The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-15

walton of extra joyousness, at
times and seasons between
the work days. And work is a very
comprehensive thing. So it is not sur
prising, given it's renown, that during
carnival frolics Nice, the luxurious,
h sparkling capital of pleasure, set
like a diamond framed by the sap
phire of her sea and sky, should be the
chosen resort of all Europe and now
of much of America.
From November till May the town is
full Of life and movement, but as carni-
val looms near gets closer packed.
During the week in February (this
year the 8th) when begins the period
enthusiastically ordained to render by
safety of fun and frolic the succeed
ing sobrieties Of Lent less irksome,
no room is vacant. When Nice dons
her cap and bells she becomes a city
unique, and the world knows it.
Assuredly her fetes, more beautiful
and not cruel, like those of the pagan
emperors, will live in history, like her
pageants, so wonderful is their aspect
in kaleidoscope of color and in the
marvels of her motley crowds in mask
and domino. Just as her illuminated
and moving streets, the scene at the
opera house, at redoubt and Veglione,
battles description.
Alive With Youth.
The wide Avenue de la Care, ceiled
by the lacing branches of its giant
plane trees, all festooned with flower
like colored lamps, and with arches
and venetian masts with Haunting pen
nants, is light as noon The pave
ments are happily broad for the surg
ing throng, and round each big trunk
from little miniature gardens cling
climbing plants and %garlands of lamps.
Up the center pass the the great
fantastic symbolic cars, shimmering
with light, alive with youth in ira
vesty, dancing youth, ready with quip
and prank and much confetti to drive
home the pictured satire, and parti-
cularly exuberant when before the
JUICES Tribune on the Great Place
Massena. The place itself is a gorge
GUS sight.
Between the ears that are soberly
draw by big comparisoned cart horses
come the Acknowledgements OF mas
~Queraders mounted on donkeys and
other groups on foot, all dancing mad
ly to the vigorous music from the
tireless musicians car. These are
all of the people-to them it is the
day of days and great is the rivalry to
produce the most original idea of car
and costume and groups-and very
clever are some Of the ideas and
wonderfully modelled and painted are
the masks. 1t is all in the genius of
the race, as different from the slow
Drained horsen;an as possible.
But few who come to see have any
idea of the toll, the thought, the
money that this apparently spontane-
Gus outburst OF gaiety called carnival
costs.
Scarcely has the last handful Of
confetti been thrown and the pave
ments swept clear of the adhesive lit
tie disks of variagated paper Con
fetti P~arisiennes" that one finds In a
hat band or cuff weeks after, then
designs for next season are begun.
drawn and painted artistically, and
the fete committee will sit in solemn
conclave to adjudge these nc later
than May next.
There are few harder worked or
more ~self-denying citizens than those
composing the committee on fetes. To
that committee, as well as the munci-
pality, largely belong the honor and
glory of the prosperity and ~agrandise-
ment Of Nice. An extremely able
man, the father of able sons, Monsieur
Joseph Durandy, civil engineer, is
their president. This very numerous
body, some $50, give their time gratui-
tously to this civic duty and in addi-
ton subscribe Individually not less
than 200 francs each.
Cost 10 High.
The carnival fetes can and do cost
anything from 10000, the minimum,
to G15,O0O or E1S.0 600. Last year the
latter sum was reached and nearly
$4,000 went in prizes. Apart from
the coveted fun and distinction and
the fact OF their names as winners be-
ing in the papers, the working men
who make these cars themselves must
be recouped for their outlay.
But the street procession. the iiumi-
nations. the veglione or masked balls
sHr1 MEvr6uuycsE v 51t" rhg rfrura
part OF carnival
The fetes committee looks after the
Rattles OF Flowers. which Queen Vic
torta and King Edward VII. enjoyed.
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