The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-28
SUM OF $3.50 RAISED
As Guarantee Fund for the
Grand Floral Ball.
Large Committee Of Prominent
Citizens Now in Charge.
Decoration of the Grand Opera House
for the Event Began Last Evening
Three Days Devoted to It

If further stability could be added to
the grand court ball after the manner it
was taken in hand by the citizens of
Topeka yesterday, it was done at the par
lors of the National hotel last night.
There a committee of representative men
spent two hours of their time discussing
and arranging the details of the event.
Had any doubt existed in the mind of
any member as to the question of carry
ing on the ball, it quickly dispelled
at the outset of the meeting by Mr.. E.
H. Crosby stating that the magnificent
sum of $3.50 had been guaranteed during
the day. This statement conclusively
settled the question of giving the ball
The committee was made up of Mr. E.
H. Crosby, Mr.. w. ]. Black, Colonel A.
S. Johnson, Mr.. A B. Quinton, Mr.. J. R.
Hankla, Mr. w. A. Morton and Mr.. w.
A Alexander, and one of the first official
acts was to select Colonel A. S. johnson
as president of the committee in charge
of the ball On motion of Mr.. Quinton,
Colonel johnson at once appointed Mr.
E. H. Crosby and Mr.. J. P. Rowley to
act with him committee on finance.
The finance committee will have entire
charge of the sale of tickets. Tomorrow
morning the tickets will be placed on
sale at Rowley & Shows drug store un-
der the supervision of Mr.. J. P. Rowley,
and those who desire tickets must call
there to procure them. There will be no
personal solicitation.
Tickets to the first floor of the Grand
Opera House. where the ball is to be given,
are placed at So per couple These tick
cts entitle the holders to all the privi-
1eges of the dancing platform, and they
may either remain in their seats as spec
tators or participate in the ball. Extra
ladies tickets for the first floor have
been placed at 81 for each extra lady.
Tickets which have already been sold
for the ball will be honored at the Grand
Opera House. Holders of these tickets
who desire to attend the ball simply as
spectators can have them exchanged at
Rowley & Shows durg store for regular
reserved seat tickets in the parquet. Seats
will be provided on the platform for the
accommodation of the dancers, and those
who buy tickets with the intention of
dancing and do not care for reserved
seats in the body of the house will be
provided with the tickets prepared for
the ball at the capitol building. But all
who desire reserved seats in the parquet,
even though it is their intention to dance
can secure them, any ticket to the
first floor carries with it all the privi-
1eges of the ball.
The boxes on the first floor, seating
each six people, will be sold for S12 per
box. The boxes on the second floor, also
seating six people will be sold for 50 per
box.
Seats in the balcony for spectators will
be sold at 81 apiece, and in the gallery at
90 cents apiece.
The number of tickets to the first floor
is not limited, but Mr.. Rowley will use
his judgment in their sale, and should
the demand continue after as large a
number of persons as can be accommo-
dated have been sold, the sale of tickets
will be suspended.
1t was unanimously decided last night
TO extend to the officers of the United
States troops and other honored guests
of the city complimentary tickets to the
ball
A floor committee of thirty was formed
last night and these gentlemen will look
after the success of the ball the night
it is given. They are the following:
Mr.. Eugene Hagan, Mr.. J. j. Frey, Mr..
Ned Henderson, Mr.. Willard Hall, Mr.. F.
P. MacLennan. Mr.. George W. Crane,
Mr.. A. A. Hurd, Mr.. C. F. Jilson, Mr.. c.
A. Fellows, Mr.. Eugene F. Ware, Mr.. Jas.
b. Hayden Mr.. c. J. Webb Mr.. Frank
Edison, Mr.. w. A. Morton, Mr.. L. s.
Woolverton, Mr.. B. F. Criswen, Mr.. A. B.
Quinton, Mr.. w. J. Black, Mr.. w. A. Alex
ander Mr.. F. E. Wear, Mr.. John E. Wat