The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-03-25
Meandering rs
By Robert Z. William. D. c.. Pr. G.

thru The turf here and there and trees
lin liberal profusion. It is crossed here
and there by cross town lines. Fifth
| Avenue is ON one side and Central Park
| West is on the other side.
4 If anyone had given me this descrip-
ton before I came I'd had no difficult
~ in understanding what it was all
about.
The big museum. two blocks long, is
on the Filth Avenue side and from my
room can look down upon the stone
roof. While waiting for a car few
days ago, decided to go in with Sis
ter Jean. who swears BY and at
New York. She says that New York is
the apotheosis Of cities upon the earth,
and Ia accept her judgment, for she
travelled west as far as Davenport, and
been over TO Jersey City once or twice.
Ives, she's fond Of New York ! don
blame her, tho.
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Where in the world did all the ma
terial that fills the great halls of this
museum come from and who gathered
lit9 Objects from every known coun-
try, from the first faint dawn Of his
tory to the present, stand there for IN
spection. One Of the most gruesome
things | saw was a mummy Of wom-
an, folded up in a grave, with cups,
food and water jars, just as she was
! placed there in the Nile valley four
thousand years ago Her finger nails
and hair and teeth look just like any
particular lady Of to-day. She's in an
advanced stage Of emaciation, thru
lack Of nutriment.
While standing there looking down
at this form Of once woman, throb-
bing, pulsating with life, filled with
thoughts, desires. ambitions. loves and
J hates! Who was she3 What did she
think when alive and where is she
now? All, that's the question.
If one wants to feel the insignifi-
! canoe of self and appreciate the great
ness Of time, and how it levels every
! thing, destroying. revamping, unfold
!. ing, just look at these still forms and
: speculate on the antiquity Of man and
:, - the world and ask the question And
= for what2"
: An old priest, several thousand years
4 old lies in state, his body uncovered
n and slightly shrunken. He has splen-
= did features, skull shaped practically
y :. as that of any of your friends. He is
- said TO be the best specimen so far dis
covered.
I The art Of Greece, from Praxiteles
Phidias and unknown sculptors stand
: all around; reproductions and replicas
= Of the buildings and friezes charm and
. interest. Rare gems, pottery, glass
- bowls, papyrus, rugs, cloths are shown.
q 1t wilItake days and days to go thru
the museum. An education for think
ing person can be had on every floor
s andiin every room. Teachers with then
!: broods, ten and twenty, were seen here
IS and there, the teachers explaining ev-
- erything to the young eager minds.
I was just thinking what wonderful
= chance these New York children have
if they are only made to embrace the
free chances of filling the mind with
! the history Of the past.
D. y = SO
f Amazing, gorgeous. impelling as is
y the museum, we come out and look up
= and down Fifth Avenue and see that
d wonderful stream of life, going both
i ways, street cars, buses, cabs, taxis,
. horse barouches, the subway and The
: elevated, and stand in admiration and
: awe of the present-day New York.
The traffic on Fifth Avenue on the
street is controlled BY an ingenious
j system of lights reflected from tow
ers set few blocks apart. These
lights obyiate the possibility Of con-
gestion. 1t is like watching we'll
trained army to see the traffic, rushing
pell nell seemingly one instant, then
all stop for blocks. at light signal.
: It's amazing.
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| am connected with Napoleon FIill's
e Magazine now, little Map having
8 given me the business managership Of
that very much worthwhile pubIica-
! ton. All you people who receive it
!, will find much material that will have,
peculiar, personal interest for you.
E INap is thoro co-operator, and is
Z teaching the uninitiated what it really
means, thru its@pages.
/ HEROES OF GLORIOUS WAR?