The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-26
FOLLOW The BAND
Fifteen Thousand People At
tend Shriners' Carnival.
None Needs to Hesitate on Ac-
count of the Rain.

Probably fifteen thousand persons
saw the Shriner parade on Kansas
avenue Tuesday night and a big crowd
attended the carnival at the fair
grounds. No one need stay away this
evening on account of muddy grounds.
Straw has been scattered over the
walks and even the daintiest of white
shoes need not be soiled.
Visitors to the Shriners' Carnival
should on no account miss seeing the
Filipino Midgets. two curious little
people who were the big feature at
the smallest people OH earth. They
are brother and sister, the little man
being the younger, SO years of age and
"a inches in height, and the little wo-
man 40 years old and 81 inches high.
Both are we'll educated and show in
entertain with dancing and other fea-
lures, both of them being good terpsi-
choreanS. The midgetS are one of the
biggest attractions ever seen in the
carnival world and are in a class by
themselves.
Another big feature will be found in
the Panama Canal, a model of which
will be found on the grounds, built
and lectured upon by Captain Ladare,
who for a number of years was in the
employ of the Panama Canal COM
pany on the Zone.
1t is built to scale, and every little
detail is shown in working order. A
fleet of ships is taken through the ca
nal from the Atlantic to the Pacific
oceans, their passage through the
locks being demonstrated and the
method of their working shown in de-
tail. The model will teach more in a
minute of the immense Importance of
the work than many volumes written
on the subject. 1t is an educational
feature of more than ordinary inter-
est and far above carnival caliber.
A most Interesting lecture is given
by Captain Ladare at every exhibition
of the canal and its workings, in which
every subject is fully explained and
dealt with in a most intelligent man.
ner.
Neptune's Daughters is water
show of some pretentions, in which
Miss Lillian Cooley. the diving Venus,
is the star performer.
The usual riding devices and con-
cessions make up the midway, which
is of extreme length.
AS far as the attractions go they are
well above the average that have visit
ed the city. Several of them are of &
most pretentious nature and all of
them we'll worth while. Among the
former are the Hippodrome and So
ciety Horse Show, which come under
the head of big attractions.
The first named served to introduce
the Workman elephants and wild ami
mails to the visitor. In two arenas and
one big ring a real hippodrome per-
Torrance is given; lions, bears, tigers
and wolves participate, a herd of per-
forming elephants do various tricks,
a comedy circus is introduced and the
unreliable mule Maud is brought for
ward as an entertainment feature.
The program is the biggest thing of its
kind in the way of a circus perform
ance ever presented for the money
- At IL o'clock this morning the
standing of the candidates for queen
of the carnival was: Hazel Clark, H.
BIZ; Josephine Cramer, 1876; Lula
Baumgardner, 5,135; Marguerite
Goh1ke, 3,776; Martha Miller, 3,24S;
Mrs. Arthur Miller, 3,1i6; Lucy Hall,
2,954; Pansy Burns, 1898; Myrtle
Drew, 1,94S; Alice Cavanaugh, 1,4O2;
Anna Doolittle, 1912.