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1t was empty. but l could feel my flesh
thrill as il touched the stone in the pic
lures that crowded before me.
During my visit to Delhi, I spent some
time in the great palaces there. and took
photographs in the famous audience hal
of this same Shah Jehar This room
was OF white marble inla'd with jewels
and precious stones. The ceiling was OF
almost million dollars. The silver was
stolen and carried away. but an iniia'
ton OF II in wood has taken Its place al
the direction of Lord Curzon. The wooder
ceiling cannot long last. for the white
ants, which eat everything wooden. are
fee sting upon II. II was in the back Of
this room that Shah Jehan sat in state
upon the peacock throne. You have
probably read of it. 1t was chaii
OF gold and jewels, the back consisting
of two peacock's tails inlaid with
sapphires rubies, emeralds. diamonds and
pearls as to represent life. The throne
itself was six feet long by four feet
wide, just about the size of the ordinary
feet. which, like the back, were of solid
gold inlad with rubies. emeralds an6
diamonds Between the two peacocks
was a parrot of the ordinary size, said
to have been carved out of a single emer-
aid. and over the whole was canopy OF
gold upheld by twelve pillars emblazoned
with gems. This throne alone cost $685.
G)n.O0o. 1t has been torn TO pieces and
the most of it carried away. Parts OF II
have been patched together again into
smaller throne. which is now in the pos
session Of the Shah of Persia.
AS I stood in this audience hall my
Hindoo guide, who, by the way, is very
conceited, pointed to a Persian inscrip-
ton upon the wall. giving its translation,
which was:
III there is a paradise earth.
II is this! 1t is this. 1t is this:
and as he concluded he said: When
Lady Curzon was here / showed her
through this room and explained all its
beauties. read her the inscription and
at the end she remarked:
Yes. and IL there is a good guide in India
You are he. You he, You he.
And perhaps the boy told the truth. but
he is such an accomplished liar upon a..
other subjects that / doubt IT,
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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is situated is wall of low buildings of
dark red tremendously Joined to the great
gate of the same material which forms
the entrance. The Tai is a mosque as
we'll as tomb, and Mohammedans from
all parts of India come here to worship
The sandstone buildings about the gar
dens are rest houses. in which pilgrims
may stay over night The gate at the
entrance is a wonder 1t was built
twenty-eight Years after our Puritan
forefatherS landed on Plymouth rock, but
It is in perfect condition today 1t is
beautifully carved ard is inlaid with in
scriptionS from the Koran Entering 1t
one gets his first view OF the Tai He sees
it looking over long row of fountains
hordered with cypress trees and rising. as
it were. out of the green. In the dis
lance the building looks small. 1t is.
Judge, a thousand feet away. marble
Jewel framed against the clearest sky
that heaven ever gave to man. The dark
green OF the trees shuts out the view
on each side, and you look down over
the flashing waters at the great ivory
monument AS YOU do so the crows cav,
the cuckatoos fly from tree to tree. the
sun turns the falling waters to diamonds.
and the rich colors of the Hindoo girls
dresses add to rather than mar the
beauty of the scene.
AS you go nearer the Tai its size
rapidly increases. and when at last you
mount the steps and stand upon its
platform you realize it's immensely. The
marble foundation upon which 1t is built
covers three acres and at each corner
there is tower of marble, minaret.
as high as q seven-stOry house. The
tomb itself covers almost acre. 1t
is building which rises to one-third the
height of the Washington Monument and
ends in a central dome, which floats in
the Skv. The whole is of the pureSt white
marble, so symmetrically Joined that it
seems to be carved out of one block.
The. dome looks like a sivery bubble
which might have been blown from the
mouth of a god. 1t is fifty feet in diam
eter. and YOU could put big house in
side ii and it would not touch the sides.
Still. from the platform it is not out OF
proportion. and it rests lightly upon the
great structure below. 1t fits down like
the tropical sun y$len it sets upon the
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1852 men employed at these establish
ments, including 6.779 officials.
As striking instance Of Gernaa n
energy. tenacity Of purpose and thor
oushness. It is interesting to go back to
the humble origin Of the mighty con-
Germ.
At the opening Of the international
exhibition Of 1851. now the Crystal Pal
steel weighing FIVE cwt. and bearing
the inscription Large Block" in bold.
conspicuous lettering. attracted general
attention. Among the wondering crowd
was O quiet individual who. slipping out
of the thronR. hurried rapidly away. A
lew weeks later there stood side by side
with the exhibit another block OF cast
steel Of huge Dimensions. weighing
forty-nve cwt., on which was stamped
in quite diminutive letters Small Block. -
The quiet individual was Alfred Krupp
at that time unknown to the world. and
the block Of crucible steel came from his
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Krupp only implies the vast gun and
armOr plate factory at Essen. This con-
ception does not correspond to facts.
The firm comprises, in addition to the
Essen factory. huge shipbuilding yard
the "Germania"-at kiel, three coal
mines employing 10000 men. iron ore
mines in Germany and Spain, three huge
smelling works at Fingers. Neuwied and
Sayn, the Gruson armor- plate works near
Magdeburg, the Amen steel works at
Amen, the Friedrich Alfred smelling
works at Rheinhausen Friemershiem and
shipping wharf with ocean going
steamships at Rotterdam. On the 1st of
February, 1910. there was total of
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Germany for them to see. and nothing
more. The officials OF the works them
seEes are mostly in ignorance OF the
extent. destination and nature OF the
orders intrusted to their various depart
ments. 1t IS not only highly probable.
but a matter Of common talk. that the
various officials possess no more intorma
ton concerning their work than is abso-
lutely necessary TO execute the orders
given them. All the threads OF the
works are held together in the hands OF
one or two trustworthy men. unimpeach-.
able and loyal and Of the highest stand
ing Idle curiosity or meddlesomeness
may lead to unpleasant experiences at
the hands Of the various private detec-
tives, plain clothes policemen. ETC., told
off to Illustrate inconvenient investiga-
lions. Inquiries, unless specially sane
toned, may lead to detention and sub
sequent imprisonment as a foreign spy.
The systematic protection afforded to
Krupp's by the German government has
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has ever been turned out in this depart
ment was exhibited at Dusseldorf out
side the I<rupp pavilion during the exhibit
ton Of 1902 This unique construction
was not intended to serve any practical
purpose. but was only shown to demon
strate the capa bilities of the Krupp works.
The plate weighs los tons. is forty feet
IN length, ten feet wide and a foot in
thickness.
II Is impossible to describe the immen-
sity OF the fittings and arrangements OF
the Essen establishment without giving q
few figures. Suffice 1t to say that the
firm has It's own waterworks, makes its
own gas and generates its own cleo
tricity. The gas works supply more gas
for the factory town that Is used an
nually in Munich, namely. 20.OO000
cubic meters. And yet the $1,000 gas
tets distributed all over the establish
ment do not sufflce for illuminating pur-
poses, and electricity in the shape Of 2.7oo
arc lamps and 10000 incandescent lights
has to be pressed into service. Over 300
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A Story for Husbands.

DAUL MORTON, the noted insurance
official, told at an insurance men's
banquet in New York an appropriate
story.
I'm a town. he said. where lfe in
surance was a rare thing. a schoolteacl-
err said to a little boy pupil:
Tommy. define the word widow.
"A widow Tommy answered is
poor woman with a large family OF chill
dren who takes boarders.
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b!e mlnarets at the corners of the plat
form and they cast long shadows upon
the white marble floor. Its rays have
softening effect. The great building
changes from da zzlng white TO the rich
cream of old ivory and its mighty dome
seems to rest more airily in the blue sky.
Al sunset the gardens about the Tai are
alive with birds There is a sweet sing
ing in the trees. the crows cav and the
splendid peacocks come out and walk
across the lawns ard in and out through
the pines and tropical foliage.
The Tai Mahal IS the most beautiful
building Of the world, and il has beau
tful setting. II is surrounded by frame
of red sandstone. Around the garden of
perhaps ten acres ii which the structure
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perhaps. outwitted before the stranger
can approach the precincts of Krupps
Even the highest and most distinguished
military and artillery officers who have
served for years in the German army
are allowed TO see only part of the
works, ard then only when provided with
special passes signed and countersigned
by krupp officials and the German war
office.
Strangers who sufficiently dis
tinguished to obtain special favorS from
the German foreign office are received at
krupps with the courtesy and anna bility
that are inseparable today from every
German business concern. But they are
shown only what ii lies in the interest of
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materially assisted the firm in its for
eign trade Orders have been frequently
captured abroad, notably from minor
states such as Servia, in the teeth of
English, American and French cOmpeti
ton: pressure has been brought to bear
on such states by the German diplomatic
representative. 1t is stated in Germany
by those who ought to know that Krupp's
orders have sometimes been made d
sine qua non for the obtaining of loans
at advantageous terms in the fatherla nd.
NecesSitous states have, ii is said gone
so far as to give orders for batteries of
quick firing guns. merely because they
stood in need Of financial support. Other
German and French ordnance factories
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clay which contain the mysterious mix
ture of steel claimed as an exclusive Sc
cret Of the krupp family from the time
of Friedrich krupp. The pairs advance
singly and tilt the glowing mass into the
mold in which the giant block is born.
In this manner blocks of eghty-tive tons
have been turned out. The filling goes on
The process seems labOrious and lengthy,
but by it's means solid steel blocks of any
size can be produced which are entirely
free from bubbles and ftaws-the despair
of the manufacturer Some idea of the
magnitude of the process involved can
be gained from the fact that to sup
plement the stock of crucibles a special
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pottery has been established within the
works, which turns out 4,SCO daily.
Some way further we see the famous
steam hammer Fritz" the giant OF the
1850 by Alfred Krupp ct Co.'S OF S3o1,Glo
l.shmsnt. Fritz was Constructed IN
1880 by Alfred Krupp at cost Of $500, COO
ed his intention to set up the giant ham
mer. which possesses falling weight Of
nifty tons. as a sign OF incipieTt madness
Undeterred Krupp continued and To-Day.
after "Fritz' has been Mt work fifty
years. he Ia as useful as ever The late
Emperor Wilhelm was great admirer
OF this brobdingnag!an tool. Cracking
nuts without injuring their kernels Is
popular method Of demonstrating the
marvellous deicacy of its adjustment.
In the arr1or plate department we see
huge hydraulic presses. Of which there are
no less than eisfty-one In the works and
under which steel blocks are pressed and
squeezed until compelled TO assume the
desired shape. no matter how large they
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may be. A huge crucible steel block,
weighing no less than eighty tons, is
placed under a 5,OGo-ton hydraulic press
after being coaxed, handled and formed
for half an hour it energies in the shape
of the gigantic shaft of an ocean steam
ship 100 feet long. BY the aid of a
special mechanical apparatus the shaft
is bored. the kernel being extracted In
one piece Other equally famous ma
chimes are the hydaulic shears which cut
through three inches of solid armor plate
a. if it were cheese. Enormous bending
presses of 1001O-ton pressure bend armor
plates to any shape desired with infinite
ease.
The greatest armor plate nerha nS. that
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MONTAZ NAHAL
In WHOSE Honor TIT
TAI WAS BUTT

and precious stones as well as silver and
gold to aid in it's decoration. Some of
the beautiful inlaid work which still
stands are the Arabic inscriptions which
over the walls. They are of characters
in black marble inlaid upon the white.
Most of them are from the Koran, or Mo-
hammedan Bible: most but not all
find one which reads as follows:
Saith Jesus. on whom be peace: This
world is bridge. Pass thou over it, but
build thy soul not uuon it, The world
is one hour. Give it's minutes to thy
prayers. for the rest is unseen"
But let us enter this mighty monument
and stand under the dome. We take off
cur hats and bow low. and our Moham-
medan guide removes his shoes. The
floor upon which we are standing is holy
ground. 1t Is a church and tomb. the
most beautiful of the kind known to
man. The walls and floors are of the
purest of marble. There are many al
coves and everything is wonderfully
carved. Right under the dome. surround
cd by great fence of marble screens,
lie the sarcophagi below which rest Shah
Jehan. one Of the most famous Moham-
me1an sultans OF the past. and his wife.
the beautiful MuntaZ Mahal. in whose
honor this structure was built. Above
these tombs hanging down by a pod
chain. is lamp of bronze inlaid
throughout with silver and gold It was
hung only few months ago. and was a
present from Lord Curzon to Agra. 1t
cost thousands Of dollars. and took two
years to make. When IT was sent here
IT was accompanied by letter from Lord
CurZon. in which he said:
II would beg that this lamp may AL
ways hang in the tomb as my last trib-
ute of respect to the glories OF Agra.
which float ike vision of eternal BEAUTY
in nv memory, and to the grave and
potent (Mohammedan) religion. which is
nrofesSed by manv millions OF our
fellow subjects in India"
The tombs of Shah Jehan and MuntaZ
Mahal are exnuisitely beautiful and the
screen surrounding them is mass
of lacework cut out OF marble set
in posts as exquisitely made the most
beautiful of Florentine mosaics. There
is enough of this marble lacework in
side the Tai to fence in a garden If you
would take the dome of the Capitol at
Washington and make it of ivory of the
pureSt white instead of iron. IS now.
and inlay ii with flowers. Wreaths and
other decorations oil made of stones more
Or less precious YOU might have An idea
CT the work. but you could not apprecl-
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and sandstone, which came from the
state Quarries, and the precious stones,
gold and silver and mother-of-pearl used
for the iplaying were gifts of rajahs and
others. Nevertheless the structure cost
all told something like $50 ,OO0, 600, or four
times as much as our most beautiful
government building the National Libra
ry at Washington. The marble screen
which / have described cost $4,000, and it
took ten years to make it. Originally it
had door of jasper. the work upon
which cost $1,000. but this was changed
to screen of pure gold set with gems
which cost more than $500. coo.
After the structure was completed Shah
Jahan set aside the revenue of thirty vii
lagos to keep it in order. and he covered
his Wife'S sarcophaSus with pail en-
oroidered with pearls. The records say
day of his death and that she had a
great influence upon his life. She was
his companion and friend. He consulted
with her on state affairs and trusted her
with the royal seal and took her along
with him on one Of his military cam
paigns. She was noted for her beauty
and charity and it is said that she was
religious and special patron of INDECENT
orphans. Upon her tomb are now en-
graved the nnety-nine names of God
from the Koran and various Moham-
medan texts. She is perhaps best re-
membered of all Mohammedan women.
and of all her sex she has the greatest
monument. A famous traveller who pass
ed through here in writing of the Tai
said:
II asked my wife at the close of our
visit what she thought of the building.
II cannot" said she. tell you what
think, for I know not how to criticise
such a building, but l can tell you how
I feel. would die tomorrow to have such
another over me-
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waters in the midst of the ocean. AS
the sun touches the sea the latter APP
pears to rise and pull it down, as it
were. When it is rtwo-thirds submerged
it is of just the shape of the dome of the
Tai. perfect in every curve and wonder
fully beautiful.
| despair of making YOU see the Tai
Mahal, Every point of view gives diff
ferent impression and each has new
beauties Take a walk through the gar
den. 1t is filled with plants of many
kinds gathered from all parts of the world.
Now you are in a forest of fir trees. You
might be half way up the Andes. The
green is thick that it shuts out all
else. Now take a step forward The
great monument is looking at you
through the foliage. You have glimpse
of the dome, but tall palm has thrust
it's bushy head against it and its fam
like branches half hide, but add to its
beauty. A step farther and you are in
a long avenue where the trees Overhang.
You have only glimpse of the sky at
the end. step to the right and you
are in rose garden. out of which you
can look at the towers of the minarets
with the white bubble floating between.
Upon the minaret stands Mohammedan
imam, priest his red shawl shining
like spot of blood upon the white mar
BILE 1t is not hard to carry your imagi-
nation back for three or four centuries
to hear the words: Come to PRAYER,
come to prayer, There is but one God,
and Mohammed Is the prophet or Cod
Come to prayer. Come to prayer.
Now climb again to the platform and
take a closer look at the building. Did
YOU ever see such workmanship? 1t is a
mass Of decoration. The walls are cover
ed with eautiful carvings and are inlaid
with stones of many colors. Every angle
has it's precious stones and these are COM
bined in wreaths scrolls and frets of ex-
quste design. The Tai flower, as it is
called is cut in bas-relief here and there
out of the marble. Some Of the decora-
tons shave fifty different-colored stones
in a single setting. and before the Tai
was robbed of it's beauties some flowers
contained hundred or more. The jew
els with which the building was inlaid
cost morey than 1oOoo,000 rupees, and
rajahs and kings sent gems and pearls
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AGRA, 1910.

7 was at 4 O'clock
of an afternoon
that my turbaned
Hindoo driver took
me from my hotel
to the Tai Mahal.
That hour is one
of the best to view
this mighty monu-
ment. The tropi-
cal sun then hangs
low in the tta-ens.
1t strikes the mar
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INSIDE TIE TAJ NARrE

A Look at the Worlds
"A Most Beautiful Build
ing-Its Bronze Lantern Pre-
sented by Lord Curzon-The
Palaces of the Moguls and
Their Gorgeous Harems-
The Peacock Throne Which
Cost Thirty-fve Millions.
Copyright 1910. by Frank G. Carpenter.l
cal Correspondence OF The Star.
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y these Ga VS. when
half the world l.
watching Germany
and wondering what
she will DO next in
the way OF mill
Iary expansion or
ag gre 5 Sio II, the
Krupp works con-
Stitute the hinge
and pivot on which
Germany's military
siren I h turns.
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COME of the Secrets of
- Krupp's p ! a n n d to
Place Germany Ahead of All
the World as a Military
Power-:A Workshop Which
Occupies a Whole Town
Has Grown From a Cottage
Where the Master Labored
With Only Six Helpers
Under the Wing of the Ger
man Government, This Nam
moth Industrial Enterprise
Is Able to. Force the Petty
States of Europe and South
America to Place With 1t
Orders for Their Guns and
Ships, and Thus Pay Tribute
to the Kaiser's Empire
Krupp's in Figures.
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c0HAH JEHAN
Who built The. IAJ He HAD
80 WINS AND Was TRUE. To ONE

ate the beauty. The sarcophagi are in
laid with jade, lapis lazuli and other
semi-precious stones, While below are
others with actual Jewels. The whole
structure is marvel we'll fitting the
description of Bishop Heber, who said
that these Mohammedan artists de-
signed like Titians and finished like
jewelers., adding that lit would be as
easy to tell how the birds sing the
lilacs smell as to describe the Tai"
feel the same and also much like the
Russian artist who remarked when he
looked upon the building: The Tai is
like lovely woman. You may abuse her
as you please. but the moment you come
into her presence you submit to her fas
cinatiOn."
Even more wonderful than the Tai tt
self is the reason for it's erection We
Christians are apt to think of Moham-
medan wives as unloved or at best only
the sensual playthings of their husbands.
They may be divorced at will and cast
aside at the least .pretense for others
more beautiful The Taj Maha] was built
by the Sultan Shah Jehan as monu-
ment TO his wife. This shah was 4
mighty monarch and his subjects were
millions. His income was something like
million dollars a day and he had pal
aces of great extent decorated with carv
ngs and inlafd with jewels. He had one
and in his harem were ninety-nine wives.
Of all these, however. he loved only the
bride of his boyhood. the fair Muntaz
Mahal. for whom this building was made.
He married her before he came to the
throne and his relations with her were
TIE ideal ones of the Christian husband
and wife. He was true to her and they
lived happily together for seventeen
roars At the end of that time Muntaz
died and Shah Jehan went into mourning.
His grief was such that his hair became
white within few weeks. During that
time he denied himself to courtiers and
for two years refused all the pleasures
OF life. Every FRIDAY. which is the Mo
hammedan Sunday, he visited his wife's
grave and over it read the prayers for
the dead.
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During my stay here and at Delhi l
have gone through many of the palaces
Of these Mogul emperors of four and five
hundred years ago. Their ruins are scat
tered throughout this part of India and
some of the buildings are still almost in
perfect condition. Others are battered
and falling to pieces. The great fort
here at Agra, built by them, has walls
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A little later he began the construction
Of this temple and tomb. employing an
Italian architect to make the designs. The
work was begun within two years after
the death of Muntaz Mahal, and for TWEEN
ty-two years 10000 workmen were daily
employed upon its construction. Their
labor was forced and they received only
their food for their pay and of that they
were cheated by the grafters of their
times The materials used were marble