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Show nearby! 1 AND j ; I T.T. ! I YONDER I Maxey j I I. jhA Tschischiwapeki nPSCHIKClllVVAPEKl, an Indian uame, meaning a highly salted body of water, has been contracted to Chesapeake, the name of that alluring allur-ing inland sea that cuts Virginia in twain and almost bisects the state of Maryland. 1 No wider than a river at its head, the Chesapeake broadens to a width of 22 miles in the 195 miles to its joining join-ing with the sea. Its maximum depth is 16") feet and gross area about 5,000 square miles. It is fed by some 50 tributaries, ranging from two to 100 miles In length, the chief one of which Is the historic Potomac. These tributaries trib-utaries harbor many quaint villages of quiet charm that hold ancient colonial co-lonial homes of rare beauty. This romantic bay became known to white men quite by accident In 1G07 when some passing vessels were blown into its mouth. It figures prominently prom-inently in the development of the surrounding sur-rounding country, has a war record of renown and Is known for the unusual un-usual colorfuluess of its sunsets. The Chesapeake is a great sea-food bin, producing more oysters than any other body of water In the world. During Dur-ing one year, Maryland and Virginia which embrace It, produced oysters, clams, crabs, terrapin and fish valued at almost $14,000,000. It also is a great wild-fowl refuge, its shelters being be-ing famed as habitats for myriads of the winged tribes. Again, It is an outstanding out-standing commercial utility, bearing upon its bosom great cargoes of the world's goods between Baltimore and other world ports In both this and foreign lands. Forty-Second Street EVERY large city has a street which for one reason or another has been smiled upon by fortune and en-Joys en-Joys a national prominence. It naturally nat-urally follows that the larger the city the more famous the street, as a rule. It Is running true to form, therefore, when a street Forty-second in our metropolis, reached the importance that it Is advertised as "The World's Greatest Thoroughfare." And what a transformation It has had I Only a few decades back, the eastern portion of Forty-second was dubbed "Shantytown." It was one of the most unsightly sections of the city. But as "Uptown" New York responded re-sponded to the urge of progress. Forty-second Forty-second developed into a great, cross-town cross-town traffic artery from the East river to the Hudson and today the former slovenly section of it has become be-come the most high toned and carries the greatest buildings. Only about two miles long, but approximately ap-proximately 100 feet wide, with elevated ele-vated railroads running over it, street cars operating on It and subways burrowing bur-rowing under It, Forty-second has become be-come such a necessary thoroughfare that New York would be hard put to get along without It. It has been estimated that more than 250.000 persons and upwards of 25,000 vehicles use It every twenty-four twenty-four hours; that probably 1,000,000 persons live wTithin convenient walking walk-ing distance and another million within with-in a few minutes ride. Shops of every nature Imaginable line Us sides, along with great terminals, ter-minals, churches, theaters, loft and office of-fice buildings and monstrous hotels at one of which 10.000 people are said to dine daily. The National Library THE National library, as the Library Li-brary of Congress at Washington sometimes is called. Is the largest institution in-stitution of Its kind In all of the Americas. This treasure house of knowledge covers three and one-half acres of ground, has nbout eight acres of floor space which contain more than 3.500,-000 3.500,-000 hooks, occupying more than 150 miles of shelving, covering every sub Ject under the sun. Almost 200 nations na-tions ate represented In this stupendous stupend-ous collection China and Itussin leading lead-ing the foreign list with more than 87.1100 and 80.000 volumes respective-I respective-I ly. .Iiiptin nnd Scandinavia following (. with more than n.HOO and 5.000 respectively. re-spectively. In addition, there are up ! wards of 200.000 maps and charts, j 511(1.0110 photographs and prints and l.OnO.OOO musical scores. A staff of , experts Is employed to assist members J of congress, government employes and public callers In locating Information ! for which they are searchim:. Rookdotn in Its every phaze is com pletely represented here. For Instance the oUleKt book, printed from movable mov-able type Puruntl's lintionnl Hurl nnrlum (ifliclonint was printed Ir, Main?. In 1459. which was thlrty-thref years before Columhus discoverer! ! America : the smallest book, which in cldrntully Is snld to be the smallest In the world. Is a copy of the Rtionl yi:t ot Omar Khayyam, which con tains forty-el'ht pages, each ntioui one-' If Inch sipiure; the lurges' beo! prnhfhlj Is Audoh.m's Birds "f Nortl America. In f-'Hr vultures. Ps p ge tteit c al otjt three feet tiK'h. A n-rini:l day's receip's -!! Sundays n'-.d holidays Inc. 48 up I'roxiotate'y '.: honks rt..l p lont 't -.11 maps -t't tanslcat oe:!UM-si Jp ' orinrs and l.i'iVI newspapers ""ysto .dh-.-.. t'c.) iC'L'Si. Wt-Meffl N'-war r-er t"djc |