Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-23

Here / am in New York. It's huge
city. The most impressive thing to me
lis the transportation system. The inn
Intensity Of the underground system al
most staggers one. Miles upon miles
of it; trains, six and eight cars long,
rush with resounding speed. There is
no confusion-all is order. Yet the
present facilities are inadequate to take
care Of the increasing population.
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We marvel at the aquaduct at Rome
and the great coliseum seating $4,000;
the Acropolis at Athens; the walls of
China, and the huge piles of rock in
the sands of Egypt. These awe one be-
cause of the age they possess. The
mysterious catacombs of Rome stir the
imagination. Why were they built and
lby whom? A fairly good guess is
made.
Yet here in modern New York, the
subway. A few years sufficed to con-
struct it. The monument of Ghiza
stands a mute testimonial to the slave
labor of ancient Egypt. -Korfu built
great one and it is said that $780,
900 men labored for thirty years TO
raise it. Yet, more stone has been TAX
len from Culebra pass alone than is in
the pyramid of Korfu. Amazing adj
vance!
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A tall building in New York is not
so very impressive; for the reason that
it stands amid collection of tall build
ings. The great Singer building with
its Sc stories startles the mind upon pa
per more than when you see it. While
piercing the sky many stories more
than its brothers, yet it doesn't thrill;
it has too much competition.
Close by are dozens of giant build
ings-stone and steel. Almost anyone
of them sinks into insignificance the
bigness of the past.
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am writing this in the room former
lily occupied by Harry K. Thaw the
slayer Of Stanford White. The mon
ument left by Stanford White, the Mad
ison Square Building, is but block
away and frowning down upon us is
the Metropolitan Tower with its 28 or
30 stories. The time of day Z shown
by Illuminated hands-very attractive
in the dun of a murky day. One block
north is the Flatiron building, known
the country over. It's a triangular
building and, while very high, looks
small in this forest of buildings.
And the crowds! Eternal crowds!
Go on the street at any hour, this sec
ton of Fifth Avenue and the intersect
ing Broadway is swarming with peo-
> pie. Where are they all going? What
are they doing here? Probably, the
! same as myself, looking for a larger
market for personal services.
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The other day | went over Hack
! ensack way and saw the famous Hack
! ensack Meadows. New Orleans is
built on such ground and assuredly as
soon as this land is drained the Great
Il er New York will take it in. Engineer;
seem able to do anything.
= | have frequently mentioned the ad
~ vances made in wireless, or radio
phoning. had the pleasure a nigh
!. or two ago of dancing to the music o
Lopaz's Orchestra in the Pennsylvania
20 Hotel in the home of my friend Georg
i Palmer, way over in New Jersey. H
!, has a wireless set. We heard well
- known baritone of one of the bi
= churches giving a program of songs
. We heard ships at sea, $40 miles ava
i talking to the Port of New York, max
5 ing arrangements about docking. Al
- liington at Washington sent time an
. we all set our watches.
When one thinks of the tens of thor
:. sands who are listening to daily pre-
= grams around here and the odd 500
II 900 in America, glimpse of the mas
= nitude can be grasped of where tn
radiophone has advanced within fe'
years. To hear those voices comm
from a horn, magnified a thousan
times, sends shivers up and down tn
spine. Immortality is not hard thin
Ito believe in now!
When silence was secure We coul
hear the buzz of the wireless operate
several of them, as they sent their me
p sages. I'm not very familiar with Il
Continental code which is general
used.