The Republican journal., 1914-10-01
Literary News and Notes.

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Among other devices described IN tnt
October Popular Mechanic magazine are
gun that tacks signs on buildings; 9
doubIe-decked street car used IN Colum.
bus, Ohio; pneumatic scenery Po.t S
| movie protector; machine 1oI DuiIulnk
woven-wire fence; an electric gyIoscopei
an electric locomotive with pusner arm
an autographs camera. machines IoI
scrubhing. floors; gas heating sysSen
that needs no furnace; .extlnguisnlnR sp.
paratus for oil fires; marine Domo 1or
making deep-sea soundings, etc.
Mrs. George C. Riggs (Kate Douglas
Wiggin) has received at Quilcote, her
summer home in Maine, a cable from
England requesting her to contribute
Rebecca story to be one of collection
Of stories which will be published under
the title of The Princess Mary's Gift
Book, which is to be sold to swell the
Prince of Wales fund for British wound-
ed soldiers, Princess Mary OF England,
King Georges II year old daughter,
having chosen her 10 favorlte authors
and begged them to write stories for this
volume. The Princess Mary is the only
daughter of the King and Queen OF Eng
land.
The Wide World Magazine for October
contains number of thrilling stories of
actual adventure, the most thrilling, per-
haps. being entitled "Eight Days on a
Capsized Ship" narrated by one of the
survivors. The author of this moving
story, with two companions, actually
chung to the bottom of capsized vessel
in the Baltic for more than week, ice
cold winds and seas lashing them con-
tinually. They carved last message
on the keel of the boat, and day by day
their hopes ebbed away, until one OF the
lads gave up the struggle and died in his
sleep. Rescue came for the other two
in the very nick of time. The German
Emperor was so interested in the case
that he had special report sent to him,
with the survivors photographs. Her
Highness the Rance of Sarawak contrib
utes the first of series of articles en-
titled my Adventures in Sarawak. "
Other articles include "Across Canada
by Motor Car" My Escape from Kelan-
tan, "Man Eaters, +" "Sport in the Tx
raine," and "Freshwater Pearl-Fish-
ing"
The October strand Magazine contains
notable contribution from Sir Douglas
Mawson descriptive of his thrilling ex-
periences in the Antarctic regions, in the
course of which both his companions lost
their lives, and he himself, after perhaps
the most terrific perils out of which any
adventurer has ever escaped alive, was
just able to reach safety. This article,
which Explorer Mawson entities "Out of
the Jaws of Death, is to be followed by
others. The series of articles entitled
"How They Broke Into Print is con-
tinued, the authors dealt with in the
present paper including Roy Norton,
Holman Day, Mary Elliott Seawell,
Mary Dillon, Will N. Harden, Irving
Bachelor and John Breckenridge Ellis:
There are articles on "The Wonders OF
Bird Grouping''-a beautifully illustrat-
ed account of how the very remarkable
bird groups in the American Museum of
Natural History were made-and 1.-The
Woman Flag Members of the New York
Yacht Club" The fiction is supplied by
Herman Scheffauer, Morley Roberts,
Arthur Morrison, E. R. Punshon and
other we'll known writers.
One of the special features of the Oc-
tober Woman's Home Companion IS
call to American women to support
American industries. The idea is that
in the past American women have pre-
ferred imported goods and that in the
present crisis they have a splendid
chance to show real patriotism by sup
porting our American industries. The
author of the article is Ida M. Tarbell.
Another special war feature of great in
terest is French woman's personal rec
objections of the siege of Paris at the
close of the Franco russian war. The
new dances are also described with H.
Illustrations in color by Troy Kinney;
Ralph Waldo Urine writes entertaining
ly under the title, when Is Youth
What After Youth?"; Laura Spencer
Portor gives splendid advice under the
heading, "Hov to Start Your Library
Arna Steese Richardson, director of the
Better Babies Bureau of the Woman
Home Companion, contributes news OF
the movement and suggestions under the
he aiding, "What Every Mother Wants to
Know" and minister of the Gospel goes
on with his series of articles relating his
pastoral experiences with women.
"Do Our Representatives Representa-
is the perplexing question with which the
o tober Atlantic opens. Mr.. Francis r..
Leupp, the author, shows to what extent
representative government in the United
States has been supplanted by demo
cracy with a few superficial insignia of
representative government, and how
the picturesque statesmen of genera
ton or two ago have given place to men
who are agents of their constituents
rather than servants of the nation. Mr..
Leupp concludes by posing the question,
What is real presentation Are we not
substituting for responsible representa-
tive mere puppet, hired to get us what
we clamor for? The question reaches
down to the foundations of American
government, and is bound to be variously
and warmly answered. The second arti-
Gle in the number bears directly on the
European situation. In 1.-The Reasons
behind the War;" Roland G. Usher
argues that Austria's move against
Servia was made with full realization of
its possible tremendous consequences,
and that it was perfectly timed. In view
of the recent fulfillment of Professor
Usher's prophecies in "Pan-G German
ism," this article is likely to carry con-
viction. Certainly it makes an interest
ing contrast to another paper in the
same issue, Kuno Francke's 1.-The Kaiser
and his People," which represents the
war as the penalty which Germany has
had to pay for her physical, moral and