Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-09-30
One More Week and the Elks'
Great Fall Carnival Will
BE Inaugurated.
Contracts Have Been Closed fOr
Attractive and Varied
Amusements.
The Booths Are Now Ready for
the Reception of Wares
and Exhibits.
The GOVERNOR and STAFF COMING

One more week and the big Fall Carni-
val will be inaugurated. With a great
fourishing of trumpets, the music of
many bands and the most elaborate
pageant that Louisville has ever wit
messed, this great undertaking, which
was instituted for Louisville's sake and
in the interest of Kentucky's commercial
advance, will be on. The Chief Executive
of the State and great array of her most
distinguished sons and representatives
from every organization in Louisville will
take part in this demonstration.
The Carnival City is at last reality
Like magic it has risen. For two weeks
the busy sound of hammers was heard
from Broadway to Breckenridge and from
Brook to Floyd, and now the Street Fair
with its hundreds of booths is ready to
receive the wit and attractive wares that
are there to be displayed. The carnival
grounds are in magnificent shape
Thanks to the untiring efforts of Chair.
man Charles D. Meyer of the Building
Committee, the Carnival City arose with.
out any delay.
There are 32l booths where will be dis.
played the best of Louisville's products.
The largest retail stores have signifed
their intention of making elaborate dis.
plays, and from factory and mill there
will be the choicest products.
During the past week the carnival
management closed contracts for many
attractive amusements, which will be free
to the public and which will be seen and
heard for the general admission of ten
cents only. There will be free band con-
certs, athletic exhibitions, shows for the
children and a sight of the biggest street
fair ever attempted in the United States
Further details of the big midway show
that the promise made by the carnival
promoters that their midway will be the
most attractive since the Worlds Fair
will be realized. The Streets of Cairo
and the German village and the wild ami
NAL exhibit will be the largest since the
days of the Chicago Exposition
There will be visitors of every nation
atty. In fact, it will be congress of
nations.
There remains particularly nothing un-
done except good weather to make the
carnival brilliant success. The list of
special days insures varied and attractive
attention. AS heretofore announced, the
list Of special days is as follows:
Monday October 9-Louisville day.
Tuesday, October l0-Bryan day.
Wednesday, October 1l-Ladies' day.
Thursday, October 12-Fraternal day
Orphans day..
Friday, October l3-McKinley day.
Saturday, October l4-German-Ameri-
can day school children).
Monday, October 16--Yet to be desig-
mated
Tuesday, October 7-Irish-American
day.
Wednesday, October lS-Elks day.
Thursday, October l9--T. P. A. day.
Friday, October 20--Indiana day.
Saturday, October 2l-Kentucky day.
The buildings will be formally turned
over to the Advisory Board on Saturday
night, and by next Monday exhibitors
will have undertaken the work of getting
their displays in shape. Every arrange
ment has been made for the brilliant
electric illumination and the grounds at
night will be aglow with lights.
There is every indication that Louis
vile merchants will make in the coming
street fair the finest exhibition since the
days of the great Southern Exposition.
No line of trade or business has been
neglected. Louisville business men, real
izing the vital importance of the street
fair, have tested their ingenuity in the
matter of arranging unique and attractive
displays.
The admission fee Of ten cents which
is charged for the Louisville fair is the
smallest admission ever made for such an
exhibition. 1t gives entrance to the en-
tire carnival grounds, gives entree into
the special exposition part, and in fact
gives the visitor admission to every place
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