Life — June 1, 1911 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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p. A lively account of a Yale athlete's ences in the arctic. nhead the Great, by Maurice Hew- Episodes from the career of a soldier rune in the fifteenth century. ¢ Chasm, by George Cram Cook. An and. entertaining story of American listic theory and Russian socialistic ¢ Caravanners, by the author of “ Fliz- and Her German Garden.” A satire the German abroad, supposedly written ne of them and awkwardly done. © Comtessa’s Sister, by Gardner Teal. ractive glimpses of ’Capri through the um of a very light fiction, ¢ Gold Brick, by Brandt Whitlock 1 homespun short stories of politics in ie Grain of Dust, by David Graham ips. The story of a sub-stenographer a super-man, A feverish fiction with ing-picture qualities. ove'’s Pilgrimage, by Upton Sinclair. history of aa alleged hero that reads the biography of a cad. Me—Smith,” by Caroline Lockhart. An inal and racy tale of the “Great Amer- Desert,” a Wyoming bad-man, an an jhalf breed and an Eastern“ bug- ter.” ¢ Patrician, by John Galsworthy. A ly of aristocrats up against the modern it, A good story and a fine group of alts, wo on the Trail, by IMulbert Footner. > melodramatic adventures of tenderfoot rs in the Canadian north west, THE FIRST SHOWER SINCE THEIR WEDDING Coal, Coa! Everywhere and Not a Lump to Burn ID Congress notice that our poor friends and fellow citizens at Cor- dova, in Alaska, have been emulating the fathers of the Boston tea party by throwing Canadian coal out of a steam- ship that brought it into their harbor? Their feeling is that if they can’t have Alaska coal they won't have any. Their case is a mighty hard one Alaska is full of coal, but not a lump. can be mined till the question of coal-lands ownership can be settled. One would think it might be possible to make some temporary provision for actual needs of settlers pending final settlement of the whole coal-lands problem. Invaluable RAWFORD: What do you think of teaching boys in the public schools cooking and sewing? Cransuaw: The handy when they take female parts in college theatricals. raining will come in Women Vote in Utah OMEN have the vote in Utah, and they say that the Mormon women at the last important election voted against, and beat, the Mormon Church ticket. The ballot is secret and xives those of them who have private sentiments about Mormonism a chance to express their feelings. That is good. Put it down to the credit of woman suffrage. Every woman is entitled to at least a half interest in a vote, but in Utah she hasn't had it. It may be that woman suffrage is a good thing—in Utah. Preparing for His Annual Statement “ ELL,” says our friend, the em nent scientist, “I must do a little literary work this evenin “Indeed?” we ask with interest. “And may we inquire what it will be?” “Nothing of great importance—sim- ply my annual discovery that there are dangerous microbes in soda water.” comicbooks.com