THE LOTUS _seeks to be novel, unconventional and entertaining without sacrificing purity and wholesomeness. It seeks to be a medium for the younger writers._ THE LOTUS _is published every two weeks and is supplied to subscribers for One Dollar a year; foreign subscription, $1.25. Sample copy five cents. On sale at all news stands._ THE LOTUS, Kansas City, Mo. The Roycroft Quarterly: Being a Goodly collection of Literary Curiosities obtained from Sources not easily accessible to the average Book-Lover. Offered to the Discerning every three months for 25c. per number or one dollar per year. Contents for May: I. Glints of Wit and Wisdom: Being replies from sundry Great Men who missed a Good Thing. II. Some Historical Documents by W. Irving Way, Phillip Hale and Livy S. Richard. III. As to Stephen Crane. E. H. A preachment by an admiring friend. IV. Seven poems by Stephen Crane. 1—The Chatter of a Death Demon. 2—A Lantern Song. 3—A Slant of Sun on Dull Brown Walls. 4—I have heard the Sunset Song of the Birches 5—What Says the Sea? 6—To the Maiden the Sea was Blue Meadow. 7—Fast Rode the Knight. V. A Great Mistake. Stephen Crane. Recording the venial sin of a mortal under sore temptation. VI. A Prologue. Stephen Crane. THE ROYCROFT PRINTING SHOP, East Aurora, New York. THE PHILISTINE. NO. 1. June, 1896. VOL. 3. EXTREMES. When our day’s competitive course is run, And its gross triumphs, that crude wealth increase, Are trumpeted from ramparts of fat peace— As fine achievements duly wondered on— What of the unfed squalors ’neath the sun? What of the purient crimes night hours release, And woes that from nor day nor night draw ease, That unquenched greed may gold gold heap upon? The rich man, gazing on his winged wealth, Calls church and state to underwrite his claim; The poor protest that law works bane by stealth; Nor rich nor poor know God but as a name. O, far off Christ, thy text to rear and van Shows forth God’s law is—brotherhood of man. WILLIAM JAMES BAKER. SOME THINGS AMERICA NEEDS.