St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-08
IT'S THE MECCA.
The Main Building Crowded With
Zine Exhibits

It's door an able-bodied, strong man
wlth loud, brassy voice sells things to
eat = CORY pies, doughnuts neatly
moulded around a hole, sandwiches
with sipated-looking meat in their
midsts, and lemonade in funnel-shaped
glasses. Past the booth everybody
trndged along the dusty sidewalk, and
many hungry man chewed a doughnut
as he gazed on the exhibits. The juven-
lie representatives of various families
In the state dropped peanuts on the
floor, left sticky candy on the seats
and twisted the strings of balloons about
peoples neither extremities. These lit
tie things, however, did not affect the
exhibits.
Entering the main building at the
north entrance. one sees on the right
the exhibit of the Wolterstorf, Haskell
Manufacturing company. There are
stoves III all the bravery of polish and
nickel plate, and kitchen utensils of all
kinds. just opposite are the fire engines
OF the Waterous Eng inc works. The
Ware Tobacco company, the Metropol-
lton Business college, KingSland 81
Smith, and the Minnesota monograph
company are other exhibitors in this
wing. There is nothing funnier at the
talr than man listening to the music
OF photograph. He smiles, he pats
his foot and looks so utterly happy.
when to every one else there is nothing
at all to be heard. The Horton Portrait
company display, some excellent pict-
ures III color, Col. Bobleter in full uni
form, ID. X. Noyes and Bruno Baupre
are some OF the portraits on exhibition.
The White Sewing Machine company
has wonderful display of embroidery
of every Imaginable kind done by ma
chine.
The st. Paul Artificial Limb COM
pany, with a CHASTITY lot Of arms and
legs without owners occupies the mid
die OF the wing. The North Star Wool
EN- mill displays case OF luxurious
looking blankets. Augu Oppenheim
displays some especially -;ching hats.
A large black hat with an edge of rib
bon quilting, a green velvet hat and
an exquisite gray toque were admired
by every woman who passed. Kuhl u
Cumming company have very credit
able display.
Schliek has an orderly wilderness of
shoes-red shoes, gray shoes, tan shoes
and black shoes. Satin shoes of every
Imaginable size and color; walking
shoes, riding boots, dancing shoes and
AiOhoN oilPpClos nC lulcSI III SIlOto,
and shoes for people who prefer comfort
TO style. Such an array Is seldom seen.
Brown. Treacy s& Co. display their
wares very nicely.
Shepherd the photographer displays
some creditable portraits.
Finch-Van Sykes exhibit is very
beautiful. There are some exquisitely-
c0lored pushes and brOcades and some
OF the newest ideasi in house-furnishing
Manufacturers case is where every
woman who passed broke the Tenth
Commandment to smithereens. In it is
a bewilderiug display of silks and
laces, but what most takes the feminine
eye is sortie du bal on the wax fig
ure. 1t is OF thick cream-colored bro
cade, with pleated back of deeper
shade of plush; edgings of white an
cora and white silk passementerie.
lie Inquire wears green plush train
and skirt of maiZe-colOred satin, bro
caded with silver thistles.
Nutting's candies make very pretty
show III the east wing. The Goodyear
Rubber company has number of pretty
macklntOshes. Nathan Ford has great
many musical instruments on exhibit
ton. Horn and DAM company and the
st. Paul Furniture company exhibit in
the south wing.
Howard, Farwell 81 Co. have two
music rooms. One is an old-time room,
with red-bricked fireplace. rag carpeted
floor and calico curtained windows.
There is an old, yellow-keyed piano, one
of the first ever brought to st. Paul, and
harpsichord. The other room is fur
nished in white and gold, with white
and gold piano and organ. The young
lady in charge wears white wool
frOck.
X. Z. Munger, the Gravity Lock COM
pany, r, G. Eagles and G. +. Wood are
among the other exhibitors.
The Great Northern has surpassed it.
self. In its department are two farms
in miniature, the old and the new. The
old farm has tiny log hut, surrounded
by corn field and Virginia rail fence.
The new farm has staringly modern
house, fountain, flower bed, and a
girl on horseback. On its hills browse
tiny cattle, at one side is a mound OF
ores. and in the distance the mines of
Montana. A real little steam engine
runs across the farms, much to the de-
light OF the youngsters. There are
grains from all over the Northwest, and
two oxen, made of grains, are yoked to
an old cart that used to follow the trail
between st. Paul and Winnipeg in 1915.
The art department is not up to the
standard. The pictures are for the
llOol DdIL llODGlCSOlJ Ddu. lut C0lud
painting is excellent. The marvel of
the whole building is religious picture
in hair work. Adam and Eve, on the
left, are leaving the garden of Eden.
The guilty pair are made OF brown hair,
and look very thin and poorly fed. The
crucihXion is represented Ill the center
OF the picture. At its left is a path
leading to eternal life, and one to de-
struction. Slim, Wasted people, made
of hair, travelling over the two roads.
In heaven, above, angels OF white hair
are playing on hair harps, while at
their feet are wiry-loOklng clouds OF
various colOrs of hair. The whole is
truly unique. and always has a group
of awe-struck people before it. They
don't know what 1t all is till the owner
points it out, and then they say. 20,
my?" aud stand with their mouths wide
open.
One side of the east wing is given
over to the wOmen's department. where
in is displayed every variety Of fancy
work with which lovely woman busies
herself. Overhead are quilts, some of
which have taken prizes for years, and
could tell awful tales if they but had
mouths. Tating and CROCHET work
are shown in quantities. There are
edgingS and shawIs and bedroom Slip
pers and saequeS and skirts and hoods
and mttens and goodness knows what
else. There are tides and mats, and
plenty of that article of house adorn-
ment which man abhOrs and which the
feminine maker designates as throw
or ''dTaDe." Some tinsel embroidery
on boiling cloth is fit gift for a
princess. There are sofa pillows and
pin cushions and toilet bottles and every
known article that woman in her hours
of ease can construct. But the most de-
sirable things Of the whole department
are the laces. There are some piece
laces and Honiton and needle-poinL
handkerchlefs that ones soul fairly
yearned for.
The department is one in every way
worthy the women of Minnesota. and is
always filled with an admlring crowd
whose "0hs" and "Ahs" express a
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