The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-11

Yceierday-l0th November, 175a-iust hundred
years ago, born ia small town In Germany Frede-
~ Schiller, first on the roll Of the great names which
smbellAhed the page Of German literature Wen de-
c"vving the honor Of centennial celebration was gra
~-.-- -'husiasH Nh which the Gsrmas
AVIATION OF this city undertook 70 pay w. oo..
.a,n,a.on 10 the memory Of th'- 80 OF
s'"'"', ~, - .snowned coun' r.
.,o ware other feelings evoked y ~ those
.,sno from mere nationality, nor were 20 ceremocks
!, ,he day left entirely the bands Of the German peo
ala Az he writings Of Shaksvs IRE have been printed
a every language and read y people Of every tongue,
90 kaye the wri,ings Of Schiller become almost universal
" known and admired and the high fame ofhe author
acknowledged No wonder them that there were many Of
le citizens Of New York taking part IN the cereme
mica iuaugurated yesterday at the Cooper Institute IN com
,oemora,ion Of the centennial birthday Of Frederick
schiler In addition to those present, there were several
to,s road from sentleuan who had been invited TO at
send AMI who would have most heartily ana
taken part In the proceedings OF me cay ont tnat IN
sycdabe causes prccuded the possibility Of their doing
60 Amongst those who addressed the President and
Srrearv az the Schiller Committee and expressed regret
~ heir nabitty 70 attend were President Buchanan,
Washington Irving, Governor Morgan the Austrian and
To abh day Of January last was the centenary OF the
birth Of Robert Burns and IN every quarter Of tho globe
vas Inc day cuy celebrated by festivities, and ;hcs
eye confined 70 the couDtr OF the poet but were
participated in by nea Of every land, and by none more
shan By German resSens ih y mel % DC wondered al
shen Is remembered thai The German people are pcu
alJy susceptible to the influence OF poetry and that the
writings Of best English bards are favorlte stuiies
with all German students Schiller and Burns not
only cot. in the year-bct they
sell educated men, proving by their humble origin tina,
10 wealth and power nature gives those inestmabe
gifts genus which marked the OF those similarly
endowed yet otherwise strangely conrasted ndigituas
And while the Latter with all his faults, holds the hrst
place IL the hearts Of his coGntrymen the virtues,
we'll as the genius Of the former are similarly recognized
by The whole 0, tho German people
Frederick schiller the only sir OF lieutenant IN
Wurtemberg, named john Casper Schiller, and Of Eliza
eesh porcthea Kc3wess the daughter of baker in the
pwn Of Nabach Frederick born ia the latter town.
on he 10th November 1859, and his early education
70 Keeping with the humble circumstances Of lis parents
In the year l16s his father removed 10 Ludwgsburg the
rcsicence the Ducat Court and after young Frcde
rick attended at the representation Of lera which
hai been get up with great pcmp and luxury. II was
there te future drama.it found his proper sphere q
non, and ne was henceforh necessarily engaged in form
hg sketches OF tragedies, stamped thea with that
devotion 10 liberty which prominent feature IN his life
and writings Il the works of Kopstock, Gerstenberg
ADd Ieisesz 10 which he devoted himself that awakened
ahe ambition OF Schiller, and, eventually, animated by tho
reading Of Two tragedies d the latter ne busted himself
with the plan q writing two dramas, which, however he
subsequently, dropped Gcethes sWerher y and "Gotzn
and welands translation OF Shakspares plays hnay L.
ned the Iery spirit and he at discarded the partcu
lar branch he mad hthe 10 been studying The strict dis
cpme the academy nurtured and propaatea the ideas
Of iborly such characters Schets and when
Of the American revolution reached Europe, Schiller and
has friends the Dukes Academy grew quite enthusiastic
5or Washington Jefferson and the other heroes IL the Re-
evolutionary war. Inc first work which appeared from
the pen OF Schiller The Robbers, in ISL when he
as twenty two years OF age Its reception very
vorable and preparations were al made prepare
for the stage II after represented, and from
sha moment Schiller dated his call as dramatic writer.
AT about the same time several pieces OF poetry made
.he appearance pregnant with ideas aud expressions OF
liberty. This together with some slight neglect Of
duty for he was now in the service, army surgeon
o. Duke Charles, drew upon himself the Dukes dspea
and he sentenced 10 months mprison nent
during which time he planned the play of ''caoa and
love" Fearing repetition Of this tyranny he on the
lith OF September following fed from Stuttgart TO the "a
atinate having The manuscript Of fesco in his trunk
While 10 Mannheim he completed "Cabal and love- tina.
Of death desposm and the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of
the of those DAYS which the OF Wurem-
berg fg nshed characters and cocrs LIS next work
''Don Carlos, followed By his posm Of "Hymn 10 JOY -
which Tesounded from all Joyous circles throughout
Scrmeny. he soon after commenced "rhe Misantnropen
end "Ihe Ghost Seer and then again "rhe Gods Of
Greece, thar p@au of all that beautiful bat which was
she means Of exciting the dspeasare OF ths orthodoxy
u The spring OF lIss Schiller studied Homer translated by
Woes, and translated slphegenis Auisr About this
tne also he wrote the letters pon Carlos in which
he Dohly defended the characters, especially that Of
Posa, which had been sssailed by numerous critics
Then the nrst part Of "The Revolt Of the Neither
sands with which he made his first attempt 10 build u,
portion OF history AN occurrence of importance tool
place about this time, VIZ: the nrst meeting of Sche
with Goaths-which however, extremely cooi-an(
se two brothers on the throne OF German literature part
ed from each other without thought OF future
h5macy. II was on the Goth of February 1899, tina
Schiller married 10 Charlotte Sepgefed While he
Professor OF History the University OF Jena he
gagged delivering lectures, writing historical treaise
and his "Eistory OF the Thirty Years War; In 1891
wh,e a concert IN Err rt be took cold which laid Ii.
foundation of the sickness from whch he altogether
recovered Il in 1892 his genius conceived the idea
f "Wallensten and IN 1894 be completed his Aesthetic
poems 1.-THE Walk and 'sTo tho Ideai, and AFTER these
she clay Of the Bell These followed by "Wallen-
stein = hPccolomin aud the death of waepstein. -
which tho plo. is solved After this extraorci.
nary short space OF time be produced 'sMiry Stuart 2
which performed for the first time In June, 1904 So
rca, al this i.c his inventive genius that lie writes
.;0eihe Titn whom 10 constant correspondence ~
obliged 70 think Of another piece before haze
hah nnisbedn He then commenced s.the Maid OF Or
seans and the translation Of ShaSsperes Macbeth
In the following year he surprised the public with
dramatic proenconsiThe Bride Of Messina"-whicn was
represented for the first Weimar the 18th NAY,
1893 During the year 1904 he prodacei 'sWam Telit
chat hymn Of liberty which oyeroyed all hearts After this
lie wrote nothing beyond tho tra1slanns OF Gozzs Tu
-audot, and Racines Phedre, and the Homage Of Arts
aTet remained the Swans song OF the author, and IN
she full vgor Of his intellect at the moment when Ger
many might with propr expected Hshing
extraordinary from his pen, death stepped in and cosed the
sceRe forever Re died on the 9th May, 1906, In the
DTfy fifth year Of bis age from attack OF yphs fever
The death OF Echiller touched the whole Of Gxnany
hkN thunderbo ard the extent Of the loss keeny
telt Deep silenee prevailed in We.rnar when was
made known The theatre closed for time and
finally reopened with the Maid Of Orleans aad a
funeral ceremony in honor OF Schiller Goethe
"A with grie for the lost brother aud bis found
expression in his celebrated apostrophe, OF which the
e,osh1g lines are
Tuel praise him! Tor what lie 10 gave but 10 part
Posterity must finish.
Nothing left undone by German fellow citizens
% render thu, centenary celebration complete and
racterislic as possible. First, Tuesday evening
erlo med at the German Sisii theatre the pupils
sCharles Academy " petite piece, written for the
sion Illustrating the birth of Schiller followed by the
sKGrlschulern On Wednesday there grand
At The City Assembly Rooms, with orchestra Of sevey
performers and several Of our fst rate artists Yeser
DAY, however held the commomora.ion proper, the
opening part Of which took pscs in sle lecture room Of
saa Cooper Institute.
Inc large p,;iorm presented beautiful apprarsucs,
from the manner !, whish the whole front, with tie SUP
porting columns al. arches, was wrSs<egs aud
sr.pel Vih aovers ana iDn- ees On either nae 0. the
st column were the American md German fass, ant be-
.sen tese upon each of the colr. as was plaster cast
- sun,. oeiebfa,ed German writer sp9o lIs Platform
w 'front.' a little distance apar wei" cacea TWO large
BecN from these occupying he oenie Of he Background
wAs very me HE sze portrait OF Schiller copied "m
uccei ny lhofwaisfen There We're riso six OTHER bu,
:angad n sem cTcrla- formtfrce on eithor side OF
Schiller, placed upon pedes,as Between each Of thass
was an Grange tree bearing frui., and all connected b
the ipterscngs Of beautifully wreabed cyornss jeav,s
and flowers Placed here and there were uror,snr ~
hower pos, With rare plants aud flowers giving 10 the
whole ornameratioa Of the platform a very tjne AMI
q i, acterstic fSc.