The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-11-09

OF reading Is made with as much care
as the choice of friends. 1t entertains. |
il satisfies the keen zest for thrilling
adventure, it is rich in wit and humor
and all the while it's purpose Is to be
to every reader help onward-neverI
a drag backward. Tit new subscriber
for 1912 receives free The Compan-
ions Calendar for 1912, autographed
in ten colors and gold, and all the
issues for the remaining weeks of
1911 free from the time the subscrip.
ton is received.
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Henry T, Finck's paper in the No
vember number of The Century on
"Ungastronomic America" is to be
followed by two others carrying furth
the discussion of this timely and i'm.
portant subject. These later papers
will be practical suggestions on null
.tiplying the pleasures of the table
and the future of cooking and eating.
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The Red Book Magazine for No
vember contains another of John A.
Moroso's real police stories This
time in The Master Yegg" Mr.. Nor.
oso concerns himself with the at
tempted robbery of a lower Broadway
bank.
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The November Woman's Home
Companion contains an article by
IS tot i'm
portance to every woman. 1t is an
appeal to the women of our countrH
to help the President in his efforts to
get the senate to assent to the arbi-
tration treaties, which. if signed, will
will go a long way toward abolishing
war. 1t would be a great achieve
ment.
DR.. Wilfred T. Grenfell to thous-
ands of people on both sides of the
Atlantic one of the greatest and most
heroic figures of our time, has writ
ten a story for St Nicholas readers,
which will appear in an early number
1t is a story of "Brin," DR.. Grenfells
dog, and one of the adventures which
dog and master have had together in
Labrador.
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The lighter the walls and ceiling
are the more light they reflect to give
the required diffused general illumina-
ton and so less direct light will be
needed. As artificial light is def
cient in blue and green rays, walls
and ceilings of a blush or greenish
shade give them greater rejecting
power for daylight than for artificial
light, which is generally desirable
November Technical World Magazine.
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The monthly griSt of Popular Me-
chanics Magazine in the November
number amounts to 302 articles and
285 illustrations. Science, discovery,
invention and disaster are forces
ceaselessly ct work. Tireless eyes
have watched their activities and
trained minds have sifted the results
and wrestled with the problems they
introduce.
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vivid account of new sport
lion chasing with foX-hounds, is Civ
en- by Paul J. Rainey, in The Royal
Sport OF Hounding Lion"
Der Outing His account of the cine
matographing of wounded lioness
while actually charging the camera
provides an exciting climax to a
story bristling with thrills-and lions,
with excellent Photographs.
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The Ladies' World for November is
right up TO the high mark set by re-
cent issues of that magazine, and
compares very favorably with many
Of its more expensive competitors.
AS usual, the display pages are given
over largely to fiction, but it is fiction
of kind we are glad to have, good,
healthy stories that leave a sweet
taste in the mouth.
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Lippincott's Magazine is worth
watching these days-worth watching
and worth reading. Its recent sub
stantial increase in size, together
with a presumably increased
monetary appropriation enables it to
present an alluring array Of fiction,
special articles and other attractive
features.
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Henry Rankin Poore, the artist, an
enthusiastic lover of the hunt who
has made red coated cross country
rides and their packs of hounds famil-
lar in his paintings. has written an
article for the November Scribner on
Fox and Drag Hunting in the United
States" The illustrations are from
his own paintings and a number are
reproduced in colors. ...
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Many persons familiar with condt
tons in Sweden believe that its
monarchial form of government is
doomed. and that the coming form
will be not only republican but so.
cialistic. Even moderate men have
expressed the opinion that only some
such change, giving the mass of the
people chance at the soil, can save
the Swedish nation from the antmia