MR. REDFIELD'S PORTRAYAL OF BEGINS NEXT WEEK HE reminiscences of the Hon. William THE C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce in President Wilson's Administration, will begin in next week's issue of The Outlook. They contain a wealth of illuminating episodes and thoughtful criticism of our machinery of government. A pompous United States Senator is pictured flying into a rage because he was kept waiting for an interview. The appalling ignorance of some of the Congressmen and the disgraceful conditions on board a Coast Geodetic Survey ship are freely discussed. Three types of liars in Congress are enumerated. We see President Wilson climbing through a window of the Bureau of Standards Building to look at a new airplane model, we observe his singular calmness at critical moments, and we chuckle with him as he is kept waiting in an anteroom by a blundering clerk. Engrossing close-ups of the members of the Wilson Cabinet are presented, and new light is shed on their temperaments and personalities. Why business men are not believed in Washington, the meannesses of Uncle Sam, the starvation wages of Government experts, and the unsurveyed condition of American coasts, a National reproach, are openly presented. A heroic rescue at sea in a raging storm; the inside story, told for the first time, of how a Government employee went to Russia during the war and bought $2,500,000 worth of platinum-a tale of dash, diplomacy, gumption, and bluff, among conditions of almost incredible hardship—are told in stirring language. "From Congress to Cabinet" is not an autobiography. It is a faithful portrayal of famous men engaged in their labors and of events unfolding themselves into history. The heroic side and the petty side of Uncle Sam are in turn presented by one who has been, not only a noted participant in the af fairs of state, but a discerning observer of them. Mr. Redfield's impressions of distinguished men and momentous events during the World War have been written with an uncommon candor that makes his articles especially valuable. The Next 13 Numbers of The Outlook For Only $1 If you are not already a subscriber, send $1 for special thirteen weeks' subscription THE OUTLOOK COMPANY 381 Fourth Ave., New York City THE OUTLOOK, May 23, 1923. Volume 134, Number 1. Published weekly by The Outlook Company at 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Subscription price $5.00 a year. Entered as second-class matter, July 21, 1893, at the Post Office at New York, under the Act of March 3, 1879. |