The Washington times., 1917-04-20
LIFE Or THE sun
TOLDN MUNSEY'S
Frank M. o'Brisn Writes Its
History From Founding to
Present Day.

been changes in the mental and typo
graphical makeup OF magazines now
and then which too often were merely
changes made for the sake OF change
and therefore not always received
with JOY: but the marked readjust-
ment OF policy and method which
readers instantly will notice in the
May number OF .Munsey's Magazine.
issued today, doubtless will be greet
ed as heartily by magazine readers
as the pronounced improvement de-
serves.
For one thing the number OF pages
has been increased and. the print ca
pacity OF tine magazine has been en-
larged. The fact that the table OF con-
tents contains the names OF several
contributors who are in the front
ranks OF newspaper writers-Frank
N. o'Brien, Willis J. Abbot. Thoreau
cronyn, Frank Ward o'Malley, Parke
F. Hanley and others-is an lndica-
tion that the May Munsey's has. to'use
a Billy Sundayism. ''pepperino' quail
ity which the stars among newspaper
writers seem best able to infuse- into
their work.
Most notable Of the contributions 10
the first installment of Mr.. Obriens
s-The Story of The SUM-" which IL
written by Sun man in the way tnat
the youngsters and oldsters (if there
be any oldsters on the staff) OF the
paper wanted to see 1t written. M.
O,Brien begins in businesslike fashion
at the beginning, an obvious way or
starting anything which some writing
folk often do not adopt. And 50 the
reader of the story of the Journal
which Lord Northelife has called the
best written newspaper in the world.
follows with interest not only the his-
tory of The Sun but, owing to the ma
ture of Mr.. O'Brien's subject, an intl-
mate picture Of the growth OF Amert
can Journalism and the expansion dur
ing the greater part Of q century OF
new town in a new world Into IL
proud full flower as the worlds
capital
story Of Journalists.
"It is not merely the story Of The Sun
says an editorial note at the head Of
Mr.. O'Brien's article by way OF intro
ductIon to the series. but the story a.
well Of the journalists and journalism
Of New York since The Sun was founded
In 1888. and the story Of the big figures
along the wayside in the development
Of little old Manhattan into the master
city Of the world"-a foreword borne
out in the pages that follow.
willis J. Abbot. author or The Great
War;" contributes as q first article in
the magazine a paper on ''Basdad- the
Lost Goal Of German Ambition" Ger
many's far spread plans toward world
empire and her persistent. struggle for
a highway to the East are told in In
teresting fashion by awrfter who evi-
IDENTIFY has given "a timely topic close
study from ante-bellum days down to
and beyond the moment German ambi-
tons were blocked by the advance OF
the armies Of Great Britain and Russia
Thoreau Cronyn's still Active Forces
In the Vicinity Of Ninety" tells Of the
mental activities Of Antoinette Louisa
Brown Blackwell. the Rev. Or. Aaron +
Ballard. DR.. Stephen Smith. DR.. James
Martin PEBBLES, DR.. Abraham jacob.
and other veterans of public life who
sun 6AC dOAn6 hO1ADAC NhAAeS o%AAA@No--
In the neighborhood Of a score Of years
older than the biblical three score and
ten
England's Food Problem.
Judson C. welIiver discusses .
leading world topic OF today in his
''The Food Problem in England and
Germany" a subject that in the past
few weeks has jumped into foremost
place in our own affairs. Parke y.
Hanley in "The Accident That Gave
Us Wood Pulp Paper" tells how q
great modern industry owed its In
ception to Gottfried Keller and a
humble wasp. Frank Ward O'Ma1ley.
who for some years has been q sort
of Boswell to Broadway in the coll
umns OF The Sun, writes OF The
Evolution Of the Carabet in New
York" -
Matthew White, jr.. as usual. writes
entertsinlngly and instructively on
THE Stage" and Gilbert W.. Gabriel
discusses "The WorldI of Music" The
Munsey departments" contain "Edi-
torials," ssThe Odd Measure" and The
World Of Books" The serial stories
by Alan Sullivan and George Allan
England continue. Three Palms
Cay" by Capt. A E. DingJe, Is the
complete novelette,. and there arc
three short stories and thirteen
poems.