The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
MIDSUMMER
FAIR AND FETE.
Projected to Raise Money For
the Auditorium
Hundreds of Booths and a Mid
way Plaisance
AT GARFIELD PARK.
Fair to Run a Week and Have
$4,000 Visitors.
Would Probably Raise $4,000
if Cleverly Managed.

Major Anderson is still waiting for
clever people with ideas to suggest how
the auditorium funds are to be raised.
He has received a few suggestions.
The individual members of the special
committee appointed by the association
are busy thinking but no meeting has
yet been held. The committee is how
ever planning to hold a meeting some
time this week.
Designs for an Auditorium button''
have been sent away for the purpose of
securing estimates on the cost. 1t has
been agreed by the committee that the
button shall have on it's face a picture
of the proposed building.
D. J. GreenWald'S scheme of holding
a monster fair next summer is meet
ing with popular favor and it will prob
ably be adopted and also the plan of
Major Anderson to make a canvass of
the city, apportioning the people who
should donate to the auditorium among
the members of the association.
Mr.. Greenwald's scheme is not only
practicable, but it should result in Sc
curing at least 900 for the cOnven-
tiOn hall. That looks like a large sum
of money but there are probably not a
hundred people in Topeka who would
not patrOnfze a fair almost daily which
was held for the purpose of raising
funds for the auditorium.
It is proposed to have the fair in Gar
field park or in some other suitable
outdoor location and to have it continue
at least a week. There is no reason
why neighboring towns cannot be in
terested and that the. fair cannot be
made one of state Importance.
Mr.. Greenwald will tell the commit
tee what he thinks about the fair and
| assist them in carrying out the plans.
MarShalls band, which now leases the
park, should be interested in it and
should be employed during its progress.
There cannot be too much music. With
a hundred booths and countless exhib-
its and midway ni9iSanC6'' fR9 tIITRS of
various kinds the event can be made a
mammoth outdoor exposition, and
show.
c. P. Adams, the manager of the
Food Show, which was given a year ago
is in favor of making the Fair a Trade
exposition" a kind of an outdoor food
show or Home Product" show. He
says that there are enough manufac-
turerS in Topeka and in Kansas to
make the proposed Fair decidedly in
teresting He would have every man
ufacturer represented by a booth Of
some kind or another and would have
the show continue a week. OF course
he contemplates having some kind Of
entertainment in progress all the time
to relieve a possible monotony.
The plan of Mr.. Adams not only does
not conflict with that suggested by Mr..
GreenWald but the two may be worked
together to a good advantage.
The Midsummer Fair as it might be
called could certainly count on so 900
paid admissions at 10 cents apiece.
inside the enclosure, all at or 10 cents
apiece which would swell the fund by
several thousand dollars. The privi-
legeS could probably be sold for at least
81, SEQ. The fair, of course, would run
day and night. There could be a band
concert every afternoon and evening,
and a big parade in costume around
the park or free tableaux to entertain
the visitors. No doubt the street car
company would give a per centage of
it's receipts to the fund.
Major Tom Anderson says:
There is no reason why we should
not be able to raise $15, 900 in Topeka
for an auditorium. That is not large
sum for Topeka. I wish that the build
ing could be built by tax because it
is no more than fair that every proper
ty owner should help pay for it because
it will enhance the value of the proper
ty in every portion of the city. But
since that cannot be done we must start
out to raise the money in some other
way. When the work is once started
the money will come all right