Evening journal., 1912-04-13
TIE MONTHS MAGAZINES

in the April Sports Ahed are the
initial chapters of a serial dealing
with the era of the Civil War, but not
with its battles and sieges. At the
EDGE of the Cloud, by S. ID. Barnes, is
a tale of the Ozark Mountains in the
last days of the great fraternal strife.
The scene of conflict had passed east
ward, but the peace which reigned in
its wake was that of combatants weak
ened by starvation, feebly guarding
their throats from the fangs of prowl-
ing wolves. II is a compelling story
and will especially appeal to all low
ers of frontier life.
I'VE have slipped SO naturally into
the horseless era that it is difficult
TO believe that the first motor-vchicle
to be propelled in public was seen on
the streets of Cleveland early in the
nineties." writes Isaac f. Marcosson
in an article entitled THE Millionaire
Yield of Cleveland in Munsey's Mag
azine for April.
THE man who built il. and Yho was
the butt of the skeptic and the despair
Of traffic, was Alexander Winton, who
now, at the age of fifty-one, has reaped
the rich harvest of his courage and
his faith.
"Mr Winton, who was one of thir-
teen children, was born in Scotland,
and came to the United States. in 1880,
as struggling young machinist. He
settled i'm Cleveland, designed blcy-
Gle. and began manufacturing the
machines. Next he began TO expert
ment with internal-combustion en-
gines. He believed in the 'selfspro-
PEELED vehicle People thought him a
crank but he persevered; and in 1898
he made and sold what is credited to
be the first American-built automo-
bile"
Nom English publics, strange as it
may seem, take our serious books but
reject our fiction. A japanese house
has just sent it's semiannual order TO
the Harpers The books most in de-
mand are THE Principles of Scientific
Management" by Frederick W. Tay-
Tor and The Valor of Ignorance by
Gen. Homer Lea There was no fc-
tion in the order. On the other hand
Australia is a great admirer of Ameri-
can fiction. The latest book to succeed
there above the average is Riders of
the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey. pub
lished by the Harpers.
The Seven Sons Of Ballyhsck by
Thomas Sawyer Spivey, published by
the Cosmopolitan Press. This bool
shows that present political tricks
iOf the trade we're known in th'
lmiddle ages II blends the comic anC
fthe gruesome in a story that has thu
qualities Of Arabian Nights" ant
"Gullivers Travels"
As usual, pictures in color and fin
illustrations arc distinctive featur
of the April Century.
Among the numerous descriptiv
papers richly illustrated. are ma
poleOn's ST. Helena Portraits" by A
NJ. Broadley. veritable find" pre-
sentng as il does many hitherto un
published portraits of the grea
exile; THE Famous Gardens o
Kioto." by Eliza r. Scidmore, adapt
ed to the 'oods of springtime; inti
mate "Recollections Of NIllet," b
Karl Bodmer. richly illustrated wit
pictures of the great painter owne
i'm America and very little known
and a paper by Mary Bronson Hart
on "The Shansen Idea" (originatin
in Sweden). which has for its purpos
the preservation OF national charaC
teristics in this modern world {
ruthless change.
Five short stories Of humor an
pathos make strong Offering of iC
tiOn, with a long installment of viii
lam j. Locke's romantic serial, "Stoll
Maris."
An article which the fathers ant
big brothers will read Nth eagernes
and enthusiasm, as we'll as lads of al
ages, in the May St. Nicholas. 4
Christy Mathewson's racily told stor.
of How I became a Big Leagu
Pitcher in which he urges the prim
importance Of control in pitching IN
man." he repeats more than once
"was ever a big Lacquer long with
out it CONTROL"
Harpers Weekly publishes the fol
lowing original Of the famous hour
dawg" song:
Jede' NAL ich in Dorfchen komm.
Stossen die Jungens mein Hun
herum.
NIGHTS list egal Was soust sic thun,
Sic durfen nicht stossen mein Hun
herum
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