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THE CHINA MAIL.

World News In Pictures

Her Majesty the Snow Queen

The Great West Festival at Calgary

THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930.

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Miss Gwendolyn Allee Smallpelce, of Calgary, Queen of the Banff Carnival hell last month at the famous Rocky Mountain resort, has always been an outdoor girl. Her Majesty is proficient in ski-ing, snow-shoeing, tobogganning and skating and will also be able to show her skill in switaming since the hot springs at Banff form a unique attraction during the winter. It was her general all-around popularity which crowned her Queen of the Banff Carnival against strong com- petition from Winnipeg, Edmonto and Vancouver as well as Banff and Calgary,

Noted Golfer Lays Corner-Stone

Picturesque costumes, pretty girls,

clever dancers, marvelous ex-: hibitions of native handicraft will be among the offerings given to the public at the big folkdance, folksong and handicrafts festival scheduled to be held at the Palliser

Hotel, Calgary, March 19-22 next.source which has always been the adian Pacific Railway and the com- A score of nations whose people aliment of great art. This Calgarying one is also in co-operation with have come over to the Dominion festival is the third of similar ones the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, to swell the number of New Can-held at Winnipeg and Regina, and Alberta Branch. Lay-out shows: alans in the West will show the the first two proved so successful top picture, group of Polish dan treasures of art accumulated dur- and awakened such interest that cers; lower right, Irish Colleen in ing the centuries of their national Premier Brownlee of Alberta asked costume; lower left, Hungarian history and Canadian culture will for their repetition this spring. girl posed against platter of Hun bo given an impetus from the They are organized by the Can-garian make.

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Before a distinguished gathering Smith who donated the land for of golfers, George 8. Lyon,this fine course! George S. Lyon, |chairman of the advisory commit- dean of Canadian players of the tee of the Royal York Golf Club; Royal and Ancient, declared the and Superintendent Grout, repres cormaratons of the clubhouse of senting the Canadian Facific Balle the Royal York Golf Cowes "wall way which is erecting the club- and truly laid" recently. The pal- house, of which the architect's zoD- #tial, $175,000 structure will com, ception is also shown la abova ple- mand an unsurpassed view of what ture. It will have 85 bedrooms as Mr. Lyon says “will be one of the well as the usual conveniences and sportiest courses in the Dominion", will be completed in time for the Left to right are shown: K. Hemel official opening next May.

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Wat the taillier Hot Calgary, Catarala pens and indoor press the Canadian Handi 17hen the third of the Great West Festivals opens and throughout the province of Alberta by the next, a score of nations will contribute to the success crafts Guild. Some idea of their beauty may bagather- of the affair in folksongs, folkdances and handicrafted by the above lay-out which shows Rumanian spin- work of which a special exhibition will be held by ner at work on a dress similar to the one, beautifully the Alberta Branch of the Canadian Handicrafts embroidered, she is wearing; Swedish weavers alvo Guild. At the previous two festivals in Winnipeg attired in native costume; and some examples of and Regina some astonishingly beautiful work was wood sculptura, among them a couple of the shown and Interest will be silmulated at Calgary | Mounties with peasant types of strong personality.

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brilligt spectacles of the soldiers and finally, the buglen: Hundreds of sound the Cesss Fire. All Quebec. rta turns out to see the sight, which Attracts visitors from all estern Chanda and the United States. - Picture shows oss section of the

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Prizes aggregating $4,250 were among the trophies competed for in the International Dog Blad Derby beld at Quebec City, on February 20 and 21. Tess entering covered a pourse of about 40 miles each day making a total of around 121 miles in all. This is the high light in the Quebec Winter SportE: WERDON beginning late in. December and continuing until March. The erant terminates with the Dog Derby Mas querade Ball at the Chateau Frontenac which hostelry is headquarters of the sports son. All the most prominent dog muskers of the continent figure or havo Agured at one time or another in the Derby and itle generally regarded as the biggest thing of its kind in America, Brice 1834 when the contest had its have been consistently cut down. In that year the care was completed in 16 hors: 85 minutes, but Second Lay-out shows. Chateau, Frentenso; upper inset, Emil St/Goddard, three times winner of the

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inception, times spazza Fonard Beppsia hero of the dash to Només tard. It' f' 117: hours,) hin, minute as

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