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production of that opera. The year 1908 

 marked her first appearance in America, at 

 the New York Metropolitan Opera House. 

 Included in her repertory of over eighty operas 

 are Aida, Mignon, Tannhduser, The Magic 

 Flute, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly and The 

 Flying Dutchman, the soprano roles of the two 

 latter being her favorite parts. Her voice is 

 also widely known to buyers of phonograph 



records. She delights in writing and in col- 

 lecting rare books and beautiful bindings/ In 

 1915 Mile. Destinn took out her first naturaliza- 

 tion papers to become a citizen of the United 

 States. Though under contract to appear in 

 opera in her newly-adopted country for the 

 season 1916-1917, she was detained in Europe 

 by government officials because of the War of 

 the Nations, then in its third year. 



STORY OF DETROIT 



ETROIT, MICH., called the City oj 

 the Straits, on the Dardanelles of America, the 

 first city in the state in population, and one 

 of the first ten among the, cities of the Union, 

 the county seat of Wayne County and the 

 most important city in the world in the manu- ' 

 facture of automobiles. Within ten miles of 

 the Detroit city hall there are more men who 

 possess scientific knowledge of automobile con- 

 struction than can be found in any other like 

 area on the globe. The city is situated on 

 the southeastern border of the state, on the 

 Detroit River. This stream is really a strait 

 which connects Lake Erie with Lake Saint 

 Clair and at this point separates the United 

 States from Canada ; it forms one of the busiest 

 waterways in the world. Lansing, the state 

 capital, is eighty-eight miles northwest; To- 

 ledo, Ohio, is sixty-two miles distant, nearly 

 south; Chicago is 284 miles west and south. 



Exceptional transportation service is afforded 

 by the Grand Trunk; the Michigan Central; 

 the New York Central; the Wabash; the 

 Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; the Pere Mar- 

 quette, and the Canadian Pacific railroads. 

 Passenger and freight steamers connect with 

 all important lake ports, and interurban lines 

 have extensive mileage from the city in various 

 directions west of the river; ferries connect 

 with Windsor, on the Canadian side. In recent 

 years the city has had a marvelous growth, the 

 population of 571,784 by estimate of the Census 

 112 



Bureau in 1916 showing an increase of 106,018 

 since 1910. In 1917 the city claimed to have 

 reached the rank of the fifth largest American 

 city, with a population of nearly 800,000. Ger- 

 mans and Canadians predominate in a mixed 

 foreign element, which comprises about one- 

 third of the total population. The area of the 

 city is forty-two square miles. 



METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 

 1 Grosse Polnte 5- Ecorse 



2 Hamtramck 6 Sandwich 



3 Greenfield 7 Windsor 



4 Springwells 



The dotted line In the river is the international 

 boundary. 



Location. The land on which Detroit is built 

 rises gently from the river. This stream, half 

 a mile wide, is fed by the Great Lakes, and 

 affords one of the best harbors on these waters 

 to vessels, even those of the largest size. Along 



