Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-26


fame and fortune, not only for himself,
but for the young aviator as well.
There are three other titles in the
Aeroplane series-"In the Clouds for
Uncle SAM" 1.-THE Stolen Aeroplane"
and THE Boy Aeronauts Club
The Christmas LippIncott's.-Most
of the Important magazines get out es-
pecially fine Christmas numbers, and Lip
pincotts is no exception to the rule
The complete novel for December is
There Was Once a Queen" by Edith
Robinson, author of "A Mock Caliph
and His Wife" 1t is a brisk and &C
tionful story, with it's scenes laid in
small German principality, the hero
being in the diplomatic service there.
He falls in love shortly after his arrival,
and is thereby led into some strange
adventures. There is a decided mys-
terry in the play and it is doubtful If
the reader will be able to solve it pre-
maturely; but there is no doubt what
ever that the story will be thoroughly
enjoyed.
As to the short-stories, it is safe to
say that a more interesting collection
has seldom, if ever. been gotten to-
sether in one magazine. John Reed
Scott, author of THE Impostor.' ''The
Colonel of the Red Hussars," etc, con-
tributes an immensely entertaining
automobile story entitled Mrs Ran
dolph's Nerve" Nevil G. Henshaw,
who wrote "Aline of the Grand Woods"
Is responsible for THE Tree of His
People," a Christmas tale of rare charm.
Hubert Footner's Offering is Laurie
of the Plainsman," a newspaper yarn
of Western Canada; Ella Middleton
TybOut's, "Aide-de-camp to Cupid;
Eleanor Mercein Kelly's, The Civ
in'est Lady" a wholly delightful story
of the south; Caroline Wood Morri-
sons, another Cristmas narrative
called The Willow Garland"
Among the other features, one of
the most important is immortality"
a beautiful sketch by Mrs. Israel Gang
will. George L. Knapp, author of the
present best-seller THE Scales of JUS
tice," stands sponsor for. a trenchant
paper on spiritualism entitled, Make
the Trip Worth While" The de-
cline of the Collar" is an amusing
sketch by Frederic Drew Bond. Other
prose offerings are "a Growing Menace
by Minna Thomas Antrim; Human
Nature and the Public Health by
Clifford Howard: "A Plea for the
Pessimist," by Frank NJ Bicknen;
ION Reforming Christmas" by R. T.
H: The Fable of the Golden Plough"
by Clifton B. Dowd; Truths by Ellis
o. Jones.
There are delightful poems by John
Carter Florence Earle Coates, John
Kendricll Bangs. Aloysius Coll, Theo-
dosia Garrison, and others.
The December American Magazine
"As the laws are to-day no wealthy
man has the proper legal advice, need
erty,'' is the statement made by Hon.
Lawson Purdy, president of the Tax
Commission, 1910. Using as his text,
A J. Mock leads off the December
American Magazine with en- article in
which he describes the tax laws IN
New York under which orly the small
merchant and householder have to pay
while the rich men like August Belmont,
T. J. Ryan, William K. Vanderbilt
Jr., Payne Whitney, Robert Goelet get
off without contributing a cent. The
personal property tax laws of most
states are equally as faulty as those of
New York
Mr.. Aldrich's methods in construct
ing the tariff bill is Miss Ida NJ. Tar
bells subject in her article on THE
Mysteries and Cruelties Of the Tariff. -
Miss TarbelI brings to light the inter
esting fact that Mr.. Aldrich, who arbi-
trarily increased the duty on rubber
goods, is himself a stakeholder in the
U. S. Rubber company.
Other features are: DR.. William
Osler's article on the successful prog
ress of the fight to save human beings
from pain and suffering; William Allen
Whites "Insurgence of insurgency"
an eloquent indictment of Diaz and his
government by a Mexican, patriot in
exile: The Autobiography of a Neu-
resthenic:" and The struggle for the
Meat" by Frank B. Copley in which the
author describes a superb and inspir- |
ing deed of heroism which occurred |
while the ill-starred Greeley Expedi- |
ton was in camp at Cape Sabrine. 1t
is safe to say that there is no more
story of bravery and courage
in history.
The fiction is contributed by Marion |
Hill, Charles A Fisher, Fred R. Bech- !
dolt, Octavia Roberts. Ernest Poole |
and Frances Hodgson Burnett. In the I
of Interesting People"
Henry Van Dyke writes about John