The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-18
Let the Committee of Fifteen
Wire an Invitation
To the Knights of Pythias Now
In Session
% COME TO TOPEKA
And Take Part in Our Fall
Festival.
Invitation Should Be Dispatch
ed Tonight without Delay.

The state meeting of the Knights of
Pythias is being held at Wichita. The
Committee of Fifteen should if not too
late invite the uniform rank by wire 10
meet in Topeka during the Fall Fesl-
val for competitive drill.
This is a thing that requires instant
attention. It is OF little use to expect
things to come to Topeka without some
effort. 1t will take work TO make the
Fall Festival a success and everyone
in the state is anticipating an entertain
ment that will lay that of last year in
the shade.
There must be a revival of interest.
The people must come to the support of
the committee and there Will be no
trouble about that body being equal to
The plans so far this year contem-
plate a larger and more elaborate en-
tertainment than was ever seen in the
state. The ladies floral committee will
be given $500 for the flower parade
while last year it was given but $3.50
The committee will spend 81, 500 for
floats While last year but $500 was eX-
pended. The firemen will be given
what they received last year, $500.
Now some members of the committee
propose TO spend $4,000 to bring the en-
campment of the Kansas National
Guard to Topeka during the Festival.
OF course we want the National Guard,
but the committee should husband its
resources. There may be some better
way of spending the mOney-that is
way that will produce greater results. The
pest results possible SuOQlQ De secured
with the money available 1t IS best for
the committee to provide for no more
expenditures than they have funds in
sight to meet.
Let there be some new things. If
necessary appoint a Committee of Ideas
The Santa Fe silver anniversary the
knights Of PythiaS competitive drill
during ''fraternal day and things of
| that sort are original. Let the people
of the city awake to the situation. Until
! last year Topeka had been dead in the
shell. 1t was proved then that Topeka
can do things as well as other places
and no one wants to see a relapse. The
Fail Festival is what Topeka needs.
People will not then have to go to Den
yer or Kansas City.
The wide awake people of the city
will make the Fall Festival a success
and the fossils and INSTRUCTORS are re-
quested to shut up or go away for the
summer
1t is not too late to invite the Knights
of Pythias to- come to Topeka to partic-
ipate in the exercises during Fraternal
day. Let Secretary DOran of the Com
mittee of Fifteen send a dispatch at
once inviting the organization to meet
in Topeka. Let the Topeka delegates
be communicated with at once so that
the proper steps may be taken. There is
no time to lose. The meeting Will prob
ably adjourn in day or two and the
Committee of Fifteen will lose this
great opportunity to interest this pow
erful organization in the Topeka FeSti-
val. If the knights of Pythias come
the A. o. U. w, odd Fellows and kin
dred organizations will also come.
Let the people work together. TOpe-
ka's Festival should be made grander
and larger than any one now antici-
pateS,