The Republican journal., 1915-03-04
Literary News and Notes.

The March Popular Mechanics n aOa.
zine contains, in: All, 267 articles and Az q
illustrations. The editorial comment. III
H. II. Windsor, includes the followino
topics: Harmony Out Of Discord:S
Safety First Results, = and ..Our ~.
port Trade. !" Regarding the last. M
Windsor asserts that our failure 10 real.
ize on our six months opportunity n
''send wares to distant lands" is due n
the fact that I'VE have Judged foreign
temperaments by our own. = Also. "nnr
credit system and banking facilities. and
ships to deliver goods, are all in the
kindergarten stage" he says, swhere
England. France, Germany are post
graduates.
In the March American Magazine an.
pears an interesting photograph of
Thomas A. Edison, recovered from the
great fire which partially destroyed his
factory in December. The frame that
surrounded the photograph was burned.
but the photograph itself was un.
injured, and Mr.. Edison, as he hand
ed it to the editor of The American
Magazine, wrote on the margin the words
Never touched me-" This comment ia
illustrative of the mans spirit, for, as
the whole world knows, he set to work
Immediately, with Incompatible energy
and courage, to rebuild his plant. In
connection with the photograph Is d. b.
lished chronology of the principal events
OF Mr.. Edison slife, compiled by William
ii. Meadowcroft, who has been associat
ed with him thirty years.
els Permanent Peace Possible?" Un-
der this arresting title, Bertrand Rus
sell, the English philosopher, discusses
the future of Europe in the March At
lantic. He finds war to be tragic
absurdity', explaining. clearly that it is
survival. of an earlier economic age !;
and he outlines the steps to be taken for
securing lasting peace. He claims that
no mechanical arrangements can stop
war until education has "altered man s
conceptions of glory and patriotism, !"
but his article is most interesting per-
haps on account of its freedom from ma
tlonal bias. There are other war articles,
and papers on other matters of timely
interest; the Woman Homesteader con-
tributes genial letter; there are pleas
ant essays by A. Edward Newton, Ran-
dolph S. Bourne and Robert ]. Menner,
as we'll as poems by Fannie Stearns Gift
ford and Alfred Ollivant; H. Fielding
Hall sends war tale from England, and
Katharine Butler, striking and impress
sive story of the supernatural, entitled
''In No Strange Land" The usual frank
comment of the Contributors Club
closes well balanced number.
There are many highly entertaining
and instructive article in the March
issue of the Woman's Home Companion
such as Ida M. Tarbell's discussion of
"A Young Girls Thoughts, and an ar
ticle entitled ''The Lies We Tell to
Men," which is the personal confession
of a woman who maintains that women
rarely tell the truth to men and that it is
the mems fault. Ricardo Martin. the
celebrated opera singer, writes on "What
Is Good Music?" and in the Better Ba-
bies department scientific information
and suggestions about the spring dis
eases of children is presented for the
benefit of mothers. Sophie Kerr Under
wood begins a new serial romance en-
titled "Love-in-a a. MIST" and other fc-
ton of great power and lively interest is
contributed by Mary Heaton Worse,
Mary Brecht Pulver, Mary Stewart Cut
ting, Ellen Duvall, Juliet Wilbor Temp
kins, and Sidney Carter, and Grace Mar
garet Gould, fashion editor of the Com
panion, has provided for her readers
fifteen pages or more, presenting the
newest facts and ideas about spring
styles.