The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-18
TROLLEY PARADE.
One of the Features Of the
Topeka Street Fair.
VIII Be Opening Event of the
Show.
'sDAYS" FOR EVERY ONE
Fraternal, Scotch, School, WO-
men, All Assigned Days.
Many Applications For Space
Being Received.
DAYS" FOR EVERY ONE

The street fair idea is taking with
Topeka business men since they have
come to thoroughly understand it. The
principal work that has been done by
the street fair committees thus far has
been along the line of advertising the
fair over the west, but already large
amount of space for exhibits has been
sold.
One of the advantages which "A street
fair has over other forms of displays
is that it gives manufacturers a chance
to bring their products directly before
a large number of people. There are
manufacturing industries in Topeka
that are unknown even to Topeka peo-
pie. The street fair will give an oppor-
tunHy to bring the attention of the peo-
pie directly to these industries.
Kansas people believe in patronizing
Kansas industries. The trouble is that
they do not know enough about what
Kansas produces in the manufacturing
line. They do not know that the great
est plaster mills in the world are located
in Kansas; that Topeka manufactures
pants pickles, mirrors, trunks, and a
multitude of other articles; that the
third largest salt plants in the United
States are in Kansas The street fair
gives these industries an opportunity
to place their goods directly before
thousands of people in an attractive
form, and they are benefited accord
ingly.
1t is the same with the merchant He
can display his goods in his store, but
it is necessary to bring the people there
before they can see them. In the street
fair he takes his display to the people,
and they can not help seeing it. If they
see anything there that pleases them,
they invest and the clerk in charge of
the store telephones the order to the
/ and if iS 1rOmntlV filed there and
delivered to the customer at the street
fair before the customer gets through
| looking at the displays.
The programme committee is hard at
work arranging the features for the
| different days of the fair. Each day
will be entirely different from every
| other day, SO far as the features are
| concerned Days will be set apart Spe-
cially for various fraternal and social
| organizations, and the Commercial club
committees will prepare special enter
| tainments and amuSementS for those
| special organizations
The fair will open on Monday, May Is.
| There will be a special programme OF
! opening ceremonies in connection with
the opening, preceded by an industrial
| parade on the streets. This parade will
| probably be the much talked of trolley
| car parade. If this plan is CARRIED out
/ as the committee intends that it shall
| be- it win be the second parade of the
| kind ever given. The first one was
the Fourth of July Denver will give an
other using the same floats that New
Orleans had, and later Wichita will fol
low, but if Topeka gives one in May II
| will be ahead of either of these. The
New Orleans parade attracted great at
tention, and it is predicted that tbs
trolley car parade will supersede the ole
style in parades.
The plan of setting aside certain days
for the fraternal societies will give the
members of those societies an oppor-
tunity both to advertise their respective
orders and to have a good time besides
The orders are not asked to do anything
themselves. but the Commercial clut
will furnish the entertainment. If tn,
orders or individual lodges desire to add
any features to the programme mapped
out by the committee they viii be al
lowed to do so. There viii be Wood
mems Day, Worknens Day, Macca
bees Day. Shriners' Day, and others
The Shriners Will be given a chance t,