The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07
Current Literature

The first issue Of the American Red
Cross Magazine as a monthly-the
January number-contains numerous
articles of an interesting and en-
tightening character concerning the
humanitarian efforts of the Red Cross
organizations to relieve the distress
of countless thousands of human be-
ings throughout the European war
region, and is generously illustrated.
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The Red Book magazine for Janu-
airy makes a feature of The Valley
'Of Plenty" by Irwin S. Cobb, the
short story which Mr.. Cobb completed
just before he dashed to Europe to
cover" the war. 1t is probably the
only short story by Mr. Cobb which
will appear in several months, and it
is unquestiOnably one of the best he
ever wrote.
Will Irwin, special war cOrrespOn-
dent Of The American Magazine, con-
tributes to the January number of
that publication an article entitled
mats OF to France" in which he de-
votes a large part to showing what
the women are doing for their coun-
are doing pretty nearly everything
that their able-bOdied husbands and
sons used to do.
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In the January Womans Home
Companion Ida NJ. Tarbell, the fam
GUS journalist, writes wonderfully
interesting and valuable article en-
titled What Women Are Really Do
ing" She has made most thorough
examination of the Thirteenth Cen
sus and she answers with figures
many of the false and sensational
ideas about women that are circul-
ated.
The January Outing contains the
Foot ball Honor List for 1914, that is,
a selection of all the prominent foot
ball coaches of the country. Football
Lessons of the Year, an article show
ing that the development of the
PasSing-Game has put the burden Of
proof up to the defensive.
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The January Popular Mechanics.
containing a large amount of valuable
information on the European situa-
views depicting, as only photographs
can, conditions and incidents in the
zone of action. Aside from the alb
sorbing topic of the war there is
great deal Of other interesting ma
tCrial.
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In the January number of Woman's
World Bertha Damaris KnObe has re-
lated some very interesting incidents
in the early life of Jane Adams.
the first citizen of Chicago and the
founder of Hull House." that have
hitherto been unpublished. Emily
Calvin Blake gives a good, practical
lesson to stepmOtHer3 in an enter
tanning story from her Mothers
Have Known"
Northern readers of Tnc TOuJn's
Companion will get truthful and
charming impression of a life on a
South Carolina plantation from the
series of stories by Archibald Rut-
ledge now running in The YOUTHS
Companion. The Birds Ball ilOOm,'
in the issue of December oath, af-
fords delightful picture of the
Southern winter
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The Strand Magazine for January
contains a generous amount of fC-
ton by writer's of international repu-
tation. How They Broke Into
Print" is continued, among the au-
.thOrs being f. Temple ThurSton, JEFF
fiery Farnol II. De We're StacpOOle,
George Gibbs, Mary Heaton Worse,
and Ebert Hubbard.
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The January Wide World contains
among other interesting features a
well-written and well-iluStrated arti-
Gle entitled, The Land of the North
Wind" by p. H. GOdsciI The Land
of the North Wind" is Keawatin, port
of the vast northern wilderness of
Canada, inhabited only by fur trad
ers, Indians, and few wandering Els
kmOS.
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The leading feature of the January
Worlds Work is a discussion on
How Can the United States Best
Serve Civilization" by Sir Edward
Grey, Secretary of State for War of
Great Britain, Doctor Won Bethmann-
HOllweg, the German Chancellor.
Count Okuma. Premier of Japan, and
what the Austrian ambassador Con-
stantin TheOdor Dumba, says is "Au-
strias Official View"