The Saturday Evening Post Reflections of a Decade, 1901-1910

Introduction DAILY LIVING Gospel of Privacy, An Editorial Bachelors in New York, by Robert Shackleton Mastering the Art of Conversation, by William Mathews Letters to Women in Love, by Mrs. John Van Vorst From the Frying Pan to the Fire -- Good Ship Matrimony, An Editorial -- Ruin by Women, An Editorial Are We Spoiling Our Children? -- Cheating the Children, An Editorial -- Wholesome Neglect, by William Mathews Our Ill-Bred Guests, by Lilian Bell Newfangled Fashion -- The Will-O'-The-Wisp, by J. W. Foley -- Style and the Stage, by Billie Burke -- Regrets, by Carolyn Wells -- Fashions for Gents, An Editorial -- All's Fair in Fashion, An About-Face How the Rich Young Girl is Given a High Finish, by May Warwick Shall I Go to College? by Senator Albert J. Beveridge Confessions of a Letter Writer, by Charles Battell Loomis True Conversation, by Maude Radford Warren The Shadow of the City, by Grover Cleveland Town and Country -- Growth of the Cities, An Editorial -- Plain 'n Simple, by Edmund Vance Cooke Medieval Methods for Modern Children, by Maude Radford Warren An Appeal to the American Jokesmith, by Bert Leston Taylor LEISURE The Good in Losing the Davis Cup, by Caspar Whitney The Psychology of Baseball, by Emerson Hough A Football Fable, by Reginald Wright Kauffman Vaudeville and Vaudevillains, by Percy G. Williams The Nickelodeon, by Joseph Medill Patterson Drama by the Foot, by Valentine Karlyn Autobiography of a Clown, by Jules Turnour The Profits from Laughter, by Frederick Thompson The County Fair, by Holman F. Day The Hookers-Up, by Samuel G. Blythe The American Holiday, An Editorial The Night Before Christmas, by Carl Werner An Assault on April First, An Editorial THE ARTS What Art Needs is a Salesman, by James L. Ford Snaring Song Birds, by Oscar Hammerstein In the Face of the Ridiculous, by Julia Marlowe Deadheads, by Walter Prichard Eaton Parting Words, by Corwin Knapp Linson Other Lines, by Stephen Crane Mr. Kipling's New Book, by Agnes Repplier Mrs. Loveredge Receives, by Jerome K. Jerome THE WORLD Campaigns, Candidates and Coming Trends -- Incomparable Amusement, An Editorial -- Knowing The Candidates, An Editorial -- A Look Ahead in Politics, An Editorial Man of the Decade, Talk of the Times, by John T. McCutcheon Publicity for the Trusts, An Editorial Visiting the Twentieth-Century Bank, by Ivy Lee Where the Money Came From—Carnegie, Master Artisan, by Arthur E. MacFarlane The Unknown Morgan, by David Graham Phillips Industry's Levy on Life, by Waldemar Kaempffert The Moral Awakening, by William Jennings Bryan Russia and Her Ruler—The Czar, by W. T. Stead Russia and Her Ruler—The Revolutionary Usurpers, by W. T. Stead Ditch-Digging in Panama, by Samuel G. Blythe The Great Race to the North Pole -- Plans and Preparations, by Herbert L. Bridgman -- The Book Controversy, by Henry E. Rood -- The Discoverer of the Pole, An Editorial The King on His Throne, by Harrison Rhodes NEW DEVELOPMENTS Looking Forward, by Harrison Rhodes Uncle Sam in the Scientific World, by René Bache High Flyers, by Waldemar Kaempffert Farming with Power, by Forrest Crissey The Magic Telephone, by William Henry McDonough The Age of Wireless Miracles, by Samuel E. Moffett The Speed Maniac and the Rights of the Road, Author Unknown Weapon of the Century, by Woods Hutchinson, M.D. The Times, They Are a-Changin'... Or Are They? -- The Witchery of the Weed, by William Mathews -- Hard to Swallow, An Editorial -- The Craze for Health, An Editorial -- Fine Thinking, An Editorial -- Petticoat Professionals, by Dr. Walter E. Weyl -- Haste Makes Waste, by Judge Marcus Kavanagh -- The Legal Bind, An Editorial -- The Judge at the City Gate, by Robert Shackleton -- Breathing Space, by Honoré Palmer -- Checks and Balances, by Emerson Hough The Illustrations