The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
Current Literature


ward Horack of the State university
has contributed comprehensive out
! line of the most important acts of
the Thirty-siXth general assembly.
There is also in the Journal an in.
teresting article on the History oil
Presbyteriapism in Iowa City" The
latter contribution, which was writ
ten by Jacob Van der Zee, was read
I First Presbyterian church of Iowa
City celebrated its seventy-fifth an.
niversary.
On the stage of the Booth Theater
few weeks ago, courageously
pumped the question to K. H. Soth,
ern, who is appearing in Sutro's
comedy, The Two Virtues; How
does it feel, Mr. Sothern, to act with
out a sword?" writes Wendell Phil
lips Dodge in The Strand Magazine
| MIR. Sothern Is such a dignified per.
son that truly expected him to sum-
mon his minions and have me elected
from the stage; but instead of that a
merry twinkle came into his eye, and
he said: Il began as a cabman; so
you might as well ask me how ! can
Il act without Vehlcle.
France, in order to preserve the
acts of heroism of her soldiers, has
sent many of her best artists to the
front. Among them is Charles Fou.
queray, noted principally for his ma.
rine paintings. To an interviewer
for Cartoons Magazine M. Fouqueray
explained how he worked Il keep"
! he said, two or three miles in the
rear, and when the fighting is over,
rush to the battlefield, make quick
sketches of various points before the
bodies and the debris have vet been
removed; and the soldiers who have
taken part in the battle explain to me
the positions and the very attitude
of the fighters, often even mimick-
/ ing them before me, and pointing out
| on my sketch the changes | ought to
make" j.
In the Pictorial Review for Deem
Der, DR.. Orison SWEET Marden, the
world-known philosopher, says" Haw
thorne was one of the shyest men
that ever lived. He used to walk
the streets with his eyes on the
ground to avoid recognizing others,
and if he saw any one he knew he
would cross the street to escape the
embarrassment of a meeting. Later
in life, he said God might forgive
sins, but awkwardness had no for.
! giveness in heaven or on earth. His
own imagined awkwardness was due
to his timidity, his morbid self-con.
seriousness"
! A few years ago Senator Nelson
! w. Aldrich, probably the greatest
business man in the senate, said that
the Federal Government wasted $780,.
! 900, 900 a year. The application OF
| commOTi sense business methods to
American finance, he added, would
save 81 ,0000 900 a day. The financial
methods of congress sufficiently ex.
plain this fearful waste Until re-
cent years the scandal has not par.
! tiCularly mattered, because our eX
penditures have been so comparative
ly small and our national wealth So
enormous that waste in federal eX.
Ipenditures did not greatly incOnve-
nience us. A man who has an in
come of a hunded dollars a day is
likely not to worry much about car
fare.-The Worlds Work for Deem.
Der.
| In the December American Maya
zine are the names of some newspa-
per men who have become magazine
writer's. Ring Lardner, F. p. Dunno
! C'Mr. Dooley'), Hugh Fullerton, Ray
Stannard Baker, John A. Moroso,
/ Dana Bunett, Don Marquis, Harry
/ Carr, Grantland Rice, Rufus Steele
and many others were taught at the
copy desk. The newspaper has al
ways been held to be the best train
ing school for the magazine writer
and even for the more ambitious nov
elist. Charles Dickens, Rudyard
Kipling Julian Ralph. Richard Hard
! ing Davis and George Fitch are
among the famous reporters who be-
gan in the city room.
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The humor of Irwin S. Cobb seems
to grow a little more mellow each
year. 1t may be also that we appre-
ciate it more in contrast with the
vivid articles which he has written
on the European war. At any rate,
there is no question any more that
MS humorous snort Stories are ny lar
the most popular writing of its kind
which is being published in this
country today. The latest exampI'
of Mr.. Cobbs humor is The Gold
Brick Twins" a short story in the
December issue of The Red Book
Magazine.
A novel car the body of which -
made to resemble the hull of river
launch is SHOWN the December
Popular Mechanics Magazine. All
The fitiEgs are designed to carry out
the nautical idea. The boatlike fix
lures include a ships bell carried on
the radiator and bumper irons made
in the form of anchors and oars. The
spare wheel is carried in a cover that
is held in place by a three-bladed
propeller.
ITO keep ones watch dry, even
though you go overheard, take a
piece of pure rubber dental dam s
inches square, put the watch in the
center, and bring the rubber together
at the stem, tying the puckered up
rubber with a bit of string. When