The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-20
WILL THEY CONFLICT?
The Floral Ball and the Mas
querade Ball.
Mrs. C.. s. Sutton is Afraid the
Floral Ball
Will Be a Failure if the Karnival
Knights Give a Ball at a Lower
Admission Price - A Confer
ence Proposed.

Whether there will be two grand
balls during Festival week or but one Is
a question that is still unsettled. MIS-.
c. s. Sutton has already arranged Tor
a grand fancy dress ball on Thursday
evening of Festival week and the Aar-
niva1 knights are planning for mask
ed ball on Friday night. 1t is feared
both cannot we'll be held without each
interfering with the success of the 9TH
er and an effort will be made to ar
range the matter satisfactorily to every
one concerned.
The matter was brought to the atten-
ton of the Committee of Fifteen last
night by DR.. w. B. Roby and Colonel
George W. Veale in behalf of Mrs. Z. D
Sutton. DR.. Roby said:
I'VE appear before the committee on
behalf of Mrs Sutton. She has made
arrangements to give ball on Thurs
day night of Festival week and I'M
derStand that the Karnival Knights are
also arranging to give a ball. Now Mrs:
Sutton feels that if the Karniva1 ball
is given it will greatly injure the Floral
ball and would like to see some salts
factory arrangement made with the
Karnival Knights to have them aban-
don their project. Or if a plan could
pavement like Ninth street may be
roped off and used for dancing it would
be satisfactory.
1T is not fair to Mrs Sutton to have
any steps taken that may make her
ball financial failure and feel as if
something should be done to avert any
possibility of failure. People will not
go to two balls in succession and they
will naturally choose the cheaper of the
two"
Col. Veale said: ''I believe that near
ly every one in the city appreciates
what Mrs Sutton has done and is do
ing. She is performing a noble work
and 1 for one do not feel as if that
work should be interfered with.
She believes that the Karnival ball
will injure the Floral ball and I believe
so, too In fact 1 do not see how it
could be avoided-One ball or the other
would have to suffer and as the Karni-
val ball would be the cheaper, Mrs.
Sutton would be the one to suffer. 1
think that this committee should take
steps to adjust this matter
"A. w. Dana who is member of the
Committee of Fifteen and also a mem
Der of the executive COMMITTEES of the
Karnival knights said: II do not full
ly agree with the gentlemen and the
members of the KarnivaI committee al
so take a different view of the matter.
We do not feel that the Karnival ball
would injure the Foral ball.
AS rule the members of the Karni-
val Knights are not made up of the So
ciety element. Nearly all of them are
young men who would not attend the
Floral ball In the first place they
haven't the price and in the second
place they have no dress suits. Now if
you shut them out of their own ball
you will shut them out entirely for thew
any consideration. 1t is a fancy dress
affair and they are not members of So
ciety and do not feel like either buyine
or hiring dress suits for the occasion.
So say that even if they were invited
to the Floral ball they would not at
tend
At the suggestion of D. ]. GreenwaJd
the following committee was appointed
to confer with Mrs. Sutton and the
karnival Knights to make some salts
FACTORY arrangements concerning the
Swo proposed balls: D. j. Greenwald, r.
5. Brigham and A. X Wilson
Major T. J. Anderson made an in
formal report of the result of his trim
TO the Indian Territory. He said
L went to Darlington, where I met
the Indian agent, Major Woodson /
found that there will be no trouble in
securing all the Indians we want-in
fact the whole tribes of Arapahoes and
Cheyennes want to come to Topeka /
talked to the Indians through an inter-
prefer and found that all we have to
do is to say yes and as many as we
wish will come. 1 was treated kindly
by Major Woodson and he promised ia
come to Topeka with the Indians
We Will be required to pay their
transports tionAto Topeka and to furnish
them with the usual ratiOns of beef
bacon and bareback. They will bring
their own tepeeS and will set them mn
on the grounds. They will bring their
squaws and pappooSes and do their own
cooking.
'HThey will give their dances the best
Of them being the Poaca or dog sol