The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-17
IS FL0RA'S FESTIVAL.
This Is the Name Given the
Floral Parade,
BY the Ladies In Charge at
Their Meeting.
Progress Of the Women in Their Chos-
en- Work Bids Fair to Put the
Men to Shame in Fall Festival
Activity.

If there was a person in Topeka who
thought the women were not going to
make the fall festival flower parade a
big success he should have been at
their committee meeting yesterday
afternoon and seen the enthusiasm
The meeting was held at the Repub-
lican FIambeau club rooms at 625 Kan
sas avenue and perhaps 100 ladies were
present
The suggestion of Mrs. wilkie. made
last week, that the name of the day and
the parade be made ''FIora's Festival
was accepted and the name adopted.
The matter of making the paper flow
ers under instruction of Miss Russell of
Valley Falls was taken up.
Mrs S NJ. Wood-An of the ladies
who wish to take these lessons will
meet at Lincoln Post hall Friday and
Saturday afternoons of this week. Miss
Russell will be there.
Mrs w. H Wilson, desire to report
that have had printed for the car
ride Saturday evening 500 tickets. They
will not cost Us anything.
Mrs. Hunter move that q vote of
thanks be rendered the company that
did the printing for its generosity.
This carried unanimously.
Mrs Wilson-If you will wait I will
explain. The matter of these tickets
was a pure business proposition. If
you will turn the tickets over you will
see who paid for them.
The ladies turned the tickets over
and read. Aaron JetmOTe, candidate
for county attorney
There were a very few moments of
embarrassed silence and the vote of
thanks was transferred to Mr.. JetmOre.
with the pledged support of the entire
flower committee.
The ladies of the Locomotive En-
gineers' auXiliary are among the very
S7rst TO respond to the calls for help
from ladies societies.
Mrs. W W. Frisbie-At the last meet
ing of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the 3.
81 l. r q committee consisting of my
SELF, Mrs J. n. Snyder and Mrs 7. J.
kelley was appointed to offer to you
any service we could do the flower
parade. We have our own carriages
and viii furnish our own decorations.
This offer was accepted with thanks.
Mrs. NJ. r. Mitchell-We ladies of the
North sSideh ave decided that this is too
far to come to meetings and to work on
flowers, and I have been instructed to
ask If it would be Objectionable to this
committee if we formed a sub commit
tee of our own and do our work on our
own side of the river. We have already
called a meeting at my home a 931
Van -BUEen street for Friday evening.
This suggestion was thought a good
one and the ladies of the North side
viii organize the subcommittee they
asked for.
Miss Ella Banks-I am here to say for
the members of the Equestrian club
AAA1-1 II VIII bGs WITH you 10 AlGlR make
the flower parade a success.
Mrs Galbreath-We must not forget
that we must have a room for Perma-
nent headquarters, where we can meet
and have plenty of chairs that we do
not have to pay for, and wheFe we
can make and keep the flowers we
make. We ought to have a committee
to look after that.
Mrs. Nilnken-F'urther than that, we
must have a purchasing committee to
buy the necessary materials for making
flowers, and think it ought to be com
posed Of ladies who understand the art
az getting good things at a small price.
On suggestion of Mrs. S. NJ. Wood
she appointment Of the purchasing COM
lalttse was deferred = week.