The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-30
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Literary News and Notes.

The May Popular Mechanics contains,
all told, 1927 articles and 1886 Illustrations.
The most interesting portions of Rud-
yard Kipling's recent address, in which
he prophesied the changes that will be
brought about by the development of
aerial navigation, are quoted, and page
view shows the new United States naval
aronautic station at Pensacola. la.
Other aviation articles are: Flying
Boat Has Novel Control;" Taking
Thriller for the Movies;" Transatlantic
Filler to Have Silk Wings" Record
Making Flights by Russian Biplane;;"
transferring Articles to Aerial Ma
Chimes" etc.
The May Strand Magazine is rich in
fiction-the stories being by such we'll
known writers as w. B. Maxwell, Austin
Philips, Edward Cecil, Ivan Turgenev,
May Edginton, Armiger Barclay and
Others Edmund Payne, the English
comedian, relates some amusing 'EX-
periences, while Arthur ]. Ireland
gives a vivid illustrated with
unique photographer Captain Spell
terini's remarkable ballooning expert
ences. Henry E. Dudeney writes about
Jose Capablanca, the latest chess genius,
and W. Phillips relates some striking
stories from real life in his COMEDY
and Tragedy in the Children's Court"
"What you can do with one hat" should
make strong appeal to women with ar
tistic tastes but slim purses. The num-
Der is excellently Illustrated throughout.
The Wide World for May opens with
graphic description of ''South Sea
Boar Hunt generally regarded as the
IN ho x,,or1J
articles of travel entitled "a Cycling
Tour Through Central Africa and *
Lady's Ramble in Inca Land'' are both
Interestingly written and lavishly illus
trated. ''The Lost Secret which Is
the story of vanished gold mine, will
appeal to all lovers of the romantic.
How you may enjoy Alpine mountain
climbing to your hearts content for a
matter of hundred dollars is told by
Malcolm Savage Preacher in his article
Gin the Ice World of the Dauphiny"
But the most interesting contribution of
the month is ''The Adventures of Sampa
Sall,' the hero of the Inflated Brettonet
expedition, which was overwhelmed,
after desperate battle. by the forces
of Rabah, the black Napoleon of Central
Africa.
Two very important articles IN the
May Woman's Home Companion present
many important facts about the care of
children that will both interest and help
mothers. One is entitled t'The Safe
guarding of the Child" by Julia c.
Lathrop, chief Of the Children's Bureau
in the Department of Labor of the
United States, and the other is entitled
GOOD Teeth and Vision for your Baby"
by DR.. S. josephine Baker, director of
the Bureau of Child Hygiene of the De-
partment of Health in New York City.
Other entertaining and valuable articles
in the May issue are: ''The Freedom of
Self Expresslon,'' by Mary Heaton
Worse; "Conquering the Kitchen" by
Christine Terhune Herrick; 1.-The Pleas
ures We Take Captive" by Ralph Waldo
Trine; Better Babies for All America"
by Anna Steese Richardson; and "Your
Furnace in Spring." by C. K. Earring
ton. Splendid fiction is contributed by
Alice Brown, Sophie Kerr Underwood,
Molly Elliot Seawell, Georgia Wood
Pangborn and Anna Mcclure Sholl.
Special art and music features are con-
tributed by John Rae, Walter Jack Dun
can, Bliss Carman and Louis Ayres Gar
nett. The regular Fashion, Cooking,
Young Peoples, and Home Decoration
and Handicraft departments are filled
with good reading and beautiful illustra
tions.