The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-15
SECTION THREE
4 HE carnival in Buenos Ayres is d /
spectacle not equaIled in any other /

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z he carnival in Buen0s Ayres is d
spectacle not equalled in any other
Roman Catholic city i'm the world
The festival preceding Lent is seen here
atits best. because it embraces all the
Old features of this ancient celebration
any many new ones. 1t affords more
gilt and glitter than all the circuses
on earth combined. This year the
course was through twenty miles of il
Illuminated streets, and there. were II. 600
saily decorated carriages in line. These
vehicles moved ia a double column. the
lines going in opposite directions, and
the people in them. attired in all sorts
Of fantastic DISCUSSES, pelted each other
with confetti until in many places the
horses We're wading to their knees in
It, This procession, If Strengthened out
an one lines would have been forty
miles long.
Dodging between the carriages. and
rolling in the confett-littered streets.
were FULLY $4,000 small boys disguised
as clowns while around them, rompinE
on the sidewalks and balconies, or
riding in the mock carriages OF state.
were enough sprites to people an eIfn
M.
Inc laughing and singing and shouting
was enough TO make one believe the
world had forgotten all its trouble and
joined lu universal holiday. And it
seemed that most all the countries of
the world were represented in the gay
carOusal.
Suppose you stand on the corner with
me, beneath the glare of arc lights,
and the crimson glow of transpaTencies.
anu watch this monster parade 90 by.
here is a chariot filled with dark
halreo Carmeus, who turn their saucy
heads this way and that as they peek
through the tiny holes I'm their masks.
He is a lucky fellow who captures one
or the red roses which they fling into
the throug. Along comes a cumber-
some Dutch windmill, waving it's long
arms in the air. and a giant horn Of
plenty holding "a dozen laughing little
maids In its capacious mouth.
People Of All Lands.
That gay crowd i'm the automobile is
composed of French shop girls. who,
although far from home are not
strangers to the carnival spirit. In
other years. during mid-Lent i'm Paris,
they have taken part in the student
caVdlcade on the boulevard San Mi
cnel when the queen of the laundry
girls pardded In her gorgeous gown
that cost 1000 francs. In the wake of
the gay Parislaus comes d mounted
band Of dark-skinued Turks, each one
sitting his horse with Arabic ease, and
wearing the inevitable white cape and
led Iez- Their leader holds up the blood
led banner of the Aoslems. and il
seems strange to see the silver crescent
IN this stronghold Of Romanism
Even more out of place is the yellow
dragon Of China. and the rising sun
OF Japan but both emblems are soon
ia evidence. The ruddy- faced Bridsher
never looks out OF place. and no gath
eIlng would De complete without him.
Today he was 1900 strong at Hurting
him, au English country club near
EueHos AyressFy hicb viii compare very
aNOrablE WIN the club near London,
after which il is named, OF our Meadow
Brook. During the carnival hundreds
OF bronZed BTitishers come ia from the
pampas TO play cricket and hirt with
the girls. They are a healthy. hearty
lot, but given TO much staggering.
Possibly they should be forgiven on ac-
count Of their accomplishments Ar
seutina would not amount TO much m
it we're not for the English. They are
almost as supreme here as in the
TrausvaaI
Thus for hours the steady flow Of
Jewellers ch1kes the channel TO which
Iii is confined. but before it gets too late
we have other things to see All the
sights are not on the street. Ia the
court of La PTensa, ArgenJiua's great
newspaper, there is one of the most
novel entertainments in the world. It
IS a new festival feature, and one alto
gerher distinctive Of BuenOs Ayres.