The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21

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ment. Annually the competition be-
Tween the American. native ana for
\ eign society GIRLS for The regal honor
Is spirited, and furnishes one OF the
most interesting features Of the days
preceding the fiesta.
The Coronation ball Is. the grand
event Of the season, while the stock
holders ball, for those who contrib
ute to the financial support Of the car
niyal, Is the exclusive. event. Spanish
designations are cleyerly used to dis
tinguish other elaborate and spectator
lar AFFAIRS. Thus, q Compares Night
Is one on which scores of groups num-
boring trcp iive''te twenty ;attend, ar
rayed in varied but correlated; costum-
es representing the characters OF an
historical event or period: or those Of
a peculiar class From year to year
small groups plan more and more
elaborate costume effects, and the
judges are frequently hard put to se-I
lect from the paTading nlaskers the!
ones entitled TO the beautiful prizes.
sPare1as, . or couples night, Is amt
other for which greatspreparations arel
made, and frequently outdoes in brfiti
liances any other ball Of the season.
The ball of All Nations always results
IN the cutponring OF cosmopolitan
throng, In which each wears the cos.
tune Of his home land.
Along Loco Lane, Plaza Diablo. orl
The Streak. as the hilarious street IS
sonetinies He'd, is fun in plenty for
all who seek II and al Sseek it. Com
tetM hrst car pets, then gluts. thel
street as the lawmakers warm to Attsi
game, and at times workmen must be
sent TO clear the pathways of paper
through which 1t is often hard to drag
one foot after another Twenty tol
thirty tons OF paper ammunition areI
thrown In nine days. Imagine TWEEN.
~ tons Of loose, FUZZY cotton, and youi
nave an Impression Of the volume OIL
twenty tons of confetti. !,
The Far Eastern Olympic Associa-
ton is an outgrowth of the Manila
carnival, and the. first Far Easternl
aGmpaid was held there in 1912. Atia-
letes from China, Japan and the
Straits settlements, Singapore andl
Colombo. entered the sports. which
were patterned after those OF the In
ternational olympaid. Many Of the
records made by the Filipino and Wis
iting athletes bordered closely uponE
worlds records, and set a high mark
for the Far East. In no branch OIL
sport were the F'ilipinus ontclassed
although many "firsts' went to the|
visitors.
Dr.. WI Ting Fang, former minister
from China to the United States. isl
president Of the association, and takes
keen interest in its affairs. II mayI
be said without exaggeration that the,
greatest impetus ever given to attn
1etics IN China has been through this
association, and in all parts of the
howery kingdom young men who new
er before appreciated the value of
physical training. are striving for
tpiaces on the various teams which are
to participate in the second Olympaid
ITO he held in Shanghai tnis year. 4
tln 1913 and 1914 inter-island ath-
letics took the place OF the more di--
yersffcd events OF the olympaid. and
teams from all parts of the archi.
pelago ionrneyed to Manila to COM
pete for the ,insular trophies. Dur
Ing the carnival, ,the athletic wear
produces its champion, whose rec
ords are standards for the physical
upbuilding of thousands OF young FIJI.
| iptnos who are ambitions to carry
their provincial colors in the next
meet Y
Base ball, of course. is the big ath-
letic event, as that game has become
as much OF national pastime with
the Filipino as lit is with Americans
During the base ball season, ,proyin-
cial teams struggle for first place II,
their leagues in order that they NAV
enter the final championship games al
carnival, time and wear for the next
year the coveted championship nsig-
mia. p = = : = \
1 So Manila has become, the Mecca
toward which once each year the ewes
of the Far East are turned in delight
led expectation. The; nine days Of car
n1yal are days of reunion for friends
separated by thousands OF miles dur
ing the rest OF the year They ara
days OF unrestrained brain busting. y
when nerves rubbed raw in the mar
row confines of "a provincial town are
soothed by contact with .home rolks.'
and indulgence in a healthy frolic. TO-
Manillans things happened Just be-
fore or just after. the carnival. Tc3
the rest of the Far East the "Biy
Fiesta is the biggest thing east Of
! the 1S0th meridian.
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