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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
THE APRIL MAGAZINES 
Some Notes On a Few of Them 
‘‘The Cosmopolitan,’’—‘‘The Hon. 
(?) J. W. Bailey,’’ by Alfred Henry 
Lewis is a severe criticism of the ex- 
senator from Texas, showing how he 
became entangled with the Standard 
Oil set. There are a number of short 
stories. ‘‘The Liar,’’ by Virginia Ter- 
hune Van de Water, is rather an unusual 
story. ‘‘Do You Believe in Ghosts’’ by 
Frederick Townsend Martin is the kind 
of story you do not want to read just 
before going to bed. ‘‘The Green 
Curse’’ is a very good dectective story. 
Mrs. Logan’s ‘‘ Recollections of a Sol- 
dier’s Life’’ in this number describes 
the battles before Vicksburg. 
‘‘Divorced’’ by Ella Wheeler Wil- 
cox is a short poem provocative of 
thought. There is another of George 
Ades ‘‘New Fables in Slang.’’ 
‘“Popular Mechanics,’’—There are a 
host of good things. ‘‘The Battle for 
Sate Water Supplies’? shows what a 
protection from such diseases as ty- 
phoid is a good water supply. The edi- 
torial ‘‘Comment and Review’’ by 
Frank Parker Stockbridge is a good 
one. 
‘“Seal Catching on the Newfound- 
land Ice Floes,’’ ‘‘Japanese Firemen 
Cling to Ancient Customs,’’ and ‘‘ Three 
Stages in Tree Surgery’’ are other ar- 
ticles that may be mentioned. 
‘“Popular Electricity Magazine,’’— 
You should read ‘‘A Telegraph Line in 
the Wilderness,’’ ‘‘The Faraday Cen- 
tenary,’’ ‘‘Electro Chemistry and Pre- 
cious Metals,’’ ‘‘Human Destruction of 
Animals’’ and ‘‘Boston’s Articulated 
Trolley Car.’’ 
‘‘Harpers Magazine.’’—‘‘Pieces of 
Silver’’ is a short story that should at- 
tract attention. A scoffing unbeliever 
gets hold of one of the thirty pieces of 
silver given to Judas. It has a peculiar 
influence on his character. There are 
six more stories presenting a great va- 
riety of fiction. ‘‘Hidden Between the 
Testaments’? gives much information 
about the fourteen Apochryphal Book 
which are not included in the Sacred 
Canon of the Bible. ‘‘The Professor’’ 
is a very intelligent study of the mod- 
ern college teacher. 
‘“McClures Magazine.’’ — There are 
four or five good short stories. ‘‘ Mak- 
ing 10,000 Pounds’’ is the story of how 
a bright Englishman won an American 
wife by outwitting her father in a 
financial transaction. ‘‘The Lot and 
Lottie Lottery’’ is the Little Booster’s 
story for this month. ‘‘The Man in the 
Passage,’’ the ‘‘Father Brown’’ story 
is a good detective yarn. ‘‘Why Chil- 
dren Work, The Children’s Answer,’’ 
by Helen M. ‘odd, will surprise many 
who read it. She gives very convincing 
proof that a large percentage of chil- 
dren do not object to work in factor- 
ies and would rather work there than 
go to school. The author asked one 
girl, Lillie [sakowsky, about school and 
got the following reply:—‘‘School is 
the fiercest ting youse kin come up 
against. Factories ain’t no cineh bat 
schools is worst.’’ 
‘*Everybody’s saagazine,’? — The 
opening paper is ‘‘Uncle Sam, Law 
Breaker,’’ by Franklin P. Adains and is 
not very complimentary to the Federal 
Government. Of the short stories these 
may be mentioned: ‘‘The Little Mean 
Town,’’ by. Eleanor Hallowel Abbott, 
author of ‘‘Molly Make-Believe,’’ 
‘“Waves’’ by Alice Brown and ‘‘Giv- 
ing Cynthia a Rest,’’ by Henry Mitchell 
Webster. 
‘‘The Century.’? — Anyone wishing 
to get a concise statement of Huropean 
politics should read, ‘‘ A Birds-Eye View 
of European Politics,’’ by Andre Lar- 
dieu. The author is the editor of the 
““Revue des Deux Moudes.’’ 
The question asked in a recent arti- 
cle whether the best stories of the last 
generation would be accepted by the 
magazines of the present day suggest- 
ed to the ‘‘Century’’ the idea of re- 
printing some stories published in that 
monthly twenty-five years ago. ‘‘A 
Monte Flat Pastrol,’’ by Bret Harte, in 
this number is the first of a series of 
stories to be republished. ‘‘The South- 
ern View of Reconstruction’’ is the 
subject taken up this month in The 
Century’s ‘‘ After-The-War-Series,’’ 
‘‘Tn and Near Athens’’ is the second 
paper in ‘‘Skirting the Balkan Penin- 
sular,’’? by Robert Hichens. You should 
read everyone of the series for the 
beautiful word-painting if for no other 
reason. ‘‘The Unmarried Woman in 
France,’’ by William Morgan Fullerton, 
describes in a pleasant manner the 
change that is gradually taking place in 
the position of the single woman in 
that country. 
‘‘The Sound of Ladybrook Water,’’ 
by John Trevena is a good ,though 
rather pathetic short story. ‘‘In the 
Land of Sinai,’’ by Frederick Jones 
Bliss is a good illustrated article on the 
country made familiar to us by the 
“Old Testament.’’ 
‘‘The Popular Science Monthly,’’? — 
Alfred Reed, M. D., begins his article, 
‘“United States Public Health Service, ’’ 
with the following statement—‘‘The 
wide-spread ignorance of the various 
means employed by the federal govern- 
ment to promote the well-being of its 
citizens is no where better exemplified 
than in the common ignorance of the 
functions and important work of the 
Public Health Service.’’ After reading 
this instructive paper no one need be 
ignorant of what our government is do- 
ing to protect the nation’s health. 
“‘Some Random Thoughts Concerning 
College Conditions’’ by Professor John 
T. Stephenson is an essay that should 
cause the reader to do some thinking, 
““The Bookman.’’ — Under ‘‘ Chroni- 
cle and Comment’’ may be found much 
literary gossip about the prominent 
writers of the day. Among the ‘‘ special 
articles,’’? ‘‘Confessions of an Album,’’ 
by Laura Stedman, ‘‘The Grub Street 
Problem,’’ by Algernon Lassin, and a 
““Study of the ‘‘Old ‘New Woman,’ ”’ 
by Edna Kenton, are worth reading. 
‘““The Review of Reviews,’’? — In 
* The Progress of the World,’’ will be 
found an excellent review of current 
events. We have in ‘‘President Wil- 
son’s Cabinet,’’ by Albert Shaw the 
editor, a very able discussion of that 
subject. The Cost of Operating Com- 
mercial Vehicles, by J. M. Van Harlin- 
gen, is a very instructive article on a 
practical subject. 
‘‘Canadian Magazine.’’ — ‘‘The 
Grape Festival of Spencer Grange,’’ 
gives us much information about Sir 
James Le Moine, a noted Canadian 
author. 
‘Atlantic Monthly,’’? — ‘‘ The Breath 
of Life,’’ by John Burroughs: is a 
philosophical essay by that noted natur- 
aust. A great deal may be learned 
about the publishing of books by read- 
ing ‘‘Book Publishing and it Present 
Tendencies,’’ by George Brett, president 
of the MacMillian Co. 
‘The World’s Work.’’ — It is inter- 
es’ing to note that according to the 
daily papers, Walter H. Page, editor of 
this magazine, has just been appointed 
by President Wilson Ambassador to 
Great Britian and has accepted the po- 
sition. In ‘‘March of Event’’ will be 
found individual photographs of the 
men composing President Wilson’s 
cabinet. 
‘“Marvelous Preventives of Disease,’’ 
by Leonard Kleince Hirshberg, M. D., 
is the story of what is being done to 
protect humanity from preventable dis- 
eases. ‘‘ Teaching Real Life in School’’ 
and ‘‘A University That Runs a State’’ 
are two other articles of interest. 
‘¢Current Opinion,’’ — That part de- 
voted to a ‘‘review of the world’’ is 
unusually good this month. Two mod- 
ern teachers of philosophy are rather 
severely criticized in ‘‘Bergson and 
Eucken Under Fire.’’ ‘‘The Everlast- 
ing Search for Happiness,’’ is another 
good article. 
I have called attention to only a 
few of the many good things to be 
found in the magazines for April. 
—R. T. G. 
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