El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-24
FLOWER CARNIVAL


! New Orleans, both as to miles and So
eial customs, the annual festival in the
great resort is a growth of the3Mardi
Gras idea Asbury Park terminates each
/ season with a grand carnival, with
/ queen Titania and prince Charming
duly surrounded by their court Of beau
! ~ On this occasion the baby parade
forms the principal feature, and the
! walks are lined with thousands of peo-
| pie who cheer as the tots go by
Mark Twain said on one occasion:
/ We haven't all had the good fortune
| to be women, but we've all been ba-
/ pes The baby parade at Asbury Park
| Is indeed a. great event-an occasion
| when all grOwnups are merely wall
| flowers
/ The Show of Jones Street.
The flower festival has reached even
/ Jones street Probably Jones street has
an unfamiliar sound, but, situated be-
tween Fourth and Blocker streets,
west OF Sixth avenue, in New York city
p. IL houses 100 souls and bears the rep
| utatoin of having but two seasons
| winter and summer
But last year a new order was ush-
cred in, and in the middle of Nav a
spring festival was held. Here Robin
Hood and his merry men held SWAY.
the brown drones cavorted to their
heart 5 content and the daffodilS and
1airles danced and wound the May pole
AND above all there were actual flow
ers, wreaths and wands. Beside the
festivals Of California, it might fade
into insignificance, but to Jones street
1T was as magnificent as a carnival of
the gods.
Japan CarniyaIs.
Japan, with its flower calendar. is al
ways observing some festival or other.
The coming of the cherry blossom Is
the call for ode writing and the carni-
val spirit The chrysanthemum is the
national emblem. The Dango-zaka In
Toxic is the florists section, and there
the annual chrysanthemum show is
held
This usually consists of acres of mag
nificent blossoms, with a few historical
and legendary episodes pictured in the
blooms, but after the Russo Japanese
war all this was changed, and the show
ground assumed the aspect of a huge
battlefield Everywhere were set pieces
showing HfeSize soldiers, engaged in
mortal combat with their enemies. The
show continued for two months, the
flowers being kept in a perfect condi-
ton by being planted in bamboo skeIe-
tons and watered each night
While 1t was not exactly a flower
festival, the feast of liberty, held in
belrut and other cities in Turkey in
1908 in celebration OF the victory of
the young Turks, was the most remark
able demonstration in the history of
that country. For three days the peo-
pie of the cities went wild. Freedom"
was the cry on every lip, the streets
and houses were gaily decorated with |
bunting and flowers, and inscriptions
of startling vcharacter were to be |
seen in conspicuous places For the |
first time in 81 years public gatherings
were permitted, and everywhere there /
were to be found groups of Turks. each |
with its own speechmaker Enemy /
Toasted with enemy, and the word free |
dom was hurled about as if it had been
just coined.
Canadian Celebration.
In the province of Quebec, and in
especially, the procession of
Corpus Christi is an event of consider
able Importance This was first begun
by pope Urban in Italy about 1862, be-
cause Of a miracle that was performed.
Since that time it has become the great
open air celebration of the Roman
Catholic church
The parade is made up of the various
congregations, religious societies. chill
dren from the orphan asylums. little
girls dressed for their first communion. l.
nuns, theologians and monks. The high
EST ulSntl9rleS or the hcurch. one of l
whom carries the golden ostensoriun
containing the host. walk under a COR
geous canopy. At the end of the march
S repoSoir EMPOWERED in a mass of
flowers and green.
Hawaii is a land of fair skies and gor-
seous flowers 1t is so favored in this
respect that Honolulu may be said to
lave perpetual flower festival. The /
TiSitor upon arriving or departing is |
decorated with wreaths of brilliant
blossoms The native dancing girls
year garlands instead of Jewels The !
andscape. sometimes hidden behind a
'eil of clouds, flashes with many hued
esplendence when the view is cleared. ,
Some day, when the paths of the 9
'cean become more frequented by those =
n quest of the novel and the beautiful, y
will not be surprising if Honolulu =
ecomes the scene of the greatest flower r
arrival in the world. 1t has only to | r
ealize upon its natural advantages 10
reduce the premier celebration of this T
ind. i
Tomorrow-The Circus Is Coming I