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PAGE T'WELVE THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928 FASCISTI ORGANIZE BIG VENETIAN FETE Mediaeval Folklore Pageant Draws Huge Audience, i Including Foreigners Venice, Aug. 27.--A vivid idea of what is being accomulishéd by the Fascist community centre or- tion known as the "Depolavo- ro." in its nationalistic effort to "pe-Itallanize Italy," was given Sat. urday through the colossal open- air folklore and folk cos. tume pageant which was stag- ed by that organization in the picturesque St. Mark's Square. The unique program was participated in by hundreds of peasants brought here from the va. rious centres of Italy, and gave an excellent cross section view of what Italy must have been like during the romantic days of the mediaeval era. It was witnessed by thousands of foreigners spending their holidays on the famous Lido Beach. It was extremely interesting, not omly as a pure spectacle, staged in a sort of other-worldly atmosphere which still permeates Vénice, but also as demonstrating the Fascist deter ' mination to preserve the distinctive traditional characteristies of the various sections of the country against the insidious though insis- tent flood of "'standardiing and lev- elling modernisms," which, it is feared may rid Italy of its centur- fes old traditions, without supplauw- ing them with anything equally desirable, Italy can and must remain Ital- fan. All effors o copy or absorb superficial ideas and customs of the jazz-age, imported from abroad, are "squalid and absurd," This is the fundamental slogan impelling the leaders of the organization which decided to preesnt this colos- gal spectacle, demonstrating the quaintness, the galety and the un- self-conscious spontaniety which characterized the Italian peninsula during the Middle Ages, when there was nothing to copy from other countries, Months of Preparation The preparations for such a spectacle had heen in progress for many months, Students of folklore had spent months delving into the archives and popular histories of the Venetian Republic, the Floren- tine Republic, into medieval cus- toms of Siena, Genoa, Milan, and the Dalmatian coast--indepd throughout Italy, Thousands 'of lire were spent in copying the peasapt costumes that were worn . in the old days before bobbed hair or +he Charleston were ever thought of, Old musical instru- ments that served to stir the danc- ing blood of the hardy peasants who had no need of the exotic saxo- phone, were found in the museums and copies were painstakingly made for the occasion, One of the members most ap- plauded by the 25,000 spectators was a piece of mediaeval music played by an orchestra composed chiefly of rustic reed pipes made by hand, There were so many par- ticipants in the colorful pageant that the program lasted from 9 o'clock until well after one in the morning, and successive numbers were so varied that the huge square facing the Bysantine Cathe- dral of St. Mark remained packed with applauding spectators until the very end, A more appropriate spot for such a pageant could not have been found, for St, Mark's Square is one of the few places in Italy that has preserved its mediaeval characteristics almost intact, Ex- cept for electric lights and the ul- tra-modern clothes worn by the It- alian and the foreign sojourners here, one could easily imagine him-» sef transported back across time for several centuries, so stringent was the verisimilitude of the me- @ireval atmosphere. No trolley cars with clanging bells to jar one's merves, no automobiles incessant- Iy tooting their horns, Mediaeval traditions for one evening helé complete sway. Ancient ys. Modern, But once the program Was Over modernity made its counter-attack, The Italians who had come from all over the country to witness t picturesque pageant the next da | took their cars and sped back wit ! modern velocity to their radios a American refrigerators. Titled I { atsn and foreign visitors scoo . back to the Lido im powerful | tor-boats, and by the next day t , great erowds of cosmopolitan fre- { quenters of Excelsior Beach wefe ! back at their syncopatiag jazz al * mitra-modern cocktails. The romantic days of medizeyal . distinctiveness may still be tho _of with a sigh of nostalgia, butjit ; will require more than one - eant--picturesque snd entertaining | as it certainly was--+to recall them . in workaday application. However, | in presenting 8 mirror of what life H ; and « were, but at least to plant the stim- ; ulus among the Italians of the Fas- | gist era, to develop modern coun- | terparts in such a2 way as to pre- | serve ditsinctiveness rather than : merely a copy of what is being de- QUESTION NODE OF FANCETT'S DEATH Ethnologists Doubt Story of Murder of Explorer by Indians Rio De Janeiro, Aug. 28.--Promin- ent ethnologists and explorers here discredit the report of Commander George H, Dyott, who set out at the beginning of the year to solve the mysterious disappearance of the Eng- lish explorer, Colonel P. H. Fawcett, that Fawcett's expedition perished at the hands of hostile Indians. According to reports published abroad from Dyott, who is now in the Brazilian Jungles, Indians told him that they would be able to show the spot where the British explorer's remains rest, but that other tribes prevented - their making the trip to the place. The noted French ethnographer, Professor Paul Rivert, declared that there is only one hostile tribe of In- dians in Brazil, and that Fawcett did not go anywhere near their territory. He declared that if Fawcett 1s now dead in the jungles, that it 1s from the result of some disease and mot murder. W "_ Alfonso Banderia de Mello Layer, former technical advisor to th Brazilian delegation to the Lea- gue of Nations, who was the last person Fawcett consulted before starting on his expedition, agrees with Professor Rivet in his disbelief of the story told to Dyott by the Indians, Well Organized Layer declared that the Fawcett ex- pedition was too well organized and the Englishman too well acquainted with the territory and the people with whom he was dealing, to allow his expedition to {all into evil hands, "In consulting me before leaving, Fawcett declared that he would re- main in isolation for three years and all of the circumstances induce me to believe that Dyott's version of his death is destitute of foundation, Layer declared, ; Louis D, Leduc, former chief of police of the Province of Mattogrosso who was the last white man who saw Fawcett, also emphasized the fact that Fawcett had told him that he expected to remain several years in the wilderness, Colonel Fawcett set out about four years ago to find a lost civilization, which he believed located some= where between the Xingu and Trapa- joa rivers in Brazil. Since May 1925, when he sent back his last message to civilization, the jungles have com-= pletely swallowed him up, and noth= ing has been heard of him since, ex- cept the. recent reports from Dyott stating that an Indian had declared that Fawcett had been murdered, HARBOR BOARD I$ GIVEN PROPERTY Halifax Commission Now in Control of Land and Works Halifax, Aug. 28.--Property of the Federal Government to the extent of $15,000,000 has been transferred to the Halifax Harbor Commission, ac- cording to notification received here, The transfer is effective from Sept, 1, All piers and other facilities at the south terminals, piers and other property at Deepwater, Pier No, 9 and cattle sheds at Richmond, and the grain elevator at the south term= inals, are included in the transier, which thus places the Halifax Har- bor Commission in full control of all water-front facilities heretofore own- ed by the Federal Government, The grain elevator, which up to the present was the property of the Department of Trade and Commerce, has been accepted under lease, while the Canadian National Railways will continue to maintain and operate all trackage facilities serving the com- mission's newly transferred property, er -------------- SHOULD LET THEM KNOW (From the Brantford Expositor) Not long ago a couple of young American tourists were caught on the Hamilton highway by a motor traffic officer drinking liquor. It seems they had purchased a bottle from the government dispensary at Hamilton, and while enroute to their home in the States they stopped to taste of its contents. When brought before the magistrate they pleaded ignorance of the law, but as that is neyer accepted as an excuse, they were fined $200.00. Until they could raise the money they were confined in' jail. J The Expositor pointed out at the time that, while this was the law, and it is exceedingly important that drinking on the public highway should not be tolerated under any circumstances, it did not seem fair that American tourists should be s0 heavily penalized, if no effort had been made to inform them of the law when they arrived in this coun- In his connection id Henry on all liquor permits a re- r that liquor canmot be con- sumed in motor cars, or on the pub- lic highways. The government, however, _ should go farther than this. As the tourist reaches our country he should be given a card containing full parti- culars in regard to highway regu- lations, the purchase and consump- tion of liquor and in reference to other matters with which he a a a | may take. ES), Mah hould be familiar while he is a guest of this province. It is hard- ship to punish a wisitor for trauns- gressing a law in regard to which be has not been informed, a difi- culty which would be completely ov- ercome by the introduction of some such plan as this, To the first 25 customers entering' Our Store at 10 o'clock Friday morning we will give abselutely free $25.00 worth of Men's Wear, Each Customer will receive a slip entitling them to One Dollars' worth of Merchandise absolutely free and without any fur. ther obligation to make any other Purchase, (This of- fer good only at "Sibery's", 27 King St, E., Oshawa) Try this, it's worth while Notice - AT Wear " : H 1 chat. -- HR % - A Se 27 King St. E. 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Ey ----------_-- $2.00 Sweat Shirts, $1 Fancy Sport Patterns Plain White or Plain Grey with Trimming, All $1 sizes CI RAN SO ll rl AAA} $1.50 Umbrellas, $1 Steel Mounted Hook Handle and Frame with Service- able Cottoon and Lustre covering. Large size CRE I 3 SIBERRY'S We Buy for Cash We Sell for Cash $1 Oshawa MERCHANTS! Annual BARGAIN counter soiled and others substandards but a stitch or so will make them 0.K. Be early for these, Sizes emt te Men Sn FRIDAY and SATURDAY yma tise ee £5 % \ With every $5.00 Purchase of Men's Wear at "Sib- erry"s" we will give every (out of town) motorist, ab- solutely Free, 1 Gallon of Gasoline, That means when you spend $5.00 you get 1 Gallon free, With an extra Gallon for every further $5.00 purchase, Get ydur tank filled free by "Siber. ry's", 27 King St, E., Osh- awa, Try this: it's worth while IN ORDER THAT EVERY ONE MAY GET AN EQUAL CHANCE TO SHARE IN THIS BARGAIN FEAST THIS SALE WILL NOT START UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK, FRIDAY MORNING. 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