The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-06
MAKING A PROGRAM NE.
Committee of Fifteen Meets To-
night to Map Out
Festival Week For the Different
Performances.
Every Day Has a Parade and Some
of Them Have Two-Many11Smaller
Entertainments.

Tomorrow a general idea with some OF
the details regarding the programme
of Fall Festival and Reunion week be
ginning Monday, September q, will be
given to the public.
At the meeting of the Committee of
Fifteen tonight the general outline Of
the programme will be agreed on. 1t has
been made the special order of bust
ness even to the exclusion of all other
business if necessary.
Monday will be Labor day. There
will be a big trades parade in the fore
noon on Kansas avenue, and during the
afternoon the exercises at the fair
grounds will be numerous and varied
There viii be the usual speeches with
a band concert and sports
1t will be governors day for the old
soldiers and they will have a meeting
in the evening addressed by all the ex-
governors of Kansas and the present
governor, Mr.. Morrill,.
At 4 o'clock of that day the business
meeting of the fremen of Kansas, who
will be here for the tournament which
continues during the first half of the
week, will be held.
The hremen viii also have a reunion
and general good time in the evening
which will be so arranged that it will
not interfere with the old soldiers.
On Tuesday morning the firemen Will
have their parade and their tournament
proper viii begin. 1t viii last until
Wednesday evening. On Wednesday
will be the big Flower Parade in the
afternoon and Kansas avenue will be
made a mass of flowers as near as pos
sible with moving flower beds its full
length. This is the day that Mr.,
Bryan should be here also. In the
evening of Wednesday the feature will
be the illuminated bicycle parade,
hi J, he
Thursday will be the big day if
one day can be bigger than another
during the week. On that day it is ex-
pected that Major Mckinley, Republi-
can candidate for the presidency, will
meet his old soldier friends and speak
to them. The soldiers will parade in
the morning. His running mate, Mr.
Hobart, will be here also, but on what
day has not been determined.
This will be G. A. R. day.
In the evening the Illuminated night
pageant will occur in which the fam
Gus story of Don Quixote's contests
with dragons, windmiIls etc, will be
presented in gorgeous style with col
Ored lights and tinseled floats. I'm
mediately following it will be at least
thirty individual floats of business men
and lodges.
The day time of Friday has not vet
been arranged for but Friday night
will be carnival night when broad
smooth Kansas avenue will be swept
for its entire length and beneath many
colored lights thousands of people in
fancy costume will amuse themselves
and bands and Orchestras will be sta
toned every half block
Saturday has not yet been listed at
all in detail. Secretary DOran of the
committee suggests that Mr. Bryan,
the Democratic nominee for the presi-
dency, be dated for that day Mr.
Bryan has said he would come any
day. This will not meet with the an
probation of the admirers of Mr.. BRYAN
at all. Saturday is the day after the
fair" Friday ends the Festival and
Saturday the people will be going
home. AS a large section of visitors
will probably be Bryan followers it
will be bad manners and arouse much
anger to shove Mr.. Bryan off until
Saturday.
OF course the entire week at the fair
grounds viii be devoted to the old sol
diers who will have their tents and
camp there and viii have a programme
of their own.
Besides all of this there are dozens
of minor parades and attractions that
viii have to be given a place in the
week and these will be discussed to-
night.
Among them is the band tournament