The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-12
IT GROWS
into A CLUB.
karnival Knights Being More
Thoroughly Organized.
Will Be Enlarged to 400 Mem
bers Or More.
TO MAKETHINGS MOVE
To Be One of the Most Powerful
Organizations
For Providing Festival Enter
tainment of ALI.
THE LIVE YOUNG MEN
Of the City to Be Included in
It's MamharShiD-
THE LIVE YOUNG MEN
Of the City to Be Included in
Its Membership.
Big Meeting at Elks' Club
Rooms Last Night.

The flower of the Topeka young men
are to be organized into the Karnival
knights. 1t was decided at the meet
ing of the Knights last evening at the
Elks' rooms to enlarge the membership
at once to at least 40O and to select
leading young men ofthe city.The object
is to get a powerful working organiza-
ton composed of young men of ideas
and energy who will make the Carnival
feature of the Festival, one of the big
gest, If not the biggest, event of the
week. While at present there is no
settled intention of making the Organi-
zation permanent, it may, if circum-
stances justify it, preserve it's organi-
zatlon from year to year for the pur-
pose OF providing fun IN various ways
for the people Of Topeka and visitors to
conventions when the new auditorium
is done. 1t may give a midwinter car
nlVaI or attempt other entertainments
such as a large organization of that
kind could easily handle if it so desir-
ed. That is a matter to consider later.
The karnival Krewe of Kansas City
the Order of Myth of Mobile, the Fan
tastigranda of Montgomery, Ala the
King Comus Revelers of Memphis and
other organizations are all permanent
in character and accomplish better re-
suits by maintaining their officers and
committees.
In order to enlarge the Karnival
Knights each of the present members
was instructed to present the names
of friends who would be suitable and
desirable and for whom he could Vouch
as being good fellows" bright and
active. These will be registered regu-
larly as members and assigned to their
respective duties. 1t is expected that
nearly 40 subcommittee or groups
of about ten each will need to be organ
lied to take care of the features in the
burlesque parade, eacn subcommittee
to have a single feature to look after.
This sub divides the work and relieves
the parade committee of the thousands
of details which they could not other
wise successfully supervise.
The main feature of the parade will
be the burlesque circus. 1t will either
precede or follow orina's float and will
be an elaborate affair. This was decid-
ed upon last evening at the regular
meeting of the KarniVa1 knights.
There will be a menagerie anywhere
from five to twelve floats containing
some of the most rare and most savage
wild animals to be found in the world.
There will also be beautiful ladies rid
ing on horseback, such as all circuses
have. There will be clowns, elephants,
Roman chariots in which the lady driv-
er will win of course, red lemonade
men, and in fact almost anything and
everything will be seen in the circus;
everything will be in burlesque: even
the clown may be preternaturally SOL
emn.
The float committee will have charge
of this feature in general and will ap-
point the subcommittee mentioned
above to take charge of the different
features.
This committee consists of Paul Tor
rington, G. T. Trapp, John Waters, Tom
King and Frank Shepherd.
The button committee, through A. w.
Dana, reported that the work would
be pushed as soon as possible and that
a beautiful Topeka young lady would
be photographed with a mask before
her eyes and this picture would appear
on the Carnival button.
At the Hamilton hall meeting to be
held as soon as the buttons arrive these
carnival souvenirs will be placed on
sale Everybody will want one, for |
they will not only be work of art but |
will serve as a neat souvenir of the |
Carnival. Last year number of the |
members present subscribed in advance |
for the buttons to raise a little needed |
money The buttons will be the size
of a dollar or possibly little larger,
and will be sold to everyone for 20 |
Bills to the amount of s12.94 were al |
lowed last night.
The question of giving a masquerade |
ball on Carnival night was discussed.
The fear was expressed that it would |
Interfere with the big ball to be given |
Thursday evening by Mrs. Sutton. and |
there may be a conference over the |
matter.
w F. Roehr was appointed as chair |
man of the committee to arrange for /
the ball. He will name his assistants. |
The ball Will be nelQ a1Ier the parade |
is over on Kansas avenue, and none |
but those in masquerade costume will |
be allowed to participate. 1t will be by |
invitation and out of town people as |
we'll as Topeka people will be invited to 1
attend.
LIST OF MEMBERS
The membership of the general com |
mittee of the KarnivaI knights now /
consists of the following representative |
Young men and the list will be increas- |
ed to 400 or more by next Wednesday /
when the general committee holds an
other meeting:
G. K. Holiday, A. W. Dana, F. B. |
Chase, Jno. F. McManus, Jno. Waters, |
GaIen Nichols, Frank Bennett, G. P. |
Will Alexander. Archie Viii
Iiams, W. F. Roehr, o. K Swayze, Ed |
Curry. G. NJ Merriam. F. H Collier,
c. H Thrapp. D. T. Humphry, C. S. |
Downing, Paul Torrington, F. Z. Nipps,
E. L. Copeland. Pick Smith, Ned Hen
derson, Frank Crane, Walter Noble, E. |
P. Edison, c. T. McCabe, H. A. Weaver, /
Geo. E. Heyden, w r. Adams, Morris
SchIegel, T. w. Bean, H. G. Lescher,
B. B. Blythe, H. F. Bird, F. o. Popenoe, |
w. J. Burgess. Robert Pierce, Charles