Evening star., 1928-04-01
BY IDA GILBERT MYERS.

T ts not dimcult 10 CONCEIVE tnat q
new heroic age Is right now In the
building. 1t Is easy to assume that
i In some vastly remote future men
out OF our own amazing present Will
have reached the stature OF those
mythic and legendary dcmi-gods that
peopled the old heroic age OF antiquity.
And what will be the pattern OF man
that in this new heroic age will fire
the imagination and spur the activities
of the people then to be? Naturally.
this man or these men II. created In
our present will be Of the character
and quality OF this present. Here Is
gigantic man-bird cleaving the air In
worldwide flight. Here Is gigantic
sailing the ocean bed Here
is a magician that permits men sep
arated by the width Of ocean and contl-
nent combined to talk as II they we're
face to face, and soon. no doubt, they
will see each other eye to eye. Yet.
none of these will be the demi-god OF
some far future. Instead, 1t will be the
of organization. It will
be those who combine the multitudinous
parts OF the riches of earth into great
units, correlating In every part. each
part contributing to the
whole without waste of energy or
product, the whole~a marvel OF pro-
ductiye power--under' the direction and
control of this demi-god OF the future.
In the present he Is merely a great
business man. working through one ma
terial or another. to increase the con-
tact of the human family with the
wealth or the earth by way OF perfected
ways of production and distribution.
The great business man Is embodiment
of a great present. He Is the inspira-
sxfar nf
fellow men. The point IN mind, right
here. Is that he is also textbook for
the youth of this country. for any
country where opportunity goes along
with the ability to seize 1t, to make use
of 1t Now 1t is vitality interesting
and significant thing that so many OF
the leaders of industry started out with
nothing but their bodies and spirit as
the tools of success. Yet today one can
count right here in America many
man Of princely fortune and OF the
highest benevolence as well who set out
upon thorny roads of poverty and hard
work. Stories OF such men are good
for youth to read--infinitely better than
hero tales OF military leaders engaged
In destruction. These other men are
producers. More than this. their way
can be followed. perhaps not with their
measure of success but followed at any
rate In the industry. the thrift, the
self-denial. In all Of the traits and prac--
tices that 20 into success. The story OF
James B. Duke Is one OF these hero
stories OF hard work and industry.
Poverty was his birthright But by
work and a mind keen TO sense OPP
portunity, here step and there an
other one. he in the course OF time be-
came the head of a gigantic business
organization One envisages him. not
as leaping suddenly full-panoplied into
success. but instead as watching Tor
opportunity to expand a little at this
point. a little at that one. TIL, finally.
he became the great leader In business
that this story tells. An enormously
rich man-too rich many will say. But.
vou see, that depends on how he uses
his wealth. Well. what did James Duke
In large part do with his? He gave
opportunity to lesser men by providing
the best conditions OF living. OF having
some share In his own great affairs OF
entering relatively into his own feelings
OF participation, of ownership. He de-
Veloped other industries than his own
particular one--creating energy and
mechanical power over large areas of
the United States and Canada. He
provided for education. For instance.
he made possible Duke University, OF
which we are reading so much Just
now. and for whose splendid continu-
ance he has supplied the means. He
ways. since ne helped them TO help
themselves. He was the friend OF
youth, looking out for their future in
royal fashion. Workingman. leader In
business Of more than one sort, philan-
thropist of high order. practical vi
sionary. q true man. Read the story
of James b. Duke, you young man,
or woman. You may not amaSs for
tune. but you will have the inspiration
OF q real man for acquaintance and
friend
CHILDREN OF SWAMP AND WOOD
BY Archibald Rutledge author OF
Heart OF the South.' etc. New
York: Doubleday. Page a. Co.
TIME to be off--so the magnolia tree
I'm Franklin Park says. and so call
the budding bushes and trees all over
the city Why not 20 with Mr.. Rut-
ledge this time into the swampS and
woods of his own Southland. where he
In familiar with the wild children OF
these places? Going anywhere by book
Is lovely thing TO do. since 1t secures
all the Joys OF adventure and escapes
all the no Joy OF reality. 1t Is only fair
TO tell you that In this case you Will
be going along not only with man
who has spent DAYS and years In the
actual company OF these swamp crea-
lures, but that you will be In the COM
pany OF poet. too, Al least, can
find no other name for that feeling OF
nearness TO the beauty OF lone places.
~k g. F.,H xAf ka
hudden retreats as this man possesses
and. coupled with IL. direct and sim
Pile way with words that delivers the
adventures over to YOU In tunes and low
humning cadences. Out OF waste lands
this man evokes abundant life In many
OF It's wild forms. More than this he
sets that life about It's business. un-
afraid and unmindful of man. the
great enemy OF the Wild You see more
than one woodland courtship. and flnd
lessons. many of them. In the house
keeping of the wilderness. Voices Of
the night come 10 YOU and phantoms
OF the forest move silently across the
path. You are taught 20 feel the cour-
age OF these hidden denizsns of the
wood. You come to recognize a philos-
abled To tune In" upon the radio of
the wild-~a wonderful experience. this,
And agsin you are led close To the
wonder and mystery" OF migration,
that strange urge to move on. that
amazing call out of the far places to
come away on the immemoriai quest.
A beautiful hook~time TO be of
UP COUNTRY. A story of the Van~
guard by Donald and Louise Peat
tie authors of "Hniinty nf Earth -
etc, New York! y, Appleton Il Co.
A NOVEL, Of colonial days I,s mo-
tive power Is the pioneer life OF the
period. Its inner urge. the quest of
freedom and more freedom A
shifting background is therefore
essential TO the purpose Of the
action Itself lust a. q regtless and
adventurous spirit must take the lead
here So II The nIlisA IL IL the Atila