The guardian., 1953-11-07

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Mexico city, D. F. Mexico, was
priceless and beauteous Los
Angeles, queen of the Angels, I
founded, we we're told, in 178l
by eleven Mexican families, now
has a population well over two
million.
This city, whose state is the
second largest, is a land Of ex-
treme contrast, with the high
est and lowest points in the
United States. Along the way
the sights of interest were Ii
mitlesS. first one would see a
high cliff or a snow covered
mountain, a desert or a sand
dune, wild flowers, fruit grooves
or a cactus garden. One saw
also, mining towns then ghost
towns, oil wells or latin and
Oriental settlements.
We saw the wonder fruit"
growing against, what one
would call backdrop of snowy,
rugged mountain and oh, such
tall. tall trees, called Fan
Palm, they stood so majestically
silhoWetted against the glories
of a western sunset. We were
told that these trees are the
only palm native in western
United States. The Rose Gar
den was another place of ex-
treme interest, the largest. they
said, this garden of exquisit
roses contained over $4,000
bushes with $50 varieties.
In Los Angeles, two buildings
attracted our attention for
their unique architecture Struc-
ture, the Union Station and
City Hall. The Union Station
was flanked by the beautiful
clock tower, built on the style
of old California missions, while
the City Hall, the tallest build
ing in Los Angeles, formed the
nucleus for the civic center of
the City. Los AngeleS's Broad
way, located in the heart of the
City, we found, was just as ex-
citing, by night, as Broadway
in New York for here too, its
gaiety and glamor reign
supreme. Our escort took us
for a late supper at editions"
and another surprise, for after
entering, it was as if one was
in deep, deep forest glade,
with tall redwood trees, run
ming brook and forest animals
Stuffed of course) ;. different
and delicious.
Our next thrill was the
Farmers Market" with a large
dining room located under a
tent-liKe structure, surround
ed by fruits, vegetables and
other commodities from all over
the world, all so artiStically
arranged, that one could hard
ly eat for looking. but of
course we did eat, and here
again, the food. no other
word but delicious"
why ouf strawberry short cake
was in the shape of a church
with high steeple and all, Il
never saw the like), it took
us almost a half hour to dig
into the enterior of it, (the
short cake, I mean.
We rode into Hollywood along
famd Sunset Boulevard, a place
of movie lots, radio stations and
T. v. studios. We had the
pleasure of visiting Columbia
Broadcasting System and the
National Broadcasting Corp: at
Sunset and Vine we saw the
display of Hollywood's famous
shops.
The Hollywood Bowl, our next
point of interest is a national
Amphithestre, located in the
foothills of Hollywood, it is the
scene of the famous sym
phonies Under the Stars, Mu-
sic Festivals, Easter Sunrise
Services, etc. We saw the much
talked of Brown Derby Res
taurant' and then we went on
to setting of old China, COM
plete with shrines, lily pools
and Courts, here we saw the
art treasures of the Orient
silks, antiques, jewelry and
beautiful souvenirs. Grauman's
Chinese Theatre, we were told
is one of the outstanding land
marks of Hollywood Boulevard;
its cemented courtyard con-
tainS the hand and footprints
of the stars" both past and
present.
We were pleasantly enter
tanned in Los Angeles by the
Rev and Mrs. Epps, Captain
and Mrs. Winston, the famed
movie and T. V. artist, Jester
Hairston, and his charming