Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

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tractively young business woman has simply
beaten her to it.
THE GREAT LOS ANGELES BUBBLE. BY
Guy W. Finney. Los Angeles: The Milton
Forbes Co.
THIS is the story of scandal in big business.
OIL story upon this theme may have
as its object warning. It may. on the other
hand, be designed spectacular exposure with
some degree of personal ainmus as its directive
impulse. In the second case it takes on the
unfortunate quality Of the undertaking that
few years ago was common form of publicity
in respect to the purposes and plans Of big bust
ness
1t is fair TO say at the outset that careful
reading does not bring accusation Of the
latter sort against its author. Rather Is it a
cool reportorial account of an actuality in the
domain of business whose effect was disaster
to thousands of innocent bystanders." Il Is
at this point that the book scores very real
usefulness. This day of all days is clamorous
with the solicitations Of an army of promoters.
The public is its meat. But the public-the you
and the me and the rest Of the commonalty-
does not know the intricacies of finance Ger
tainly not in its Shacier implication So the
public is often, in its thousands Of individual
constituents. the disastrous loser in these swim
ming games" Guy Finneys book is book OF
method in the ways OF fraudulent business
schemes Reading it with attention one may
md out 1t least some of the ways, some Of the
devices through which many q small saver may
be relieved OF even that which he hath" From
this point Of view the book Is intensely interest
ing. rs It IS, also. Of distinct practical value.
Again, here Is spread out In fair and expert
conception the panorama OF practically an en-
tire community, highly intelligent community
at that suffering the hypnosis Of getting rich
quick" From these two standpoints here Is q
book TOR general reading. The purely personal
TO-
appeals less valuable to the reader. without
doubt the author felt the need Of this personal
attitude for the sake Of getting across with q
very unfortunate truth. All the same, the true
value of the disclosure-and it has a very gen.
uine and far-reaching value-lies in the two
points that I have mentioned. A frst-claSs
brand Of writing projects this lesson in business
SCRIBBI.ER IN THE UNITED STATES;
impressions During a Nine Weeks Tour. BY
Herbert Jacques Reprinted from THE Sur
rey County Herald"
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS BY W. J. r. Col
lins editor of THE South Wales Argus"
Newport. Reprinted from THE Argus"
TWO little booklets have arrived from Eng
land, each one proclaiming on its title page
that It Is collection of impressions gathered
during visit to the United States in the FAN
Of 1928. Mr.. Jacques and Mr. Collins were
members Of the party of IA British Journalists
who covered" this country a year and q half
ago under the auspices Of the Carnegie Eneow-
ment for International Peace Nine weeks OF
hard and fast travelling in this land OF great
distances may have proved somewhat strenuous
on constitutional endurance but q perusal Of
the impressions set down by these two repre-.
sentatives Of the British press gives ample evil
dence that neither fatigue nor the perpetual
feasting and speaking engagements Of the party
served to lessen Q keen appreciation Of an en-
thusiasm for things American. While both Of
them are quite frank in their views on some Of
the phases OF American life, they are gener-
ously warm in their tributes and laudations
The relation Of these impressions Is in the
form Of letters written while on tour and. sent
to England for publication in the home town
papers. They are short, cIean-cut and con-
vincing. It is the purpose of the Carnegie En-
dOwment for International Peace in its annual
program, to invite groups Of representative
newspaper men in the various countries of the
globe to visit and study other lands, to afford
the best possible opportunity to become &C
quanted with other parts of the world to meet
representative citizens, groups and organizations,
and to observe for themselves what may be
the more significant aspects OF present-day
social, economic intellectual and political life
in the lands visited The sole obligation of
these groups of journalists is that they shall
use their time to the best advantage to the
end that when thereafter they discuss uues-
tions and problems concerning the countries
they have toured they will be able to make use
of their own independent observations and re-
Elections
These booklets of Mr. Jacques who was the
representative In the Carnegie party Of the
Surrey County Herald and Mr.. Collins, editor
of the South Wales Argus, testify to the value
of these journalistic tours, and give the Ameri-