The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-31

Eight semi-Cnntennial boxes have
been set aside for the visiting girls and
/ their escorts.
The quarantine in the East side prob
ably will be raised the first &C next
week. The smallpox is nearly wiped
out
A number of the banks which did not
subscribe towards the Seni-C
! fund will be called upon within the next
day or two by a committee appointed
for the purpose.
Mrs. Willis Norton's electric auto
mobile collided with a boy on a bicycle
near Eighth and Kansas avenues
| Wednesday afternoon. The boy was
1 not hurt but his bicycle was smashed.
Sunday meetings in the interests of
the Men and Religion movement will
| be held at the Reformed Presbyterian
church in the morning and the Central
Park Christian church in the evening.
superintendent A. NJ. Patten. Of the
Topeka Railway company, is also one
of the managers of the Kansas state
fair said Secretary H. L. Cook, and
it is safe bet that the service to the
grounds will be perfect fair week.
Ram, lamb, sheep and mutton of
every known breed will be shown at the
Kansas state fair" said Secretary H.
L. Cook. THE sheep show will surely
be whopping big one, and if ntries
continue to come, more pens must be
constructed"
The home of W. C. smyser, s22 West
Eighth avenue, has been broken into
during the absence of the family dur
ing vacation but a search by police de-
tectives indicated that nothing had
been taken. Silverware and jcwelry
were left untouched.
IF were dancing man. said N.
B. Burge, there would be more en-
thusiasm for me in dancing at the
Semi Centennial ball than in cOnnec-
life on account of its being the fiftieth
anniversary of Kansas
The open season for straw hats be-
gins tomorrow, September l. Last year
ed on that day throughout the United
States. 1t is an unwritten law to be
enforced by anyone. that the straws
disappear on tnat day. Put then. in
the silo.
Carl De Marest the boy who plays
the violin and dances at the Novelty
this week is versatile Besides being
an artist the violin he has done
high diving, acrobatic stunts, and con-
tortion acts. He is also an expert me-
chanic, an automobile chauffeur, eac. He
is not married
''The Royal Live Stock show in Chi
cago will not have a better line OF live
stock than will be seen at Topeka, s
the assertion of Secretary H. l.. Cook
Some of the most noted herds of cat
tie in the country are coming 10 the
Kansas state fair, and the horse SHOW
will be simply immense"
The state fair headuarters has been
flooded with all sorts of propositions
bv which the fair could become rich
in one year. and with applications 3ar
contracts to show freak animals of all
kinds, including the legiess, and those
with too many legs, heads or tails, but |
all of such offers are carefully filed in |
the waste basket. No freaks go; they |
are not necessary to a fair, and espe- |
cially a big state fair.
The demonstration train of the Santa
Fe would have been a fine addition to
the attractions at the Kansas state
fair if the spur track leading into the |
grounds was of heavy enough steel to
have borne the weight of the big Male
engine The evolution of the con-
panys equipment from the dinkey en-
gine of the SOS to the monster of to-
day will be shown, however, during |
fair week at the Santa Fe station be-
fore the train starts on its western |
tour.
Have you ever seen Paderewski, the
long haired gentlemas1 who plays the
piano, and paws the air with his hands /
and feet between strokes2 Sam Elliot |
err with Ada Elliot at the Novelty this |
week burlesques sne musician. 1t is
said that Pad. saw the act from box |
at a Toronto, Canada, theater. How |
ever, he appeared to realize the humor !
of his own eccentricities when he saw |
his self as others saw him and took |
the vaudeville people to a supper after /
the show.