OUTDOOR LIFE AND THE FINE ARTS 

 Nothing could well exceed the charm of these 

 "games." The loveliness of the young women them- 

 selves, hundreds in number the beauty, brilliancy 

 and fitness of the costumes the sweetness of the 

 music the grace and dignity of the interpretative 

 dancing and pageantry, combine with the sylvan 

 beauty of the scene to make up an experience rare 

 indeed. All of the special artistic aptitudes and 

 opportunities of California life seem here to reach 

 their finest expression. 



The Bohemians have created a genre by the ex- 

 clusive participation of men, such as could hardly 

 have come about if women had been concerned. 

 The University has created a genre exclusively for 

 women. For the perfect result these two phases of 

 the poetic drama must sooner or later be united in 

 a symmetrical form to which men and women will 

 contribute equally, and in which all the arts will be 

 blended and combined into a rounded whole. Mean- 

 time these two great organizations are preparing the 

 way, by working each in its own province and train- 

 ing an ever increasing number of devoted neophytes. 

 The augury for the future is bright indeed, and it 

 must not be forgotten that this flower of artistic 

 promise, and already indeed of artistic achieve- 

 ment, springs and necessarily draws its nourish- 

 ment from the countless celebrations which have a 

 kindred purpose, even when they are crude and 

 misdirected. Ignore the poorer manifestations and 

 you lose the clue to the significance and true great- 

 ness of the most successful ones. They are all gen- 

 uine social expressions. 



Note. Strangers who wish to obtain further information 

 may do so by applying to the California Celebrations Com- 

 mittee, 590 Pacific Electric Building, Los Angeles. Following 

 is a partial list of celebrations endorsed by this committee: 



JANUARY 



Tournament of Roses .^Pasadena, Jan. 1. 



Mission Play San Gabriel, entire month 



Polo Games ..Coronado, 1st week in month 



Opening of a series of fiestas 



and celebrations to be given 



by the City of Los Angeles 



and covering every month, 



1915 Los Angeles 



FEBRUARY 



Citrus Fair -Cloverdale, date unset 



Orange Show San Bernardino, Feb. 17-24 



MARCH 



Mission Play San Gabriel, entire month, 



cont. throughout year 



Annual Blossom Festival Saratoga, March 17-29 



California Orange Day Entire State, March 21 



State Poppy Day San Diego, March 30 



State Poppy Day San Francisco, March 30 



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