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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1904)
s x Decorative; Art in Grain at Worlds Fair TIT" -1 U " - - - 1 .- V I i.X 3 aTI ; ' " ' ?y 1 . ' : M mw-- m vfA: 1 tLz -.'y?: - ' ' X fcl I . . i 41 fill - TEXAS GRAINS AND GRASSES FORM A LONE 8TAJ1 BXHIPTT. MTNNT5SOTA FARM PICTURES AT TIIB AND GRABSK3. s T. IiOUIS, Sept. 1. We have been hearing a great deal lately about IVArt Nouveau arid Modern ' Hunat, and the, other new aiyieo i-TEH o decoratlon( but the Palace o( Agriculture at the World'e fair contains examples of decorative art that are more wonderful than any that the chief of deco 7Uon designed for the beautifying of tha ftxpoeUion, ' According to the textbooka a decoratlod must be either an arrangement of light and hade lastlo ornament or an arrange- ment of line and color, painted on a' flat ; surface. The artlata who had la4iand the adornment of the atate bootha In the agri cultural display paid no heed to the die turn of the teachera. They went to worl with what were aeemlngly the moat lnar tlatio materials, and they have produced , reaulta that are absolutely astonishing for beauty. There la positively nothing in the Palace of Fine Arts that la more har monloua in either line or color than the -bootha of Colorado and Idaho. Theae are genuine worka of art, albeit they were . neither modeled," carved nor painted. Since burned wood and leather and painted china bave made good their claims to artlstia classification, wo may live to see the day -when ranela of grains and grasses will be ntered for -competition in art exhlbiltona. The people who bave -not visited the Palace of Agriculture at the World's fait" are likely to think of the displays -as mere aggregations of vegetablea and other farm products. Nothing abort of a visit to tlx long avenuea of bootha could con vino ' them how far wrong their preconceived no tlons of an agricultural exhibit are. .There are pictures that look aa If tlija bad been painted by artlata who, were mas ter draughtamen and auperb colorista, pit ... turea that are composed entirely of the products of the farm In their natural colore. In the great and really marvelous Missouri exhibit one may aee, in addition to aome twenty of these' grain pictures, two enormous landscapes, so realistically executed that it seems the horses and cattle could actually walk out of the pic turo, Aa the visitor catches a glimpse of theae landscapes from the center aisle of the building, his first thought Is that he la looking out through a window on a distant field where corn la being cultivated or wheat harvested. In front of each picture la an area of earth where, the picture la ' continued In actual fact A crop of young corn la kept growing, and aa soon aa the plants become too large to harmonize with the background they are removed and Others are planted in their place. The real part of the harveat picture dors not need to be changed, for it ia wheat that haa passed the growing atage. In the midst of the field la a amall model of a team of horses and a harvester at work. The pictures that form an Interesting part of almost all the bootha are not the only decorations worthy of considera tion. There are houses of prunes, eaglea of corn'huska and atatuea cf cotton and tobacco. Indeed, the most Ingenious de vices for producing variety have been employed. In the Illinois pavilion ia a seed portrait of Lincoln, in front of which are three old rails., Attached to these is a card which announces, "We have no v evidence to prove that Abe Lincoln did not split these rails." In many inataneea the pavlllone them selves conetltutThe interesting and er . tlstle part of the display and the methods used In producing the decorative effect are Utile ehort of marvelous. For ex ample, on the exterior walla of the Texaa . pavilion la the design of the Lone Star, vtth a circular picture for the center. The tour plcturea are typical of the Industries and life of the state. In one, a cowboy la maintaining his seat on a bucking horse. The materials of w filch the background is made are corn husks and a few sugar can tops, The very realistic hair of the borse'a coat and tall Is made of dry corn " A . -ft n 4 "Si' BjaasjBjBagjrAKbBtom ;- - x a V ... PART OF MISSOURI'S GREAT CORN SHOW AT THE WORLD'S. FAIR. silk. The accessory ornament of the pa vilion la all Illustrative of the natural and manufactured products of Texas. -There are cross sections of corncobs with their circle of white, yellow or red grains, and there are cross sections of sugar cane atalka, topped wllh,tln capa of beer bot tles. Heads of millet are arranged in the form of plnwheola and the Intervening aur- fiiea of the booth is covered with a most stunning line of decoration of twlatod rope. The Washington pavilion is a reproduc tion of the very original state building that stands near the government bird cnge. The background la covered with burlap that ia dark green In color. Over thla ara festoons of dry pea-vines laden with yel low pods, radiating bunches - of 'heavy- WORLD'S FAIR-DONE IN GRAINS topped wheat and heavy masses of other ripe grains. These tied buncties or straw, finished at the top with the ripe grain -are wonderfully effective as a means ot decoration. They have been used to ex cellent advantage in the Minnesota pavil ion where they serve as the frame for two really good oil paintings of farm scenes. The massed heads of the wheat, forming the Immediate border of the paint ing, give the impression of a heavy dull gilt moulding. The two booths of Indians show marry unique and effectivo devices. On the sur face of dark green and dark red burlap, several flat medallions may be seen. These) .-are made of small white or yellow seeds, embedded la a thin coat of glue. Fog massed decoration of corner outlines tha - beads of broom corn did service. Ona of the Indiana booths is different from alt the others in that it is surrounded by a flower garden all made of grains and corn. The Nebraska pavilion uses nothing but tho entire ears of corn. In varied sixes and colors. There Is none of the delicate tra cery that adds charm to somo of the other pavilions. The Nebraska lines are an architectural lines, and tho effect is one of uassiveness and strength. The Missouri corn pavilion also-smakes) lavish- use of the entire ears. Inside the large room are deslgna of animals, heads and the two seals of the state and the United States, all done in ears of corn. Ia the panels of the exterior walls the most . tngenlous use of corn husks has been made. Indeed, this pavilion shows every possible manner in which- corn could be used fas the purpose of decoration. The Virginia pavilion is one that attracts a great deal of attention. In architecture It la Byzantine, with one large dome and eight smaller onea Cross sections of ear of red and white field and popcorn play aa Important part in the ornamentation. The design la all Interwoven with peanuts and tobacco. Festoons of peanuts, strung Ilka beads, connect the pillars, and on the walla are designs of twisted tobacco that ze sombles heavy brown cord, v Some of the southern stales bave wrought the most Interesting effects in cotton and tobacco, and there is not one pavilion la the entire . state group that is not well worthy of a call from every visitor In the exposition grounds, whether he be lnter- . eated in agriculture or not. EMILY GRANT HUTCHING A Type of Social Lamentations Mmxili goes up from Dunellen, N. J. I I I With a population of 1.600, there is. I nay been but two marriages ,ln I ;.:: a year, and one obaerver coutts VT"-.J forty-seven single women of mar riageable age. One of these la quoted aa declaring "If a fellow asked me this min ute I would accept and tell him to send for a minister without delay." That altitude Is not typical of the modern girl, but cne case of the sort among forty-acven la not' unnatural. The situation at TJunellen, however, la typical of villages all through the eaatern states, and the dhuatist.ictlon ot the women with the exts;ing social status . manifested in that town la not exceptional. The girls complain thatthe young men do not pay them attention, anl they bave even given a leap year dance, in the hope of pro moting aocial activity, but without auffcers. One young woman pointed out that ''oine time they blow V mush as 10 cents ot their SS a week salary on Ice cieani," but that aeema to be the extant of masculine devotion In Dunellen. The last complaint gives on of the cause's of tho .widespread disturbance cf what have been supposed to be normal laws of marriage. That W a week salary la tba real root of the mischief. DiintHtn, Ilk other villages, has been drained of Hs best energies by the clt'.cs. If the young ruen left are those willing te work for CS a week they are poor creatures and the modern girl doea not want that kind of a husband. If the girl la amart aha can earn more than $5 a week herself, and If ahe can't, ahe doea not like to confess failure by leaning on that kind ot a broken reed. Women of an earlier generation would have married a IS Tnan. and supple mented his Income by millinery, drtse maklns taking boarders, or even by doing washing. Tbey did that not ao much for '. the particular man, but fur 'tho added ao cial consequence which marriage gnvo to them. One of Ho so Terry Cooke1 a women married the village no'er-do-well, "because ahe understood that It was more honor able to be anybody's wife than nobody's M That was fifty years ago. It Is not ' more honorable today for a woman to have a worthless husband than to earn her living In single blessedness. The emancipation of women has settled that The possibility of earning largo Incomes has turned the eyes of young women la other directions than marriage, . Whimsical George B. Bhaw, In his latest play, malutalna that marriage Is the result of the pursuit of men by women. Perhaps there is a grain or two of truth in that, tutd ihe pursuit having slowed down, the hunted blasts are sunning themselves la the sunshine . of freedom.'. Bat or.aer eur social conditicna mea caa lire ..without aaarrluge .". hioiw easily than women can, and the tendency of young men, especially In cltlej, la mucin more strongly away from marriage than It used to be. The emancipation of women and the IS salary are responsible for that, as well as the greater freedom of city liv ing. The competition ot women" in many fields of business has done a great deal te bring about the 6 salary for the incompe tent man, and it has made the girls macs) harder to please than their grandmothers or even their mothers were. This-tendency toward degeneration ahowa itself in the Inferior types of the species. The strong man, tab one who clears forests, builds cities and accumulates fortunes, wants a wife. He goea out and captures her very, much as the' strong primitive savage did, allowing for the change of social customs) In the two orders of living. The strong, healthful, womanly woman, the woman to) whom children are more attractive than a big salary, wants a husband as much as) ber grandmother did, and ah has aa trouble In finding him. The arts of co quo try are not lost, although thoy aeera to have broken down In Dunellen. - When the strong man and the atrong woman meet their marriage la a real contribution te tha progress of the race. - Their children are) likoly to be masters ot th coming- genera, tlon.-Brooklyn EagJ ; s