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Transfer at Wilshire Boulevard to a Santa Monica Limited bus and ride to the end of the line. Directly west lies the 'ocean. You might grab a quick swim. You may rent suits, towels, and dressing room locker space at about $1.00. Try to lie on the sand and relax, because the evening is to be spent at one of the “Great” night clubs, your choice of any listed on page 46. By this time you should have become fairly well-acquainted with some parts of Los Angeles so that, during the remaining days of your visit, you would be able to find your way to the particular amusements which appeal to you. TRY to go on your own personal tour around the remaining suburbs of Hollywood and Bel-Air. Lunch at the Bel-Air Hotel — one of the most exclusive hotels in the Los Angeles vicinity. Here too, you might request the use of the pool . . . where you’ll find yourself in the company of your favorite film-folk. One question has been trembling on your lips: Will you be allowed to visit a motion picture studio? Not unless your uncle owns a majority of the stock. Studios have found that entertaining visitors simply will not combine with budget production. However, you will be welcomed at every radio broadcast you can squeeze into your schedule. You should write to your favorite program, requesting tickets at least a month in advance of your visit, and specifying on what dates you would be able to be present. There is one restriction: Children under fourteen are not admitted to broadcasts. Do your youngsters want to see Hopalong Cassidy? Write to him, Hollywood, California, asking where he will be when you are in Los Angeles, and whether he will be making a personal appearance at some function which you could attend. Now you’re ready for your exciting sidetrips. Fifty miles south of Los Angeles, on the coastal highway, lies Laguna, Southern California’s great art colony. A day’s prowl through its shops and art galleries is rewarding, and during the August Art Festival the place bulges with genius. Laguna’s Little Theatre is operated by Hollywood interests, so the plays feature Hollywood personalities in legitimate stage roles. Diana Lynn, Joseph Cotten, Jane Wyatt, Marshall Thompson and his wife, Barbara Long, are just a few who have appeared in Laguna. About six miles south along the beach road, Alternate 101, is Capistrano Beach. At Capistrano Beach turn inland to Mission San Juan Capistrano. The Mission lies in a sleepy village three miles off Alternate 101. Admission to the Mission is 30c, and all proceeds will be used to finance the restoration of the Main Cathedral which was destroyed by earthquake in 1812. Farther south along the coast, en route to San Diego and Tia Juana lies La Jolla. During the summer season it is practically impossible to get accommodations in the celebrated La Jolla hotels, the Casa de Manana on a craggy headland jutting into the sea, or at La Valencia (rates for a twin bedroom and bath start at $10.00 daily, European plan), but along the highway there are dozens of clean, attractive motels where the drop-in tourist may be lodged if he arrives early in the afternoon. It is at La Jolla that Gregory Peck and Mel Ferrer produce their summer plays. If you are in the La Jolla district, you should drive inland, over the Crestline Highway, to the Mt. Palomar Observatory. The Observatory is open daily from nine in the morning until four-thirty in the afternoon. Visitors are admitted to a third-floor gallery. The reflecting mirror is 200 inches in diameter, is five inches thick, weighs fourteen and one-half tons, and is supported on a mounting which weighs 500 tons. When flights are made to Mars they will be watched from this Observatory, so you might as well get acquainted with the instrument now. If you enjoy mountain greenery and scenery, Southern California boasts an all-year mountain resort in the form of fabled Lake Arrowhead. It lies above San Bernardino, about ninety miles east and north of Los Angeles, reached by a highway that winds through orange groves, vineyards, and up the Rim of the World Drive to an elevation of 5,000 feet. Tyrolean Arrowhead Village boasts a theater, a six-lane bowling alley, billiard and pool equipment, miniature golf course, and nightly dancing. In the winter, one may go snow-shoeing, ice boating (when the lake freezes solidly) , and skiing on the slopes above the village. In the summer, one may go water-skiing, speedboating, swimming, or fishing. There are horses for riders, and hay racks for moonlight riding and old-time singing; barbecuing, square-dancing, and thousands of miles of hiking available to those who did no time in the Infantry. One may stay at Arrowhead Lodge for $13.50 per day per person (meals included) , or at the Village Inn, The Lake Shore Motel, or the Village Court for $5.75 per day. IF you have never been the guest of a dude ranch, why don’t you combine your whirl with a week or two on an authentic western spread? One of the most delightful of these is the Alisal Ranch which lies forty miles north of Santa Barbara, three miles inland, and only a short distance from the quaint Danish settlement of Solvang. . Clark Gable and Sylvia Stanley were married in the quaint library at the Alisal Ranch. Rosalind Russell and Fred Brisson were married at Santa Ynez Mission in Solvang. The Alisal spread encompasses slightly over ten thousand acres of pasture land, a grant made to the great-great-grandfathei of actor Leo Carrillo. Grandfather Carrillo rode with the Spanish Army which came north from Mexico when California belonged to Spain. He fell in love with the rolling hills and broad, fertile valleys ol this part of the California coastal plain and was rewarded by a gift of the district in recognition of his valorous service. The Alisal brand, used to this day, i: a combination of the initials JRC, signifying Jose Raimundo Carrillo. Alisal runs four thousand head of Herefords at the top of the season, and it; stables boast a string of over a hundrec horses. The ranch layout includes some of the ancient ranch buildings brought U{ to date. Guests live in bungalows which ar< bright with Guatemalan draperies anc bedspreads, red doors, and gleaming sconces of Mexican silver. There are two community horsebacl rides each day, shepherded by wrangler: who could teach anyone to ride. One maj swim, play tennis, play shuffleboard, try the archery range, or drive to Solvang tc