Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-18
RYIn GILBERT MYERS.

sum, as the biggest OF schools
It's enrolment of readers far
l. outstrips that OF the total OF
formally organized agencies OF
education. 1t enters every home, II
waits at every corner. 1t steps Off each
morning with every considerable &C.
tivty OF the day. The press provides
huge extension course for all the
people, bringing the news OF the wide
world to hand, shaping public opinion.
influencing public movements. ?ct,
this formidable potency Is OF a falr!y
new growth. With other important
matters industry. philanthropy re-
lgion. politics and government-the
newspaper has grown greatly in scope
and influence by virtue of the modern
device OF organization, the keynote OF
modern life. Here and there in the
journalistic world are outstanding tg-
ures. men OF vision and ability who
have given to individual news publica-
tions distinctive character, the stamp
of commanding personality, the eX-
ample of power we'll expended the sens"
of moral obligation extended to the
reading public itself. Indeed. there Is
no chapter of history more interesting,
more impressive and valuable than that
of the development Of the newspaper
as vigorously partaking element IN
the common life. Great newspaper
men-editors. owners, managers-stand
among the most constructive FORCES OF
the present day. Now and then tnere
comes a study OF this notable leaocr
or that one, in the business OF news
and in the policies that control the out
nut Of news striking case OF TINS
kind comes out here in this study.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE. BY Macnalr
Wilson, author of THE Beloved
Physician. Sir James Mackenzie"
Philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott 20.
AN acgrcssively positive and active
~ man is bound to have enemies.
ord Northclire was that kind OF
man. Therefore he had enemies. But
this writer is his friend. such from long
and intimate acquaintance. So, Wnere
the casual reader or observer would
PASS against this or that act OF agrees
Sion on the part of NorthclifTe. Macnair
wilson looks beneath the surface, GER
tain to find good intent and fair deal
ing at the heart of the matter. For
instance. there was wide and outSpoKen
condemnation of what was at the time
called Northcliffe's brutal sacrifice oil
Kitchener during the World War. But
according to NorthclifIe. 1t was either
one man. Kitchener, or thousands OF
slain Englishmen at the front. so
without an instant Of delay. he opened
his papers upon the delinquency OF the
great war hero Of the Sudan. Merely
a case in point Of that which on the
one hand was called treachery 10
trusted friend. and on the other was
called a national need.
Gcing back to the beginning. the
story sets out with the boyhood OF
Young Harmsworth. just for the sake of
pointing out certain strong trends OF
temperament and character. II moves
swiftly from this point out into the
rapid growth of the boy into the man
of strenuous habit and unconquerable
will. From the modest start in press
work on out into wide ownership OF
newspapers the matter moves In a
somewhat spectacular spread of adven-
ture. daring and swift. bent upon the
mans purpose OF awakening the COM
mon people of England to their national
rights and obligations. A great demo-
crat. this writer calls Northcliffe, whose
somewhat fantastic press behavior was
based upon finding the reading point
of the common people Devoted to his
country above all else. the life OF this
man conferred upon publicitieS that
promised wellbeing 10 that country. to
all Enclishmen, not alone 10 a single
class OF these. Here is brilliant story
for your reading. one that will hold
you throughout to the romance Of one
greatly useful mans life. A command
ing and inspiring figure. Lord North
cliffe. But that Is not so much the
point OF the study as is that of present.
ing Eortheliffe as one of the great or
ganizerS Of the press. one of the great
newspaper builders of the present time,
WHITE FOX. BY c. E. Scoggins. au-
thor Of The Red Gods Call" etc
indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co
NOT long after the appearance Of
The Red Gods Cali readers from
all quarters began to worry BobbS-M er
rill for another novel from the same
source. Where is that Scoggins man.
anyway" the queries ran. When Is he
going TO give us another StoryF It's
abou, couple OF years now since the
last one"~plain grievance in the max
ing here. Then, prompt as you please
the smooth answer came. Here you
are Right here" And into the wait
ing hands White Fox" slipped. Just as
stirring a story, too, as Red Gods" and
that Is saying a good deal Not so wide
III It's sweep. maybe as the earlier one.
but fully as deep In its dramatic plunge,
quite rs high in its poetic flight, Pure
adventure, 10 be sure. But new hand
at this business Is at work with amazing
effect. Both OF these tales of glamour
are set against surprising background
OF the ancient Maya civilization, which.
hv way of excavation and modern re-
search, has moved out OF the domain
OF tradition and tsagmentary legend
into that OF established fact and au~
thcntic history A rich and surprising
setting for romance, A brand-new
"and" for this simon-pure adrenturer
in fiction.
Against It's Shimmcring tapestry Of
effect the White Fox stands, \ youth
Of the old Maya line pcrSiStine through
the centuries n remnant Of Maya king
ship waiting 10 rescue his people from
bondage according 20 promise of the
great Mayan gods Seeing this splendid
youth, White Fox, 'lXtaceicoyou," YOU
dismiss any doubt as To his royal line
age. Indeed, white Fox IL one of the
Of this romancing writer
hut what To do With him In make his
title cleari That's the question: Why
The moving picture, To be sure. Drawn
from his SccluSion, White Fox sees right
before his ewes the old spiendorS Of his
rishtful domain. alive, moving, hcckon~
tng him 10 hts heritage, Now, Il this
turn. this particular wedding OF the
ancient and the blatantly modern, is
not genius, pray. what h III What
might seem to he inherent incongruitleS
away when the whole matter Is
thrown into the hands OF Lew, Don
luis." who In his own Incompatible
way carries trhmphantly forward the
making Of Il movie out In the South
west where movies grow, and at the
same time blends With 1t the romance
Ut the White FoN dreaming ot a re-
stored Kingdom and freed reople
Astonishing originality steps out here,
~ simple, too. why dtdnt someone
think ot 1t before just because, no