The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., September 10, 1910, YOUNG FOLKS' SPECIAL., Page 625, Image 5

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HOLIDAY OCCASIONS AND CUSTOMS IN OTHER LANDS.
How Our Foreign Cousins Manage to Get Great Enjoyment
out of Very Simple Affairs—Tlu* Spirit With Which You En
ter the Game is What Makes It Enjoyable.
Mrs. F. L. Stevens.
which are strung over the car. If
the fuse works properly, the torpe
does should explode simultaneously
with a loud report and much smoke.
W hen this happens it is a good omen,
and the peasants go back to their
farms assured that the crops will be
bountiful. The great anxiety on the
faces of the spectators is pitiful, for
when the explosion is not perfect the
peasant^ become disheartened, be
ing assured that their crops will fail
in the coming season. It is an ex
ceedingly interesting sight, the
throngs of natives in their gay cos
tumes, their bright head-dresses, gay
shawls—for the toilet of an Italian
woman winter or summer, is not
complete without her shawl, her
brilliant apron and fancy waists and
dazzling skirt. And what of the
superstition that controls these peo
ple, and their endeavors? Have we
any sucn in our land; uid any or
us ever hear of “light and dark of
the moon” planting?
European Love of Music and Outdoor
Life.
One feature of European life I wish
our young people would strive for.
That is a love of good music. Every
where one goes one hears men,
women and children singing at their
work, singing on their walks, sing
ing in their schools, singing on the
streets, and the point to be remem
bered is that it is always good, even
classic music. I remember my sur
prise one day on hearing a black
smith singing one of Verdi’s operas,
while working away upon the horse’s
hoof.
Then our European neighbors,
young and old, love Nature; they
revel in fine views. Through the
woods one finds well-cared-for foot
paths and an occasional seat, so*
placed as to command a fine view.
People not uncommonly walk several
miles in an afternoon to get a view
of the surrounding country, not only
once but many times, and their ap
preciative comments upon the land
scape are always delightful. Our
neighbors across the water have
many deplorable customs, to be sure,
hut I am more and more convinced
that they are, as a class, finding more
pleasure in the simple things of life
than are we. I trust that our young
people are going to strive for the1
things that are worth while and find
joy in so doing.
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W1RTZ A HERNLEN, - Augusta, Ga.
~w- HAVE JUST returned from a va
I cation trip which included a
JL short stay at Atlantic City, one
of the great play places of America,
where the rich, the new-rich, the
well-to-do and
people of moder
ate income all en
joy the sea breeze,
the fine rest and
the wonderful 7
mile board walk
procession. There,
one sees every
type of American
and un-American,
MM. »T.rm nnd )8 ,mpre8ged
as perhaps in few other places
in this country, with the great
amount of money people devote to
Just having a good time. As Zona
(Jale, in a recent story puts It, “All
of ’em with enough money, all of
’em with more than enough to eat,
an' somebody to get it ready for ’em
and plan the meals ahead an’ even
do the buyln', an’ no fuss an' feet
achln’ work about it, an’ no gettin’
cross in the kitchen, an' that’s the
worst kind of cross. All of 'em with
enough to wear no scrimpin' the
household money for shoes, nor
puttin’ off new gloves till next
month; no wearln' what they’d got
when it turns out unbecomin’ and
you despise the sight of it. All of
(hem things Just naturally cleared
up and done with an’ life all easy an’
nice, an’ new furniture in the
house."
Preparation Tlint Spoils the Fun.
And yet, looking Into the faces
and noting the manner of those for
tunate rich, one frequently sees a
lack of real entertainment there. I
was interested in a handsome girl,
who appeared on tho beach in a
natty blue taffeta bathing suit, hat,
shoes, all, in exquisite taste. Only a
little observation, however, gave me
the Information that the carefully
gotten-up outfit was not made for
bathing, but for exhibition entirely.
Then I remembered what a German
friend said to me not long ago. "You
Americans do not know how to have
a good time." I began to review
the experiences of a recent as well as
an earlier trip abroad, and I be
lieve my friend waq right that when
wo Americans go in for pleasure we
invariably plan our pastimes upon
such an elaborate scale that we are
exhausted In the preparation and
have no spirit left for the enjoyment
of tho occasion when It comes.
Some Foreign Holidays.
ill imuiviiJK ui iiij iiR-esa^u iu uui
young people 1 have woudered If a
little review of some holiday occa
sion abroad would not be interest
ing. At various times I have had op
portunity to enjoy festival occasions
in Germany and Italy, and I have at
ways been impressed with the sim
plicity In the form of entertainment
as compared with like occasions in
our country. One of the most strik
ing differences is the ‘‘family gather
ings" one constantly meets. In Ger
many particularly the frequent
"FamlUe Abends,” (family evening)
are popular and so enjoyable. Then
the young and old Join In the ex
ceedingly simple entertainment of
songs, declamation^, solos, instru
mental selections, given without
elaborate preparation or stage set
tings, and with no attempt at elabor
ate costuming. The sweet family re
lation and neighborhood goodwill is
the impressive foaturo. This sort of
thing could be cultivated to advan
tage in this land, particularly in our
country neighborhoods. I fear that as
a rule, our young people are not as
fond of association with their elders
as their foreign cousins. Why is it?
Is it because of a supposed arro
gance of the “Young American” or
because their elders are not as com
panionable as their foreign neigh
bors? Whatever the cause, will not
our young readers try to plan more
of their festive occasions to include
the family, to see if we can not re
juvenate some of these fathers and
mothers who feel that “they have
had their day?”
Last summer I remained over a
few extra days to witness a “Feast
of Flowers,” a spring time festival
which consists of a parade through
one of the main thoroughfares of
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driven by their owners, who are more
or less fantastically garbed. A prize
Is awarded for the best driving and
(he most unique decoration. The
peasant people for miles about come
into the city to witness the display
which after all, is exceedingly simple
compared with like events in our own
country. I shall never forget the
tone of disappointment, when one of
our American friends asked, “Do you
think what we have seen is all there
is of It?” And yet there was in the
faces of the people of the great
throngs of people the expression of
kenest enjoyment. And again I
thought, “After all It is the spirit and
interest we take into the occasion
that gives us the pleasure.”
Cionnnn and Italian Festivals.
I have been able at various times
to enjoy celebrations of birthdays of
famous men and compare them with
like occasions In this country. I re
member with pleasure the celebra
tion of the German Emperor's birth
day, also the birthday of Prince Bis
marck, both of which were celebrat
ed with great ceremony, by the stu
dents of the University of Bonn.
Each event was begun with a torch
light procession of students in their
holidny attire, bright-colored caps,
velvet jackets of brilliant colors,
many-colored sashes and streamers,
white duck trousers and smart, high
top patent leather boots. With
music, songs, banners waving and
huge burning torches they made a
brilliant spectacle. Later the torches
were burned in the town square to
the delight of the small boys as well
as their elders. An evening of songs
toasts and speeches followed.
Easter week a few years ago I was
at Florence and enloved nianv of the
church festivals. An event which
brought together great throngs ot
people from all the country about
Florence, occurred upon Holy Satur
day. On this day a wonderfully con
structed car known as the “Sacred
Car,” Is the center of all Interest. A
huge black car, drawn by four white
oxen, garlanded with festoons of
flowers, Is stationed In front of the
great Cathedral. The car is con
nected with the altar of the church
by a wire by means of which the
sacred fire from the altar Is carried
' through a fuse, to the torpedoes
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