The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-20
THE PRETTIEST GIRL
In Town Will Have Her Photo
ON the Carnival Button,
But She Will Wear a Mask
Across Her Eyes,
And You Will All Have to Guess
Who She Is, for the Ways of
the Lorina's Royal Rev
elers Are Always
Mysterious.

The carnival of fun which is to close
Topeka's big week of festivities this
year is now under way. With the
formation of a general committee, the
election of officers of the organization
and the appointment of an executive
committee, the work has been syste-
matically commenced.
The design of the official badge to be
worn by the Karnival Knights this
year has also been decided upon. A
happy idea was sprung by Mr.. A. w.
Dana at the carnival meeting last
night when he suggested that the badge
be gotten up in the form of a button
bearing the photograph of one of the
many pretty young ladies of Topeka
holding a mask over her eyes. The idea
was no sooner expressed than 1t was
taken up with enthusiasm, and after
few minutes discussion it was decided
that the official badge should bear the
photograph of a Topeka girl and be in
the form of a button the size of a dol
lar.
Charles Holiday, who was elected
chairman of the general committee last
night, will appoint committee to Sc
lect the Topeka girl whose photograph
will adorn the carnival badge. The
great secret of the young lady 5 identity
will remain with the committee alone,
at least until the day of the carnival.
1t is possible that a guessing contest
will be started, a small charge being
made for the privilege of guessing on
the identity of the young lady and
prize given the person making the first
correct guess by the Carnival day.
There was a good attendance at the
carnival meeting last night. Many OF
the young men who worked hard for
the success of the carnival last year
were there and all were enthusiastic
over the proposition of repeating the
entertainment this year. Mr.. A. W.
Dana started business operations by re-
marking.
What we want is to get the fellows
together in a simple sort of an organ
ization. We need some kind of an
organization that will take charge Oh
things and whoop up the carnival"
Chas Holliday-AH we had last year
was an executive committee l think
it would be a good thing to call an
other public meeting.
A W. Dana-I don't see why an ex-
ecutive committee wouldn't be the
thing.
Chas Holliday-It's what we want;
a simple organization. Make a quo
rum small, so that business could be
transacted on short notice.
Geo. P. AShton-I think the carnival
should be confined to the avenue, be-
tween Fourth and Ninth streets.
DR.. Ashton's suggestion met with
general approval
A general committee was then form
ed by selecting the following gentle
men and placing their names in the
hands of the secretary. This commit
c. K. Holiday, chairman; A. w.
Dana, F. B. Chase, Jno. F. McManus,
Jno. Waters, Galen Nichols. Frank Ben
Archie Williams, w. F. Roehr, o. K.
Swayze, Ed Curry. c. NJ. Merriam, F.
H. Collier. c. H. Thrapp, T. D. Hum
phery, c. S. Downing, Paul Torrington,
F. E. Nipps, Ell Copeland, Pick Smith.
Ned Henderson, Frank Crane, Walter
Noble E. P. Edison, c. T. McCabe, H.
A. Weaver, Geo. E. Heyden, w. A. Ad-
G. Lescher, B. B: Blythe. H F. Bird,
F. o. Popenoe, w. ]. Burgess, Robt.
Pierce, Charlie Holman, Willard Scott
J. B. Doncyson, Charles Nelson, Lind
say Pegues, w. c. F. Reichenbach, Nate
HOLSTER, D. J. Waters, Harry Williams,
C. P. Adams, Cliff Histed, Dave Pal
mer, Tom Clements, Clad Hamilton,
Walter Gust, G. B. Gallon, ]. E. Nor
gan, H. s. Morgan, Ed Kellam, Chas
Jenkins, Willie Wikidal, Dave Sibley
GuiIford Dudley, Jr., Mark Wikidal,
ChaS. LagerStrom.
The chairman appointed as COM
mittee to correspond with button man
ufacturers and to purchase buttons, A.
w. Dana, F. B. Chase and Tom King.
The committee by vote decided to de-
fine the limits of the carnival proper
from the Throop hotel to the Copeland
hotel on Kansas avenue. Participants
in the carnival will be expected to re-
main within these limits.
Chairman Holiday appointed a COM
mittee of three to look after police reg
ulations on the night of the carnival.
They are: Ga1en Nichols, Frank Ben
nett and John Waters. The general
committee then voted that the chair
man appoint an executive committee of
thirteen.
Mr.. Holiday will make the selection
of the executive committee before the
next meeting of the general committee.
The Karnival knights adjourned sub
ject to the call of Chairman Holiday.
The general concensus of opinion was
that the Karnival Knights should have
81, 500 to give the carnival in proper
style, and ways and means will be at
once adopted to raise the money.