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Det ne SS eee 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The March Periodicals 
Some Notes on a Few of Them 
Some few weeks ago there was held 
in the City of New York a conference 
and exhibit under the auspices of the 
National Committee for Mental Hy- 
giene. The founder of this organiza- 
tion while young suffered from some 
mental trouble and was in a hospital for 
the insane for several years. He 
recovered and when he got out he de- 
termined to do something to improve 
the management of insane hospitals. 
Such men as William James and Joseph 
Choate became interested in his story 
and advised him to write out his ex- 
periences. They were published in 
book-form under the title ‘‘A Mind 
That. Found Itself.’’ 
In ‘‘What is the matter with your 
Brain’’ by Stoddard Goodhue in the 
Cosmopolitan something is told about 
what is being done to improve the 
treatment of mental disease. 
‘“<Recollections of a Soldier’s Wife,’’ 
by Mrs. John A. Logan now running 
as a serial in the Cosmopolitan tells 
this month about the battle of Shiloh 
and how Forts Henry and Donelson 
were captured. It is now half a cen- 
tury since the war, but its story is stil! 
full of interest. The faithful mothers, 
wives and sisters sacrificed as much 
for their country in many cases as the 
men: who went to the front. 
Mrs. Logan describes the struggle 
from their point of view. I wish all 
the fathers and mothers and young 
men of the town would read ‘‘The 
Price He Paid,’’ by Ella Wheeler 
Wilcox, in this months’ Cosmopolitan. 
One of George Ade’s famous ‘‘New Fa- 
bles in Slang,’’ called ‘‘The Wander- 
ing Boy and the Wayward Parents’’ is 
another good thing in this magazine. 
For several months there has been 
a series of drawings in the Cosmopoli- 
tan, illustrating negro characters. ‘‘The 
Turkey Trot’’ is the subject for this 
month. The drawings are very amus- 
ing. 
In ‘‘Popular Electricity Magazine’’ 
there is an article entitled ‘‘New 
York’s Grand Central Terminal’’ tell- 
ing of the many ways electricity is 
used in this great building. It has 
been called the ‘‘electric station.’’ 
Tu ‘‘Popular Mechanies’’ there are 
some one hundred and fifty articles. 
There is much variety in the subjects 
treated. The magazine is profusely 
illustrated. 
‘«Harner’s’’ which is always good is 
unusually so this month. ‘‘Up the 
Lakes’’ gives a vivid description of 
the immense traffic that is carried on 
the lakes. 
Last year over 47,000,000 tons of 
iron ore were transported across the 
lakes and an even larger amount of 
coal. There was landed at Buffalo 158,- 
000.000 bushels of grain. A good story 
‘‘Doliver’s Aid to the Injured,’’ by 
Margaret Cameron, author of ‘‘The 
Cat and the Canary,’’? ‘‘The Involun- 
tary Chaperon’’ and ‘‘Tangles’’—tells 
of the experience of a couple in an 
auto who picked up some people they 
overtook in a rain storm. 
come was rather unexpected and very 
amusing. ‘‘Male Plumage,’’ and ‘‘ The 
Bodice’’ are other short stories in this 
number. 
‘‘What Amerreanisms Are Not,’’ by 
Thomas Lonnsberry, is a very instruct- 
ive essay on certain words used which 
are considered peculiarly American. 
‘“Days in Seville’? by W. D. Howells, 
gives much information—in a very in- 
teresting manner—about this old Span- 
ish city. Reading it recalls Castilian 
Days by John Hay. 
‘“‘The Undergraduate’’ by Henry 
Seidel Canby, Assistant Professor of 
English at Yale, is a very penetrating 
s‘udy of student character. All lovers 
of nature should read ‘‘A Barn-Door 
Outlook’’ by John Burroughs. After 
reading this very fascinating paper one 
is led to the conclusion that a great 
deal more might be had out of life if 
one’s powers of observation were as 
well trained as those of the author of 
‘“A Barn-Door Outlook.’’ 
The opening number of ‘‘McClures’’ 
is a real good short story, ‘‘The Ele- 
gant De Fronsac.’’ It is a French 
story and is very bright. 
Those believing in woman suffrage 
should read ‘‘Woman’s War, a Defense 
of Militant Suffrage,’’ by Elizabeth 
Robins, author of ‘‘My Little Sister.’’ 
Another ‘‘Father Brown’’ detective 
story by Gilbert K. Chesterton will be 
found in this number. It is called ‘‘The 
Paradise of Thieves.’’ There is also 
another of Wallace Irwin’s ‘‘Booster’’ 
stories. 
An article containing a great deal of 
information—which information may 
come as a surprise to many who read 
it—is ‘‘The Jewish Invasion of Ameri- 
ea’? by Burton J. Hendrick. 
The Jews like to own land and, ac- 
cording to this writer, they will soon 
own most of the real estate of New 
York City. They control the clothing 
trade and the trade in tobacco leaf. 
Next to J. P. Morgan Company the 
banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., is 
one of the strongest and largest bank- 
ing hovses in New York City. Many 
other things he tells which you may 
find out by reading this interesting de- 
seription of ‘‘a peculiar people.’’ 
‘‘Everybodys’’ opens with the 
‘‘Conqueror’’ an excellent story by 
William J. Locke, author of ‘‘The Be- 
loved Vagabond,’’ ‘‘Septimus’’ and 
other well known novels. 
‘‘This Place has Changed Hands’’— 
by Frederick J. Haskin, author of 
‘‘The American Government’’—is a 
very timely article on Washington tell- 
ing of the many changes that have 
taken place in our ‘‘Capital City.’’ Tt 
is illustrated with photographs of some 
government buildings. ‘fOn Taku 
Bar’? by Samuel Merwin and ‘‘A Lit- 
tle Mother Hen’’ by Parker Fillmore 
are two good short stories. ‘‘The Bal- 
kan Thunderbolt’’— by Frederick 
Palmer ,a noted American war corres- 
pondent—-gives us much information 
first saw the light of day in a humble 
The out- gig manse or rectory. 
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4n America we have Harriet Beecher 
Stowe, author of ‘‘Uncle Tom’s Cab- 
in’’ and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward. 
In England there are the Broute sis- 
and ‘‘Doctor Uupid.’’ Frances Ridley 
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ters, Mrs. Gaskell, “Margaret Hunger- t 
ford, best-known as the ‘‘Duchess,’’ | 
Koda Broughton, author of ‘‘Belinda’’ . 
Havergal, Isabel Berd Bishop, the trav- | 
eler are two other well known daugh- 
ters of clergymen. Many others just 
as noted are mentioned in this en- 
lightening review of the subject. Read 
it. 
The Canadian Northwest is being 
rapidly settled and there is much var- 
iety in the new comers. Commencing 
with ‘‘Ruthenians’’ by Janey Canuck 
in the ‘‘Canadian Magazine’’ tells us 
something about a colony from Galatia 
located near Edmonton, Alberta. 
A Vignette in Canadian Literature 
gives an interesting biographical note 
on Charles G. D. Roberts, the Canadian 
poet and novelist. He was born in 
New Brunswick, the son of an Hpisco- 
pal rector. He was appointed Prvfes- 
sor of English Literature at King’s 
College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. It was 
while there that his literary ability 
first became known. He was at this 
time a brilliant speaker and I well re- 
member as a young student being much 
impressed by a lecture I heard him de- 
liver at Mount Allison University. His 
nature stories are very popular. 
There are a number of short stories 
and other good reading in this month’s 
Canadian Magazine. ‘‘The World’s 
Work’’ has many a treat for its read- 
ers this month. In ‘‘ March of Events,’’ 
‘‘The Increasing Playgrounds’’ and ‘‘A 
about the Balkan situation in a very 
readable form. A very opportune de- 
scription of President-Wilson’s ances- 
tors is given in ‘‘Munsey’s’’ by William 
S. Bridgman, entitled ‘‘The Parentage 
of President Woodrow Wilson.’’ He 
was the son of a minister and his wife 
was also the daughter of a clergyman. 
‘‘The Maderos of Mexico’’ by Hugh 
Thompson has added interest through 
the untimely death of the three 
brothers in this latest phase of the 
revolution. 
‘‘The Daughters of Clergymen’’ by 
F. Laureston Bullard tells much about 
daughters of the manse who became 
famous in after life. The illustrations 
are photographs of many noted women 
whose fathers were ministers. A num- 
ber of well known women novelists 
Story of Vacant Lot Gardens’’ are two 
short articles worth reading. A num- 
ber of the magazines this 
quite naturally—have something to say 
about Washington. ‘‘Presidential In- 
augurations at Four Crisis’? makes 
some interesting comparisons. 
reading ‘‘The Race for Federal Jobs’’ 
you will have more charity and sympa- 
thy for President Wilson in his struggle 
to satisfy the hungry office-seekers. 
Those attracted by the study of astro- 
mony should read ‘‘The Day’s Work 
of the Mt. Wilson Observatory.’’ 
The first number in the ‘‘Century’’ 
is ‘‘Skirting the Balkan Peninsula’’ by 
Robert Hichens, author of ‘‘The Gar- 
den of Allah,’’ ‘*The Call of the 
Blood’’ and other well known novels. 
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