The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-04
ARE OFFERED
For Best Design for Carnival
Souvenir Button.
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST
Cash and Honor Awaits the
Successful Competitor.
CONDITIONS OF CONTES

The Wichita Carnival and Fall Fest
val association have invited the people
of Kansas and Oklahoma to submit de
signs for a souvenir button for the Stree
Fair and Carnival in October next
The most unique and attractive buttor
ever issued in the United States is desir
ed, and to better obtain this the people
of the brightest state and territory II
Twenty-Five dollars will be awarded fol
the most acceptable idea, and S. for sec.
ond
The people of Wichita are barred from
this contest, for the obvious reason thai
as Wichita judges will pass upon the de-
signs submitted it would be only cour-
teous and just to outside contestants
that the judges be not Influenced in any
way by local prejudice.
The button selected will be the official
button Of the Street Fair and Carnival
and will be sold by thousands all oven
the southwest
John L. Powell, of the Goldstandt-
Powell Wholesale Hat company, is chair
man of the special committe having in
charge the selection of this souvenir but
ton. Mr.. Powell states that while atten-
ton will be given to artistic merit In this
contest, yet the most striking, unique,
original idea, well expressed, will receive
paramount consideration.
Mr.. Powell states, also, that no pains OF
expense will be spared by the fall festi-
val association to call the attention OF
every citizen both in Kansas and Okla
homa to this contest, and without doubt
every county and town of Importance
will have a half dozen or more contest
ants. Oklahoma is a very young terri
tory, but some of the brightest minds and
most energetic and wide awake people
of this continent reside within her bor-
ders, and the breezy, brilliant denizens of
the old Sunaower state will need to do
some clever designing to win the big
prize offered by the Wichita Carnival as
sociation.
The contest for the honor of winning
this prize for the souvenir button for the
biggest carnival and fall festival that will
be held in the west this year, between
the bright minds of these two great
states. will be watched with great in
terest. The contest will close May l,
and in the Sunday Eagle of June the
names of the prize winners will be pub
lished, together with illustrations of the
accepted designs.
The name, and photograph if possible,
of the winner of the first prize, together
with a reproduction of the design, will
also be furnished the leading illustrated
papers of New York City; in such an
event the name of the prize winner will
attract widespread attention, as a con-
test of this nature is unique in the his
tory Of carnivals and festivals of this
kind.
The folliwing is the official announce
ment OF the conditions of the contest, as
issued by Chairman Powell:
prize offer for design for an official
souvenir button for the Wichita Carnival
and Fall Festival, October to 6, 1900.
1.-THE Wichita Carnival and Fall Festi-
val association invite the people of Ok
lahoma to submit designs for a souvenir
button to commemorate the carnival and
fall festival to be held in Wichita, Octo-
Der 1 to 6, 1900. A prize of $25 will be
awarded for the design most acceptable
to this committee. The button issued
from this design to be the official button
of the Wichita Carnival and Fall Festi-
val association for 1900.
"a second prize of IS will also be
awarded for the second best design sub
united.
Conditions Of the Contest
"Frst-Any person, an actual resident
of Oklahoma of Kansas, may compete for
these prizes. except those residing in
the city of Wichita, who are barred.
'Secopd-All designs to be for a button
circular in form and from IL to inches
in diameter. Designs. however, must be
worked up to two to four times this size.
''Third-Artistic merit will receive due
attention; but the most striking, unique
original idea, well expressed, will re-
ceiye paramount consideration.
"Fourth-No restriction as to coloring
or wording will be made, except that
Wichita Carnival and FAN Festival
Oct. l to G. 1900 must appear on the de-
sign in an attractive way.
'Flfth-Each contestant can submit one
design only.
'Sixth-This contest viii close May !,
1900, at L noon.
Prior to June ], 1900, the prizes will be
awarded to the contestants. whose de
signs are accepted by this committee.
and in the Wichita Daily Beacon Of
June ., 1900 and in the Sunday Eagle of
June 8, 1900 the names and addresses OF
the, prize winners viii be published, to-
gether with an illustration of the design
that wins the first prize
Parties submitting designs are request
ed TO address same 70 John L. Powell,
chairman, postof1ce box I2o, Wichita,
Kansas