, 1869-09-14
HUMBOLDT.
Festival at Turner Hall Last Evening
To Nights Programme.

feStenlay evening the German nluelcal societies.
OF Chicago held their Iiunlbol,l, Festival at the
North Side Turner Hall. Deprived Of IN oppoe-
tuny OF taking On active par. IN the one that wAs
nrst Organized, they determined to bold one O.!
fEcir one. and 10 proceed to 10 hcnor After their
own fashion to one Of the greatest minds q
herman OF OF the scientific wor1t La<t to faraa
plan, III q were the rtss to execute, aud shey
rrecedel or dag tne!t rlya.a tn this matter of
It Is hardlJ Necessary 10 say auy:htns here Of
Humboldt. or 10 EtTc sketch o! the lie Of oae
who lid 50 manE thlos. antt did them SO well that
!; 1aiea pages to g:ss "a idea Q! hs manifold
1Daus Of science AID literature. and there l. no
part Of the world where his name "a not houoraoly
members Of an NJ lor which he never al,anloped
his Eraser Studies, AL! IN which he never saone.
should for any cause hare assumed the solc
charge Of the celebration Of the anniversary OF
the birth Of the writer OF the Cosmos They
brought us music OF sweet instruments to hoaor
htn v no studied onsy the hsImollea OF the spheres
or the grand ssrzns Of eleU'tutsi uproaE; :;
tahieau1 for one who loved nature far more thaa
art, and festival nations IoT one who earca hss!e
fer MI The Praises Of meu- Nevertheless The event
uore enjoyment Was given to a! concerned than
u some one had Uafc HsnpfE statement Of what
Ilums'olt!t had done, AMI shan II some one Csc
had followed in = scteGt.1c lecture. The tact Is,
that list Night We had Humboldt popu11i1ei, au,i
he Wa undoubtedly nAie mpch moEc agreeable
The hall vas Iecentiy ful!, aaa Aasl |, not heeu
for ,rr1nal! meetings, thr cloudy sSss, aod The
r1rnl celebration Of to-n night. 1t would hare un-
lupbt4al5 l,fcn n1.el The fooE, was scaprly deco
rated. tic ony signs Of ornament being The sh.e:ds
with american ard German coo.sw, ,hleh werc 1t
tachcd TO the gallery, The tables Which generally
atlou the room h1d s'etn rruored and we're rt.
placed By the sir1tRht rowH Of eeaiS The ardi
encf was composed almost entirely OF Germans
and certainly must have been large enough 1e
cover n! j.~tFN expenses
4 little af,es 5, the cnrtaa rose and shovel tht
stage. which was coyesld With eyergteeIs, days
an,t the rn1,s.c.aos ANA a.nterN- The former, IN
der the direction 0! Mr. Fuchs, Eayc the Fcstira
tscrture In adntFahle style, and to The complete
Satisfaction Of tho nGsic'loEtaE hea1crA
After ht!ef lnfetGl.ssion, MI Henry Greene
baum Ras introduced and made a lev n
marks rt!atlve TO The cccas!on which hat
ea'.e., ihem together. aDH WHICH serset
| as citing prelude 10 the ora:iot
which VAS .2cuaet.atei5 astctxasA4 delivered t.!
E,fHart Sth1acEtr. Of tho .Htat2- +tffH.1. Th1
gentleman. II i iopE anu most elataotstcly pre-
pared atr,fes4 rtv1rvei tho life and services .
ihc tl:ustr1psls scholar and pointed ont the In
tnensc lnnrcnce which he had exercised 10 pro
mo,!uG ,hc rruerrss Of science during hs lifetime
| and ho he had given an Impulse whose eject
still cniH-ri an't TO1h rnhnrr forever
! AZ the conclusion OF tic comprehensive re
Marks Of Mr.. n fhlneGet, the alc anh frIusic sins
cra OF thr Cuticdrrs. unlct The leadership OF III.
1.af', snh accanlraned hy the otrhcstr1
| sang "Iaa Ilohe Led TINS Has fa
lnErd ht aNtEe hdplirNh!c tAl}eRH1. SITE
d. ruleh eaut the MAs1a Of Neptune from Kuul1