The Republican journal., 1914-03-05
Literary News and Notes.

GuIope Will her mother. This is the
hrst time the creator Of Emma McChes-
ney has ever been out of the country
Miss Ferber's home is in Chicago.
The fact that each number of Lippin-
colts Magazine is complete in itself
without any continued stories or series
of stories, is doubtless one reason for
this publications. long continued popu-
larity. You may begin subscribing in
the mid-year or at any off date without
losing page. Nothing Is continued but
the entertainment, and it never flags.
The novelette, in the March issue is 1.-The
Man in the Street." by Mary Inlay Tay
lor, author of 1.-The Reaping" and other
well-liked books. This is a theatrical
story of unique type, and shows how
an ordinarily good and well-intentioned
man can be turned into rascal by force
of circumstances. The heroine is an ac-
tress, the leading male character, play
wright. There are seven short stories,
some charming verses and clever
sketches.
The Wide World Magazine for March
contains an unusually interesting mum.
Der of articles full of adventure and
thrill. Human interest abounds within
its pages. There are an English girls
experiences as the wife of a Chinese
who took her to China, where she was
succeeded in her own home by another
wife, this time Chinese. There is the
story of party of wealthy New York
business men seeking gold mine in the
Arctic. Then there is thrill aplenty in
1.-The Kings Vengeance, by Captain
Paul Gauthler. 1.-The Trent 'Aegir'
is one of the most interesting and in
structive articles published in long
time. Other especially entertaining as
we'll as instructive features are "The
Stolen Engine" 1.-The Ghost Elephant
of Smoking Water ACROSS the An
des and Down the Amazon, ILL.," and
many other interesting articles and
stories which are to be found in this
unique publication.
The Strand Magazine for March might
be called "the Tango number" since it
contains an extraordinarily interesting
article on this much discussed and much
danced, if improperly. dance: Miss
Phyllis Dare, the popular English ac-
tress, has written ''Ti ps for the Tango"
for which she posed especially for the
Strand. The illustrations show the right
and the wrong way to take the different
fascinating steps of the tango, and in
her article Miss Dare has pointed out the
common pitfalls, and cautions would-be
tangoists against missteps. 1.-The Birds
of Fashion," is another article Of unusu-
al interest to all magazine readers that
will be found in the March Strand. Rare
ly has any magazine article been so beau
tifuIly illustrated by actual photographs
of birds of fashion, indeed. The article
has direct bearing on the "Plumage
Question" Other articles include one
on Royal Auction Bridge, by W. Dalton;
one on The Greatest Orange Exhibition
in the World; and another about Odd In
cldents at Golf, by James Braid. The
fiction is contributed by Paul Bourget,
Edward Cecil, Harold Stevens, Ben
Bolt, E. MerryWeather, the Baroness
Orczy and May Edginton.
In the March American Magazine
Mary Antin, wonderfully gifted young
Russian JeWess, begins new series OF
articles entitled "They Who Knock at
Our Gates" The editors announce that
this series is one of the most remarkable
documents on immigration that they
have ever seen. Mary Antn landed in
America only few years ago, an I'M
known little girl. Since then she has
written one of the most remarkable
books of our time. In the same number
Hugh S. Fullerton, writing an article en-
titled "American Gambling and Gam
blers," tells many fascinating true sto-
ries. Ray Stannard Baker, in his new
department entitled "Seeing America"
reports the new Chicago and its progress
sive people Other notable contributions
are the Autobiography of a Stingy
Man." 1.-The Souls Winning Fight with
Science - in which H. Arlington Bruce
shows that science has produced nothing
that renders mans belief in Immortality
inconsistent; How Town Converted
By Paths into Good Roads and Doubled
Its Trade Territory and what Drink
Did to One Man."
The February issue of the National
Magazine certainly sets an eXactlng pace
for other periodicals to follow. affairs
at Washington, by Joe Mitchell Chap
pie, are naturally varied and interesting,
with word pictures of the men and meas
ures which have so radically modified
tariff and currency conditions. Robert
j. Burdette's symposium on "Charac-
ter" is a noble little sermonette oy the
famous California hunorist, and THE
Secret of Cheaper Living by Rev.
Francis E. Clark ascrlbes to the public
open IlldIhGt, IOO llIClS AidiheaiiSNA AIMING
Americans, the fact that the foreign
housewife can still make her narrow i
come feed her men and children. Lin
coin World Light" by Riley R. Ross,
and benjamin Chaplin and His Portray
al of Lincoln" furnish exceptional incl
dents about the Great Emancipator.
Scattered through the issue are many
appealing bits of verse strong In heart
interest A wealth of illustrations and
unusual variety and interest in the sew
eral departments certainly make the
"NationaP' for Febru airy splendid
offering.
The February Atlantic levels broad
side of three articles against the present
administration of athletics in school and
college. All the writers recognize that
systematic sports have become main
factor in the making of boys into men,
and all agree that for this very reason
it is of vital Importance that they should
be ceansed OF the pervasive dishonesty
which still characterizes them In spite of
sporadic improvement. The charges
made by the writer's are 80 serious that
one would hesitate to believe them were
they not printed in magazine so respon-
sible as The Atlantic anc written by such
men as Alfred E. Stearns, headmaster
of Phillips Academy at Andover. and C.
A. Stewart of the University of Idaho,
who has seen long service among the
colleges. A paper in this number apt to
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