The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-15

L. k- Holiday, Esq, PRESIDENT Il. e.
VIII accept invitation. Awaiting
further Information from you.
EDNA WHITNEY.
The foregoing telegram was received
today at noon by President Charles K.
Holiday, of the Karnival knights. 1t
bears the desired answer to the unani-
nous invitation telegraphed to Miss
Whitney at Chillicothe, Mo-. to become
queen in the court of Lorena on Car
nivaI night of the Fall Festival.
The reception and demonstration
which will be rendered Miss Whitney
Will be something a, little more elabor-
ate than anything yet attempted. Miss
Whitney will be asked to act as 'Lor-
ena-" queen of the Carnival.
Chas- K. Holiday today sent te1e-
gram to Miss Whitney stating that full
information as to the arrangements
would be sent her at the earliest oppor-
tunity.
The acceptance of the invitation
caused much good feeling among the
karniva1 Knights. Chas. K. Holiday
said: Now we have the best feature
on earth; We viii simply show the
young lady the gayest time Imaginable
She will be queen of the Carnival and
We viii give her an immense demon
Stratiou-"
John F. McManus said: 1T will be
the most popular feature of the Carni-
Win Haskell, who arrived in the city
today to take hold of the Carnival ar
rangements, was delighted to hear the
news He said: Say, isn't that right?
Why, I've been dead anxious to have
something spring up to make a leader
on MISS whitney will have to be our
Carnival queen"
The turning down of Miss whitney at
Kansas City by the society set who OBJ
1ected to her because she was engaged
in an occupation as a livelihood has
caused no end of comment in Kansas
City and Topeka. 1t was on this prO-
position that the Karnival knights ex-
tended the invitation to Miss Whitney
since then the Kansas City Karnival
krewe rescinded the order and apollo
glzed at length, but Miss Whitney with
Grew her name from the contest and
accepted the Topeka invitation.
Gov j. w Leedy has taken a lively
interest IN the affair at Kansas City in
which Miss Whitney was refused as
maid of honor. to Queen Carnation to
represent Chillicothe, and he is fndig-
nant that the refusal should have been
made because she was engaged in
earning for herself a livelihood Sneak
ing of il he said:
My experience has been that young
ladies VINO make their own way in the
world are just as good as ANYBODY else
and generally better It was shame
that Miss Whitney should be humiIiat-
ed because of the fact that she was
earning her livelihood. 1 am glad to
see that she has been recognized in
this manner by Kansas people / hope
she will come. 1 will take more pleas
ure in joining with others in doing her
hblIeA IMAM WOu1Q were IL the queen
OF England or any other member OF the
so-called nobility.
Let's see continued the governor
+'they call themselves the society 400
down at Kansas City. Don't you think
they have started a it a little bit too
early? They ought to a least have
waited until they We're genera ton or
two removed from the pigpens. They
should remember that in many instan-
ces their fathers got their start in life
working in a stable or corral
The father of this young man Halli-
we'll was once an ordinary plasterer
down at St Louis, and when he got so
ne could throw mud pretty well, he
went into the cement business. Halli-
We'll seems to have forgotten the debt
he owes TO labor. l am glad to hear
that Miss Whitney has accepted the in
vtation / guess had not better score
Missouri any more, but am truly glad
here
David Overmyer was told of the news.
With one of his significant mods of the
head, he said emphatically:
You must know what my ideas in q
general way are on such matters. That
young woman of merit should be re-
jected simply because she was obliged
TO work for a living. is astounding to
me. 1t is a degree of snobbishness, ig-
nOrance and low vulgarity which no
mortal tongue can describe. am more
than ever surprised that such an exhi-
bition of narrow nlindedness should
come from Missouri, a western state,
which has always been noted for its
love of justice and fair play.
Il have seen the picture of Miss
Whitney and of Mr.. Halliwell in the
Kansas City papers, and if they correct
" portray the parties, I believe Miss
Whitney is of much gentler blood. Her
forehead, her rich flowing locks, her re-
pose and self poise, in fact, the entire
expression of her countenance indi-
Gates to me that she is a young wo-
man of refinement =
KARNIVAL KREWE'S APOLOGY.
Yesterday the Kansas City karnival
Krewe which has charge of the flower
parade issued the following statement:
ITO the Public. Whereas, the Kan
sas CITY Karnival krewe has been
placed in q false light in regard to the
election of maid of honor from Chilli
cothe, Mo-, for the Flower parade and,