. The land of the Dons. Cro face p. ]6fi,i iFrom a photogrcipli liy CowpaTnj, Madrid.)THE MANTON DEMANILA. THE NATIONAL FIESTAS. 167 The street or roadway is bordered with booths,whose oil illumination casts a fitful and fantasticglare upon the company. Frequently there is aconciLvso de mantones, or prize competition of Manilashawls; and maybe an additional prize for thebest peinado, or head of hair. Each barrio, or districtof the capital, celebrates its own verbena. Thenumber of these festivals, therefore, is tending toincrease, but their traditional characteristics are suc-cumbing rapidly ;

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. The land of the Dons. Cro face p. ]6fi,i iFrom a photogrcipli liy CowpaTnj, Madrid.)THE MANTON DEMANILA. THE NATIONAL FIESTAS. 167 The street or roadway is bordered with booths,whose oil illumination casts a fitful and fantasticglare upon the company. Frequently there is aconciLvso de mantones, or prize competition of Manilashawls; and maybe an additional prize for thebest peinado, or head of hair. Each barrio, or districtof the capital, celebrates its own verbena. Thenumber of these festivals, therefore, is tending toincrease, but their traditional characteristics are suc-cumbing rapidly ; and the time is fast approachingwhen the mantoncs de Manila, just as the silks andsatins of the manolas, will be merely a recuerdo. All Saints or Hallowmas, the shortst of day (November ist), and the Day of the Dead (Dia delos Difuntos, November 2nd), are undisputably thetwo most dismal anniversaries in the Spanish calen-dar. They are set apart for visiting the grave-yards, saying masses for the dear departed, andlaying

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