Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-16
Joyful Spirit to Banish
Dull Care and Dignity In
5-Day San Diego Carnival

| SAN DIEGO Aug. l6-Five dav!
OF play-days when the spirit of car
nlVal fills the atmosphere itself dav:
when serious San Giegans forge
their grownup dignity and become
klas once more just loosed for THEN
Summer vacation; days when pleasure
reighs supreme and duties are cast
10 The winds-these are the DAYS plan.
ned oy the group of citizens who first
dreamed midsummer carnival and
for the last four weeks have been hard
at work making their dream come
true
Today the preparations are rapidly
nearing completion and the hardest
part of the work in planning and ex-
ecutng y carnival are over. Nineteen
committees of men and women of the
clty have been working out deals of
Inc five-day festival and they have
grown enthusiastic over their job
| This coming Thursday Friday Sat
urday Sunday and Monday will show
how successful they have been.
The idea of the carnival has been
to wake San Diego up" into life and
activity at the time when every thing
is dulles-midsummer. With Jazz
display a pageant sports galore three
parades and plenty of dancing on the
program the carnival bids fair to ac-
coWplish its purpose.
Briefly the main events of the five
day festivities are: Carnival night
Thursday with noise confetti and gen.
eral merrymaking on the streets; !.
freak parade with 80 floats, Friday I
afternoon; big goof barbecue Fri
day afternoon; water sports of all I
kinds Saturday morning; gay fire
works display with a burning barge
Saturday evening; colored searchlight
exhibit Sunday evening, and two
dances Monday evening. Many other
events fill in the intervals and will
keep the pleasure seekers busy.
Here in detail is what the midsum- |
ner carnival has in store for pleasure
seekers next Thursday, Friday, Sat
lrday, Sunday and Monday.
The carnival will formally open on
trips through the government army,
navy and marine bases in and near
1t the naval air station on North Is !
and, at Fort Rosecrans on point
Iona and at the marine barracks IN
Balboa park, as we'll as the command
ar of all the destroyerS in the harbor
nave invited the carnival crowds to
visit the different establishments. At
are seen from a distance flying over
he bay can be seen at close range.
Boats will take the sightseers over
from the foot of Broadway. The
.oast artillery fortifications on Point
Iona are the principal attractions
1t Fort Rosecrans. 1t may be reached
1y automobile as we'll as boat. Small I
boats will take the people out to the
5arious destroyers and to the other
var craft in the harbOr which cannot
,e cached from the Santa Fe and mu- I
licipal wharyes.
4 band concert and community ]
sing in the plaza will start the carni-
This will be held at o'clock. Which
# the several band available will ,
)lay has not been decided; it may be |
he official city band or the Mexican I
,and, which is expected here for the |
arrival. Wallace Moody, community
ong leader. will lead the singing.
a parade of private automobiles {
in real and artificial flow ;
RS is scheduled for 2 p. m. Judges .
sill view the contestants from the ]
,alcony of the L. S. Grant Hotel and
prizes will be awarded.
Mrs. George NJ. Mckenzie will be
n charge of the tea and reception to
listing women in the civic auditor
um, Balboa park, from 3 to 4 p. M
An open air pageant entitled THE
Modern San Diego Maid," will be
staged at $3.50 o'clock at the organ
pavilion. Miss Villa Jean Mayer has
he role of the modern San Diego maid
Groups of children viii participate in
he pageant and a community serv-ce
yirls chorus of 80 will sing More than
700 persons will appear on the organ
stage in the tableau These persons
rave not been chosen as yet, and any-
me interested has been asked to see
Miss Clara May Koch at the organ
pavilion tomorrow evening at 6:3O
shortly before the open air pageant
s.. o,tc tbe. water fropt will he u scent. !