The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-15
FOR AKE-POT BALL
Masked Feature To Be Held at
Auditorium April 10.
by Merchants Here.
WOMAN OF MYSTERY IN IT
Buttons Admitting Guests Will
Garry Picture.
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Proceeds Go Toward Entertain
ment of Fall Visitors.

Hundreds of dollars IN prizes VIII
be given away by Topeka merchants
at an immense masked ball of the
Ake-Pot Sterboos to be held April 10
at the city auditorium. This will be
the first Tuesday after Lent. s. L.
Courtney, a member of the myster-
ious order, has called on practically
all the leading merchants in the city
in the last week and obtained from
them valuable articles that will be
given away at the big ball.
Charles l.. Mitchell of Crane x
Company, has been appointed chair
man in charge of the ball with Ray
committee of the leading business
men has been appointed to form var
ious subcommittee to look after the
1O1 details of the big entertainment
A unique feature of the entertain
ment will be the sale of buttons in
stead of cards which will admit guests.
On these buttons will appear the pic
ture of a well known Topeka woman,
masked. Topeka photographer has
taken pictures of at least a dozen To-
peka women in the same costume and
only one man knows the identity of
the women whose pictures appear on
the buttons
Woman of Mystery
Fifteen dollars in gold will be Civ
en- to the person guessing the identity
of the woman on the button. Her
picture in the masked costume will
appear in store windows from time
to time between now and the date of
the ball. Each purchaser of a button
may be permitted to guess on the
identity of the woman. Each button
will have a different number and in
this method the guessers will be
checked up. No one will escape an
opportunity to purchase a button.
Refreshments will be served boxes
erected in the city auditorium and the
floor of the big hall will be prepared
suitable for dancing. Complete de-
tails for the big entertainment will be
announced in a short time.
To Entertain Merchants.
The money derived from the enter
tainment will be used in staging an
immense entertainment in Topeka
during Merchants Week in the fall.
This, together with other money prom
ised will be used in staging flower
parades and other features for the
benefit of the entire city Following
are a part of the prizes offered by To-
peka merchants and the Ake-Pot Ster-
booS:
Prizes Offered.
Fifteen dollars in gold for person
guessing identity of woman on the
button Ake-Pot Sterboos.
Twenty-Five dollars in gold for best
lady's costume. Ake-Pot Sterboos.
Second prize for second best cos
tune; lady's hat, Courtney Millinery
parlors.
Third prize for third best lady's cos
tune; lady's rocker, HARLAN Furniture
company
Best costumed couple living east of
Kansas avenue, south of Kaw river:
lady fancy pair of shoes, Pelletier's;
gentleman, fountain pen, Crane & Co.
Best costumed couple living west of
Kansas avenue and south of Kaw
river; lady, silk waist, Berkson Bros;
gentleman, silk shirt, Dave August
Best costumed couple living north
OF kaw river; one-haf dozen silk
hose, The New Toggery
Best comic lady's costume; engrav-
ed calling cards on Capper plates,
Mail Printing house
Best comic gents costume. So in
cash to order shirt L. C. RAIN
Lady, ukalele, E. 3. Guild Music com
pany. Gentleman, silk shirt, Edward
Bowman.
Couple presenting best one-step
Lady, 4-pound box of candy, Capital
City Candy company. Gentleman.
mans hat, Palace Clothing company
Couple presenting best waltz. Lady,
IS pair silver cloth slippers, Payne
Shoe company. Gentleman, bathrobe,
B. r. B. Clothing company
Couple presenting best aesthetic
dance, Lady, manicure set. Brunt-
Martin Drug company. Gentleman,
hat, Felix Clothing company.
Couple presenting best tango dance
Lady, silk waist, w w. Mills company.
Gentleman, tango shirt, Voiland Cloth
ing company.
Couple presenting best cake walk
Lady, imported English clock, Frank
Furniture company. Gentleman, cleo
trio iron or toaster.
Following are the men, members of
the Ake-Pot Sterboos and Chamber of
Commerce, who will assist Mitchell
and Lattner in arranging details for
the entertainment: c. T Buck Chas
Matthews, E. L. Overton, H. j. Brock
man, Clarence Weatherton B. p. Bart
lett. Baird Whitney, George Godfrey
Moore, L. c. Rain, Ralph Baer. Les