The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-10
THE BRADFyEzD CO., ATLANTA

man Suffrage Around the World" by
George Allan England. and Tho
Science OF the Fairy Tale" by Corinne
Martin Lowe. A funny and easily acted
tragi-comedy. called con the Razor
Edge is by Rupert Hughes. who
wrote THE Richest, Girl In the World
Among the short stories must be
reckoned ono by Grace MACEDONIAN
Cooke and Caroline Wood Morrison,
under the caption OF The Joyful
Mother OF Children" and THE Mas
cot OF the Primer Class" by Lucy
Copinger.
Tho frontispiece of the January
Worlds Work is ~ Christmas Greet
ing" by Elihu Vedder, a prize design
in a competition of which Lewis Prang.
/ Of Boston. was director. The editorial
Interpretation of the march of cur
rent events picks up SUCH threads as
the ever rising cost de living. the
true view of increasing divorces and
the United States as seen through for
eign spectaclcs. Under the title OF
What / Tried to Do in My Latest
Book" Meredith Nicholson's aim in
The Lords Of High Decision" and
that OF Irving Bachelor in "Thc Mas
ter" are clearly and interestingly set
forth. DR.. Luther II. Gulick presents
some plain facts when he points out
THE Way to Health" that business
men would do we'll to read and obey.
Elihu vedder recalls art education of
fifty years ago in America, and James
j. Hill. in his third paper On High
ways OF Progress" tolls tho history of
a lost opportunity on the Pacific. Other
special articles are written along tho
plane that usually distinguishes the
makeup OF this magazine.
The big feature In h Outing Maga-
zine for January is Harry W1litncy's
"Huntins in the Arctic" This issue is
also a special automobile number, con-
tanning bright, breezy articles which
get right home to the owner of a car;
Automobiles for Average Incomes"
"Equipping Your Automobile "Haz-
ards of the Vanderbilt Cup Race and
two very interesting stories. "How Il
Made My Car Pay for Itself" Walterl
Camp gets away from the ~hackneyed
All-America Team and gives us an
Honor List of 1900 Football
Willard French has woven the an
cient legend of the Lorelei into a nov
elette under that name for the jan
uary Smart Set. The scenes of the
story are laid in Florence, Paris and
the Rhine country, and THE Lorelei''
in complete form is a distinct literary
feature of the magazine. Another
prominent piece of fiction in his mum
Der is Mary Glascock's The Out
TRAIL q omanc of Alaska and the
gold fever. Among the short stories,
all of which bear the stamp of snap
and originality, are two specially nota-
| BILE ones, THE Road OF Rebellion" by
Jeanette i. Helm, and The Cuthbert
Case by Alice II. Cunningham, a
one-act play, The Vampire Cat OF
Nabeshima,' is a unique contribution
from the pen of Fuji-ko, the we'll
known Japanese actress.
A large 5full-page painting by Mary
Sigsbee ker of Young 1910" waiting
on a New Year Threshold makes the
attractive cover design for the jan
nary Woman's Home Companion Mag
azine. The music Is by Francis Thomo
in the form of a sparkling "Gavotte-
Madrigal." Octave Thanet is charac-
tcristically delightful when she tells in
this issue the story of two lonely wo-
men, and names 1t "In Place of Their
own Myra Kelly is happily hum-
orous when she pictures 1.-THE Spirit
of Cecilia Anne These stories are
strongly supplemental by Anne War
ner's Susan Clegg's Courting." and
Room Number Three at Three Forks
Tavern" n detective number by Anna
Katherine Green. Special articles In
clude Fifteen Years With My Wife,"
.Shall WI Stay In the Ministry?" and
'.Thc Music Student Abroad" all of
which are written from the vantage |
point of personal experience II OBJ
~ "a, I Z ion aErt The HE re cr1l1cr n pDa rf fnn m taI
are replete with suggestions. help. and
the best of obtainable IDEAS on the
subjects OF Fashion, housekeeping, the
Children. the Home. Sewing and Read
Ing.
Hampton's Magazine for the month
presents on Its cover the first photos
graph at the North Pole. made by Com
mander Peary on April 6, 1903. This
photograph precedes his story of the
discovery OF the pole. The 2000th
Christmas a story by Harris Merton(
Lyon. has unusual decorations by g. B.
Falls. The Panama CAM problem Is
the subject OF an article by Rear-Ad-
miral Robley d. Evans. and hudson G.
Welliver writes about the Mormoni
Church and tho sugar trust. Inter-
esting short stories over the sigma
lures of we'll known authors fill In the
table OF contents and Personalities
and plays and Players" have excellent
Illustrations,
The January Craftsman. through w. !
Carman Roberts. asks the question,
"Are We Becoming Civilized TOO Rap
idly?" Walter Pritchard Eaton. in this
issue, makes a plea for tho operetta
as a means of sincere musical express
sion In America. and Charles Mulford
Robinson writes Interestingly In re-
gard to civic Improvement In England