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Show Llandudno Llandudll0 , Atlantic "Atlantic " " City " " ofWales of'ales of Wales 'ales ales ' , , Now I Is Tourist Magnet Mamet , . Has Become Beconle One of11ost of 1\1ost 1 1ost Most MostPo \ MostPopular Popular Po J ResortsJ ular Sea Resorts Resortsof Resortsof of Britain . - American Amertc1n tourists who visit the theBritish theBritish theBritish British Isles this summer may m'lY mlY miy ' be bedrawn bedrawn bedrawn drawn to Llandudno Lhndudno beach be'lch belch be'tch betch ' ' , "lllch lllch which "lllchh'1s whichhis " whichhas h'1s h1s his ' been called the "Atlantic Atlantic " City of ofthe ofthe ofthe the British Isles " On the sand hlll hills of Llandudno Llandudnobeach Llandudnobeach Llandudnobeach beach "Lewis Lewis "LeIS "Le\\ "Le Le " \ IS Carroll C'lrrol1 Clrrol1 Cirroll ' , " an nn Oford Orford Ofordm'1thematlc1an Orfordmathematician Oxfordmathematician , m'1thematlc1an m1thematlc1an mathematician ' whose real name n'lme nlme ngme ' was wasDr " wasDr 'IS IS 'ISDr ' Dr Charles Cb'lrles Cblrles ' L Dodgson Dodgcon : , once strolled strolledwith strolledwith strolledwith with the children of his host , , De'ln Deln Den De'lnLiddell DenLiddell DeanLiddell ' Liddell . Recently a white marble marblemarl.cr marblemarker marblemarker marl.cr marlcr marker . was erected at the tbe famousWelsh famous famousWelch famousWelsh Welch Welsh ; resort to commemorate commemor'lte commemorlte ' these theseval1.s thesevalks thesevalks val1.s val1s valks . , and 'lnd lnd gnd ' the litcraly lIter'llY lIterllY litergry ' classic , "Alice Alice "AliceIn "Alicein "AliceIn AliceIn " In Wonderland , " they thev Inspired"Although inspired"Although Inspired Inspired"Although "Although Although " . Llanduduo I.hndudno Ihndudno Lllndudno may smi still smisound stillsound stillsound sound quite foreign to most Ameilcans Amell Ameil AmellI AmellcnDs Ameilcans I cnDs cans . , It Is one of the chief se'lslde selslde se'iside seiside se'isideresorts seasideresorts ' . resorts of the British Isles , " says the theI theN'ltlonal theNstional theNational I N'ltlonal Nltlonal Nstional ' Geographic Geogr1phlc Geogriphic soclet society , . "Situ Situ "Situated " > Itu ItuaterI ltuatcd aterI ated on the tbe nOl noith north th coast of Wales Walesfacing , facmg facing the Irish sea se1 see , , It may m'lY mlY ' be ea easily easilyreached easilyreached l1y l1yre'lcbed re'lcbed relcbed reached ' by thousands thous1nds of summer vIs vls vIsHors vlsItors visItors Hors Itors from Liverpool LI\"erpool LI "erpool erpool ' \ " , Manchester Manchesterand , and the EngiishI1dl'lnds English Engiish : \ Midlands \I1dl'lnds I1dl'lnds I1dllnds Midl'inds Midlinds I1dl'lnds'The ' ' 'The The 1 ' The town Itself ItseJr Is built bunt 'lroun lroun ' around a aV'lst avest avast V'lst Vlst vest ' ; semicircle cemlClrc1e of firm , s sandy s'lndy slndy ' ' ndy be'lch belch beiclr beachwith ' , with ' \ Itll the ends of the tbe crescent cre.cent crecent : . tipped tipped"Ith tippedwith tippedwith "Ith Ith with " two to\\ to towering toering \ ering masses m'lsses mlsses misses ' of rock rockthe , the Great Orme's Ormes Ormc's Ormcs ' head and the Lit LittIe Littie Littie tIe Orme Neither Nice lI/lcc lI lcc / . , nor Deauvllle Deau Deauvl1le Deauvine vl1le vine , nor Biarritz BlarrJtz , nor Schevenlngen Scheveningen Schevenlngennor , nor any of the much vaunted middle middleDuropc middleEurope middleEurope Duropc Europe bathing re&orts reorts reaorts re & ) orts on the ShOlCS shores ShOlCSof shoresof shoiesof of Hungary's Hungarys Hung'lry's Hunglrys Hunggry's Hunggrys ' ' Lake L1ke L'ike Like ' Balaton , has ft a ftsltuatLOn asituation nsituation sltuatLOn situation comparable to this magnlfi magnlficent magnlficent magnlflcent cent watering waterlng place ptace . ilAn "And And " the Welsh people have m'lde mlde uncle m'ldeexcellent uncleexcellent madeexcellent ' excellent use of the opportunlUes opportunities opportunlUes"blch opportunitieswhich opportunitieswhich "blch blch which " natuie natUle nature piesented plesented presented A concrete concrete.boardwalk concrete'boardwalk concrete'boardwalk concreteboardwalk .boardwalk boardwalk 'boardwalk . ' ' ' . wider than New York's Yorks York'sBroaJway York'sBroadway York'sBroaJway YorksBroaJway ' BroaJway Broadway follo\\ follo follows follos \ s the gl gi giaceful 'lceful lceful sceful ' cun curse curseof curveof e eof of the tbe beach be'lch belch ' for more than th'ln thln ' a mUe tulle mUennd tulleand mileand nnd and a half ; countless bathhouses on onwheels onwheels onwheels wheels follow fotlow the tide back nndforth and andforth andforth forth , being bemg drawn up and down the thesands thesands thesands sands by horses ; droves of donke donkeys donkeysare donkeysare s snre nre are provided proIded prodded , for the children's childrens ' rIdes rIdeswhen rideswhen rideswhen when they tire of digging dIggmg In the thes'lnd thesend thesand s'lnd slnd send ' ; : a pier jutting juttin out Into the bayfor b'lY blY bey b'lYfor beyfor ' for half a mile Is the scene of dally daily dallyconcerts dailyconcerts dallyconcerts concerts and dances d\nces d nces ' \ , , while white along aloug Its Itsfull itsfull Itsfull full length are booths of fortune tellers tellers tell tellcrs crs ers ersfitch , .atch atch -fitch fitch catch < ' - . penny venders , and nnd other otheratlurements otherallurements otherallurements atlurements allurements which wInch attract those tho'3e tho3e ' who whodelIg,1t whodeligat whodeligjt delIg,1t delIg1t deligat , in such diversions dl\"erslOns dl "erslOns erslOns ' \ " while on onhoIlday onholiday onholiday hoIlday holiday , . . ' But It Is the IncomparablP lncomparablp Incomparable I'lrme Ilrme M'irine Mirine M'irinedrise ) MannEdrive I'lrmedrh ' drh drise e , chiseled out of the solid soUd rocliof rock rockof rockof of Great Orme's Ormes ' Head , winding be twcen tween sea and und sky , . midway mld\\ay mld ay \ \ ' along 'llong llong ilong the theprecipItous theprecipitous theprecipitous precipItous cliOhlch clifr cliO cHIT ' , which \\hlch hlch \ brings dls dis dlstinction distinction distinctlon tinction to 1.lmdudno 1lmdudno Llandudno . LI indudno over all otherresorts otber other otberresorts otherresorts resorts ' . No 1.0 10 I\o I o \ similar slmll'lr slmlllr similzr ' stretch of the theCorniche theCorniche theCornlchc Corniche drive dr1\"e dr1 "e e \ " along tho the Riviera Rrslera Rn Ier'l Ierl ' can cane.cel canexcel canexcel e.cel ecel excel . It Jt In grandeur granaeur . "There There " are many m'lny mlny ' , many spote spots spotswhich spotswhich ; which \ hlch lure the visitor : Happy Bappy Vallei Val ValIC Val1e3 IC 1e3 ! , nestling in a liollow hollow of the Great GreatOrme GreatOrme GreatOrme Orme , pi piesented presented esented to the town by Lord LordMostyn LordMostyn Iostyn Mostyn as ae ; n a memorial qf vrf ) T > t the Queen Queenictoria Queen'victoria Queenvictoria \ ' Ictoria Jubilee JublIee ; : the Church of Our OurS'lvlour OurSivlour OurSaviour S'lvlour Slvlour Sivlour ' , , In whose who e grounds ground'J groundJ ' LewisCarroll LewIs LewIsC1rroll LewisCirroll C1rroll Cirroll u used ed to romp \ with Ith bis his youth youthful youthful youthful ful friend Alice , the daughter dau6htcr ot of otDean ofDean ofDean Dean Liddell LfddetI , whose residence wa wa-.nearby wa.nearby wa .nearby nearby . ' - . nearby , and nnd St Tudno's Tudnos ' church , a amedlc amediesal amedieval medlc\ medlc medlcal mediesal \ al structure occupying occupy OCCUP ) Ing the site siteof siteof siteof of the cell of f St Tudno Tuc1no , a hermit of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Seventh Seenth Sesenth Se\ Se \ enth century who , o ove ; a\ a ae ase \ ve e hIs hIsname hisname hisname name to LIandudnu Llnndudno Llandudno ll'ln llln ( ( llan llin ' meanIng meanIngchurch meaningchurch meaningchurch church ) , . |