Evening journal., 1912-05-03
MAY MAGAzINEDeM

MAY MAGAZiNED6M
The leading article N the May
number of the American Magazine IS
an article ON the Lawrence strike and
living conditions among the mill
workers by Ray Stannard Baker. OF
Interest to baseball fans is Hugh S
Fullerton's account of freak accidents
That have decided ball games. One
such oddity that lost a game was
the lodging of the ball in a players
shirt pocket. Since then baseball
shirts have unusually been made
without pockets
Notable among the pieces of short
hction IN the number are: Bringing
The Years by Kathleen Norris. au-
thor OF Mother; His Upward Step.
by Marion Hill. and "The Man Who
knew Life, by Philip Curtiss.
The late Howard Pyle has an Ital-
ian short story, THE Die of Fate"
illustrated by one black-and-whi;e
painting in the May number of Har-
pers Magazine. Text and picture
show some Of the great artists most
characteristic work In this Same
number Thomas Janvier has such a
delightful cat story as only a true
lover OF the graceful. purring little
creatures can write Mr. Awkward.
formerly Of the Wilmington Art Col
ony, has a number of vigorous marine
pictures in color The serial. The
Street Called Straight" increases in
interest.
In the May Womsns Home Com
panion there is an account of a dra-
matization of Louisa NJ. Alcott's Lit
tie Women, which has recently been
put ON the stage. Miss Jessie Bonstelle
arranged for the production. and Miss
Marian de Forest, a well-known
writer, prepared the dramatization.
For many years the attempt has been
going on to obtain permission from
the Alcott heirs to dramatic this
famous book.
Miss Bonsielle, the producer.
writes:
When II was noised about In New
England that Little Women was 10
BE staged, treasured mementoes were
offered to make il more real.-a
tribute, not to the actor, or to me.
the producer, but to the memory of
Louisa NJ. Alcott Mr.. John Alcott
contributed the original boots and
dagger used by 10 in amateur per
jformances Other relatives and inti-
mate friends offered collars stocks.
hats, bonnets, and capes to he used
las patterns for the costumes we were
having made. Even Meg's original
wedding bonnet came from ono New
England attic. The long knitted
scarf which Mr. Laurence unwinds
from about his throat in the first act
was contributed by a deacon i'm tba
Baptist Church.
His Wife and His job" from Mr..
Hungerford's pen appears in the MAY
number of The Red Book Magazine.
Ellis Parker Butler begins a new
series OF stories about FIVE cupids.
For thrills and mystery a story
called. The Blind Dog of El Corib." and
contributed by James Francis Dwyer.
stands out from the usual run of
fiction.
Those people who are interested in
the proposition to give votes to wo-
men will find much to entertain in a
story by Lieut. Hugh Johnson. II is
called, The Suffragette Sergeant y
and It tells why one grizzled member
'of a regiment in the Philippines con.
cluded that it would be mighty wise
10 give women the ballot.
The April number OF the Book
Lovers Quarterly, mentions $50 Ono
rs the price paid for the Gutenberg
biDle at the Hoe Sale. Mr.. Hoes great
reputation as a collector cast a CLAM
our over the prices of all the books
ne owned. The Quarterly tells of
purchasers at the sale who bought
DOCKS at greater prices than they
could have bought the same edition
tor in London and New York hook
stores. Among the list of rare books
given in the quarterly for the benefit
OF book collectors is a copy OF a pri-
vate edition of Tennyson Ode valued
AZ $3.50.
Some unusually striking Indian
photographs. illustrating THE Van
ishing Red Man." by Edward S. Cur
us, add to the attractiveness of the
Hampton Magazine for May Another
article Of more than ordinary interest
Is the view OF William Allen Pinker-
ton, the famous detective on the ques-
ton: rs There a Criminal Glass %
Rehearsing Baseball Why | Believe
IA Telepathy; The Mystery of the
Churchill Pearls: are other entertain
ing fact and fiction.
Everybody's st. Francis" charm
ingly illustrated by Boutet de MOnvel,
and written by NJ r. Egan. begins the
serial life Of ST. Francis of Assist in
the May number OF the Century Maya
zine. The novel "Stclla Maris." has
an installment Of absorbing interest
M this issue. There is much interest
luz fiction i'm the number and special
art features show portraiture in mod
ern art.
Leroy Scott's novelette,. "Iu Bor-
rowed PlUmes,n is the chief feature
Of the May issue Of The Smart Set In
this story a gigantic hoax on society
rs described
Richard lie Gallienne suggests in
one of his inimitable essays: 1.-The
Lack of Imagination Among Million
aires, plan by which our wealthy
mon could r,oouttroa hltv mora