The Republican journal., 1914-08-27
Literary News and Notes.

The September Strand is a special
Fiction Number and contains a great
many short stories by such well-known
writer's as RichardM arsh, Austin Phillips,
%. Temple Thurston, Capt. F. E. Verney.
Harry Harper, etc. How They Broke
Into Print" is continued. the article
this month dealing with Ellnor Glyn,
Basil King, Owen johnson, George Barr
McCutcheon, Gertrude Anterior, Carolyn
Wells, Meredith Nicholson and Gene
Stratton-Porter. Miss Lillah Mccarthy
contributes her "Reminiscences, which
are amusing, ard number of well-known
caricaturists have selected their "Best
Caricatures. An article on F. W.
Fosters remarkable feats of "whit-
Ting" is illustrated with some very fine
models all made with the aid of a pen
knife only.
In The September Wide World Maya
zine, Mr.. Thomas S. Wildly describes his
remarkable motor-car trip across Canada.
Some time ago, Mr.. Wildly made pio-
neer trip round the United States in an
automobile, but the present tour is by far
the more exciting. He met with all sorts
of adventures, and the utmost interest
was taken in his ambitious venture by the
people living along the route. The article
is excellently illustrated with Mr.. Wildly s
own photographs. Another highly in
teresting and instructive article is by
Felix ]. Koch and deals with the means
adopted to prevent ''poaching" mellow
stone Park. There are many stations of
five men who make long daily patrols.
These men have double battle to fight
against all the forces of Nature and
against the poachers. In his article,
MI. Koch describes some of the manifold
adventures which befall these solitary
wardens of the wilderness. Other stories
and articles in this issue of the Wide
World include an illustrated account of
Interlaken's Open-Air Theatre, con-
tinuation of East Africa as l saw it, :"
and many personal adventures and ex-
periences which for interest and excite
ment cannot be approached by the
majority of fiction.
A memorial monument to Sam Walter
Foss, New England's poet of the com.
mon people. who for l3 years was libra
rian at Somerville, Mass, was unveiled
opposite his birthplace in Gambia, N. H.,
Aug. 18th, in the presence of upward OF
500 of his old neighbors, friends through
out Greater Boston, and admirars of his
poetry from all parts of the country. In
keeping with his character the exercises
were simple. Many handsome tributes
were paid to his memory and the exer-
cises were followed by dinner at which
more than 500 were present. MISS Mary
L. Foss, daughter of the poet, unveiled
the monument, after the Scribner Quar-
tet had rendered ''The Vacant Chair. J"
The memorial is rectangular block hewn
from bowlder of Gambia granite and is
five feet long, four feet high and three
feet wide. II rests on a foundation four
feet below the surface. The inscription
on the face of the monument consists OF
the name of the poet, the date of his
birth, June 10, 1858; the date of his
death, Feb. 26, 1911, and below these the
words: "He lived in House by the Side
of the Road and Was Friend to Man. -
A handsome stone wall has been built
sround the lot and trees will be planted
around the sides.
A record-breakin number of illustra-
lions serve to make the September num-
Der of Popular Mechanics Magazine one
of the most interesting that has ever
been issued. 1t contains 404 pictures,
depicting the advance of science and me-
chanics during the past month, and 3l1
terse articles, every one written so you
can understand it." Among the pictures
there are large number of page views
and groups of views. Two of these groups
show eleven watercycles of various types
which competed in the first annual
watercycle race meet at Paris recently.
Others show the American hydroplane
kitty Hawk VIZ; the ornate dome OF
the Palace of Horticulture at the Pana-
ma Pacific Exposition; an ocean steam
ship passing through the Suez Canal;
moving pictures taken hundreds of feet
under the earth; shark fight under wa.
ter, filmed for the movies; the sleds OF
the Shackleton antarctic exploration par
ty; California volcano in eruption; en-
trants in the recent international canoe
race; the transatlantic fier America
equipped with its third, or lifting, pro-
peler; the burned area of Salem, Mass,
as seen from an aeroplane; restoring the
collapsed Los Angeles aqueduct by means
of water pressure; how the world does
its family Washing; model rural school
house, etc.
Never can tell when you'll mash finger orr
suffer a cut, bruise, burn or scald. Be pre-
pared, Thousands rely on DR.. Thomas Elec'
ic Oil. Your druggist sells it. 25c and SOC.