Show a I 1 NEARBY j AND by I 1 YONDER ialy BL an india name meaning a highly salted body of water has been contracted chesapeake the name of that allanr ing inland sea that cuts virginia ts twain and almost bisects the state ot maryland a no wider than a river nt its hea the chesapeake broadens broa oens to a width ot 22 mites in the miles to its boffi ing with the sea its maximum depth if feet and gross area about bocol square miles it is fed by some 60 tributaries tributa ries ranging from two to 1 miles in length the chief one of Is the historic potomac ro tomac these ariti harbor many quaint village of quiet charm that hold ancient d londal homes of rare beauty a this romantic bay became know to white men quite by accident tf when some passing vessels were blown into its mouth it figures ineptly in the development ot the eniy rounding country has a war of renown and Is known for the vs usual colorfulness of its sunsets the chesapeake Is a great sea tow bin producing more oysters than any apier body of water in the world dm ing one year maryland and virginia which embrace it produced oyster clams crabs terrapin and fish paluel at almost it also fa great wildfowl refuge its shelters b ing famed as habitats tor myriads ot the winged tribes again it Is an on standing commercial utility bearing upon its bosom great cargoes of the worlds goods between baltimore an other world ports in both this and foreign lands forty second street EVERY large city has a street tor one reason or another ha baeri smiled upon by fortune and ei joys a national prominence it na orally follows that the larger the dt the more famous the street as a rule it Is running true to form therefore when a street forty secondia dIn ou metropolis reached the importance Import anc that it Is advertised as the world greatest thoroughfare and what a transformation it ha had I 1 only a few decades back th eastern portion of forty second wai dubbed shantytown it was one 0 the most unsightly sections of th city but as uptown NOT york re spondee to the urge of progress fort second developed into a great cross town traffic artery from the aas river to the hudson and today tt former slovenly section of it has b come the most high toned and carric the greatest buildings 0 only about two miles long but a t proximately feet wide with el bated railroads running over it t cars operating on it and subways bu a rowing under it forty second haa b a come such a necessary thorough fa c that ew york would be bird put get along without it it has been estimated that cooj n than persons and upwards 0 0 vehicles use it every f four hours that probably 1000 0 persons live within convenient wal c ing distance and another million wit a in a few minutes ride shops of every nature u line its sides along with great tei churches theaters loft and 0 flee buildings and monstrous hotels t at one of which people art y said to dine dally m the national library m national library as the U TUG arary of congress at washingto fi sometimes Is called Is the largest in d of its land in all of th americas Amerl cas f p this treasure house of knowledge covers three and one half acres w ground has about eight acres of aloot i space which contain more than books occupying more than am miles of shelving covering every aub U eject under the sun almost na 0 alons are represented in this ous collection china and russia lent ing the foreign list with more atia e and volumes respective ly japan and scandinavia follow lg 0 with more than and r in addition there are oi wards of maps and chartty BOO photographs and prints a musical scores A staff it experts Is employed to assist of congress government employed emp loyes aal public callers in locating for which they are searching x in its every phaze Is co represented here for instant the oldest book printed from nio tn able du was printed a mainz in W which was thirty th years before columbus discovery america the smallest book which A ct dentally Is said to be the in the world Is a copy ot the rab yat of omar khayyam which cw bains forty eight pages each abib le one alf inch square the largest tol to probably Is audobon s birds ot arti tl america in four volumes its pita being about three feet high a pl A normal days receipts county 1 sundays and holidays includes id books and pamphlet of SO 40 musical compositions a prints and 1000 newspapers M western |