The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-06
More Floats for the Big X. *.
Parade.
''Der Leetle Cherman Band"
sWiII Be Out.
NE BLAZE OF LIGHT.
Kansas Avenue Will Be Made
Brilliant.
Rousing Talks Made at Last
Nights Meeting.

The KarnivaI Knights parade is as
suming large proportions A mile and
half long the mirth producing pro-
cession will be and forty perfectly
ridiculous, laugh evoking floats, to-
gether with twelve or fifteen bands
''rube,' Little German" and other
wise-Wi1 constitute the main feat
ures although there will be novelties
in the parade that will please.
The latest addition to the list of
musical organizations entered is Mar
shall's band and when this fact was
announced Tuesday night at the last
general meeting of the Karnival
Knights which was enthusiastic and
there was hearty applause and a call
for speech from Albert Marshall
who was present. The gentleman in
question. however, said that he would
do his talking Friday night-Karnival
night, Sept. Is.
The band may not be fully intact the
night of the parade, it is rumored, but
may be divided into two or three
German bands
It is the expectation of the Knights
to have Kansas avenue one brilliant
blaze of light from the lower por-
ton of the thoroughfare to Tenth
street, regardless as to whether or not
the White Way is fully completed. w.
w Webb suggested that a string of
lights be put up along the portion of
Kansas avenue that is not lighted by
the White Way and to that end he
proposed that committee be ap-
pointed to take up the question of
Perhaps argument could be brought
lighting with the city commissioners.
forward he said, Ito induce the
commissioners to put some large arc
lights" The committee which will
wait upon the commissioners will con-
sist of Fred H Jewell, general chair
man; c. B. Burge, chairman of the
executive committee; James B. Doncy-
I'll NTT n
Aside from these illuminations
hundreds of red fuses will be burn
ing all at one time as the procession
marches-four to each wagon-and
others at the mum erous laughable side
shows which will be maintained on
the street corners. The general ef-
feet will be a weird one with the bril-
liant light bringing into prominence
the grotesque figures on the floats
Fifty of the Karnival knights will
be sworn in as special police for
Karniva1 evening, and thus it is ex-
pected to prevent rowdyism in any
form.
Each man who wears a Karnival
knight button will be expected to be
an information bureau, and answer
all questions that are asked by stran-
gers in the city.
KeIIey's Rousing Talk.
President J. VIII Kelley of the Com
mercial club made q rousing talk in
the course of the big meeting of
Knights. ut is certainly great to
see the interest that is taken by the
young men here-and a few of the
older ones-in the Karnival.
This Semi Centennial time is a
time that will never come again. A
few months ago few of us took up
the idea of creating something new in
Topeka, and the Semi-Centennial eel
ebration is the result.
Anything that will bring people of
the state to Topeka and entertain
them is good for the city. You are
citizens of Topeka and Kansas and
may not be here to celebrate the
Tooth anniversary of the state. You
should make the best of your oppor-
tunity at this time.
THE sixty girls come here as rep
resentatives of Kansas towns and we
proposed that we would give them
such entertainment as they never
had before. It seems to me as I look
over this crowd that the girls should
There Is no reason why we can't or
ganiZe the young men of the city into
some branch of the Commercial club so
that they will put the same amount of
towards working earnestly for the good |
of the town.
''Now this Semi-CentenniaI ball is !
not to be a brass collar affair as has
men and women who come in the best
clothes they have will be welcome, and |
dress suits viii not be required"
THE ball Monday night" said Chas. |
Mitchell, who explained a number of the |
details of the big events, ''is really the |
Semi Centennial celebration. and it is
no moro than right that as many OF us |
as possible should turn out.
In regard to the Karnival we are |
going to have all the fun there is in it |
Friday night. We want to make it one |
of the 1iveliest two hours on Kansas |
avenue that Kansas avenue has ever
"a 10 ft,s ~
getting right out and nustling and get |
ting our friends out.
mo one will be admitted to the low /
er floor who does not wear a button in |
plain sight-this applies to ladies as
we'll as the men.
1.-The dancing floor will be covered !
with canvas thoroughly waxed and |
Halls orchestra-12 or Is pieces-will be |
plenty of music Refreshments can be
had at tho rear of the room.
''Tke last dance of all will be a |
confetti dance in the nature of an old |
may be removed at IL o'clock. The ad- |
mission to the gallery will be at the |
south side of the Aditorium. The but 1
tons will admit the wearer to any por- /
tion of the building The price of ad-
mittance to the gallery will be % cents. /
The boxes will cost 81 aside from the /
I<arnivaI Knights button, making $3.50 |
in ALL
Inc SDcC1aI POUce.
The following are among those who |
will act as special police Karnival \
right: w r. Falkiner, Leo McGrath.
w. w. Webb, George Heron, J. B.
Doncyson Charles Gardner H. s. Put
ley, NJ. T. Watson, Fred Fuller. F. M.
Mr.. Tresmer, o. A. Faulk.
N. Wright. Paul Harrison, Fred Pelle,
w. w. Reddick, F. l. Brokey, G. E.
G. G. Burdett, w. W Davis,
D. P. Pendry, Dick Hull, H. D. Hum
phrey, E. L. Coffee, Tod Baker, H. G.
WrigFt R d. Kingsley. Q. a Rueu |