The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-09-25
CORN PALACE IS
ALMOST READY FOR
BIG CELEBRATION
New Decorations Are
Practically Comp]et-
ed Now.
MOST BEAUTIFUL
This Year The Building Has
Ever Been Say Many OF
the Critics.
MOST BEAUTIFUL

That the corn palace is practically
completed as far as decorations go is
the announcement of the decorators
today although there are many of the
smaller details yet to be finished.
Principal among the new features
this year will be the covered facade
in front OF the main entrance on
Fifth avenue. This is being built in
a style in keeping with the rest OF
the building and will be decorated in
harmony with the palace proper. The
interior of the building is being
worked over in bright new bunting,
and especially on the ceiling OF the
main auditorium is the Improvement
noticeable. Here large star, out
lined with electric lights is done in
bunting and shades OF dark brown
and red and radiating out from this
star is a rainbow effect done in red,
green, pink and blue bunting.
Has Squatty Effect.
The outside decorations are put on
this year with a predominance of
horizontal lines which make the ef-
feet somewhat squatty instead of
giving the idea of height which was
obtained last year. The feature of
the outside decorations is the
Broncho Buster on the main corner
tower This occupies the place occu-
pied by King Corn last year. The
buster is taken from the Remington
figure, which was done in bronze and
presented to Col. Roosevelt by the
Rough Riders. The broncho buster
is set in a border of yellow brown
and red corn.
The two towers on the outer ends
of the building. are decorated alike,
with a large 1913 in figures of corn
i'm a border made of white corn with
bands of red AT the top of the towers
are figures of the "Horn of Plenty
giving out it's gifts OF corn. On the
next panel to the corner on the south
side of the building, is found wes-
tern scene in which are depicted the
teepees Of band of Indians. One
lone pony brouses in the foreground
and frightened jack rabbit is scur-
rying away. The background is COM
posed of rising moon done in yel-
low before which floats a'cloud OF a
reddish tint. On the similar panel
to this one on the other end of the
building is a prairie schooner cross
ing the plains, with the same sort oil
background. Nut is driving the
wagon and Jeff sits on the back enc
with a gun watching for danger.
Indians arc Good.
On the other principal panels or
the sides of the main doors on botf
the south and the west sides of thu
building are figures of Indians, con
ventionalized. These are arranged il
twos facing each other and bearing
between them a basket heaped will
corn. The coloring in this indial
work is especially good.
The tops of the various towers ar
rooted with oats and under the roof
are decorations of various conven
tional designs. The tops of all tn
towers are done with figures whicl
include lanterns of the old style DO
type, and supported by chains. Will
the fools faces representing coined
and tragedy are i'll evidence on eac
tower. The tower above the big mai
dome in the center of the building
decorated with figures in yellow cor
on a field of black. The background
ON the balconies are covered with re
bunting aud over this are figures
yail fences with sunflowers wavin
above them. done in yellow and re
corn.
The base of the entire buildin
is covered to the usual height aboI
the ground where the decoration
Eegin. with cane stocks laid on
s1,. form of checks. The entire stru
surc makes very harmonious al
pearanee and one which many of I'll
critics declare is the best work whit
has net been done by Dr. r. Dame
Gillis and his corps of decorators.