The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09
THE GREAT FAIR
Formal Opening viii Be Monday
at Eight.
Two Sacred Concerts Will Be
Given Sunday.
ACTIVITY On GROUNDS
Exhibits Are Being Put in
Place Today.
Pains Last Days of POmpeii a
Feature.
ACTIVITY On GROUNDS

The formal opening of the great
State Fair will take place at o'clock
Monday morning, but tomorrow at
and 1870 o'clock the music loving peo-
| pie of Topeka and Kansas will have
the opportunity to hear two sacred
concerts by Liberati's band and grand
opera singers.
"Our gates will be open Monday to
real State Fair said President T. A.
Borman who is very enthusiastic over
the manner in which the exhlblts nave
been pouring in. I'VE have gotten to-
gether a great show of live stock, ma
chinery. agricultural products. and
everything else which goes to make
big fair No fair held in the MissiS-
sippi valley has excelled our fair from
the standpoint of quality
Topela's Obligations.
"The fair must be supported to be
success. We must have the attendance
at the gate for the premiums and
other expenses must be paid. We did
nicely last year, but this is bigger
fair than that of a year ago.
1.-THE people of Topeka can make
this fair a success financially and that
is Topeka's obligation. Loyalty to the
fair this year will lnsure-in fact
dcubly insure-a successful State Fair
in years to come
Twenty-Five cents will admit to the
fair grounds Sunday. and there Will be
no charge for vehicles. In the fore
noon there will be no program, but
owing to the amount of work that Will
of necessity have to be done Sunday IN
putting the finishing touches on the
many exhibits, the management would
much prefer to keep the gates closed
In order to keep the crowds down to
the minimum during the morning
hours which would interfere with the
work in and out of the buildings it was
decided to keep the gates open ana
charge an admission all day instead Of
during the afternoon and evening
The sacred Concerts.
In the afternoon Liberati's band
will render a sacred concert and the
program will include solos and chorus
singing by the vocalists accompanying
the band Another program VIII be
rendered in front of the grand stand
in the evening These concerts Will
undoubtedly draw a large attendance,
at the popular price. When Topeka
people will turn out by thousands to
hear a noted band in an opera house
on a warm summer evening ana pay
the standard prices, it is fair to pre-
sumo that an even larger crowd Will
go to hear Liberati IN open air con-
certs at a quarter
Not snap.
If anybody thinks for a minute that
making a State Fair is all glory ana
sunshine let him go to the fair
grounds today and look and listen in
the vicinity of the headquarters me
constant stream of people, with every
conceivable question, tale of woe or
suggestion, and all bent on telling
them to the secretary and no one else,
would be enough to drive an ordinary
mortal to heavy drinking, but Secre-
tarv Cook being a very unOrdinary
man, puts them all in good humor, and
with as much nonchalance and ease
as if he were taking a pleasure drive
on a country road behind the family
mare. He gives all polite hearing,
a kind answer, and briefly tells them
all they want to know. Like veteran
driver of a Sixteen-horSe team, he
knows just which line to pull on to
straighten up his string of horses, and
Just where to refer the applicant for
the information if not at hand
All must see the secretary, even
though there be a half dozen others
about who could just as easily give the
desired information and relieve the
burden on their chief. Nobody could
take care of package of nails until
Smith called for them but the secre-
tary. and if necessary to break in on
an important meeting of the directors
it is all the same, for the man with
the nails is in a hurry, and Mr.. Cook
has nothing else to do but watch for
the man who wants the nails.
Army of Workers.
In the hustle and hustle of the
preparation of a big fair and an army
of people working on the grounds.
there must of necessity be a head CEN
ter for all necessary information, and
this fact is recognized by the tireless
secretary. but to a casual onlooker it
does seem as though there are some
matters always checked up to the sec
retary that might as well be taken up
with the subordinates. and the same
results attained, as for instance the
safekeepfng of a package of nails.
The arrangement of the counters in
the outer office of the secretary's Office
will be a little bit different this year
from that of 1910 in that the Office
telephones, which are put in for the
use of the office force will not be so
handy to the general public.
President T A. Borman said that the
Last Days of Pompeii," which was
put on at the Iowa fair by the Pain
company was something great The
same performance will be given here.
The ssSmoke Man.
Just to illustrate the Importance of
detail in a big production on the stage,
or the staging of a mammoth pano-
ramic spectacle such as is put on by
Pain. attention is directed to the
smoke man of Vesuvius.' This man
fOT IN fl7r