The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-17
LARNED WANTS in
Live Western Town Would Send
Pretty Girls.
Arkansas City Last to Enter the
Celebration.
SALIVA WIDE AWAKE
Great Interest Being Taken
There in Plans.
Many Pretty Girls will Ride on
Floats.

The Kansas Semi Centennial celebra-
ton looks bigger every day. Now
TO Tns which are not on the list OF tnose
which will send five pretty girls 10
ride on floats are asking If there is
no way of having a representation in
the great pageant.
Among them is Larncd and letter
received today from that town by the
secretary of the Commercial club reads
as follows.
This is from a. Larned lady. Are
I'VE too far away to send our girls to
your Semi Centennial. If not then
send an invitation with details as TO
time, terms. plans, ETC..
It is probable that arrangements will
be made to entertain five girls from
this town.
Arkansas City Is In.
J. Z. Spalding returned this morning
from Arkansas City where a special
meeting OF the Commercial club was
held Wednesday afternoon for tne pur-
pose of making arrangements to start
the contest for the selection OF the hVe
best looking and most popular girls TO
come to Topeka
". z. Gretchen, chairman of the ad-
Vertising committee of the club, made
an enthusiastic speech in the course OF
which he spoke highly of Topeka. AS
the capital Ct the state he Thought that
all Kansas should feel proud TO take
part in the coming Semi-Centennlal
event.
The Salfna Union in an article refer
ring to the contest for choosing i've
good looking maidens which is in nroJ
Eress, comes out with the story that
representatives of matrimonial bureaus
VIII be on hand in large numbers while
the delegations Of girls are In topeka
'sIp to date more than 40 towns have
agreed to send their prettiest' pertest
maaidens to ride on the decorated nay
racks at the Kansas fair re<iS the
article in question. This was good
news for the matrimonial men and so
they have heen corresponding with the
local agents to help them out. Some
how the local men were disposed TO
he Jealous and could not see their way
clear to help these outsiders. Conse-
ouently they are coming here to see
these maidens themselves, and IL IS
likely that every one of them viii get
a chance to be the wife Of some fellow
outside of Kansas who has more money
than he has leisure or nerve
THE local agent who announced that
there would be matrimonial men on
the grounds said he had letters from
IA who said they would sure be mere.
These men represent seven dl1IereIlI
states with Ohio in the Lead llliEols
next and Montana third, and western
Canada will have one The local agent
said that he knew Of five other men
in Topeka who handled some matrimon-
faI business, and it is likely that they
know Of men who would be here also
eff the outsiders work it like the
local men are going to work 1t, they
will go to the register and get the
name and address of every girl. then
take a picture of every float in the
parade. then get a picture of each girl
separately. There are to be set or
Judges to decide who is the prettest
girl. This lady will be considered the
prettiest girl in Kansas.
each of the girls will probably re-
ceive a letter from one or more of the
many bureaus represented asking If
she would like to have mate. She
will also receive an offer. All the
ladies that are agreeable will be ad-
vertised in the various matrimonial
papers. and they will have the special
description as one of the state beauties
IF the girl who gets the prize viii be
kind enough to give her name to the
matrim onial man, she Will have no
trouble getting free advertising, and
her name and picture will be known
in the four quarters of the globe.
cat the eleventh hour there may be
q sensation sprung, as it was limited
that the local authorities might bar
these men from practicing a profession
that is looked upon with more or less
disdain in Kansas. But unless inter
ference is offered the pretty girls of
Kansas who are going to put on a
show in Topeka may just as well be
prepared for something besides seem
the sights"
Salina in Topeka Show Only.
The same paper in speaking of an
invitation received from the manage
ment of another semi centennial cele-
bration quoted Mayor Kirkland as say
ing:
There is no organization in Salina
TO take hold of anything of this kind.
There is no board of trade or com
mercial club in Salina and as private
individual I could not see nv way
clear to take hold of this. Salina is in
the Topeka celebration and I believe
that viii be enough expense of this
kind for this year.
propositions. All Topeka asks is that
Salina send five girls and pay their
railroad fare. Topeka builds the
float"
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