Putnam patriot., 1911-06-30
Literary Notes.
JuLY AMGRICAN MAGAZINE

JULY AMERICAS MAGAZINE
 Unusually interesting fiction and strong feature articles contest for pre- eminenee in the July number of the American Magazine. There is story of rare fascination byNilliam J Locke, an out-of-the-ordinary ghost story by Samuel Hopkins Adams, and really extraordinary story by Edna Ferber.
 Julian LeaSitt, i'll "Something Ter Nothing tells how a great manutae- tory uses the convict labor ot five $ ates, thereby saddling an annual ex- pense of sos, ,000 on the taxpayers.
 In "New Ideas in Child Training, II Addington Bruce tells of number ot youthful pfodlgies among foremost American families; a boy who learned his alphabet at two, one who wrote plays in Esperanto at nine, tot of three who operated Il typewriter intel. ligently, and boy who was graduated from college at fourteen.
 Hughtulierton,i in" Between Games gives an intimate view of the ball player off the field, and Albert Jay Mock in "Nhy Natures Way Is Best" " points out the advantages of raising revenue by taxing only those things that do not encourage industry and development.
 The regular departments: 1.-The ln- terpreter's House, "lnteresting Peo- plep and "The Pilgrims Scrip areJ as usual, full of helpful information and interest.
 SUBURBAN LIFE
 The July suburban Life is the sum- mer automobile number. Mrs. A. sherman Hitchcock tells interestingly of "rhe Social Side of MotoTing,' and one need not want for entertainment if only few of her suggestions for motor outings are taken up. John Gully Cole has an article on "Touring Past and Present that will bring q smile tu those pioneer motorists of such long time ago as ten years, Mir Cole 's artI. cle also k valuable for it's hints regard ing the pleaoutable way of touring nowadays, other articles, with an es- peciaI appeal tor the suburban garden. ef and home. maker, are "Nhat lily bridiziug Has Done for the Petunia, "Choosing Pet "Fhe Suburban Woman as Hostess INV hen Berries Are Plentiful and "Practieal Canning and Preserving
 JULY MCCLURE's
 The leading feature in the July Me- Clure's Is Burton ]. Hendrlck $ article, "fhe Initiative and Referendum, and How Oregon Got Them.n The govern mental ideas that now occupy so large ly the public mind have been in active operation in Oregon for several years, and in this article Mir. flendrick shows the practical workings of progressive legislation.
 "Fhe Actress on the Road, by Mary Shaw, tells of the life in road compa- nies, and of some of the difficulties and dangers that confront an actress on tour.
 "Reolaiming the Heath, by Henry Stoddard Leach, is the story of how Denmark converted desert into farming country.
 Albert J. BeVeridge, eX-Senator from Indiana, has contributed an article on "Canada's system of Responsible Gov eTnment.n
 And Ioshio Msrkino, the Japanese artist, whose books have lately attract ed so much attention, has written for the July number of McClure's, the rst of series of articles on his boyhood in Japan.
 The special fiction feature of the July number is "Dresms in Lace, an- other Syrian story by Lucille Baldwin Van Slyke.
 Among the other stories in this issue are "A Tale of the Coral Sea-" a re- maTkaole story of submarine adven- tnre by Randolph Bedford; "The Wolf, by M. Gauss; "The Measure of Margaret Coppered,n by Kathleen Nor ris;n "A Change of Beat, !" by Edward B. Waterman, and "The Case of Rich ard Meynell,A by Mrs. Humphry Ward.
 woNAN's HoMK CoMPANIoN
 The July Woman's Home Compan- ion contains the first of a series of ar ticles describing intimately the girl hood of some of our most famous wom- ] en singers. The first article Is on Lil- lisn Nordlca. Other artists who are 10 1 be included in the series are: Mary Garden, Bessie Abott, Emmy Destinn and Sehumann-H -Heink.