The Detroit times., 1913-12-15

IRIS j STORY THAT HAS
THE BREATH OF LIFE
Csnmands Readers sympathy
y IA Suotains the Interest
From Cover To Cover

Down A0o0g Men, just poOsasas'
~ Oosrgo Il Doran o.. - one tina
\ ~ ~ breath OF life. The story h
foln ga IT. theme Of felowssryics
D erneoDood In the title, have abon
/ 49, an uncsasing vitality which
u bo,6s fnst The readers sympathy ant
inHoroet.
ComDcFt has again selected IN 81
8 rroaeivo title which hits OF sccuratsa,
I ~ bueden Of the story. The plot h
4 omploys = not complex or elaborated,
y Woeko4 out II depends largely upoI
n ~ tell1ng. The chapters OF the nrs
\ hook eealing with the early Uphill
&HGht q The hero. John Morning, cor
10npon6ont, are IN example OF -
xnn&knbly eRectiys narration. In {
#n1y7o that combines intensity o.
1N0ughk with c0nciseness OF expires
61oo, ~ autAor tells of young Morn
l0rsn tIAining and the Development oi
n ~ <Aorpctoe - 10 beCOmes . CORE
oontent whosis drawn irrssista6ly T.
X ~ ocone 09xhotf1oo. err
IHsough ~ unf1rtunsts accident
sr11 ths untla ~ h6at of his Senius
1rnnIng fai1U IT, be tnciudeA In th<
|utnnSRe IN allowed 10 80 from
Eohlo with tho armios leaving there
r. ~ opening Of the Russo-Japaness
"a older; correspondent who doe
o4 know Morning. but who admirea
|x}1o work, gives up his own place thai
f<Ho two may 20 together - fre<
onees to the Russian encampment u
A}l 3ooyane There, they alone get thu
y tnxoian version OF the great battle
nnA thu weeks of preparation for It
W Then comes Mornings race across
ma I'D rivers, through territory in
ofo3 u Chinese bandits and across
~ ocaSn in an attempt 10 beat thu
~ 70 American with his 10000
z6td story. Harrased It every Step
MINDED Dy the Chinese who ais
~ his story, he lights on continual
IS oo6&etimeS In his right mind an
not1cnes not. But he rewrites tn
~ q ehipbOard under the care Of
kt1lc1on and wins.
M Comfort has made good use o
ART hand knowledge gained - ,
His graphic. straight
G4ot3 account brings out strongll
~ inevitable must" that keeps
1nlnk going when by al the laws o.
1o6ogy and physics he should b.
- travel. This part Of thu
(1s though II IL preliminary, Il
1oal1y the best of Il all.
I'M hjo return to America, Morn
14 tU1omes the lion Of the hour
~ II the newSpapers, then In thu
11DeB and finally In book h<
= ~ story with it, various attend
ooeuros. For the ilrst time In hin
~ ho1D q easy street" He fndi
4oof among the elect Of hin pro
who arc known to publishers
EoSino o6itOrs. But he sickona
,ng for money. He quits WORK
4 m0ulging In . vicious taste fol
Eooo down and down TIL he ID
w u social position - he was
~ = rescued by Duke Fallovs. the
No had seen much promise N
yoof1 before In Toxic.
GH1ng proved the futility Of work
~ ~ fnme and money be hence
~ 1ovutes Ms efforts 30 HE follow
oo He falls In love. but EAllows
- acting a. his guardian angel
him Of personal happiness q
~ NJ WIVKOA 0b1OW vi t0O w VI
noevico. To DO this, Fellows makes
- cf Mornings having . message
4 ~ world that he will deliver
nv n 10 gives his whole life TO II
IL Oder words, that he II World
10 big for the need Of wonan'l
NJ - nmfly ties.
~ nppgUme self.sacriAce Of Betty
exf nakes the story for her one oi
- 1gagody. OF course her lover
co1e to the stimulus exerted upon
~ an oocomes q World Man" de
y1S1ne biz message with inspiration
" bollnsss with which the theme
p9rt1o4 out gives the novel q rug
n4oe that challenges attention. /
1S0w uDoa the reader . lasting i'm
$500 q having besn written sbou
~ th1ngD Of life.
~ Win III ~ merits. the bool
GA0e3 Of perfection. One OF IL
ook polDD n the frequent repetition
~ neral which 70 blasoned fortl
~ aftor page In the later sec
~ e The story till we natural.
80 tAo hero IN his lonely hill
~ DoU0AlnS out inspired words Q,
lyDoWy1toe while q placard hang
In stating In letters six fse
'lgo = now working for human
That y Why the nrst part o
nook h tie best
~ uovo1 leans 70 myvticism an,
x1of = hardly IN touch with tn
I0) @0Sront of present-day philos
Is - true that there 10 nov
wv w q reaction from the cool
r. eosly nOderH scientiA