The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-10-03

balcony on the railing and on the
small round columns rising on either
side of the door to a point above the
walls there are varied figures in
diamonds and squares and panels,
scroll lines, wheels and rosattcs. I'ls
detail work ON the west and south
fronts are different, while the genera;
plan is the same.
Then there is the main entrance.
From the opening proper the entrance
broalens out to another grand pointed
archcd frcnt, with sides running up
high to the pinnacle on top and fankcd
with two great round columns with
small domes, after the general style Of
all. The doorway is high enougi. SO that
there is ii balcony With rating on a
level with the second foor an,i reached
from 1t. Up and dowa the sides Of the
doorway is TIE work of the artists.
emboil;shing it with maay beautiful
forms. There ars tie panels mad. OF
corn. flax. and rye straw. the scrolls,
Of corr, the twisted and Interviewer
lines of corn and the artistic borders.
Allows the doorway there is a fiat sur
face cn which has been wrought the
finest piece of work Of all IT is q
;pictnre, !, representation ot q group;
a hugl, buffalo, with the scldeSs of
liberty msuntea aai bclrins aloi.
the standard. ana: Il man ard woman
sented beside t!la bnif;lo. 1t is
simply impossible for oas who has
never seen this kin.l of work 10 under
stand how real artistic picture can
be made from ti,e simple articles w!,i':h
may be saihesel III any field. II is a
picture which, in detail is to be COM
pared with a good oil painting, aud it
forms grand frontispiece to sach 81
beautiful Corn Palace. The remainder
of the front is adorned with scroll
| work ana small figures.
But all this is only hint at tho
beauty OF this Palace on its exterior.
There are lnnumcrable :lccvcs where
the artists could dlspor; his fancy.
and small panels in which are wrought
landscape scenery; there are dozen
or more OF the rona,a calnmns Of dif-
fcscnt sizes wound with spiral rows
LOT red corn and rye straw. Each Of
these columns is topped with a small
dome cnlying onward to point
snd covered with corn, red al the bot
tom, then yellow AND white a.. the
point. Ono oS ,l.r nos. striking effacis
is {. small border alon:. Tie Sides made
from rcd. white and yellow corn in
the ear and co.n stalk, which
gives the appearance of cornice
with supports few feet apart. The
nsc of cane stalks laid parallel and
mailed to the surface where a bright
background is needed is al happy
thought. 1t gives bright green fare
in contrast with the other co!ors which
are mo:e common. Then the artist
has made good use of four panels
sunk into the face or the walls, and ii,
which some beautiful work has becl
done. With ears of corn cut in small
sections and tic pieces nailed side by
;s:ae. a pretty border os small rosatte,
is made, which is IL ed in many places
Larger ro:scttcs are made with corr
hnsks. Corn ears upon string form
long cords used freely in fcstoon;ng
MI Of these little things go to make
up beautiful Palace. gorgeous
building, the fairest ever erected OF
Iowa soil or anywhere else.
THE EXTERIOR.
The interior decorations are al.ncs
finished, but the work Of placing ex
, hib.ts is still going OH and a detailed
description of the interior cannot We
, be given. But if the outside will excit,
, the wonder and the admiration OF TIL,
. multitudes what will the people all So,
about the fairy land which will SUR
round them when they pause beneath
| the great dome? First is the ceiling
: which has the appearance Of an invertc,
9 wheat field with the grain GROWN,
: double thick and cropped smooth an'
) even, This is between the supporiln;
j. columns and forms ali octagonal ceilin,
e and the space between these posts is 70
J, a part of the way down filled in wit
5 co!orcd bunting, Great rolls Of blu
: and yollow bunting torm the cei!in
n in the space between tho inner and tl
! outer octagons and in all this gre,
= space the coloumns and cross beam
G and false partitions are covered w.t
bunting and with grain, so that vie,
' upward shows maze of small room
It and many shaped Divisions. The roc
n to the gallery and over the promenad
10 is made with the same plan Of an il