POMONA 



1748 



POMPEII 



he disguised himself as an old woman, eame 

 into her garden and began to converse with her 

 about love. Pomona finally admitted that only 

 one of her si: Mimnus. was worthy of 



her. Upon hearing th -ion, her lover 



revealed himself in his true form and clasped 

 her in his arms. She then consented to marry 

 him. and thereafter he labored with her. 



POMONA, CM... nam<>d for the goddess of 

 fruits, is in one of the most productive orange- 

 growing communities in the United States. It 

 is in Los Angeles County, thirty-three miles 

 Logeles, with which it is connected 

 l>y an automobile highway and an electric in- 

 terurban line, and is on the Southern Pacific 

 and the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake 

 railroads. In 1910 the population was 10,207; 

 in 1916 it was 13,150 (Federal estimate). The 

 area of the city is twelve and one-half square 

 miles. 



Pomona is beautifully situated in the San 

 Gabriel valley, a rich, irrigated area at the foot 

 of the Sierra Madre Mountains. The promi- 

 nent buildings are the city hall, Carnegie Li- 

 brary. Masonic Temple, high school, Pomona 

 Valley Hospital and several fine churches; at 

 Claremont, in the vicinity, is Pomona College 

 (Congregational). The city has Ganesha Park 

 (fifty-eight acres) and several small parks. 

 Fruits, principally oranges and lemons, and 

 nuts, grapes, grain and alfalfa are the largest 

 crops. Pomona ships approximately 4,500 car- 

 loads of oranges and 750 carloads of lemons 

 each year. The city has large canneries, fruit- 

 packing houses, ice plants and creameries. Six 

 miles distant is a sugar-beet factory, the annual 

 output of which is worth more than $1,000,000. 



Pomona was 

 settled in 1875 

 and incorporated 

 in 1887. Thecom- 

 mission form of 

 government was 

 adopted in 1911. 



POMPADOUR, 

 pawN pa door', 

 J I:\.\NE ANTOIN- 

 ETTE POISSON, 

 Marquise de 

 (1721-1764), a 

 mistress of Louis 

 XV O f France. MADAME DE POMPADOUR 

 Like most of the royal favorites who were ele- 

 vated to temporary prominence, she was of 

 lowly birth; but she had received an excellent 

 education, and had been introduced to good 



society in the home of a wealthy financier. 

 In 1741 she married Lenormant d'Etioles, and 

 five years later went to live in Versailles as the 

 king's mistress. She was given the title of 

 Marquise de Pompadour, and allowed an an- 

 nual income of one and one-half million francs 

 (about $300,000). Her influence over the king, 

 which was very great, she kept after his love 

 for her had cooled, for she proved herself ivady 

 and able to provide him with entertainments 

 and the riotous dissipation which he craved. 

 Ministers depended on her favor, and impor- 

 tant diplomatic points were decided by her. 



Consult Williams' Madame de Pompadour. 



POMPANO, pom' pa no, a group of valuable 

 food fish belonging to the horse markm-1 

 family, about a dozen species of which are 

 found in the salt waters of America. The com- 

 mon pompano inhabits the waters along the 



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THE POMPANO 



Gulf and South Atlantic coasts of the United 

 States, and is found in the vicinity of the 

 Florida Keys the year round, especially in the 

 tidal inlet of Florida known as Indian River. 

 This fish is a foot and a half long, has an aver- 

 age weight of seven or eight pounds, and is 

 bluish above and silvery or slightly golden be- 

 low, with yellowish breast. The body is ob- 

 long and flattened. The flesh of this pompano 

 is highly prized for its rich and delicate flavor, 

 and large numbers are caught in nets, especially 

 on the Florida coasts. It is not a fish for 

 anglers, for, according to one authority, "it 

 never takes a hook except by mistake." Other 

 species are the round pompano, which is found 

 as far north as Cape Cod; the great pompano, 

 largest of the group, which attains a length of 

 three feet and inhabits the seas from the West 

 Indies north to Florida ; and the silvery pom- 

 pano, a rare species occurring only from the 

 West Indies to Brazil. 



POMPEII, pom pa' ye, one of three Italian 

 cities destroyed by the memorable eruption of 

 Mount Vesuvius in A. D. 79. With Stabiae and 



