The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22
y toYthlng tos, Advance
Horthington, Mobiles County. Minn,
woarn1xercr, MINI. OCTOBER 2e, 1901.
,> -: For the ADVANCE.
THE CORN PALACE-JUST A
GLIMPSE.

THE CORN PALACE-JUST A
GLIMPSE. 1
Ye editor cautions to brevity in re.
counting the wondrous beauties aud
cumningly devised arrangements Of the
palace Of King Corn. So We must trip
lightly along, not stopping to admire
I'll that comes within the radius of our
vision. tho all, every least item OF
decoration, and every smallest souve-s
mir is admirable. In tho first place,
the conception Of the corn palace, with
its design Of collecting for exhibition
80 many of tile products OF the earth,
Vegetable and mineral, and Of combin-
ing with this exposition 50 much of ar
tistic skill and beauty -the very poetry
of, nature and Of art combined Twas in
jtsslf 4 grand and admirable thought
.-.ud rs. that thought has in 90 many
diversified directions been developed by
skillfut hands OF men aud wOmen, as-
pecially the latter, (there were 500 Ia
dies employed for three weeks In deco
rating the palace.) our admiration
grows to ecstacy.
The building itself is wonder Of
beauty. with its swelling dome, sur
mounted with the pmblematic cornuco-
pia, pouring out it's wealth OF fruit.
vegetables, and golden grain. Ti.en to
stand within the portals and survey it's
circumference-the first floor divided
into booths. tas:efully arranged and
filled with the productions of adjacent
states aud communities-Lo behold
what the western soil can yield, aud
what the skill Of man can produces
Such marvels of potatoes, turnips,
cabbages, ,beets. sugar bets; such i,D-
mense pumpkins and sqnashes! And
the grains! Was ever such corn-were
ever such heavy headed shocks of
wheat. rye. barley, millet and flax set
before the eye Of man? We began to
take note of just the most remarkable
products exhibited in each booth-bnt
there seemed to be no chance to dis
criminate-it was AL simply miracle
of rich stores of things pleasant to the
eye, and good for food. Finest display
Of apples. One county had over forty
varietirs Oh exhibition. Everything
was on the grandest scale. IcouId hut
note specially the fine and varied pro-
ducts of the Sioux Indian reservation
such all Improvement since the first
corn palace show. But over ard above
all that is produced within u given ra-
dius "f the palace, it is clearly shown
by actu"l demonstration that Corn is
King. 1t takes the crown AS Il crop; MS
aH article Of cOsnmevcr; as u factor in
raising cattle and hogs, and in 80 many
forms Of food for people. And how
SHALL pen describe its royal properties
in decorationf fise fIfflifte Variety 81
form aud use displayed in the artistic
arrangements Of corn in the decoration
ot the palace is beyond description.
LII one place there we're several extracts
from lIiawatha, each graphically illus
trated in pictures made almost entire
ly Of corn. The wrestling Of uiawa-
thA with Mondau,la, the conquest, the
burial; the springing Of the beautiful
blades Of the m.ize, and just beyond
his panorama Was a space filled with
tall, we'll cared stalks Of standing corn.
Next was the famed Bridal Chamber,
its floor Il mos.sic Of differently cnlored
ears of corn, laid in squares; the bed
stead veneered with golden corn; the
quilt a patchwork Of different shades
of husks. Il graceful drapery of strung
pop corn was festooned over the head
Of the bed. The wash stand, ever, and
basin were in colors adapted, all in
corn. The chair was veneered with
corn and the back and seat covered
with dainty tufts and puffs made of
white husks. A small square stand in
the same style as the other furniture
held a bowl shaped vase decorated in
colored corn, with boquet of flowers
constructed from husks.. Pictures ry
the corn 'masters" adorned the walls.
It had been given out that any bride
married in the Corn Palace would re-
ceive the furniture of this chamber,
and was it strange that one day the
Mayor Of the city was called upon to
unite in holy matrimony couple in
that palace beautiful? There was an
other room done in the same style
more elaborate in its decorations
The floor was laid in red corn cut
across the ear in slices half an inch
thick, making lovely mosaic. But,
brevity, where art thou? How can
pass unnoticed the winter scene, with
two toboggans, loaded with children
on the slide; the skaters-all dolls,
draped in winter costumes-a window
ofa house near by, with children [dolls)
looking out at the frolickers. The
ground covered with "aeecy" (cotton)
snow; evergreens covered with tufts OF
snow, etc. And the christmas scene
and the tale Of Three Cities" Kan
sas City, Sioux City and Omaha. The
apartment Of the w. G. T. u, with ite
globe encircied with white ribbon, and
its motto: For God, and Home, and
every Land" The Egyptian Queer
Cleopatra in the barge, magni6centlJ
arrayed; with the oarsmen in costume
the finding Of Moses 10 the bulrushes
the Sphinx, an obelisk: some palm trees
etc. And must all tho beautiful table.
of souvenirs and beautiful brio brac
wbic were being 80 rapidly sold, t
find their way into homes where al
that could be seen or known of th'
beauty and brightness Of tho Corn Pal
ace will be placed, be passed withou
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