The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-05
Celebrated by Trades Unions
and Butchers and GrOcers
At Garfield Park With a Mon
ster Picnic.
PARADE CREDITABLE.
Though Not As Long As Some
Similar Ones.
BARRIERS and Girl Cadets Get
First Prizes.

From early this morning up to IL
o'clock the streets Of Topeka were
thronged with crowds of idle people
From that time on Garfield park was
the Mecca of the unemployed stores
We're closed and business suspended.
Work was wholly cast aside. The rea-
son for it all is that this is Labor Day
What's in name?'' In that of Labor
Day there is a contradiction and far as
any one has been able to discover moth
ing else. Instead of being a day of la
Dor it is a day of ease. Instead of
earning their bread by the sweat Of
their brows the Iaboring people of To-
peka today bought bread al the bakery
and went to Garfield park to eat it in
picnic fashion. Instead of laboring
they are ldhng, and enjoying them
selves to the fullest possible extent.
OF course there was a parade this
morning Labor Day would be nothing
without a parade. 1t is the occasion of
all the year when the stone masOns
have the chance to don neat white
aprons and the BARRIERS can carry bril-
liantly ornamented canes. This morn
ing the BARRIERS carried something else.
They carried red hats and blue coats
and white trousers. They formed the
luminous" part of the Labor Day pa
rades and they made pretty show.
And by the way. this was the first
unadulterated. exclusive Labor Day pa
rade that Topeka has had in two years.
the
first day OF the Fall Festival, almost a
month later than the legal holiday.
Last year it was observed by the Butch
ers' and Grocers' picnic.
Labor Day parade this year was not
large, but it was good MarshaH's
band headed it as of yore. but unlike
past days the last carriage of the pro-
cessiOn was not many blocks behind the
band. There was another band in the
procession. but from the single stand
point of necessity it was hardly needed.
The labor organizations participating
in the parade of this morning made a
good showing There were so members
of Topeka Typographical union and
about half that number each of cigar
makers and brick masons and stone
maSOnS. The company of Girl cadets
under the direction Of Major Boyd
looked pretty in their bright blue uni
forms, and the Karnival Knights ad-
ded patriotic color to the parade with
their white caps and red, white and
blue UNI brelIas
The butchers were in the parade to
some extent
The assistants to Chief Marshal Shreve
were the following:
Otto kuehne. Samuel Cunningham. Geo.
patrick. ] F. Anderson E. J. Dallas D.
@ Crane. VIM. Green. w S. Bush. Fred
j. Close. Charles Wolff. H. NJ. Steele. J.
D. Norton, F E Wear and H. E. Kicker
The Topeka Commercial club had car
riage in the parade and was represented
by Mr. w. H. Davis. Mr.. F. p. MacLen-
The following organizations in the par
AGE received the prizes The BARRIERS
Union received the first prize of SIS for the
best appearing organiza ton
The Brick and Stone Layers Union re-
cetved the second prize of 200 cigars.
The Typographical Union received the
third prize of 100 cigars
The three prizes for the best appearing
degree teams were given to different or
gantzation as no degree teams turned out
Boyd's girl cadets received the first prize
OF SIS.
The Republican Flambeau club received
the second prize of fifty cigars.
me karnlVaI Knights. according to one
OF the judges, received the third prize
OF twelve packages OF breakfast food be-
cause John Waters. Charles Holiday and
John McManus looked very hungry"
me park presents a scene of gavetv
rents ana stands are everywhere and on
me track where the athletic events will
take place the sprinklers and rollers are
busy putting the track in readiness
. In the northeast corner of the park in a
large tent with sign that reads i'AIusel1rn
OF Anatomy for Men Only beer is dis
pensed without stint. A good business
is going there