Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
IDA GILBERT MYERS.

dividual success Ia pretty gen.
orally and definitely estaoisneo
upor the foundation OF prlva-
ton, pluck, the gift OF provision
and the power to plug through each
succeeding Job on the road to personal
fuIfllment and public service. Lincoln
Ia the classic example OF such progress
There were few before him. Tnere
have been hundreds since. Not OF tne
Lincoln stature, TO be sure, nor Oh tne
Lincoln stripe. Yet these hundreos are
as truly the product Of their times as
are any of the outstanding men OF Ile
mast Here are character, grit ana per
sonali.v in partnership with perloo
rich In opportunity. And here are
thousands of Young and youngisn men,
meeting and proving the SURPRISING
promises of the modern world. Anois
Them is Herbert Hoover. whose stoLy -
here told by MIR Hoovers oia llleiiu
and schoo.mate. WIN TWIN 'i
novelist,
Inst a, the present moment 1t might
he good wisoom just plan gooa Sgioe'
To Irv To solt-peaai the Sto.y Vi Liei
bert Hoover AS matter OF Iact' NJ"
ever it can't be done Wh@1hSi oii~
follows the restrained and toiiseI V"e.'e
stmoy of Mr Hoover by William Iiara
or gives himself over To "reminiscences
NJ friendship BY will Irwin, the erect
is one and the same. The story III
either case Is simply spectacular. OF
| would be. II there were not at lis
center of 1t a man whose gospel hno
/ practices are those OF hard worN, oilS
9rindino task finished. why. Just take
| on anoTher and harder one. Only
| little bow at first like all the others ~
/ that clan-but one does not IKE ~
linner here. Lonesome, smut up III
| himself that boy, and a URINE nnS'
! Let's move on to the time ~nen ne se's
/ his teeth into job. not mucn "a 80
! ioh to start with. But IKE the wy
,S,;n,self his Jobs are afflicted with grow
! ire mains they spread and deepen ana
I taee nm importance. All the time you
/ are reading YOU will have an eye ouI
for the rn1racle--for miracles must De
headed upon this youngster 10 pIhAs
! about such amazing results. NOV "
a,,e.-.except the miracle OF nara WoI'
IA Off for economy Of effort WIN
a,other rift for rounding up loo 70
! tba inclusion of all of It's essentMl paris
and the discarding OF any scrap Va
waste and irrelevant material OF eIIoa '.
! They call this organization. pow" 8,
that MIR. Hoover has proved 10 ma w
| his possession, In several parts Vi -,
/ world. and IN circumstances oI "o 49,
wide significance ana mpoI'a nacn
/ Australia China. Belgium, Russia eacis
! ,rith something for Hercules VI
,r,odarn nattern TO get into Shape.
Tner nome again With the MlsslSslppi
-, ia iooked after, Then the Immense
h,,s,ness organization OF the Depait-
,nent of Commerce but why say oEsi
/ aanin chat everybody knows! Inc Only
.,s..,t In make here Is that WIN 1--WE
/ r. deem friendship and Win sucI'
srarSress as friends practice upon one
.satner mas told the story OF HeFoSIt
/ Hoover from It's beginning up 70 ue
! uresent time. How noVehst must no
/ ploated over such theme ne " ,A,s
1 have and yet nevsr once hNs ~
writer let himself go beyond w
/ str,ctest recording coupled WIN SUI
/ nraise as the occasion required.
/ ssarsanle career Is here portrayed
1 assa,s, h,,rnan mankind, frlenuiy,
! ,,aht.tr inginc toward the rest OF me
/ ,.erid--romes into the open here. Inc
~. rart nj this story Ia that II "A no.
/ o,sl,, fTue hut that II Is story LOT Inc
hn.s Ia reach out after in their OWL
/ ,ivss Indeed. that Is the true gist o.
! tbs life story of Herbert Hoover resu
.t,s h,olr Read William Hard's VINO
Hoover?" You boys read this one--a''o
then move out into things.
cot,1mgIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
washlnrton. D. C. Edited by JonI
/ farner washington: Published oy
i the society.
d oUND about the middle Oh Aus"ss
! N there was at West Brancn' lows, "
/ home coming rally for Herbert hoovei,
/ 'rha great majority of those hstehing
. in that night must have been impressed
nv the naturalness and sincerity OF tnat
/ Instructive homing before setting OUT
for wider fields. Not q new move LOT
] tnis man either. since years before on
| his way Ia Australia Mr.. Hoover oio
! the same thing. went to West Branch
/ to feel again the touches OF poynooo
I and the friendships Of that earlier time
! The noint Is that this feeling for the
old home LIS universal one. y
I shared by all OF us, understood oy All Oh
us AS among the deepest OF proposes
sions. To everybody there Is one spo'
dearer 10 the memory than All o.ners,
~csy to realize this when the Ola ana
beloved place Is some little faraway
town some hamlet. even some stretch
az a we'll remembered countryside. Not
so EASY TO realize, however. that every
hip CITY too, has within Its borders
/ noints here and there which long years
before constituted the old home town
/ of certain of its residents. New YORK,
| New Orleans, Chicago. washington and
! ALI the others cherish within their pres
/ ent spread and activity the FEATURES OF
/ that old and dear home town. And all
over the country there are men ana
/ women grouped together for the pnr-
| pose OF keeping fresh these points of
| recollection. these centers OF patriotic
| fealty. Such group Is the Columbia
! Historical Society of washington, ID. c.,
which here presents It's thirtieth volume
| Of record and "reminiscences on the land
marks of an older and simpler WASH
! lngton than the one we now know As
! a whole these volumes OF annual ac-
] counting provide an Invaluable refer
| ence library for the historical student
/ OF the city They offer besides an ex-
| elusive source OF information less COM
! prehensive than history, one devoted
| rather to the revival OF old atmos-
pheres without which any modern city
! loses an appreciable part Of its charm
and effect BY way of these records one
| so minded can touch this busy and
| busting mart with the magic OF dis
| tingushed personalities OF an earlier
| day, with interests Of other form and
| purpose. with many a beautiful re-
/ minder. in home or parSland or pic
! turesque road. of the days when the
! CAPITAL was growing to It's present
/ stature and Importance, The volume
In hand the thirtieth one OF the
soeiety'S annual output, contains
| sketch of Mayor Seaton, by Allen c.
CLARK A most interesting account OF
the old dueling days in Washington is
given by Myra K. raulding, Real savors
issue from Mr.. Paris story OF the
founding Of the old market I'm George
town. In sketch Of later date Lieut.. Col
II. S Grant, 3D.. gives a summary of
Americas Part In the Supreme War
Council During the World War" Pre-
scented by the editor, Mr.. John Larner,
IL a retainiscAnL sInrN Of eArliar NNnsh-