The buildings on this our first page are aptly illustrative of wealth. The lower one at the left is the world-famous Waldorf-Astoria, on Fifth Avenue, New York, probably the richest, most luxurious, and most expensive hotel in the world.
The structure on the right is the Commercial Cable Building, on Broad Street, between Wall Street and Custom House Place. The square white edifice to the right of the Cable Building is the American Surety Building, twenty-one stories high, the first of the "sky scrapers" to be erected.
The center picture is of Wall Street, now the great money center of the world. The white structure just showing on the left is the Drexel-Morgan building on Broad and Wall Streets. Beyond Broad Street is a little narrow lane called New Street. Between Broad and New is the Stock Exchange, opening on the three streets. The first low building on the right is the Government Assay Office, and just beyond is the United States Sub-treasury Building. In the distance on Broadway is seen Trinity Church spire. In the Drexel-Morgan Building is the office of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, the present money-king of the world.
In the decorations are the artist's symbols of wealth and war. Only by the power of arms can such tremendous increase of wealth be sustained and its owners protected.
