Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-03-13
BOOK LORE.
What The March Magazines Contain Of
InleEest 10 Renders.

The Strand Magazine for March
might be called "the Tango nlmher,
since il contains an extraordinarily in
teresting article on this much discus
sed and much danced, if improperly,
dance. Miss Phyllis Dare. the popular
English actress, has written Tips for
the Tango" for which she posed espe-
cialy 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.
THE Birds of Fashion, is another ar
ticle of unusual interest to all maya
zine readers that will be found in the
March Strand
Wendell Phillips Dodge, we'll
known contributor TO the Strand, who
formerly was the Dramatic Editor and
Critic of THE New York Press, will
conduct this new department for the
Strand. In addition. there remains the
handsome color section devoted to pref
y actresses, those whose photographs
appear in the March number being
vaudeville healihers.
The Wide World Magazine for March
contains an unusually interesting num-
Der of articles full of adventure and
thrill. Human interest abOunds within
Is 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's the
tory Of a party of wealthy New York
business men seeking a gold mine in
the Arctic. Then there is thrill apen-
ty in THE Kings Vengeance, by
Captain Paul Gautier. The Trent
Aegir' is one of the most interest
ing ard instructive articles published
in long time.
Other especially entertaining as well
as instructive features are The Stolen
Engine" "The Ghost Elephant Of
/ Smoking Water, Across the Andes
ana Down the Amazon, Ill, and many
other interesting articles add stories
which are to be found in this unique
publication.
In the current issue Of Farm and
| Fireside, the national farm paper
published at Springfield, Ohio, appears
an editorial showing how American
| farmers got bumper returns from their
l crops last year even If they did not get
bumper crops. Following is an ex.
/ tract:
The U. S. D. A. has made determi-
nations which show that the cash value
of the 1913 farm produce Of the United
| States is greater than ever before in
| cur history. The cash income of tbs
| farmers is estimated at s., 847, 600. 50C
after retaining on the farm what IL
/ needed for maintenance. This is twice
as much as We produced in 1899 ir
money value. We must not confuse
money value with yield per acre. FOL
the two have no close relation. Meth
er must We assume that the farmers
are better off by the full amount Of tn
increase in cash values; for the rent
nave increased, and so has the cost o
living or farms as elsewhere. Blu
there can be no doubt that the snIendil
returns from the farms this year is th
brightest spot IN our national situation
For five years financial conditions al
over the world have been getting NOR
and more unsatisfactory, ard this sea
son may De the bottom Of the low.
| Let VS. hope so. Fair crops brought o
more money than bumper crops w0uli
have done, and viii go far towaF5 Civ
ing a firm basis to business. The
grists from farms viii keep city mill
grinding