Two weeks vacation in New York, the nation's best summer resort . ial cen-ter, but, curiously enough, called Wall Streetfrom the wall that the early New York settlers builtto keep away the Indians. The New York StockExchange, the Sub-Treasury, the banking house ofJ. P. Morgan & Co. are all clustered about thecorners of Wall and Broad Streets, which is ablock away. Resuming our Broadway ramble, we note diago-nally across from Trinity Church the huge EquitableBuilding, only recently erected on the site of theold structure, an office building that houses fivethousand tenants and has sixty high-po

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Two weeks vacation in New York, the nation's best summer resort . ial cen-ter, but, curiously enough, called Wall Streetfrom the wall that the early New York settlers builtto keep away the Indians. The New York StockExchange, the Sub-Treasury, the banking house ofJ. P. Morgan & Co. are all clustered about thecorners of Wall and Broad Streets, which is ablock away. Resuming our Broadway ramble, we note diago-nally across from Trinity Church the huge EquitableBuilding, only recently erected on the site of theold structure, an office building that houses fivethousand tenants and has sixty high-poweredelectric passenger elevators. On the next block is the much-advertised SingerBuilding and Tower; next to it the City InvestingBuilding and a little further up St. Pauls Church,where at one time George Washington worshiped. This stately Colonial church, built of stone,stands in themidst of itsown grave-yard, beautifulin the springwith its flower-ing 1 i e theremains ofThomas AddisEmmet and ofmany othernotable people. Battleship, Union Square.

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