The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
new STREET FAIR.
Carnival of Last June Will Be Re-
peated on a More Elaborate
Scale.
Commercial Club and Retail Dealers
Will Cooperate in Booming
the Carnival

A circular is being sent out to business
and manufacturing firms to enlist, their
support Of the projected fair and carnival
to be given June i to 13 inclusive <at the
same location as the fair given by the
F,lks last year. with an Industrial street
extending from Sixth street to First ave-
nue. N, to Western avenue. to the open
space opposite the city market, where the
show grounds proper will be located.-
The Minneapolis Amusement and In
dustrial Association is an incorporation of
the Elks executive committee which" so
successfully managed the fair last year
and others. This year the Commercial
Club and Retail Merchants: Association
are to be associated as a management
for the purpose Of enlarging the scope of
the fair and celebrating upon its various
features, SO as to make them constitute
public events Of sufficient Importance to
attract visitors from all parts. Of the
northwest. Il ,
The Jabour Carnival and Circus Com
pany which, last year furnished. attrac-
tions Of a highly satisfactory character
has been engaged for the coming fair: It
is announced however that the shows TO
be presented are to be entirely new in all
features and the. entertainment as a whole
will differ radically in character, There Is
to be a big pyrotechnic spectacle, IA
| Night in Japan" in which two hundred
people appear IN a DdlleI- and OIneT =1SSI.
ures of a, gala character In honor OF the
visit of the mikado.; = - -sy.. -. -.
Instead of the public being crowded into
tents this year, arena seats which will
| accommodate five thousand people will
be provided in the open, where the, spec
tators can watch the spectacles, the ac-
robatic feats on a big platform and the
senSa tional aerial acts. There are to De
| but three shows in tents; which will be
| fitted up as out door theaters with sea t.
for spectators. stages and rorchestras
These exhibitions include a worlds beauty
show in which dances Of various national1:
/ ties are to be portrayed, a congress OF ma:
| tions. and a Japanese garden in which con
tfnuous vaudeville will be presented. -
There are to be big parades this yeal
on carnival nights: and the queen OF the
tcarhivaI is to be installed with imposing
coronation ceremonies. %
Committees from the three association!
mentioned have: been busily at work TO-
the past three weeks planning Tor TIT
fair and these plans are shortly to be pu
into active operation An office has bee1
topened at the E1ks hall and the sale o
fspace to exhibitors begins this week al
I agent has also been sent east to secur
the cooperation of manufacturing con
Germs and induce them to make operativ
exhibits.
,rheodore =. Hays the president of >th
Amusement cllu w CliiSAI eI1'oS1
says: last year the Elks demonstrate
that a street fair in June meets with pop
ular approval. The Comm ercial c1ub:wa
good enough to both indorse and prais
our undertaking. "a number Of promlnell
> business men have also offered to- al
personally in making the affair a propose
ton of sufficient magnitude to warrant
y. lin inviting the people Of the entire north
, west to come and see the show. -
Last year we did not undertake man
= carnival features This year we> hope t
S make them more prominent, thereby ADD
: ing an element of fun. The parades,, tot
: will be much more elabora te:s the 1nercall
$ tile and manufacturing displays bette
and. in fact, sall Features will be ~e1abol
: lated and many new ones added. It is tc
e leariy to go into details, but neWspap
!. readers from now ON will find that thel
Is is something doing every day In the wee
j, We had an attendance Of over 1000 pa
l., admissions at the Elks' fair last year, ar
this year we mean to double II. We inter
to have the court Of honor extend Iro
: First avenue N to Nicollet avenue on iSix
street., and we want the entire city TO I
! decorated, and everybody to be alive.
!, the fact that the fair is q Minneapo
n affair The fact -that.a portion Of the r
. ceipts is to, go to the fund Tor proven
Minneapolis with an auditorium or conc
n seum,. which it needs so .much' justin
n this assertion" ~-. ...,,. 9r.,