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ILLUSTRATIONS THE GLORY OF FIFTH AVENUE INSPIRES EVEN THOSE ON FOOT DISEMBARKING AT NEW YORK THE DOWN-TOWN BROADWAY OF CROWDED SKY-SCRAPERS BROADWAY ON ELECTION NIGHT A BUSY DAY ON THE CURB MARKET A WELL-KNOWN WALL STREET CHARACTER THE SKY-SCRAPERS OF LOWER NEW YORK AT NIGHT A WINTER MORNING IN LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO A RIVER-FRONT HARMONY IN BLACK AND WHITE—CHICAGO THE APPROACH TO THE CAPITOL ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE ON THE STEPS OF THE PORTICO—THE CAPITOL UNDER THE GREAT DOME OF THE CAPITOL THE PROMENADE—CITY POINT, BOSTON THE BOSTON YACHT CLUB—OVERLOOKING THE HARBOR AT MORN POURING CONFIDENCES INTO HER TELEPHONE LUNCHEON IN A DOWN-TOWN CLUB A YOUNG WOMAN WAS JUST FINISHING A FLORID SONG ABSORBED IN THAT WONDROUS SATISFYING HOBBY IN THE PARLOR-CAR BREAKFAST EN ROUTE IN THE SUBWAY ONE ENCOUNTERS AN INSISTENT, HURRYING STREAM THE STRAP-HANGERS THE PASSENGERS ON THE ELEVATED AT NIGHT ARE ODDLY ASSORTED THE RESTAURANT OF A GREAT HOTEL IS BUT ONE FEATURE OF ITS SPLENDOR THE HORSE-SHOWS ARE WONDROUS DISPLAYS OF FASHION THE SENSE OF A MIGHTY AND CULMINATING EVENT SHARPENED THE AIR THE VICTORS LEAVING THE FIELD UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS—UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MITCHELL TOWER AND HUTCHINSON COMMONS—UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PART OF THE DAILY ROUND OF THE INDOMITABLE NEW YORK WOMAN THE ASTOUNDING POPULOUSNESS OF THE EAST SIDE