Show ANNIVERSARY TODAY'S On n the Uie third thil day of or the thc third month A In our calendar may correspond with the middle or last da day of April the festival of dolls dolIs Is celebrated in Japan The Thc festival Is specially dedicated to girls As the sakura trees which arc are somewhat similar lar to our peach trees burst into bloom at this period Europeans Europeans Europeans Eu Eu- have named this the festival of peach flowers On this da day Japanese girls and women dress themselves in holiday attire The mothers adorn the thc chamber cham ber of state with blossoming sakura boughs and arrange an exhibition of all the thc dolls which their daughters have received The children prepare a banquet for them which is eaten b by the grown folks in the evening after the dolls are supposed to have ha had their fill flU The dolls displayed at this festival arc used only on formal occasions lons and andare andare andare are not regarded as toys Japanese e boys have their doll festival too but their dolls doll consist of toy images of or warriors |