The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-11
of these dear Koreans. Yours under
the Cleansing Blood.-Victor Duclos
Chaffin.
Current Literature


Eddie" Collins of the Philadelphia
Athletics, whom Johnny" McGraw
calls the greatest baseball player in
the world, writes an article entitled
Connie Mack and his Mackmen." in
which he describes his experiences in
professional baseball under the di-
reCtion of Connie Mack, the manager
of the Athletics and probably the
greatest baseball general in the bust.
ness. The article is full of stories
and inside facts about the national
game.
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Stone red cherries and chop them
fine; then to each pound of the fruit
allow half as much sugar; add
enough water to prevent from burn
ing and slowly simmer until it forms
smooth mass, stirring all the while;
when cool it should be fine like jelly.
Serve in slices with whipped cream
and angel cake.-Mother's Magazine.
The June Outing is full of informa.
ton and vacation suggestions for the
outdoor man. "Tarpon and the Nov
les" is an account of Mr.. Dimmock's
trip to the west coast of Florida in
the neighborhood of Fort Myers in
company with Clifford Pinchot, w. NJ
Gill and others. He describes their
experiences in taking moving pictur
es of leaping tarpon, and praises tar
pom fishing as the king of sports.
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The June issue of Lippincott's
offers a plentiful supply of cheerful
fiction timed to the season, and much
other matter to beguile the first out
door days of the year. The never-fail-
ing complete novel is by a compari.
lively new writer, Jeanette |, Helm
Il is entitled "Marcelle," the name of
the heroine, a pretty musical-comedy
actress who loses her singing voice
and is thus suddenly deprived of her
means of livelihood.
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Baseball, boys game, is enjoyed
nowadays by several million Ameri
can adults. In like manner st. Nicho.
las, "a monthly magazine for boys
and girls" is undoubtedly enjoyed by
a great many grown-ups. The June
number, for example, has an article
by the peerless umpire Billy Evans,
called The Unknown Recruit and
the Foxy Manager" Golf is increas
ingly popular among young people,
and Francis Ouinet, national golf
champion, has an article in his series,
The Game | Love-" in the current
number.
Pictorial Review for June is an
unusually big and attractive summer
number. Under the head of Art and
Music is given a beautiful cover de.
sign by Clarence F. Underwood and
a song, Soul of My Soul" This
months issue contains Part two of
Nine. Maeterlincks article entitled
Helen Keller-The Girl Who Found
the Blue Bird" In this remarkable
article Madame Maeterlinck dwells
on the wonderful sixth sense" by
which Miss Keller Immediately rec
ognized her visitor, although entire
ly unprepared for her second visit,
believing Madame Maeterlinck to be
many miles distant.
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For whatever we do in Mexico,
there will be grudging credit and no
immediate glory according to an
article entitled Our Arms and Aims
in Mexico" in the June Worlds Work
-"only the quiet and enduring praise
which may come long afterward if
our efforts shall result in bringing
to a tortured neighboring people a
greater ultimate freedom than any
they have yet enjoyed"
In the June Woman's Home Com.
paniOn under a number of interesting
letters and one or two articles con-
tanning valuable vacation ideas and
suggestions. Among the titles of spec
ial interest in this connection are:
Ways and Means of Taking a Vaca.
tion'-a collection of letters from
various contributors; Two Foreign
Lands in Two Weeks" in which Al.
bert Lee makes a practical suggest
ion of a trip to st. Pierre on the is.
lands of Miquelon and to Nova Scotia
"a trip which can be made by two
people in two weeks at a total ex.
pense of $1246O.
The war story in pictures nine
pages of them supplemented by =
sapient editorial by H. H. Windsor, is
a strong feature of the June Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The views are
nearly all reproductions of actual
that press home thous.
and details which would have been
lost in the mere recounting of events
and incidents.
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James Oliver Curwood, whose stor.
les of "Kazan" the wolf-dog, ranked
among the most popular magazine
features of the last year, begins in
the June Red Book Magazine. a nov.
ell of the North. called Gods Coun-
try and the Woman" The story
starts with an intense love story, !
woven in with an extraordinary mys.
terry.