March 1943
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Articles
"Thumblings"
Nocturne
The Tests of Evolution: Naturalist at Large
Fascism and Christianity
Mr. Wilder Urges Us On
Black Birds
Dressing for Beans
Youthful Dragon
Exploring the Dangerous Trades
THIRTY-TWO YEARS have passed since Dr. Alice Hamilton began her exploration of industrial poisons. From her sheltered childhood in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and her study at Miss Porter’s School, she emerged with that scientific bent and that blazing courage which she needed as a pioneer. She took her M.D. at the University of Michigan, did graduate work in Germany and at Johns Hopkins, and then went as an ardent young recruit to Hull-House. Her life at Hull-House gained her the confidence of the immigrant communities and aroused her interest in industrial diseases. Then in 1910 Governor Deneen appointed her to a Commission to investigate white-lead poisoning in Illinois — and her lifework had begun. From the Federal government came a roving commission to explore the other poisonous trades, and off she went to discover the occupational dangers in porcelain enameling and oxide roasting. She fought against silicosis in the zinc and lead mines and in t he potteries. She investigated the painter’s trades and explored singlehanded the perilous manufacture of high explosives in 1917. Her work, which had now gained international recognition, was beginning to build for the future. . . .
Latin America
England's Master Historian: Trevelyan's Living Tapestry of Six Centuries
Our Greatest Poet-Statesman: Authorized Biography of William Butler Yeats
War Is People
Willard Gibbs, an American Genius
The Little People
Government by Assassination
The Trail of the Money Bird
The St. Lawrence
The Atlantic Report on the World Today: Washington
Quotes
European Front
Trade Agreements in a New World
Persons and Places: Time, Place, and Parents
After Cocoanut Grove
Atlas
A Negro Speaks for His People
» In this time of national emergency it is vital to know the true status of our Negro minority.
The Best Newspaperman I Ever Knew
Italy Listening
What Lethe?
The Marines Have Landed
What happens when you place a detachment of Marines on an island in the South Pacific? What happens to them and what happens to their new-found neighbors, the Elysians? Read and grin.
The Pacific War
The Mrs. Willoughby Plan
Is Germany Incurable?
Blinker Was a Good Dog
Sonnet: Joy in Battle
Mr. Rolfe
