The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09
Inaugurates Semf-CentennfaI
Celebration at Auditorium.
Monday Nights Dance Greatest
Social Event of Ages.
ORDER OF THE PARADE
Tuesday Night Pageant Will
Move Promptly at s.
Assignment to the Various Di-
visions Is Made.

As the time draws near to the cele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the state when "au Kansas will be
here, intense interest is being mani
tested in the statewide ball which will
be held at the Auditorium Monday
night, the great pageant descriptive of
the important historical events and
progress made in the realm of the
sunflower which will be the feature
Tuesday evening, and the Kansas
Semi-Centennial and Home Coming
meeting at the Auditorium at 1920
o'clock Thursday morning.
The parade Tuesday night will form
promptly at O'Clock. Then will fol-
low Topeka troopers, MarshaH's band,
Indians from the Mayetta reservation
in all their feathers and war paint,
stage coach brought up from Lawrence
by the Seni-Centennial committee and
which formerly was used in the Santa
F'e trail days, a freighter and mount
ed boys-these features in division
No 1.
Lincoln Post Drum corps, and follow
ing will come a detachment of Battery
A, which will include a firing battery
of ten carriages and 75 men, and John
Armstrong; carriage.
Division will be headed by the
Knights and Ladies of Security band:
division 4. by the Modern Woodmen
band with the Modern Woodmen float
next in line; No. by the A. o. u. w.
band followed by the A o. U. w. float
next in line; division NO. 6, by the
HOlton band, followed by the Red
mems float; No. Z, by the Burlingame
band, with the I. o. o. F. float next in
line, and No. s. by Jackson's band,
followed by company of Karnival
Knights.
Floats Still a Mystery.
A veil of mystery has been spread
"a x7-In in,
with the official floats which are be-
ing made under the direction of Albert
T. Reid and no information regard
ing these floats on which the visiting
girls will ride has as yet been given
out. with the exception of a. rumor now
and then.
All floats not mentioned in the list
as given above are expected to be
equipped and ready to move from
Eighth avenue and Clay street, not
later than 1880 o'clock The stage
coach, freighter and COW boys which
Will be No 5, and Z, respectively in
division 1, will form at the time and
place designated. The Spanish string
band will report at Eighth avenue
and Clay street at 1880 O'Clock and
take position No. 5 in division s. The
Fraternal Aid float will take position
No. next to the Karnival Knights in
division 8, at the time and place
designated. The auto of the Topeka
Real Estate Dealers association will
take position No. in division No. g.
reporting at Eigth avenue and Clay
street at 1880 p. m. The Pickaninny
band will take position No. in di-
vision s, reporting at the same place
at the same hour. The airship will
take position No. 6 in division s on
Jackson street.
Division No. l will form sharply at
O'Clock on Topeka avenue right
resting on Third street No. 2 will
form at the same time on Topeka ave-
nue., in the rear of the first division;
Noh 3 on Harrison street right resting
on Third street; No. on Harrison
street in the rear of the third division;
No on Van Buren street, right rest
ing on Third street; No. 6 on Van
Buren street in rear of the fifth divi-
sion; No. Z on Jackson street. right
resting on Third street; No. 8 on Jack
son street in rear of Seventh division.
The management want it emphasized
that all divisions are to for mpromptly
at the hour of o'clock.
The procession which will be at
least a mile long and will include
something like 25 floats and a dozen
bands aside from other features will
start at Third street on Kansas ave-
nue., and march south to Tenth ave-
nue.; thence west on Tenth avenue to
Topeka and then south on Topeka
avenue to the fair grounds in time for
the display of fireworks.
The following are the pretty girls
who will come here from three towns,
not heretofore announced:
Lawrence-May Noah, Fern Ern-
mons, Linnie Sheets, Bessie Lawrence,
Mary Patton.
awatomie-Dorothy Huffman,
Mary Smith, Dorothy Dunaway, Lu-
cile Braun, Bessie Hooker.
Abilene-Nan Lucier Myrtle Hoff- |
nell. Marybell Robson, Bessie Shock |
ey, Martha Monroe.