Evening star., 1938-02-20
a-mile coach fare bargain. reduced
from : cents = couple Of years ago.

WHICH Will pe seen there Oy American
tourists appears to, be as full OF
gayety and sensation ~ in the car
nival days OF February. According
to the Institute Of Foreign Travel,
some Of the liveliest attractions Of
the year will occur during the Lenten
season.
The chief events Of the month are
as follows:
March l-Shrove Tuesday. Mardi
0ras Carnival's last day with fetes
and merrymsking In many lands,
particularly in Belgium, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland. France, Germany,
Greece. Italy. Holland, Norway,
Poland Portugal and Switzerland.
Austria: Carnival and masked ski
races at Kitzbuehel. saalbach and
Bad Hofgastein.
England: Hunter show for three
days, Royal Agricultural Hall. Lon
don.
France: Final carnival process
sion at Nice. with display Of FIRE.
works and Cremation of King Car
nival LX." Masked ball at BiarritS.
Germany: Restitution Of the
saar celebration At Saarbruechen.
Switzerland: Chalanda MARI
Spring FESTIVAL in the Upper Enga-
dine at Pontresina. Grand ski week
opens at Zuoz.
Wales: Saint David's Day cele-
brated throughout the principality
with professions Of Welsh organiza-
tions and by observance Of the Gus
tom of wearing q leek.
March 2-Ash Wednesday-Norway:
Lapp market at Bosekop. North
Norway, with great bargaining in
furs and other articles.
March 3-Bulgaria: Independence Day
celebrated with military parades,
folk dances. singing and picnics.
March Norway: Ski Jump con-
tests on illuminated hill at night st
Tonsberg.
Sweden: International ski con-
tests for three days at Ostersund.
March 5-Italy: Students festival At
Pisa till the 10th, with fourteenth
century cavalcade, masked process
sions and donkey races.
Norway: The Holmenkollern in
ternational ski contests for three
days near Oslo.
March 6-Austria: Every Sunday In
March, Spanish Riding School
equestrian exhibitions at Vienna.
Germany: Trade fair opens at
Leipzig till the 11th.
Holland Entry of Prince Car
nival at Maastricht and at 'sHerto-
genbosch, with pagent and fete last
ing two days
Sweden: Throughout the month
the aurora borealis can Be seen IN
Lapland. Ice-yachting at Saltsjo-
baden and Djursholm every Sunday
Great Swedish long distance ski
race, the vasaloppet, from Salen to
Mora.
Switzerland: Traditional carnival and
procession At Bienne
March 7-England: National trades
exhibition tilA 80. at Birming-
ham. France: Opening Of pardon at
sainte Anne d'Auray
March 6-Norway: International ski
jump contests at Kongsberg Rus
sia: International women's day.
March 13-Austria: Vienna Interna-
tional Spring Fair. till the 18th.
March l4-France: Riviera tennis
championship games at Cannes till
the goth.
March 15-Holland: Spring fair Of the
Royal Netherlands Industries,
Utrecht, till the goth.
March l7-Ireland: st. patricks Day
observed by wearing Of the green. I"
Parades, balls and special festivities
throughout the country. Dedication
Of statue Of st. Patrick ut Sieve
Patrick, County Down, in honor Of
1,500th anniversary Of his landing
In Ireland
March 18-England: Grand Military
Steeplechase meet for two days at
Sandown Park, near London.
March 20-France: Franco-Swiss win
ter sports contest at Dole, Jura.
Germany: Bach festival at Eisenach
for four days. Norway: Famous
"Birkebeiner-rennet." with 500 con-
testants in the greatest ski race in
the world. Rena to Lillehammer.
March 23-Eneland: Exhibition of
Royal Institute Of Painters in Water
Colors at Royal Institute Galleries.
London, till May 80. Ireland: Feis
Atha Cliath At Mansion House. Dub
lin, with music, drama and dancing.
till the 3lst. Italy: Fascist day,
celebrating the founding Of fascism
with military reviews and public
demonstrations.
March 24-France: Children's carni-
val and battle of flowers in costume
at Cannes.
March 25-England: Grand National
steeplechase at Aintree, near LIVER
pool. London Garden Society's
show at the old Royal Agricultural
Hall, London.
March Switzerland: Swiss Indus
tries Fair at Basic till April S.
March 27-Belgium: Masked process
sion at Ostend. Grand carnival pro-
cession for two days at La Louviert.
France: Mi-Careme festival in Paris
with parade Of the king, queen and
courtiers elected by the laundresses
Of the city.
March 30-France: International doe
show for two days at Monte Carlo.