El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-01

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A{ Attempts have been made to
w list the seven wonders" Of
our present day world. but without
much success There are. indeed. too
many Of them-the puzzle being to
choose the most important.
The seven wonders OF the ancient
world were mostly architectural
our wonders today are inven-
one might mention the flying ma
chine the dIrigiDle balloon me tax
ing machine. the electric light, the
moving picture, electric transpOrta-
ton. the telephone. These are seven,
10 be noted offhand, but there are
SO many others One might easily
eaumerate 20 wonders
SIX of the original seven wonders
Of the world were contained within
The territory which at the outbreak
OF the war was (including EgypD
under the sovereignty or turkey.
The exception was the Colossus OF
Rhodes, a gigantic statue OF bronze
that according TO tradition sJrad-
died the harDOr OF that city win us
legs, between which tai masled YES
sells were able 10 pass
AS a matter Of fact, Il did nothing
OF the kind The Colossus stood on
the shore at the entrance OF lhe
harbor. the above mentioned city be-
island Of Rhodes now belonging 10
.,Frightfulness" IS nothing new IN
war. OF the civilizations OF past
ages few structural memorials re-
main. because OF wholesale mlllIary
vandalism Chiefly owing 10 de-
srruction thus caused. there are now
in existence only two OF the ancient
wonders. and these IN a damaged
conditfon-the sOCalled Vocal Mem
non and the Pyramids OF Egypt The
remaining five were the Temple OF
Diana AT Ephesus, the Hanging Gar
deus of Babylon. the PharOs al
Alexandria. the MausOleum OF queen
Arten1isfa and the Rhodes Colossus
The Vocal Memnon was one o.
two gigantic statues, each OF them
nearly 20 feet high, ana cut GUY q q
-iDr-Ie bIock of reddish sandstone
which the Pharaoh AmemOphls III
SET mo to flank the road approaching
a superb temple that he erected OF
the banks Of the Me PoLA " e
meant TO be portraits Of nlillsStL:: u
later years lsanosl ,I,',..IesS q con-
stuff one Of them developed q CO---
siderable crack; but II never -
Cured TO anybody TO REGARD tLS
fracture as possibly connected Win
a very peculiar phenomenon e@ii-o
lieu - Cracked, Cries Out.
Every morning soon after sunrise
IL gave out an audible SOUND Wnlc-i
10 the imaginative resenDleu d ~
In those DAYS OF ignorance any lhlI5
7bst was not understood was aIIrlD- .
uted TO the supernatural ana 50 II
Is not surprising that the Egy pLlalls
should have thought goo w.
sDe7 king Indeed. people tlockeQ
80, III narts Of the civilized world F.
20 witness the marvel But m
statue. which. with its mate, ST.
exists. is no longer vocal IL c gSeaSSt- /
- make noises in fact. after Deln6 Z
SnTnTuE-LLlG D
rrI5tb being that they were due 10
The splitting apart OF the sandstone I
particles caused by the eApanulli7 I
influence Of the rising sun S Ha II-.l-- I
The Pharos-erected b. Ptolemy I
pbfIadeIphus. 800 years before lAe 4
birth Of Christ on long na!IO"
rock in the harbOr OF AleAallII -, q
mile off shOre-was llsh.iO -
some early writers sla-e si- ~, -
taller than the lOttleSL OF lAs pyLe
5uids. and that great mirrors w.
-rsad as refiecIOrs TO augment L-e
illuminating effect OF lA1 49,
which was kept burning - Ats-r -
IFS ton. but these detalls are U
doubtful authenticity me t9Met
bore the inscription hlnS T S4eL--S
TO the gods. the sayiors, lor ne 49,
--sr77s is sad to have cut ms own
rar7e in the stone OF the structure, IN
huge letters, covering II WIN p-eS
-e- in order that It might De pre-
served for all time 60.
Hanging Gardens, Work OF CaptlE1es'
INC Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
-,-a-e constructed by king Nebuchad-
rezzar for the delight Of his roya5i
g5o-,se Arlvris. They were composed
II a series Of five terraces. oullt o.
,--7rzr=ed brick each terrace beng
-,-,Iiffad so feet above the one next
beneafb. so that the total height Of
~ e-rliof7Irz was $50 feet. Situated
as il was in the midst Of per
errnh elevation
-,---e- have lent il great impressive
- -. L-asr in size. II as