The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
FOR THE QUEEN.
Names of Fair Topeka Girls
Being Voted On
For "Queen" of the Floral Fes-
tiVal.
INTEREST is GREATER
Some New Candidates AnnOunc.
ed For Today.
A Painting of the Float By
Geo. M. Stone.

The voting for the Queen of the
Floral Festival is proceeding today
with considerable alacrity.
1t is now apparent that the number
of candidates will be large and will
daily increase.
A number Of young men, members
of the Church of the Assumption, are
discussing the advisability of bringing
out as a candidate one of the prettiest
girls in the city who is member of
their church.
The friends of the candidates are
rallying in large mum berS. One of the
most active among the young society
men who IS working for the success Of
this feature of the Fail Festival is the
gallant and popular Jack Frey, son
OF the general manager of the Santa
Fe railroad He is giving the Ladies
Committee, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. DoOlittIe,
and Mrs. Eagle valuable assistance.
other young men of the society world
are also Offering their aid, and it is to
be hoped that too much of the work
and burden of the contest will not be
allowed to fall on the ladies in charge.
The voting is growing in volume today.
and the polling booth will hereafter be
open in the morning from 10 to II and
in the afternoon from to 9. The poll
ing booth is at George StanSfield'S drug
store, 632 Kansas avenue.
There has been some talk of opening
another booth at Charles S Eagles
popular cigar store. Mr.. Eagle is will
ing that one be established there if
some young man can be secured to
take charge of it. This is a, chance for
some of the young men about town
VINO are taking vacations to volunteer
Mr. Geo. NJ Stone, the artist is
painting a large picture of the float to
be occupied by the Queen of the Fes-
t1VaI' which will be hung in the poll
ing place at Mr.. StansheId's on Mon
day Doubtless hundreds of people
will want to see it, and it will be there
for inspection.
No more capable artist than Mr..
Stone could be found. After many
years study in Paris, he has irnbibed
all the European ideas of effect and
model OF a royal barge for the Queen of
the tlora1 Festival could have been OBJ
tanned from Paris itself
Some Topeka carriage firm will he
called on to build the barge and it is
hoped it will volunteer to make it as
Inexpensive to the promoters of the
affair as possible for the sake of the
Festival It will be great advertise
ment for the firm that builds it.
One embellishment of the Queens
barge feature is the proposition to have
II or Is young men mounted on white
horses and clad in white, armed with
trumpetS. There are several good
trumpeters in town who can doubtless
be persuaded to help out on this fea-
ture.
The cavalcade in white is to ride at
the front and back of the queens
barge and herald its approach 1t is
expected that the barge will be in the
exact center of the procession separated
by considerable space from the other
vehicles and floats. To get a truly
royal effect it is suggested that it might
be preceded by a number of footmen
carrying Silken banners draped with
garlands. Behind them should come
the trumpCeES on horseback then the
queens barge, followed by more horse
men and last of all more floral banners.
A scene like this will be worthy a
painters brush, and doubtless will be
reproduced in eastern pictorial papers.
The costumes of the horsemen need
not be very expensive says the prOpOSer
of the feature and at the same time can
be very pretty. White duck trousers
black top boots (aIthOugh white top
boots would be better,) clOaks Of some
heavy white material bOrdered with
swans down gray crush hats with white
ostrich plume would make taking cos
tune. This matter of detail will be set
tied later.
The voting at the polling booth this
morning was quite lively. The names
of several more young ladies were ad-
ded to the list. Two names were ad-
ded with few votes merely as start
ers"
The young ladies whose names are
presented to enter the contest do so
entirely for the purpose of helping out
the fund for the floral queen feature,
the object being to raise the necessary
money to pay for the float which it was
found difficult to get in any other way.
The ballot box was opened at noon
and the votes counted. The result was
as follows:
Miss Edna McCIintock 2O5
Miss Edna Morehouse .. "a |
Miss Josephine Dietrich.. - Al
Miss Libbie Hazlett ........... SO
Miss Edna Crane ...... 5
Miss Edna Best ........... 2
No votes will be received by the La
dies Committee that are not accom-
panied by the money. The consent of |
the parents of each contestant must be |
secured before name will be accepted
This rule will be rigidIy enforced. .Anyreer-
ulatiOn or rule which the Ladies Com |
mittee deem necessary will be made by |
them and there will be no appeal from
their decision. All who take part in the
contest should bear this in mind.