The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-31
THIS TOWN IS ABLOOM.
Do You Know That 800 Women
in Topeka
Are Making Flowers, and %
More Joined \ esterday2
A Thousand Women Are Wanted, and
Thousand Dollars Worth of Pa
per for Making the Flowers
Enthusiasm Everywhere.

a brand new idea was sprung at the
meeting of the general committee OF
the ladies of the Fall Festival flower
parade yesterday.
It was the idea of Mrs. W. H. Wilson.
In addition to the float of Flora, .
she said. Il think it would be a very
good idea to have another float with
two of the handsomest young ladies we
can get and have one represent Kansas
and the other Topeka. We can have
Kansas dressed in sunflowers and To
pelza in roses
This was just the idea the ladies' had
been looking for and they were enthus-
iastic.
But said Mrs. Wilson, 81 want you
to think it over for a week before you
act on it,
Mrs. WilIie who was in the chair in
place of Mrs. NIiIiken who could not be
present, said potato blossoms would be
lovely for Topeka's decorations since
the name meant Small Potatoes" but
since we have outgrown the name per-
haps roses would do just as well. The
matter will be acted on next week and
there will probably be few more COM
mittees appointed to take charge of it,
The railroad mems wives are not slow
to assist in a good thing and a COM
y
consisting of Mrs. ]. GalletIey, Mrs. w.
c. Sherman and Mrs. Bernard Tobias,
from the ladies' society of the Brother
hood of Locomotive F'iremen to offer
their services in making flowers for the
parade.
There are 81 of u.s. said Mrs. Gal
Ietley, land many of US already know
how to make flowers and the rest of US
are not too old to learn"
170 off yzr-ac n
This example should be followed by the
other societies of ladies who have not
yet offered to take part.
A motion was made by Mrs. Wood
that the treasurer Of the society, Mrs.
c. E. StOker, furnish bond in the sum
of say $500. The arrangement was en-
tirely satisfactory to Mrs. StOker but
the proposition was voted down.
That the ladies are thoroughly inter
ested and in earnest about their share
of the Fall Festival was Enthusiastically
demonstrated at the attempt of Mrs.
Stolker to lessen the number of meet
ings.
Mrs. Stoker said-It is so hot that I
move we don't have these meetings
quite 50 often and that when we ad-
jOurn today it be for two weeks.
Mrs. Todd am not in favor of that
for an instant We should lose inter
est if that were done.
Mrs. Wilmarth-I think we would too.
1t viii never do to meet less than once
a week.
MIS- 1OQQ-WG nave lOLS OF Work TO
do and no time to lose
The proposition to skip a week was
put and unanimously lost by a rising
vote.
The matter of storing flowers was
discussed and Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Raub
were made a committee to see the mer-
chants and ask for empty pastebOard
boxes in which to store flowers that are
made
The committee is furnishing the ma
terial to any ladies who desire to make
flowers for the Fall Festival flower pa
rade and a room on the third floor of
the court house is open on Monday
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons
of each week for the purpose of giving
out the material after 2:30 O'Clock
Mrs. Remley's free class of 20 girls |
will meet at the court house room at |
o'clock on Monday, Wednesday and |
Friday afternoon, beginning tomorrow.
Mrs. Karr of Auburndale is teaching |
a class of Is girls at her home in Au- |
burndale. Miss Diment is also teach |
ing. A good many others are teaching |
little neighbOrhOOd classes.