BATTLE OF FLOWERS. A Pretty Sight on the Boulevards of Nice.
The prettiest and most graceful feature of the week's carnival owes its origin entirely to Nice, says a letter from thnt place, or more exactly to M. Saetone, the general secretary of the committee. Jt was hiaidca, which has now been copied in many other towns, and it is doubtless this that has raisod the carnival of Nice so immeasurably above that of Rome and Buenos Ayres in respectability, if in nothing else. It was in 1872 that the Nice festivities at Mi-(Jareme began to assume an importance and an interest beyond that of the lower classes, and since the introduction of the Battle of Flowers this charming function has achioved a unique reputation throughout the world. There is no prettier sight to be seen — ladies bedecked in flowers driving along in carriages, of which not a square inch is to be seen for their floral decorations, gallantly fighting with bouquets, small and large, and only yielding to superior force when the numbers of the missiles overpower them or satisfy their greed. The largest sum of all is spent hero. Some of the carriages are absolutely covered with violets and roses, wheels and all, so that only the general outline of the conveyance is visible. Six thousand francs has before now been spent on a single decoration, while one thousand francs is an ordinary price. As about 450 carriages take part in the fray, and each one throws from the large boxes they carry about 150 francs worth of flowers, we have a total (including the expenses of pedestrians and occupants of windows and balconies) ot 500,000 francs in this one item alone.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 374, 5 June 1889, Page 3
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358BATTLE OF FLOWERS. A Pretty Sight on the Boulevards of Nice. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 374, 5 June 1889, Page 3
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