The day book. [volume], November 01, 1913, LAST EDITION, Image 28

About The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917

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ABOUT HIGH BUILDINGS
New York, Nov. 1. Ten years ago
the Park Row building was New
York's tallest business structure. Its
highest point was 382 feet above the
street.
A new epoch in skyscrapers was
marked by the Singer building, 612
feet high. Then came the Metro
politan Life, with its white tower ex
tending upward 7d0 feet, and lastly
the beautiful, cathedral-like Wool
worth building, which 'placed the alti
tude mark at 750 feet
Now there is to come a greater
than any of these. The Pan-American
States Association building, plans
for which have been completed, will
have 56 stories as compared with
the Woolworth building's 52 and its
dome will be 901 feet above the pave
men. As may be guessed from its name,
the building is to be erected by an as
sociation formed to unite and pro
mote the commercial interests of the
North and South American republics.
Its 1,500,000 feet of floor space will
be devoted to offices of Pan-American
trade associations, displays of the
products of all the countries of the
western hemisphere, quarters of dip
lomatic and commercial representa
tives of the various nations, club
rooms, banquet halls, and one of the
largest libraries in existence.
The state dining room (there will
be five others) will contain a table
which will seat 1,500 persons. It will
be an apartment of great splendor,
surrounded by mezzanine galleries.
The building will occupy an entire
block. Each of 34 floors will have a
space of 35,000 square feet. Above
these will rise the remainder of the
building, in the form of a Spanish
tower, with minarets and domes of
green and gold and" red.
The entire building will house com
fortably 100,000 persons the popu
lation of a pretty fair-sized city.
There will be five entrances, each
"guarded by five massive columns, and
leading into a magnificent rotunda.
The floor will be a mosaic represent
ing the Americas.
Threfr sites are under considera
tion Seventh avenue, facing the
Pennsylvania station; Columbus Cir
cle, facing Central Park, and Lexing
ton avenue, near 42d street. The
building will cost $11,000,000. The
architect is Francis H. Kimball, who
designed the Metropolitan Life.
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DIARY OF FATHER TIME
In modern days; many men are
financially ruined by, their enemies
through various tricks and schemes.
Years ago when the King of Siam
wanted to ruin anyone he made him
a present of a white elephant. The
white elephant has an enormous ap
petite and, being sacred, it is a crime
to let it die, so that the gift fin
ally entailed financial ruin on its
recipient.
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" DON'T SEW UP THE SLIT"
"Don't sew up the slit because it's
getting cold; let the wind bite your
ankles," was the advice offered slit
skirt wearers today by Dr. Adolph
Schmidt of Halle University, Saxony,
on a tour of America.
"Exposure to cold weather in
creases one's resistance," said Dr.
Schmidt. "Women, should ''throw
away "the fluffy things they wear
about their throats in the winter."
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HE WAS A GOOD GOER
"Don't you like going' to school?"
"I don't mind going there, but I
don't like stopping there after I get
there."
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Lemon juice, on an empty stom
ach, cleanses the digestive organs.
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