Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-07

Exposition of Insuar Industries to Be
Spiced by All Sorts Of Amusements,
From Confetti Battles to Field Sports,
During Month In Which Many Amer
leans Are ShoveIins Snow.
After three years Of experiment In
carnival making the inhabitants Of
Manila. in the PARKWAY Philippine Is
lands, are making preparations for Il
festival In February, 1911, which will
surpuss, 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 un
like that with which the American
pleasure seeking public is familiar, for
the world is assured that the week of
festivities, Feb. II to IS. 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 Smallncss of the
world as it exists in these days Of
swift steamship and railroad travel is
indicated in the statement that the
1910 carnival attracted "huntlreds and
hundreds Of people from many foreign
lands" while the tranSpacitic steam
ship companies arranged their sched-
ules 50 that their big passenger car
rirrs could he in Manila bay during
the carnival to accommodate excur-
sioniSts.
Manila proposes to demonstrate that
it is both oriental and occidental. 1t
claims to be lone of the most up to
date. buStling cities to be found any
where on carth," in addition to being
full Of the remains Of Il civilization
centuries DID,
10 pleasure seeking people no claim
NoNIN NC llOtC utlluCtINC, NOuDl1SSS,
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,
land 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 it
in other parts Of the world"
In spite Of Manilas being in the trop-
les all are assured that 1.-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 s. 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 hcralds, with the king and
queen of the carnival seated In their
imperial cars, parades Of gayly deco
rated automobiles, battles between con-
fetti throwers and international sport
ing contests us 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
ried. and many of them made to order
in Europe will cost. it is said, each
small fortune.
The famous hippO!rOme. which seats
$4,000 people. will be given over to
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
anres will be given in the open air
On it's Industrial side the carnival
will give visitors 4 chance to learn
about the resources of the Philippines
thrC fEh extensive exhibits. But the
keynote Of carnival week will be pleas
ure, and Manila claims that by reason
of it's cosmopolitan character, its ell
mate and it's great development since
dewey did it, in 1898 it can provide
more pleasure than any other city In
the world.