RUSSIA: Cook Tours

Though Mount Vesuvius is ever a-seething and a-smoking, timid tourists do not fear to ascend, when told that the funicular railway is owned and run by Thomas Cook & Son.

In fine, where Cooks will take you, it must be safe to go. Last week this largest tourist firm announced, for the first time, that they will hereafter make travel arrangements "for all those who may wish to go to Soviet Russia."

The once insuperable difficulty in obtaining a Soviet Visa has been overcome. Russia is safe, stable. And Cooks will sell to anyone for approximately $280 a transportation ticket, including...

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