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RM2AG7JFK–. Review of reviews and world's work. notices of foreclosure, statistics of starving;men, and of applications at the soup-houses ofOmaha, he prints the news of the present day,showing the railroads searching for men, offersof money at 4 per cent., current statistics ofmortgage liquidaiion, and other features of pros-perity. So much for the utilization of the press. Tliepamphlet, leaflet, and poster work is even moreenormous in dimensions and in cost. Over 70different documents and eight posters have beenput out,—80,000,000 copies of them,—at a costof 1104,000. One of the illustrations of thisa
RM2AJBGMR–Review of reviews and world's work . WHY, I THOUGHT ALI, EXPOSITIONS LOST MONEY. From the Leader (Cleveland). THE CARTOONISTS POINT OF yiFW. 297. WASH DAY. From the Ilcnild (Washington, D. C). (Socrotary MacVeiigh. of the Treasury Dopart-nipiit. proposes lo liavc bank notes and other formsof paper currency washed frequently.)
RM2AJAY28–Review of reviews and world's work . andbut for the unexpected war with Japan herpurpose would have been crowned with suc-cess. Harbin, as it stands to-day, is apurely Russian product laid out by the rail-way engineers. The original old town isthree miles distant from the present railwaydepot. Pristan, the commercial town, is onthe side of the railway bordering on theriver. The official city or district, whereall the public buildings, offices, hotels, etc..are located, is in close proximity to the rail-way station. Hie purely Chinese town, theheadquarters of the governor, is known asFu-tu-tien
RM2AGET5E–. Review of reviews and world's work. THE MAN ON HORSEBACK. From the WorM (New York) ? NAY, NAY! —From the World (New York).. THE GREATEST DANGER. From the Herald (New York). SAD FATE OF THE CALAMITY HOWLER. From the Tribune (New York). POLITICAL CARTOONS OF THE MONTH. 29
RM2AKGR4N–Review of reviews and world's work . MISS IANE kDDAMS, MJTHOR OF TWENTY YEARS I HUU HOt SOME OF THE BOOKS OF 110 I Di. • • VEDDER, WHOSE Y. THE l>: V, II WE PUBLISHED In the - iding Amer- i vol u mi Leading American Men : has just appeared. This volume, nt Jordan, of Stanford University,duals with the ? venteen nun. from Count Rumford. of the eighteenth century, o> Dr.William K. Brooks, of John- Hopkins University,who died only t ler.will note in | ?• .f them, like Louis pi< lur- til, Inn in the i Dr. Jordan if these men of them II as - tn refer to the American career of Mme.Modjes
RM2AGA9CD–. Review of reviews and world's work. was nearly 37,000. This year it isabout 32,500. In Maine, the Republican plural-ity was about 34,000, and, as in Vermont, waseven a little larger than the Republican man-agers had figured upon. An election was heldin Arkansas on September 3, and the Denu)-cratic candidate for governor, the Hon. JeffDavis, received a plurality of about 40,000 votes. Mr. Payne, of Wisconsin, vice-chair- Republican ,• ?, t^ it x- i /i Forecasts for man ot the Republican iNational C.oni-Nouember. YnittQQ^ early in September issued astatement representing the forecast of the Re
RM2AFR9XE–. Review of reviews and world's work. ffice even after repressivemeasures began to be applied against (ireeceand all formal relations had been cut off onthe part of the Entente. Since the polic ofGreece had changed from a friendly to anopenly unfriendly one. in spite of repeatedotes of the representatives of the nation andin spite of the popular t)te on May .^1. Mr.Wnizelos regards it as only natural that thep(twers, as protectors of the independence andconstitutional liberties of the Greek people,should demand that the people be called wynmafter the demobilization to express their willconc
RM2AG5PGD–. Review of reviews and world's work. taken up in contemplation of thehouse. The lot had no possibilities. In the second, it was dug up. A few potato-vines wereplanted, perhaps a peach-tree. There were thepreliminary signs of a fence.. In the third, un-der the stimulus of a price offered by the man-agement, a garden was evolved, with, necessarily,a fence. At this point the potato became sud-denly an element. It had fed the family thewinter before without other outlay than a littlescratching of the ground. Its possibilities loomedlarge. The garden became a farm on a smallscale. Its owner applie
RM2AKHD2K–Review of reviews and world's work . THE FAMOUS FAST FREIGHT TRAIN B-H I. ON ITS WAY I ROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK RUSHING FREIGHT TO NEW YORK A Significani Aspect oi the Transportation ProblemBY SYLVESTER BAXTER ? 4H£ quest is now agitating the *? public a> never befon I m one point the Lnitc lay i- pecu- liarly a child of railroad development. Onthe other hand, th th of the counti- ng from its virgin lands and the multi-- they have drawn to tl Worlds shor- our railroads the deed, Didthe country make the railroad- or the rail-it may be answered,h! 1 in-mutual. I the publi< de- i. While the p
RM2AKHKB6–Review of reviews and world's work . I FKl.DI.KIt K S. I oN ERSE l, The Sacrifice. is to be produ.in Boston this season) and Olive Mead Quartets, the Barrere En-semble (of wind instrument players), theAdele Margulies Trio, and Mr. and Mrs.David Marines with their sonata recitals, areagain in the field, with concerts planned forNew York and elsewhere, i OISTS, KNiU |) l Ko Qcerningthegreatarmyof soloists,il maylid that a li-t of them would, in the main,i itself into a catalogue of thrice-familiar names— such names as Sembrich,Schumann-Heink, Hofmann, Busoni, MischaElman. There are co
![Review of reviews and world's work . KIDNAPPED Eriftt?™ FE VRITI.I.Y HANDICA]svj,.,: Id like to known paign speeches. From the Tribune (Chicago). (Referring to rumors 01 an ai Vice-President Sherman has been muchcartooned recently on account of his activepart in the politics of New ork State. Thepolitical situations in the various * this fall are unusually interesting. Mr. Poin-dexters campaign for the Senatorial nomina-tion in Washington was successful, althoughthere was the usual charge of assistance fromthe opposite party at the primaries. (.1 l ROl 5 DONKEY(Referring to the nomination Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AKMTXR/review-of-reviews-and-worlds-work-kidnapped-eriftt-fe-vritiiy-handica-svj-id-like-to-known-paign-speeches-from-the-tribune-chicago-referring-to-rumors-01-an-ai-vice-president-sherman-has-been-muchcartooned-recently-on-account-of-his-activepart-in-the-politics-of-new-ork-state-thepolitical-situations-in-the-various-this-fall-are-unusually-interesting-mr-poin-dexters-campaign-for-the-senatorial-nomina-tion-in-washington-was-successful-althoughthere-was-the-usual-charge-of-assistance-fromthe-opposite-party-at-the-primaries-1-l-rol-5-donkeyreferring-to-the-nomination-2AKMTXR.jpg "Review of reviews and world's work . KIDNAPPED Eriftt?™ FE VRITI.I.Y HANDICA]svj,.,: Id like to known paign speeches. From the Tribune (Chicago). (Referring to rumors 01 an ai Vice-President Sherman has been muchcartooned recently on account of his activepart in the politics of New ork State. Thepolitical situations in the various * this fall are unusually interesting. Mr. Poin-dexters campaign for the Senatorial nomina-tion in Washington was successful, althoughthere was the usual charge of assistance fromthe opposite party at the primaries. (.1 l ROl 5 DONKEY(Referring to the nomination Stock Photo")
RM2AKMTXR–Review of reviews and world's work . KIDNAPPED Eriftt?™ FE VRITI.I.Y HANDICA]svj,.,: Id like to known paign speeches. From the Tribune (Chicago). (Referring to rumors 01 an ai Vice-President Sherman has been muchcartooned recently on account of his activepart in the politics of New ork State. Thepolitical situations in the various * this fall are unusually interesting. Mr. Poin-dexters campaign for the Senatorial nomina-tion in Washington was successful, althoughthere was the usual charge of assistance fromthe opposite party at the primaries. (.1 l ROl 5 DONKEY(Referring to the nomination
RM2AJC4K2–Review of reviews and world's work . MK. lCTOK v. BKCNKER. cents. The Government would probablyhave to increase the interest on these bonds. Pbutut^rapli by lifuw i> brus„ N. V- CROWD OF PEOPLE IN UNE FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS AT SUB-TREASURY IN NEW YORK, OBTAINING THE UNCOLN PENNIES. 270 THE AMERICAN REVIEW Of REI/lEiVS. to 3 per cent., which would mean a consider-able item of expense. These questions ofcurrenc} and banking, together with themany questions involved in the administra-tion of the new Payne bill, must give Secre-tary MacVeagh and his able corps of assist-ants and counselors the che
RM2AFTNN5–. Review of reviews and world's work. nges, of course, must result fromthe death of sf) many trained industrial work-ers, and from the vast destruction of capitalin war expenditure. It is not pf)ssible to seehow any European nation can ever pay itswar indcbtedne>s. .American^ who are con-stantly invited to subscribe to European warloans would do well to leave it to the muni-tion makers and other beneficiaries of thewar to take the risk of these investments^.Furopran workers will not rnnain patientlyin their home countries and devote them-M-lves for generations to the pavmrnt of in-trrest on
RM2AJDM8J–Review of reviews and world's work . the rates have pre- vented certain kinds of commodities fromreaching certain kinds of markets; a factwhich has been the cause of fully as inuchconcern to the railways as to the communi-ties served. The seven States, Idaho, Ne-vada, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington,and California, are populated at the rate of6.4 persons per square mile, as comparedwith 391.8 persons in Massachusetts and 43persons in Wisconsin, not long ago an agri-cultural outpost State. The railway build-ers have in their control the only availablemeans of bringing up the population densit
RM2AN2GDM–Review of reviews and world's work . RUSSIAN PEASANT PLOUGHING. HOW TO LEARN A LANGUAGE IN SIX MONTHS. BY W. T. STEAD..
RM2AGD7MK–. Review of reviews and world's work. ?•^-??^a ^^i-^^^ BRYANS ULTIMATUM. Bryan : If yoii take me, youll have to take my platform.From the Herald (New York). ,<j**=^ Uncle Sam : Say, boys, why dont you ride an up-to-datewheel? —From the Herald (New York). CURRENT HISTORY IN CARICATURE. 159. Wmm. miiil;f///////ff/vM;^. 1% SUGGESTED CHANGES IN THE AMERICAN FLAG TO FITALTERED CONDITIONS. The stars of Old Glory will fade and give place to a singleimperial star, if McKinleys views prevail. From the Times-Democrat (New Orleans).
RM2AG8NYG–. Review of reviews and world's work. And the election washeld on the eve of Lord Roberts formal announce-ment of the annexation of the Transvaal—theannexation of the Orange Free State having beenaccomplished several months earlier. To mostEnglishmen, the South African struggle has pre-sented itself as a life-and-death matter for theBritish empire ; and the ministry—perhaps lessworthy of the nations enthusiasm on its own puremerits than any ministry that England has hadfor a very long time—has been indorsed, not be-cause it has been genuinely admired, but becausethere has seemed, to the majori
RM2AG80PP–. Review of reviews and world's work. THE ROUGH IDEA IN POT.ITTCS. Teddy: Ah! just what was needed to carry out the effect.—From the Evening Xexcs (Detroit).. THE IROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN—IN THE WEST. From the Times (Washington). APPROACHING NEBRASKA. Bryan: That looks like a had storm coming.Fi-om the Jojojjo? (^linneapolis). SOME CARTOONS, CHIEFLY OF THE CAMPAIGN. 545
RM2AN4TTT–Review of reviews and world's work . to his party. He is always making his enemiessick with despairing jealousy. He is the great polit-ical evergreen, who seems, even in his political life, tohave borrowed something of immortality from thefame which he has won. He has long been the GrandOld Man. If he lives much longer he bids fair to beknown as the immortal old man in more senses thanone. ADMIRABLE CPICHTON REDIVTVUS. Of Mm, as of Cleopatra, it may be said that agecannot wither nor custom stale his infinite variety.He is, no doubt, at present absorbed in Home Rule.He is and always has been, i
RM2AN89J5–Review of reviews and world's work . THE polytechnics BOAT-HOUSE ON THE THAMES. VIEW OP Reviews. It is estimated that there are atleast ten or fifteen thousand young English peoplewho come to London from the country each year tofind employment and to seek their fortunes. Manyof these are without friends or acquaintances in thecity who could be of any use to them. Mr. Peerstask is no less a one than an attempt to get intosuch communication with the clergymen and pas-. THE POLY. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING. tors of various religious denominations throughoutGreat Britain that whenever any young persons
RM2AJ9AG8–Review of reviews and world's work . Dr. Cook. liii-d S. Coler. DR. COOK IN FRONT OF THE NEW YORK CITY HALLL.^ST MONTH. cer, but a real explorer and a man of thescientific spirit. Dr. Cook was accepted atCopenhagen upon the face of his statements,with the distinct understanding that he couldand would justify the unstinted kindness andhonor conferred upon him by submitting tothe University of Copenhagen, and the scien-tific men associated with it, all the data thatwould be needed to satisfy them of the truthof his claims. Having decided in the firstinstance upon this mode of procedure Dr.Cook s
RM2AN7JF4–Review of reviews and world's work . MAKING A SNOW MAN-WILL IT LAST TILL JUNE?From Frank Leslies Illustrated Weekly, Feb. 30, 1892. ABBOTT TO THE RESCUE. Canada: Cant you do something, sir, to help a poor womanwhose children are in distress? PREMIER Abbott: Certainly, madam^ Such as I have ^unto thee. Be ye warmed and fed. —From loronto imp, reu.1:3, 1893.. il iliiiilliililiW THE OPENING OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.From Punch (London), Feb. 13, 1892. CURRENT HISTORY IN CARICATURE. i5r
RM2AJ7MTH–Review of reviews and world's work . tains all the stage scenery andappurtenances necessary thereto. Love and ad-venture crowd upon each other so swiftly thatthe reader almost gasps for relief. A story bringing back vividly the atmos-phere of seventeenth century France is H. C.Chatfield-Taylors Fames Pathway, whichdeals with the early life and love affairs ofMoliere. Pathetic character studies of the Parisof that day are woven into a generally pleasingnarrative. The volume is illustrated by JoB (the Comte de Brevillc). Most of the years .American novels are sto-ries of to-day, and their scenes
RM2AKJA4W–Review of reviews and world's work . ere more than usuallysignificant, not merely from theviewpoint of factional and party politics, buta-- indications of the drift of public sentimenton questions of more than local importance.In all three of the coasl State-1 he progressivewing of the Republican party retain- its lead,in the main, but in Oregon one of the twoCongressmen chosen last month is Mr. Ilawley. a -tandpat member of the present House, while the Governor-elect, the Hon.• i est, is a Ivmo( rat. The Republi-can candidate, the lion. Jay Uowennan. wasregarded as a conservative and was o
RM2AFN8YA–. Review of reviews and world's work. Later in November the ton price ofcoal had dropped back to between eight andten dollars. Potatoes by the bushel cost theunprecedented sum of $2.40. Turning tothe basic commodities, price advances havebeen quite as serious and are continuing togrow. Iron and steel, already at the highestprices since Civil War dajs, are still rising;the mills have recently announced an in-crease in the price of steel rails of $5 perton. Copper, as a result of new wholesaleorders from Europe, was sold in Novemberat 32 cents a pound, comparing with lessthan 12 cents before the
RM2AJ79H5–Review of reviews and world's work . Samuel D. Morris, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 89 Charles Bordes, the French composer, 44.... MiguelIglesias, the Peruvian general and statesman, 87. November 9.—Dr. Theodore R. Timby, oneof the inventors of the revolving turret usedon war-ships, 90 Dr. I. R. Whitaker, a well-known Confederate scout in the Civil War, 75. November 11.—Brigadier General WilliamBeatty Rochester, U. S. A. (retired). November 13.—Raymond A. Patterson, formany years head of the Washington bureau ofthe Chicago Tribune, 53. November 16.—Francis Thome, the Frenchcomposer, 59... .Charles N. C
RM2AKMEGP–Review of reviews and world's work . me telegraph wires and a pole whileCrossing the track. Each year the dangerous game of Africatakes it.- toll of life from the hunters thatpursue it. and early in this volume Mr.Roosevelt discusses thi> dangerous game andendeavors to reach a conclusion a> to whichseries is mo>t dangerous. Preeminence inthis matter i> claimed for the lion, buffalo.elephant and rhinocero>. but different hunt-ers of great c[>ericnce place these nam«different orders. To the list Mr. Rooseveltadds the leopard, and cites among otheramples the case of Carl Akeley
RM2AFNJTJ–. Review of reviews and world's work. J THf. V fX/rXKULSI Jl •CUF-STr.K•cout ttuiscrf arc lu be built with Ihc new aiipropiiation) 522 THE JMERIC.IX REFIEir OF REVlEJfS Falklands, and saved the day for Beatty in lack of fuel caused by oil-land flotation g;en- the North Sea; and it was the cruiser again trj? Do the people of California ever realize that got into the thick of it off Jutland. The why Japan is building a bigger and bigger cruiser is as big as a battleship, but not so navy? Do the people of California depend powerful. The cruisers will require 180,000 on Uncle Sams Navy to keep the
RM2AG9WAB–. Review of reviews and world's work. Sir G. S. Robertson, K.C.S.I.(Geography.). Major P. G. Craigie. (Economic Science.) Sir Alexander R. Rinnie.(Mechanical Science.) Prof. John Rhys.(Anthropology.) Prof. Sydney H. Vines.(Botany.) PRESIDENTS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATIOX AND SECTIONS, SEVENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING, BRADFORD, SEPTEMBER 5. OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THE MONTH. August 22.—A mob at Akron, Ohio, incensed by anegros assault upon a little girl, burns the City Halland other property. August 24.—Lieut. Hans Cordua, the Boer officerconvicted on the charge of conspiracy and violation ofhis parole at
RM2AN6EWT–Review of reviews and world's work . corporation and to the corporations of the variouscity guilds respectively. It will bring ground rentsand the unearned increment under tribute for thebenefit of six million Londoners, and it will comeinto the possession and control of great services ofsupply. It will transform the housing system, thetransportation system, the central street system, thepark system, the water system, and the illuminationsystem. The London which has lagged so far be-hind Paris, Berlin, and Vienna is awakening to aconsciousness of its incomparably greater wealth,resources, and
RM2AG8E73–. Review of reviews and world's work. )ul)lic financier, will give him his besttitle to a permanent place in the liistory ofAmerican statesmanship. He left the Senateto become Secretary of State in Mr. McKinleysCabinet in 1897, but retired a year later on ac-count of ill healtli. RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. (Fnim September 21 to October 20, 1900.). SENATOR-ELECT WILLIAM P.DILLINGHAM. (Of Vermont.) SENATOR JONATHAN PDOLLIVER. (Of Iowa.) POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT-AMERICAN. September 21.—The Clark Democrats and the Popu-lists of Montana agree on a fusion ticket, with J. K. Toole (Dem.) for governor B
RM2AKXH8M–Review of reviews and world's work . our rail-way across country (and allits branches: was operatedthe past winter on scheduletime. I came over the roadon the 18th of last April, onmy way to Xew York. Therewasnt a sign of snow alongthe whole railway line, andonly once or twice duringthe late winter was a snow-plough used. At St. John,the capital of Newfound-land, we usually have snowafter Christmas and up tothe end of March, but werarelv average more thanone snowfall a week for thethree months. Sometimes awhole month will pass without a snowstorm,winter from Christmas till April we hadone week
RM2AN42M2–Review of reviews and world's work . easant, Micliigan, and Tomah, Wisconsin.A school for the Southern Utes at Fort Le^vis is tobe opened, and it is probable that the old militarjposts Fort Shaw (Montana) and Fort Randall willbe used for a like purpose. Thus the Governmenthas now in operation some twenty of these large non-reservation training schools, wath more in process ofconstruction. Those now opened have a total capac-ity for about 5,000 pupils, which is susceptible of someiurther increase. These establishments are all in the fullest sensehome schools. They receive Indian youths from the
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RM2AKRKJN–Review of reviews and world's work . rosperity of Oberammergau lasteduntil the Reformation let loose the scourge ofreligious war. Protestantism never gained a hearing in these secluded valleys. Hut eventhere they (aught the flying -urge from thestorm waves which beat upon the northernlands. The Swedish troops under Oxenstjernplundered Ettal monastery, and only sparedOberammergau on the payment of ransom.After the Sewedes came the plague, and afterthe plague the Spanish War of su<. ession. Thesoldier- of u-ti i.i and France and of the Empire fought in the valley of the Vmmer, and onone occa
RM2AG9KFN–. Review of reviews and world's work. Bryan : Say, will you close your mouth while I am talkingto the East ? —From the Herald (New York). 416 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS..
RM2AKM0RJ–Review of reviews and world's work . course, a plank in theplatform supporting Governor Hughes doc-trine of direct nominations. The result of theconvention was encouraging to the Republi-can cause throughout the country. Thechairmanship of the State Committee was notconferred upon an old-line politician but wasput in the hands of a younger man with themore modern views of politic-. Mr. Stimsonknown quantity in public life, and hiselection would make it certain that New1 I ivernor as firm and in-• ndent as G Hughes has been, the Republican ticket isjuality. The Democratic>n the other har tot
RM2AKJHRT–Review of reviews and world's work . narchy should also bepowerfully upheld. In no wise has anyharm been done to the constitutional rightsof the Reichstag. In fact, it is the dutyand the right of the Kaiser, maintains thewriter, to defend the nature and the functionsI wn against the pretensions itho^e who believe in the b of the parliamentary r and least of all should the Kai-er he reproached for announcingthat he intend n way without -?I to the pinion- of other-. The4 a unity untergame of a hundred different and opposed forceson which outside influences may be broughtto bear, and does not exp
RM2AJ9K5T–Review of reviews and world's work . victoryit was the first of this year. On the newsthat Mr. Harriman .was to be a director ofthe New York Central, the stock violentlyrose. But Mr. Morgan had been a directorof it many years. And Mr. Harrimans en-trance followed on the purchase of $14,000,-000 New York Central stock with the un-expected funds consequent on the NorthernPacific battle. The greatest gain through loss of all thatEdward Henry Harriman experienced washis respect for public opinion, which in lateryears he found to be greater than any oneman. In the months that have just passedhe and
RM2AGAYNT–. Review of reviews and world's work. Bryan: You better run on home, now, Charley; me andAdlai will take care of your little dolly baby.—From theTribune (Minneapolis). too old a chick to be CAUGHT BY CHAFF. From the Tribune (Minneapolis). HOME AND FOREIGN POLITICS IN CARICATURE. 289 OF N y
RM2AFWD79–. Review of reviews and world's work. ?I !-•» iM> • <»i tiiMct powder Till f- liird cc o Stb»Up»litr fMi j/rr tiKinimer O (D«rlln) 40 TIIR AMT.RICjy REVJFJr OF RKJIRUS. THE RUSSIAN SURPRISE The Teuton Powers: Well. well, we thought it asmall toy! From IAsino (Rome The two cartoons aboe—one from anItalian, the other from a Spanish source—siiiref^t the keen intere-^t x vhich all
RM2ANA8B6–Review of reviews and world's work . g 737475757(;70 78787979808182838485868788888990909091919293949495959697979898 The Periodicals Reviewed— The Forum 99 The North American Review 100 The Nineteenth Century 100 The National Review 101 The Philosophical Review 102 The Coutemporary Review :.. 102 The New Review 103 The Fortnightly Review 104 The AVestmiuster Review 104 Harpers Magazine 104 The Century Magazine 10.5 Scribuers Magazine 10.5 The Chautauquan 106 The Overland Monthly 106 International Journal of Ethics 100 The Architectural Record 100 The Cosmopolitan 107 The Atlantic Monthly 107 Th
RM2AKHM8T–Review of reviews and world's work . these lines appear, will have opened its first? a under the sole direction of Mr. Gatti- I II iberer winter, oper thoul the Manhattan; no mat-ter how brilliant and delightful th< In- house v.hi< i ? unrivaled, lent loi :he ion ditii Mill lullient, and i irt) • erl to hear M i. II Mr. I Ian r tcins I Mr. I! ndu. M. tropolitan; Ml II I. Ml iI :I I • | ////-. AMERICAS REVIEW OF REVIEWS. JOSEJ HOI M w(Eminent visiting p . ^VICTOK III I de Notre Dame, cannot be duplicated out-side of the Manhattan. Chicago and Philadelphia will profit most1.irmly by the M
RM2AN2N36–Review of reviews and world's work . , thoiigh the collectorslabored and the Chinovniks used bad language.Then suddenly the government awoke and bestiiTeditself. The Emperor looked into the matter and senthonest men mto the interior who made an honest re-port. By this time, it was late. The cunning andastute grain biiyer knew the sitiiation early in theseason. Foreseeing trouble, lie bought quickly andexported industriously. There were not ships enoughto caiTy the grain which he hurried out of Rus.sia.A Riga shipper told me that in foiirteen days duringlast autumn they exported more fi-om this
RM2AN6HTK–Review of reviews and world's work . FATAL TO THE DONKEY.The Democratic Animal: 3Iy head is all right; but if my body freezes I am a dead donkey. —From Jxidge, February 27, 1892. 278 IHE RE^IE^/ OF HE^IEIVS. I li. QUOTH LORD RANDOLPH— NEVER MORE. tWith humble apologies to a well-known picture.) From Moonshine (London), Jan. 23, 1892. THE EXIT OF LORD HARTINGTON.From Fun (London), Feb. 10, 1892. RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. February 1(5. —The twenty-eighth annual conventionof the Department of Superintendence of the NationalEducational Association assembled at Brooklyn, N. Y... .Credentials pres
RM2AJ6N1A–Review of reviews and world's work . rder in the province eachmunicipality has its police and a detail of the(Iuardia Civil, a semi-military organization, withdetachments of the regular army in the prin-cipal communities. There is both a civil anda military governor for the province, and eachnuuiicipality has its Alcalde (mayor) and Ayun-taiiticiilo (council). Besides these, there is inCatalonia a force known as the Somatcn, com-prised of 30,000 civilians ... it is armed;and the maintenance of peace, or, rather, lackof atrocities, in several of the outlying townsduring the riots was due to its
RM2AJ904E–Review of reviews and world's work . ynor Iswithout bounds, and the avowed reason forhis support of Hearst is to make more surethe defeat of Tammany. Many clergymenand social reformers were among the spon-sors for Mr. Hearsts candidacy this year,and were upon his platform. Entering thecampaign with great reluctance Mr. Hearstwarmed up to the situation from day to daywith a growing prospect that he would polla large vote. He has become a good speaker,and has found a new following. Bannard ^^^ Bannard, furthermore, hasand His proved an excellent campaigner, Canvass. i • • -^ r l j showmg a spiri
RM2AJ9ET9–Review of reviews and world's work . the surrounding countrj-. At the cuttingseason the leaves of the mahogan tree are ofa yellov.-reddish hue, and the accustomed eyecan from a great distance discern the placewhere it will be found. He then descendsand . . goes directly to the spot he hadlocated from his lofty point of observation. Atrail is then blazed from the road to the tree,and cutting is begun. ... It takes two menthe best part of a da) to saw through a tree.. . Logs are hauled to the river during thedry season. . Much of this work is doneat night. In fact, the felling of the tree is be
RM2AKNMYR–Review of reviews and world's work . ES 523 Mr. Rekhmann has chancedupon cranberry measures, sup-posed to hold 67.2 cubic incheseach, which actually held but18 cubic inches. Thedrymeas-ures have been practically un-regulated in Xew York till thesent time. It is estimatedthat more than 40 per cent,of the berry boxes are under-sized. In one of these raidsthe boxes obtained were, onthe average, more than 50per cent, short. So great isthe demand for these false measures that aconsiderable industry has been built up tosupply them. Many of the products of thesemanufacturers are works of art, showing
RM2AJB3B6–Review of reviews and world's work . ucing the blue, and since the red sourcecontains none of these there will be no re-flection and the body will appear black. Inthe dark there is no color. We see objectsby the light reflected from them. In depart-ment stores white goods are often displayedon the same floor as dark woolen goods. Inthis case, if the intensity of the light is thesame throughout the store, the section con-taining the dark goods will appear poorlylighted as compared to the section containingthe white, because black absorbs light, whilewhite reflects it. This absorption of light a
RM2AGEGEE–. Review of reviews and world's work. flag wasdepicted in a series of colored drawings from itsbeginning to the present. As one of the chiefdevelopments of work in tliis room is to improve The average circulation for the past year hasbeen 425 daily. The books are on open shelves,so that the children make their own selections,but there is constant supervision and aid to thosewho desire it. Six regular assistants are in thisdepartment, and they receive aid from the mainlibrary at very busy times. The circulation hasgone as high as 1,325 in a single day. During the past year they have had a numbe
RM2AKMJR2–Review of reviews and world's work . THE IMPOSING FROST ENTRANCE TO THE NEW PENNSYLVANIA TERMINAL STATION IN NEW YORK. mi r 438 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEW S trains. The new cut, which is already providedwith conduits, ducts, and other equipment forthe use of trains propelled by electricity, is thebeginning, not the completion, of a program.In the near future the Erie expects to electrifyits commuters lines. It plans, also, to constructtwo tunnels of its own. capable of accommo-dating standard equipment, under the HudsonRiver to the Hudson Terminal in lower Man-hattan. THE HUDSON TUBES A ver
RM2AJA1XE–Review of reviews and world's work . as a trophy; once or twice Itseemed as if we should be carried off our feet,but although one man fell he was not tram-pled on. Aly face was close against Dr. Cooks leftear, and as we pushed backward and for-ward and swajed to the right and the left,making slow advance toward the carriagethat seemed as inaccessible as the North Pole,I began a series of Talks with Cook, thesubstance of which I shall embody, as best Ican, in this character sketch. I was close tohim in all conscience. If I did not exactlyhug him to my heart, I had a good heartygrip of him round
RM2AJ6RYP–Review of reviews and world's work . GROUND FLOOR OF METROPOLITAN UFE INSURANCE COMPANY TOWER. I There are three elevators on either side. The indicators are over thehandsome marble and bronze doorways.> THE PROBLEM OF FFRTICAL TRANSPORTATION. 709. runs with four-tenths of itsmaximum h)ail. IMlORTANCK OF THE OPER-ATIXG SYSTEM. But conditions of opera-tion are no less importantthan those of design. UK-starter or floor superinten-dent is no perfunctory per-sonage, as the success of thesystem depends upon theregular movement of thecars, and in the new Met-ropolitan Tower as well asin the Singe
RM2AFP1K4–. Review of reviews and world's work. l SEE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OFFrom the Post Express (Rochester) Wilsons st.inchest newspaper supporter, bothin editorials and cartoons—we see T. R. andHughes hammering at Wilsons record. Thisnote—termed by some cartoonists as knock- WILSON S FUTURK Wilson: And if I am not re-elected, I shall alwaysbe able to pet a job as a note writer. From Sebelspaitcr (Zurich)
RM2AFMPFW–. Review of reviews and world's work. kEOlONS INHABITED BV POLES a final failure, for, although be did getPolish recruits, in limited numbers, he didnot enlist the Polish people, as he might havedone had he been more generous. The present Austro-German project Ismuch more restricted than was Napoleons.Neither the Poles of Posen nor those of Ga-licia are included in this new Polish state;only Russias Polish provinces are affectedby the new decision. But at the same mo-ment Galicia, which contains 5.000.000Poles, has been promised autonomy, what-rer that may mean. As for the P(jles ofP»»>en,
RM2AFRJWD–. Review of reviews and world's work. ^ WLSav Z^ ADMINISTRATIONifCORD THE AWkWAKD Sl^l m,Fr.m the Nrwi-Preit (St. Jo»«|ib)
RM2AGD70H–. Review of reviews and world's work. Wmm. miiil;f///////ff/vM;^. 1% SUGGESTED CHANGES IN THE AMERICAN FLAG TO FITALTERED CONDITIONS. The stars of Old Glory will fade and give place to a singleimperial star, if McKinleys views prevail. From the Times-Democrat (New Orleans)..
RM2AFWPXA–. Review of reviews and world's work. TROOPS LEAVING THE TRAIN NEAR THE STATEMOBILIZATION CAMP (C 1 .. xu « I ! .ir-^ .- i. Ncrt tttk UNLOAPING BAKE-0-EX EQUIPMENT AT C.MPWHITMAN, r.EEKMAX, N. V. RECORD OF EVENTS IN THE WAR {From May 20 to June 20, 1916) The Last Part of May May 20.—The British army operating againstthe Turks in the Tigris Valley is joined by aforce of Russian cavalry after a bold and ad-venturous ride; the njain Russian armies ad-vancing toward Bagdad from the Caucasus andfrom Persia are still widely separated from eachother and from the British. May 21.—The third month of
RM2AGDT1J–. Review of reviews and world's work. of the people, not to disturbthe status quo as respects the monetary standard untilwe shall have had another opportunity to submit thesilver question directly to the popular verdict—eitherin the Congressional elections of two years hence or inthe Presidential campaign of 1904, as may hereafterseem advisable. If Mr. Bryan personally had been willing totake this view of the situation, and had askedthe Kansas City convention to adopt such a reso-lution, it would, in our opinion, have been adoptednot only with absolute unanimity and with greatenthusiasm, but i
RM2AKK87Y–Review of reviews and world's work . WOOOROW WILSON. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, WHO HAS Rl AS PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON tTaph taken last month for th< ition) OODROW WILSON AND THE NEWJERSEY GOVERNORSHIP i in whii I heEhil- This i^ because the States mosl eminent i i he minority pa noi ship .m<l is ai ii m to thai high om< <. i i ht when President oodrcw 11 inn I ill, < i ity, omi ! by tl ivention a I I reni pnUii .in (i i thai ild in.u IIH.liin ul history, I lii ? I iiij- tin- i Wilson ? [uip- 556 I 111-. AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS. JIK. WILSON IN llll
RM2AG5Y8E–. Review of reviews and world's work. SUGGESTIONS OV MKS. HAKUISON KOU THE EXTENSION OF THE WHITE HOUSE.—SOITH VIEW (SEE OPPOSITE PAGE). 684 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REyiEWS.. is not govenied l)y tlio peoplo who liappen tolive in it, but l)y tlio people of the UnitedStates as a whole ; that is to say, it is dealtwith strictly as a federal possession, under theauthority of Congress and the President. ThePresident appoints three commissioners, — twocivilians and one high officer of the engineercorps of the army, — who on confirmation bythe Senate act as Commissioners of the Dis-trict of Co
RM2AKK5JW–Review of reviews and world's work . 1 hi PRESIDENTS holm. i-kic i m UNTVERSm. UL FARMER IN MIS DEMONSTRATION CORN PATCH MAKING GOOD FARMERS OUT OF POOR ONES The Work of Dr. Seaman A KnappBY ROS PENDLETON CHILES [ reditor i- the inal, indefeasibleother demand, I •3O.OO0 /.OOO.Or « tilt I? |)UtC heavy penalties, and those fosteriinerous reward.No more wholesome lesson is furnished theworld to-day than thai taught l> Norway,11 I lenmark in i luir glunfi« .11 ion>i imstoral life, called b) «»11<? writer thesupn i.il .m hie emenl of ^ ia , in pari i< ular, has made her i ounl ryd
RM2AKN6W9–Review of reviews and world's work . THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD 415. NICHOLAS AND MIl.ENA. THE NEW KING AND QUEEN OF MONTENEGRO The Mew Montenegro, the last of the prin-jom m cipalities set up l>y the treaty of,in. in 1878, has become a king-dom, All the rulers of the Balkans are nown their own ri^ht. On August 2S,the May after t! ty of Korea in the I. a new kingdom was l»orn in the Near East. Prince Nicholas the Pctrovic Njegos in his own musical aimed kin^ in accord with a resolution of the Montenegrin Parlia- remony took place in Cettinje, tal of the little mountain territory •Ahi< h u
RM2AGC019–. Review of reviews and world's work. A BASKET OF BILLS FROM THE LEGISLATURE. THE EXECUTIVE FILES.. Copley Print, Copiright, i ly Curtis & Cameron. COMMON LAW, PANEL. IN THE FRIEZE BY KENYON COX. Copyright, 1899, by Kenyon Cox. THE NEW APPELLATE COURT-HOUSEIN NEW YORK CITY. A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT IN MUNICIPAL ARCHITECTURE.BY ERNEST KNAUFFT, EDITOR OF THE ART STUDENT.
RM2AGC35R–. Review of reviews and world's work. strates the truth that the stronger awomans interest in the serious things of life, thegreater will be her devotion to the supreme interestof every serious woman.Mrs. Bryan has been to herchildren their constant com-panion, and her unity ofinterest with them hasbeen as marked as lierunity of interest with herhusband. The Bryan home at Lin-coln was built by Mr. Bry-an soon after he entered thepractice of law at that place.It is a comfortable dwel-ling, but not in any waya pretentious one, Thelarge library in which Mr.Bryan spends most of histime has, as its
RM2AKKJ4F–Review of reviews and world's work . o draw their salariesfor from ten to twenty year- in advance. Education has generally I Degeneracy . ? . of the at a low ebb in Portugal. Re-People liable statistics indicate that lessthan one-fifth of the population can read andwrite. The country, which has an area -ome-what less than thatof the Stateof Indiana, anda population approximately equal to that olIllinois, has always been engaged in agricul-ture. The people, who once were the worldsgreatest navigators, have lost, during thepast two centuries, the energy which formerlycharacterized them. Their ag
RM2AJ6R9P–Review of reviews and world's work . years,while others have been found defective withina few months of their installation. THE PROBI IM or in-RTIC.-lL TR.^NSPORTATIOM. 711. CHIEF ENGINEERS OFFICE. OF SINGER BUILDING. (At left i.>< position indicator board of elevator system, li.v wlilcli the movement of elevators is indi-cated and can be supervised by ciiicf engineer. lie can coiuiniinicate tiy tehphone willi each operatorand the starter.) The best casualty companies charge a mini-mum rate of about $35 for insurance of apassenger and freight or a freight elevator forlimits of damage up
RM2AG5BWF–. Review of reviews and world's work. hhas a delightful styleall his own. Howells Their Sil-ver Wedding Jour-ney is published byHarper & Brothers,with illustrations byWilliam T. Smedley—^who, though stilla young man, is aveteran illustrator,having produced alarge volume ofwork during the lasttwenty years. Hisdrawing is morecareful than muchof the slipshod woTk ^ . , J JN 1, mi- of the younger men Cover design (reduced) by Thomas j » ^^ Watson Ball (Houghton, Mifflin & ^^^^ Illustrate so- Co.). ciety subjects. ?Mr. Vanslyperkin, from Charac-ters of Romance. From a litho-graph (reduced) after a
RM2AFRR2T–. Review of reviews and world's work. C.KAMI I HIHITIO.V By the celebrated conjuror and devil-exorcisor vonBatocki (Gt-rmanys new Food Dictator). TaMe. cover thyself—one, two. three; usurers dis-appear --From . cbchfaller (Zurich). :66 THE B.RK AND THE BISCVITGreece, in return for a consideration, hasall the terms laid down by the Allies and has•barking. From the Co.** Timet (Cape Town) accepted^lop|>e»i RECENT FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CARTOONS 267. PEACE ALSO HATH HER BOMBS (The bursting bomb is labeled American-GermanUnderstanlinjf. the idea bein^ that the peaceful settle-ment of questi
RM2AG7Y4T–. Review of reviews and world's work. WIDE-OPEN NEW YORK WELCOMES MR. BRYAN. From Harpers WeeJdy (,Nevv York).. THE POLITICAIj SHYLOCK. Beware, Bryanio! Shylock will surely demand his poundof flesh.—From the Journal (Minneapolis). sr>AVKHY AS IT IS PRACTISED TO-DAY. From tho Tribune (Minneapolis). 546 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REFIEIV OF REVIEWS.
RM2AKM5AP–Review of reviews and world's work . g in Austrian Poland, might have hern seen a hoy ! five year- busily working, from the lower part of the instrument, thehammers of a locked piano. The piano waskept securely locked because the youngsterseized every available opportunity to poundon it. His mother, finding him so earnestlymaking the best of the situation, induced hisfather to give him regular lessons. The fatherwas Josef Leschetizky, and the son was des-tined to become one of the greatest mastersof the pianoforte—Theodore Leschetizky.Born at Lancut on June 22, 1830, Theodoremade his debut in
RM2AFNC59–. Review of reviews and world's work. cipation ofwomen greatly swells the total numbers.Thus, Wilson has about 183,000 more Cali-f(»rnia votes in 1916 than in 1912, whileHughes has about 176,000 more votes thanRoosevelt and I aft together had in 19|2.It is suppoNed that the women were some-what inclined toward ilson, but it is likelythat they were divided in about the sameratio as the men. Jolmsf)ns vote for theSenate seems to have been something whollyapart from the Presidential contest—a per-sonal tribute of the entire population. HisDemocratic opponent was as nuuh out ofthe race as was th
RM2AN49HC–Review of reviews and world's work . ,finding it impossible to combine his official and artisticduties, resigned his position in the Civil Service and de-voted himself entirely to his art. Mr. Thomson has drawnfor other periodicals besides i^ioi, among others Punch,the Grajjhic—to which he was one of the original con-tributors—the Sunday Magazine and Good Wo7-ds, andhas also exhibited paintings in the Royal Academy andelsewhere. The ideas of the Fun cartoons are often very clever,but the dravsdngs are as often very stiff and unnatural.One might almost imagine that Mr. Thomson neverdraws from t
RM2AJDFH2–Review of reviews and world's work . e House of Orangehad yet experienced the people did not for amoment forget the little prince, and againand again the cry went up: Yet shall he be ourStadtholder! in spite of the State party whichhad become bitterly hostile to the ancient house..d when, in 1672. the terrible crisis came, thenation found a deliverer from the power ofLouis XIV. in William III. at the same timethat he became the champion of liberty alsofor England. But William III. died child-less, and the young Frisian Prince of Nassau,John William Friso, to whom the right to thename of Orange
RM2AJC56F–Review of reviews and world's work . er and per-sonality have gained for him the high regardof President Taft and Secretary MacVeagh. Tt ; ? »^/., There are phases of the work and The Lincoln , . . r i t^ One-Cent admmistration of the i reasuryDepartment that are of popularinterest and there are others, perhaps moreimportant, that the people at large do notunderstand. One of the popular mattershas been the appearance of the newly de-signed one-cent piece with the head and bustof Lincoln taking the place of the long-familiar Indian head. The designer of thenew coin is Mr. Victor D. Brenner, who
RM2AG6RRN–. Review of reviews and world's work. st humanity as war between England andthe United States. The best men of France,and the men now at the helm there, desire goodrelations with England and with all the world.But there is real danger that political reactionmay now at almost any moment overthrow theexisting ministry, and bring an element of awholly different temper into responsible controlof French affairs. The best guarantee of peace,therefore, and the greatest kindness that Eng-land could possibly render to the French repub-lic, would lie in the direction of Englandsprompt and energetic atte
RM2AKPK74–Review of reviews and world's work . y are unableto settle amicably by means of diplomacy.The Congress approved a convention regard-ing literary and artistic copyrights, the termshich will be made public later. It de-cided also that the International Bureau ofthe American Republics shall hereafter beknown as the Bureau of the Pan-AmericanUnion. This bureau will determine where theFan-American Congress is to be held.All the delegat- 1 that the question of the exten-ion of the Monroe Doctrine shouldbe brought up for open discussion, forfear that the susceptibili European nation- might be wounded
RM2AFM919–. Review of reviews and world's work. nd a French mother, and haspassed much of his life in France. He earlyenlisted in the Field Service of the AmericanAmbulance and spent nearly a year at the extremefront. In these pages he gives intimate descrip-tions of trench life. A Visit to Three Fronts. By Arthur ConanDoyle. Doran. 93 pp. 50 cents. During the past summer the creator of Sher-lock Holmes had the unusual privilege of visitingthe British, French, and Italian fronts, at a criticalstage in the war. His vivid account of his expe-riences is contained in this little book. Military and Naval Ame
RM2AJ05X2–Review of reviews and world's work . KANG-YU-WEI, THE KEFOKMEK. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE. This B()x(h)er movement is all right, if it is carried farenough.- From the Journal (Minneapolis). less, more than 1,000,000 men could be mustered,.who might make a stiff defensive fight against-invading hosts, though useless in offensive oper-ations. If the safety of Europeans and theirproperty can be guaranteed without a war of in-vasion, by stripping the Dowager Empi-ess of thelast vestige of pow-er, it will be un-doubtedly the wel-come course to thethree great powersmost interested insubsequent events in
RM2AKNRYH–Review of reviews and world's work . e after a transforming courseof instruction and discipline during their periodof enlistment. But the present stage of effi-ciency has been reached only after a long proc-ess of exj>eriment and selection as regards bothofficers and men, and the chief reason whymore Filipinos are not now occupying the ad-vanced posts is the difficulty of attaining thehi0h standards imj>oscd. THE CONSTABULARY AT WORK has been suggested, the Constabulary wasnot designed to be primarily a military organ-ization. This does not mean, however, that itlot l>een or cannot be
RM2AJD6PP–Review of reviews and world's work . sh-ington being welcomed on his visit to Nor-wich. This was followed by a colonialminuet, in which thirty men and women tookpart. Norwich is not the only New Englandtown tQ celebrate her quarter-millennial thissummer. In the first week of August OldHadley, Mass., a village which, like Nor-wich, has sent forth a great number of sonsand daughters to win distinction in manyStates, will commemorate her two hundredand fiftieth anniversary in a fitting manner.Representatives of Hadley families from allparts of the country will come back to theancient hearthstones
RM2AKXA51–Review of reviews and world's work . avate a deep trench abouttwelve feel wide and ten feet deep, in whichthe aquedui t is built, the cover being kept con-stantly below the surface of the round so astooiler no obstruction to the occasional cloud-hursts which rush down the desert slop When the c re>t of the coast range i> pierced,the grade drops from an elevation of ;.coo feetto 1,000 feet in the San Fernando Valley,immediately commanding by gravity all thesuhurhs of the c ity. From the ElizabethTunnel to the San Fernando Valley, the line isboldly located in a rugged country. As thework h
RM2AGC1HJ–. Review of reviews and world's work. ew it to see where there was a chance formistake. Finding none, he would issue his or-der with the sober comment : There, we havedone tlie best w^e could. If there is any mistakewe will make it right. The fear of it shall notdeter us from doing our duty. The only manwho never makes a mistake is the man who neverdoes anything. When he had done his work for the ships andresigned his office to take the field, the croakersshouted that at last he had made the mistake ofhis life ;—all to get into a scrap. His men didntthink so when he lay with them in the trench
RM2AFMN9F–. Review of reviews and world's work. he race. Longbefore the end of the attack erdun hadlost its military alue; it had lost its moralvalue for the Germans, so far as the restof the world was concerned, long before theend came; but the fall of erdun. althoughit proved to be without consequences, wouldhave been a tragedy for the whole Frenchpeople, so passionately had they willed thatit should hold. For myself, after I had been to erdunand seen the soldiers who were defending it,heard their confident assertion, They shallnot pass, I could not believe that therecould be any other end to th
RM2AJCBA4–Review of reviews and world's work . 1st and 2d ArmyCorps were mobilized on the Russian frontierand the Temps, of Paris, learned that an ulti-matum of Emperor William had compelledRussias acquiescence; while the Times, of Lon-don, with a pen dipped in gall, wrote articleupon article to show that Germanys aim wasto attain the leadership of Europe,—acting inthis instance against Russia, incapable of re-sistance, as it had acted in the Morocco affairagainst France, which was equally unpreparedfor war. . The fear of the German fleetand of a German invasion serves them as anaid to this end; and if
RM2AN9NHW–Review of reviews and world's work . MRS. MAUD BALLINGTON BOOTH. COMMISSIONER BALLINGTON BOOTH. of the Booth scheme in England will have theeffect of stimulating the social side of the Armyswork in other lands. Gen. Booth is soon to returnto England from his trip around the world, and hewill then be prepared to announce the site of hisfirst over-sea colony. His visits in South Africaand Australasia have been a continual ovation. Walt Whitman, whose death seemed soGray Poet imminent a few weeks ago, has rallied somewhat, and it is hoped that he maysurvive for a considerable time. These weeks, w
RM2AJ8N0B–Review of reviews and world's work . rich. It is ment, he held; they were caused by a hered- hoped, in truth, to make this institution as itary taint. Therefore of what use was it distinctly democratic and civic as the Comedie to imprison the thief and the murderer? Francaise. The repertoire is not to be made Rather, they should be treated as diseased up of so-called classical works, or ad- persons, being victims of a strange mental ill- vanced, faddish, or literary plays. In ness, over which they had no control. In the short, the New Theater is not to be a school second work, The Man of Geniu
RM2AG5RHB–. Review of reviews and world's work. ght from the green lamp fell on hisface, and I knew it as one that had haunted thepolice-office for days with a mute appeal forhelp. Sometimes a woman was with him. Theywere Russian Jews, poor immigrants. No oneunderstood or heeded them. Elbowed out of thecrowd, they had taken refuge on the steps, wherethey sat silently watchful of the life that movedabout them, but beyond a swift, keen scrutiny ofall who came and went, having no share in it. That night I heard their story. Between whatlittle German they knew and such scraps of theirharsh jargon as I had p
RM2AJD6EH–Review of reviews and world's work . Photojraph by the P:«orial News Co. HISTORICAL PAGEANT AT THE NORWICH CELEBRATION. THE PROGRFSS OF THE WORLD. 145. THE CITY -HALL PLAZA. JERSEY CITY. AT THE OPENING OF THE MADOO TUNNELS. Jersey. The tunnel trains will take the com-muter to and from New York in less thanhalf the time formerly required by the ferr-boats. From Broadway, whence the trafficall turns ferryward to the trains in JerseyCity, the saving in time will be much greater. Politics ^^^ ?^^ approaching municipalin the campaign in New York Tam-e ropo IS. j^^j^y regards the control of thepoli
RM2AGC5MP–. Review of reviews and world's work. of the powers is assured, because of their trust of each other.—From VIk (Berlin), The European cartoons reflecta good deal of the sentiment ex-pressed in the Emperor Wil-liams famous drawing of somefour and a half years ago. Someof our readers will rememberthat we made use of it for ourfrontispiece in January, 1896.We bring the picture to mindagain by a smaller reproduction,which will be found at the top ofthe opposite page. The EmperorWilliam did not make the fin-ished drawing, but furnished arough sketch and an explanationof his idea, and the final work
RM2AJD05C–Review of reviews and world's work . „ the fight and endeavors to bring both From the Herald (Washington, D. C). House and Senate in agreement. THE CARTOON 1ST-S POINT OT ^IHIV. 167. STlI.h FKKDIXC. THE ELEPIIAXT. From the ^^urld (New York). Mr. Bryan suggested to President Taft to submitto tlie people flie jjroposition for tlie election ofSenators by the ijeopic ut the same time that the in-come tax amendment is submitted to them. UM.V A FKW Ol TIIK.M I.ElT. From the Pioneer-Press (St. Paul). The Senators shown in this cartoon are those whoheld out for a downward revision of the tariff inacc
RM2AGBKPW–. Review of reviews and world's work. burning seas of the SnakeRiver Plain. Nevertheless, the glory of all our mountainranges are these kings of volcanic giants whichdwell up and down the Pacific Coast. LassensPeak, Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, and othersare not wholly dead but sleeping, as is shown bytheir hot springs and the sulphurous gases andsteam emitted from theircraters. Around the formerare many little volcanoeswhich often throw forthshowers of mud, and givewarnings of something pos-sibly more dangerous in theirrumbling sounds. MountShasta, with its 14,442 feetof height, has a crater on
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RM2AKM5RW–Review of reviews and world's work . le to conveythe sounds by means of orthography. He has,however, within the past two years positivelydefined the yes and no of the species.The sound which Suzie makes as the equiva-lent of yes could be written only ap-proximately as hwha, uttered nasally. Ofher own native chimpanzee language shespeaks five words, and of human speechMr. Garner estimates that she understandssome twenty-five words and phrases. Th-are: away!e here!Get down!i. t go!Give me that! down!Put your foot down!Take your cup!Place your chair!Take it with your hand! ne on! (When she i do w
RM2AKW41F–Review of reviews and world's work . ly last month, fromBuenos Aire-, when he represented the UnitedStates as spe< ial ambassador at the Argentine(entenary < elebrations. I le found the youth ofArgentina greatly benefited, physically, intel-lectually, and from tin- standpoint of sot ialdia ipline, by the universal < ompulsory militaryservice in that country. General Wood isunderstood to favor re* ommending to (ongressthe organization of time expired men into attron e. I he present energetii British Minister of War. Mr. Haldane, has already ed OUt 5U< h a plan in I.upland and the co
RM2AN2T9H–Review of reviews and world's work . ch a place, but fully supposed that his desires layin a wholly different direction. Few men have everused the vast patronage of the presidential office ithless reference to the promotion of their own personaladvancement than President Harrison. Wliatever ambition he has is an ambition to do hisduty, serve his country and loyally promote her tiiti THE RFyiFW OF RH^/EH^S. •pence, prosperity and progress. He is not a self-seeker,a time-server or a politician in the sense in which thatword is sometimes nsed. His aims are pure and i;n-selfish, his i)urposes ou
RM2AJB2WT–Review of reviews and world's work . MCHT ILLU-Ml NATION OF THE SINGER TOWER,NEW YORK CITY. If we attem.pt to transmit white lightthrough a red glass only the red rays will betransmitted, the others being absorbed by theglass. Instead of getting all the energy ofthe light we get only that part included inthe red ray. It was formerly the custom to blame theoil, or the gas, or the electricity if there weredark shadows in the room or if the lightfailed to dispel the evening darkness. Nowthe illuminating engineer has proved thatthese same rooms, be it at the home, or theoffice, or the store, can b
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