The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-21
THIS IS BIC WEEK
Merchants Will Be Guests of the
City.
No Pains Spared to Make Visit
Enjoyable.
70 BE MET AT DEPOT
From That Minute Will Be i'm
Hands of Friends.
Banquet at Auditorium Will Re
Mammoth Affair.

Just as soon as the Kansas mer-
chant reaches Topeka Wednesday
morning he will alight from the train
and fall into the arms of a waiting
representative of the Jobbers and
Manufacturers association of this city
who will lead the out of town guest
and his grip to waiting automo bile,
give the driver the high sign and
away they will spin to the rooms of
the Commercial club. Here they will
register their names, receive the Off
cial badge upon which will be printed
the name of the wearer, and an en-
velope. This envelope is the secret of
the whole series of high jinks in To-
peka Wednesday, Thursday and FRI
day of this week.
The envelope will contain first of all
full detailed program of the three
days doings. And the program is
big one because there will be some
thing new every minute of the time
The envelope will also contain series
of coupon books. Almost every insti-
tuition in Topeka will issue passes to
the visitors. The telephone companies
will give the visitors a book of franks.
the street railway will issue book of
their gates to the happy merchants.
everything and everybody will be glad
to entertain the Kansas merchants
and they will not be allowed to spend
cent.
The entertainment committee of the
Jobbers and Manufacturers associa-
ton has a. plan. which will probably
be instituted although nothing definite
has been decided. Itsis being planned
to grab every merchant as soon as he
comes to the Commercial club rooms.
throw him to the floor, extract from
his pockets every cent and keep it
hidden until time Ito go home The
new slogan of the entertainment COM
It .t
s.If You Must Spend Your Money
Wait Until You Get Home"
And there has been some questions
asked about the Topeka police force.
The visiting merchants will never
know that Topeka has a police de-
dressed as walters and serve the
meals to the honored guests. In
other words the visitor has the keys
to the town and everything will be
Iopen for his inspection and his use.
Even the pretty lassies will lay their
beaux upon the shelf and tell them to
wait '9Until the merchants have gone
back home"
frown," writes a prominent jobber to
one of his customers in the western
part of the state. 1--WE are not going
to talk business to you. You will
never know what business we are in.
We want you to come to Topeka with
the idea that you are taking a vaca-
ton and forgetting all of your bust
ness troubles. We want you to take
YOUR vacation in Topeka this summer
and promise you the best time of your
life"
The merchant wrote back on post
card: III yes"
Bone to Preside at Banquet.
The banquet at the AUDITORIUM
Thursday night will be one of the
greatest ever given in Topeka-and
Topeka has entertained some notori-
Gus banqueters. Harry J. Bone. one
of the most brilliant speakers in the
west, will act as toastmaster. Harry
Bone is United States district attorney
with headquarters in Topeka. He will
make a. trip from Washington to at
tend this banquet-and he is not going
to come to Topeka for nothing. Sucn
famous wits as Tom McNeal and
Governor Stubbs will be there Gov
ernor Stubbs has developed into wit
of note since his recent splash into the
famous Topeka Saturday Night club
Mayor Green will speak In penan OF
Topeka-in spite of the fact that To
peka will speak for herself. Then
LAFAYETTE Young, the editor-statesnnan
from Des Moines. Iowa, will be the
piece de resistance.
Music of all kinds will predominate-
IF a speaker tarries too long over a
sentence the orchestra will strike up
and play a tune to wear away the
time. If there is an interval Of any
length of time between the serving:
vaudeville team, a band and the pipe
organ will all start at once to keep
things going Not dry moment dur
ing the whole time. If the cigar
smoke is too thick after the banquet
the city authorities have promised to
remove the roof from the Auditorium.
ANYTHING for the accommodation of
the visiting merchants
There is one drawing card on the
program that is taking the eye of the
ia
the trip to Vinewood and the ball
game afterwards. The forepart of the
afternoon will be spent in the big
metropolitan park just outside of To-
peka and after this series of pleasures
the cars will take the merchants to
the ball game between Topeka and
Omaha who are fighting for third
place in the Western league The
game will please the best of fans and
the visitors are going to see the best
that Dick Cooley can put forth.
There can't be enough said about
the good times planned by the Topeka
for Merchants, week