The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-03
JUST A JOLLY Time
Merchants Week This Year
VIII BE Big Thing.
June %, "a and % Selected
as the Dates.
AUTO TRIP OVER CITY
Will Close With a Big Banquet
at Auditorium.
Topeka Expects to Guido Her.
self in Entertainment.
AUTO TRIP OVER CITY

The second annual Merchants week
will be held in Topeka June 23-A and %,
the last Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
DAY of the month. Last Saturday night
SO of the city's jobbers. wholesalers and
business men met fer o'clock dinner
at the Commercial club and before the
gathering had adjourned some pretty
well defined plans had been formulated
The first affair of this kind which was
held a year ago was a distinct success,
and it is planned to make the second
ing some new features in the three
days program and providing other new
means of entertaining the visitors.
There will be plenty of amusement for
the outsiders who Will be the citys
guests on these three days. There will
be pipe organ recital at the Auditor
ium as one of the leading numbers of
entertainment, which will be given on
one of the afternoons. An automobile
trip over the city visiting the chief OBJ
afternoon feature. and it is being
planned to conduct the visitors over
the city On sightseeing" street cars.
traversiag the main lines of the street
car system. concert of some kind by
Marshalrs band IS another likely enter
tainment for the city's guests. and there
will be an affair of some kind at Vine
wood park. For those who are fond of
OUTDOOR sports tnere Will De an OppOT-
tunity to see the Topeka Western league
team in action on each of the three
days, Omaha being here the first two
days and DeS MoineS the last. On June
%, there will be a big banquet in the
Auditorium free to every guest in the
city.
At the meeting Samuel z. Lux, one
OF the leading wholesalers of the city,
told of the success of last years Mer-
chants week.
Last year" said he, invitations
were extended by the wholesalers and
jobbers of Topeka to the merchants Of
Kansas, to come to our city, Investigate
its advantages as a buying center, and
per sonally to meet our business men,
The merchants of Kansas accepted our
invitation in the same spirit of friend
ship and good will with which it was
offered, laying aside their business cares
for that purpose. They expressed them
selves as greatly pleased with the heart
mess of our greeting and The generosity
of the entertainment we offered. We
told them that We would like to have
them come again, and If they would
do so we would DO our best to give them
as good a time or better than before.
We meant every word of it. Therefore,
it. is the object of this meeting to make
such arrangements as are deemed prop
er for the entertainment OF the mer-
chants of Kansas when they come to
our city, and for you at this meeting
tc offer such suggestions as may come
TO you whereby we may improve upon
the entertainment given a year ago.
There was a copious amount OF en-
thusiasm for the success of the Mer-
chants week expressed by every man
present All were called ON for
opinions and in brief talks expressed
their views on the matter All
signified a Willingness to assist IN the
work of making this week success,
and this event was featured as one
of the beneficial of all of Topeka con-
ventions and gathering
The merchants over the state are
| showing a lot of interest in the event.
| sam Lux. the chairman, has received
| a. number of inquiries already for
various sections of the state, asking
| information as to the time or mold
ing the event. and the attractions
| which he offered to draw the country
will undoubtedly meet with favor by
| the country merchants as this is
| good season of the year TO take
vacation It is not too hot nor TOO
| cool, in fact just right Tor the keenesl
| type of enjoyment
There will be counter attractions
over the state on these dates, and
| many argued for a postponement on
| this account. but it was rightly argued
| that Topeka could draw better tnan
while the merchants were here they
would not be spending money IN
Wichita and other rival commercial
PROBABLY $500 will be spent in
| showing Topeka's visitors a royal time
| on the occasion OF the herclldnl
| 1-aaE last season 1851 was spent.
and all who attended then were shown
a great time This year the number
| in attendance will be upwards OF a
! thousand, and with this amount 70
| snend the guests will leave with the
1.ost Friendly feeling for Topeka, af-
ter having been entertained in a lavish
| manner and treated to the best there
| is IN Toneka. AS one wholesaler put
II saTopeka Kan-Topeka Will make