The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-20
TALK WITH THE QUEEN.
Mrs. Sutton Delighted With
Success of Arrangements.
Grateful to the Many People
Who Have Helped Her
BY Kind Words of encouragement
and in Many Other Ways-Wlll
be Happy if the Poop
are Pleased.

Mrs. c. S. Sutton, Queen of the Fes-
tival, is delighted with the prospects
fer Festival week.
II think the Committee of Fifteen
deserves a great deal of credit" she
said, for arranging the splendid week
of attractions. The members of the
committee have given their time and
energy to the work, and probably no
one who has not watched closely the
arrangements realizes the amount of
labor they have performed. The COM
mittee undoubtedly deserves the com
mendation of every citizen of Topeka.
In regard to the Floral feature of the
week, am sure that it will be a great
success. 1t is true that at first it APP
peared that the ladies were not taking
as much interest in the Floral parade
as last year, but / think that the ma
jority are now thoroughly interested
and will aid in making it one of the
best features of the week. 1 appreciate
probably more than any one else that
it takes both time and money to decor
ate carriages, and this is why 1 feel
grateful towards the ladies who are
arranging to participate in the parade.
1t is in certain sense something of a
sacrifice perhaps, and every lady who
enters the parade deserves great credit
for doing so.
Il have given my entire time for the
past three months to the Floral feature
of the Festival, but I shall feel amply
rewarded if it is a success. And no
one can appreciate more than I do the
help l have had from Topeka ladies.
They are coming forward nobly for the
benefit of our city. Women are just as
public spirited as men, only they don't
always have the same opportunity of
serving. their home city, as the men.
Every lady who works two or three
weeks decorating her carriage and
spends $25 or $35 to do it is just as
much entitled to public regard as the
banker or merchant who Subscribes to
the Festival fund; sometimes more be-
cause that much money isn't so easy
to have in ones pocketbook.
Through the kindness CT the Topeka
merchants We have been able to offer
over 40 handsome prizes for the best
decorations in the Floral parade, and
probably several additional special pri-
yes will also be offered later. The num-
her of floats in the parade this year
will be much larger than last year, and
while am speaking about floats 1 wish
to say that 1 am especially grateful to
Mrs. Meredith for the assistance she
has given this feature by not only the
presentation of Cinderella but by rails
ing funds with which to place in the
parade handsome floats. This is the
kind of assistance that I thoroughly APP
preciate. Mrs Meredith has been eX
tremely kind and if we only had more
ladies of such energy and excellent
ideas to help in the Foral parade, it
would be a much easier task.
IF the ladies who are as yet unde
cided about the decoration of their car
r1aSeS VIII only make up their MINDS TO
enter the parade, am sure they will
feel satisfied when they see the beauti-
full scene they have aided in bringing
about.
Il have been encouraged by many
kind words in my efforts to make our
Topeka display as good as those in
other cities, and I shall always have a
warm place in my heart for those who
when 6 coura gements came thick and
fast helped me by encouraging words
and good advice. But if our floral fea-
ture pleases the thousands of people
who come here, I shall be happy, be-
cause I have done what I could for the
city which is my home"