The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-04-09
Current Literature

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/ Marjorie Benton Cooke. No country
but America could produce a girl like
Bamby-a creature of buoyant, splen.
did spirit and ingenious wit. "Bamby''
starts out like u real story-a capt..
waiting love story fun of comedy and
adventure.
There is a short story in the April
! Red Book Magazine which has re-
markable history. 1t is called They
That Walk In Darkness" and it is
written by Leigh Gordon Giltner and
w. Carey Wonderly. These two
writer's have collaborated on the
story, although they have never seen
each other Miss Giltner worked in
Kentucky, and Mr.. Wonderly in Mary.
land.
Francis Ouimet, national golf cham.
pion of America will begin a series
of articles on The Game Love" in
the March st Nicholas" a series
which players OF all ages will enjoy.
In the first article Mr. Ouimet tells
Of his introduction to Golf at the age
Of five. by an older brother and of
his first playing.
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Out West the old.fashioned county
fair is replaced by what is known as
Frontier Days" Ii is held in large
and small places, tn most cOnspicu-
ious example being Frontier Days
at Cheyenne and The Round Up
at Portland, Oregon. w. Herbert
NDunton, the artist, pictures and de-
scribes some OF these stirring fairs
in the April Scribner.
In the April Woman's Home Com.
panion.' J. Nilsen Laurvik writes an
interesting and complete account OF
the militant movement in England.
His article is entitled John Bulls
Militant Daughters" and it gives the
reasons why women are using VIC.
! lence to gain the vote.
In a little wooden building on the
grounds of the University of Pitts.
burgh, thirty six young chemists are
working at scientific problems the
solution of which will earn millions
of dollars for many industries says
Frank Parker Stockbridge in an in.
| teresting article, "HarneSsing Science
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April number of the Popular Mechan.
: isc Magazine.
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The April number of the Woman S
World offers to readers an unusually
large number of good stories, editor
ial comment, interesting articles, and
departmental suggestions. The stories
are OF a distinctly new character. In
Pitfalls | have Escaped" a bachelor
tells the six reasons why he has new
er married. Crttenden Marriott, in
The Making of a Man." narrates
most Interestingly new phase of a
wOman's love.
Once again Outing has the big out
door story OF the year I'm Back oil
Beyond" by Stewart Edward White
who tells the story of his adventures
and experiences in virgin country
with its wild game and wilder saw
ages-a country never before pene
trated by white men. The story be
gins in the April Outing and will run
for nearly "A year
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The New Spirit of the Century"
is shown to fine advantage in the
April number of the Century Maya
vine, which opens with Rudyard Kip
iling's latest story, The Dog Harvey
There are six other complete stories
! This number is called the Modern
Art Number because it contains a
richly illustrated symposium on
This Traditional Age in Art"
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To encourage a girl TO become in
Iterested in the duties Of home, they
must be given to her in the most at
tractive form possible. says The
Mothers Magazine for April. A girl
may not take kindly to washing dish
es. But possibly if she were given
the care of the dining room. with an
obligation always to keep fresh flow.
ers or ferns on the table, she would
consider it in a different light
The most striking article in the
/ April issue of The TheOsOphical Path
| is by Kenneth Morris, who writes on
The Drama in Wales" In our opin,
ion this article places Mr.. Morris in
the front rank of the pioneers of
the Celtic renaissance that has al.
ready begun its work of transforma-
ton in Ireland. and is now dawning
in Wales.
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DR.. David Starr Jordon recently
made tour of Continental Europe,
delivering more than one hundred
lectures on the subject of inter
national peace. On this journey he
gathered material for a composite
picture of the United States as seen
through European eyes" The first
article of DR.. Jordan's series, What
llEurope Thinks of U.s." appears in
the April Worlds Work.
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The Wide World Magazine for APP
ril contains a goodly number of in
terestng articles full to the brim
with adventure that grips one. Lead
ing the list is The Hunting Down of
Vasques," by Carl S. Richardson. An
other story with plenty of thrill is
Guy Elliott Mitchel's The Jayelin
Throwers.'
The Strand Magazine for April con.
tains many articles of unusual inter-
est, as we'll as the usual amount OF
gripping fiction. Humor is the key
note of the April Strand. The first
article Is one on The Humors of
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