The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-31
DURBIN Will OPEN SHOWS
GOVERNOR WILL OFFICIATE AT
THE CARNIVAL TONIGHT.
All Ready for the Weeks Exhibition
ON StatehOuse Square-"The Girl
from Up There"

The big military carnival which begins
tonight is all ready for the opening. The
men at the head of the enterprise are con-
fident of a successful amusement week.
The carnival will open this evening at z
o'clock on the Statehouse lawn.
The Gaskill-Mundy Carnival Company,
which is furnishing the feature attractions
for the week, arrived in the city last night
in two special trains over the Vandalia
line. Thirty-five cars were required to
transport the paraphernalia of the carnival
shows
The purpose of the carnival is to start
a fund for the erection Of an armory for
the local militia battalion. grand parade
of military companies, civic bodies, with
plenty Of music, will be the signal tonight
for the carnival's opening. The carnival
will start when Governor Durbin delivers
the opening address at o'clock and
presses a button which will turn on myr-
lads of electric lights, and start the wheels
of the complicated amusement machinery.
Statehouse square, where this morning
only the framework Of the carnival shows
was to be seen. will be changed as IL by
fairy touch before the close Of the day.
Gay decorations and the beautiful show
fronts of the carnival attractions will re-
place the wooden framework. and the
roaring OF wild beasts in the zoo, the troops
Of children following the elephants and
camels, the multitude of electric lights
which will illuminate the esplanade, all
these things will combine to make the
scene an animated enc.
UNLOADING THE SHOW.
large crowd greeted the carnival COM
pany on its arrival in the city and the
sights and scenes which always accompany
the unloading Of a big show were to be
seen. Sweating workmen, whose swarthy
forms in the glare of the gasoline torches.
worked all night to unload the trainloads
of paraphernalia- Col. p. ]. Mundy, general
superintendent, personally directed the task
of setting up the carnival paraphernalia
to-day. The main feature of the show is
the stadium, where but two performances
a day are given. The stadium show lasts
an hour and a half and the feature acts
presented equal in their variety and char
acter those of modern three-ring circus.
The GaSkfll-Mundy zoo and congress of
trained wild animals is another feature.
Another feature will be the country store .
conducted by the ladies Of the Fresh Air
Mission for the benefit of their fund. 1t is
hoped to complete the fund by this enter
prise. The array of merchandise which will
be on display will be unique. Collins, hay,
confectionery and hardware are only a few
of the lines of goods carried in stock. One
may purchase anything from a paper OF
pins to a plow in this unique establishment.
Among the ladies who are patronesses of
the military carnival, the list of which is
headed by Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks, ap-
pear many well known in the social life
of Indianapolis. All things indicate a sue
cessful week. and If the weather is favor
able, a neat sum will be cleared by the
Indiana national guardsmen
One of the most attractive features OF
the carnival this week will be 1.-THE Girl
from Up There" the same attraction
which was at the Pan-American exposition
Miss Eta Louise Blake appears in the title
| role at the entertainment. dramatic in
| cdent in Grecian mythology-that of Pyg-
| malion and Galatea. forms the nucleus for
| part of the show. The incarnation of Gala
| tea. her subsequent condemnation by the
| gods, and the despair Of her lover are all
| portrayed by electrical and mechanical eff
| fects. The illusion when the statue turns
/ feet.