Evening journal., 1912-03-27
EASTER MAGAZINES

4 cannot remember the time when
was not trying to draw pictures. .
writes the late Howard Pyle in an au-
photographed sketch in the Easter
Woman's Home Companion. AT the
time Of the beginning of the Civil War.
we were all very loyal in our family
For many years had an original pic
tUre drawn by myself and tinted with
water color IL was eight years old
when I made itl representing a handy
legged zouave waving a flag and BRAN
dishing a sword as he Threatened
wretched Confederate with annihila-
tion. There was lots of smoke and
bombshells in the picture and blaz-
ing cannon and an array Of muskets
and bayonets passing behind a hill so
that you would not have to draw all
the soldiers who cvarried them. Ac-
companying this picture was a legend
telling how the cannon thunder roars,
how the sword flashes in the air and
falls upon the enemy Of the nation.
The text. ! remember, concluded with
the words: 'Ded! Dedl Dei is the
cesioner.' 1 was never a good hand
at spelling)
And as for writing. / must tell you
q story about myself. There was a
great roc. by the garden wall where
there were ferns and ivy. ! remem-
Der one time--I think il was spring
time and ] know that the afternoon
sun was very bright and warm-I was
inspired TO write a poem. My mother
gave me some gilt edged paper and a
pencil. and I went out TO this rock
where / might be aione with my in
SEPARATION and purpose. II was not un-
til / had wet my pencil point in my
month that / realized ] was not able
to read or write. ! shall never for
get how helpless and impotent ! felt. +"
The big event in tho April number
Of Scribner's Magazine is the begin
ming of a new serial by John Fox. Jr.
author OF "The Little Shepherd Of
Kingdom Come" and "The Trail Of
the Lonesome Pine" both of which
first appeared as Scribner serials. The
new story. which bids fair TO become
standard literature as the first two
books have. is "The Heart OF the
Hills" a picture OF modern Kentucky,
which brings the people OF the noun
tains into contact with the people OF
the Blue Grass. other articles in the
April Scribner are "The Albany Trail
TO James Bay" THE Convictions OF
a Grandfather" "ln Defense of the
American City" and "Monarchial ver-
sus Red Socialism in Germany
"Buttered Side Down." a collection
OF short stories by Edna Ferber. to ap-
pear this spring under the auspices Of
the Frederick A. Stokes Company,
brings out an interesting fact con-
cerning this author in the Stokes Book
Notes. Miss Ferber, who is a news
paper woman. is to write up the hui
man and whimsical sides of both the
Republican and Democratic National
Conventions. for big newspaper syn
dicato She is 10 work In conjunction
with Sam Blythe and Victor Murdoch,
and at a salary which is alleged to be
the highest ever paid a newspaper wo-
man. Miss Ferbers novel, Dawn
o Hara." is the story Of newspaper
woman, drawn from the authors own
experience
Iollapalooza. who figures promin-
ently in an April Red Book romance
not inst the dark eyed oriental
beauty YOU may be Imagining al
though she Is brunette. In fact, she
t a pig. Tho liv ly batch OF stories
in the April number have number OF
odd novelties TO please the reader.
There is an absconding banker who
has gone into efectual disguise by be-
coming painfully thin. but who poses
ono day in one Of those concave mir
rors in a laughing gallery of an
amusement park, and is betrayed by
the short fat image of his former self
There is a college PATERNITY which
gives unexpected entertainment to a
worthy parson under the impression
ne is a Jolly old fraternity boy. There
is a young man handed an envelope
by disappearing stranger who finds
I'm his hands 81 900 in bills, marked
70 show they were given as political
hrihe. The usual pictures Of the the
pter add gayety to tho magazine.
An unusually large amount Of ''usi-
ress is being done In black and white
parasols. particularly the striped
numbers. says the Dry Goods Econo.
mist A great diversity Of effect Is OBJ
tanned by novel arrangements OF the
stripes variations as to their widths
etc. The combination Of black and
white stripes with plain material ol
vice versa. is especially well liked
Black and white striped trimming Of
fects appear in many Of the leading
numbers and are decidedly successful
IN that they give the much desired
touch Of individuality 10 even the
plainest parasol.
The April Smart Set Is breezy an
original from start 70 finish. "insui
ing Leslie" not against cyclones, hu
against marriage, for he is a matine
idol. is a lively yarn in which Lesli
wins out A satire on Wagneria
opera by John Kendrick Bangs, a
Irish story by Seumas MacManus, an
stronger Than Steel" by Georg
Bronson Howard, are leading mum
hers. A question in ethics is raise
by the following medical tale:
physician of standing in the West IN
vented a new artery clamp for us
in certain rare and intricate opeT
ations. but the opportunity had neve
arisen to test its efficacy. One nigh
he caught a burglar in his house Her
was his chance. He hesitated. thel
shot the burglar through vital part
successfully performed the operation
and the new device was acclaimed a
wonderful instrument for the sav
ing Of human life.