The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-10
FAIR NOES

Tuesday was ChiIdren's day at the
big Kansas Free Fair and all the
youngsters who attended had the time
of their lives, but one little negro boy.
little more than knee high to a duck.
knew a triumph that comes to few
youngsters. A caterpillar tractor man
was demonstrating one of his ma
chimes by driving It up and down hills
and over bitches and making half dol
lar turns. In order to show how
easily II is managed he placed the lit
tie negro on it and told him to drive
around.
Altho it is a home organization and
its talent has been enjoyed on many
occasions by all Topeka, the Modoc
club is proving one of the big attrac-
tions at the fair this year. The Mo-
doc numbers at the big night show
never fail to bring rounds of applause
and the individual members are help
ing In other ways to liven up the big
show Tuesday night after their reg
ular performance a number of them
got together and toured the grounds
in their soup and fish"
Kismet does not apply to men alone
There is horse ae the fair that
seems to be followed by hard luck
continuously. This horse was entered
L a
stable man told the story when some
one commented about how well broke
the animal was. you ought to have
seen him last winter" the stable man
said. You would have thought he
and his owner were both broke He
was so skinny he didn't dare eat a
hay straw for fear it would punch
thru. Why, that horse didn't have
80 cents worth of feed all winter. The
man who owned him had a wife and
two children and two horses out here
and they must live on frost and snow.
They never seemed to have anything,
but the owner was always well sup
piled with cigarets." Tuesday the
| horse looked fat and slick and fine.
| Many picked him to win the race But
will probably have another had win
| ter.
Has the country gone wild over
dolls? Never before were there so
many al a fair in Topeka Practically
every concession man has dolls on his
racks and some Of them have nothing
but dolls. And Tuesday almost every
child carried a doll to enter in the
! children's contest. One satirist was
heard to remark: Blamed IL there
amt as many childreR as grown-ups
carrying around dolls here today"
The children's day program wa,
brought to a close Tuesday night with
a big lantern parade over the grounds
Many of the youngsters carried very
beautiful lanterns. Prizes were
awarded to Helen Bouyette. WinIfreC
Bouyette, Harry Perry, Pauline Saul.
Donald.s Lucille Mcclure and tn,
Knights and Ladies OF Security farm
One Of the finest Jersey dairy herd,
ever brought to Kansas from Okla
homa is here under the management
OF H. c. Stebben. of the White City
Jersey farm. This herd comes from
near Tulsa and the White City farm
is noted for its fine cattle and aisC
for its big oil wells. According Il
Stebben whenever a new COW or I
bull is desired to round out a herd
trill Is taken out and new oil gushei
brought in.
A sewing machine attachment sales
) man near the art building is a hand
some young man and he has a fin,
line OF conversation. But today n,
! mas been surrounded by men NOR,
than by women. And the men ar
I buying literally, too. You never car
I tell what will interest a fair visitor.
Automobile tourists from Colorad
were fair visitors today and the,
! seemed TO be greatly enjoying them
selves. There also were cars on tn
grounds from New York and Texa
and Wyoming.
Huff Dorward, official starter 70
the automobile races Friday and Sat
urday, says that he will have som
OF the best drivers in the United State
!. here and that he will be disappointe
II new records are mot made. One {
his drivers was injured at the Lincol
fair when his car did a flip-flop, bJ
ne is able to drive, despite the fat
n that he has his arm in a cast, and E,
poets to try for the money Friday af
= ernoon, he says.
e Rally FIR Rn7ENUARI