The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-02
MUST USE MORE DAYS.
Committee of Fifteen Will Have
to Utilize
Monday and Tuesday of Fall
Festival Week
In Order to Take in the hole Gigan-
tic Undertaking-It i'll Take
Five Days to Entertain co.
600 or $4,000 People.

The Committee of Fifteen appears to
be in considerable tangle over the pro-
gramme of Fall Festival week The
week isn't long enough. At the meet
ing last night a multitude of changes in
the weeks programme were proposed
and discussed, but no definite action
was taken and the matter went over to
a special meeting next Tuesday night.
The trouble commenced when Major
Anderson suggested that the official
programme hangers, now being pre-
changed so as to show Carnival night
on Friday night instead of Saturday
night, as the young men of Topeka OBJ
jected to having the Carnival on the
last night of the week. 1t was not
long before someone suddenly thought
of the fact that Friday was the day of
the week set apart for the old soldiers,
and to hold a carnival in the city might
possibly interfere with camp fire held
at the. fair grounds.
Although this suggestion seems de-
cidedly nOnsensical, from the fact that
a carnival on Kansas avenue would in
no way interfere with the camp fire
at the fair grounds, the idea was taken
up by several members of the commit
tee, and there are complications. The
old soldiers will certainly have no use
for the noisy carnival, while many
people after seeing the parade which
will be over before o'clock will go to
the campfire, glad to get away from the
uproar and confusion. There will be
go, 900 to $4,000 people in town and it is
to be hoped that the old soldiers do not
expect more than 10000 to attend the
campfire. The crowd will be so enor-
nous that there ought to be five or six
entertainments going on instead of
two.
''I think a Carnival on Friday night
might materially interfere with the old
spiders said Mr.. McFadden.. 81 think
the matter should be left to the pro-
gramme committee, and let this COM
mittee look into it,
Walter Noble-The, old soldiers will
be at the fair grounds and the Carnival
on Kansas avenue. 1 can't see how one
will interfere with the other.
r. S. Brigham-I am heartily in ia
vor of holding the Carnival on Friday
night. I think it should be made the
practical wind up of the festivities, aud
Saturday night would be too late as
many of the visitors would have left
for their homes.
A. w. Dana-In reference to the earn
ival, there is some feeling that this
committee is not in touch with it. This
the Carnival on Saturday night, for it
would be impossible to give success
fut Carnival on Saturday night. For
one, I don't propose to take part in a
Carnival on Friday night or any other
night unless this committee is heartily
in favor of it. Personally, believe we
can have a successful Carnival and
have it as orderly as last year I think
the Kansas City Carnival last year is
responsible for whatever feeling there
is against Carnival in Topeka this
year.
Major Anderson-I want to say for
one that I never enjoyed anything more
than did the Carnival last year, and
there is no reason on earth why we
can't have a successful Carnival this
year.
A. K. Wilson-If the young men want
the Carnival on Friday night let them
have it. But that will leave Saturday
without any kind of entertainment
have always been in favor of making
Saturday Childrens day, and don't see
why this committee cut Children's day
out of the programme. I think it could
be made one of the best days of the
week.
Captain Titus-I think there should
be no effort to get us special entertain
ment on Saturday. 1t should be left
open as a day on which the visitors
could interview the merchants of To-
peka, or that could be filed in in case
of rain.
Major Anderson-If there is a posi-
bility of interfering with the old sold
iers by holding the Carnival on Friday
night, why not make it Thursday night,
and make the Floral ball a Carnival
ball instead.
c. w. Kouns-A Carnival ball 81 Civ
en- in connection with the Mardi Gras
festival in New Orleans, and it always
proves great success.
Q. K. SwayZe-I am in favor of hold
ing the Carnival on Friday night 1 |
don't believe in this Committee chang
ing the programme to suit this one or
that one. Let the Committee of Twen- |
ty-eight make their programme con-
form to ours.
Major Anderson-Suppose if on con-
sultation with Committee of Twenty |
eight it is found that Carnival on
Friday night would interfere with the
old soldiers arrangements, can't we ar
range to hold it on Thursday night?
Mrs. c. S. Sutton-If this committee |
wishes it, the floral ball can be changed |
to a masquerade ball.
Captain TituS-It's no use to talk of |
a ball or any other entertainment of |
that kind as late as Thursday night |
We will have to give our money-mak- |
ing entertainment about that time in |
the week.
c. w. Kouns-I have had a confer |
ence with representatives from the diff |
ferent departments of the Santa Fe |
railway, and I find that the men would |
prefer to parade between $50 and IL: 80 |
in the morning. The men want to en- |
terrain the people in the morning and |
will give you part of the afternoon, and |
after that they want to be entertained |
They don't care how you entertain |
them, just so you don't ask them to go |
further down in their pockets. They |
don't want to come to Topeka and thenJ
be asked to pay for entertainment.
Major AnderSon-The fish we want |
to catch are our own people. We don't |
want to charge Santa Fee men.
Captain Titus-SuppoSe it is arranged |
to give a spectacular parade for the |
accommodation of the Santa Fe men on
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