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SEE THAT MAN COMING DOWN THE STREET that fine-looking
man who walks with a quick, confident step? Take a good look at
him as he passes.
You're right; he does look like somebody of importance he is. I'll tell
you the reason for that keen, alert expression, that appearance of live in
terest and mastery. He has made a discovery. He has gained possession
of a secret that is making him a leader among the people of Portland. He
is one of the 6368 men and women to whom the city looks for guidance in
every business and social movement, upon whom it depends for every possi
ble service and in every important crisis. They are gaining profit and dis
tinction for themselves, and they are making this city a tremendous factor
in the business and political supremacy of the nation.
Yes, I'll tell you what it is: They have discovered the way to see into the
heart of the world.
They've found out how to know the thoughts of men and understand
their acts. They can see what the world , is doing in every great city, and
council chamber, on every highway, farm, and battle-field under the sun.
They know what men and women of clear vision and good judgment are
saying about the new social, educational, religious, political, and industrial
problems and the changing business and economic conditions of today, as
well as the serious national, international, and racial problems that are
crowding on us for settlement.
They have found the magic "receiver" with which they can "listen in"
on every live wire of news, and wherever opinions are expressed, or con
troversy rages hot. And so they possess themselves of the inside facts on
all sides, and the rock-bottom truth of every vital subject, and it gives them
freedom and authority.
But that isn't all. They have found the point of connection with the
sources of power, and have joined themselves with the great forces that are
remaking the affairs of this city and nation and changing the destinies of
all mankind.
You have seen how great nations have been swayed with passion, how
men have spoken to the world like flaming prophets, how soldiers have
hurled themselves into the fiery gulf of war, how women have endured
privation, and toil, and deadly peril to minister with gentleness and healing
to the world's sufferers. You have seen miracles of labor and of heroism,
you have seen marvels in business and professional, achievement, you have
seen wonders in the individual mastery of men and of circumstances, and
you have known that behind, and beneath, and above, and within all these
things is POWER the operation of invincible forces that conquer all hin
drance and laugh at the impossible.
That man who just went by, with the firm stride of a master of men
and of things, has found a way to toush that Power to throw on the switch
and let the eternal forces flow into his soul. He has learned the' secret of
opening his mind and his heart to the KNOWING and the FEELING of
the great life and thought of the busy, throbbing world, as they come to. him,
full and true, at the end of each week, from thousands of cities and towns
in every land, through his "master receiver," THE LITERARY DIGEST.
"Listen in" for a moment!
THE LITERARY DIGEST has asked 2500 daily newspapers through
out the United States their opinion of the League of Nations. Their replies
come to you over "The Digest" live wire. They bring you more than
information. "Running through the great mass of replies, you have the
sensation of touching something hot." You KNOW and you FEEL the
mind and heart of America on this thrilling question of world welfare.
THE LITERARY DIGEST gathers from many eye-witnesses the
lurid picture of the Russian Bolshevik "heaven on earth," where "maniacs
stalk raving through the streets," and "human flesh is sold as food." You
KNOW and you FEEL the ghastly facts, and love of America burns more
fiercely as you vow protection for your homeland.
A wonder-story comes to you through THE LITERARY DIGEST of
modern safety devices and methods in American factories which already
are saving the lives of 13,000 American workers every year and causing a
better understanding between employer and employe.' Instantly, you feel
a warmer glow of brotherhood and co-operation in our busy life together.
Listen again! THE LITERARY DIGEST is asking a searching ques
tion of 190,000 ministers and 42,000,000 church members of all denomina
tions in the United States. "What is going to happen to a divided Church in
the face of the present great crisis of need and opportunity? Is the Church
immune to the lessons of the War?" KNOWLEDGE of the startling facts
THE DIGEST is giving, rouses a new thrill of responsibility and purpose.
Now catch some of these great business bulletins coming over THE
DIGEST wire: A ten thousand mile new railway route from the busiest
centers of the United States straight into the heart of South American
markets! Unexpected tips on merchandising and prof it-taking revealed
by government weather maps! How American furnaces can stop the waste
of millions of tons of coal every year. Such KNOWLEDGE is money to
those who have THE DIGEST "receiver" at their ears.
Hold the wire! You don't want to miss these stirring "Lessons in
Patriotism" and stories of "Nations in Rebirth" coming over with every
week's issue. Here is a story of the "Poles in the United States," really a
complete condensed history of this great people and their ancient nation
now being reborn into liberty. Here is the story of Greece; and now comes
the tragic tale of Armenia escaping from the barbarous thraldom of the
Ottoman Empire. "The Case of Schleswig" craving to be reunited with
Denmark; the "Lithuanians in the United Stages"; and so on little histories
big with meaning, thrilling with interest to Americans who must live and
work side by side with these peoples and help them on and up into a larger
Americanism here or a larger, freer national existence in their native lands.
No man or woman can be in close touch with all these big, live things of
the world without growing bigger of mind and heart, and gaining a richer,
more keenly sensitive life. And their reaction upon every business, social,
and personal interest he may have is of the greatest benefit to him. It
makes him quick to understand and appreciate real values, quick to see and
use passing opportunities, strong in his influence upon his friends and
fellow-workers, valuable as a citizen, successful in his individual affairs.
How unfair it would be if such advantages were exclusive, obtainable only
.by a few! How fortunate that any ambitious, purposeful man or woman
may get possession of the same secret of personal power, and larger life. It i
is possible for you to have this "magic receiver," THE LITERARY DIGEST,
in your own home, and to KNOW and FEEL the great heart of the world
as its pulse-beats reach you through the crowded pages of THE DIGEST
every Saturday night. Then, in a new and larger sense, you will share the
exultation of Monte Cristo as he stood up and cried, "THE WORLD. IS 15
MINE!"
FUNK. U WAGNALL5 COMPANY, (Publishers of the Famom NEW Standard Dictionary) NEW YORK
COPTRIGHT. 1819. by FUNK WAOS1LLS COMPANT, Nw Turk