Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-02-14
Is are the bouquets that are showered
IN the cars from the applauding pub

This season seems to be particularly
promising, the announcement Of an ex-
traordinary number of distinguished
visitors canot fail to increase the num-
Der of "hivernants" on the Riviera.
The list of this years intending resi-
dents Is headed by an unusually bright
display of princely titles. and even
crowned heads, whose almost stimuli
taneous presence will form a seldom
precedented group of elite society.
Among the illustrious visitors will be
the emperor and empress of Austria,
the ex-Empress Eugene the Grand
Duke George. heir to the throne of Rus
STA, and his mother, the Dowager
Grand Duchess of Saxe-CoburgG otha,
the grand duke and Duchess Pierre, the
Grand Dukes Michel and Alexis, Prince
Nicolas of Montenegro and the Duke
and Duchess of Leuchtenberg.
Among Americans here and expected
are w. II. Payne, Mrs. and Miss Vail,
Mr. and Mrs. Case and Miss Morgan,
Mrs. Ogden Goelet and family, the
duchess of Dino and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
son Blair and many others.
FESTIVAL EVENTS.
The principal festival events at Nice
this season will come as follows:
Thursday. February Carnival of
King Carnival and ball at the Casino.
Sunday, February 9-Promenade of
cars and masquerade in the Avenue de
la Care at 2 p. m. In the evening illum-
mated promenade.
Monday. February 10-Cycle races.
Tuesday. February 11-Floral cycle
parade and battle Of flowers on wheels
on the promenade.
Wednesday. February 12-Second
days cycle races at Velodrome.
Thursday February 13-Grand battle
of flowers, on the Promenade des Ang-
lais. In the evening first masque ball
at Opera.
Sunday, February 16-First day of
grand Corso de Gala and Confetti In
the evening redoute (orange and tur-
quoise) at the Municipal Casino.
Monday. February 17-Second grand
battle of flowers on the Promenade des
Anglais.
Tuesday, February 1S-Mardi Gras
(Shrove Tuesday,. Second day of Corso
Carnavalesque and Confetti Evening
illumination and burning of King
Carnival. At IL 80 p. m, second grand
masque ball at the opera.
Last year Americans felt an increas-
ing interest in the American girl
abroad, when they read in a dispatch
from Nice that "the first prize for car
riage decoration was given to Miss Van
Buren,, of New York. whose Victoria,
driven tandem, had been transformed
into an enormous co-nucopia, filed
with flowers" The first prize for car
riage decoration in the flower parade of
the Lenten festival at Nice Is much COW
eted. and the standard will be higher
than ever this year. Miss Van Buren,,
the heroine of last seasons flower fes-
tival. is the daughter of Mrs. s. H. Van
Buren,, of Englewood, N. j., sister of
Thomas Broadhead Van Buren,, niece
of Mrs. William Walter Phelps, cousin
of Mrs. Franz Won Rottenburg, of Ber-
lin, Germany, and one of the best wo-
men whips in the country.
In this place. where humility is not
the most conspicuous virtue of society.
there Is an almost evangelistic force in
one Of the most conspicuous designs
for a float. This car represents Pride"
a huge peacock, with Nautch girl.
Other floats will represent kitchen
maids feeding band of noisy cats and
the ballroom in Hades, with Pluto sur
rounded by a crowd of demons.