The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-21
NAY HAVE JUBILEE
Franklin Payne Suggests It
to Business Men.
MANY APPROVE OF IT
Gate Receipts Would Pay All
the Expenses.

Wichita IS 70 have q musical jubilee
Kansas City has just finished one, which
has been quite success. and there ap-
( pears 10 difficulty in the way Of Wichita
enjoying the same privilege with the new
features which VII be likely 10 make
the wichita jubilee a little different from
any other. and more attractive sor tha;
reason
The idea seems 10 have originated With
Frank Payne, and he has followed il up
steadily. When seen last night and
asked what, Z anything. had been done
he said: No. practically nothing has
been done 50 far, everything is IN the
future. I mentioned this matter sens
time ago TO a few people who az that
tine discouraged ne n the idea Il may
have been an idea ia other minds besides
my own before I first mentioned il. but
I think others have thought Of It more
f recently"
Asked about when u was proposed 70
have the jubilee here. he said: Why,
that has not been determined as yet. but
probably not until next June. June seems
TO be the most musical month in the year
and II would 1T there bette than any
other time OF the year. Yes, thag is q
little far away OF course, but It takes
some little tine 10 make all arrange
ments Tor an affair OF this kind The
plan Is 10 held the jubilee here much the
ne as IN other cities The most pleas
art location would be II the park. OF
course an auditorium would have 10 be
built, and the Street Car company would
be asked to do something IN thi Iiue
Colonel Nelson is not in the city, and that
matter can &c taken UP later. The Az
ditOrium and opera house might be made
use Of, but the park would be the place
for It
The estimate Of the cost OF such an
undertaking would be in the neighbor-
hood OF 5000 which would be covered
by the gate receipts. The jubilee would
LAST from Tuesday morning TO Friday
night, being four days The prizes would
be offered 70 contestant from both kan
sas and Oklahoma, and 70 a c0nsiderabI .
extent, interstate. not excluding anyone
from any state who wished 10 come and
enter the contests The idea Of contin-
uing four days would be 20 give q new
feature 70 the Jubilee. The contests for
the arst three days would be chorus. solo
and piano contests, with probably TWO
popular concerts b. talent from Kansas
City, Omaha or Chicago. with an orato-
rio between. and for the last day band
contest, with me band concert In the
evening with = few new features. which
would take II out Of the ordinary band
concert line
The prizes are intended to be worth
working for. The idea IS 70 give about
s25 for first. $15 for second In solo contests
for oh0ruses Of fifty or more 500 CT s25a
for first and proportionate second. S159
for first prize for the band OF thirty or
more. three bands 20 enter ana a1other
prize for smaller hands. Winfield. king
man. Hutchinson. Newton. Topeka. Back
wei, Guthrie and several other places
have hne Sbands. who would come and
this feature was suggested by Prof. Mar
shal and is good one. The expense. all
told, might not reach g GO. but that is
not mere than they would be-"
Mr.. Payne further stated that al OF
the ideas Rere not his own but that he
had obtained many from discussing the
matter with o<hers, some Of them rnusi-
iginated the idea. would cortfaue 20 push
it ahead. said: wei. don't know there
is q lot II work In it Tor fun. you know.
but whether I DO or not. am willing -
DO al I can and Z know Of q Few Others
who are capable ard think are as wiz
ing as am. he also said he had
another card uD his sleeve 70 spring later
on.
Several of the business men of wich-
ita were seen yesterday and asked their
opinion ~ the project l. s Naftzge-
said That's a good idea II cs1 Be done
and the people OF The city VIII more than
pay the expenses.
Charles c.. Coha. J. o. Davidson and
Finiay Ross expressed themselves that IL
was plausible and should b. taken hold
Of
1Ir. Ross added that the Car company
had about ten OF twelve acres adjoining
5he park where an alditorium would be
just the thing for many other things be-
sides the jubilee.
3Ir- c. r Fulton said. ut should be
done by all means and when YOU are
ready you call On ne for anything
Can give 70 start IL
just the proper thingETAOINU MN
Dr. J. C. Wuson thought it looked as
though It v5uid &c Just the thing II prop
cry naaassd. and that It was rot too
soon 70 begin AZ once
Thomas shaw said. Good idaz L
should have been done long ago. but
good business man. not musician
should be 81 the had of Il. assisted bv
q sood man II a musical line. rs a coed
thing and is probably something We have
Dr Noble thought It would bs 4 good
thing AZ Grst thought. but said be wos.d
ike q thilk Il over before saying Just
waat he thought a5out iL
As u paying OK by Eate receipts
guaranty fuld vculd % course be pre-
vi5ed sor. but che chances are that it
woul5 never bs necessary 20 caI upoa T.
-Four thousand dollars might cover aH
expenses. bGt S7a1 would 1e supis for
all expenses and ths people cs wichita
would enjoy music that they co-ld gst
in 10 ether way
The musical people are al heartily 81
tavo- of the plan ard al those who were
seen were r-acticzliy cf rhe sane opir-
lon TIE plan VII undoubtedly meet zlth (
the approval ot Czlahoua
Nos al th- great buffers are poksr Plap /
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