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La gaceta., 1938-03-11

Marina Constitutional de Cuba :
Evelio Rodriguez, Redactor del
Havana POST; Teniente Ireno
Cabrera Puente, Teniente Ma
nuel Dominguez v Gao, Tenien-
tie Charles Leon, Teniente Ce-
sar Bruce Leiva, Manuel Corral
fabricante de tabacos de la loca-
lidad; George Toledo y Sra,
Srta. A. Jacob, d. H. Claypoole
Y Sra, Sol Fleishman, locutor
de de la WDAE Y Sra, C. H.
Schneider, Jack Hernandez, Ro-
sario Farne, Ernesto Alvarez,
Madalina Garcia, Dr., j. Silve-
rio y Sra, Manuel Melendi Y
Sra, Herminio Canal y Sra,
Henry Ciccarello y Sra, Nick
C. Nuccio, ComiSionado del Con
dado; Leonardo C. MARITIME Y
Sra, Arturo Garcia, John y Ro-
sa DENIM, Manuel Fernandez,
c. J. Woodruff, Jefe de la Poll
Ella, Antonio de la Paz y Sra, Ca
talina Farsido, mama de la Sc
horita Guillermina Foyo, direc-
tora de la Orquesta "Ensueho."
Nellie Janessen, Natalia Ba =
dfa, F. M. Johnson, Lola Prelle-
70, Maria Prellezo, Leon Cain
y Sra, Joe M. Rey y Sra, Euge
MIA Rey, Frank de la Crane, Ju-
10 CabaHero, Eva Met felahd,
Martha Hayes, Rolando Mantei
ga, Eli Witt y Sra, Edna d.
Mandell, Bob Mccormick, w.
IL. Vanyer y Sra, Alexandra
Sanchez, Jaime Fernandez, Ma
nuel Aparicio y Sra, Jose Fer
nandez, Joseph Lodato, Augie
Ferrara, Rose Ferrara, John
Smith, Sam Ferrara y Sra, M.
K. Hudson y Sra, Henry Gar
Ella v Sra, Raul Vega Y Sra, An
tonic Lopez y Sra, David Con-
way y Sra, Casimiro Herman :
DEE Y Sra, Manuelita Fernan :
DEE, Margarita Gutierrez, Joe
Gutierrez, Peggie Ayala, Belden
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NOTAS SOCIALES
Ell acto de La Verbena del Tabaco en- Cuscaden

Mas de 5000 personals sc con-
gregaron anoche en- Cuscaden
Park con motive de la Inaugural
ci6n de las fiestas de La VERDE
ma del Tabaco.
La banda de la Marina Cuba
ma, dirigida por Ell captain A.
Romeu, ofreci6 al publico un
programa de alto merito, siendo
ovacionado ell director y los NIL
sicoS.
Como Ell alcalde Chancey no
pudo asistir, por estar enfermo,
lie sustituy6 ell Sr. Nash Higg-
ms, quien pronunci6 un elocuen-
5e discurso.
Milo Vega, ell presiden!te de
La Verbena, habl6 con elocuen-
cia y explico la obra realizada Y
tuvo un saludo cordial para los
marines cubanos, y frases afec-
tuosas para los trabajadores.
En- representation del gobier-
no de Cuba habl6 ell consul, DR..
Guan Manuel de la Puente.
Rafael Martinez Ybor tam
oien hablo, en- ingles y en- espa-
mol.
Peter Maniscalco, ell quito j6-
ven italiano habl6 en- representa-
zion de la Unione Italiana sien-
10 muy aplaudido.
Muy bonitos los fuegos artifi-
tales.
Debe felicitarse al Executive
de La Verbena por Ell exito, que
en- conjunto per,enece a la CO.
munidad.
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un gratisimo recuerdo del bale
Gle anoche.
Para las muchachas y espe-
calmente su d~rectora, Srta,
Guillermina Foyo hubo felicita-
clones a Granel.
Muy aplaudida fue la trasmi-
sion por la radio, a cargo de la
estacion WDAE. Hablaron Nj.
10 Vega y ell Sr. Manuel Apart
clio, junto con 81 locutor Sol
Freshman.
Vistosamente decorada la sa-
la del Circulo.
Pidiendo excuses a las perso-
mas cuyoS nombres no apareZ-
can en- la resena, damos los nom
hres siguientes:
Mr.. Harrison, de st. Peters
burg; Larry Allen, de st. Pc
tersburg; William Thedforod,
Sra. Olga Perez Antonio Perez
Y Sra, Mariana r. Barros, Raul
Veldespino y Sra, Felisa Diaz,
Mike Garcia, Laura Fayer, Jo-
Selma Villadonga, Harold Mesa
Rodriguez, Fernando Mesa Ro-
driguez, Y Sra, Or. Ibrahim
Garcia y Sra, Silvio Polo y Sra.
Guiilermo Prendes, r. l.. Allen
y Sra, Eloy Harrison, DR.. Juan
Manuel de la Puente, Consul de
Cuba, y Sra, Cesar Rivero, Can
ciller del Consulate de Cuba, Y
Sra, Sra. R.. E. L. Chancey, es-
posa del alcalde de Tampa Sra.
Smith, Sra. Coama Comandan-
tie Alberto Casanova, David
Masnata, Representante del Sc
cretario de Estado de Cuba; Ra-
fael Nieto agregado a la Emba-
iada en- Washington; DIR. Ar
nando Guerra, Ayudante del
Comandante Miguel Angel Pc
rez, Representative de la Mari
ma de Guerra Constitutional
Srta. Josefina Mayol, Silvio Gar
ia, Emilio de Molina, Segundo
Jefe del Bur6 de Prensa de la
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Besse, Joe Lima y Sra, Hector
G. Wilson y Sra, Herman Six,
J. d. Sanchez y Sra, DIR. Luis
Rey, J. Joholly y Sra, B. F, Da-
Wis y Sra, Bruce Hamilton y Sc
nora, Joe Hevia, Presidente de
la Secci6n de Recreo del Centre
Asturiano; Tomas Rodriguez y
Sra, Blanca Menendez, Cesar
Fernandez y Sra, Mary Crapa-
70, DR.. Jorge A. Trelles, Henry
Borrego, Violeta Inchastegui,
Joaquin Alvarez Soils y Sra, &c
sareo Arduengo Salvador Clara
vella, Mayor NJ. j. Mackler,
Miss Dora Garner, e. B. Wer-
ST., E. B. WeHhiemer,
Jr., de Newport West Virginia I;
Reinaldo Perez, Johnny Perez,
Justo Delgado, Roy Cotarelo y
N. Coed, Sara Randazzo,
George Mayerhoy, Eloy Gregg
ny Y Sra. Dick A. Greco Y Sra,
Luis LAWN Sra, Aristides San
Laura del Rio, Ramon To-
renzo y Sra, Luis A. Diaz y SCI
nora, Emilio Solares y Sra, Jim
my Greco y Sra. Angelo Greco y
Jose Gonzalez Y Sra, Mel
quiades Estrada, Jr., Jorge To-
ledo y Sra, Eloisa Perez, Jack
y Sra.
Y muchos mas.
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Ell PELOTBRO QUE LOS IN
dos SIC

FL coronel Terry dormia a
pierna suelta, en- Baton Rou.
ge, cuando los IndioS invade.
ron su campamento y cor
ellos Sc llevaron a uno de los
peloteros.
Bill Nowak, ell "secuestra
do" es un joven "segunda ba-
Sc" que promote Y uno de los
graduates de este ano de la
clase de Terry.
Avisado de 10 que sucedia
ell coronel telefone6 al Car
Lands, pidiendole protection.
'Gos Indios no pueden ha :
Ger 10 que han hecho. Yo in
.vestigue bien su situaci6n, an
ties de firmarlo.'
Mas apesar de este, Cyril
Slapnicka, vicepresidente de
los Indios, afirma que Nowak
era propiedad de su club ina
'niguero' Springfield y que Sc
vic obligado a hacer 10 mas
pertinente.
Ell muchacho oy6 las cancio
mes de los Indios y con ellas
Sc fue.
La gaceta., 1938-03-11

Los grupos de Marcia, como
va hemos dicho, caminaran has
ia la Septima y Gale %.
Despues Sc hara ell traslado a
Lafayette y Morgan de donde
Sc reanudara la marcha, por La
fayete Franklin y Cass, hasta
el terreno de Phillips.
A las 200 Sc ADRIAN las puer
tas en- Phillips Field, con perso-
nal especialmente seleccionado.
Ell gran es~pectaculo de las sec
clones de recreo de las socieda-
DIES, dirigido por Manuel Apart
clio, s. presentara por primera
vez. Ademas bale con la orQues-
ia Ensueno, los artistas traidos
de Cuba y orquestas locales.
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Ell Cabaret en- ell
CtrcutO CubaRo

Con notable lucimiento Sc e.
fectu6 anoche Ell Cabaret de La
Verbena, en- la hermosa sala de-
Circulo Cubano.
Todos los mejores elementos
de la sociedad latina y ameri-
cana Sc encontraban ALI.
Noche de gala. Sincera ai :
gria y Sc cumpli6 ell programa.
Para la bailarina Sra. Duran
la pareja Charlottesville los
trovadores cubanos y la pareja
Gitanillo-D orina hubo muchos
aplausos.
La orquesta Ensueno es una
agrupaci6n musical de primer
0rden, tai como Sc habia calcu-
ado.
Muchos dc los espectadores
confesaban: es la primera vez
que oimos tocar asi las pleas
~cubanas; las cubanas cubanos Y
amantes de la mdsica de la isla
preciosa, siempre conservaran
La gaceta., 1938-03-11
MOSCU, 1887
LION FEUTCHWANGER
de Su Libro," New York

apoyo a medals de sus aliados.
La estupidez, la mala voluntad
7 la inercia eonspiran para ha-
GER sospechosa, tergiversar Y ne
gar cualquier cosa que en- Ell Es-
tie pueda dar fru.os. Mas MIN
gun escritor que haya visto algo
grande debe guardian su testimo
MO, aun cuando la cosa sea i'm
popular y sus palabras DISCUS
ten a muchos.
Ofrezco mi teStim0nio.
Al principle quede sorpren-
] dido Y dudoso cuando descubri
que TODD ell mundo con quien en-
tire en- contaeto en- la Union So
vletica era uno con ell plan ge-
neral de las coSas, por mucho
que Sc mostraran critieos en-
puntoS de menor cuantfa. En-
realidad, en- todos los ambitos de
esa gran ciudad de Moscd habia
atm0sfera de ammonia y conten-
o, a1n de felicidad.
Durante varias semanas cref
que ell miedo era la fuerza oculta
que motivaba estas manifesto
clones, Y desconfi6 de elias tam
bien en- vista de que Mosc1 ca
rece de tantas cosas que en- 0c-
cidente consideramos indispen-
sables. La vida ALI no es en- mo-
do alguno tan facil como ell go
bierno guerra que fuese.
A menudo me pregunte al
principle 81 las inconveniencias
cotidianas en- la vida del ciuda-
dano s~ovietico no estaban llama
das a acabar con aquel conten-
to de que he hablado va; pero no
ocurre asi. FL ciudadano de Mos
c1 bromea sobre estas inconve-
niencias de menor cuantia pero
nunca piensa permitir que estos
defectos 10 cieguen impidiendo-
lie yer las grandes cosas que la
vida solo en- la Union Sovietica
puede ofrecer; Y 81 les habla de-
masiado de estos defectos memo
res en- su vida cotidiana, Sc
hacen agresivos y vuelven la
tortilla declarando que ellos por
su parte no pueden imaginar CO
mo nosotros podemos soportar
la vida en- un pals capitalista.
"lC6mo pueden ustedes VII
vlr'-me pregun.an-"en la pc
sima atm6sfera moral que los
rodea? A1n cuando ustedes pue-
dan vivir y TRAFALGAR en- paz v
con comodidad, ino los perturba
la miseria que los rodea y que
pudiera eliminarse por medic de
an orden de cosas mas razona-
BILE? IC6mo pueden ustedes So
portar la vida en- I'm pals cuya e
conomia esta determinada no
por un plan racional sino por ell
deseo del lucro? mo los aflige
(PGsc a In 10. p60.)
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de un mcdo REGIONAL, claro,
y sin calor, el novelista Feutch-
wanger, explica 10 que vic y sim
ito en- la Union Sovietica. A la
yez an elogio Y una critica. Pa
ra les amigos de la Union So
v.etica es una fortificaci6n de la
f.; para sus enemigos es un ar
gumento juSto y eQuilibrado;
para los neurales una nueva
contribution a un tema fiera-
mente discutido.)
Estoy escribiendo "Moscd,
1897, No eS mi intenci6n pre-
sentar un cuadro objective pre-
ciso. Intentar semejante cosa
despues de una vista de diez Sc
manas seria absurdo. Mas bien
dire slmplemente mis- impreSio-
hes personales para aquellos de
mis- amigos que esten deseosos
lie saber 10 que pensaba yo de
Moscu y 10 que vi alli.
La Union Sovietica esta en-
penada en- una lucha contra mu-
hos enemigos y solo recibe ell
La gaceta., 1938-03-11
Las Fiestas de Hoy

La procession civica de La Yer
bena del Tabaco, senalada para
a noche de hoy, saldra a las
1870 de la esquina de la Septi-
ma avenida y Gale 13.
Las carrozas Sc colocaran en-
ell orden por nosotros anunciado
IN dos ocasiones.
Evening star., 1938-04-27

to plunge the unfortunates into an
'antonym bee."
Nine. Chang Kai-shek, wife of
China's generalissimo, will be heard
in this country for the first time
since last August when she speaks
on Chinese Women and the Far
Eastern Crisis" (WJSV, 6;45.) The
talk is to originate in Hankow. Two
other addresses have been scheduled.
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, prominent club
woman and wife of the publisher of
the Washington Post, is to speak on
democracy and Human Values" be-
fore the annual banquet of the Ma
tional League of Woman Voters in
St. Louis, Mo. (WRC, 11) Alfred
p Sloan, jr, chairman of the board
of General Motors Corp, discusses
THE Dealer, the Manufacturer and
the Consumer" (WMAL, 81
Labor Program Scheduled.
Two Cavalcades will be heard to-
night. The regular Cavalcade Of
America is devoted to the career of
Maria Mitchell, first American woman
to achieve worldwide recognition as
an astronomer .CWJSV. ~ The
Cavalcade of Labor (WOL, 1919
promises to be an interesting dramatic
and musical feature even to those not
active in labor circles. Outstanding
events in the Nations labor history
are to be re-enacted. Not labeled
"Cavalcade" but a dramatic feature
nevertheless is Gang Busters (WJSV,
Evening star., 1938-04-27
POET TO CONDUCT
NEW TYPE SHOW
Max Eastman to Preside
Over The Word Came
on WJSV at $50.

Max Eastman, poet, lecturer, humor-
ist, steps before a Columbia micro
phone tonight (WJSV, $500 with a
commission to tear the language
apart. More particularly. Mr. East
mans duties consist Of presiding over
a new program to be known as The
Word Game, during the progress of
which he will be joined by five other
persons chosen at random Con-
testants first are to be required to
state the meanings Of certain words
or to use them in sentences. Succeeding
tests will measure their ability to de-
tect grammatical errors, provide syn
onyms. display their familiarity or
unfamiliarity with colloquialisms. If
any time remains and if the par
ticipants are willing, Mr.. Eastman is
Evening star., 1938-04-27

81 which is to tell the story Of q fall
guy who committed murder under
orders Of the gangsters who only
shortly before had lured him into
crime.
Other features-Almost every one
connected with Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs" seems slated for an ap-
pearance before a microphone. To-
night 1t Is Harry Stockwell, baritone,
who was the voice of Prince Charm
ing. He Is to be the guest of Grace
Moore and Andre Kostelanetz (WJSV,
81 :. Fred Allen introduces q pro-
fessional muscle builder" and move
rhythm" said to be the ancestor of
swing music. Robert MacGimsey
claims to have modernized move
rhythm" in Jonah and the Whale"
which will be sung by the Town Hall
Quartet CWRC. 81.
G. w. Student to Play.
Tomorrow-Elizabeth Burnett, ac-
cordionist, and George Washington
University student, is the guest of Lee
Everett (WMAL, 7:30 am.) School
children of Cardiff. Wales. sing during
the School Of the Air program (WJSV,
1900 :. The Singing Lady tells the
childhood story Of Sergei Rachmani-
noff. Russian pianist and composer
(WMAL, 4:30) :. The premier per-
formance of Lucien Niverd's Quintet
for Piano and Strings" is presented
Evening star., 1938-04-27
WATER COLOR EXHIBIT

A collection Of water colors by stu
dents of the Central High School art
classes is being exhibited at the
Mount Pleasant branch of the Public
Library through May IS, it was an
nounced today by DR.. George F. Bow
erman, chief librarian.
Exhibitors include Lillian Bass,
Marcia Evert. June Virga, Edward
York. Iris Wadsworth. Homer Smith,
Jean Ryan, Jackie Waldron, Mar
guerite Hull, Caroline Harper, Bar
bara FAINT and Charles OBrien.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
GIRLS PROBLEMS TOPIC
Funds for Operating Hospice to
Be Discussed,

Problems confronting destitute girls
Of good character will be discussed by
Col. Mary Keppel, welfare worker,
and A. J. Driscoll, president Of the
Mid-City Citizens Association, to-
morrow night at . meeting Of the
Hospice Legion at the Volunteers of
America Girls Club and Hospice,
1928 Sixteenth street NV.
Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, president OF
the District Federation Of Women's
Clubs, will describe plans for ex-
panding membership Of the legion to
raise the operating fund OF the hos
pice.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
Michigan Society to Dance.
APRIL II. 1888

The Michigan State Society will
hold its final dance Of the season at
$50 pm. Friday. at the Wardman
Park Hotel. Representative Luecke is
honorary chairman Of the committee
in charge, while o. ]. Dompierre Is
active chairman.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
Alumni to Meet,

The Franklin and Marshall Alumni
Association of Washington will hold
its annual dinner at $50 pm. Friday
at the Burlington Hotel.
Evening star., 1938-04-27
CAMERA CLASS SET
Photographer Will Instruct
Children in Printing Film,

Children will be instructed to de-
velop and print their own films at a
free class to be conducted at 10 am.
Saturday by Miss Peggy Duffy, New
York and Washington photographer,
at the Childrens Federal Art Gallery,
816 Independence avenue s.W. Stud
les Of lights and exposures will be
included.
Each child is asked to bring his
own materials, including negatives,
Evening star., 1938-04-27

by Maurice Dusmesnl and four men,
bers Of the Detroit Symphony Or
chestra (WRC, - c. A. M.
Evening star., 1938-04-27

printing paper, developer, printing
frame and trays. 1t is requested also
that children register Immediately. :,
Evening star., 1938-04-27
TWizzler Answer.

The words to fill in the blanks: Art
rate. cater, canter, enactor, reaction,
creations, containers, constrained.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

Shackleford good roads bill, first of
a series of measures authorizing the
Federal Government to assist the
States financially in building up a
modern. countrywide highway net
work. The sponsors of this pioneer
legislation were the late Senator John
H. Bankhead of Alabama and Rep
resentative d. w. Shackleford of Mis-
souri,. Curiously enough. the latter
formerly had been an opponent of
the Federal.aid proposal on the
ground that money so contributed
would accomplish nothing more than
the building Of peacock lanes for the
Use of joyriders." His whole hearted
conversion to the cause of good roads
WAS proved by his subsequent fight
for legislation which blazed the trail
for major part Of all the Nation
since has accomplished toward pro-
viding adequate highways.
Although the first Federal-aid bill
was passed by Congress in 1915, the
onset of Americas participation in
the World War and erection of the
elaborate machinery required for ex-
tending financial help to the States
for roads deferred effectiveness of the
law until 1918. Since that time the
Federal Treasury has poured out to
the States for road construction and
improvement an astronomical total of
s3.l3s, ,0oo, 900.
OF this sum $1,740 900, 600 was ear
marked for use only upon the Federal
aid system. and had to be matched,
dollar for dollar, by the States For
the building Of forest roads. giving
access to vast undeveloped areas, q
total of $l9s. 100, 900 has been spent
by Uncle Sam since the first au-
thorization. And as though to prove
even the depression was not wholly
evil, that emergency brought about
q total additional Federal contribu-
ton Of $1,000. o.o00,o0o for the double
purpose Of sustaining the unemployed
and improving highways.
or THE s,ooo,ooo miles Of road OF
all kinds In the United States,
one-third today Is surfaced. This Is
Evening star., 1938-08-28

pected to accrue to trafic-no roads
to be improved to any greater degree.
N7HERE the mileage to be improved
w was 80 great that the type of
improvement indicated by the trafhc
could not be completed on the whole
stretch within . short period, the most
important sections were raised i'm
mediately to ultimate type and the bal
ance advanced through the initial
stages of grading, draining and low
type surfacing. This was designed
to spread as much improvement bene-
At as possible over the entire road
system quickly. further improvement
to await completion of this first stage
throughout the network.
This practice, known as stage con-
struction, became recognized as the
only feasible practice in numerous
States in which . large mileage OF
main roads remained to be improved,
to handle traffic already mounting in
volume by leaps and bounds. It was
also the logical plan Of development
for main roads on which traffic had
not grown to proportions justifying
high-type surfacing.
All Of this required the raising Of
huge amounts of money by thSStates
to match Federal contributions and
to improve highways lying outside
the Federal-aid system. and it is
within the last two decades also
that the States found brand-new
source Of revenue for this purpose.
This was the gasoline tax. born in
Oregon 10 years ago. A puny $1,000
600 was raised by that State the
first year, the tax rate being one cent
per gallon, but into what . mighty
fountain of revenue this levy has
grown! It did not take other States
long to see the value of Oreson's
innovation, and before long similar
statutes were on the books Of all,
and finally Uncle Sam himself got
in the game.
The result Is that this tax since
1919 has made . $1,000, ,000, 900 con-
tribution to the cause Of good roads
and motorists currently are adding
l,ooo. .ooo.ooo to the total annually.
Evening star., 1938-08-28

niscent Of Nuremberg and ancient
Bavarian towns.
An outstanding popularity of these
early buildings is the almost total alb
sence of iron. Even the chimneys are
wooden, lined with clay. and it is said
that the first attempt at air-condition-
ing was carried out here: for between
the inside and outside walls of the
buildings a mixture of straw and clay
was placed.
The walls, although tattered and
patched, stand as mute evidence Of a
religious order-the Seventh Day Bap-
lists. in which denial, sacrifice and
simple living were considered a religi-
Gus duty
Guides are available, and the visitor
passes into the Sisters House through
low, narrow doors. which. it was ex-
planned, were fashioned in this man.
ner to teach the sisters humility, and
to remind them Of ''the straight and
narrow way" The Saron is three
stories high, and each floor has a
ollA. SdASOA Ode Va ceoAiS,
said to be the first stationary sinks in
this country. The tiny bedrooms are
each equipped with wooden benches,
which served as beds. and blocks of
wood, about the size OF bricks for
pillows The Saal adjoins the Sisters
House, and is reached through low,
narrow passageway.
THIS community of Seventh Day
Baptists was established about 1882
by Conrad Beissel, tourneyman baker of
Eberbach, Germany. who had a great
spiritual enlightenment, and to carry
out the tenets OF his faith. emigrated
to Pennsylvania and settled on the
south bank Of the Cocalice Greek.
Bethania, the Brothers House. has
long since been removed. 1t was in
the Brothers House that Beissel first
set up the printing press. and the town
Evening star., 1938-08-28

became a great paper-making center
Splendid examples Of early printing
by Beissel and his followers are to be
found in the Historical Society in
Philadelphia. and in Allentown, where
there Is q martyr book, dated 1748.
Reading, our next city of conse-
quence, was founded in l748 by
Thomas and Richard Penn sons Of
William Penn and named by them for
Reading, their ancestral home. This
section WAS among the first in America
to produce iron, and for nearly 4 CEN
tury maintained its supremacy in
that line. Today. there are TOO manu-
featuring plants in the city and sub
urbs, including the largest plant in
the world for the production Of full
fashioned hosiery.
Reading is one of the few cities in
the country having distinctive color.
When viewed from many vantage
points. the town has q warm, red
brick color This is because the ma
jority OF the dwellings are built Of red
brick. and rooted with red-painted
tin. To appreciate the city and the
gorgeous scenery of the surrounding
countryside, the visitor needs only TO
drive over the curving Skyline boule-
ward to the pagoda. atop Mount Penn.
The pagoda has become a symbol for
Reading. for the seven-storied, tile
rooted replica affords a. magnificent
view of the city and the Schuylkill and
Lebanon Valleys. The tower was built
by William Wiman, with the idea that
some day 1t would become a part of
a great hotel and resort but for some
reason the owner was refused q permit
for hotel, and the pagoda was finally
sold at auction, and now belongs to
the public.
Reading is proud of its many parks
and recreation areas t28l2 per cent Of
the city bang devoted to parks), it