Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-25
LITERARY REVIEWS
BY Miss Elizabeth W. K. Quincy.

When do you most feel a hollow |
that can only be filled by a |
queried the inquisltive
person.
Depends on the mag. Now, the
Scientific Assyriologist most appeals
to me In frivolous moments but SER
ious hours make me banker for the
Pink Tales for Precocious Tots
but further remarks OF the irrespon-
sible party were lost under six cush-
ions, a wastebasket and tennis net.
Now, you can have Just one hol-
low craving and one magazine apiece,
spoke the inQuisitive, land you shall
tell from A 20 Z how your craving
was stilled. Only II must be thii
months pickings. so Wen be up-to
date"
Say, I was on a train last week. tel
thousand miles from nowhere. and q
caye-in promised us four hours Of de.
lay" said the vacationer. Maybe
didn't fall on the news-agent's neck
/ got a September Smart Set; first of
all because Il looked so fat. They've
enlarged the magazine this month,
and it's whopping. Oppenheim starts
a story on political spies that would
of the court police IN my ribs. 'Avaunt,
Won Berhling.' / shrieked. My names
Sullivan and / want your ticket says
the conductor, giving me another
punch Then / read Daphne, and a
whole collection Of jolly yarns !
even read the shopping hints for lady
Smart Settlers, and when / finally
looked up, darned II that train wasn't
tearing away at top speed" How
longs she been on the mover / asked
the man in front. Three hours. and
she'll be inWilmington inside OF five
minutes ! answered sOlemnly, ITS
we'll that I've read all that periodical,
or I'd have TO go on to Philadelphia
TO finish"
"Humph" sneered the stay-at-home.
Anybody knows that the time a mag
azine is bounced upon with delight.
is when you've dined on devilled
crabs and mince-pie with toasted
cheese. and any attempt to sleep is
attended by green devils and purple
COWS. / got hold of Hampton's. The
pink hamingo on the cover looked
cheerful after the devils, and there
were funny stories. Rostand's Chan
tecler was finished I'm the number,
leaving the barnyard hero still a hero
and true to his ideals. Reno the Riot
Gus. is joyous description of the
town at the time OF the fight, with hi
larious illustrations. Remsen, the Cha
perone, and Extinguishing a Scorch-
or, are also right funny tales. The
Tooth Thinkers is a dental operation
exposing the frauds worked by smooth
sharps, whereby many women have
been parted from their money and
their teeth: Sidney W. Winslow
Car Of Footwear, is the latest Ameri-
can magnate to receive a patent OF
royalty from a magazine.
II want a magazine" said the sum.
merry girl. when / can take il will
] a hammock. a hot afternoon, and q
glass of lemonade" / saw o. Henry's
name linked to the first story IN
! Byerybody's, and that was enough FOL
me. ] adore an o. Henry story
There was another article I'm the mag
azine that told further of the work OF
a sheep-ranch, some Of which was 81
/ graphically described i'm the frs
story. was glad / was wearing {
cotton dress. There was a very fun
ny story. too. about petrified Incas
who were nine feet high and heav.
ribbed. don't care much for poll
tics, and business makes my heai
ache. but I'll admit that / read tn
whole Of those pages about ]. Pier
pont Morgan and the Wall stree
bosses. Perhaps the most interestin
article to me. was that telling of III
schemes otherwise reputable peopl
have taken to evade paying customs
and some of the ways of changin
their ideas as to the safety of deceiN
ing the government. which have bee
undertaken by Collector Loeb. II
said that certain religious books al
always carefully searched by the cul
: toms inspectors; as smugglers, trus
in gto the character of the book
= especially choose that kind TO conce
small articles within"
Il am never without magazine
said the drummer" The fit seiz
me suddenly, and l like to read sms
| doses at a time, between things. Kee
me from taking myself too seriousl
| you know. / have the Septemb
copy OF the Short Stories Magazir
in my pocket now. The Vanity b
II climbs toward an exciting china