St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-13

AND ENERGETIC y ORK-THE BEALF FI.L
AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF THE ARCHI-
ThCT +. BROWN Full DHsCRIP-
TON
More than twice rs larg" as gny Of It's
predecessors, different III design and scope
from an ything ever before conceived, tho
Com Palace Of 1890 will be not merely u
thing of beaut?, but it will be a wonder,
even to the peopte of Sioux City. The
strongest argument that any one ever used
against this perpeJua5ion of this great fes-
tival was the fear that it might grow old,
might get mon; toGo15 and fail 10 attract
the necessary crowds because there were
40 people LETT who hadn't Seen it. That
IVES on the theory that all Corn Palaces
are alike. But no one has ever seen the
like of what the Corn Palace Of 1890 is TO
be. None of the many thousands who
have gaztd with wondering admiration at
the fruits OF Sioux City genius as shown
in the three previous Palaces can claim to
have any idea of Whist this Palace is unless
they come here September % next to see
It, and they will need to stay TO the close,
October II, to soc it all.
The executive committee got down to
business at its session last night, and the
mag nifcent design prepared by Architect
Brown was gone over piece by piece, and
the plans of the architect were found ad
mirably complete, many original and at
Cractive features having been worked out
in the mind OF the architect, a. sisted by the
prac zeal suggestions of the committee.
To begin with, the Palace of 1890 IL to
be 264 feet square or more than twice as
large as last years Palace, which was 1870
! by 250, 1t will cover nearly the whole of
the block COrnering northeast on Pierce and
Sixth streets, last years location. The
central building Will run up to the i'm
posing height of l12 feet, the upper 100
feet being q dome This main building
will be in the form OF an octagon 166 feet
! across. In the center will be al open
space IS feet across, without post or sny
thing to interfere with view Of the whole
interior decorations. This space will run
up sixty-six feet with an srtistically
painted sky at the top, studded with stars
made OF incande-celt eectIic light.
The gallery in this Palace will be clear
+! around The interior OF the rotunda, A feet
! high and will be % leet wide. D1spens-
! ing with the high gallery feature will he
| good news 10 nervous people, for 1t will
| entirely remove the danger that has been
| telt before from crowdlng them. For
| every body wanted to get as high as pcs
I sble This gallary viii give every one al
| cpoort unity to sea al there is TO be seen,
| and it will be adorned with various ex-
nibits as well rs overlooking ali the rest
| of the Palace. Five wide stairways lead
! ing 10 the gallery will remove all Chance
fer a Jam.
East of tie main building, opening in'o
| il by tso gates, will be an auditorium to
seat 100 to l 300 peop!e, i ne band and
| will be between this and the rotunda so
| hat the Il psic may be Leard ty every one
III tie Palace, while those who desire can
rest ana listen to the music undisturbed
by am ping feet. a sounding board Will
be erected above the Land stapQ to throw
the so md into the auditorium. This
building will be about 40 feet nigh. and
will be built back Of the houses now
standing on Sixth street. In front OF
them, covering the whole, will be wall
40 feet high, giving the Whole the APPEAR
| ance o. soio building
At the north OF the main building will
be another lower structure running back
100 feet. This building will run around
back Of the main building to connect with
! the auditorium, and will be LOO feet deep
bs.tIem cit the same as Oh the Sixth street
side. All the buildings now On this
! ground, except the Spsulding house on
Pierce street, will be removed and the
space used by exhibits of all kinds, and
some special features that, as entirely
new, will delight and astonish those who
have seen all previous Corn Palaces no
| less than those who have never seen one.
There will be grottoes. beautiful and
! original ideas worked out in corn and
! showing the wealth of the great agrl-
cultural mouth west as well as the H.
| genui1y ana artistic taste of her people.
One OF the wonders in preparation is
immature Niagara Fails, located so that IL
will be the nrst thing TO greet the eye OF
the spectator as he enters the building
| Her he will look down to the tarthest
part of ,h9 crest structure, 212 tee5 from
| the main entrance, with an uninterrupted
view 4S feet wide and Al feet high. The
,pace of one side of the octagon, As feet,
which is the entrance to the back part OF
the Palace will be crossed at the gallery
floor By rustic bridge, from when I'll
parts of the Palace may be seen.
The dec )rations this year, both interior
and exterior, will be projected on scale
grander and more elaborate than ever be-
fore. OF course, all these things mean
money, and lots of it-more than any pre-
vious Palace has cost; but 1t Isn't the
Sioux City way to stop to count the cost too
carefully when the reputation of the Corn
Palace CITY of the world is to be main
tanned,
The management has innumerable en-
tertainment features in sight 1t VIII Dc
difficult to crowd them all into the hIteen
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