Facts? Yes, and something more— 
Consider “The Negro,” that picture of 
the sad, happy, lovable, tragic race—the 
American Peasant. Or consider “Mr. 
Riley,” that intimate portrait of the “dear 
and jaunty figure” of the Hoosier poet, 
not disdainful of sportive handsprings on 
the front lawn yet doughtily insistent 
on his right to be called “Mister” Riley. 
Or “The Most Interesting American,” a 
portrait limned with suefi tempered en¬ 
thusiasm that the very Roosevelt strides 
through the pages, smiles at you (that 
smile!) and grips your hand. Or “What 
Happened in California,” that brilliant 
analysis of men and motives which re¬ 
veals that the 1916 election result— 
astounding to the East — is as simply 
explained as a child’s sum. 
Or “One Year Dry,” a story full of human 
touches by a former “wet” leader, telling 
what the State-wide ban on booze does and 
doesn’t do. Or “Our Challenge to Ger¬ 
many,” that relentless arraignment of il¬ 
legal submarine warfare and bugle call to 
America to defend the freedom of the seas. 
These articles, picked at random from 
recent issues, are typical of those found 
in Collier’s, week by week. 
Any conscientious observer can compile 
facts. But only a writer of art and im¬ 
agination can give them life , truth , con- 
vi?ici?ig power. 
“The Negro” is called by a prominent 
colored writer “the fairest statement 
anent the negro, his trials, tribulations 
and triumphs that has ever appeared in 
print,” a view that echoes the progres¬ 
sive sentiment of both races, North and 
South. “What Happened in California” 
is at once accepted by both parties on 
the Coast as the final statement. Pro¬ 
hibition workers everywhere call “One 
\ear Dry” a smashing national blow for 
their cause. Collier’s in its handling of 
the war and international situation is 
hailed from East to West as the leader 
of those agencies which have awakened 
America to the real meaning of the 
conflict to her. 
1'hus Collier’s is aiding the nation to 
develop according to the American plan 
—freedom and equal opportunity for all, 
a government for the sake of the gov¬ 
erned. Thus Collier’s is bringing to the 
consciousness of the American people 
the power and the duty in the world of 
a nation built on these ideals. 
This is another way in which Collier’s 
earns the right to its title “The National 
Weekly.” 
