The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
WOMAN HAS WORKED A WONDER
FUL CHANGE IN THE KIT
SON HOUSE.
ALL BUT POWDERS SMELL
is THERE TO REMIND THE vETER-
AN OF THE DAYS OF FIGHT
ING.
FACES OF DEAD HEROES HAN,
Amid the Flags That They Led te
Triumph Though They Died
Themselves.

The doors of the woman's C. A. r.
headquarters will be opened to the
public this morning at 10 o'clock, and
pleasing spectacle will greet the view
OF the visitors as they enter the old
k1ttSon house. The interior decora-
tlons of the building exceed anything
of the same nature ever attempted in
ST. Paul, the rooms from the first to
the third floor being one blaze of color
from the hundreds of flags hung from
the walls and draped about the doors
and arches. The hanging and arrang
ing of the flags has, large share of it,
been done by Mrs. John Brooke, the
wife of Gen. Brooke, through whose eff
forts the emblems Of war were al
lowed to be brought to st. Paul and
used by the committee. The flags are
the duplicates of those used in the
War of the Rebellion to designate the
headquarters of the different armies
army corps, divisions and brigades.
and were made for the government
building at the worlds fair. Among
them is the famous Fifteenth army
corps flag, Gen. Logan's corps, the in
sigma of which bears the For
ty Rounds, also Gen. Clusters
flags, the Red Star brigade, ar
tillery regimental, artillery ma
tional, infantry regimental cavalry
and light artillery, post, field and hos
pital, Gen. Grants headquarters, Gen.
Sheridan's headquarters, the Depart
ment OF the Cumberland, the flag used
by Gen. Thomas, the Army Of the Po-
tomac, Gen. Burnsides command
Ninth army corps, Gen. Kilpatrick's s
nag, cavalry corps, cavalry command
First veteran corps and many others.
OF the corps flags there are twenty
i've. These have all been hung with
regard to their meaning and in such a
manner as to display the insignia Of
each. To the veteran army men who
Will visit the building this display of
war flags will mean a great deal. Few
outside of the ranks cun appreciate
all the flag is to the army man. who
VIII not pass beneath the stars and
stripes without removing his hat. The
| reception room at the right of the
| main entrance has been arranged en-
| tfrely under the direction of Mrs
Brooke, and the effect of the room
throughout shows taste and tact. The
floors have been neatly covered with
| mating, and the room has been fur
| nlsned very simply in dark blue At
| the rear and to the right stands a
grand piano, and in the front of the
room in the left hand corner is a
handsome bronze Of Lincoln. Aside
from these few details the room is
free from incumberance On the walls
with care and artistic skill have been
hung the flags which completely cover
them. The hanging has been simply
| done so as not to conceal any Of their
meaning, while at the same time the
effect is entirely graceful. On the front
walls hang four rare etchings of Cen
erals Hancock, Logan, Sherman and
! Gibbon. These pictures are wonderful
/ likenesses Of the heroes they repre-
! sent and are the property Of Col M.
V. Sheridan, who loaned them to the
women's committee. They cannot be
duplicated. In this same room hangs
a picture Of the late Lucius Fairchild,