The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-21
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CHILDREN'S HOME EXPOSITION
To be Held Here During the Week of
Fall Carnival.

To be Held Here During the Week of
Fall Carnival
One of the most colossal undertakings
is the one that the ladies of the Chill
dren's Home have initiated for the pur-
pose of raising about 5000 in a manner
that will be ever so much more pleasing
than the usual plans, as in it the element
of begging is to a great extent removed
and clean-cut business proposition sub
Stituted. The affair, owing to its mag
nitude, will be conducted in a systematic
manner and there will be many COM
mittees, but the ladies have chosen Mrs.
VIM. Larkin as chairman Of the great
Children's Home Exposition, as it will be
known.
The plan will doubtless be successful, #
from no other reason than that of the
originality and uniQueness of 1t. Fairs,
bazaars, teas and socialS have long since
had their day and have been relegated to
a profitless oblivion. Only something de-
cidedly new and interesting will repay
for the time and labor expended, and in
stead of these and asking for cash con-
tributions, the plan of the exposition has
been decided upon
The exposition win be held during the
week of the Wichita Carnival and FAN
Festival, time that thousands from this
state and the territories will visit Wich-
ita- Here will be the inducement to the
wholesaler jobber and merchant to in
terest himself in the proposition. 1t is
simply this. The ladies expect to stock
| oair oriy With
receive in payment for extensive and
valuable advertising. The emporium Will
be Limited to no line of trade and every
branch of industry, merchandise, ma
chinery, art, foods, furniture, clothing,
and in fact any manner of thing that
has value will be on sale. These goods
are to come from every part Of Wichita,
as well as from every part of the coun-
try, and there viii be no intent to solicit
anyone who wishes to invest in the
proposition. 1t is proposed to at once
send out at least 5000 letters like the
following:
Gentlemen: We ask your favorable
consideration of the following:
In the month of October Wichita will
hold a street fair and carnival, lasting
one week An immense crowd will be in
attendance from surrounding states and
territories. We want to hold Charity
Exposition for the benefit of our Chill
drens Home here. We have enlarged
and improved it lately and we want to
raise the money to liquidate the debt
During this street fair we are going to
sell such merchandise as may be con-
tributed. Our advertising department.
will distribute advertising matter to the
thousands of people who attend.
We want your aid and support, and
write you this earnest appeal to send US
as a contribution to
our Childrens Home Exposition coIlec-
ton. We promise to repay you by dis
tributng your picture cards, pamphlets
or circulars at our street fair. This
splendid distribution will repay you for
the expenditure for the above named. 1t
will create a demand for your goods. We
| intend to construct special booths at our
Exposition entertainments for these aru-
cles, where they will be placed on sale.
In thus promoting the sale, your goods
will be advertised TO many thousands Of
people.
Hoping our proposition will meet with
your favorable consideration and that
you will favor US with a PROFIT reply
we remain, very sincerely yours,
! CHILDREN HOME EXPOSITION
BOARD,
| Per MRS. VIM. LARKIN. Chairman.
| This proposition, as contained in the
above letter is clear and ought to be
plain At no time and IN no place viii
there be so good an opportunity 10 ad-
vertise goods, wares and merchandise
and special advertising matter as during
! the great Fall Festival and Carnival
which attracts tens Of thousands TO
( Wichita every fall. Visitors to the fair
viii pass the building where the ladies
viii hold their. Emporium, which Will be
I in the heart Of the city. and during the
hours before the fair viii walk around to
! see what they can see No better time
/ for presenting them with pretty and neat
advertisements. Then again the Expo
sition will not interfere With a ssngls
business establishment as no parTtcu ar
line viii be carried, and probably only
one article OF each particular nature viii
+ be on hand Wichita merchants VIII prob
ably find II very profitable II they invest
I for the advertisements viii direct tho
visitors 70 their pace Of business These
goods viii be displayed for weeks with
( the donors name uDon tEeu- when in
itself wiz be a valuable medium - al
vertise the articles. and finally when thu
great week arrives and the goods ara
sod and this IS whore the ladies' VII
cont their profits and thereby mater
ally assist one % the uost deserving IL
sti,uGons that has ever reserved the help
OF uasel1sh and nobie women Tlse Eo-k
( Is in progress and a score q ladies' are
az work addressing Settszs co1ta2nins ths
proposition
/ The oface-s ot the Home are; Mrs II
+ ". Buckasr. president; Mrs. J y Nay
{ ior. vice president. Ara SteEa-t- sec.s-c
vice prs<tde1t. Mrs. L y JzcSsoE- rat
ron: Mrs.. 8 A Bass. recorttzE sec->-
.zry: Mrs. NJ " Bz-s. rnaZe.zl sscre-
tary. Mrs z. p Eeila-. treasursr-
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