The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
The Cruiser Topeka Will Be Composed
of Roses, Chrysanthemums and
Cornf1oWers.

The cruiser Topeka will be in the
Floral parade, of the Fall Festival,
decorated with red roses, white chrys-
anthemums and blue corn flowers.
Mrs Meredith has been untiring in
her efforts to secure this float. Several
organizations in Topeka have been ask
ed to put it in but all have refused.
The Santa Fe has been asked to build
the frame work of the float and to
furnish the material Yesterday Super
intendent of Machinery Player said he
would confer with some other officials
about the matter. There is little doubt
that the Santa Fe company will agree
to the proposition and the Floral Com
mittee will make the flowers and
decorate it.
Those who have signified their inten-
ton of entering carriages in the parade
have promised that their carriages
when decorated will surpass any at
tempts of former years. The interest
in the Flower parade should not lag.
Topeka has a reputation for having
had two of the finest floral parades
ever attempted anywhere in the United
States. Not even in California, where
natural flowers are to be had in album
dance, nor in any of the summer re-
sorts at Colorado Springs or Saratoga
where coaching parades are the feature
of the year and are gotten up by the
wealthy society people of the large
eastern cities have the flower parades
of Topeka been eclipsed. TOpeka's
reputation must be sustained this year
and to do this the committee in charge
should receive a hundred more names
of people who will enter their carriages.
The cruiser Topeka will take 10000
flowers and the KarniVal Knights will
soon place an order for 10000 more to
be used by them to decorate a float
The professional flower makers employ
ed by the committee will fill both these
large orders besides others they have
already on hand. Persons who wish to
place orders with the committee for
flowers can obtain them at the follow
ing prices:
Roses, per 100, $3.50.
Morning glOries, per 100. rs cents.
Chrysanthemums, per 100 $500.
Peoples, per 100 $1.00.
Carnations, per 100 80 cents.
Corn flowers (blue), per 100, so cents.
Clematis, per 100, $175.
Water lilies. per 100, 1925.
Flags, per 100, $500
Tulips, per 100, $1.75.
Wisteria, per 100, 81. so.
The above prices include the furnish
ing of material The prices have been
made so low that the cost of making
and material is covered leaving no
profit for the committee.
The committee in charge of the work
this year is handicapped from the fact
that they have only a sixth part of the
amount to eXpend that was allowed
last year. None of the flowers used by
the committee of last year and none of
the floats are available. Every flower
and every float must be made new Tor
this year.
The float suggested by Mrs. E B.
Meredith for the Floral Queen to ride
in will be a handsome one. In the cen
ter of the float is to be a mammoth
Gala lily with the floral queen riding
on her throne inside the center of the
flower. The large petal instead OF
dropping down will be curled up
wards to make a shade. The whole
would have the appearance of a Jack
in the Box" The little queen would be
driving two large butterflies and be
hind her and gathered round the lily
would be her maids of honor.
Another float that the committee will
put in the parade will be THE Queen
of the Sea- This will represent the
queen surrounded by mermaids as her
other inhabitants of the deep will be
represented by children.
DO Peep Up to Date" will be given
by Mrs. Meredith at Garfield park
September 20, q and % for the benefit
of the floral fund There will be 200
young people and children take part
and one of the features will be a drill
and grand review of all the we'll known
Mother Goose characters. Every char
acter known in Mother Goose will be
faithfully represented in costume and
besides this throughout the perform
ance will be woven in the story of Lit
tie 30 Peep and her sheep. She will
have her crook and her sheep and the
sheep will really leave their tails be-
hind EN-"
The money derived from this enter
tainment will be the only funds that
the committee will have to work on
and the success of their floats depends
entirely upon the amount of money
raised at these performances