The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-05
Only Fourteen Candidates for
Karnival Queen Left.
All With Not More Than 500
Votes Cut Off.
MISS JOLLEY GAINS.
Now Has 1900 More Votes Than
Nearest Competitor.
Route of the KarniVal Parade
Mapped Out.

Another thousand votes were cast
for Miss Hazel Jolley today making
her lead in the KarnivaI queen con-
test over Miss Blanche Bates, the city
hall candidate, nearly 1000 votes. No
change is recorded in the relative
standing of the candidates
There are now but IA persons in the
race, the candidates who had receiv-
ed no votes over and above the 500
with which they were credited when
nominated having been eliminated
from the list
The receptacle into which the votes
are dropped will be taken up to the
Commercial club tonight and it is eX-
pected that voting will be heavy on
the part of the Karnival knights who
meet at that time.
Nine boxes in connection with the
Karnival Knights ball Friday evening
of next week have already been sold
and it is expected that tn eSale of box
and other tickets when it starts at
Stansfield's store Thursday viii cause
continuous stream of people to
march in the direction of place of dis
posal-
KarnivaI headquarters will be open
ed in the old Mills building the latter
part of this week. Aside from being
to get information from committee
that will be .ton deck" 1t viii be
possible to obtain all kinds of COS
tunes and other equipment for the
big Karnival
While noise making devices will be
permitted on the streets no horns or
other racket vending instruments
will be allowed in the Auditorium the
night of the ball.
The price of tickets to this ball. by
the way, is 25 cents for the gallery
seats: so cents for the first floor or
Karnival Knights button, and a dollar
ezra aside from the admission of 90
cents for the box seats.
The votes for Karnival Queen will be
r,c
the closing day-Saturday-and again
at O'Clock when the contest ends.
A committee composed of Charles
Mitchell, w 0. Rigby and James Don
cyson has been appointed to have di-
rect charge of the Karnival finances
All bills should be sent to the latter
in care of the Rigby store Bills for ex-
penSes in connection with the floats,
must be signed by the person who has
charge of the float.
The line of march Karnival night has
been mapped out by the parade COM
mittee under Arthur Mills The fun
producing cavalcade will start at Tenth
on Kansas avenue and march north to
Fourth. Then it will double back to
Seventh street and turning east will
wind up at the Auditorium
Karnival Queen Contest.
The satnding in he Karnival Queen
contest is as follows:
Miss Hazel Jolley, 225 Chandler st. 1880
MISS BldnCne. Bates, CITY iDUliulnS o'SJU
Miss Emily Ryan. Mills Coz 3,715
Miss Marie Palmer, 414 West
Seventh St Observation-Disclosures 1,765
Miss Georgia Lambert, 712 Lib
D,fl @rty ,t;Id,od ST. pbi,iins saz Tonois Slo
ave. S..........,.........e-.. -. -. $50
Miss Ruth Pennick, 4O7 Clay St S15
Mrs. Ray Hail. 1O11 w. 8th st. -. $40
Miss Helen Lindsay, 1856 West
ern ave. --...-.s...- 600 |
Miss Hulda Poole. 313 Woodlawn
ave. sou
Miss Sarah Ellen Curtis Mills Co. $50
Miss Gladys Clark, 912 w. 7th St SIS
Miss Sylvia Hughey, Warren NJ.
Crosby & Co .----.-.--.-.....---- 515 |
Miss Maude E. White, 812 n.
Quincy St . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sos