The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-01-06
Current Literature

In the January American Magazine
is an article called Making Money
Out of Footsteps" which teaches the
curious but exact art of putting the
store in the path OF the customer. In
it we learn that the retail center of
New York City is moving uptown at
the rate of almost an inch all hour.
This winter more than ever before
the military note is evident in fash
ions. The snug coats trimmed with
two rows of buttons and designs in
fancy braid along the line of closing
show 1t and the hats are copied from
the different soldier hats. Sleeves for
coats AMI street dresses are plain and
close, but those on afternoon and eV-
ening gowns show more fulness from
the elbow down.-Woman's World for
January.
In the January Woman's Home
Companion Margaret De.ani tells the
story of an old woman who bought
eggs for twenty-four cents a dozen and
sold them for twenty three cents. And
when she was asked how she could
do that she said it was because she
sou SO many OF tnem.
Pictorial Review for January is a
magnificent magazine in every way, a
promise of many more such issues to
come. The cover design is an attract
i've painting by z. p. Nikolaki. Then
comes an optomistic editorial entitl-
ed To-day and the New Year" by DR..
Frank Crane This issue also contains
the third instalment of the serial by
Sir Gilbert Parker entitled The Word
for Sale" illustrations by Arthur |.
Keller.
How the nations of the world re-
gard Uncle Sam today-if their car
toons are any index to their feelings
Is told by a writer in the Current Car
toons Magazine. According to the
samples of caricature are here repro
duced, and representing England,
Canada, Australia, Germany, Austria,
France, Italy and Spain. the United
States hasn't friend left in the
world.
An increasing view of Gatun Lake
at Panama Canal showing the large
feet of merchant ships he'd up by
the latest slide at Gold Hill in Gail
lard Cut appears in the January Popu.
lar Mechanics Magazine The vessels
shown are awaiting the reopening of
the waterway, insteai of making the
long trip around the Horn.
At the time of his death George
Fitch hal agreed to write six Siwash
stories. He had completed only one
of them when he was taken to the
hospital 1t is published in the Janu-
airy issue OF the Red Book Magazine,
under the title ri Kettles and Bells"
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What about the individual PLAYERS
OF the wear? The Roll of Honor which
appears in January Outing contains
the names recommended by the prom
iDent coaches of the country. In order
to have a complete cross check on the
players ability the rule has been fol
lowed by entering no name that has
not been mentioned by at least two
coaches.
1t is infinitely more important to
train children to cultivate a happy
Temperament, to try to establish in
them the hopeful, cheerful, optimistic
habit. than to rive them a college ed.
ucrtion or leave them fortune II is
infinitely more important 10 show them
how to fare lie hero!cllv. cheerfully.
serenelv, than how to maize morev or
to attain fame.-The Mothers Maya
zine. sHs
Something to 10 for Boys and Girls,
started only little over year ago.
aud vet ii already has over hundred
thousand eager readers. Every day Is
aedingi,n new subscriber and bringing
letters abort this new
from all over the country.
The Worlds Work for January con-
finues It's campaign against the Pork
Barrel In Congress. Mr.. Burton j. Hen.
drick's article on the rivers and har.
bors extravaganza calls specific at.
tention to the great waste of oIr pub
lie monev Oh river and canalization
projects" and points once more TO
the fact that the remedy is a budget
system OF appropriating of public
money.
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