The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-24
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
Paramount People Have success
with Button Selling.


Two hundred dollars was the amount
Of money received by the students OF
Fairmount College yesterday and last
| night for the sale Of souvenir buttons for
| the benefit OF Paramount College The
popular price was 10 cents. but in many
instances the young ladies received q
| and 80 cents for a single button
Young ladies occupied counters in four
teen of the leading stores OF the city and
made many sales OF buttons. On the
streets and in front Of stores young la
dies and young men sold buttons. and al
most every pedestrian was accosted with
the cry, Wont you buy a button?" BY
evening many people were wearing but
tons, and It was an indication that the
Paramount students had been laboring
successfully.
a few buttons were left from the sale
and they viii be sold between this and
the time of the new fashioned fair. The
Paramount color yesterday was predonin-
ant. and every Fairmount student was
wearing yellow.
While the students were selling the
souvenir buttons the Kansas booth COM
mittee, the Philippine Market committee,
the Official Flower committee and the
German Inn people were busy in different
parts Of the city planning for their vari-
Gus parts in the weeks entertainment
Many people are not yet aware of what
the fair really is. It is one Of the largest
indoor affairs that Wichita has had, and
something which VIII interest The
Klondike Mining Camp will be big sur
prise The ladies in charge ot it are
making preparations and it viii undoubt-
edly be one Of the interesting things Of
the week
Hal Mccoy. the inimitable has COM
pleted the organization Of his sect
There" band. It viii be quite an organi-
zzation, and its members are Germans.
The name Of the band in fact is the
German Get There" band, and the
names Of the members are; Heinrich
Sauerblume, Albert Rifeschneider, Otto
Itschldewitch. Herman Weibreichtd, Au-
gust Sohlitzenspitz, Prof. Weinerkraut,
Wilhelm Giwowiskie, Pabst Behrberger,
Hans Spoopnoodle, Anhauser Pretzel-
holts, Gustav Dinkenspiehl, Weiser Kun
kelbudt. John Kschnitzlerbaum, Fritz
Hoehensplitz. Theodore Seidersekenk, ia
cob Val Blatzenheimer. Tony Schlitzen-
burg. The leader will be assisted by Sig.
Spaghetti Macerini.
The Fair Museum will consist of a large
and interesting collection of curiosities
exhibited by Mrs. Dreschaux, gathered
by her personally from all parts Of Eu-
rope and the United States. also speci-
mems and metal cuttings from torpedoes
made for the late war. These specimens
were personally obtained through the
courtesy of Lieutenant Commander Niles
Of the torpedo station near Newport, R.
I. Souvenir from the old ship "Constella-
ton" now used as a training ship at the
naval training station, Narrag9nsett bay
the ship, although over a hundred
years old, is still in excellent preserva-
ton. Pieces Of Captain Kids pirate
ship, now laying in the bay at Newport.
R. L
Among other things are fine old Iaces,
Jewels, coins, ores. ancient books, articles
worn by queens. artistic venitian glass
work, and oddities OF every description
too numerous to mention.
In addition VIII be an interesting col
lection from Old Mexico, gathered by
Consul Schaeffer during his stay in that
country.