TheIt.lronAn Interlude of RelaxationHigh in the AlpsI{Itr Italian Touring Lllub,r'hicir has now reachecl atotal of 400,000 members,and l'lich crerts a greatinfluerrce tirroughout the lengthand breadth of Itah-. wasl'oundecl in 1894, on the samelines anr-l with the same airnsas those o1l thc-- Tourins^ CluJr-qof Great Britain, France,I3elgium, ete. It is an independeritorganization. controlledb5. an aclministrative Boarclelected by the Assembl.v ofmernbers, and receives no subsidl-,either frorn the Governrnentor from commercial, industrialor ftrrancial associations.n'rom its fonntlzrtion, theprogress of the Associationhas been steaclily on the upwardtrend; from 774 membersin 1894 it increasecl to 25,915iri 1900, to 83,603 in 1910, to.162,336in 1920 and finali). to.l-00,000 in 1930. In the last 10years, therefore, the numLierof members has been morethan doubled. An interestingfeature is that about 180,000members, or more than onethird, are life members.Together with the increasein the number of members, itspatrimon--v has also increased.passing from 99,526 lire in258Ttupirqcl,tI 90U to S51.:i36 iil 1910, to-l,l!)0,7711 irr 1920, arrl tri ovcr.10 million in l9.l(,). Is far bzrckas 1915 the -\ssociatiorr constructetla inagni ficent lruiltlingu-ortln- ot lrou-.ina'tlie heaclrlLrartcr'-r of it s nllnlel'ous ilctivities.rvirich lre\'el' fzril-s toctrlL fioltlr the adnrilation anclsurprisc of lolcigl tonlistsvisitin-e' oul countr;-.'l.hc zrints of tlte 1'oulingOlul; rnal- bc-, -.unrrncr'l up uncler1wo heacling-
Exhibition of lourisln in 1911.:,nd it snpports tr perrnanerltExhibit in a building speciallr.:onstnuctecl for tJre purpose at:ire F'i,eru, CcLm,ptrtnttr"iu oflI ilam, (I\filan Fair) .But the clepartrnent in l'hich:ire Italian Touring ClLib iraslerviatetl considerabll' fronr',lie acltivities of sister-associationsand in lvhich it ha-qleached a Ina-xirnurn of irnportanc:e.is that of its pulrlications.fn the fir'st placethe methods of distribution arelemarka,bie. Owing to the highrigure reached b)' its circultttion,the cost of each copv isreclucecl to a minimum, so itis possihle to give eztch nternlrera quantitl- of publication,tr rnalls, g-uicles, )'ear J.ioolis.etc.l ot' tr commelcial vaiue i]or 4 times greater than theprice. I'or erample, in 192!)the Touring Club gave to itsrnemhers the foilon ing publications: 1) 'I'he Gnicle Bool
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