Evening journal., 1916-05-04
THE MAY MAGAZINES

and features appearing this month are
bad Horses and Good Riders" by
William II. Lester; woods Life in
Dixie" which describes a Pearling
trip. by William Perry Brown;
around the Camp Fire" by DR.. Sam
uel J. Fort; "The Call Of the Wild
Goose" by Felix ]. Koch, and Queer
Arkansas Fishing There are many
others equally as interesting and in
formative.
Dangerous Labor Legislation Now
Before Congress-" "The Importance
of Leadership in War and Industry"
Increasing Factory Production at
Night" and Labor Saving in the
Foundry and Machine shops" are the
leading articles appearing in the May
issue OF the Engineering" Magazine.
There are also, in addition, any num-
Der of other articles. each # which is
strongly and forcefully written and
which all readers interested in vari-
Gus phases Of engineering should find
Of great value.
The editorial comment is especially
timely while many notable articles ap-
pear in Review" department.
Beginning in the May issue OF the
American Boy" magazine is a new
serial story by c. II. Claudy. entitled
pirates BY Force" Christy Mathew
son, the peerless baseball pitcher. be-
gins a series Of stories on How to
Pitch and James B. Hendrix, the
we'll known author of Connie Nor
gan" stories contributes the first of
series Of those stories. His story this
month is entitled "Whon ne Ice Went
Out" In addition to the above-named
features there arc large number Of
other stories and Informative articles,
each OF which will interest all readers.
whether old or young. The various
departments are also replete with
numerous interesting and valuable ar
ticles.
In its record Of mans achievements
in the fields Of science, mechanics,
invention. and discovery. Popular
Mechanics Magazine is always inter
esting. but in unusual features,
variety of subject matter and wealth
of illustration, the May number Of
! this magazine surpasses its own
record.
Features of interest are million
volt transformer, which is one Of the
notable inventions of the electric
world: a device for lighthouses which
automatically brings a new mean
descent lamp before the lens when
the one in service Us burned out; a
real-estate dealers method of show
ing property with the aid Of a peri
scope: fresh-air crib for babies that
may be suspended from a window, a
veterinary hospitals N-ray equip
| ment; how a traction engine furnish
| ed heat to a Texas school when the
regular heating system was out Of
service. etc.
All told. there are 242 articles and
31s illustrations in the May maga-
zine.
The Shop Notes and Amateur
Mechanics departments contain much
interesting and practical material all
written in a nontechnical vein, sc
you can understand H."
"Harper's" magazine for the month
Of May Is better than ever. In It
commences the only unpublished ro
nance written by Mark Twain. II
is entitled, THE Mysterious Stranger
and Is one of the best examples oi
the work Of that noted author. Other
features this month are Through the
Juras BY Motor" by Albert Bigelov
Paine. "North's Bargain" by c. B
Lancaster, Edwin Booth. AS ! Knew
Him" by Edwin Milton Royle, "Th'
Owls and the Gladiator" by Clar
ence Day. Jr.. "Who Feeds the Ma
tionY' by Elizabeth Sears. THE Coun
try Newspaper" by William Aller
, White. "The Plum Pudding Dog b!
Mrs. Henry Dudeny. "The Prodigall
, Return" by Richard Le Galliene. "ThI
. Ancient Courage" by Mary Heatoi
worse, Death Valley and Our Futur'
. Climate" by Ellsworth Huntingdon
Missionary Blood" by Juliet Wilbo
Tompkins. Pagan Personalities" b,
c. William Beebe. and The Duml
Peteres" by Mary Esther Mitchell
There are numerous poems appro
pirate to the season while feature
in the Editors Drawer" the "Edi
tors Easy Chair and the Editor
, Study" are up to their usual stand
ard and complete what is an excep
tionally interesting number.
"organizing The Nation" by How