The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-26
TOPEKA GIRLS LAST
They Will Be "SecOnd Choice"
to Kansas Beauties.
Biggest Social Event in History
OF Capital City.


books-for the last few years.
Here is the reason.
sixty pretty girls-the prettiest from
+on Kansas towns-are coming to To-
neka for the Semf-Centennial parade.
The night Of September il a big Semi
centennial ball will be given in the
A,tditorfum-the most important So
cial event in the city since the Charlty
bali at the opening OF the Mlls Dullu-
ing last winter rms event IS pelhs
p1anned pushed supported and ar
ranged hy the leading people soclaltS
i'm The capital city. And the Meilln S
FOOD crowd is going to put forth every
effort to entertain the sixty oelles OF
the Kansas plains.
there. They viii buy tickets and come
alone if they have tO-Just to SIT ~
the gallery and watch the perform
auces Of the boys who nave peen
crushing" over their porch swings for
SO many summers And after that pan
n any Topeka chap spends his week
ond~ ont Of the city, he Will be greeted
with a glacier and a suowstorm-
Tickets for the big Semi-Centennial
hall are out today. They are being
handled in the city by Pete Hell
and Pen Bear. These two ticket
rustlers have placed the gallery, seat
box. spectator and dance tickets IN the
hands Of popular stores ana clups.
Here is w mere tltF may NY PAoN -
Weightuan's. Eagle cigar store, Flad $,
Rigby's. Stansfeld's. the Elks club and
the Topeka club
Music by MaFshalrs Band.
The ball will surpass anything that
has been given i'm Topeka. The Inn
mense Auditorium viii be decorated
and music will be furnished by MaF-
shall's band. the best amateur band in
the United States. Everything VIII be
arranged to stage the prettiest pam
state bail in the history OF Kansas.
IT is Kansas event. Tt w Ill pc
aiven as Semi-Centennial affair in
the apital city of the state when
thousands Of people are here for the
state fair and the celebration of the
fftieth birthday of the state
One-half of the box tickets are sold
They were sold before the announce
lneut was printed in the newspapers.
4 number of the dance tickets are re
served. Forty-fOur boxes Will pe
placed around the dancing floor in the
Auditorium. These boxes will contain
four opera chairs each. Twelve more
Ahoxes with eight opera chairs each viii
be constructed
Just back of the boxes will be seat
ing room and seats viii be sold in the
gallery. The dancing space in the
Auditorium covers $500 square feet -
space. There is room for 500 couples
TO dance with ease on the HCoF OF
the big hall will be stretched a canvas
viii make an excellent dancing sur
face
Cow corners will be hidden around
the hall where the dancers may rest
and where the young people may sit
and enjoy the evening. Every feature
of a big ball viii be included with the
comfortable accommodations of an in
formal dance. Every out OF town
guest will be made to feel at home. NO
ono win be overlooked.
4 AnnnTrrafnnnfG are being prepared
bv Albert Il. Reid. the celebrated art
ist Mr Reid Will design the cover OF
the announcements and the dance
programs. These announcements Will
DE out in a few days.
A statement covering the details of
tae ball has been issued by the floor
committee, composed of John B.
Nicholson. Joseph c. Wilson, e. A.
Thrill. 3. c. Nichols J. G. Waters, H.
L. Hall and Charles L. Mitchell.
The statement follows:
SYNOPSIS OF SEMI-CENTENNIAL
Largest social event ever held in
this city.
Auditorium. Friday evening, Sep
tember IL
One-half of the boxes already sold.
Dance tickets on sale today
Auditorium beautifully decorated
for the occasion.
The parquet will be covered with
canvas. thoroughly prepared and
waxed, thus insuring good floor.
Two rows of boxes built all around
the parquet. forty-four boxes contain
ing four opera chairs each, and twelve
boxes of eight opera chairs each.
The boxes of four chairs each sell
for $1,000, which entities the holders
10 the use of the box for the evening.
Excluding refreshments and dance.
The boxes of eight chairs will be
sold in twos fours. skies or eights. at
$3.50 per chair, which entities the
holders to the use of the box for the
evening, including refreshments and
dance.
Tickets for those wishing to dance
VIII be sold for $500 per couple.
which includes the admission, dancing
and refreshments.
Tickets for spectators who do not
care to dance. but want to be admit
ted to the main floor will be sold for
s1.0O, which includes refreshments
buf not dancing privilege.
Dance coupons viii be attached to
the box seat tickets, and the $500 per
couple tickets and these coupons will
he checked upon admission to the
dance floor.
Balcony seats will be sold for soc
per couple.
No tickets sold for less than soc.
Two full orchestras on hand. one to
Finish the music for the dance and
Sc other to furnish music between
Efthe dances
Each young lady to represent the
dllierent cities Will be furnished a
tlcket Tor her escort. and will be en-
tertained in boxes specially built for
them and their escorts.
lhe grand march will be a feature
Of the evening pleasure.