The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-10
SECOND FAIR DAY
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SECUNU FAIh UA1
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in that the display would be anything
like its real size. The horses and the
sheep are in the same way-the ex-
hibitors more numerous than ever
and the exhibits larger than ever.
Government Display.
The United Sta government dis
play, housed in a special building to
the west of the Textile and Fine Arts
building, has attracted considerable
attention from the thousands of WISH
tors at the Free fair. This is but
natural in these war times, tho, for the
government exhibit is largely an ex-
position of the instruments and ma
terial of war. Models of the big rifles
and howitzers which are used to ham,
mer the Huns back to the Rhine are
declared by the men in charge of the
exhibit to be exact reI reductions of
the real guns. The smaller weapons,
such as rifles, trench knives, machine
guns, and so forth are the real thing
just like the Yanks overseas carry
into action. Other interesting fea-
lures of the display are the models of
the various types of warships and the
dozens of wax figures dressed in the
uniforms of the various nations in the
war.
Naval Band a Big Hit.
The Great Lakes Naval Training
banda thirty piece detachment of
the fifteen hundred piece naval sta
ton band, directed by John Phillip
Sousa-draws a big hand at every
appearance. either in parade or in
concert at the fair grounds. There
is nothing in the world like a navy
band for the production of snappy,
swinging music, and the detachment
in Topeka for the Free fair shows
that Sousa has retained all his pristine
vigor and ability and has put spirit
and heart of music into the mouths
of his recruits.
The Parker carnival shows, all
dressed up in new FLASHES" or fronts,
opened their doors Monday morning
at 10 o'clock. The Midway was packed
with people all during the day and
the carnival proved to be formidable
rival of the amusement offered on
the race track. Persons who saw the
Parker shows Monday declared that
they were far above the average of
the usual fair following carnival, and
that the shows presented were the
best of the kind seen in Topeka for
years. Thinking of the Parker shows,
1t might be>wel1 to remember that this
is the company, the only company,
which was ever able to prove to the
state that the state house grounds
are fine show grounds. This proof
was forthcoming in 1908, and the
Parker shows were set in on the south
lawn of the capitol grounds just after
the big flood.
1.-THE World at War" fireworks
spectacle was produced in Topeka for
the first time Monday night. A crowd
of fully twenty thousand persons
filled nearly every available seat in the
grandstand and the bleachers, setting
new record for night show atten-
dance. And the spectacle was well
worth the while, according to the
opinions openly expressed at the close
of the performance. The spectacle
itself is produced on a stage 500 feet
long with a background of hand
painted scenery representing a village
in France, cathedral and all. The
climax of the spectacle shows the
Germans in possession of the village
and their final annihilatio at the
hands of the allied forces moving for
ward in battle formation under the
protection of two tanks.1
The spectacle is preceded by bic
pageant showing the gathering of the
troops of the allies in the billets and
| rest camps back of the battle line and
| their slow moving forward to allotted
| places in the advancing battle line
The actors in the pageant and in the
| spectacle are the four companies OF
the Ninth battalion of the state guard
the Sunflower minute men and the
battalion band.
Parade Tonight.
The parade tonight for the Kansas
| Free Fair will be in charge of the Y
NJ. c. A. and the Y. w. c. A. and i.
| to contain two floats, one of Y. NJ
c. A overseas hut, and the other t.
| represent the work of the Y. w. c. A
for women abroad and in America
who are directly connected with wal
work.
The Y. NJ. C. A. has some surpris,
parade features that are not to b.
made known until the procession ap
pears on Kansas avenue tonight a
! $50 o'clock. All members of the
Central and Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. ar
asked to meet at Fifth and Quinc!
streets at 7:15 o'clock.
AT the fair grounds music will b
furnished by a quartet made up of Y
NJ. c. A secretaries at Camp Funston
Rev. Percy Atkins, of the state Y. NJ
c.. A, will make an address for tn
~. NJ. c. A. war work council, and tn
Y. w. C. A. council has brought Al
eastern speaker. Mrs Fred Fassett, O
New York, to the fair, to present tn
cause of the association. Mrs Fas
sett is a speaker of national reputation
The Y. NJ. C. A. and the Y. w, c. A
have attractive booths on the grbund:
The Y. M. C. A. has built hut whic