial romance,
"The Shears of Destiny" by Leroy
Scott is continued in an exciting in
stallment. Charles n. Crewdson has
another tale of the road to tell I'M
der the name of "The Helping
Hand" An optimistic feature of the
month is a health article by Walter
Weyl, America Getting Well 1.-The
Moving Picture Revolution" by Glen
more Davis, shows the amazing
growth of this industry and what it
has done to the theatrical business.
"Our National Game is the title of
humorous baseball story by Ellis
Parker Butler. The fifth installment
of the vital series: "The Power Be
hind the Republic" by Charles Ed
ward Russell, treats of the timely
question, Business and the Increas-
ed Cost of Living" DR.. Marden's
editorial for the month is called 1.-THE
Plight of the Liar" An important
feature of the month is a brief re-
view in the department of THE
World in a Nutshell of the doings
of the world in general. There are
poems by Frank Dempster Sherman,
Ina G. c. Klock and Maud Going.
Human Life for ApriI.-Human Life
has birthday in April, which 1t pro-
poses to celebrate in royal style by
an issue that is an all-star cast The
clexerest fool in Christendom-so
clever that big New York manager
has corralled him for life-is the
subject of an enormously interesting
story by Rufus H. Gilmore. His adj
ventures line up with those of Sind |
bad the Sailor, with the added merit !
of being all true. In 1.-THE Mystery
of Dreyfus" Charles Edward Russell, |
looking back through a perspective |
of more than a decade, throws new