The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-20
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Review of Current
MAGAZINES
The National for April.

With all the welcome Of a gentle
April shower the National Magazine
for the current month comes to the
readers with an array Of good things.
In Affairs at Washington there is
that face-to-face discussion of ma.
.ional politics that grew in interest
as the presidential campaign proceeds.
\ stirring article on Navy Yard Con-
solidation" is contributed by George
f. Showers. A large instalment an.
pears of The Minor Chord" the life
story of an American prima donna.
In the Mobility of the Trades the
covation of the farmer is exhaustively
forccfully describes The influence Of
California Upon Literature"
Tho recent interview of Colonel
Goethals with the Kaiser insures in
terest in Oscar Frichet's cl1atty char
acter sketch on the ruler OF Ger
many. Rare old photographs and a
caricature las the author sees him."
illustrate the article. An article, The
National League for Medical Free.
dom" ny B. o. Flower. touches on a
lively subject. A personal sketch of
Congressman William sulzer gives an
interesting glimpse Of one of the ma.
tons prominent figures.
All through the pages Of the April
hummer there are wholesome stories
of special merit. Intimate personal
sketches on presidential possibilities
are promised by the editor for the
succeeding number of the National,
with a close estimate Of those who are
entering the presidential lists.
The May Popular.
The first May number Of the fort
nightly Popular Magazine has several
strong. stirring stories by Roy Norton.
Arthur NJ. Eichorn. Mayn Clew Gar
nett. Arthur B. Reeve and others. In
lighter vein are tales by Frederick s.
lsham. Peter B. Kyne. Robert V. Carr,
Charles r. Barnes and Frank X. Fin
negan. Arthur B. Reeve in his novel,
The Green Goods King" introduces
a new kind of detective. a scientist,
a thinker. cool. resurceful, imperturb.
able. Tho Cross Of Cold" on Nor.
tons story. is n picturesque account
OF the r%eopening Of an abandoned gold
mine and the renewed search for a
tributes a baseball story. the first Of
a series. Arthur NJ. Eichorn's drama.
tic story is called The Female Of the
Species" and deals with the expert
ments OF a young scientist in Cuba
Wso is endeavoring to cambat the
deadly yellow fveer. Part Of the ac-
tlon. n he most prigging part Of
while a game is being played. y.
Phillips oppenheim concludes his
great novel, THE Tempting of Taver.
make" In this issue. In The Passing
of Bill" Frederick 8. Isham tells what
happened to a bewildered topper when
a company of ladies gave him absent
treatment" for his alcoholic craving.
There are many other excellent warns
in this number of the Popular.
The May Scribner's.
The special feature of Scribner's
Magazine for May is the xroup OF
articles devoted to the great subject
OF Water and Power in Industry"
The tremendous development of wa.
ter pawer in the past decade has come
from the possibility of Transmitting
the power generated by water sheds
to q great distance when It has been
converted into electricity. At the pres.
ent time this radius Of power trans.
mission Is about 200 miles. It IL esti.
mated that In the ne%ighborhood Of
W. million horse power are now
transferred electrically from the wa
terwheels to the consumer.
The Power Planters" by BENJAMIN
Brooks, describes in q romantic and
stirring. manner the engineers work
from the preliminary survey in the
mountain fastnesses, up the bed Of 4
stream In the Sierras, to the last min.
ute when the water IL turned ON tha,
wheels and the. generators begin 10
load the wires with the electricttv
which Is lighting the houses and driv-
ing the street cars in q city Derha n.
! 100 miles away.