YOUR UNITED STATES
THE GLORY OF FIFTH AVENUE INSPIRES EVEN THOSE ON FOOT
YOUR
UNITED STATES
IMPRESSIONS OF A FIRST VISIT
BY
ARNOLD BENNETT
ILLUSTRATED BY
FRANK CRAIG
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXII
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY HARPER & BROTHERS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1912
CONTENTS
I. THE FIRST NIGHT
II. STREETS
III. THE CAPITOL AND OTHER SITES
IV. SOME ORGANIZATIONS
V. TRANSIT AND HOTELS
VI. SPORT AND THE THEATER
VII. EDUCATION AND ART
VIII. CITIZENS
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 WO