Evening journal., 1912-01-24


which lead to quarrels. Other lead
ing stories in the magazine are "The
Decent Thing" by Ruth Kaufman,
concerning two women and a man:
The Masters Of the Gardens full of
the atmosphere of the empurpled East;
The Secret Of Her Youth" "The
Other Side
A peculiar interest attaches TO
"China's Chance for a Republic" in
the current Golfers Weekly from the
fact that il is written by a Japanese,
president Of the First Imperial College
) of Japan, graduate of Johns Hopkins,
and Of the University of Bonn, Ger
many. This writer thinks a republic
premature in China from lack Of poll
, iical education of the people; from
3 lack of a leader capable OF carrying
on newly fledged republic four times
the size of the United States; and
that China is too big TO be one re-
public, and too much one people TO be
, divided into several republics The
, present revolution, at least, says the
, writer will bring about reforms.
In. Mrs. Eldridge's "Childs Reader
in Verse;" the American Book Com
pany has published a book that the
children themselves viii like; dealing
as It does with all a child's activities
and interests at home, at school. out
of-doors, and with other children.
There are many pictures With the
--e,-.ssaa-sQes.
January Business is a magazine
that is filled with advice from cover TO
cover, but it is good. practical advice
as to how TO increase the income With
out losing business integrity. There
is hardly another subject in which
II is so essential to be up-to-date as
IN business, ana In which it pays TO
study the successful ideas of other
people. The articles deal largely
with the part psychology plays in busi-
moss. Among them are "lhe Human
Element i'm selling" Sizing Up the
Man" Getting the Men to Pull To-
gether."
A picture book that pleases is Car
toons. published every month by H.
IT Windsor, of Chicago. The January
number is a Sc page record of Ameri-
can and European cartooners' pictorial
satires on current events and modern
manners. the majority Of them politi-
cal. II Is a novel way OF reading
present day history.
The Trend. January number, con-
tains a notable article. the speech
made by Governor Eugene n. Foss, of
Massachusetts. az the annual dinner
Of the Society of Saint Andrew Of
Charleston. South Carolina. last No
Vember. on the subject Progressive
Democracy" This Democratic Gov
crnor has a brother who is a Republi-
can Congressman. from illinois, The
French serial story. "The Two Con.
sciences continues in the number
aud there are half dozen eNcellen
short stories, Alice The Littl'
Black God of the Sunderbunds.
"Aehes Of Roses" Famous people
and talked-of drama are discussed II
the magazines pages.
"Man" is a surprising periodical
that has reached us this month. IL 4
magazine that is devoted to tn
study of man In all his aspects Of lif
and being, occult, philosophic, scien
fifc. and metaphysical, and other ad
NdlIlEu LUOukni VDihNN " fA'fff a.
headings give an idea Of the scope 0
the magazine, self and Science.
"The Secret Of Spin0za," "Metaphysi
cal Geometry" etc. The surprisini
point is that It ends up with a regu
lar magazine short story, Our Polly.
The idea of libraries two THOUSAND
years before the Hebrew Exodus seem
odd. but in his book, "Old Egyptian
Librarians" a Scribner publication
Ernest Cushing Richardson. the Ii
brarian of Princeton, says there wer'
21 librarians in Egypt that long aga
and thousands of them by the time o
the Exodus. They were well treated
and became viziers and kings some
times There were two librarian godi
worshipped and writing apes wer'
worshipped by the Egyptians. II mus
have been odd in those days TO go II
a library to look up a reference OF
astronomy and have the librarian
bring out several tons Of stone ant