The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15

Y I Hh o.. fNi|I SHOW you
how lh" r.H woman has taken the
place of the man, and I may oven
speak of why the stotk is nesting
IN Germany and how tho Rachel of
France i- mourning Tor her children
because they are not. I shall not
writc war stuff nor politics, though
~ King or % president should tell
me his hopes ana his woes may re-
port them.
nm not a prophet nor the son
OF u prophet. ana / shall not pre-
diet NV expedition ~ aololy ono ot
discovery. ! am but an humble cx-
plorcr, travelling over the European
Govt mont from farm tu farm. from
workshop 20 workshop, from town
to town. ana from country TO coun-
try with my secretary nt my elbow
jottlng down Just what I see. | may
NOW and then take "a Zeppelin or an
aitpianr TO cover long distances. but
most OF thcse travels will bc In nu-
tomobilrs with my camera ready for
any strange shot that may offer,
The Modern Columbus.
Indeed. I feel am the modern
Columbus, In lip2 the great Geno-
Cse started west across the Atlantic
and discovered Amcricn In 1929
discover the new world OF Europe,
Columbus had a fleet OF three little
vesselJ His flagship, the Santa
Maria, was only 80 feet long and 20
feet wide and its displacement was
about 35 tons My ship Is the Ma
jostic. the biggest hoHt that has
floatCd the seas alncc God divided
the waters. u Is more than double
the length OF the Ark OF Noah. and
thrice It's depth from the hurricane
deck TO the keel II rs Just about
100 times the size Of the flagship
OF Columbus. To be exact II has
10000 gross tonnage, Is $50 feet
long, 100 feet wide, and n little more
than one hundred feet deep.
But figures mean nothing except
20 an Einstcin, an Isaac Newton, or
an Humphrey naVey. Let me give
YOU tomo concrete comparisons
Take the Woolworth building IN
lower New York Let tho gcnii who
moved Aladdln's palace In tho wink
OF an eye lift II up and lay Il length
wise beside us out here Ia mid
ocean. The Majestic is almost two
hundred feet longer. and itS cubic
contents venture are greater.
when the Central park obelisk was
brought from Egypt To New York II
filled the steamer upon which II was
carried, You could put tho Wash
inston monument, tho greatest OF
an obelisks. on the desk OF tho Ma
icStlc, and there would Etill be 200
feet between It's aluminium tip and
the prov. ana a Ike distance from
It's base ia the stern.
Nonh's Ark Outdone.
Soah's ark, estimating the cubit
ut rs inches. was lJ0 feet long, rs
foot wide and the Bible SAYS It had
only three stories. This flagship OF
mine has nine decks, and II 10
story apartment house could be
built on It's Keel the roof would not
reach the base of the smukestaclSs,
Two such arks could be laid length
wise inside the Majestic, ana there
would stili DE three decks above and
three decks below. Captain Trant,
who manages the steamer under Sir
EorUam Hayes, tells me it takos a
uiuc-mile walk 10 sec all OF the
ship. / ana sure he IA right. for |
make u sabbath days journey every
Gwr / 80 from my room to my
meals.
Just an item or so 20 emphasize
these dimensions Take look at
the great anchors which nre dropped
ru steady tho ship I'm the h1ruors
The anchors of Columbus ships
were lahhooks beside them, lu-
deed. the Majestic anchors might
serve as iishhoo1s for the gods, the
lines being cables OF wrought steel
oagh link Of which could cncirCle a
watermelon, The Majestic haS one
anchor az each side OF nor PROV.
and O third, the largest OF them an.
st!cks right ont Of the nose Of the
shin. Their total weight is 30 tons,
ami their stems are twice the thick
ness % a telegraph pole. In order
10 show YOU their size ! have had
myself photographic standing on
the biggest one. 10 is so heavy that
it would take 80 horses 10 haul Il
over the road. am out IN the open
on the Prov OF the ship hanging,
as it We're, IN the air, higher above
the keel than the roof OF q siX-story
building, 40 feet below the hurricane
deck and 60 feet above the level Of
tho blue sea below. am not a
human fly. and | win leave II TO
sour Imagination as 10 how the
photo was taken.
Columbus made his famous Jour-
uey with sails. This ship Is driven
by turbines that give a force equal
TO one hundred thousand horses all
working at once, Take out your
watch ana heft Il. Mine weighs
five ounces, This ship weighs 56,.
sgO tons and every BIT OF II Is built