The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-24
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T. F. Rickenbacher of the Fair:
I'VE have done a better business than
last year. We have had a breathing
spell each morning, but it has been
difficult to handle the afternoon and
evening business. Last Saturday we
did a bigger business than we did the
day before Christmas a year ago.
C. w. Hanchette, manager of the F.
W. Woolworth store: "Our business
for the month of December will show
a nice gain. The people bought early
and consequently there has not been
the usual rush just the last minute
Robert Fullerton, of the Fullerton
Brothers store: I'VE have been SELL
ing lots of goods, and of better quality
buying trash. Instead of buying cheap
guns they are buying those which are
made of good material"
R. R. Peterson, manager of the
James B. Hayden jewelry store: 1--WE
have done an average Christmas BUSH
ness"
J. w. Robinson, of Robinson, Mar
shall & Co.: Business has been very
satisfactory. It has been tho steadiest
L have ever known it to be. There has
been more forenoon business, and the
night trade has been good ="
]. Gerstley, of the Crawford Gerstley
Shoe company: eve have had a big
run on slippers. In fact tonight we
will be practically sold out. Infants
shoes have also sold well. We have
shoes. Last night whole family of
five was fitted to shoes, which took the
time of clerk for almost the entire
evening"
NJ. L. zercher. of the zercher Sta
tionery store: 1.-THE trade within the
last few days has not been equal to
that of previous years, but our fall
business was good"
J. c. Emahizer of the Emahizer &
Spielman furniture store: "Our bust
ness for the year has been better than
last year. We have sold more pianos
than last year for Christmas trade, but
the sale of furniture has not been up
to the standard of a year ago."
H B. Howard: eve have had a
good, substantial. brisk trade"
M. F. Rigby: 1--WE have done an
average Christmas business in confec-
| tionery."
I Now for the NIidwinter.
Indications are that the ninth an
nual Kansas Midwinter exposition,
January 1928, will be an UNQUALIFIED
success, and this means good advertis-
| ing for the capital city and Kansas.
| The merchants are strong in their ex-
pressions in regard to benefits to be
derived through holding such an expo
prohibits at this time printing numer-
Gus interviews.
ST think the Midwinter is an ex-
cellent thing for Topeka - said ]. w.
! Robinson, of the Robinson, Marshall &
Co., and member of the finance COM
mittee of the Topeka Merchants asso-
citation. cit should be annual. I be-
neVe 1t was a mistake not to have
! held 1T last year. 1t is an indication
of progressiveness, and indicates life in
a town"
| The electrical effects, which are in
charge Of H. w. Howard, will be elab-
crate in the extreme. Over the north
and south entrances of the Auditorium
will be eight foot U. C. T. signs in
the colors of the organization, blue,
| white and gold, the designs to be
unique.
The entire building will be outlined
| with white globes and over the en-
trance will be a Midwinter sign in
Ethree foot letters.
| Within the building there will be
a blaze of light. The aisles will be IL
Illuminated and each concession booth
i will be fitted with electric attachments.
A large platform will be built to
make possible the staging Of the big
vaudeville acts which have been book
ed, the decorating, which will be pre-
tentious, to be executed by W. w.
Gillespie, the fresco painter. the two
stairways leading from the stage will
A band stand will be built in the
) south balcony and this will be provid-
ed with sufficient light As all the
space has been taken on the first floor
by the exhibitors, there was no other
place to station the band.
The clever posters, showing the face
of a Colonial dame drawn by Albert T.
Reid, will be in the store windows the
first. Of the week. The $50 members
of the local organization of the United
| GRO q Tf~ox CT q a6
campaign of advertising in outlying
towns. The proceeds of the EXPOSE
ton will go to form the. nucleus of q
fund which will be eventually used
for building a home for U. c. T. mem
bers in the city.
Suburban Homes Popular.
| Suburban homes seem to be all the
rage among Topekans. This fact is not
| strange or is it a new idea, for they
are the popular thing in many portions
of the East, and in England and Eu-
rope the business men seem to have
a craving to get out of the smoke an6
CRIME of the city after business hours
to some small garden spot where they
can supply the kitchen of their pretty
villa with fresh vegetables, and there
= by reduce the living expenses to {
minimum.
5 The exodus to Highland Park where
, abound green fields began something
like twenty years ago. Recently home.
have been springing into existence II
, that vicinity at the rate of fifty a year
Then there are the various so-callet
additions, Elmhurst, Kenwood, Lake
wood, ETC., but of course they are fas
) becoming eityfied.
With view to providing a place
on which to hold the aviation NEE
last spring, and with the thought tina
possibly the board of directors of th'
state fair might be induced to buy tht
expanse of fertile land for exposition
. purposes, the Taylor tract on tn
North Side was purchased. It ha
since been split up into five acre tract