The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-10-05
BUSINESS MEN DECORATE.
Store Fronts and Windows Along Main
Street Decorated for Corn Pal
ace Week.


Several of the business men have tax
On time from their rush Of extra work
this week to do some decorating in
their windows or on the fronts of the
stores for corn palace week. In several
instances the work 10 very fine and
some excellent designs have been pro.
duced.
In the north half OF the Champeny
block. Noble g. Shaw present . very At
tractive window by using grains and
grasses in psrlor decorations to set off
the effect Of fins furniture. A layer of
red shelled corn represents the carpet,
which is in pleasing contrast with the
light yellow of the border, made by
cutting q strip Of spelts in diamond
form by red and white ear corn. The
centre table stands upon circular rug
in the design of q five pointed yellow
star with red center. The outlines of
the rug and star are made Of red and
white ear corn, and the colors are So
cured ss in the carpet and Its border by
the use Of red shslled corn and spelts.
The two mirrors are tastily framed in
overlapping layers of fax balls and
wheat and millst heads, with circlc Of
feather grass next the glass, and row
of oat heads At the top Of the frame.
The fire place, mantle:and tho mirror
above II are bordered with the same
matsrials in different designs, an es-
pecially> fins effect being secured by the
USE Of the long stems Of blue joint
grass.
Tho store Of Chas. Ferguson has its
entire front in holiday dress Of flags be-
sides the very effective displays In the
two show windows. The entire back
md sides Of each window are covered
with fan and star designs in yellow,
pink, blue and white bunting. In the
foreground Of the west window are ar.
ranged some of the cloaks and furs
with which Mr.. Ferguson's store is sc
richly stocked. His rich display at.
tracts considerable attention and draws
people to the interior for further in
vestigation.
The Chicago Shoe House will Ger.
tainly draw the attention of all little
folks by their unique window decoration
of the "old woman" who lived in "a shoe
The shoe and the old woman and the
children are all there. A whole brood
of corn husk children with corn sill
hair are spilling themselves out of {
large corn husk shoe, while the corr
husk mother stands near, ready to re
sumo the necessary spanking discipline
Walrath & Hoaly have fine line O
show case hardware displayed on thu
tower and armJ of small windmill
which stands toward the back Of theil
show window. The floor of the win
dow 10 covered with neat design worked
in cane, oats and shelled corn. Th,
real artis tic piece is the outline OF 81
elephant in red and white kernels o
corn laid in mosaic form.
L. o. Gale 10 Welcoming cora pAlao'
visitors by generous and tasteful drsp
ings Of bunting about the front OF hi
store. Tho iron pillars, the corners o
the building and even the awnings ar
quite hid by green and yellow bunting
tho corn palace colers.
The real estate Office Of d. w. Bur
right presents very attractive front
decorated in grain and cane designs
Tho background Of red bunting gives
most pleasing contrast with the can
strips, esr cora and wheat and 10
heads which constitute the material
Of the decorations.