The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-04
Current Literature

The February Popular Mechanics
contains sixteen consecutive pages oil
views showing something of nearly
every phase OF the European war
! from scenes of actual fighting in the
trenches to methods of fighting off
the bitter cold, which has added
greatly to the ordinary hardships
! Besides thse views there are several
articles, all we'll illustrated, pertain
! ing to the war.
In the February American Maya
zine appears a remarkable article by
! Cleveland Moffett, telling the story
of a wonderful young American who
persuade the Pope to appear in mo-
ton pictures. He spent eighteen
months on the job, and the story of
how he overcame the obstacles that
appeared before him is not only high
! ly entertaining but genuinely inspir-
ing.
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THE Land of Surprise" new
novel by Cyrus Townsend Brad, auth
or of The Island of Regeneration"
"Britton of the Seventh" etc. begins
as a serial in the February issue Of
/ The Red Book Magazine, which is al
ready published in serial form. Ru-
pert Hughes new novel of New York
and the novel by the brother of the
man who wrote David Harum."
The February Outing contains a
number of interesting articles. among
them being Down the Colorado" an
article describing the lower Colorado
with suggestions for the man who
wants to combine the lure of the
weird and the unknown with compar-
alive ease of access and, "Out With
the Gloucester Hunt" which desCrib-
es n Virginia fox hunting trip which
is full of action and rings with appre-
citation of the chase.
! Articles of interest in the February
Strand are The Sensations of a Box
en-" by Freddie Welsh, the Light
weight Champion of the World; jap
ane5e Juggling Tricks" by M. Gin
taro; The Chess board of Europe"
AMI an appreCiatiVa paper dealing
/ with Hy Mayer, the well known car
toonist, and his work. The fiction is
good and generous in quantity.
I
The Wide World Magazine for Feb
ruary contains a number of highly
instructive ami interesting articles.
The Quest of the Pe8o-lakI' is the
romantic story of a hidden Indian
mine, jealousy guarded by it's own
ers, for which daring prospectors
have sought vainly for upwards of a
century, many of them paying with
their lives for their temerity.
The February number of the Wom-
ans World is so full of good things
that it is difficult to e"'NC. tho titbits.
In The Isolated Woman" Bailey
Mildred tells of the Federal and State
movements to improve cC@ditiOns in
the rural districts. The mysteries pre-
scented by Robert Carlton Brown in
the October and November issues are
solved in the third story, The Hid
den Blade" and Sarah Lindsay Cole
mans serial love story, The Fairy in
the Web" is finished
In the February Woman's Home
Companion, the Rev. Charles Stelzle,
superintendent of the bureau of So
cial service OF the Presbyterian Board
of Home Missions, writes an interest
ing article entitled, Making the
Church Do Real Work" 1t is practi.
cal talk on the business of the church
and how it can best accomplish the
work for which it was organized.
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Pictorial Review for February con-
tains Fiction, Special Articles, House
hid Articles, Fashion and Fancy
Work in abundance. Under the head
of Fiction" appears The Man Up
Stairs" by Ralph Henry Barbour, H.
Illustrated by Walter Title, THE Story
of Julia Page" second instalment, by
Kathleen Norris, Illustrations by Will
Foster.
The Worlds Work devotes the larg-
er part of its February issue to the
subject or our national defense. Fred
eric Louis Huidekoper writes on
THE Lessons of Our Past Wars"
How Big an Army Do We Need?" is
the title of an article by George Mar
vim, who writes of the things that
need to be done to make possible the
organization of an army in the event
of war; the essentials of national de-
Tense in fortreSses, coast defenses,
trained men, and organization.
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