The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-21
IT IS ALL THERE.
Kansas MidWinter Exposition
Now i'm Full Bloom.
The Auditorium is a Scene OF
Activity.
WHAT STATE CAN DO.
Samples For Visitors of Things
Made in Kansas.
Paradise of the Small Boy and
the lnQuisitiVe.
VAUDEVILLE FEATURE
VAUDEVILLE FEATURE
Promises to Greatly Add to
Interest.
President Davis Delivers Ad-
dress Concerning Resources.

The Midwinter exposition is in full
bloom. 1t was budding out Monday
-4fternoon, but the carpenters and cleo
tricians We're still at work and ceased
their noise only when the leash was
slipped on the vaudeville attractions.
Today it is complete The usual
crowd is there The small boy who
can't get enough of the free samples
and wooden whistles to satisfy his NOR
bid craving; the near sighted old lady
who backs off to take a good look at
things, and falls over something, or
nothing, as the case may be; the pro-
gressive individual who partakes plenu-
fully of everything free, and makes a
specially of collecting printed matter
and advertising folders. But right here
the Great Kansas Midwinter exposition
ceases suddenly to resemble any other
fair. There is no barker who passes
up inducements from the basement of
his lungs no shell or f1im-ham games;
no pink ''lemo" and no umbrellas to
puncture the optic of the unwary.
The alleged ''PlamOndOnn and Anon
do" are we'll known to the crowd who
watch their amusing and startling
movements on the aerial ladder. as
Charles and Louis PlamOndon, of To-
peka, and know that they live only
few blocks south of the Auditorium.
oh, yes, Topeka can furnish you any
thing you want, from pair of star
acrobats to a locomotive, and yet the
citizens are not swelled out of shape
with pride The crowd seems to be
literally at the mercy of Miss Josephine
Harvey, the far famed trombone soloist.
When she pokes' out that left arm to
the limit and a large chunk of some
thing seems to explode in the basement
of her horn, the spectators dodge per-
ceptibly, but they just do it for fun, of
course When Miss Harvey saws off
the end of a tune, gives a little side
wise nod and shows what would be a
pearl flush, were it not for the gold
tooth on the north SIDE the house
promptly comes down and then she
obligingly comes back and plays an
other.
And just think of the good things to
eat. The small kid stands in front Of
the booths where various pickles, pre-
and VOWS that his sole ambition upon
reaching maturity will be to become
one of the judges to pass upon the
merits of the edibleS at Just such an ex-
position. Stern looking individuals
labeled GUARDS wander around at
random and say, Cut that OUT when
some stray kid becomes too enthusiast
TIC, but their duties end here. The
crowd is not SO noisy as would be ex-
pected. and when the band begins to
play they close up like an automatic
rat trap and give the musicians a
chance. No one need be short on in
formation. He can look at the silver
image of Ada Rehan for five minutes
and get five different histories of the
statue from as many different informa-
tion vendors.
An exhibitor stepped out of his booth
to look 1t over for exterior defects last
night. and visitor from the short
grass country stepped up and remarked
Fine stall, amt it?' We'll yes it
looks pretty good to me-" answered the
owner The man from the west then
proceeded to tell the man all about his
booth and the goods displayed He
passed out gratis a glowing description
of the ever growing business of the
owner, and Dragged so much on the
booth that Mr.. Exhibitor didn't have
the nerve to make himself known to the
enthusiastic admirer
Last night the small boys. filled with
exuberance and wind, were a trifie too
musical with the whistles which are
given away at one of the booths, and
the management announced that this
style of nuisance would be abated if not
eliminated.