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Show BIO COM CARNIVAL. ONCE A VKAIt ATCHISON, KAS., LETS ITSELF LOOSE. from the Tl ot Their reel la the TnP of Their llesila lleanlKnl loll., Hlllliirrjr anil dowse Mail o( Cut Unite. (Rpeclal Letter.) i'jHAr"l ll'LB wh JRlklJJj rn I ltO.000.030 lYvagXt' j v bushels of corn In JjrvXV.A " ""n havo a (ttrX-arZ rht ,0 lLrow QWjYTf toire of It away If iSflffllflf 'i ' ""XWjntto. That W'f(VV8i, ! la whnt the people il I WW- ' AU,,l"on K- S 1 tt'tvVk Jo once n ,nr' nnrt VfftglinwA tnc orcaslon upon which It Is thus lavishly squandered Is the Atchison corn carnival, one of the greatest ot fetes of the kind to be seen la tho greet and merry west. It lasla a day and a night During that time King Corn la supreme. He reigns undisputed In all parte ot the city. He fills the streets with processions pro-cessions of wagons and triumphal cars made and decorated with corn, Ills subjects walk and dance In costume made of huska -pretty costume, too, and he himself rides In a rar drawn by corn decorated horse. Corn, In fact. Is everywhere, and the Jubilation Is wonderful to see. Northeastern Kansas, In the vicinity of Atchison, la tbe greatest ro n region of tbe west A few of the best things of last autumn's au-tumn's carnival are shown In tre Illustrations, Il-lustrations, Neit lu the decoration ot the town, the chief event Is the procession, pro-cession, In which all the leading cora-, cora-, merclal companies lake part. They I construct eipenslve "floats," and dl-play dl-play them in the procession on large wagons, drawn by decorated horse. A remarkable "float" was contributed by the Atchison Saddlery company to last year proreaelon. It waa made In the form of an ear ot corn, and contained con-tained 38 bushels, being 20 feat long and alx feet high, and weighed E.OOO pounds. Hollow Inside. It gave an opportunity for the presence ot bright faced children, who peeped through little window In the (Idea, Tbe parade Is, ot course, headed by a band, Then comes a corps ot bicyclers, bicy-clers, all rigged In corn costumr, and these riders are followed by the handsomely hand-somely decorated carrlsgcs, tally-ho coaches, buggies, phaetons, trap, surrey sur-rey and carta all of which are entered en-tered In competition for a prise. They are decorated with flowers, made of tissue psper and corn husk, thousands being uaed on each vehicle: tbe entire buggy top, box, running gear, and everything being covered with cloth the color of the flower, while the hare ness on the horse Is wrapped In bunting bunt-ing and ribbons ot the same, and the brldlea covered with flowers. To give an Idea of the beauty of the flower panule, and the work It necessltsted. It may be mentioned that 4,000 chrysanthemums chrysan-themums were used on one buggy; 7,000 red rose and GOO white rosea ware used on one float; 3,600 rosea on on buggy; 1,660 on another; 1,400 popple on another, and 43,000 violets on another. The principal point on which the most stress Is laid la tho decoration ot the town, and It la made very beautiful. beauti-ful. The store uie hundreds of ears of corn In making odd dralgna that will attract tbe attention of the pus era-by, and there are on ths aldewalki strange crestures made out of the grain that seem Impossible to ths novice. no-vice. Tbe young ladles make out ot the husks the most bewitching bonnet bon-net and cape, and wear them through the day, and the young men even get up Jackets and hats that rival thoie of tbe fair sex for Ingenuity and attractiveness. attrac-tiveness. Kven the horses are decorated, decor-ated, and one might think that the town waa all In the corn business, so generally la tbe place given up to tbe festival. Ths king of tho carnival rides la stat behind four bones with headdresses head-dresses of corn huaks, and ill litr-.h on wrsJw , WWrm TOUNO WOMAN AND MAN IN COIiN mum ft flowered seat under a dins of gorgeous gor-geous color. One man who went to the rarnlril last year said he began to realise what a "carnival" meant when he waa lto mllea out of tho city. Corn was thrown through the doors and windows if toe tralna, and from that time an I' was corn, corn, corn, ever) where lu t-chlion, t-chlion, e erythlng In the ahape rt corn was prominent Old "darkles old corn stalk cane, colored "mammlet" peddled shell corn The bulldlnss were splendidly decorated In every liuagla-able liuagla-able way with corn stalk, corn tkei corn resvee, shelled corn, ear io-n" popped corn, colored corn, an I tier might have been places where, cr Juice was found He,)bodr, n.lB women, and children, old and youot' white, yellow, and black, celebrated by throwing shelled corn In each oth. r' face, rubbing It down their necks wbrther friend or strangers, mail dtCurexco, one had to be good mtortd I one t( It The freer and more familiar fami-liar people became with each other, the better they were liked. Dy night the rtreeta and sidewalks were covered an loeb deep with corn, most of It groel lnt0 mni under the crunching heele of the people, The bands, eight of ikm. played the oSlelal tune of the earalval. "A Hot Time In the Old Toss, people sang It, whistled It. and tooted It on thousands of tin horse. Mmy women, old and young, west dreseee bats, neckties, and even shoes of corn corn husks, and taseels, Mrs II i t'ussck recently sent a hit trimmed trim-med entirely with corn end husks u Vtri VVllllam McKlnley, wife of th-prrelden' th-prrelden' The bonnet can scarcely be distinguished from a Paris pattern It wis voted tho most unique and daiair production of the carnival. The "Corn troll" Is In evldenco throughout the csrnlral, with dress and hat ot corn husks and dainty parasol In her right hand Thousands purchai her during the fete, and keep her as a souvenir of this unlquo festivity. |