and have your picture taken. One of his retent rid- ers was Dorothy Lamour; Billie's the trained ‘gator you sec in jungle movies. ‘Next door see the: OSTRICH FARM About 60 ostriches live here (open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day. Adults, 40¢; children under 12, 20¢; servicemen, 25¢). You see giant eggs and, during summer, freshly hatched chicks, You can have your picture taken sitting in a cart hitched toa big ostrich. An orange is tossed to an ostrich; he gobbles it—and you can see the bulge travel gracefully down his long neck. Now, back toward downtown, You take a dif- ferent street car. It bears the oumeral “9” and you catch it on Lincoln Park avenue just across a vacant lot south of the Alligator Farm, Leave street carat: NEW CHINATOWN This is another Chinese quarter, designed and built by the Orientals with its Nanking-ish skyline of pagoda towers, ornate balconies, red walls, and gold trim. See the “Wishing Well” where the big. gold- fish swim about an exquisite miniature landscape, done as Only the Chinese can do it, with ny figurines, litle bridges, toy mountains, dwarfed trces, and pigmy temples. Pool bottom is strewn with dimes, pennies, quarters—many tossed in by girls with a wish that their service men boy friends were here, Note pagoda-roofed Chinese Boy Scout headquarters Board the "9" car again on Broadway for down- town. Nore: Avoid use of rush hour transportation. , JAUNT NO. 1 Minimum time 3 hours. Street car fare 28¢ From the Visitors Bureau walk east on 6th St. (past Pershing Square) to Spring St, the “Wall Street of Los Angeles,” and board yellow street car bearing "N” sign, heading north. White-towered building on left, as car turns into First St., is City Hall—32 stories high, tallest building in Southern California. Federal, State and ‘County buildings are grouped here in Civie Center. Leave street ear at: THE PLAZA This circular park is spot where Spanish governor, Felipe de Neve, founded pueblo ‘of Los Angeles in 1781—the year the Revolution ended on the other side of the continent. De Neve brought coionists from San Gabriel Mission 9 miles to the cast. The Plaza is the hub of the older section of town, holding much of the quaint old charm of the Spanish-California days, and also its foreign quaters. To the west across the street is: OLD MISSION CHURCH The old Mission Church was built about 1818 and is the oldest landmark in the city. Rare old brandy contributed by the Missions was sold, glass by glass, to raise part of the building fund. Visitors welcome. Lovely old paintings may be seen, and there is @ museum of relics. To the east of The Plaza is the new $12,000,000 Union Station ‘And to the north is: OLVERA STREET In the early days this quaint lane was called El Pasco de Los Angeles (walk of the Angels). It is preserved as am authentic Mexican street market, Here you see native craftsmen pouring candles, All-Year Club’s SIGHTSEEING JAUNTS FOR SERVICE MEN (Foreign Quarters) This is one of nine handy jaunts to famous attrac tions—prepared by the Visitors Bureau of the All-Year Club, official tourist organization for Southern California, 505. 6:h Street (Los Angeles) 3 doors west of Pershing Square. Call there for others in this series, for Souvenir Sight- secing Map and other special, free services. We hhope they will encourage you 'to plan now for a vacation here after the war. weaving huaraches (Mexican sandals), blowing glassware, building chairs, patting tortillas, roast- ing nuts, making Mexican candies. Many of them learned their skill from fathers, grandfathers, great- grandfathers who followed the same line in Old Mexico. Explore the Avila Adobe (13¢ to services), ‘genuine old adobe-mud-brick mansion of the type Spanish-Californians lived in, (Open, 10:30 a.m. to 10 p. m.) It was built about 124 years ago and ‘was American Headquarters when General Kearny and Commodore Stockton advanced on Los An- geles in 1846, Lunch at the little sidewalk cafe tables in Old World style, with delicious Mexican dishes served you by colorfully-dressed senoritas. ‘There is @ popular service men’s canteen. Having traversed Olvera street you come out fon Macy street and a half a block to the left is Main Street, Just across Main Street CHINA CITY This is one of the transplanted sections of the old Chinatown. Shops clustering along the winding lanes are selling their still un- exhausted stocks of jade, chess, silks and baskets imported from China before the war. A Chinese bakery specializes in almond cakes and cookies. On Main Street board a aorthbound street car with the “O" sign. The big arroyo you cross with the creck (usually only that) in the bottom ie, believe it or not, the Los Angeles River. Auge building looming on the right is Los Angeles County Hospital, biggest hospital building in the world (2500-bed capucity in the single structure), Leave street car at: ALLIGATOR FARM This farm (25¢ admission to service men) has about 1000 alligators. from pocketbook size up to big Billic, 13 feet long, 325 pounds. You can sit on Billi’s back and have your picture taken. One of his recent riders was Dorothy