The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-03
hIsi|aNIY Have FUN
WITH s. D. Statue
Visitors C%riticise a Feature al
the State Building in
Louis.
OTHER THINGS I'M DISPLAY
The Exhibit From a steto Having
Much Less Population and Wealth
Than Mary Others is Very
Creditable.

St. Louis, June 1.-The statue repre-
senting South Dakota in the territorial
colonnade at the worlds fair is the sub
ject of much and some criti-
cism, for while the body is one of the
most sculpturesque conceptions amons
the figures adjoining the colonnade, the
head is decidedly inferior, so that it
appears as though a mistake had oeen
made in putting 1t together and the
head intended for one piece had been
put on the body made for another. The
figure is that Of an Indian in d
sitting posture. She holds in her hands
a scythe and a sheaf of wheat and
leans against a broken tree.
One of the commissioners from the
state was asked if the conception was
that of the South Dakota commission.
mo, l can tell you hat it wasn't"
was the reply. IF we had had the
making of it, it would nave been some
thing different"
What do you think the statue repre-
sents?"
Well, 1 think it must represent Old
Mother Time
The %questioner then said that he
had never heard of "Old Mother
Time" having always supposed Father
Time was a bachelor, and that his pre-
vious opinion had been that the statue
represented a female of the American
aboriginal race.
We'll. maybe it does" answered he
of the sunshine state. II never heard
of Mother Time either, ut the wornen
of our state have been standing up for
their rights pretty we'll lately, and !
did not know but that they had decided
their sex should be represented in the
Time family Turning his Eye again
on the statue, he continues: II never
saw an Indian woman with q scytlle,
either"
: The exhibit in the palace of agri-
culture covers a floor space of 500
square feet and represents all the
products of the soil of the
wealth. The center piece is conical in
shape and is decorated with various
kinds OF small grains on the stalk.
terminating at the top in a small sheaf
of wheat. At the sides of this are
placed triangular shaped stands five
feet in height on the shelves of which
are displayed over $50 bottles. each
containing the seed Of some useful
plant native to South Dakota.
On two large pillars which suppor
the roof of the great building and rise
in the midst of the booth, are hung
two pictures. each about t~wenty-four
inches SQUARE. One is the head of a
COW, which appears to be looking over
a renee, The other represents the head
and shoulders of a magnificent lion.
Both are mad OF corn silk and grasses
and are the work of n. c. Warner of
Forestberg. S. d., who is in charge Of
the exhibit. AT the foot of one of the
pillars is a glass ease containing fine
specimens of stuffed Dakota pleas
ants.
: Along the sides of the booth are ar
ranged twelve glass show cases con-
tanning corn on the car. The corn is
Of many varieties and colors. includ-
Ing. dark red, white, yellow and black
and white ears, and makes a very at
tractive display.
J At the back of the booth are two
tables on which are arranged eighty
plates of apples showing the differ
ent varieties Of this fruit which are
grown in the orchards of the state.
The rear wall is decorated with oats
and wheat, the plants being grouped
in the form Of a large wheel, fanked
en- either side by ~fan-shaped pieces.
Over these the name Of the state is
spelled in corn.