The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-02
STREET FAIR BUTTON
UNIQUE Design Adopted by
Executive Committee.
THIS TOWN WILL BE RED
Santa Fe viii Meet M. O. P
and Frisco Rate.

It is evident to any one who attends
the meetings of the street fair commit
tees that carnival week will be the fox
lest time Wichita ever had. The first
report at last nights meeting after
Chairman Innes called the executive
committee was from Mr.. Goldsmith,
chairman Of the ways and means COM
mittee, to the effect that $4,7OO had al
ready been raised by the general solicit
ing committees. This amount is indepen-
dent of the money raised by the special
committees who were appointed to So
lcit subscriptions from the professional
men. Mr.. Goldsmith reported two de-
vices for raising further funds, street
fair button and street fair flag. The
flag Is to be an elegant class OF decorat-
i've material for use by the merchants
street fair week. It will flame with the
fair colors and be cheap enough to enable
tire business men to get enough to enfold
every foot OF sky that drops into the city
in October. 1t will be an attractive nag,
a gay, flirting stream of yellow and red.
There will be acres of street fair flags.
and they'll be foxy.
And the street fair button, when they
begin TO appear, on the streets the town
and its crowd of visitors will get gay and
antic. The thousands OF hot buttons Will
be hot enough to make q coat lapel
smoke When they appear they'll start
lei
gle, laughter with saucy ripples; they
will break every packing string that ETH
Quette has drawn. The buttons will start
something. That will be the street fair.
And the street fair will be the biggest
thing that ever happened. There were
several designs submitted last night. The
favortte was the monkey button, and the
committee adopted It without any mon
key business, too. That's the way the
committee is getting up the street fair
The button design adopted is circular
representing a hilarious mon
key with a bucket of red paint and
brush, standing up in front of Wichita
smeartng on velmilion paste as he
yawps:
81 want to tell you, on the dead,
That everything saw at wichita
Was Red"
On the upper rim is the name, "wichita
Street Fair and Carnival" and below the
date. October 16. IT, IS, 10. 20. 81. 49,
The committee decided to order 5000,
and every one you buy will cost you ten
cents.
The design is by G. II. Searle.
The first advertising matter issued Is
rich Autograph poster with picture OF
a Kansas farm The name and date are
given, and in the lower left hand corner
is a quotation from ''Hiawatha-"
"And the maize field grew and rdpened
TIL it stood in all the splendor
OF its garments green and yellow,
OF its tassels and It's plumage;
And the maize ears full and shining
Cleaned from bursting sheaths OF YER
dure"
Secretary Lockwood made a report OF
his trip to Lima, Ohio. to see about that
big Midway. No action was taken in
regard to the show and will not be till
The main thing IS to find 4
place big enough to put the fair and the
and the crowds. Mr.. Lockwood
says that the only thing that will be at
the fair that is bigger than the Midway
will be the crowd, and the only thing
that will be bigger than the crowd will
be the time they'll have. Secretary
Lockwood says he saw the Santa Fe
general passenger agent at Chicago, who
promised that the Santa Fe would give
as low rates as any other road entering
Wichita
Here are the names Of those who have
already taken booths:
Union Mills Co. Paramount College.
Parrot & Son Otto Weiss
Boston Store Madame williams.
lines & Co. John McComb.
Imboden Milling Co. II. Bolte Fur. Co.
II. ]. Roy. A. VI. Goldstandt
Barnes & Newcomb. Smythe & Sons.
Bros. A. n. Wallace.
o. Haythorn- c. S. Daniels
Jett & Wood. Bryan Bros.
J. A. Richards. Lee Hays.
NJ LoOmis. I. n. Singer.
Herman & Hess. Golden Eagle.
]. H. Terrill & CO. Morris & Speer.
Mai1an Supply Co. Geo. Dold.
West'n Mc'ntile Co Thos. Shaw.
e Vail Tapp Bros & H'sh'w.
[. Goldsmith c. r. Fulton.
]. p Allen. Cash Henderson.
G. Gehrlng. Hooking Drug Co.
G.. W. carp. Dunn & Co.