The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-16
Midwinter Exposition Is Now in
Full Blast.
One OF Best Shows Ever Given
in Big Hall.
DISPLAYS ARE MANY,
Also OF High Order and Artist
cally Arranged.
Vaudeville Is Entertaining and
PIeases Crowd.

The Kansas Midwinter expositfor ts
now a popular center of attraction. the
doors having been opened to the gen.
eral public at 1:30 this afternoon. The
advance sale of $1,000 tickets and the
attendance this afternoon indicates
that the crowds will be large, and that
those who take advantage of the chess
Ing offer of the management will have
TO put their figure high if they wish
to win a prize.
Every person who attended the big
exposition this afternoon gave a guess
as to what the total attendance at the
exposition VIII be, dropping the coupons
attached to the tickets into a box The
three persons who come nearest 70
guessing the exact attendance will re-
ceive. $50, $50 and $40 in gold, respec-
lively.
There is something doing all the time
at the show. There is band and Or
chestral music, and good vaudeville
Then there are the concessions and
some of these are of unusual interest
Some of the Displays.
There is the display of the Shredded
Wheat Biscuit company of Kansas
City, branch of the Niagara concern,
which is the cause of a punching up of
humanity. This afternoon with water
ing mouths the dear people" are lined
up a dozen deep, waiting their turn TO
get a taste of woven wire biscuits"
served gratis, with fruit and cream. 1t
is astonishing how the announcement
that something will be given away for
nothing will draw a crowdi
The biscuits are made right before
your eyes. First the whole wheat is
cooked, and then left to cool off. The
next step is to put it through a ma
chine which reduces the cooked grain
to long strings resembling spaghetti.
The latter are assent bled in a mould
| and the biscuits are then put in an
electric oven for baking, out of which
they come nicely Drowned.
Just across the aisle from this display
| is the booth of the American College CT
| Dressmaking of Kansas City Mo-.
| where another large group assembled
| this afternoon. This time of course,
| however, it was the women who were
interested. They were given a correct
shirt waist pattern.
A number of the displays were not
finished by this afternoon, but should
be intact by tonight when the big hail
! brightly Illuminated, and decorated m
colonia, style.
The Crosby Bros display near the
entrance is one that attracts the eye.
Here is to be seen a model library,
bedroom, dining room and Office ar
ranged tastefully.
The display of the Iten Biscuit COM
pany of Omaha, Neb., Immediately in
front of the entrance. is one that is
conspicuous. 1t is in the form of a
colonial pergola.
The H. B. Howard Electrical com
pany has one of the most attractive
displays in the show Many of the
exhibits could be better described this
evening when they are complete
The vaudeville entertainment, which
! includes the Mossers' ponies, La Belle
Helene and her trick dogs. the War
ricks. etc, is good: This evening the
| doors will be opened at 1880 and the
show will start at o'clock
List of Exhibitors
Following are the exhibitors: The
Otto Kuehne Preserving Co., Topeka;
Edision Electrical Co, Topeka; Topeka
Breakfast Co., Omaha, Neb.; Crosby
Brothers company, Topeka: Ridenour
i Baker Grocery Co, Kansas City, Mo-;
Chicago Lumber Co, Topeka; NJ F..
Rigby, Topeka; r. 7. Kreipe, Topeka;
| H. B. Howard Electrical Co., Topeka;
Kansas City, Mo-; Atlas Oats Co., KAN
sas City, Mo-; United Cereal Co., Quin-
cy, ILL.,; Iten Biscuit Co., Omaha, Neb.;
E. P. Jordan, Topeka; G. N. Black
burn, Kansas City, Mo-; Mrs. NJ. E.
Holcraft, Topeka; Continental Cream
cry Co., Topeka Mccormick Rug Fac
tory. Topeka; Ohio Varnish Co., CIeve-
land, O.; McEntire Bros, Topeka;
American College of Dressmaking.
Kansas City, Mo-; E. B. King, Topeka;
J. c. Wolcott. Topeka; Health Ray
Lens Co.. Topeka; International Cor
Schick Mfg Co, Topeka; Shredded
Wheat Biscuit Co.. Kansas City. Mo-;
Gibson Canning Co., Gibson City, Ill
Davis Mercantile Co., Topeka; Kellog
Toasted Corn Flake Co, Kansas City.
Mo.