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largest in Central America. At all the theatres the very latest 
talking pictures (in English) are shown. 
The leading talking picture theatres are the Palace (very 
modern) the Raventos and the Variedades. There are usually 
three performances daily; at 3, 7 and 8.30 p. m. On Sundays, 
there are five showings, at 1, 2.30, 4, 7 and 8.45 p. m. 
It is advisable to book seats for the 8.45 p. m. performance 
on Sundays. 
National School of Agriculture 
This government-maintained institution conducts re¬ 
search work with a view to improving Costa Rica's agricultural 
products. Some of its experiments, conducted over a period 
of several years, notably with coffee, have resulted in yields 
being obtained from five to ten times those of normal farms. The 
School's experimental farm covers a large area anicT here the visitor 
interested in farming will find much to instruct and enter¬ 
tain him. 
Hospitals 
Costa Rica knows how to care for its sick and maimed and 
the foreign medical ipractitioner or student is cordially in¬ 
vited to visit San Jose's chief hospital, San Juan de Dios, 
with a capacity of close to 1000 patients, where he will 
find that the equipment and treatment rank second to none. 
Note: The various points of interest may easily be locat¬ 
ed by correlating the guide numbers in the text with the num¬ 
bers on the plan of the city. (Pages 24 and 25). 
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Church of Our Lady of the Angels, Cartago. 
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Carretera Central 
This is the Spanish name of Costa Rica's recently 
constructed Central Highway, a winding strip of concrete and 
asphalted road connecting San Jose with Cartago on the 
east and San Ramon on the west. It unfolds the exotic beauties 
of rural Costa Rica—an open road of enchantment leading 
over friendly hills; across sunny valleys; past cool, green 
forests; through sleepy, quaint villages where the whole atmos¬ 
phere is one of Peace, Friendliness and Hospitality. 
Cartago 
Cartago is just 12 miles from San Jose and 1000 feet 
higher above sea level. Consequently the air is a trifle cooler, 
making the city a favorite resort in summer time. Between 
the capital and Cartago the road is lined with magnificent 
coffee farms, the choicest in the country, at any one of 
which the tourist is welcome to stop and see for himself the 
perfection with which Costa Rican coffee is prepared for 
foreign markets, a perfection which is reflected in the high 
prices the coffee commands abroad. 
Cartago is the home of Costa Rica's patron saint Nuestta 
Senora de los Angeles . *‘Our Lady of the Angels" is enshrined 
in a beautiful church of somewhat oriental aspect. Tradition 
says that the church is built on the identical spot where 
the saint revealeld herself to a poor Indian slave girl many 
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