Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1911 — Maps. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Maps.

A map is to a country what a photograph is to a man. If It looks natural it Is not regarded as authentic. On maps all bodies of water aro blue, and some states are pink while others axe yellow, green, mauve, magenta and red. , New York is always red and Rhode Island is green. Massachusetts is a calm gray and Texas is a hectic pink. Maps are useful to show children how some place is bounded. Railroad maps are more interesting than any other kind. A railroad map can make the state of Illinois twice as long east and west as it is north and south, without the slightest in* convenience. Only on a railroad map may New York, Nashville, Butte, Mont., and San Antonio be shown upon the same parallel of latitude. Dr. Cook sought the north pole with a railroad map. Muc hshould be forgiven him, them tor*. ■< rf§S