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DAWN AND THE DONS 226 and golf courses, tennis courts, polo fields, and other evidences of ourdoor play, can readily be distinguished from the carefully brushed lawns and perfumed garden stretches that lend their fascinating beauty to this extraordinary picture. And, as our gaze continues, further details appear. Studding the hills that slope gently upward from the beach, perched upon bold headlands rising from the sea, half hidden in an-

cient groves of pine and cypress, are quaint, charming and imposing structures that seem like Spanish jewels in a setting of dark jade. Happily, those who planned and wrought the more recent changes in this delightful playground sensed the charm of the old Spanish days, and were guided in their

work by a desire to preserve and to continue the fascinating delights of California’s romantic period. Of course, there had to be all those outdoor means of pleas-

ure and of recreation that hold such strong American appeal; but the tiled roof and the patio were not for