The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-06
KARN1vAL KNIGHTS WANT IT
Battle of the Flowers to Be a Part of
the Night Festivities.

Topeka, Aug. 5, 1897.
To the Editor of The State Journal.
Your suggestion in this evenings pa
per that a battle of flowers be made
part of the programme for the parade
on Floral day, Carnival week, cannot
be carried out for two reasons.
The first reason is that the "Karnival
Knights" have already appropriated
the idea, and will have the battle of
number two is that battle of flow
ers," whether real or artificial flowers
are used, or the conventional tinseI
paper or confetti-would not look right
in the daytime. The floral parade will
be marvelOusly beautiful, and its beau
ty will consist in the artisticalIy deco
rated carriages and in the beauty,
grace and dress of the lovely OCCUPANTS
The line of march should be slow, meas
ured and stately. No rapid action on
Floral day should be tolerated; it
would detract greatly from the har-
nOny of the occasion.
On Carnival night, however, these
same decorated carriages, filled with
the elite of Topeka and Kansas zen
der the glare of hundreds of electric
lights and bathed in a sea of coIored
fire, will present scene as rarely beau
tiful as it is novel.
music, mirth and action, and hence the
battle of flowers that annually oc-
ours in European carnivalS.
In this connection I desire to state
ready been appointed by the t'KarniVal
knights having this parade of mask
ers in decorated carriages in hand. 1t
is the purpose to invite, among others,
all participants in the floral parade to
mask and appear in the Karnival
Knights parade. MaSkers in carri-
ages (decOrated) will be given full two
hours on the avenue, where in the cir
Gle from Fourth to Tenth and Tenth to
Fourth streets they will be absolutely
and unqualifiedly protected from any
Il II 6zri
There will be no flour" paint or
other outrages tolerated during Carni-
val night in Topeka, the idea being to
make that evening one of merriment
for all decent people of Topeka and the
state who may desire to enjoy a few
hours of unallOyed, harmless plea sure.
In passing one another in the circle
from Fourth to Tenth streets, maskers
in carriages can have great fun in pelt-
ing each other with flowers, either arti-
fetal or real, or confetti, or tinsel pa
per. During the procession with LORNA
at the head. bands will play in every
block from Tenth to Fourth street, and
also during the parade of maSkers in
carriages. At a quarter to 10 o'clock
the fire bell will tap ten times, giving
all persons in carriages ample time to
get off the avenue. AT 10 o'clock sharp
cannon will be fired announcing that
the hour has arrived for We merry
makers with the festive and tuneful tin
horns to loot.
AS stated before, the proper commit
tees nave Deen appointed by the karni-
val Knights, who havet hese and all other
details in hand for the various features
of Carnival night. There will be nu-
merous other things happen besides the
general outline of the one feature I
have mentioned, all of which will be
very beautiful, very fantastic and very
funny, as the occasion requires
But the Karnival Knights want it es-
pecially understood from the start that
Topeka will not be turned over TO the
hoodlum element on Carnival night.
On the contrary, it is the intention of
the knights one and all TO make Car
niyal night the best and principal event
of the whole week, and they are going