New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
Mammoth Glaciers and Giant
Hot Springs, Lofty Noun
tains and Abysmal
Canyons.

COLLECTION OF photographs OF
"A more than ordinary interest Of some
4 u Of the wonderful scenery and nat
ural phenomena 10 be found in the Amer.
ican national parks, made by the Depart
ment Of the Interior. is making a tour of
the cities of the country. 1t was recently
exhibited in the gallery of the National
Arts Club. IN this city, under the auspices
OF the American Scenic and Historic Pres
ervAtion Society. and is now In the Boston
Public Library. Next fall It will return TO
New York IL was arranged with the idea
of illustrating the work of the federal gov
ernment IN the p-stecton of scenery, slim
ulating additional interest among Ameri-
cans in their own natural wonders and at
tracing travellers.
The Yellowstone National Park is repre-
sented By sixteen views. including Giant
and Old Faithful geysers. Mammoth Hot
Springs, Golden Gate, the Great Falls Of
the Yellowstone and The Grand Canyon OF
the Yellowstone River The four pictures
last named have been colored under the
direction of i. Jay Haynes, who was the
pioneer photographer in the Yellowstone
National Park.
1t was of the Grand Canyon Of the Yel-
lowstone that Kipling wrote:
AL can say is that without warning
or preparation l looked into a gulf 100
feet deep, with eagles and fish hawks cir
cling far below. And the sides of that gulf
were one wild welter Of color-crimson,
emerald cobalt, oChre, amber honey
splashed with port wine, snow white, YER
million, lemon and silver gray in wide
washes The sides did not fall sheer, but
were craven by time and water and air
into monstrous heads Of kings, dead chiefs,
men and women Of the old time. So far
below that no sound OF its strife could
reach US the Yellowstone River ran-a
finger wide strip Of Jade green. The sun
light took these wondrous walls and gave
fresh hues to those that nature had al
ready laid there. The canyon was burning
Ike Troy town, but It could burn forever,
and, thank goodness. neither pen nor brush
could ever portray its splendors adequate
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A MOUNTAIN ALL OF GLASS.
One Of the curious objects in the park
which is represented in the collection is
the obsidian cliff. This is dark hued
mountain, rising almost perpendicularly
from lake. The material of this strange
mountain in Jet black glass, produced by
volcanic fires. The glass is so hard that
the wagon wheels grinding over II do not
break it. 1t is said that when the earlier
explorers discovered 1t they found 1t AL
most impossible 10 get around it. When
they learned the character Of the material
Of which 1t was composed they piled tim
Der against its base and fred it. This
heated the glass Then they threw cold
water upon 1t, which shivered the heated
Il1 a.
create a ledge of its shining pieces around
its base at the edge Of a lake a thousand
feet long and spacious enough for a wagon
road
Eight hand colored photographs show
some Of the principal Views in the Glacier
National Park, in Northern Montana-a
wonderful region of lakes. mountains and
glaciers that a few years ago was known
only to a few guides and explorers. With
in this park are sixty active glaciers. a
number greater than is TO be found in all
Europe There one may see the process
Of the formation of terminal moraines IN
full operation. One striking picture is OF
Lake Mcdonald. a body Of water about
twelve miles long and one and one-half
miles wide and Of great charm and beauty.
From the waters edge" said one Wis
itor, rise wonderfully wooded hills. silent
with the silence Of untrodden places,
. solemn with the solemnity of primeval be-
ginnngs, and above. beyond, soaring In
white legions against the dark blue heav-
ems are SCARED and lance sharp peaks,
shimmering with eternal snow. The waters
OF the lake are clear and cold. for they
are fed by numerous silver threads of
streams and bosterous torrents that have
q common origin in snow fields and glac-
iers BY reason Of its purity, the rich
variety of color in the surrounding shores