JAPANESE FAIR.
The month ol November i» the royal month in Japan. Then the chrysanthemum is best in bloom; it is the Imperial crest. There are people of less degree than the Kmperor who also can boast this flower as their family device, but not the chrysanthemum of sixteen petals. Others may have more or less as they like, but to use the sixteen-petalled chrysanthemum as a badge is the exclusive prerogative of royalty. Regal as the chrysanthemum is, both in appearance and as an emblem, it is yet held only second in general esteem. The cherry blossom easily surpasses any other flower in popular favour in Japan. But both these flowers will be used in the decorations of the national fair of the "flowery land ' promoted by the Phillipstown parish to be opened by the Mayor in the Art Gal ery on Thursday, 24th, at 2.30 p.m. Besides the floral decorations there will be the national costume worn by the stallholders, the sunshades, the fans, and 'interns. Songs and action by Miss Bowen's Chrißtchurch Merrymakers will further enhance the fair. At the stalls all sorts of goods, useful and ornamental, will be for sale, sweets, and tea and cakee. There will be competitions and ehowi »nd other attractions at the fair.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19162, 19 November 1927, Page 17
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212JAPANESE FAIR. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19162, 19 November 1927, Page 17
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