St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-24


its, and above is wide promenade.
while the space next the wall is also
gwen up to booths, or sections, for the
placing of exhibits, and for adOrnment.
Ascending the west stairway one finds
the first three booths have been deco
rated by the ladies of the Sioux City
Cooking club. The first has very
pretty design in rosettes of husks,
SURROUNDED BY CORN EARS,
with effective borders. The second
booth is decorated with flax, rye, wheat,
millet and feather grass. and the third
has rosettes made Of corn strung on
threads and wound spirally. On the pill
lars and supports are cooking utensils
fashioned in corn, and accurate in de-
sign and shape. Numerous effective
designs are scattered about, all made of
corn, grains and grasses. In the next
booth is an accurate representation in
miniature of Riverside park, pleasure
resort near the city, with the Sioux
river and model of the boat house in
the foreground, and the hills and trees
in the background. A model of the
motor road and train that carries people
to and from the resort. is shown with
very realistic effect. The 'art gallery"
is in the end of the west wing, and
there are copies of many familiar
pictures, all done in corn. Among them
are Coming Thro' the Rye" Harvest
Home" Little Bo-Peep." "Minne-
haha" and many others, making alto
gether a collection that is at once
unique and beautiful. In the next
booth is a large picture, in corn, of
course, of the Victorious Warrior"
There are also shown lilies of the valley
and some splendid decorative sketching.
Little Boy Blue" is shown in the next
booth. He is fast asleep on pile of
hay, while the sheep are in the meadow
and the cows in the barn. The boy and
the animals are very natural, and the
entire picture, with roads, fences, farm
house and trees, is admirable in per-
SpectiVe and finish. A local literary So
ciety has decorated the next booth.
Shelves are filled with books made of
corn, and stately vases, with handsome
outlining, fill up the space and present
a very pretty scene. On a sage back
ground, with a rye dadO, in the next
booth, is very pleasing combination.
Here are solemn owls, enterprising cats,
fleeing rats. and bat sailing
through an atmosphere of corn.
The WOmen'S Relief Corps has put in
good time on the next booth, and the
first glimpse tells what it is. Elegant
badges of the W. r. C. and G. A. r. are
shown, along with a big brass drum,
guns, swords, flags, shields and other
trappingS of war. This both is very at
tractige. Opposite this in the big open
space or
ROTUNDA OF THE PALACE
is the band stand, with four platforms
and the fronts all decorated. The most
striking of these is an immense score
made of corn and corn stalks. with
a bass and treble clef, and the
notes of "OId Hundred" with the
words: ''Praise God. From Whom All
Blessings Flow Under the big tower
is finely-decOrated booth with mar
velous ceiling and the inscription, "COrn
Palace City of the World" In the ad-
joining booths are several large fans,
horseshoes, four-leaved clovers and
great variety of designs in borders and
ornamental work that is very pleasing
to the eye, and being in such central
location, will be very much admired.
In the next three booths are shown a
variety of subjects. including life-llke
swans. pond lilies, roses, panels, vases
filled with grasses, star and crescent,
and other designs. In the southwest
tower, the sketching club has fitted up
the large booth to represent an ideal
fort and luxury that an artistic mind
can suggest, and it is all made Of corn.
cornhusks, sorghum tops and grasses.
Here are shown three wonderful pict-
ures, copied from ancient Greek vases.
The first is The KathodOS, or the
Going Down of PersephOne." which
represents the going down into the
ground of the life forces. The story in
mythology is that one day in Emma, the
beautiful daughter of the Goddess Deme-
ter Mother EARTH was playing in a soft
meadow, gathering flowers, when the
earth yawned and golden chariot
burst forth, and Aides, the much
dreaded king of the lower world, seized
the maiden and carried her, weeping,
away, to be his queen in the shades
Demeter mOurns her daughter for more
than year, during which time the
earth bore no fruit. The following
spring PersephOne reappears, which is
"AnadOS" or Rising Up"
STARTING THE LIFE FORCES
in the spring. "Persephone risen from
the ground, by her side, his herald's
staff in his hands, stands, whose special
function it was to guide mortals or i'm
mortals to and from the kingdom of
shades-Nekate with blazing torches
attends her queen, and the mother
Demeter), with scepter in hand, waits
quietly her daughters embraces"
Then follows the third picture. the going
forth of the husbandman to scatter seed
/ and to help the earth yield its increase,
"The Departure of TriptOlemOs." Trip
| tolemos, the plOwman, is represented as
| a Youthful king seated in a winged
chariot, which is to bear him over land
and sea. In his hand is a scepter, with
a sheaflet of wheat. He also bears a
| wine cup. Beautiful Demeter is about
to pour the parting draught of wine
| from a graceful vessel which she holds
in her right hand, while her left
| is raised with gesture that indicates
speech. Behind stands Persephone
! in her hand a ribbon which she is ap-
| parently about to bind round the hero's
| head. The face, neck, hands and feet
| of the figures are made of corn huSkS,
| the hair of sorghum seeds and the head
! bands of husks. The garments are made
| of grains and straw. trimmed with
sorghum seed. The pictures are really
works of art and far excel any other
work about the palace. The Delivers,
/ another local literary society, have a
very pretty booth, the striking feature
| of which is an unique frieZe of cat
tails and corn. The next booth
takes one back to the old
homestead of ones youth, far away
from corn palaces and the busy hum of
city life. 1t is rural scene, with a
farmhouse and orchard in the fore
ground, and a farmer with a wagon
load of apples, all of which is remark
ably lifelike. In the next stall the
aborigine dwells in
ALL his PRISTINE GLORY.
An Indian tepee, made entirely of corn
| husks, is in one corner, and in the
| panels are Indian weapons of warfare
and the chase, and savage in a
corner, all curiOusly wrought
in many colored grains of
corn and kindred grains.
There is one booth in which the curl
Osity of the base ball enthusiast will be
fixed. 1t is a very realistic presenta-
ton, all done in corn, on black back
ground, of a game between Sioux City
| and st. Paul, with the latter at the Dat,
and two men on bases. The reporter is
shown in the stand, and the mascot is
there. The diamond and the players