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New-York tribune., 1912-12-15
IN HARMONY WITH VICINITY.

II is in harmony with a neighborhood
which includes the soaring towers of St
Patrick's Cathedral. II Is an example or
an old but imperishable type of archi-
lecture. presented on such a majestic scale
that II is not dwarfed or made ridiculous
as happens with similar buildings else
where. by the proximity Of skyscrapers.
A fair view Of the outside has been had
The public has also been able to see and
use the lower. or suburban, level OF the
interior. Early in the new year 1t
is hoped that the entire terminal Will be
in operation, when sightseers as well az
passengers will marvel at the spaces OF
the concourse and look over the multi
plied wonders and convenences OF the
place. Very likely It will be necessary 70
have an illustrated booklet to answer
the thousands OF questions OF visitors
questions of curiosity and general inter
est. not those relating 10 the essential use
and service Of the building, 10 which lat
ter the building is its own answer In
fact, the Grand Central Terminal might
be called a self-guided and self-shown
structure. IL was built that way. blind
man could almost go about in 1t without
= conductor
In this feature IL is an example IN srcnl-
lecture OF what Thomas A. Edison once
declared to the writer is the tendency In
the construction OF modern machinery
"fool-proof" II Is a fool-proof building
I'm the sense that everything is arranged
so that thousands of persons can find
their way in and out and through'it 1t with
out losing a footstep or asking a ques-
ton. Their ways are literally mace
smooth-and sloping at gentle angle
without the impediment OF single stair.
The ways to 90 in and go out are delim-
tied. so that there are no eddies or cross
currents I'm the separate streams OF travel.
And the various booths and ticket OFFICES
are placed in such An order that there Is
never need 10 retrace a step or lose
moment In the progressive movement
There is one level for express traffic ana
another level for suburban. each with It's
own set Of entrances and exits. IL you
follow the crowd Nm your own level
whichever way you are going, you can
not 20 wrong. In fact 1t would be a
New-York tribune., 1912-12-15

working, being under contract to ,nish
their job within A certain time
Their purpose is now manifest in part,
at least to every wayfarer in the vicinity
of Park avenue and 42d street. Their
nine years of labor have not only scooped
out an immense cavern. but covered 1t
with a series of buildings and crowned 1t
with a monumental structure destined TO
be one of the landmarks of New York.
rhe latter is called the Grand Central
Terminal. II is the gateway to the me-
tropolis for many thousands Of persons
an army of travellers averaging 100000
day. It IS a magnificent ornament for
all who dwell in Gotham IT is the nucleus
for a civic centre which promises use and
value for millions
I'd. The Egyptian centre of things was
tomb. of which the pyramids were the
supreme expression. The Greek centre
was law and religion, wherefore the
Acropolis. The modern ideal is move
rnent, a chance to get from some place 70
some place and back again in the short
est possible time. Therefore, II is quite
natural that a railroad terminal, duly
connected with all other means OF trans
portation, should be a centre OF civic life
and activity. Our aim is TO get there
quickly. Thanks to the new terminal, we
can achieve II.
The public has seen for some time the
impressive bulk Of the main terminal
building, a vast -windowed columned
structure in light colored stone which sus-
gests a triumphal arch or the palace
which a Roman emperor might have had
erected by the labor Of captive nation
1t resembles also, or harRonizes with. the
stately and classic Public Library Build
ing. not far around the corner in Fifth
avenue. 1t is less ornate. but more mas
sive than the temple Of books.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-15
VAST OUTLINES.

The western side Of the structure is
even more severe and vast. with it's eN-
panse of wall and its triple windows OF
the concourse--each domed frame divided
into hundreds of metal-framed panes of
glass. The roof slopes gradually TO fiat
top, where-maybe--the will be land
ing platform for aeroplanes In few
years from now. Adjoining the terminal
in the rear is an Office building used for
railroad purposes.
If any one dlstrusts his general impress
sion Of bigness let him observe that work.
man on cornice near the top and note
how his figure is dwarfed in comparison
TO his surroundings.
You See" enthusiastically remarks the
architect, there is nothing TO it,"
New-York tribune., 1912-12-15
DIPPING INTO THE FUTURE.

Farsighted provision has been made for
future development in two important re-
spects. There is built an immense power
! house. with automatic stOkers and smoke
less stacks. which has a capacity equal to
| supplying the entire area with electric
| light, steam heat and hot water. This
means economical service, as well as saw
| ing of space and avoidance Of smoke and
| dirt in all present and future buildings
| none of which will require a boiler room
or a chimney. There Will also be less dan.
ger Of fire. The other provision has to do
with foundation engineering for future
| structures above the railroad yard.
Points suitable for foundation columns
have been located. excavated to bedrock,
concreted and prepared for use at any
| time without disturbance Of railroad traf-
! &c or existing construction.
There is nothing like "seeing for your
self" so let US visit the terminal and as
much Of the entire development as can
be viewed in a day in company with an
architect and an engineer. The architect
is the senior member Of the firm Of War
rem & WetmoTe, which has planned the
terminal. Mr.. Warren leads the way
literally as we'll as iguratively, for he is
a leggy enthusiast-from his Madison
| avenue Office across crowded 42d street to
a point on the southern sidewalk, where
the vastness Of the terminal building, seen
on two sides. properly smites you. There
is the facade in gray limestone with its
pillars and triumphal arch windows in
triple rows, a group Of sculptured figures
at the highest centre and at the extreme
corners the stone carved coats-of- arms of
New York City and State. There is de-
tailed ornamentation In wreath. oak leaf
and other patterns, but all sparingly ap-
piled The style is a modified French
Renaissance; the effect is monumental
New-York tribune., 1912-12-15
COLUMNS MADE TO ORDER.

Beneath and beyond all that, travellers
may see there are other depths and won
ders person who is privileged to go
below marvels, for one thing. that such
a mighty superstructure as the Terminal
Building, with It's twin layers and its
scores OF trains, should be upheld by
series OF comparatively slender columns.
For such a crushing burden the columns
seem almost fragile. On the suburban
level platforms one sees them, narrow,
infrequent, occupying little space. But
We are assured that everything has been
calculated most accurately and that the
columns will support many times the bur-
den they are called upon to assume. There
Is a story in the columns Each and
every one has an Individuality. a different
shape. size and position, according to It's
own peculiar circumstances. The columns
for ordinary buildings only have to sup
port so much weight. These must not
only do that, but, besides resisting the
vibration OF heavy trains in movement.
they must not interfere with train and
platform arrangements on two levels.
Therefore they have all sorts OF angles
and shapes. are paired and tripled and
left single. On the suburban level a
massive concrete wall about six feet high
joins the columns and separates the
tracks. This is a precaution against in
jury to the vital supports Of the super
structure in case of accident, and also in
sures that an accident on one -srack will
not spill debris and cause delay -on the
next track.
There is a story also in the underground
loops on two levels by which incoming
express and local trains move right
around the head of the Terminal and
proceed to the yards or to their outbound
platforms. 1t was a problem OH what
curve TO build these loops.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-15

room without being exposed to public
view do.
When the Hotel Biltmore is constructed
an arriving passenger will be able to go
from the terminal to a first class hotel
in a covered passage without entering
New York street. When a hotel guest
wishes to leave the city he will have only
a few steps 10 his train and no fear OF
missing connections by a breakdown OF
his taxi or a street blockade. There Will
be no charge, or Il nominal one. for tax
ing his baggage either way The station
for incoming travel is located under the
Hotel Bltmore. II includes kissing
gallery" where relatives and friends Will
greet arriving travellers.
The accessibility Of the terminal and
the reason for its being 80 much under
ground is explained by its connection
with SO many subway routes. layer be-
meath layer There is the present Inter-
borough subway, the partly completed
Belmont tunnel 10 Long Island. the near
future development of the Hudson Man
haitian tubes to New Jersey and the new
Lexington avenue subway-four great ar
teries of local traffic. all of which will be
feeders and distributors for the Grand
Central Terminal The importance of this
condition was so well recognized. es-
pecially when 1t was found that about 50
per cent OF the railroad travellers used
the subway 10 arrive and depart, that the
levels OF the terminal were determined
by those of the subway. Thus, the main
concourse floor was built on a level with
the mezzanine or ticket Office floor of the
subway. and the other levels of the ter
minal were worked out from that basis,
New-York tribune., 1912-12-15
THE WORLD MovuA

To remove the monumentai ps~
rock excavated from an srss q s
nine acres was q not inecndassapas -
lam In itself. The rock was loaded % ~
trains. which were hauled away a. ~
so as not to interfere with dsytsns 49,
Unsuitable for building purposes, fms
mass OF rook.-two million cubic yssos - ~
came In handy for extending ssd
proving the roadbed Of the New fofA w ~.
trail lines outside Of the city.
A bird's-eye historical view info'"s
that the first New York Central ts1
was at 18th street. This was ABOUT ~s
wears ago. The next terminal WIS
in 1857, far uptown, on a part u th'
now occupied By Madison SQUARE o
People thought that this was ms
lous structure. II could be set oo"s
the main conoourse OF the new 'el'n' q.
with room TO spare around IT, IN 70.
first Grand Central station al ~ -s
and Park avenue was completed
one was sure IL was big enough "A.
Indefinite future. but in a decade 90
dition was required. In 1898 tramc 80
developed that the terminal was e"
and practically made over. .,cd
And now this building has disspp,o
and has been supplanted BY ,.g.
ment that is so much more ina" N.
road terminal while Including IT,
hest title is civic centre.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-15

There is something still lower tfaa M
stibway---a mtie-iong sewer. extendM u
the East River, which IL was necessary u
construct In order 10 carry of the drain
age water from the immense area OF h,
excavation. This is only one example o
the costly and intricate incidental" work
required 10 build terminal without Inter,
fering with the going and coming ofeisa'
hundred work and traffic trains day
Throughout the whole Job constant Coop
GRAFTON between architects. engineers. cor
tractors. trafic men and financiers was H.
dispensable. There were frequent met
ings Of all these men. When contrac'n
announced that he had reached the lins
OF his work at certain point unless n'
steel was put In, the architect replied r''
the steel would be along in a month sH
the engineer suggested that nieanwf~
another point be attacked, whereupon fR
traffic man consented TO yield the spaa
now occupied by tracks provided ~ "
ceived equivalent trackage elsewhere VI
the first thing was to build tempsfS
tracks and then on with the compaicsW
circuit
Sometimes things became 80 eomp
Gated that II was a puzzle to Know
which end OF the job 20 begin or eoaup1a
and the managers felt that ths chess
moving day In q Mormon housshoee NJ
not a circumstance to their dims0u@
A hundred details estersd into s~ay @'i
culation. Some Of them were - N0e'
lous as they were annoying. For sxsnse
there was q woman householder ~A
steadfastly refused TO sen hss pssss
although It was In The TERMINAL sfss
all her neishbors had sold cut 70 n I
pany. The buildings ali around ~ -
down, and finally she and her hssss -
left stranded on a rock isssd vso' '
cau.eway which the enginssss bux ~
the yawnins abyss to the strsse
time aftervaYd she surrsndsrsd. ~
important feature Of the devsiopmsa'"
no longer held up.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
"Relncarnated Daughter Of Pharaoh"
says She Has Rejected Artist
ott's Faith.

st. Louis, Mo.-Mrs. Ralph Chesley
OFT, "reincarnated daughter OF Pha-
raoh," who is suing her noted artist
husband for a divorce. now denies that
she ever had faith in the old Egyptian
gods. She adds that when her two
children came she utterly lost all taitn
in her husbands fantastic belief, ana
now, II she can recover her children
through the courts, she viii be salts
fed with realities and forget the
dream-talk and thsosophy OF MI
OFT.
OFT is now in Springfield, NO., with
the two young children, and IL expect
ed to fle q general denial to his wife.s
divorce charges this week. Accord
a 8 to their stories, she was the Prin-
cess Amnera 5000 years ago and he
wah an artist In the employ OF her
naughty father. Pharaoh. As In their
modern romance. It was n case Of love
at first sight when the princess apa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
NO FAITH IN EGYPTIAN GODS

the ertist met for the first time In the
queens chamber o. the Great Pyra-
mid.
Otis modern meeting Of his 5000
year-old ideal was at University CITY,
after he had returned from a commits
sion to study Egyptian architecture for
e. q. Lewis. She was then Miss Jane
Schauffert, an artists model.
In discussing her alleged erstwhile
tenets. Mrs. OFT denied the authorship
Of the article in regard to her faith.
which were published over what was
claimed to be her signature and she
vilined the poor old gods Of Egypt
OF her husband and children, she
declared that she had heard nothing
since she left them with relatives Of
Mr.. OFT In Springfield
Among other things IN her divorce
petition Mrs. OFT alleges drunkenness
and cruelty, stating that on several
occasions her husband had slapped her
In the presence Of company. It Il
also stated that on one occasion the
elder Mrs. OFT, her mother-ln-lRW, o..
deFed her from TIE house
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
IT'S TIE FOOD.
The True Way TO Correct Nervous
Troubles.

Nervous troubles are more often
caused by improper food and indiges-
ton than most people imagine. Even
doctors sometimes overlook this fact.
A man says:
until two years" ago wafies and
butter with meat. and gravy were the
main features of my breakfast. Finally
dyspepsia came on and I found myself
in a bad condition, worse in the morn
ing than any other time. ] would have
a full, sick feeling in my stomach.
with pains in my heart, sides ana
head.
"At times would have no appetite.
for days, then I would, feel ravenous,
never satisfied when did eat and 80
nervous / felt like shrleking at the
top of my voice. / lost flesh badly and
hardly knew which way to turn until
one day bought box Of Grape-Nuts
food to see II ] could eat that. tried
II without telling the doctor, and liked
Il fine: made me feel as II had some
thing to eat that was satisfying and
still I didn't have that heaviness that
/ had felt after eating any other food
81 hadn't drank any coffee then In
I'VE weeks. ! kept on with the Grape
Nuts and In a month and half ! had
gained is pounds. could eat almost
anything wanted, didn't feel badly
after eating and my nervousness was
all gone. It's pleasure to be wen
again"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the book. 'The
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgS. ~Therot
q reason"
Ever read the shove letferf A neW
enc appears from tine % tine Ihey
are genuine, tFqe, uaa fuh 81 ngwNs
lstffest. AaN'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
Fire Fighters Face Great Dan
gers in Forest.
How Pulaski, by Goodness and Bravery
Prevented the Loss Of Thirty
Five Of His Crew In
Cour d'AIene.

New York.-Prof. yelling. tanned
and toughened by his summers work
In the Occur dAlene national forest
reservation, held his eastern visitors
spellbound with stories of the fight he
had helped to make against the fearful
forest fires, says the Youths Compan-
ion. He had gone out. with two others.
under government commission, to
study the forest and, coming back In
August, they had met the fires and
spent almost o month In fighting their
way out Of them.
There are real men among those
forest rangers" he went on. I'm FACT
there Is no place for anything that Is
not genuine up there. The most thrill
ing story of heroism that have heard
In long time IL the story OF Ranger
Pulaski. 1t did not happen In the part
Of the reservation where / was, but
can vouch for its truth, for / have
talked with some of the men who
we're with him.
pulaski had forty men under him.
and they had been fighting a big fire
for hours. Suddenly the wind rose un.
til It blew q gale. The fire got beyond
them, and it became q question Of
saving the lives Of the men. They
were many miles from a railroad or q
clearing.
Pulaski remembered that about
mile from where they were working
was an abandoned mine shaft that ran
hack about forty feet into the hillside
He ordered the men to snatch theiI
blankets from the camp and run FOL
this shaft. Once there, they packed
themselves like sardines into the hole
Pulaski placed himself at the opening
and stretched blanket across 1t.
I'm a few minutes the fire overtooh
them. The blanket at the opening
caught and Pulaski jerked 1t away
Again and again this was done. and
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
RANGER REAL HERO

when the supply Of blankets ran low
he held the burning fragments across
the mouth of the shaft with his bare
hands.
THE suffering OF the meu from the
heat and smoke was pitiful. They
were fairly maddened by 1t, and some
of them made a wild attempt to push
their way out Of the shaft. For a
while Pulaski held them back by sheer
physical strength. for he was an I'M
usually strong man. But he knew that
he must soon be overpowered and that
the men, in their frenzy, would rush
out to certain death. He drew his re-
volver and told them that he would
kill the first man who attempted to
break away. The men knew that he
meant II, too, and that knowledge
brought them back to reason.
1T wasn't more than twenty minutes
before the worst Of the flre had passed
the shaft. When It was safe to crawl
out they found that five Of the men
we're dead from suftocation. but the
other thirty-five were all right. Pulas-
ki himself was blinded and burned. but
his sight was partly restored He lost
five men, to be sure. but with less
courage and presence Of mind ne
would have lost them all. take on
my hat to such u man. He il a real
hero"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
Sstti6 SgeSa6pe w 9:':1 s.: :i 11..
WOMEN AS NATURAL ENEMIES
Writer Advances Some Good Reasons
Why This Unfortunate Condition
Must Exist.

"The average woman now begins
that study of society which will merge
ultimately with the marriage CAM
paign. She makes many discoveries
which she admits frankly to herself.
She comes to many conclusions" says
Inez Haynes Gilmore in Harper's Ba-
Ear, (which sink unnoticed into her
subconscious mind. II marriage. for
instance, is her natural career, then
men are her natural prey.
But unfortunately there are never
enough men II her world to go round;
and of those from whom she may hope
to choose some are much more desir-
able than others. Naturally she pre-
fers the desirable ones. g., the
'eligibles.' But-and here she runs
against her first obstacle-every 9TH
or single woman In her circle has
come to the same conclusion. From
the instant she realizes this she
must declare war on every other MEM
Der of her sex.
Men must often wonder at that MI
mute and merciless examination to
which, on a first meeting, every
woman submits every other wom-
an. Men must often marvel at the
power Of quick observation which
women always develop in these cir
cumstances. This Is only the swift
interrogation with which warrior
surveys the arms Of his opponent.
Women are forever discovering new
and complex weapons in the posses
zion of rivals. And, perhaps. the
most terrifying element in the situa-
ton is psychological-her sense Of
baffiement, in that she cannot Judge OF
women for men any more than they
can Judge Of men for her. Every 9TH
er woman becomes her enemy. To
succeed in her world she must play
lone hand and a cut-throat game"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
FEEL PULSE AROUND WORLD
Harvard University Physicians With
New instrument Get "Long Dis
lance" Heart Beats.

Cambridge, Mass.-That 1t Is posi-
BILE for physician to note the heart
beats Of a patient who may be on the
other side Of the world is the aseer-
ton Of DR.. Percy q. Brown OF the
Harvard Medical school. An In
strument devised for that purpose
has been installed in the Harvard Med
ical school. Doctor Brown says:
with the proper attachments the
heart beats could be registered around
the world. All the patient has to DO
is to place the hands in warm salt
water and the electric current, with
the hands the positive and negative
poles, is carried by wires to the In
strument, which shows the heart
beats"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
KITTEN GIVES AN ALARM
Leads Mother to Where Child Hangs
Head Downward on AmuSe-
ment Pier.

= Venice, Gala kitten saved twelve
year.old Olive Henderson. Of this
place. from probable death.
The child and the kitten had gone
for a walk and after time the kitten
returned alone. When It drew the at
tentIon Of the girls mother 1t started
away, but returned and renewed its
cries when she failed to follow. When
It started again the mother followed.
The kitten led the way TO the end
of an amusement pier. where the child
was found hanging head downward
from a large spike in pile. She had
fallen from the pier and her clothing
had caught on the spike. She was
rescued barely consciouA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
PIANO IN WRECK SAVES LIFE
Forms q Barrier That Fences Man
In Il at Time Of Crash
OF Trains.

Sheridan, Wyo.-Hls piano fencing
him into small open space in his car
of household goods was all that saved
]. 8. Doyle of MccoOk. Neb.. from be-
ing crushed to death when a Burling
ton train in which he was on his way
home crashed into some empty cars
north of Sheridan.
One Of the seven horses in the car
was killed. Doyle was badly bruised
and CUT but after his injuries were
dressed in the Sheridan hospital he
was able to continue his journey to
McCook.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
ROYAL SUITE FOR MANUEL
King George Of England Offers Ex-
Sovereign Of Portugal Living f.Part.
ments In kenslngton Palace.

London.-King George has offered to
King Manuel q suite in Kensington
palace. Thus another foreign royalty
becomes more or less burden on the
taxpayers Of Great Britain. At pres
emit Manuel occupies house at Rich
mond. II he accepts the rooms In
Kensington palace he viii have as fell
low residents the duke Of Argyll and
Princess Louise, Princess Henry Of
Battenburg, mother-in-law Of King Al
uhonso, and the countess Granville.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-10-17
NEW SEA SERPENT IN VENICE
Looks Like q Shark and Has Face
Like ella Monster, and Every.
body Sober.

Venice, Cal.-one Of the Queerest
deep-sea creatures ever seen here was
brought in by a fisherman. It IL I'VE
feet in length, black and green mot
tied, with a Tail like q shark. It has
a dorset I'm and four feet, shaped like
those of a parrot. Its mouth resem-
bles that of q ella monster, while its
head is q replica on large scale 81
that Of California horned toad.