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 66 THE TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA and entertainers are an established feature of the summer season. There is a Greek theatre on a private estate near Los Angeles ; another is planned for Griffith Park on the outskirts of the city. Famous orchestras discourse sweet sounds in the Greco-California au- dience-hall on Catalina Island. At Claremont is the Greek Theatre of Pomona College, and at Monrovia there is still another. At San Gabriel opposite the Mission a theatre has been erected for the performance of a pag- eant-drama which illustrates the moving incidents of the years 1769 - 1847, Father Serra being the central figure in the first acts. It was originally intended that the spectacle be given at Riverside, but this site near one of the most historic of the Missions, and within a short ride by the electric- cars from Los Angeles was thought more suitable, and more accessible to tourists. It is the intention of the managers of this play to give it during the early weeks of each year on this great stage. But it will also be presented from time to time at the principal theatres in Southern California. Los Angeles, having twenty theatres and over a hundred motion-picture houses, disputes San Francisco's claim that it is the best " show town " on the coast. It goes further. It announces it- self " the best theatre town in the country, mean- ing by ' the best ' the equal of New York in in-