The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-28
DOLLAR A YEAR
PUBLISHER HERE
F. N. Doubleday Is On Great Mis-.
sion For Red Cross In Orient
and Watches For Spies

On mission for humanity and also
another mission that will give his coun.
try information which may be useful
for the prosecution Of its war mea.
sures, +. N. Doubleday, of New York
and a member of the great publishing
firm of Doubleday, Page & Co., is in
Honolulu accompanied by Mrs. Doubla,
lday, to remain here some DAYS before
proceeding to Manila aud China and
Japan. They are at the Moana Hotel.
Mr.. Doubleday, only a short time
ago, was called suddenly TO Washing.
ton and told that he was TO publish the
Red Cross Magazine, and above all,
Ito make ii pay. Inasinuch as Mr..
doubleday was even then in the midst
Of his own great publishing work Il
was put up to him that this was ma
Itional, even international matter, and
he must accept. He did. -. ..
On Paying Basis ..'.
Today the magazine is paying 500,
900 over and above all expenses, all
Of which money goes TO the Red Cross
fun. 1T, - =
Mr.. Doubleday decided to make IL
the best magazine Of its kind, a pa.
ltriotic publication with strong appeal
to the public to learn Of the doings Of
the Red Cross and its gigantic aims
I'm the work for humanity. He con.
Isulted with great writer's and illustra
tors, men who had contracts to write
their material only for this or that
publication. Mr.. Doubleday swept ex.
chses aside and today many Of these
leading American writer's and artists
are giving much Of their valuable prod
net TO the magazine, and every bit CT
II, free, just as Mr.. Doubleday gives
his own services-free. He is hardly
of the dollar year man type, for he
receives even less than that. g..
Makes Scope International Ia
Then Mr.. Doubleday, giving evdn
more Of his time and energy TO the
new publication than to his own bust.
ness his partner, by the way being Mr..
Page, the American ambassador at
London, decided to make the maya
Zines scope more far reaching than
ever. He decided to internationalize
it. In other words, he wanted the mes
sage of the Red Cross to 90 to tile
peoples Of other countries in their own
language and this is a part Of his mis-
sion, to, give this message by word Of
mouth and then gain their support for
the printed page. II is to be in Chi
nese, Japanese, Spanish and many
other languages, carrying the same
wonderful illustrations of the master
publication and the translation of the
articles by America greatest writer's.
Advertiser Is Complimented
Mr.. Doubleday is always interested
in newspapers and good newspapers
and the manner in which they are
/" dressed" for the morning reader.
81 had heard Of The Advertiser be.
fore / got here and was told that it
was a first class paper,'' said Mr..
Doubleday yesterday. y" As soon as !
got here l got a copy of that day IS
issue and permit me to tell you that
The Advertiser is a splendid paper,
both, in its makeup and the class Of
reading matter it gives. Let me con.
graduate The ADVERTISER .ss
Mr.. Doubleday is also deeply inter.
ested in the German spy system, as
any one who reads the Worlds Work,
his great publication may Judge, AMI
during his journeys in the Interest Of
the Red Cross Magazine he will keep
his eye open TO see how the system has
spread its Shiny trail over the countries
he is to visit. He was deeply interest,
ed in the German situation in Hawaii,
and concerned in the revelations con,
corning German intrigue as given pub,
licity through Captain Grasshof 5
diary.
ll"And as to spies it is reported that
there are several hundred thousau1
Germans in this work in the United
States alone" said Mr., Doubleday.