The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-18
THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.

HE CURRENT MAGAZINES.
Inc February Outing covers large
part Of the outdoors in a little space,
There appears the third and last in
sfailment OF Harry whitneys Hunt
ing N the Arctic, Z in which he carries
US through walrus hunt and up into
tue polar bear country, a very graphic
account of that wonderful region. MY
Florida Home" by E. P. Powell. teiis
now one man discovered delightful
way OF escaping the wintry cold and
made his southern home pay for it.
seiI-and little more. Two good
short stories are stalking the Slip
perry Seal" by Stephen Chalmers, in
which the hunter returns empty
handed, and The Sixteenth Man. BY
Charles Alden Settler, tale OF west
iern ranch life.
IN happy vein is Edwin Lefeyre's
article in Everybody's on Henry NJ
Fiagier's evolution from single-mind-
ed money-grabber into a philanthropy
Isl who brought prosperity TO Florida
It is fascinating story. and leaves
one with hopeful feeling that at
heart the Captain OF industry may
not be so very bad. In s.All Aboard For
Bombas,'' E. Alexander Powell tells
OF the intrigues of Russia, Germany
and Great Britain to gain control of
Persia, with odds in favor of the re
lentless, tireless Russian bear. 1.-THE
Beauty OF Lincoln BY Gutzon Borg
ium, Is the latest and newest view
OF the martyred president who seems
likely to become our patron saint. If
we ever have one. Judge Lindsey's au-
topiosraphy grows in Intensity of feel
ing and interest. If the Denver fnan-
ciers have already felt inpelled to in
sfitute libel suits on past issues. the
present instalment surely will set their
legal departments to working over.
time. Nervous Troubles is an ar
ticle by Rev. Samuel McComb, DID,.
OF Emanuel Church, Boston. on the
cure OF neurasthenia by suggestion.
OF the fiction, .Tuggin' to be Cen
teel.' is one of Bessie r. Hoover's
aOpal' stories. full of quaint humor
and sentiment Gosh" by Arthur E
McFariane:: THE Chosen Instrument
by Samuel Hopkins Adams; "Our
Horse" "a comic by Louise Closer
Hale, and st. George Dragon BY l.
Frank Tooker. help to tighten the
number, with mixture OF fun, ro-
nance and adventure.
4 young duke wakes up one morn
ing in London to End that he has no
right TO his title, his fortune nor his
name. He makes a deal with the law
fui holder secures the use OF the title
for another year and sets out to
America TO win an heiress. With
years time and ample money, he ex.
poets to turn the trick easily. This is
the situation presented in Weyner
Jay Mills's novelette,. Her Passionate
Pilgrimage" published in the February
Smart Set The action is rapid and
the various phases of New York So
ciety life to which the bogus Young
lord Is presented are pictured with
great interest and vigor of description.
OF course the pretender comes crop
per. but the way In which it happens
Is somewhat unexpected. Her Pas
sionate Pilgrimage" is a good piece
OF fiction and shows great Familiarity
with social conditions on both sides of
the Atlantic.
On of the most delicious bits OF
satirieal writing the Smart Set has
had in several years is a short ESSAY
on the very important subject OF
clothes BIZ Harry Cowell, in this num-
Der Lovers Of clever dramatic
sketches will be delighted with Alicia
Ransey's playlet. ''Henkers Mahlzeit,"
which appears in this Issue.
EVERY person using a camera, from
the mere snapshotter to the profes.
sional practitioner Of rank. viii be in
terested in Photo-Era Magazine. The
issue for January exemplifes unusual
y high artistic and topographic ex-
cellence. The front cover il enbaI-
lished with superb and unique snow.
scene By q notable pictorialist. The
issue is devoted to z consideration Of
the Sixth American Photographic sa-
lon. by George C. Stevens, Director of
the Museum of Art, at Toledo. Ohio
and Is illustrated with a number of
the foremost pictures If this notable
annual display Of pictorial pEotog-
raphy Wilfred A French. the editor.
has descriptive article on Nurem-
berg, which he visited with his camera
last summer. The accompanying IL
Illustrations are interesting to a high
degree and surpass the pictures IA
miliar to readers on this subject. The
Round Robin Guild department, al
WAYS Interesting, features number
Of very beautiful pictorial subjects
the priZe-winners OF the monthly con
test The chief articles are THE Auto
chrome Plate by Fred D. Maisca,
and Protection Of Opaque Objects.