The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-01
DAY OF FLOWERS.
Kansas Semi Centennial Climax
Came Today.
Scene of Unsurpassed Beauty
and SplendOr.
1T SURPRISES OTHERS.
Many Carriages and Floats Art
isticaIly Decorated.
Pass in TriumphaI Procession
Down Kansas Avenue.
WORK OF THE WOMEN.
Nearly Every Club in City Is
Represented.
Children Take q Prominent Part
in Parade.
Many Carriages and Floats Art
isticaIly Decorated.
Pass in Triuniphal Procession
Down Kansas Avenue.
WORK OF THE WOMEN.
Nearly Every Club in City Is
Represented.
Children Take q Prominent Part
in Parade.

This is the most important day of
Topeka's festaI week, because it is
the Women's day. The women are
always it, but they are a capital 1t to-
day.
In spite of threatening thunder
clouds which rolled up from the south
about noon and darkened the sun,
which had been shining brightly all
the morning, the preparations for the
great floral parade continued stead
iiy. and by 2:30 everything was in
readiness on Quincy street, where the
procession formed The soft rustic Of
the heavy masses of tissue-paper
flowers, the rich variations of color,
and the clicking of gilded hoofs as
the floats and equipages were
brought into position for the parade
made a scene almost as attractive as
the parade itself, when it finally
swung out into Kansas avenue and
commenced its long line of march.
Topeka has had a great many floral
parades; some of them are historic
for their wonderful beauty. But the
parade today equaIled or surpassed
anything of the sort ever seen here.
1t was a kaleidoscope of color, OF
rich and gorgeous display. 1t rep
resented money, skill and boundless
labor.
the best professional decorators the
city affords; some were entirely the
work of talented women who know
how to combine pine sticks, gliding,
muslin and tissue paper into a har-
monious creation At for princess
bower.
1t is not too much to say that no
matter how excellent may be the pro
gramme for the remaining days of the
Semi Centennial, the floral parade of
Women's Day win stand out as one Of
the triumphs of the entire celebra-
ton.
City Federation Features.
There were sixty features in the pa
rade including carriages. pony car
riages, floats. automobiles and BIZ
cycles, exclusive of the bands, city
troop, marshals and assistant mar
shaIs. Marshalrs band in full uniform
led the procession and was followed by
the city troop under Brigadier General
James White Frierson Hughes. After
this in order were the following fea-
lures:
Social settlement kindergarten float.
Froebel Mothers union float.
State carriage occupied by Mrs. Viii
lis J. Bailey.
Ceramic art club float
Ladies Music club surrey.
City federation Of clubs victoria oc-
cupied by Mrs. A. H. Horton and Mrs.
David Todd of Amherst, Massachu-
setts.
Nautilus club float.
w. c. T. u. float.
Western SOrOSiS automobile.
West Side Forestry club float.
w. T. X. club float.
Chaldean club chariot.
&Shalidorean club trap.
College of the Sisters of Bethany,
float.
Mills Dry Goods company's float.
Nineteenth century club runabout.
81 1J7r
Knights and Ladies of Security
float
Crosby Bros May Queens float.
Topeka Orphans Home carriage.
Robinson & MarshalTs float.
Modoc club gondola float.
Warren NJ. Crosby's Sorosis shoe
float.
Vlgnette club BIay-pole float.
Mrs. H. A. Auerbach's stanhope.
Dean Hayes phaeton.
Clio club pony cart.
Current Literature club pony carriage
and brigade.
The J. J. club carriage.
Misses Mary Van Vechten and Dora
Nottberg, pony cart.
The Misses Hadley's pony carriage.
Masters Clarence Sheldon and Emery
Hughes, pony cart.
Master Chappelle Foote'S pony cart.
The Misses kaster's pony carriage.
The Just For Fun clubs donkey
wagon.
The public manual training school
float
Washburn college float.
The Topeka chapter of the Daugh-
fers of the American Revolution auto
mobile and Miss Hazel Nulvane, eques-
trfenne.
The Atlantean clubs automobile;
occupants Mrs. J. c. NIcCIintock. presi-
dent, and Mrs. Belle Stoughtenborough
of Nebraska.
DR.. and Mrs. Samuel Lyman's auto
mobile.
bile.
Mr. Clement Smiths automobile.
Good Government clubs automobile
Mrs. Norris automobile
Mrs. Billings automobile.
The Cosmos club automobile.
Mrs Lou Wyman's automobile.
Mrs. F. W. Swearingen's automobile
Group of bicyclists.
Topeka fire department.
The floral parade was in charge o
the City Federation of Women's clubs
and most of the vehicles represented
the individual clubs of the federation
The federation carriage itself, il
which rode Mrs. A. H. Horton, presi
dent of the federation, and Mrs. Mai be
Ioomis Todd of Amherst, Mass, th'
principal speaker of the evening pro
eramrne of Woman's Day which i
to be given at the Auditorium tonight
was the "a. A. Low victoria, in white