Grand Forks herald., 1917-01-11
BLACK AND ORANGE.

The two colors go we'll together. and
the combination is as appropriate for
winter weather as is roaring fire
place or anything else suggestive of
warmth and comfort and the rapid
circulation of red blood. Black and
orange have been selected by tho COM
mittee in charge as the official eolors
for the Grand Forks winter carnival.
and not for the approaching carnival
alone. but as the permanent winter
colors for Grand Forks, to be worn in
connection with all seasonable sports
not only by the actual participants
but by our people generally during the
winter months when there is more
leisure for suoh sports than at other
times, and when the conditions are
Just right for them. {
1t is not the expectation of anyone
that our people generally will deck
themselves out in elaborate uniforms
Nothing of the sort is proposed. The
only approach to a uniform arranged
for is the wool toque, a most COM
Portable and becoming headgear for
the season, made In the two distinct
i've contrasting colors. It is desired
that especially during the carnival sea-
son these toques shall be worn gener-
ally, as this will provide the dash of
color which is needed when crowds
are assembled on the streets or at the
places where the various athletic
events are to be staged. These
toques are carried in stock by all
merchants who deal in that general
line Of goods; they are warm, dur
able and inexpensive. and they shoOld
be worn in honor of the carnival sea-
son.
II, as is sometimes said, the Amer
lean people are commercial, and
commercial only, the movement to
popularize winter sports here is de-
cidedly nun-American, for there is
nothing commercial Shout it. It has
been inaugurated purely for the fur
Of 1T, and for the sake Of It's whole
some effects on the participants and
the community generally. Some es-
innate Of the results Of such a move
ment may be gained from an obser-
vation of the spread of the ski habit
Until recently, while skis were used
in the city, they were comparatively
rare. The organization Of the ski
club and the building Of the slide at
Lincoln park stimulated interest in
Ne sport, and today a very large pro-
portion of the boys Of the city-and
no smell number Of girls, little and
pls-are sDending hours each day out
OF doors en these snowshoes, which
range all thu way from the elaborate
affairs used ny the professionals to
the barrel stave affairs improvised by
the five-year-old. Asd to this tho in
fluence which has conc from the in
creased interest in curling, skating,
tobogganing and other forms of out
door sport, and it becomes manifest
that the beneficial influence on both
the health and the morals Of the com.
! munity is inestimable
The purpose Of the committee in
charge Of the carnival is to create a
center, as it were, around which the
sports appropriate to the season may
revolve. 1t is hoped and expected
that sufficient interest will be devel-
oped to make the sports themselves
last through the entire season. The
carnival is to be the climax. Inter
est will be stimulated by the arrival Of
the visitors from st. Paul. who will
be here to aid in giving publicity to
the st. Paul carnival. Many Of our
own people will attend the carnival
In 81 Paul, and on their return ad-
ditional interest viii be given 70 the
events in Grand Forks Tho whole
prosram is for the purpose Of broad
enirg the healthful activities OF our
psopie. and the movement merits the
attention and cordial support and CO.
operation Of Al citissng.
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