The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
THE MAY MAGAZINES

Arthur SlfluSer, whose latest SeIidi
story The CALL met with great sue
cess has most interesting short story
in the May number of The Red Book
magazine, which has just been issued.
The story, called The Juggler," has
that element SO dear to the healt OF
the editor, the cracker at the end =
There is "A Patriot" by Earl Derr
Biggers, which tells of young man
who served his county by winning
girl, a Constructive Imagination,
by Frank Parker Stockbridge, which
shows how newspaper man failed
in his detective work, and The Bar
rell of Barbera,'' by John A. Mcroso,
which puzzles you in trying to solve
the disappearance of stool pigeon.
Alma Martin Estabrook contributes to
this number another of her stories
of the Hare's Foot Beauty Parlor. and
Frederick r. Bechdolt, another of his
stories of the adventures of Light
house Tom. There is an exceptionally
strong story by Edward Hungerford
and another by Elliott Flower. Ellis
Parker Butler begins a new series OF
stories about five cupids. This one
is entitled, The Lady With the Pig.
The May issue of Lippincotts maya
zine is both refreshing and inyigorat-
ing, well suited to the season of re
viving energies. The complete novel
(salient feature) is Their Great In
heritance," a delightful story of Penn
sylrania- German life, by Elsie Sing
master, who has already made a name
for herself along these lines with her
clever short stories. Another impor-
tant contribution is the first of series
of three hard-hitting articles by
Hubert Bruce Fnller, on How Con-
gress Squanders Our Money Among
the short fictions are Newman Flow
er's THE Little Band in the Pines a
war story. Norman Bright Carson's
From the Land of the Unborn" a
sketch suggested by Maeterlinck' IS
The Blue-Bird;" George Allen Eng.
lands "Primavera," dealing with the
spring of the year, and of life; Mat.
thew Baird's The Bloomsburys' Trip
with its lesson for Bridge-loversi
Daisy vanderbark's The Unexpected
Express Package" Richard ]. Walsh's
Two Halves of a Check Eugene
Boyland's The Black Sleeps Fold
and Thomas l.. Masson's A Christian
Spirit" "a Little Tragedy is rather
remarkable sketch by Margaret Louis
Loudon.
Readers of the May Century will
find in the number authoritative
papers on some of the most pressing
question of the day, such as the re-
call of judges, the tariff and American
trade, the remarkable advance OF
Persian women and their share in the
country's recent crisis Chicago's rap
i'd growth and significant civic de
velopment and improved methods in
and cons of this mooted question are
discussed with great variety of point
and argument by Bruce b McCay, a
lawyer of Colorado. Mr.. McCay, gives
many reasons for his belief that the
proposed recall would be used to ad
vance political ambitions and private
interests, instead of promoting the
public good. The paper is both sug
gestive and informing Another article
of special Thickness is discussion
of High Tariff and American Trade
Abroad by Oscar w. Underwood
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee of the house of representa-
tives. 1t is a practical discussion Of
the conntry's industrial conditions ant
OF the influence upon them. present
and future, of existing high rates Of
duty. w. Morgan Shuster. lately
Encouragement of Persia, who has
received much honor of his gallant
fight, against heavy odds. for Per
sia's nationality writes entertainingl,
of Persian Women in the Presen
Crisis
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