Evening star., 1921-12-04
FIFTY YEARS A JOURNALIST. BY
Melville e. Stone. LII. D., counselor
of the Associated Press. Illustrat-
ed. New York: Doubleday, Page Il

Melville e. Stone. LII. D., counselor
of the Associated Press. Illustrat-
ed. New York: Doubleday, Page Il
Co.
THIS hfty-year stretch OF rem
iniscent road IN the company
of Melville Stone takes one
back to 1871. our guide a
mere youth then. The rebuilding after
the civil war is. at this point. in full
swing. The great war leaders-Grant.
Lee, Sherman, Sheridan-ars yet in
the public eye. Grant is approaching
the presidency. Warren Gamaliel
Harding is just lad. Between these
two ten potential Presidents range
from little boy to boy. to youth. to
man. The Franco-Prussian war has
just come to an end. William has
crowned himself emperor at Ver-
sailles. Bismarck has achieved Ger
man empire from loose bundle OF
German states. Victoria is still IN her
long zenith. Prince Albert Edward has
yet to be Edward VII, the Peacemaker.
The German crown prince sees no
faintest sign of his ultimate flight and
exile. Nicholas II has no least FORE
boding of his own ignominious ana
tragic end These come later. mucn
later in this onward march OF ours.
One moving forward with the writ
er finds his amaZement growing fast
at the contacts, the greetings. the as
sociation of this plain American man
with powers and potentates-Pope.
President, king kaiser and czar, dip-
lomat and statesman. captains OF IN,
with a host of just folks-Eugene
Field Riu Nye, George Ade, John
smith and you. Melville Stone collects
men as another collects pictures or
books. or a flock OF theaters. or q
chain of hotels, or a system OF raii-
ways. And these men. dressea IN
their own behaviors. he turns loose
within this book Of recollections. Ana
out of the natural behaviors OF these
significant people one gets an IN
innate and widespread picture OF ap-
sorbine interest. In this illumination
Mr.. Stone, unconsciousiy. reVeais MIN
self-a man made TOT irienas'
one. however, who stiffens Sharply
when the need comes. Out OF tne
whole fascinating memoir Two com
nIete stories crystallize. One Is tnae
of Melville Stones professional career :
as journalist. The other story as tnat
Of the remarkable rise anu psass ~
and service of the Associated Press. ot
which for twenty-five years. MT.
stone was general manager. ana tor
whose efficiency he has worked unre-
mittinely. This story commands Close
attention. 1t is about mere tn1S 81
stone sits down for what ne cans =
ine funeral" at which a IoImA
solved" are followed by tributes OF
snnreciation for Mr.. stones high serv;
;ca from Victor F. Lawson. tine real
fstber of the safeguarding, news.
rathering organization" from sanS
B. Noyes. president OF me Asso Uninws
ranara, counsel Of the organization.
End from Mr.. Adolph Ochs. one not
aniy likes these letters, but he likes
oiso the candid pleasure IN Wnlcn
thsv are included here. One comes out
of this reading refreshed oy tne cons
nany of a man who grows ana efT TS .
-Dus 1.s, word is as b. ,yant and as robust
last Nv so first one. rabbi Ben Ezra had
asthino as t at ali on Melville E Stone'
Who. % %indubitably, agrees that;
1:he nc last ' Of life. for which ths hrst
was made"
THE PACIFIC TRIANGLE. sy syd.
new Greenbie, author OF epans, !,
Real and Imaginary: !iuS TS =
With photographs. New YORK: Inc
Century Company.
,,- Greenbie's desire in Offering tnls
hook is identical with that OF W.
Harding in the conference.tnsIi =. II
to sit down together ana M. js
ever" The purpose back OF TINS rs 70
-. nromote better understanding OF
~ ~ - neonles of The Pacific ana. oy
Wv Of this. to enlist the out!ylns
mainlands in an intelligent eo.opera..
ton for the genuine wenoe,ne q. =.
these peoples. Since inhormatoHa
the authors prime objective, ms mrs.
oara is 10 free his own eyes from the
mists of poetic imagination. to noio
his own mind level. to keep MS ewn
two feet on the ground as ne etu0Ies
Hawaii and Samoa and the Fi1is, New
Zealand, the Philippines, ana tne
mainiands of Australia. CHINA, a.. 'hpan hpan
anu is clearly . descriptive Of the island.
and their peoples. with enough OF
history to light up the peculiar pat-
terms that their individual problems
take. Familiar to the east; MT.
Greenbie easily separates the eienIn-
cant features from those inst Ts :
superficial and of little import. Ihe
second book takes up the full detaii
of the personal and social problems
of the natives OF this region. Inc
third one outlines the cooperation
that should bind the surrounding
mainlands together to help tne
islander to security and progress and
hanpiness. The book is broad in Its
outlook, informed in its views. 1t Is
cminently practical. going into tenta.
tive details of procedure for the solu.
Iution of the political problems that
inhere in the subject A highly sug-
gestiye study, absorbing at every
point: one, too. that Is rooted In the
authors substantial knowledge OF
tba snhiect in its every ASPECT
THE MARRIOTTs AND THE pow
ELLIS, A Tribal Chronicle. By lsa-
bella Hoyt New York: The Mac.
milan Company.
Mrs. Wharton. Dorothy canfield. Mrs
Rtnehart, Gertrude Atherton. Kath-
leen Norris. and the rest will need to
tighten up their laurels-that is, pro-
yided Isabella Hoyt can do again
what she has already achieved In the
tribal chronicle Of the Marriotts and
Powells. This is a first novel. In
substance and finish and sustained
dramatic interest it might be the
crown of earlier achievements. 1t Is
an even story, set in Chicago. OF two
related families, one prosperous, the
other poor. Despite this differences
the tribal customs maintain, bringing
the two sets together in all sorts OF
family intercourse. Nothing out OF
the usual happens and they all move
forward toward the war, which bring,
to the tribe the same impulses that
inspire the world at large. Nothing
remarkable in this leisurely plan. II
is not the plan that counts SO much
here. It is the triumphs Of character
that this writer is able to achieve
Where all are especially alive and
individual, Cousin Edgar and Dianths