Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-20
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What The October Magazines Con-
tain Of Interest to Readers

What The October Magazines Con-
tain of Interest to Readers
In the October 'Wide World mag
azine appears a striking article emit
tied Eight Days in Burning Mine. -
Readers will recall the Cherry Mine
disaster of November Is. 1909. when
nearly three hundred men lost their
lives. The narrative in the wide
World" gives the experience of a
man who, with nineteen others, was
imprisoned in the burning mine for
eight days and lived to tell the tale.
Driven away from the shaft by flame
and smoke, the little band found the
deadly back-damp" closing in about
them and retreated to the farther re-
cesses of the workings. Here, by
the advice of their heroic leader.
they literally buried themselves alive,
hoping against hope that rescue
would come before the fresh air
gave out. Finally even the solitary
lamp refused to burn in the foul at
mosphere, the mems brains began to
give way from the fearful strain
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story is told by one of the survivors.
Thomas White, who writes with a
power of description worthy of a
Dumas.
Stewart Edward White continues to
recount his experiences in the Octo-
Der Outing" 1.-THE Ranch" will
appeal to all lovers of the open-air
life-particularly as the real ranch is
fast disappearing. Some wonderful
photographs accompany Protecting
Protected Elk" showing the cougar,
bob-cat and timber-wolf caught in
traps. They depict animal profan-
ity" to perfection. Michael Will
Jams, in "Tsnderfeet on Tiburon,"
describes visit to Tibouron Island
and his discovery of the gentlest saw
ages misunderstanding gum in
stead of their neighbors. Excellent
fiction, too, by Charles Alden Settler,
and Nevil G. Henshaw, with Lights
for the Automobile, by H. w. Slau-
son, and 1.-THE Care of the Terrier"
by Williams Haynes-both authorize.
tive and timely. Edward Brock de-
sribes Still Hunting Moose in Call
ing Time, and Felix Rosenberg tells
of being very much hunted by "The
Polar Bear at Close Range" Helen
Dodd combines farming an idealism in
What we Sought and Found at
Twinfower.
The October Strand contains a
excellent supply on fiction including
stories by w. w. Jacobs, Richard
Marsh, Leonard Larkin, Florence
Warden, Lloyd Williams and other
well-known writers. Among the ar
ticles is an unusual item entitled
when the New Zealander Comes"
1t is an attempt at a forecast of
London three thousand years hence
and it is eXcellently illustrated with
drawing showing St. Paul's Cathedral,
the Tower, the House of Parliament,
the Law Courts, Westminster Abbey,
and other well-known London build
ings, in ruins. The author intimates
that three thousand years hence the
chief article of expectation from Eng
land will be cabbages. An illustrated
lam Gillette is contributed by Wen
dell Philips Dodge. "What Reform
is Most Needed" is a symposium of
eminent men and women, including
Andrew Carnegie, Conan Doyle, Sir
Gilbert Parker, Hall Game and others.
Moderate Japanese Humor, " 'What
it Costs to Run a Theatre, Boost
ers and Boosting" and an interview
with Sir Ray Lancaster are other ar
ticles of interest.
The October "Woman's Home Com
panion'' contains the first chapter of
a new serial, "The Poor Lady," by
Mary E. Wilkins Fireman. 1t is a
story of modern American life, and is
chiefly concerned with two women
one, an ambitious and INSCRIPTIONS
wife; the other, fine, high-minded and
womanly. In the same number a
well-known financial authority writes
an article of interest and Importance
to every woman. He describes the
snares set by dishonest business con-
Germs to catch women investors, and
tells many stories of real life illus
trating his points. Splendid fiction
is furnished by Juliet Wilbor Temp
kins, Julia Truitt Bishop, Ernest
Poole and Barr Moses. On the prac-
tical side. the October Companion"
is of special value. It's great fashion
and household departments are un-
usually full of useful suggestions and
entertaining reading.
Rose Cecil O'Neil, whose fronts
piece in the June issue of the "Smari
Set" attracted such wide attention,
contributes striking Interpretation
of the famous love story of Paols
and Francesca to the October number
In addition to the work of Rose Ceci
O'Neil, 1.-The Smart Set" under the
new owner, has published fronts
pieces by James Montgomery Flagg
Vernon Howe Bailey and Garth Jones
Each of these pictures has been de-
cidedly out of the ordinary, as befit:
"A Magazine of Cleverness, and the
high standard thus set will be bril-
iantly maintained by Andre Castaignt
in series of frontispieces depicting
| great historical love affairs.
"The GOTH" the complete novel BY
Wyndham Martyr in the October
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