The morning news., 1899-10-10
70 BE AN OPEN AIR CARNIVAL
THE PYTHIAN FAIR Committee
CHANGES ITS PLANS.

The Indoor Fair Idea Discarded and
nm Open Air Carnival substituted
with "A Midway Plaisnnee ns the
Chief AftractfOn-A Contract Made
with the Canton Fair and Cnrni-
val COmpnny-The Carnival TO he
Held Nov. II TO 30 Including Con-
federnte Veterans week.
The Knights of PythIas Fair Commit
toe, appointed for the purpose Of raising
funds for the Pythian Han Association,
has decided upon an entirely different
programme from that announced a few
weeks since. The committee has decided
that the time has come for an innovation
In these affairs. and it proposes to take
the lead in making the innovation. In
other words, II has decided to abandon
the idea Of an indoor fair, which 1t had
been announced would be given al the
Guards Hall.
The entertainment to be given Will be
known as the knights of Pythlas Open Air
Carnival. and will include full-blown
midway plaisance as one of the chief at
fractions. Nothing in this nature has ever
been attempted In Savannah and the COM
mittee has reason to believe that it will
prove attractive, both for its novelty Of
the affair, as wei as the many features
which will be offered for the entertain
ment of the public.
These indoor fairs, with all their ac-
compartments of raffies, gambling games
begging for chances and selling your
friends articles donated by other friends
at several times their real value have be
come rather tiTesome," said a member of
the committee yesterday, and We con-
cluded that ii was about time to offer the
public something new. We want their
money and good deal of II, but we pro
pose to give them something in return IN
the way of pleasure and entertainment,
which will more than repay them for
whatever expenditures they may make.
The entertainment will not be small af-
fair. Our plans are based on large
scale. The company which will furnish
| the midway plaisance attractions Will
bring over 100 people"
The committeeman explained that the
special committee appointed for the pur-
pose had contracted with the Canton In
| dustrial Fair and Carnival Company Of
Canton, o.. to furnish the entertainment
for the carnival. The company is organ
| lied especially for the purpose of furnish
ing vaudeville entertainment for fairs, car
nivals and other civic affairs and is con-
uhttttl OH u large Stdlt. II mas lAI6u eli
gagements in a number of cities, and the
committee took care 10 post itself as to
the record of the company a these places
before concluding the deal. This is the
same company which has been given the
midway contract for the State Fair to be
| held in Atlanta beginning Oct Is. From
Atlanta the company will come direct to
Savannah
The open air carnival is to open Nov. IA,
| and run two weeks, including the Confed-
crate Veterans Reunion week. and the
week previous. IL is expected that the
low rates offered to the veterans and their
| friends will draw large crowds to the city
to whom the carnival is likely to prove
| specially attractive.
The structure for the carnival will be a
| large one, and the committee is now look
ing around for a suitable site. The plans
| include a street sixty feet in width by
| 300 feet in length, leading up TO the mid
| way section. The street will be lined on
! each side by booths which Will be offered
! to the local merchants and others desir-
| Gus of advertising their wares. The mid
! way section is to be 800 feet square, divid-
| ed into booths or halls surrounding a large
open space in the center. These booths
VIII be occupied by the various vaudeville
! shows, each ht wing a separate booth. The
| crystal maze, the beauty show and all the
| other attractions which have gained fame
| on various midways, will be in line,
! Whether the famous hoochee-coochee per
| formance is TO be included has not beer
| announced.
The cost of seeing the elephant will bt
! divided so as TO accommodate all pockets
| An entrance fee of 10 cents will be charged
| at the entrance 10 the main street, and an
other dime viii be collected at the en-
| trance to the main square. After reach
| ing the square the visitors will be at lib
| erty to patronize as many of the attrac
| tons offered there as they care to witnes:
at 10 cents for each. AS there will be sew
| en- of these, IL Will cost just 80 cents Il
complete the whole round. The structure
| viii be a temporary board affair, prob
ably covered by canvass for protection
| from the weather
The members of the Pythian Committed
are all confident that they have hit upor
the right idea and that the carnival vii
prove 10 be the biggest attraction of the
| kind ever offered in Savannah, with sat
isfactory results financially TO the Hall AS
soctation.
CITY RVEVITIFs