The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-22
WORLD OF FLOWERS
viii be Used In a Gorgeous
Street Fair Parade.
DECORATORS ARE ENGAGED
Mrs. WheIan of Kansas City
To be in Charge.
DECORATORS ENGAGED

airs. @. v. whelan Of Kansas CITY
No., one of the finest decorators IN the
country, Is in the city to make arrange
nasnts with the carnival COMMITTEES for the
grand flower parade which Is to be held IN
shis city one day Of the street fair. Mrs.
HVhelan has with her some of the sampl.-
Be flowers which she manufactures sor
coral parades and pictures of decorations
which she and her husband have made
at most of the street fairs held in Mis-
souri, and Kansas during the time the
Street fair fad has been in vogue. The
aower carnival committee held a meeting
with Mrs. whelan at the Carey yesterday
afternoon and completed arrangements
for her engagement here She will return
about the first of September and engage
rooms for the manufacture Of the flowers
ana decorations and will be busily en-
gagged from that time on until the day
Of the parade.
The samples of Mrs. Whe1an's work In
the manufacture Of flowers are simply ele-
giant. They are on display in sample room
No. at the Carey. The flowers are made
OF tissue papers and so nearly resemble
the natural article that one would not
observe the difference without a close
inspection. All tints OF roses, geraniums'
chrysanthemums, hyacinths, apple bios
SONS, water lilies, carnations, and in fact
every kind of flower that is popular and
pretty abounds in perfectly natural fresh
ness and beauty.
'T was surprised and delighted on arriv
ing this morning" said Mrs. Whelan, ito
zee such beautiful wide streets, a very
essential thingi in giving a nice parade,
and am satisfied we shall be able to give
one Of the finest flower parades in Wich-
Eta that has ever been seen in this coun-
try"
Nr. whelan then gave her ideas OF how
the parade should be conducted. at Is
my aim" said she, ''to make this parade
one OF the prettiest that I have gotten up,
at least in the way OF decorations. shall
have some new designs that have never
been used before, and they are beauties.
The float for the flower queen should be
the finest ever gotten up by any city. I
have my plans ready now for a design
which will be simply superb. 1 have
talked, the matter over with the commit
tee and we have about agreed on the
plans. There should be a voting contest
open to the state for the most popular
and beautiful lady to act as queen. The
votes will cost ten cents each. This, OF
course. will be apt to go to a Wichita
lady. Then Invitations should be sent out
TO the surrounding towns 70 vote for their
most beautiful girl to act as one OF the
queens maids of honor. The money de-
rived from these outside contests should
90 20 the carnival committee for the pur-
pose of buying and decorating the float
Tor the queen and her maids BY this ar
ransement there will be money enough
raised to furnish one Of the finest floats
ever seen on any street
THE order of march should be formed
In about the following manner: First,
members Of the commercial club on horse
back or in carriages, each dressed in a
white suit; second, carnival crew and
HOVER parade committees, each uniformed
Or dressed in white; third, city officers,
each in uniform; fourth. flower queens
noat with the queen and her six maids
Of honor; fifth, decorated carriages. and
following these, men on horseback, bicy-
rles. etc. No one should be allowed to pa
rade. however, without a white suit or
uniform on. Every horse is to have a
wreath of flowers about it's neck, every
vehicle decorated. every bicycle trimmed
and especially should every harness in
the parade he wrapped with sateen or
silk. You will readily see what a beauti-
eul thing this parade will be"
Mrs. Whelan said that the voting con-
test should be run unrestricted until about
the first of October, and then, IL there
were many candidates, those having the
smallest number of votes with no possible
show OF catching up should be dropped
from the contest. The voting should then
be stopped in plenty Of time 10 allow the
lady chosen as queen to arrange her CO.'S
tune FOR the parade.
When Mrs. Whelan returns the first Of
September she will engage two rooms.
one FOR the manufacture OF flowers and
other decorative work, and the other for
a repository OF the vehicles that are to
contest for the finest decorated vehicle
VIII doubtless be lively, as the awards
will be large enough to pay for the rival
ny and there will be several rewards. Mrs
Whelan will employ about twenty-f five
young ladies' in this city to assist her in
the manufacture OF the flowers and The
decorating Of the carriages. and her de-
partment Of the street fair will doubtless
be about the busiest in Wichita.
The committee on flower parade have
not decided on the prizes to be offered for
the best decorated vehicle in the parade
They had practically decided once. but
withdrew the propositions. and Il Is m
derstood will offer better prizes in TN.
hope of stirring up a great interest in =
parade which they desire to be one Of IN.
most gorgeous ever given in the west
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