Show m ev 9 V 13 f lice 16 4 0 al S f N p tz M 4 t 1 7 00 1 J 4 A one of the grotesque carnival F agures gures d by the national geographic so leti lets X ash agton D C it LY apra e means carah at in EM E nice ie capital of the french riv RIN lera to th s region crowd thousands of li visitors to take part in the annual playtime but to enjoy it one need not become a participant in HIS somewhat astren bous though good natured hurls hurl burl even as a spectacle the carnival Is amusing what ti t e french can t think of in the way ay of great cars topp ng the roofs mounted groups impersonal ing anything from a knightly tourney to a set of chess men lud ind crous fig ures of carrots cocottes catherin ettes and men about town the ital ans to whom nee N ce belonged when the first carn carnivals nals were held add in the nav of human interest tt TI e carnival occupies cores scores of artists and ind hundreds of workmen for months miles of silks and satins are dyed in tl ti e official colors of the year the business as well as the appear ance of the center of t tl e city Is trans formed for weeks tour ats accas tomed to the best are forced to h humble umble themselves before haughty concierges and reception clerks who but a month before were obsequious carnival spreads his fame up fifth avenue and along cockspur street so that winter sailings show a marked in creise crease and a place in the train bleu Is worth a fight for it a big bi comate des fetes gambles peace of mind against unsettled and unsettling weather which mocks at prearranged schedules far into the night the corn plans how to prevent two per sons from occupying the same chair at the same time and still keep from re fueling fun ling money once lured into its coffers all that Is stagecraft and manage ment as I 1 beless and dull to the out s der as the back stage grid ron or a rack of numbered and lettered tickets what makes a carnival Is not the elaborate plans of professionals but the led haired amateurs their arms around girl compan ons galvan gahan le I 1 into motion bv by alid th blare of tl tt ird rate bands hands and add n ng to the formal skeleton of sched 14 led pleasures the moll meat t and substance of vulgar but in offensive f fin in all innocent fun strange a as it may seem the frivol frivoll ties at it carnival time on tl e riviera are as is innocuous as its needles rye and post office at a R donation party in the little white church 1 or a vapid dummy old king ring car Is a merry old soul but it Is the free guests and spontaneous ng jollity blat tl at furnish a spectacle worth seeing and an experience that makes bolsi bols i berous revelers of staid visitors hofener unconventional it may be he tie i has hag its hidebound briss brass tad tact ed three ply conventions at bac cant carat win or lose one must look b red whit what does it matter is the express on to wear wa avile lie sums for witch men have murdered or mar he riel I 1 stolen tolon or slave I 1 are tossed neg I 1 gei got aly bid and forth king carneal knows no such re str chions do as vo i blaase is his notto in the pro la lami mation tion which he abst es to his 9 meets incle I 1 ng the p lice ifo force there Is IK no mention of the fact that I 1 bertt does not mean or that true freed in Is IQ free lorn foin to do right yet the e are conventions even amid confetti showers he ile masler masi er must disguise voice as well as face and preferably assume the c saume of the appos te sex this leads to some c coarseness oars eness but when some uninitiated town lad disc vers his Juno junoesque esquo curves sl aping his safety pin safety first efforts are so sincere that one forgives embarrassment of which he so evidently has tie tl e major porton port on the home town of massena garl baldt and catarina Seg urana Is i 1 hulling place a combination of agli dicso end beauty of industry and idle ness ties a city whose nathe life moves along independent of tl e tourist I 1 orde numbering a quarter m ilion v a year just as tie failson flows unno under the cas no tl it e place mes sena and the perennially beautiful gardens why it Is best in nice its very s ze Is what gives tl if e I 1 nice ice festival precedence over oner the carnivals of cannes mentone and grasse car here has a popularity and vivacity of its o own oan an largely because 1 of french and italian descent simply can cant t resist tl it e temp tation to pay court to king carnival dance to his piping nutter flutter about his bright 1 gats in gay masquerade and forget such drab rei rea aties as affect life in nice as surely as tl ti ey do in maple valley or kalamazoo foreigners lor eigners come and go win count as little as they do in ind a flower battles ire won or lost regattas fleck the blue bay with dinc ing s spots pots of wl ite and n fetes burst into tome brilliance above dark waters naters dog shows attract prize pups from a wide ade area yet nice pur sues its wonted my in the crowded old town in tl e industrial d of st roch and or la in the business centers but let king carnival issue his rev relo lutio nary manifesto doff I 1 is tri corne and shoulder his gargantuan way through the motley streets ind and every one from wrinkled granny to staring infant rushes to the show in their glad revolt against routine and boredom these warm bloode 1 re celers keep their heads anine ine flows freely but drunkenness Is not corn mon moll thugs pickpockets and camp followers are strangely absent sel set dom dorn does anything happen appen to ellch lich serious exception can I 1 p taken confetti and flowers carnival and paper confetti even en if some ur I 1 ns garner gieir ammini tion from tl e ani ant ie to deep streets make a happy combination C anival an I 1 plaster confetti of I 1 tl e I alivs avs of molten leid lead I 1 from the r of of notre dame or the walls alls of cereas soni e tl TI ose oe u alo 10 kno inov v wear N ear w re masks and diess in cloaks with a ruffled hood to protect the ears b it the asplend I 1 alite v I 1 ite horse ridden bv by tie it E marshal in I 1 s red hunting jacket jachet has to stand the pelting w tho it benefit of armor plaster confetti Is the size of BR BB shot hut but lat lighter and friable enough to become cl el alky dust beneath one s feet in a dower battle nice puts the ac rent cent on the battle instead of on the flon flowers ers it makes tl ti e concession of forb dd n ng the throwing of bouquets tied with baling wire and of selling nosegays nose avs hresc cesiel ie I 1 from the mussy street hut but the promenade pro Is as crowd ed and asor d sor alered is for a corso Carnavil Carnaval esque A minimum tl n c g of sickly bo iq ets tie tit I 1 to tie ti e aldr terns tern of an ordnary ord i ary carrage carr age will enable its tit duver iver to rei rel t it to those wl 0 don t irion kno v nna hetler better ant an 1 to occupy a place in the adri IP P vers lers of beauty are ed in between hicks hacks which in obeying tl it e letter of the liw have hane exhausted all spirit wl ats at rhese are filled wit uld deluded folk wl 0 si sl end the mornin inor nin cletur ng ti themselves tiem emsel selves es in fit the heart of a bower battle and the rest of their lives iines wondering why aby they ever tr ed to compete corn lete in a beauty pande paride with nith th se so wl alose ose chariots are completely hid ion by choice blooms for flo filver ner battles one does better to u t cannes cagnes grabbe men alen t ne or be Benil tulle Sei i wt ere it tie e egeit e er t Is a sort of fam ly affair etere ul ere he am mun tion Is sweeter tl it e carriager d cars more unit uniformly erml v it i 10 a at I 1 the spirit more cognizant of tie fact tint a flower should be a graceful tribute rather than a miss missle ie |