Smith's Magazine, October 1909

# Smith's Magazine, October 1909

This issue features twenty-four portraits of stage actresses from contemporary theatrical productions, including "The Midnight Sons" and "The Motor Girl." The editorial contents include one complete novel and eleven stories and articles. Key fiction includes "The Making of Dick Larrabee" (novelette by Emma Lee Walton), "The Caretaker" by S. Carleton, "Hoofing It With the Heathen" by Holman F. Day, "From the River's Edge" by Grace Margaret Gallaher, "The Country Mouse Visits the Metropolis" by Virginia Middleton, "The Barrymount Case" by Edward Boltwood, "The Greenhorn and the Ambassador" by Edward Lucas White, and the serial "The Great Conspirator" by Howard Fielding. Verse contributions include Wallace Irwin's "The Sea Dog and the Cabineer" and work by George William Hopkins and Aline Triplette Michaelis. Rupert Hughes contributes "The Beginners of Song," while Anne O'Hagan continues "The Confessions of a Stenographer."