The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-24

of color and gorgeous Costumes while
the ninth reveals "A samurai with his
family at q meal, about the time when
in the Momoyama period, the great
Taiko came into power. The tenth
scene il devoted to n cherry blossom
picnic in the Tokugawa Period (l626.
1867, to which fair danes and maid.
ems are borne In gay ~palanquins.
The next view consits Of a represen.
%tation of n tea ceremony, which came
into vogue since the Ashikaga days.
Japan today is the final tabl6au. The
scene is TO be laid in Toxic near the
Imperial palace. Here are seen autos
and bicycles, japanese in modern dress,
jinrickshas and carriages, foreign tour.
lists and officials, japanese officers and
civilians and all the hurly.burly Of n
great cosmopolitan gathering.
For the establishment of these tab.
Japan has been laid under contribution
and thus those who visit the Exhi.
bition have n unique opportunity, not
only of learning the successive stages
Of Japans civilization, but also Of ex-
aiming authentic specimens Of her art
in all ages.
"The Treasures Of the Nation
found in the Palace of Fine Arts are
representative Of n skill of n pre.emi.
nently artistic nation which was pro.
ducing great sculptors 80 far back as
the Ninth Century, and great painters
two centuries earlier. II ia only as a
cor liment to Great Britain that ia.
pan AS allowed these precious pictures
rarely seen in Nippon and never be.
fore out of il, TO be sent there, and in
no circumstance will such "a compli.
ment be paid again in the same way.
Then there are marvels Of Horticul.
ture showing some Of the secrets and
triumphs of Japanese gardening. Two
ncres of the ground have been laid out
by japanese artist gardeners either with
full sized gardens OF with Landscapes
in miniature" in which the visitor will
see beauty in the form hitherto com.
paratively unknown.
Wonderful naval exhibits, displays
Of old armor, Japan as she appears in
each Of the four season, what women
have achieved in art and poetry, and
what they have accomplished when stir.
red by the sacred glow of patriotism;
the production OF silk from the cocoon
to the graceful folding fabrics, agri.
culture in n series of instructive tab.
leaux, and the implements used by the
- horny.handed sons Of toll" in that
PARKWAY land, are all on view.
Lastly, there is n charming Japenese
Fair with craftsmen at work; a vii.
lage of ~Formosans, the once famous
head.hunters and another of the orr
ginal inhabitants of japan, Amos, who
still retain the habits and customs of
their prehistoric ancestors. There are
Japanese theaters and places where the
ancient tea ceremony is performed.
The concert at the Crystal palace on
Empire Day, May "a, which will mark
the official opening of the Festival of
Empire, promises to be one Of the most
important functions of the present sea.
son.
The King and Queen and the Prince
and Princess of Wales will be present.
The programme will be thoroughly
British. The choir will consist of H..
900 voices and there will be an orches.
ira of $500. Among the $4,000 per.
formers in the Pageant Of London, the
great spectacular attraction Of the fes.
tival, will be a princess, a viscount, a
baron, and a baronet, all taking con
spicuous parts.
Princess Ludwig zu Loewenstein. Wer.
theim, daughter of the late Earl of
Marlborough, is to appear in the dainty
costume of a lady at Court Of King
George in the scene which symb0lizes
the triumph after the capture of Que.
bee and the simultaneous mourning
for General Wolfe. Viscount Hill with
the sword and cokado of his ancestor,
Lord Hill, who, as general of the forces,
distinguished himself during the Pen.
~insular war, is to take part in the cpl
sode of 1914, "The End Of the Great
War" representing the rejoicing after
the defeat of Napoleon.
AS the Black Prince, Lord Howard de
| Walden will ride across the pageant
grounds in company with Queen Phil
ippa to attent tho tournament In the