---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 20
number: 4
published: 1917-02
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 20, no. 4 (February 1917).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2004unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera2004unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XX, no. 4). Advertisements and advertising-only leaves are omitted. Scan leaves were mapped to visible printed folios before transcription; unnumbered frontispiece material is retained without invented page markers.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-02)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2004unse
  publication_year: 1917
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, February 1917

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## Contents

- James E. Talmage, “The Vitality of “Mormonism”,” 285.
- William Evans, “Shiprock,” 299.
- Alfred Lambourne, “Madelon: A Story,” 300.
- William Jennings Bryan, “The Prince of Peace,” 307.
- Delbert W. Parratt, “Outlines for Scout Workers—XVI,” 323.
- Thomas W. Brookbank, “A Study in American Hebraic Names—III,” 328.
- Harold Jennings, “Little Lije's “Chanct”: A Story,” 336.
- Ila Fisher, “Sing On, O Heart: A Poem,” 339.
- F. S. Harris, “Occupational Changes,” 340.
- Lou E. Cole, “Seventeen Questions for 1917: A Poem,” 343.
- Ida Stewart Peay, “The Coat of Mail: A Story,” 344.
- Anthony W. Ivins, “On Villa's Trail in Mexico,” 354.
- Joseph F. Smith Jr., “Salvation for the Dead—II,” 360.
- Evan Stephens, “Mother: Junior Boys' Chorus,” 365.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editors' Table: Regarding the Tobacco Trade,” 368.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 370.
- Rudger Clawson, “Priesthood Quorums' Table: Courses of Study for 1917,” 372.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 373.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 375.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Efficiency Report of Y. M. M. I. A. for December, 1916,” 379.