The Topeka state journal., 1906-04-14
PARKER'S PIKE HERE.
Topeka Promised an Unusual Spec
tacIe ON April 80.

At the Big May Jubilee to be held
in Topeka April 3oth to May 5th in
elusive, carnival revelers will be given
sufficient variety of entertainments
to keep them busy all week. It is |
promised that The Pike of the Great
Hafker Amusement company will be
Veritable Fairyland of beauty. bril-
iiancy, fun and frolic the like of
which has never been seen in this CITY
on similar festal occasion. Word
comes from Abilene, Kansas. the Win
ter quarters Of the big aggregation.
lnat an army of workmen are kept
working night and day preparing the
para aphernalia which will be brought
to the capital city. The company an
pears this season with a brand new
outnt entire Thousands of dollars
nave been spent this winter bv G. w
Parker on the equipment of the ag-
Topeka.
The elaborate hand-carved wagon
snow fronts are flarvefs Of the decora-
tors art and added to this nayriaIs of
electric lights the sumptuousness of ffle
snow grounds may be imagined. The
ParkeITs carry two Of the largest por-
table electric light plants in the coun-
try ana through their agency the Jubi-
lee Pike viii be converted into a veri-
table flood of brilliancy. 1t win be day
light continuously during Jubilee week.
Pafker's colossal Geological Eden and
trained wild animal arena will be one
ct the big fea lures of the celebration
This. it is claimed is the largest and
best animal show carried by any carni-
val company. Here viii be seen for
the first time in this city IaBe1Ie
Salina, queen of lions, absolutely fear
less who viii give marvellous exhibi-
tions daily with her monster group of
kings of the jungle. SaIina appeared
at the Worlds fair with the Hagen
becks and will be remembered as the
Tr1I
spectacular Spanish dances in the den
of ferocious lions and tigers, thereby
winning the distinction of the greatest
lady animal trainer ever seen with that
menagerie Of educated beasts Not
only Salina, but many other fearless
trainers Will appear in the jungle cir
Gus putting bears, lions, tigers, jaguars
punas, hybrids and other ferocious
beasts through seemingly impossible
stunts. Sultana, the untamable, man.
eating lioness is one of the interesting
features with this animal show.
Without doubt, the big feature
show of the Jubilee will meet with the
hearty approval and patronage of carni-
val visitors. It is entitled THE Sun
flower Bellies" and for its successful
presentation a half a hundred people
are engaged. Final dress rehearsals
are in progress now and the presenta-
ton of the extravaganza here in May
promises to be an innovation in outdoor
amusements. The tuneful opera will be
presented on metropolitan scale, being
well staged and ella borately costumed.
Among the principals are many of the
noted operatic favorites, The beauty
chorus and balIets include some of the
best in the profession. A Veritable con
steliation of vaudeville stars will appear
in the production Two performances
viii be given daily in the open air the
ater
The list of attractions that win make
up the Pike is a long one The novelty
of the age, The Phantom MinstreIs, will
be one of the magnets of the Pike. This
attraction alone is a winning card. The
intensely popular Hale's Tour of the
World is another that will undOubted-
" attract thousands. Then there is that
fun factory, the inimitable Katzenjam-
mer Kastle, the Penny Arcade. the Fer
ris Wheel, Parker's $4,000 Garry Us
All of glittering chariots and jumping
horses; Beautiful Creation, the attrac-
ton which is praised by the entire
clergy; the far-famed Tyrolean Alps
whose scenic grandeur made them the
hit of the ST. Louis Pike: a high class
plantation show: a scientific exhibition
demonstrating the wonders of wireless
telegraphy and liquid air; the nlirth
provoking Marionettes and many others.
Decidedly up-tO-the-minute and one
that should be a hit is the wonderful
Volcano show. depicting wildly through
electrical and mechanical means the
eruption and terrible devastation of Mt.
Vesuvius which is at present in activity.