The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-16
100 TONS OF ICE
Will Ee Used in Building the
Ice Barbican
If the Weather Will Only Grow
Cold Enough.
MRS. SUTTON AT WORK
Has a Force of Men Beautifying
the Hall
For the Pure Food Show to
Begin Next Week.
MRS. SUTTON AT WORI

Mrs. c. S. Sutton is today more or
less commander-in-chief of the food
show. She has a force of men now at
work. There has never been so much
time and care expended on a hall in To-
peka as is being used in preparing
Hamilton auditorium for the Pure Food
exposition.
The decoration of the auditorium is
progressing rapidly. The work on the
lower floor will probably be completed
tonight, ready for the erection of
booths, and Mrs. Sutton will then turn
her attention to the more important
work of decorating the upper floor.
On the lower floor the general dec
orations consist principally of bunting,
flags and fcstooning of evergreen. The
pillars in the center of the room are en-
twined with evergreen, and flags of diff
ferent nations float on both sides of the
central timber down the length of the
hail. Bunting of red and blue, white
and yellow. is draped in artistic figures
on the walls. The details in the dec
orations cannot be arranged until the
hall is fitted up for the use of the ex-
hibitors.
Carpenters are at work today build
ing the partition that will separate the
cooking school auditorium from the
space that will be taken up with booths
The stage has been built on the north
ground for the stage there is a screen
made of flowers and evergreen, with
the words Pure Food in red pop
pies
front of the stage in the upper room
were put up today. Mrs Sutton will
decorate these arches with flowers and
evergreen with her own hands The
Food Exposition. The space under
the arches will be banked with palms
and other potted plants.
1t was Mrs. Sutton'S original inten-
ton to decorate the arches with incan-
descent lights and have a piece of stat
tsa,sy on a revolving pe1cstal Huder tie
side arches, but she was compelled to
abandon this unique idea because there
were not FUNDS available to carry il on.
Mr.. Will MoeSer of the MoeSer Ice
company which has undertaken to manu-
facture the ice for the barbican is fear
full lest the weather will not permit the
building of the structure.
said he to a Journal reporter, there VIII
be no trouble whatever about building
the barbican. As We figure it will take
close to 100 tons Of ice to build the wall as
it is planned. 1t will require three or
four days for US to manufacture the ice
but we are ready to do it,
TT will require a practical mason to
build the wall that it will be substan-
tiers of cakes side by side in the construc-
ton of the wall and we will allow our men
and teams to assist in the work.
The advance sale of tickets has been
large. Secretary Adams placed 5000
tickets in the hands of the grocers and
the reports from the sales are gratifying.
The association has placed this limited
number on sale at a reduced rate to Sc
cure the funds necessary for making the
preliminary improvements and there is
no doubt that every ticket will be sold;
Several grocers have already reported
that they have sold their entire allow
ance.
Secretary Adams and c. s. Elliott are
in Kansas City today where they will
complete the arrangements with several
large firms for their presence at the eX
position.
There are still three four booth
spaces the upper floor that have not
been taken but when the exposition opens
next Saturday there will be no vacant
booths
The meetings of the Retail Grocers'
association are to be held in the cooking
school auditorium. President Hanley
places the number who will be present at
1900 but there may be more
Among the firms recently assigned
space at the exposition. is the Mokaska
Coffee company. and the Nave. McCord
Mercantile company. Both firms viii
make exhibits of coffee.