The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-14
NOTES OF THE FAIR
MarshalTs Band One of Real
Big Attractions.
That Mysterious Roar From
Girl of Snakes.

Even the winds that come with
weather that is ideal for the crowds
attending fairs, such as the weather
for Topeka's great free fair has been
SO far. blow ill for others who are
interested in fairs, and pecuniarily.
This weather that the fair crowds have
been enjoying to the full these past
few days hasn't made much of hit
with the pop and ice cream merchants
on the grounds.
One of the really enjoyable features
of the fair is the singing of Harry
Kirschbaum. of Kansas City. who has
attached himself to or been adopted
by Marshalrs band for the entire week.
Mr.. Kirschbaum is a vocalist connect
ed with the Waterson, Berlin and
Snyder music house of New York and
Chicago. He came to Topeka fer fair
week with the reputation of being one
of the best of the ragtime singers of
the country, and, in fact, champion of
them all And he assuredly appears
to deserve this reputation. Some of
his song hits. are Yaaka Hula Hickey
Dula, If L Knock The IL Out of
Kelly. Come On And Baby Me, When
the Sun Goes Down in Romany. 1 Was
Never Nearer Heaven in My Life, and
Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To
Oregon. Mr.. Kirschbaum scored a
big success at the Horse Show concert
on Wednesday evening with his rendi-
ton of If 1 Knock The IL" Out of
Kelly. But, in fact. the crowds seem
equally enthusiastic over all his songs
and the way he sings them.
If anything MarshaIl's band appears
to be striking more responsive chords
with the crowds and the many To-
pekans in them than ever before. and
this is saying a good deal Never be-
| fore have the audiences at the races,
| the horse show or the free concerts
in the bandstand near the Agricultural
hall been so generous with their ap-
| plause of the work of Topeka's most
| famous bandmen. To assert that Mar
shall's band is playing better nowadays
than ever before in its history, might
smack of praise of the extravagant
| But it sounds that way to- many. At
any rate, Marshall's band seems to be
pleasing the fair crowds better this
year than ever before, and that is de-
| livering the goods as well as they
could be. Marshall's was forty strong
at the Horse Show Wednesday night
and the crowd that packed the grand
I stand more fully than has ever been
| the case on any. other Horse Snow
night in the history of Topeka fairs
gave the evidence which vigorous and
prolonged applause counts for that 1t
was immensely pleased with the band 5
playing of Somewhere a Voice Is Call
| Ing In fact, most of the numbers on
| this MarshalPs concert program were
heartily applauded.
| According to the fair management,
| the Johnny Jones carnival shows are
! playing to what it considers a big
| business, in comparison with the
4 business that has been done by other
4 amusement companies of this sort at
4 other Topeka fairs. But the Jones
1 people say, that while the business
| they are doing is satisfactory in a
/ way, it doesn't compare with the bus
| mess that they are in the habit OF
4 playing to, and which they think their
i shows deserve, and this, notw1th-
/ standing the fact that they are only
| charging o cents admission to many
| of their shows that they usually charge
lis cents for. But the fair manage
ment has been explaining to the Jones
| people that the people of Topeka and
| their many friends from other parts of
! Kansas who attend the fairs here have
been '.stung'' so often by the cheap
and worthless carnival shows that
have disported at the fair grounds in
times past, that many of them per-
| haps are reluctant to take another
| chance But the business at the Jones
| shows appears to be picking up all the
time and this is the best testimony of
! their merit. Nothing advertises worth
while shows of this sort so much as
| the quality of the shows themselves.
| Those who try them and feel that they
! have gotten their moneys worth tell
/ their friends. If there is anything OBJ
| Jectionable to any of the Jones shows