The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-29
BIG CROWD IS OUT
Midwinter Change in Program
Pleases Patrons Of Show.
More Variety in Bill Put on
This Week.
NEARLY MOB GIRLS
Excited Youngsters Rush
Booth OF Hill & Co.
Demand for Paper Caps CANS
for, Police Aid.

nh second week of the MidWin.ei
-, onaned this afternoon Win
:, GOOD crowd to see the change III Pr
--,.ar, While the show has been eioseU
80, tho supplies of samples at llie
1,Co+l,s have been replenished anu Inc
.~frls who have been presiding over
10 booths have had an opportunity -
,.as+ saturday some of them were al
,,,os+ on the verge of nervous proslra-
+ion on account of the long hours Oh
dutv for the entire week - +ba'
Saturday was a great uay AOl 4,,,os+
,,,.ee+erS They turned out ailiio9 Us
- +tousands SeVenty-tlVe girls
Of the Topeka ProVident assocc les.
were the guests of the IIIeliiel So So
me bovs will have their turn ie .4l. - q,
,51ax- and also the children OF Che N
lfuaS, .i -. scbooI and the Orphans
i'0 There was great excitement at IN, me
booth of c. NJ. Hill & Co., where ~
Namel is demonstrated II a. az -
nounced that paper caps WOulu ~ fSr.il
-, ont at the booth. ana lhaO II a. a.
Structure was in imminent oan5Sll -
complete destruction Wheh q. ~ fo,--
wildly excited youngsters Iu9Alo 10
ward in the desire 10 ger Ms III forene
deal It was necessary Tor MSS s,l.-,tI,
TTsb, the demonstration at the poo.A
- caii a policeman. No turther a.
+o,,1,9t was made to give out cups =,
-rael There is more variety tnah y 80, -
-, cssa the opening week OIL u Z :
show The bill is headed by the - 80 a.
TS1~e,,o troupe of eight japanese al Il else9
who do difficult teats; l.i-'-, 1.oT,oedI5
&C bar performers, who Worh co lill.;',F
sTto the act Then nusicaA az, " =. III II
- s;ts Of singing and dancing, lalH
fnp and some work on the p l1-., ~, 4
+b3+ mt on by Bert Earie, a iN -
I4t+1a Tirnrnv Miss Rena FdIhel' ~, ~
Of the trio, pleaSeS- l AAN
80 Stunt on the program Is one ~
3sex,ost and Brown that Proo"oS3
Tnuch hilarity.
-r.+,,od of Handling Crackers
~. 70, biscuit Company Of Omaha
~ Generally conceded to nave the
e..os+ booth at the Mid-Wlnter, he-Ne q
victory for the four years o. nc l...-,1,7
sstence that they may Wen " 49, ~
ss,,cI1 dealers as Mr. Bert Green . u
o. -. Green & Son Grocery at tIl-
- tI +11eir growth to the tact tlAt tiiSs
80 making goods of better quaii's S~"O
nv square open deahng- -, t,a,s
~ Dolicv Of the company mas peSs
- - +te sale of crackers out OF the
.u.oo+,.r1alhle tin cans which hold aoou
49,. T,ounds instead of from the ole
Fashioned wooden box winch IS nov
--aniclv disappearing for the reason NC.
If allows the crackers TO seaeAlSh i'i9-9
IN ato Tten growth is visible at tn
O~,sha nlant where they are said to D.
71slsiner more of their little Fairy crack
ers than any factory in the west; IN
main factory is at Omaha. another
located at Clinton. Iowa, and a tnlrd a
0lr1aboma City is now under construc
Mr. L. c. Petro, their representativ
here who is more generally known I
+he trade as the "Iten Cracker Kid
states that the method OF paekln
o,.scIrers in tin was taken from Eng
Iand- and goes on to say that statistic
show the cracker consumption of tina
country is 500 per cent greater than /
the u. s. fact that the Item peopl
recognized in putting out goods OF
exceptionally fine quality and then get
ting them to the consumer in that cor
a complete line of package goods
made by this company, although the
feel that in asking the consumer is {