The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-22
MANILA TO HOLD
WORLD CARNIVAL
Philippine Capital Expects Thou
sands In February, 1911,
PRESS AGENT PROMISES MUCH

Spieed by All Sorts of ADJUSTMENTS,
From Confetti Battles to Field Sports,
During Month In Which Many Amer
leans Are shoveIne Snow.
After three years of experiment In
carnival making the inhabitants of
Manila, in the faraway Philippine Is
lands, are making preparations for n
festival in February, 1911, which will
surpass, they say, anything of the
kind ever before attempted in any city
of the world.
Although it is to be presumed that
this oriental capital is far away from
the influence of the Yankee circus
proprietor and his press agent, the
language used in the preliminary an
nouncements of the carnival Is not I'M
like that with which the American
| pleasure seeking public Is familiar, for
the world is assured that the week of
festivities, Feb. 21 to %, will mot only
far outclass and eclipse anything Of
the sort ever given in the far east, but
it is proposed to make 1t the largest
most gorgeous, most spectacular affair
of the sort ever held anywhere"
Press Agent Is Alert.
Something Of the smallness of the
world as 1t exists in these days of
swift steamship and railroad travel Is
indicated in the statement that the
| 1910 carnival attracted hundreds and
hundreds Of people from many foreign
| lands" while the transpacific steam.
ship companies arranged their sched-
ules so that their big passenger car
riers could be in Manila bay during
the carnival to accommodate excur-
| sionists.
Manila proposes to demonstrate that
It Is both oriental and occidental. It
claims to be zone of the most up to
date, busting cities to be found any
where on EARTH" in. addition to being
"full Of the remains of a civilization
centuries old"
To pleasure seeking people no claim
could be more attractive, doubtless,
| than that In spite of the business and
the hustle of Manila life out there is
delightfully."- easy Everybody seems
to be happy and prosperous" says the
official announcement of the carnival,
"and bent on securing the maximum
| Of pleasure and satisfaction from life
| In the tropics, and this somewhat easy
going and luxurious style of living has
not produced in Manila the undesirable
conditions which usually accompany 1t
in other parts Of the world
| In spite of Manila's being in the trop-
les all are assured that 'the climate Is
idear' and the month Of February,
when people dwelling in the northern
part of the United States are shoveling
snow or chopping ice from their side
walks, lis the most delightful part Of
| the year" Rarely does the tempera-
ture go above So degrees during the
morning hours. You will require blan-
kets every night Of your stay.
Real Carnival Is Planned.
For the 1911 carnival the city will be
given up to pleasure. There will be pa
rades of gorgeous floats, accompanied
by mounted heralds, with the king, and
queen of the carnival seated in their
imperial cars, parades of gay1y deco
rated automobiles, battles between con-
fettf throwers and international sport.
| ing contests as the main features.
| Among the athletic sports will be in
ternational polo, cricket, football, trap
/ shooting and tennis matches.
Music will be everywhere, for 1t Is
said that the Filipinos are the most
unsteady inclined people on earth. The
carnival costumes will be rich and va
RED, and many of them made to order
In Europe will cost, it is said, each a
4 small fortune.
The famous hippodrome, which seats
$4,000 people, will be given over to
1 special carnival features and military
spectacles. The stage of the hippo
drome holds more than 5000 people
and is for big balls All the perform.
ances viii be given in the open air.
On its Industrial side the carnival
win give visitors chance to learn
about the resources of the Philippines
i through extensive exhibits. But the
keynote Of carnival week will be pleas.
ure, and Manila claims that by reason
OF its cosmopolitan character, it's eli
mate and its great development since
dewey did It's In 1893 1t can provide
more pleasure than any other city In
the world.