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man; late spring and summer is the tour- ist season. The summertime tourists in the main are families. A goodly percentage?╟÷the majority by far?╟÷come in their own cars and use the motels and hotels in Las Vegas as a radius for trips around the section. About half of these families have children with them; practically all of the hotels and motels have wonderful swimming pools, and the children use them all day long. Baby sitters are avail- able?╟÷behind the Strip there is a town and the sitters are drawn from this per- manent population?╟÷so that mother and father and the other adults can see the lavish floor shows at night. More than one small-town housewife was heard to say that these shows were ?╟újust like be- ing in the movies.?╟Ñ During the day, the families take trips to such places as Hoover Dam, where they can spend a whole day visiting the dam and the museum that?╟╓s adjacent. They get up rather early, have breakfast in Vegas or along the way, and get to the dam before' the sun gets too high. Within . the structure itself it is cool, cool, and they leave in the late afternoon, in time to get home, rest a while, and get dressed for the dinner show. If the children prefer, they can spend still an- other day on the lake the dam made?╟÷the biggest man-made lake in the world?╟÷where boats and water skis are available for renting, and where father and the boys can go fishing. The lake is protected on all sides by moun- tains, and it is one of the most peaceful spots around. Mt. Charleston National Park in those mountains is another nearby site for picnics and fam- ily fun?╟÷you can ski here in May on real snow, and then in fifty- five minutes you can be down in the valley on Lake Mead ski- ing on the bright water with the bright, hot sun shining down. If you have any preconceived ideas about Vegas, you?╟╓d better park them on the desert before you get into town. For Vegas is neither as good nor as bad as people make it out to be: it?╟╓s wide open, it?╟╓s a fun town, it?╟╓s an easy town to like. The visitors ?╟÷and the townspeople, who live in pretty little houses on the side streets?╟÷-are in your own mold. They?╟╓re there because they like to gamble ajpjt, they like the 3udii?·^syfifeeling;*or town/ they like the Carefree spirit of the people, and they like the desert atmosphere. Some of them have a lot of money; others have no . more than the average vaca- tioTiig%;>#ll , ^| them will get their money?╟╓s worth. pAces are 'low j in Las Vegas for the kind of ftfofl and lodging supplied. Of course, gambling is high, but you don?╟╓t have to gamble. However, there are mighty few people who don?╟╓t provide for a little fling in their vacation budget; and somebody has to win! Helldorado Month ; Like any other vacation resort, Vegas has its special events. This is Helldorado Month?╟÷the time when everything reverts to its real Western flavor. If you?╟╓re caught without Western duds, or a reasonablej|facsimile, you get fined $1, which goes into the kitty for the Elks Club, one of the top charitable organizations. And plans are under way for another big International Gin Rummy Tournament?╟÷the one that was recently concluded gave away $30,000 in cash prizes. In that one, four hundred people played gin rummy at a $150 entry fee for charity* The proj- ect was sponsored by eleven of the top resort hotels for the Las Vegas Charities Foundation, and the profits help build churches and synagogues. One thing you can he sure of: no matter when you go or how long you stay, you?╟╓ll always find enough to do. Time will never hang heavy in Vegas, -ttf 1643 WAS A YEAR TO REMEMBER The Thirty Years War was com- ing to an end. A dry, dusty end; for the armies that had warred upon the Bavarian lands had rav- aged the wine cellars of Wurz- burg . . . Meanwhile, back at the castle, Prince Johann Philipp von Schonborn, troubled in conscience that the good people of Wurzburg were so deprived of drink, had an idea! Why | not build a Royal Brewery ? It was done, and late in 1643 there began to flow from the Wurzburger Hofbrau a stream of golden deliciousness that has washed the thirst of the world for over 300 years! Today, enjoy a glass of the finest imported beer you've had in centuries.* Original Beer Importing and Dis- tributing Co., Inc., N. Y 36, N. Y 42DD ESQUIRE : May