The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-07
A WHlRL OF GAIETY
At the ssCinderella Cafe'' Which
Opens Tomorrow.
Music, Tableaux and Lunches
of All Nations.
For the Benefit of the Cinderella Ex-
hibition in the Fall Festival
Parades.

The large, double store room in the
Curry building at 625 and 627 Kansas
avenue, is today being fitted up under
direction of Mrs. E. B. Meredith for the
cinderella Cafe which is to be open
this week beginning tomorrow. Extra
electric arc lights have been arranged
for so that the room will be brilliantly
lighted. Today three large booths are
being built in the room. To the rear
of the room large stage will be erect
ed on which elaborate tab1eauX will be
given A fancy railing will be run
across the front of the room about 80
feet from the front door. In passing
out of the room people who have par
taken of the refreshments will meet
the cashier here at this place and what
little they will have to give will be APP
piled on the fund to build floats for the
Cinderella" children in the Fall Fes-
tival parades
In the front show window of the room
on the south side a Japanese tea room
Will be arranged. Here young ladies in
costume will serve Japanese tea.
The three booths will be filed with
pretty girls. One booth will contain
Rigby's candies, another a Dutch cocoa
booth with pretty girls in Dutch cos
tune to wait on the people. The third
booth will be flower display. 1t will
be a beautiful sight. Small bouquets
viii be for sale here Everything to be
had at the Cinderella Cafe will be
sold at reasonable prices.
tions offered for the cafe and this will
add materially to the profit. Otto
Kuehne has promised five gallons of
sauerkraut to be served on German
day Which is Thursday. Parents of the
cinderella" children have been most
generous. The cafe will be big sue
cess. Mrs. Meredith is enthusiastic. She
said today:'I have been surprised how
much interested people are in having
the Cinderella children on floats in the
Festival.
They all say they are coming to the
cafe to help it along. We found that
the room at I'll Kansas avenue was too
small, so we will use this large room.
So many people have given US things
for the lunches that we will be helped
greatly by it. We will be ready by
Wednesday noon at dinner and will
close Saturday night
Wednesday noon a Puritan lunch will
be served beginning at II o'clock and
ending at 1:30 o'clock. Maidens in Pur-
itan costume will serve Boston baked
beans, doughnuts, coffee, tea, fruit
punch, pumpkin pie, and cheese. At 5
p. m. a Boston Tea party will be given
at which the price will be Is cents.
After o'clock in the evening an admis-
sion of ten cents will be charged for the
room. For Wednesday evening the en-
tertainment to be furnished will be
Puritan tableaux under the direction of
Mrs. Henry Dalhy. Miss May Evans
will whistle and the Amphion Mandolin
club will play.
On Thursday Dutch lunch will be
served at noon by girls in Dutch cos
tune. A tea at o'clock will cost Is
cents. Thursday evening tableaux
showing German peasant life will be
given under the direction of Miss Ma
mie Worrall. An orchestra will play
during the evening.
Friday will be Scotch and Japanese
day. At noon girls in Scotch costume
will serve Highland lunch and at
o'clock a Japanese lunch will be served.
In the evening Scotch and Japanese
tableaux will be given and Prof. Hora-
cek's Either orchestra will furnish mus
ic
Saturday will be international day
and girls in varied nation costume will
serve the dinner and tea. In the even
ing Greek statuary posing will be given
and an orchestra will play. Mrs. Mere
dith will have charge of the tableaux
on Friday and Saturday evenings.
In the room where the cafe will be
a large number of chairs will be placed.
After dinner and tea have been served
the tables will be cleared and seats
placed before the stage so that the au-
dience can see the tableaux. Ice cream
and cake, cocoa and warfers will be
SQrvad on eaoh Of fba fO11y EVENINGS