next day we set out to roam through it. It was not its orderliness that astonished me, nor its cleanliness, nor its beauty — all this I had expected to see in Washington, the capital of the first nation in the world; what stirred my astonishment and admiration was the atmosphere of calm that reigns over it. I likened it to a fresh, wide-spreading forest in which the buildings had been raised and the roads cut in an ordered, harmonious plan. Around every house is a well-kept garden that assures its dwellers rest and independence.

Among the most beautiful things I saw in the capital were its national museum, which occupies several buildings; the zoological garden; and the Capitol, or parliament, adorned with works of art, the loveliest of them perhaps the paintings of its dome by the famous Italian artist Brumidi. The tombs of certain great men adorn the said city; of these I visited the memorials of Lincoln and of Jefferson. The public parks are numerous, and programs of entertainment are held in them... Once the people were flocking, troop after troop, to one of them. Why, do you suppose? For a contest to choose the most beautiful dog!!

Miami

We turned back from Washington to New York, and from there we traveled by air to Miami, in the state of Florida. I found in it a likeness to its predecessor in its calm, the cleanliness of its streets, and the beauty of its nature; but Miami is distinguished from Washington by its small islands, which display the beauty of nature and man's power to improve upon it. The pen is helpless to convey the atmosphere that envelops one during an excursion by steam launch among these islands crowned with lofty trees, planted around their enchanting mansions.

In Miami, as in the two cities already mentioned, there is a zoo-logical garden, in which I watched a strange program: a dangerous wrestling match between an Indian and a fearsome alligator. Among the

things I saw in this garden was the flamingo, with its exquisite rosy color, which is preserved thanks to special foods.

Venezuela — the United States of South America

Venezuela — that country which is the object of longing eyes for so many of the sons of our land and of other lands, for the bounties God has singled it out with, and for the known friendliness of its people toward the stranger.

Here we are now in Maracaibo, the capital of its state of Zulia. The first thing that caught my attention was the plan of its new streets, laid out like the streets of the most beautiful of advanced cities, and its strict traffic regula-

tions, which spare it many of the collisions that come of disorder and disregard of the law.

Most of the dwelling houses in Maracaibo are of a single story, adorned by a flower garden. From the outside they all look alike, for their appearance is not marred by a small house standing near a many-storied one, or by one house set back a few meters from the public road while another enjoys a space that ought by right to belong to all. I noticed an inge-nious touch in the numbering of these houses: besides its number, each house is called by the name of the mistress of the house or by the name of her daughter.

There are in Maracaibo public parks, many clubs,

Tangee

Do not rely on luck!

Tangee

alone provides you elegance and beauty,

and gives your lips charm and allure that last.

Tangee colors

are fast — they neither go flat nor fade,

ever fresh and lustrous,

they keep the lips dewy and full.