El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula the City of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula! Los Angeles, Queen City of Southern California and county seat of far flung Los Angeles County, the second largest in area in the United States. From the spired tips of the San Gabriel mountains, across the broad coastal plain to the wide, sandy beaches caressed by the blue Pacific, Los Angeles County and its many lovely cities, holds forth an indescribable charm for the visitor. Here, in a single day, one may enjoy swimming, boating, or deep sea fishing in the Pacific; pick delicious oranges in scenic groves; ride the desert ranges of the back country fish, hunt, or vacation in the pine scented fastnesses of the San Gabriels; and, in the winter, ski, toboggan or ice skate in these same mountains, enjoying such a variety of scenery and climate as is not possible to find elsewhere in the world. Stand atop Mount Wilson, mile high home of the world famous Observatory, at night, and gaze out across the vast sweep of lights far below. From Santa Monica on the north, they form a perfect semi-circle of jeweled enchantment all the way to Lonq Beach on the south, and in the center of this 50 miles are the brighter lights of Los Angeles, Glendale, Pasadena and a score of lesser towns and cities. By day the trip up the Angeles Crest Highway to Mt. Wilson is one of unsurpassed beauty and though but thirty minutes from the heart of downtown Los Angeles, one might well be thousands of leagues away in the fastnesses of the Himalayas. Regular guided tours through the huge Observatory with its 100 inch telescope, are a part of this trip. Of course there's the thrill of the movies Hollywood Boulevard Sunset and Vine, and Radio Center with its regular audience shows. The immense size of the motion picture industry can be realized just by driving past the huge studios of MGM in Culver City; Warner Bros. First National at Burbank, or Twentieth Century Fox in Westwood. Often one is lucky enough to catch a set on location in one of the city streets, or recognize a star or celebrity on the Boulevard, in a shop or at one of the more famous night clubs and cafes. What is true of Los Angeles is true of the other Los Angeles County cities in a lesser degree. Scores of golf courses, most of them open to public play; municipal parks and swimming pools and playgrounds without number. The 3800 acres of Griffith Park boasts three golf courses, a large zoo, play and picnic grounds, tennis courts, Softball and baseball diamonds and miles of bridle trails winding over the Hollywood Hills. In Pasadena there's Brookdale Park; Long Beach has its Recreation Park, and so it goes throughout the County. Sycamore Park is the site of many State Society picnics, as is Bixby Park in Lonq Beach; MacArthur Park, with its lake, in the heart of the Wilshire district; Pershing Square right in the center of the Los Angeles business district; nor can we forget Hancock Park where pleistocene fossils are brought forth from the La Brea Tar Pits.