Evening journal., 1910-07-30

tackle few British problems. The
periodical continues its attacks on
Cocoa and Cant"
In the fall. the Book News Monthly
will add new sections devoted to libra
ries and literary clubs. The subject
for the special author study in August
is Robert Louis Stephenson, and the
articles are accompanied with many
photographs. The writings OF the
Scotch-Canadian poet, William Wilfred
Campbell, are also reviewed at length.
Among the new books reviewed are
Rostand's "Chantecler," and "Whirl-
pools" by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The
Book News Monthly is showing some
novel and interesting cover designs.
John Kendrick Bangs, in the August
Smart Set, has the usual theory that
Americans are too modest r. Phil
lips Oppenheim. the famous English
novelist, who has hitherto written his
two novels a year rather as a side
issue to his main occupation. that Of
a director in the great manufacturing
establishment of his father at Leices-
ter, has recently given up his connec-
ton with this business and proposes
to devote himself entirely to travel
and literary work The Smart Set
/ Magazine, which will publish -serially
/ in an enlarged edition fthe magazine
beginning with the September issue
Mr.. Oppenheim's latest novel. Havoc. "
/ has just received word that the dis
/ tinguished author is preparing TO visit
/ this country shortly. with his wife,
who is an American woman.
Robert 2. Peary's tale of the Pole
reaches high-water interest in the
August issue of Hampton's Magazine.
for he really gets there. and explains
his proofs. How he got back. which
was a matter of some interest to
Peary at the time will be told in Sep
tember. The tale of the brave-hearted
Chantecler. who caused the sun to
shine. and who sheltered the farmyard
folk from the hawk. concludes in Sep
tember. Those who are reading the
Rostand play in this magazine will be
we'll prepared to appreciate Maud
Adams i'm the part this coming theat-
rical season. Henrietta Crosman has
a lively and truthful article on Fake
Dramatic Schools which lure hard
earned dollars from stage-struck
young people, and lead to many TRACE
dies in real life but TO neither tragedy
nor comedy in stage-life, The hygie-
mic instruction some cities now give TO
Little Mothers" Of the poor is an
interesting feature of the magazine
Sports Afeld, for August. reminds
the city that there is a happy land"
where people can go fishing in still
pools. and spin yarns around camp
fires, and gives the denizen Of the
Office a chance TO visit the grizzly in
his lair, and track across the barren
grounds to Hudson's Bay The maya
zine has a pleasing Photographic cover
of a boy and a boat, and a CLASSY
stream.
Has anybody noticed whether the
author of the Purple Cow" and The
Chewing gum Man" is going around
with brand-new pink and white com
plexion? Certainly the way Gelett
Burgess. tells the details and the agony
of acquiring a new face-covering is OF
a vividness that seems impossible to
mere observer. His article in the
August Delineator is the most blood
curdling thing this department has
read for a long time-and we have
been re-reading Alexander Poe. The
magazine contains its good work for
the uplift of man with its Mans s
/ Page" and tells how TO can string
beans and tomatoes tenderly and with
care. Rudyard Kipling contributes a
story, and there is a great variety Of
other things. from Mr. Ridgeway's
] 40 30 20, lra a
/ fashionable wrap out of fourteen lay
ers of chiffon.
The Baseball Magazine, the August
issue of which is a Chicago number,
is readable and amusing for even a
person with an elementary knowledge
OF the game, and a fan" will read it
with gusto from cover to cover.
Queer mistakes-such as the excited
player who did home run backwards,
going from the home-plate to third
base. etc.-new fashions in roofing,
and yarns about famous plays and
players, with many pictures, make up
the magazine September will be the
New York number, and there prom
ises to be. some class TO it.
Wilmington is we'll represented in
the August number of the Red Book
Magazine, with drawings by Roscoe
E. Shrader, Herman Wall and P. V. E.
Ivory. Dull jim" by the author OF
Madame Butterfly" is the foremost
literary feature of the number, and Is
full Of heart interest. The story Of
the baby left in charge of group Of
college boys for a week is funny in
deed The magazine is ushered in by
twenty-eight beautiful actresses; and
a surprise and innovation, is bowed