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TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 20, 1003.
Human Side of the National Corn Exposition a Study for Scientists
O THE studnt of kumui nature
n exposition of national rop
fford b fertll ft field for In
vestigation an Aarylan hllf
(Joe th archaeologist. Th Ut
ter can uncover layer after
lrr and rev eel cltjr afur citr built upon
tha naat oldest. Tha llkenesa her become
trifle strained, but the analogy might ba
oar rled out with a referenca to the varloua
strata of society which the amateur
otologist may see.
Ha who lovee that unctuoua aentlment to
tha affect that "kind hearta ara mora than
coronet and almpla faith than Norman
blood" could hava rained a. beautiful eon
flrmaUon ef hla viawa at tha National Corn
exposition (ha laat tan daye. For tha man
of almpla hablta, to whom tha pleated
shirt and dlnnar jacket ara mora, or
leaa teal Incognito, far outshon thoaa
Who deem themselves aophlatlcatad and ur
bane, )n tha original acnaa of tha word
"urbane." wfcleh waa uaed In referenca to
ona who dwelt in a elty, an urba.
Of course, tha term "farmer" la no
longer uaed aa a reproach. Tha egrlcul
turaliat la much too etvlllced nowadaya for
tha word to hve any longer an opprobrl.
out denotation. But, Mfumlng that In hla
own Imagination the city dweller 1 mor
learned than tha "pagan," It may b env
phatieally atated that tha ruralttea had tha
hall bed-room man headed for tha Anarctlo
-otherwlaa, going couth.
Thla artlol might well appear under the
caption, "Tha Day of tha rarmer." It.
hag been hla Bay, and hla week. It waa tha
fanner who waa the guide and cicerone,
who took hla "auperlor" city brother by
tha hand and led him around, explaining
n pointing out thla and that Interacting
fact which otherwise would have whlited
clear over the head of the guided man. It
waa tha farmer who could tell good corn
from, mediocre, who appreciated tha leo
turea and exhibit Vn the ftato bootha, who
In ahort knew what'a what and who a who,
While tha farmer ruled the rooat, he waa
not the only object of Intereit to tha ama
teur Walter Wycoff looking for "copy."
All grade and type ef humanity could be
found grain broker and Iriah cabinet mem-
bar, Mexican philanthropists, English seed
breeders and college professors. Society
women and girl Jostled elbow with daugh
ter of farmers, sale girl rambled round
cm the arm of prosperous looking clerks
and mechanics and circulation agents for
farm papers chatted with cattle men from
the sandy reaches of Dawea county.
When Sir Horaoe Plunkett met and
talked with Buffalo Bill their chief com
munity of Interest was In their oommon
experience a ranchmen in western days,
but looking at their conjunction in another
light they represented the meeting of a
oivillsatlon dating back to England In tha
day ef the Roman when that Island first
linvw vSviliswun' touch and the bygon
epoch when the Indian and th buffalo
lone roamed th western prairie.
The oldest agriculture in America waa
linked to th most scientific development
of today by th juxtaposition of the
ancient podlesa corn and th best mudor.i
Pent eajr. Anothr bond with th pre-
hlstorto past cam through th CllffdweU
ra' corn. The ground where this grew
wm scratched with a stick hundred of
year age by aom eoppr colored girl
dwelling In a, high, rising pueblo, who,
after the fashion of maldsn ainoe maiden
have been, probably tat htr thought run
on om mighty young hunUr rath.rthan
on the drudgery at hand
Thla lln of thought visitor suggested
te an leonoclastlc companion. "Your mind
rung on young girls," aald this (lend In
human form. More likely It waa om
withered, old hag of a squaw who scratched
the ground, aome ugly beldame, aom ob
solete Indian crone, aom antiqu 'gam
mer,' eome "
"You have almost many word and
a tew lda aa a preacher,'' waa th un
kind remark which Interrupted the Icono
clast' rhetoric '
Comedy and mrrlmnt were reflected
en the faoea of many visitors; other of
serious mien showed an Inward purpoae
te art a Item of Information escape their
eeer mind, Pathoe wa not abssnt from
th setting. The tired woman, pullled at
by' restless, hand-led children, her face
showing the linrs and seam of grinding
drudgery and worry, poor souls like this
were to be eeen, a wll aa th prosperous
woman, who. debarking from an auto, had
nothin mere ta worrv her than whether
for the military ball would be
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Occasionally th IrevltaWy leat child
MUM the addition ef ft .orrewful note.
Th.re wa p.thoa for th keen ob.erver
to the futile effort, of one "barker" te
Mcure en audience. Th poor devil worked
eo hard that tt waa rally a ham, and
on tender haarted girl to whom thla wa
casually polntd out by a companion,
proved bereelf a trump. Not only did she
step up end try to betray an intelligent in-
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vcrifee also.
Ther are a hundred Incident, more or
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team, use .u ev-ry .pw.uon, ,n-
dent whkh make the Up eurv In a. mil
or a lump rl In th throat, as th caa
may be there are a nuroreei inioent
like thl whleh go inobrved for every
one which may be noticed. Out ef the
flotsam and Jetsam of Incident, ef eharao-
ter revelation, ot event or word ef
human lnerat, eomic, sober or pathetic,
the following ware gleaned through the
ten day by an observer of the moat In.
Ureatlnt thing ta l!f-one' fellow men
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OWA bTATB CUUUSQhl COUN-JVPOIHa TEAM.
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It remained for school children and vouna
women t0 ahow vlnltore that ao many thlnga
could be made from corn that tha count
could not be kept. Clothing of every de- epent the day. Their dressee were made to at bottom the difference Between tne eru
acrlptlon was mnde from corn husks and look like corn husks, while beneath the elent barker and the poor one la of an In-
worn or exhibited, while It was not unusual
to see a young woman with a daintily
trimmed hat, on which corn husks served
for ostrich plumes. Such hat was mail
by Miss Helen Sinclair ef York county
and ahown in the exhibit from that county.
Miss Sinclair also made a boa of corn
husks, which looked aa dainty a a fin
father or allk opera boa. Thee the young
woman wore part of th time, and unless
they were told visitors would never hava
suspe.'ed that the neatly dressed youns
woman- with th "beautiful hat" was really
wearing one nf th 130 products of corn.
From the same county came little Lola
Cuahman and Elven White, pupil In th
chool of Mts Cora Conway. They wore
clothing made of corn husk which they
made from their own hand.
"If corn had only been a native of Eden,
Adam and Eve would hav had more sub
stantial clothing than fig leivss," re
marked a visitor as ha looked at the little
dress and suit which the children had
made during spare momenta after school
Mlsa Conway' school waa a big prise
winner at the National Corn exposition as
well aa at the York county and the Ne-
braaka fair, and among other things which
th children mad, wa a reproduction of
their sohool house. This little building wa
eoVerd with grain of corn, th red grain
on th roof being arranged In such a way
that th building appeared to have a tiled
roof.
"We Just borrow our tools around In tha
neighborhood, and do not hav a manual
training department." explained th techr
"h d " min,r wnaorful
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Almost (very visiter wa afraid to go
Into the Illusion where the spicier an
nounced that the real "live corn show
mermaid" couia be en. but ft mttr
of fact those ho failed to visit th now
missed something worth while. Th ex
position management wa interested In the
how and It waa no ordinary midway fake,
but a novelty worth twice ' what wa
charged for the ahow. Th scenery waa so
arranged that nature eould crooly hav
Improved on the picture. First th field of
grn oorn wa en, th broad grren laaves
waving In early summer sunshine. To on
Id an tar of corn larger than th other
appeared as th eorn In th field grew and
harvest time approached.
During the process of bringing the mer
maid to life, there waa a heavy rain and
a thunder storm, when the djwnpour was
neeaea to mane me corn grow, iti was
realistic that the music th rain makes
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a corn field could be
tart, Then ,h. blade. turn.d brown, th
pear. Th Illumination md the Ulu.lon
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rangement of .tag electrician, worked to
make the corn .how girl a living .uco.s.
But th publlo wm worried and went to
many thing with c merit.
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Intd of lnglpg the Mikado, Ed
Andrew, aang tha praises of Oregon apples
at the National torn expoamon in in
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aihn ka hl.nt nf nun Minn
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ha heard or tea Anarewe ana paia 10 e
and hear the old .Inger. Every dollar
whleh he cou Id keen on the road wnt
Which he could keep on the road went
I.t rw..n and n th lntp has
7 1" ftV and hi. r.
' 'lt tarm In Oregon and h re-
tired to It. where h pot to pnd th
r w i whfiw wi ..,
wa ahowln were mad possible by tha
recelpta at the box office, and many an
Omahan helped pay for the exhibit which
Ed Andrew brought te the National Corn
exposition.
BBMSBjaa
Without question th "hit" of th week
was the "Cvrn Show Olrl" from Centrl
CHy. Th tunt waa arranged, by th
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Fairies of Mondamin Who Spent a
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Commercial club of that eltv and alxteen
little glrla ranging In age from eight to
fifteen yeare, came down Tuesday and
fold were th yellow bloomere which
looked like an ear of corn peeping from of a stentorian voice and luaty lungs, not
Ita autumn colored husk. Th little glrla alone trantlc waving of arms in th da
appeared on the stage at Concert hall and aired direction, not alone th appeal, cajole
recclved more applauae than any company ment or command will turn the trick, Th '
which appeared. Question of personality, of "magnetism."
enter her a In every other human aqua
A couple atood in front of the Hayden ton and a in every other oas defies th
Piano booth and listened to th pianola dearest and moat incisive of analysis.'
grind out. "I Wish Tou Were My Sweet- Non can do more tnan Bam, thia quality,
heart," or some ditty to that effect. T( reduce It to other categorlea many at-
"That'a my aentlment," aald th man mt)ta hav been mad, but a close scru-
ungrnmrnatlcally.
"Don't ret silly," said the girl and be
side someone might hear you".
'Let 'era hear," said th waln,- "I'm not
Mhamed-proud of It In fact; and, Bay,
Will wa have a piano like thla one in our
house?"
"Shall we have," corrected the girl.
"Moreover, it is not a piano, but a pianola,
and we aren't going to have any 'our
. house. It takes two to make 4 bargain,
Mr. Payne."
"Look hrre," remonstrated Mr. Payne.
"you sea for yourself that my grammar
needs a few swift applications of the
sandpaper brush. Here is a grand chance
for you to holp elevate' the world, to do
something real good, to get aboard the up-
If It ship and all that sort of thing. You
marry m and life will be one long, grand,
weet exercise-ln-grsmrner song. Really
Hasa. How did you ever get that name
'Hasa,' anyhow'
"You may call me Mis Aiken,
If you
that I
please and It Just occurs to me
can never marry you anyhow T"
"Why not?" demanded the man,
"Thing how my name would
then Hasa Aiken Payne,"
Mr. Payne fled.
The voice of th barker la loud In th
iana. Tnere are earner ana earners ana
soma fairly ffctlv ones have bean at
work the laat en iay No, nM( how.
tvfri mpr0ved on the old formula which
Quaint Features of Life
Bread that Make Men Drank.
iNfjMi you aont ve in Biberia,
you need not be afraid, says M.
Narrlon, a Russian, to get drunk
through eating ordinary bread,
A hardened toper would, on the
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uinar nana, inrns uii provi-
dence had played him a nasty trick In not
. .i,owl, ,,,m flr . . ,h" h, , .
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m olbena.
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aa well a the oll. rmarkabl. Vegeta.
Uon I. here distinguished tor lu wonder-
fu, t0 luch M extent tnat tn
BOl, ,ver arle. The
inhabitant. In order to prevent putrefaction
ot th, rooU MW tholr corn up0in ft MrJs
of layer of the oll. Neverth!. In cr-
tain districts the humidity 1 so Intense
that there grows upon the ears of corn a
kind of fungu matter made up of micro-
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uugi.
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AB a result or tni sporadic excrescence
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thd Dread made from the corn In question
flvef M tne re8ult, of ftn overdose of
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m ureaa niaue irora tne corn
alcohol, fn verv humid mimatoa th. .h.
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nothlng ,jU the extent of eastern Siberia.
wh who,e fltatrteu ar, tfMll4 b
Strang kind of "alcoholiaed bread-"
Postal Card Reunites Brothers,
A aouvenir postal card brought about a
meeting between O. W. Broadway of Clark
county, Mississippi, and hi two brothers
and a sistsr, for whom he had been .earoh-
tag for half ft century. Mr. Broadway wa
reared In Montgomery county, but left in
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UTTLB GIRL18 FROM CENTRAL CITT WHO
betflne with "Step rlkht thla way, ladlea v
and gentlemen!" There are. of couree,
trlcka In thla trade, aa In all others, but
definable nature.' Not alone the possession
tiny of these show that is simply a state
ment In other term of a quality which
make the untruthful word of one man
aeem veracious a the gospel and th true
statement of another altogether dubious.
"I wanted to ask you, President Schur
man, whether you are a pragmatist or an
Hegelian T"
Th president of Cornell university gazed
In some astonishment at th inquiring par
son, who wa a comely young womi, who
had strayed from the model kitchen and
held up the lecturer of Wednesday with
thi imposing question.
Before Mr. Schurman could answer her.
the young woman went on to say;
"I think myself that Prof. Jams 1 all
wrong. It seems to me that 'experience,'
as he uses the term really dodge th
Kantian principles of eplstemology."
"Whatever eplstemology Is," put In an
Irreverent listener.
President Schurmsn 1 something of a
philosopher and metaphysician himself, but
he did not go on record. Instead he said:
"Are you atudylng philosophy or cook
sound Ing, upstairs?"
"Cooking," said th girl. "But I hav
a friend who I Just dreadfully Interested
In philosophy, an'J I've been sort of worked
up over It myself. I think metaphysics Is
just lovely, don't vou?"
Th. ttv,..r. ... xr- .-a .
eVeral reason, one of which Is he used
to initiate the young Cornell Idea Into the
I860. After the war he wrote relatives in
Montgomery. but received no reply, and
has alnce thought them dead or In some
other part of the country, as they did not
seem to be known.
A few days ago he glanced at a souvenir
postal ear at th home of a
friend in
Mississippi and saw hla brother's (A. B.
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inaulrlea ajid located his brother, a. r
lutiuinoa Ma locaiea nis Drotner. a. a.
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,UUr' tn 009 fct Ramer' A1" M th
other at Lapier. Ark.
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p.bllolty Spoiled Her L.ck.
hardeBt we h,v,
heard of ha. com. to that worthy and
fortunate , Rome wno rectnty ,oa
mow Uro. ,r wo.goo. the grand prlx. in
the grand lottery, which Is annually drawn
under government control. Unhappily for
thla good oul, Rosa Tlrona ty name.
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jourmuieuo enterprise piayea UP" ner gooa
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u"u jiu msiaieu on printing oer picture,
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thereupon some unkind police authorities
remembered that she wa the Rosa for
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' whom they had been searching for aom
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Imprisonment, which, In a moment of par-
donable absent-mindedness, she had for-
gotten to complete. They hav now ruth
lessly dragged her off to Jail and there
she Bits "doing" her two years and think-
Jng what a splendid time she I going tar
nave whea ,he elB ou, and now ,ne wlI)
pen(i the S.O0Q or fff.OOO she will have
byl that time If the police have seen U it
that her money Is well Invested.
Easy and Prontable.
That Frank H. Barton of Durham, Conn.,
has been reaping a harvest by advertising
to reveal for 60 cent a method ot "getting
rioh quick" became known through an in
vestigation made by postofflce inspectors.
Ills answer was "Work hard." Barton
advertised also to mall twenty-flv useful
article to persons sending htm 2a cent.
They received twenty-five pins. Barton had
to hire hulp to assist him In opening his
mall, which became so large It attracted
the notice of the postal authorities. It ta
aald h ha violated no law.
A Diamond Weddlaft.
. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kneeland ot George
town, Mas., have Just celebrated the dia
mond (seventy-fifth) anniversary of thalr
wedding. The husband la 97 year of age
and hla wife set. They have a doaen
children, and after a long life of tireless
Industry they decided to give up their
little home and deed it to th town, la re
turn tor which they were to be cared tor
tor the remainder of their daya.
wallowed th Kvideaea.
Detective from Chief Bhlppy' gambling
squad in Chicago released . aa alleged
handbook maker tn Chicago ' because he
te the evideuc against htm. The alleged
gambler u working over a few strips of
thin paper in a saloon In West Madlaon
street, when twe detect! ire ran Into th
pla and s rested him.
The man gathered the paper on which
be e said to have been entering hi beta,
rolled them in a ball, and swallowed them.
Baffled, th detectives released th man,
and went beck to the police station and
reported "no ease; evidence eaten.
Day at the National
MADB3 A BIO HIT WITH THE PUBLIC.
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ELOM WHITE AND LOTS CT'SHMAN, TORK COUNTY
YOUNOSTlOiS, IN COSTUMES OF CORN HUSKS.
mysteries of realism and Idealism, of de-
terminlsm and free-will, and how to flirt
with the maior and minor nremises.
"It has been seventeen year since I
taught philosophy," aald President Schur
man to a friend. And he sighed a little
for much a he lovea hi present work, no
man has ever abandoned the life of the
scholar for a presidential position without
realising that the great extent of hla new
duties means the death knell of hi pursuit
of hla first love.
"Ia this the Information bureau?" asked
the stranger whom It needed no Sherlock
to tell came from up-country.
"It la, it Is," answered the omniscient
one In command at the time. "What par
ticular Item of Information could I die-
pense t0 you at this moment?"
zou cou,a " ' -"u'
"You could tell me that Is, if you could
thout getting gay at th same time,
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-aid the custodian after a minute's aearch
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.'what for should I do that? Dont ,ou
nl lhc i auyln. there? lk III
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hirr,if tii. httr nat.,r ronouered
.nd h manaeed I to reoiv .weetlv
.7 ea mform vou that Zefertno Dominate
I can iniunn 70H lull i(nnu iwiuillfuei
i. . the Rome that T R. Garton la at the
IS at in JIOR1S, XV Vriun la M VU
tvai va Andrews and Prof Bowman at
. Loyal, l0 Anorewa ana rrot. cowman at
th paxton ana other dignitaries at the
Henshaw But this Alfred Jones of yours
Hensnaw. Bui mis Aiirea jones 01 your
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such n extent th.t I can place him. What
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!h ollclr' "
'Miss Rouse, I want to ask one ques
tion," said a young Omaha matron, who
had ln(lucej Dar husband to accompany
her to the lecture on "Carving and 8rv-
ing" in the Model kitchen. "Alfred here
says that when we have company the
maid ahould aerve me first, and I aay to
Alfred that It la the guest ot honor who
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"The guest of honor." said th lecturer,
Strangely enough, Mrs. Alfred did not
look Phased, and. of course, Alfred him-
Mlf li Bot "Cu,a " be that the lady
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waa runnlnar a four-flush?" said Mia
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Rouse to herself, or words ta that effeot.
He who ha Bat for ten or fifteen mtn-
ute and watched a bowl of aoup rapidly
congeal will agree with Mis Rous that
th proper way 1 to atart to swallow or
Inhale the aoup as soon as tha plate
"ache one. "Et whit th food 1 tlll
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oheerel Likewise , tiger!
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"Heap big fook you," wa the gentle
way tn which the Indian buck spoke to the
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MISS HELEN SINCLAIR OP YORK COUNTY IN HER HAS
AND BOA OF CORN HUSKS.
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CONWAY'S TORK COUNTY 8CHOOI
original American girl whom yesterday he
took for better or wore. Th young
squaw waa named Annie Gray Cow. Con
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cerning her husband's nomenclature there
aom dispute, but lengthy research,
mmnr.m th tntam m.lps f tha sinus.
tablish the fact that hi nam I John Red
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Bull and not John Klcked-ln-the-Fac.
-Heap big fool, you!" repeated Johnny
jtad Bull.
"Heap big fool, yourself." retorted Annie
Gray Cow.
Th qolp courteous having been flung by
Annie, It looked as if Johnny would com
back with th counter check quarrelsome.
But John la evidently rather a shin at re
partee and beside Annie would probably
have had the last word, anyhow.
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