The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-09

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ent directions, were still talking about
the feature event of the week of en-
tertainment, the Great Cabaret-Lun-
cheon-Smoker" held at the Auditorium
Thursday night, and they cal ried with
them their copies of the Merchants
BaZoo," which was gotten out in record
time by Frank FARRELL, publicity man
for the Santa Fe, and his corps of alert
reporters.
Today hundreds of the merchants
visited the jobbing and manufacturing
establishments of the city, and were
given an insight into the methods of
producing the Topeka Made" goods,
which each year are being produced in
greater quantities.
At $50 this morning a cavalcade of
a score automobiles was at the Santa
Fe station to meet the 100 live retail
merchants and jobbers and manufac-
turerS who pulled in on an "advertis-
! ing special" The guests of the city
were taken on tour which included
stops at the State fair grounds, Gage
! park, the Continental Creamery COM
pany, and the Wolff Brothers Packing
company. At the two latter places re-
| freshments were served.
The Coffeyville men are out on a two
or three weeks trip with the object of
letting the people of Kansas, Missouri,
| Iowa, Nebraska, and one or two other
states know that Coffeyville is on the
map.
| Now as to the Cabaret affair at
the Auditorium Thursday night. Even
the members of the Topeka Jobbers
and Manufacturers association did not
| know what was coming A veil of mys-
| terry was spread over the whole affair
and because the entertainm ent was re-
plete with surprises it was all the more
enjoyed by the guests of the occasion
The entertainment committee con-
| sisted of Robert Pierce, Charles P
Adams, and Charles L. Mitchell. Lie
wellyn Kfene officiated as POSTMASTER
There were dozen speakers on the
program, and as each man got up to
make his bow, a. cartoon was thrown
on a screen by a stereoptican, to help
| introduce the speaker, and these car
toons were a real hit" being the work
of Harvey Parsons. At the same time
| burn students sang popular songs
adapted to the occasion, and which
never failed to bring down the house
| Then the words of the songs were
thrown on the screen and the assem-
bled multitudes'' were urged to join in
which they did in some cases right
heartily
The visitors were welcomed to the
city by Mayor j. B. Billiard, who res
ponded to the toast, "How Do You
Do?" Dan Bloomheart, of Chanute res
pended, his subject being Pretty Well
Thank You"
Samuel E. Lux was down on the
programme to respond to the toast
THE Thing That Isn't The cartoon
and song hit put the visitors in jovial
| humor, and when the lights were
turned on and they were strainine
their necks to get a glimpse of the
speaker, big colored lady came slow
ly forward and said that she had "done
been asked to ripresint Mr.. Lux on de
spicious akazion." This little change
in the order of things on the program
| took well with the guests of the even
ing, who before that colored person
made her appearance Joined in with q
vim on the song which ran as fol
lows:
80 they parted on the shore, yes they
! parted on the shore,
/ They said Good bye, LUX, you ran, but
\ couldn't score
For he los. the Mayor race, but Won
didn't hear him roar,
He's Q. K. every way, but he won't
run any more"
Montgomery Ward Here.
In the course of the evening a be
whiskered gent" with suitcase m hant
came deliberately up On the platform
and shook hands with the toastmas1er
He was afterwards introduced as MI
Montgomery Ward of Chicago. "Ous
him" Take him OUT were the cries
but Montgomery, who was no more no
ASSo LAAdA1 N1CHGSN6T SUCK TO the 10
in spite of adverse conditions and to!
in humorous manner of the grea
saving feature of his mail order bust
ness.
The Merchants Bazoo
The part of the program which mad
4 lasting impression-and this was 10
on the printed program either-was tn
attempted speech by Col "A. T. and s
F. FARRELL, and the interference by tn
POSTMASTER, who objected to the inter
ruption. farrell, nevertheless, Gale
out his force of reporters, who inter
viewed the celebrities present and mao
it possible to publish in quick orde
and distribute by q corps of newsboy
the paper, the Merchants Bazoo
While the reporters were busy gettin
their interviews FARRELL continued
talk despite the protests of the toast
master, who finally called for the pC
lice. Two stalWart patrolmen rushed
and dragged the editor forcibly froI
the hall amid great excitement The
the POSTMASTER apologized for the '':Ir
foreseen Interruption and as he fir
! ished dozen newsboys came runnin
in calling Extra, extra, with their arm
full of THE Bazoo'' printed on til
spot and containing a complete stor