The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-08

Washington, Dee S.-The follow
Ing r pen pictures Of Petrpgrad,
the history OF whuse laying out IL not
dissimllar Co hat OF the planning of
Washington. and Calais. tho center
of he iace-maklng Industry OF
France. The one Is the directing
center OF b Russian armie aud the
other the objective of the German
iu the west. These descrip-
were prepared by the National
Geographic society for It's more than
see ooo members.
"Petrograd. the city made go the
order eft Peter the Great to serve as
Eussias political capital is the adj
ministrativc center OF the mightiest
ct the worlds land empires. ~ b.
now. probuly at higher tension than
any other city on earth, performing.
as ever. The work necessary 60 the
administration 80 church and state
over vast distances, from the CUR
OF Finland Ca the Black sea and the
far Pacific. aud besides taking care
of "a great war business. which IN
planning for the defense OF
more than 10000 miles OF frontier
This 80. 900 miles of frontier. OF
course. does not take into account the
vaguely known northern boundary 81
the empire
'Petrograd has alwdys been %
high-tonsion city 10 was constructed
upon islands and swamp at h be-
hest of a tigh-tension ruler, huilt
with wide. Straight streets upon a
perfectly fiat country, with no soft
ouing natural beauty except TINT OF
It's dividing NeVt. a river that has
often been compared To the English
Thames. Eten the architecture oi
the citv b. repressiNe. almost wholly
Of stc;nly chaste classic Roman ana
And Boz this city. the primar,
business has been tina; OF caring TOR
"a Vust empire. embracing iu its Tar
reaching sweep many peoples, ma
mcruus religions, diverse traditions "a
confusion Of tongues. and widely
VARYING ideals. Tho responsibilities
of government have held the city b
uie as tense as when So founder, Win
10000 woIkulen drained the Ne'a
sNamps and huilded owe uight his
capital hard upon the lands OF the
Firms.
The bureaucracy which governs
Russia ir the names eft the ,zars, or
doIiug everything jn Do people 8
lives. even Boa the farthcrmost gov
eruu out-. does al OF BE- thinking ln
Pctrograd From this ritN. also, th'
Russian church b. administered
Moscow. the ancient capital is more
important economically than Pctr"-
grad. Moreover. Moscow has az
least. equal claims as an artistic ana
intellectual enter And urthe.m more
Moscow is tho Couter of Russian lite
and tradition But. as the symbol
of the might 90 Russia. az the city
the empires destiny IS thought
ont and directed as the home Of the
Dzlrs and consequently ol Russian 500
ciety. petroRrnd is easily the drst city
OF the empire.
"Potrograd is the greatest import
ing center of the empire 4 great
part ~ the products ~ Europe which
fiud their way 20 the bI.ak northern
plain are entered AZ the month of inc
Neya. and this despite the fact mat
the port b. ce-bound five months OF
the year 90 has. too. some industry.
though les surrounding reglon 's not
rich in any uf b raw materials ot
industry Some 100000 coz iis men
aud women are employed boz manu-
faoturc. In the machine ANA non
works in the ship yards Iu the ylulh
factories. shoe factories and cigar
vttc factories that stand on the OUT
skirts of the CITY around the Finland
station.
There BIS e certain stern. beauty in
tn. capital The broad. arrpW-Ilkc
Neysky Pro-pect is fully as Interest
ing as any OF the worlds famous
thuruughtarrs II is O. business street
some three miles long. lined Win
shops Of average appearance. church
es representing Greek. Protestant
and Cathoii, religions. bank build
iugs the public library. the Imperial
theatcr. garden. ana some dark rcd
palaces. The remarkably diversified
lie ot the remarkable empire flows
.u a never ending stream along thi-
avenue Upon il may be seen the
military. members of the capital
student corps Of ten thousand OF
more. from every government 90"
Finn. Lapp. Little Russian Tartar.
Lithuanian. Pole. and go on the got-
riUUffNi tleihr ana hI'ilN'l@ fI '
sia's highest nobility,
calais. which has recently had "a
world wide military prominence
thrust upon b. has been passed. all
most unsupported. hy thousands Of
tourists. who have given h. mere
nance consideration as a necessary
part of the transition from London
90 Paris There IS uo amusement to
speak OF in Calais. there are few ilo'
posing buildings and only occasional
unheralded relics Of the t-chieVemtnt.
EFFORT ana romance OF the past. iiui
calais is an important port "a tour
lsrs threshold "a drah and earurs
Industrial city. continental Europe
nearest harbor Go England. "a Vita
lke, in naval channel mancuvers The
seat of an American consulate when
Iu normal times watches over e. hug,
| Frenrh-American business, and on'
| OF the four greatest machine mad'
/ la,e cities Of the world 10 is af a
/ center Of manufactured faces mat
calais IN peace times BIZ most widely
noted.
calais is "a lace town Almost
everything about b. has some bearine