Show aali aak sm AMR fu AM Z e M 4 1 in I 1 a WE t a V a 7 A 1 the municipal theater rio de janeiro prepared by the national geographic society washington D C 10 DE DB JANEIRO which recently RIO extended such an enthus enthusiastic las welcome to president elect hoover Is in botolf beauty and history one of the richest cities of tile new world arad the lie customs find and mods mode of life in like teeming city of them reminiscent of the old world give the city an added charm to tile the visitor the population ot of the espital PS ex bleds among foreigners there are portuguese iO italians spaniard Fren french cly SOO turks and arabs germans 2000 british 1500 spanish americans 11 1100 americans and GOO As latles klos climate Is often maligned but it suits those who like aprin sprin and summer weather it Is never neier its as aarni as summer in ninny many of our eastern and middle west cities and the nights on the hills are nearly always cool the pleasant est Is between may alay and november the warmest months I 1 are january february anti and afar march ch it Is hard to say just which Is tile rainy season as showers are frequent throughout the year the outstanding feature of rio 0 of course la Is its mar marvelous harbor couil anted by the great rocky hills that tha I 1 tower ower over its crescent shore lines it Is a world city now ond and at night when it its millions of lights are aglow it may well claim to be the most picturesque tur esque of great cities although the portuguese discovered the wonderful harbor of rio nio it was a group of french huguenots Huguen that in 1555 first settled there the portuguese settlement that became rio de janeiro was made by a force of soldiers under tie de sa the same year with the intention of expelling the french colonists we can picture that primitive village a crude chapel a few thatched huts on the little peninsula lies nt at the base of the great rock known as pao das or sugar loaf one shore of the peninsula faces the son sea the other looks out on the bay the village was called sao Sebast sebastiao lao in honor of the lite portuguese king a name that clung to tile the city well into the nineteenth century from it estacio tie de sa went forth in 1507 1567 for a final find victorious victor lous battle with tile french and nd their indian allies but in the struggle he was mortally wounded the settlement was then moved up the bay to the summit of a till lilli called morro alorro de castello or castle hill here in the church of sno sao sebastian ralos oldest edifice begun la in 1567 completed in and thrice since remodeled Is the tomb of estacio tie de S sa a dom joanos barg bares still preserved brazil swung into a new cycle in 1808 aulien portuguese royalty arrived from lisbon to set up its court in rio nio do de janeiro pom dom joao and his mother came ashore in the royal barge still preserved at one of tile the island naval na val bust bases s this same barge rg e used on two other occasions only was sent out to meet ellhu hoot on his famous south american tour lour A map of RIO klo printed in 1808 1609 of the city that dom joao found shows a maze of narrow uneven streets and narrower alleys they were lighted ut at night by teltow lanterns hung out by public spirited citizens it was rich however in churches and con vents hospitals barr ba iracks aks a theater anil and nanleen public squares the king jande made a royal palace of tile lie handsome building now tile the national telegraph office which tind had been occupied by the colonial governors and from here tits his successors the pedros Ile dros ruled after don dom joanos portrait shows a portly gentlemen gentleman with pompi ilour and side hide burns lie flo was a patron of arts and letters fetters and brought with n alth him film arom from portugal the royal library of golka volumes ond and the old masters which now grace the academy of bel alel ins artes aries tile the national library Is one of ills hir lasting alone worth a visit isalt to Il dom emins botanical garden la Is to day the finest in the new world and equaled only by that of Bulten jaan Us its century old imported ham boos are as tall ns as forest trees its victalia VItt fal regla lilies most queenly of their kind bind iti royal palm avenue almost eighteen hundred feet long Is second only to 0 o quad ruple palm avenue bordering the flip mangue man gue canal in the early days day these palms were a citric of royal distinction and were pitin teil only in parks find avenues naf near city and conn colln try palaces the quinta tin non bon vista distance armi tine the heart of the city WIs one of nf lite ho country homes of royalty this splendid estate now bistos finest fil park rk was presented to D durn urn joao by a portuguese citizen oti on the hie kings return fur to europe it wap wo s claimed by bv eng lish bankers for crown debts and purchased from theau by the lie government tile palace la Is now th t ie e howe home of the national museum in ill tills this museum ore to he be seen remark able indian collection from lit lie e mille ippei amazon Braz brazilian illan birds but butterflies ter it les woods and minerals and a gallary devoted to rondonna Kon Ron donla the newly discovered land in matto matlo grosso named for general rondon the urn bra explorer street scenes in rio the types on oil illos streets are ever fascinating on oil the level ways mingling with countless heid head bearers are carters cir trudging beside their mule teams men trundling hand trucks annd and cake sellers with wares in boxes on wheels these last named tire popular as tile the brazilians Brazi lians are very fond of sweets A unique sight Is a cart with two huge wheels carryl carrying ng granite blocks or great logs suspended by chains from the lie axle tile the vegetable aej and chicken sellers of rio carry their scares in groups of bas baskets liets hanging aiom the ends of 0 pole st slung ng across u their shoulders tills this la Is probably a survival among those customs which readied reached portugal through lier her far eastern colonies rua nua ouvidor and rua goncalves dluz named after a favorite poet are unique they are exceedingly narrow with diminutive sidewalks but as aa no traffic Is 13 allowed pedestrians walk in the street an many other equally narrow streets one way traffic only Is a permitted but even here pedestrians have rather a had bad time of it dodging motors trams and trucks the lottery plays an important part in the life of the people end Is so well established that it la Is often used to raise money for charities and Is not frowned on by religious bodies great credit Is due to the brazilian scientist dr oswaldo cruz who died lit in 1917 while still in tits ills forties it was he fie who made the fight for sanitation completely transforming tile the capital ills his memorial la Is the oswaldo cruz institute of which lie he was tho the first director maintained by the government for medical research on the institutes staff Is an eminent american can pathologist what tourists can buy these are some distinctly Britz brazilian illan things that a tourist can buy in rio it if lie he yearns for a parrot or a monkey both are on sale in the he cites mammoth market by the waterfront with its sixteen miniature streets and four hundred and seventy mo compartments with tile lie exception of tile little brown mori monkeys keys the whistling from the hills back of rio and the lie scarlet crested birds from rio grande do sul all the animals find and birds come south on coasters from northern brazil and enn can be bought bonghi for 1 less ss money in fernambuco pernambuco on your way home brazilian Draz lilan diamonds come from tile nearby state of alinas gerads they arc am not ns as large or as clear as south abilean gems other oilier native stones of lesser value include the amethyst topaz aquamarine find and tourmaline the last in ninny many colors it Is easy to go sightseeing lit in nio automobiles which here observe no speed limit rent for ten milreis an hour about three dollars in our money at the present rate of exchange change ea in few other her cities to Is trolley riding so delightful the canadian company known locally as the light supplies sup piles electric power and operates tin an cla elaborate borate system of trains or bonds bond ns as tile the brazilians Brazi lians call them tile the first road issued issue bonds fience the name to every part of the city to the mountains benches beaches and far distant suburbs these trams carry apu in comfort the open cars tire nrc large and solidly built no crowding is allowed every one Is seated Sll lk lug Is 18 permitted on till all jut but the first three seats seals tile the fare varies with tile die distance one hundred rols aboul lill three pe cents for each section there h la little littie or oo no dust in tin kin which all ailine R greatly to the pleasure of tile hie rl ride c |