The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-06
SHOULD BE FULLY 800.
Carriages in the Floral Day
Festival Procession.
100000 People Coming to See
1t, and Topeka People
Owe it as a Duty to Our Visitors to
Make the Spectacle One of
Unexampled Splendor

The largest crowd of Fall Festival
week will probably be here on Santa Fe
day. II is estimated that from $4,000
to 100 600 people will be in Topeka on
that date. BY far the majority of this
number will remain in Topeka at least
until Thursday night in order to view
the floral parade on Thursday after
noon The fame of Topeka's floral pa
rade last year has gone abroad over the
state, and the immense Groves coming
to Topeka will expect to See mower
display of extraordinary beauty. The
ladies of Topeka must see that they are
not disappointed.
Ali arrang@ @ments for the queens por-
ton of the parade have been completed
and that feature promises to Sutpa IS
that of the Los Angeles FieS:a, from
which it was patterned. The court car
riageS and horses have been engaged.
beautiful costumes for the members OF
the Queens court, her guards and at
tendants are now being mac and a
handsome float for the use of the Flower
Queen and her flower girls is in the
course of construction. The remainder
of the parade depends ON the efforts of
private individuals.
Three weeks from today the Fall Fes-
tiVal opens, and the work of flower
making for the decoration of carriages
must be taken up at once, if it has not
been already, if the turnOuts are to be
entered in the floral parade. There
Iorst h. nc f7'rther delay. ard the pride
OF making the Topeka floral parade the
tax Ia entire country sheuid prompt
every lady owning carriage to enter
in that feature of Festival week. Last
year there were over 100 carria ges in
the parade This year there should be
at least 800
The narshals and aides of the differ
ent divisions will this week be ex-
pected to thoroughly canvass the city
by Chief Marshal Robinson, and on
Thursday evening a meeting will be
held and progress reported Splend
first and second prizes have been Sc
cured for the d fferent classes OF en-
tries in the parade,a and these will be an
nounced this week.
Dr. W. S. Lindsay, marshal in charge
of the double carriage division, has re-
ceived but few written replies to the in
Vitations sent out by him some time
ago asking owners of double carriages
to enter them in the parade, but not
withsta ndiug this fact many who re-
ceived invita- atiOns are arranging to en-
ter the parade. This lea DIS DIR. Lindsay
to believe that the majority of the peO-
pie who are planning to go into the
parade are saying nothing about it. DR..
Lindsay said:
While we have received but few re-
plies to the invitations sent out. yet
know personally that there will be
large number Of double carriagas enter
ed in the parade. 1t seems that the
ladies who are planning to so into the
parade prefer to keep the matter quiet,
possibly because they fear something
may turn up at the last moment to
to spring a surprise on their fri ends. I
have heard of ladies making flowers
during the summer, and I haven't the
least doubt in the world that the pa
rade this year will be larger than the
parade last year. Possibly some of the
ladies have been holding back because
there was nothing said up to a short
time ago about prizes, but now that
this matter has been settled think the
work will go ahead with a rush.
In reference to the bicycle portion of
the floral parade, Mr.. H. L. Rob nson,
the chief marshal, says that it will be
one of the best features of the parade.
He said:
The hundreds of cyclists in Topeka
are taking hold of this matter an1 the
bicycle portion of the floral parade
promises to be the largest bicycle pa
rade ever seen in Topeka The ex-
pense of decorating wheels is pras tically
nothing, and prizes to be offered for
the best decorations will be incentives
TO cyclists to enter. 1 practically have
assurances of several hundred bicycles
being entered in the floral parade
Every division of the floral parade
should and must be made a success.
Topel1a's visitors will expect it to be a
display of surprising magnifcence. and
the ladies of Topeka should see that the
expectations are realized.