St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-24

Q6cOF0tlOu OIL llS pldc6 OF DuSlHeSS, anu
in contributing two beautiful floats for
the parade. The second story of the
building was decked with great shocks
of wheat. flags. bunting and sheayes and
festeOns of wheat and oats were placed
upon the front of the building from top
TO base. On the forepart of one Of the
floats was an Illustration OF the present
Situation in Europe, by group of men
and women in costumes, perSonating
England, France. Germany, Turkey
and Russia. On the rear of this float
was handsome pavilion, whe re Ceres,
the goddess of the harvest, sat, attlred
in beautiful white robe and crown
of wheat, and young lady on either
side. representing peace and plenty.
"Uncle SAM had seat at one side Of
the float. and opposite him was col
ored cotton picker with a basket of cot
ton, The notices on the float we're:
s'The Markets of the World Are Open
to U.s." "They Want Our Wheat: We
Want Their Dollars" I'VE Can Feed
the World" Wheat Is King" The
second float had display of carpets.
Each float was drawn by four horses.
Segelbaum Brothers contributed an
artistic Cleopatra's barge to the parad de.
The design, decoration and equipments
were we'll appointed, and In keeping
draperies and the costumes were espe-
cially handsome. Miss Wahl, as Cleo
patra, perched on a high chair covered
with tiger robe, looked the picture of
her beautiful photographs. Three beau
tiful young ladies sat near the chair as
maids of honor, whilst ten other beauti-
full misses occupied position in the
cabin beneath, attired III elegant cos
tunes and carrying cornhusk fans. In
the hold were ten colored boys repre-
sentlng EthiUDianS manning the ten
oars. The float, without the equipments,
was prepared at the expense of $500. q.
w. Markens, manager of the firm, de-
signed the float and decorations, and
the trimming was done with the assist
ance of f. Snyder and j, Lenen.
The float of s. E. Olson & Co. was the
most artistic one in the immense con-
course. 1t was a veritable Oriental
hall In design, decorations and trim
ming. The effect produced by the
! painters brush was enchanting. Miss
Drake, enthroned as the goddess of the
wheat harvest, was envied by the vast
concourse of people, and especially by
the other beautiful ladies. Her maids
of honor were Miss Effie Stamb, Miss
Ida Walsefeld, Miss Moore, Miss
/ Towers and Miss Peterson; they wore
were two horns of plenty, one pouring
out golden wheat, the other golden
coins. The satin pannels, lace curtains,
! lambrequins, rugs and ribbons were of
! fine quality and arranged artiStically.
This aggregation of beauty was drawn
| by twelve capariSened horses under the
care of dozen jockeys. The large
/ business establishment of Olson 81 Co.
| was neatly decorated. From large
| flag at the top of the building radiated
! streamers OF bunting and sheaves OF
I wheat. Banners were displayed bear
| ing the Inscriptions, welcome Harvest
| Festival visitors" and "Shout the Glad
| Tidings of JOY"
Donaldson & Co. spared no expense
! in decorations and floats. The decora
! tions at the Glass block far surpassed
that of any other building. At every
! window of the five upper stories on
! both fronts were SheaveS OF wheat and
| flags. At the pavement were shocks of
corn, shocks of wheat and oats, with
more flags. The entrance on Nicollet
was marvel in attractiyeness. At the
apex of the arch was bell of wheat
! and oats in Sheaf, with red pumpkin
! for a clapper. Beneath this was an inn
mense star with points of wheat, oats,
cat tails, etc. In the center of the star
which red ears of corn were arranged,
forming the expressions, "Money is
power, wheat is money!" encrcling the
statement an. & d. I60.000,000." In
front of the entrance and at either
side were large panels with ears of
corn arranged in the same artistic
manner as the star bearing the
following Inscriptions: 1--WE Have
Linen Mills" I'VE Have Sugar Fac
tories" 1.-THE Milling Center of the
World" The Golden Northwest, Land
of Plenty. THE contribution to the
parade by Donaldson d Co., consisted
of two artistic floats, a wagon and fifty
horsemen. The Japanese float was a
barge of ancient pattern, and beautiful
in all its appointments. 1t had swan,
! neck and head PROV and beaked stern,
and was drawn by twelve horses, four
abreast, decked i'll handsome trappingS.
The young ladies or the establishment
to the number of thirty were in this
boat, attired as japs, except they wore
student hats. heir second turnout
was Cleopatra's barge, drawn by eight
horses, four abreast. The beautiful
queen sat under an artistic canopy, sur
rounded by thirty-fve beautiful young
ladies. The st. Paul Glass Block
wagon, artistically decorated, anda-cOn-
tanning the cash boys and girls of the
store followed the floats.
Bradstreet. Thurber & Co. had the
two most unique and attractive rurn-
outs In the procession, besides three
wagons and men on foot Their exhibit
was headed by three trumpeters on
foot with long gilt trumpets. Next
came large pagOda, containing an im-
mense stuffed lion and man in steel
armour thrusting spear at the lion to
indicate the killing of opposition. AT
the four corners of the caravan were
pillars of carpets with rolls of linen for
bases. On the sides were elephant
head vases with flowers. The sides of
the pagoda were of wire screens. The
roof was of curled hair surmounted
with an emblem of three trumpeters.
The other caravan was marvel of beau
ty. On the top was beautiful young
lady attired in very large and pretty
gilt chair with silk tapestry upholSter-
ing. On the three tiers of the caravan
was elegant gilt furniture with silk
tapestry upholstering. The sides of
each tier in the pyramid were made up
of mirrors. The three wagons were.
suitably decorated and contained EN-
ployeS.
One of the handsomest of the floats,
both in design and execution. was that
of the Minneapolis Journal. 1t typihed
the progress in the art of printing. Un-
der rich canopy were two presses, the
one regular old back number and the
other modern Potter perfecting press.
The float was drawn by fourteen Shet-
land ponies in pairs, the saddle blankets
spelling out the word Journal. A choir
of boys surrounded the float and led the
horses, and the whole was preceded by
band. 1t was one of the prettiest of
all OF the floats, and was received with
applause.
The Tribune had two floats which at
traeted general attention, showing the
evolution of the editorial rooms and the
office of the agricultural editor.
{ Browning, King & Co. had an i'm
mepse globe mounted on wheels, drawn
by four horses. Surrounding the globe
were samples of the firms goods. 1t
bore the following Inscriptions: eve
Clothe the World'' and 1.-The Largest
c.