The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-15
The PriZe-Winne
Kate E. Browns
Article on Street Fair.

e~ L. OtOWN
Article on Street Fair.
Kate E. Brown Of the Lewis Academy
FACULTY has won the prize for the best
article in exploitation of the Wichita
street fair and carnival The article is
given below.
Some weeks ago Mrs. L. S. Carter Of
fered a prize for the best article on the
Wichita street fair and carnival The
prize was fine set of Redpath's History
of Mankind"
their work yesterday. The judges were
Mrs. Sallie Toler. Mr.. s. S. Ashbaugh and
Mr. 3. L. keenan,. These judges, who
IN the opinion of the community were full
ly competent, took all the typewriter
articles submitted without knowledge Of
authorship The articles were graded
carefully The following test in grading
the papers was established:
Genera1 merit ............-......50 per cent
style --........................25 per cent
Arrangement .....................2o per cent
All the papers were so excellent and
showed such uniform ability that the
irving at a decision they believed just
The paper marked number four was final
ly decided upon. and the name OF the
writer asked for. 1t proved to be Kate
E. Brown
Mrs. Carter has the thanks Of the COM
muntty for her uberality and public spirit
In this matter.
The prize-winning article Is as follows:
WICHITA FREE STREET FAIR AND
CARNIVAL.
At Wichita, beginning on October IS
and lasting through the entire week will
occur the Free Street Fair and Carnival,
which promises 10 rival in magnifcence
and brilliancy anything ever seen in the
southwest Read these attractions, and
make UP your mind to bring your family
and spend the week.
DAYS
October deepening day.
October 17-German day
October .1S-Okl2homa and Frisco day
October 19-Kansas and Tournament
day.
october 20-F1ower parade and carnival.
October 21-Commercisl Travellers day
One block south of the corner Of Doug
las and Main is a beautiful arched gate
way which opens into three blocks of
double booths with fine cement promen-
ade between. In these booths, arranged
by the best artists and decorators of the
city. Will be dispayed everything rich and
rare-diamonds and jewelry of all kinds,
silks. sauns, beautiful laces, millinery,
beautiful and artistic crockery, the lat
est styles in furniture and carriages-in
fact, the best and rarest Of everything
our merchants and manufacturers pos
sess. In addition to this will be one of
the finest displays Of agricultural pro-
ducts. Prizes of 500, SIS and $50 have been
offered for the best and most artistic dis
play in this line. All of this absolutely
free to the public
Streets of Cairo will occupy one block
on Williams street between Main and
Market; and. in the center Of the square
vii be located the Midway. These attrac-
tions consist of fifteen car loads brought
from the Omaha exposition, among which
are Oriental villages, containing Alger-
fans, Armenians, Turks. dervishes besides
numerous other Oriental tribes who win
present all the native attractions; Fill
Pine villages, consisting of thirty-five
villagers; Indian villages; Monkarviro,
the famous animal impersonator; Hack
enback's wild animals; theatres. gay
Paree, Turkish theatre, Cuban wild girl
and other attractions too numerous to
mention. The charges for enterance to
Midway are ten cents, and ten cents for
the seperate attractions.
BAND CONTEST.
Bands from ten principle cities OF the