New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-27
|sabfack and wliites 81 Prussia, the :" black,
white and red" of North Germany, and the
"black. white and gold of Germany.

"black, white and gold OF Germany.
THE QUEEN BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
The noisy people now begin to shout for
the Queen. The boys begin to climb the
statue of Frederick the Great; the boy who
reaches the base of the second part is greeted
with shouts of encouragement, and present,
ly the immense monument of heroic deeds is
swarming with eager youths, who crowd the
heads of the generals, and wave their flags
to the yelling crowd below. High above all,
and not vet reached, rises the great horse
and noble form of the central figure. Now
a "yOuth TO fortune and to fame unknown
reaches the feet of the horse, and it seems
as though the multitude will 90 crazy with
joy, and shouts of ''higher! higher!" leave
the venturOus lad no peace. He ventures
and surveys; hesitates moment. and then,
Selling the leg of the digniied Frederick,
swings himself high into the air. Cries OF
Forward " Victory" Upward" Songs
of praise and waving Of flags encourage
him in his toilsome struggle. Atlength 1t is
over. -,
The wreath of laurel is placed upon the
head of "Old Fritz" flags and flowers are
passed up to the triumphant youth who sits
proudly upon that iron horse, and good
old hyrnn rises to heaven from ten thousand
threats. To complete the scene the Queen
appeared at this moment on the balcony and
waved her handkerchief to the excited
people-the true royalty OF the nineteenth II
century. So these two sOvereigntles looked
each other in the eye and joined IN one
common jubilee over the great triumph.
Five times the Queen appeared upon the
balcony and bowed to the shouts OF well
come, and then the vast crowd Trimmed away
and devoted itself to watching the process
sions which, with and without music. passed
at every moment the corner OF Frederick
street and "Unter den Linden Borsig's
iron foundry, five hundred strong, with ban
ners and notices; Behren street bronze
foundry, and all the wOrkmen from the fac
tories Of the city, an endless throng OF end
less enthus asm, free from all fighting, land
filled with unbrOken good humor.
THE EVENING.
One might have supposed that the re,
ioicings of an entire day would have cooled
the ardor Of the most fiery public, but the
approaching shades of evening only added
fuel to this wild excitement. As the dark
ness drew on, window after window was
filled with burning candles; notices and
shields and eagles in gas. which had builded
themselves as by magic during the day,
graced the fronts Of hundreds OF houses.
Before ten o'clock the main streets of the
city were ablaze with light-freworks filled
the air in all quarters with artificial stars,
which seemed to greet the rear ones above
with a confidential nod, as though they. too,
had an important part in the history Of the
world. The marching Of bodies of men,
with drums and flags, the firing OF pistols
and guns-the police regulations are not
very stringent tonight. Here comes "a squad
of boys at full run. through the streets,
shouting Lulu is coming, Lulu is coming: y
and close behind them preceded by drum
and fife, comes the Lulu that is. so far as
this young Kaiser" can be represented by
clothing and general appearance:
The Berlin youth are proverhially witty,
and they spare no pains in making the po-
sition Of the little Lulu ridiculous. His
mother wanted him to see war at his ten
der age; and rejoiced that he could so
easily see how the French win great victo-
RES SO through the entire night the
manifestations of national joy repeat them
selves. Tired and sleepy the men and
women and boys wander toward morning to
their homes-some to weep for the dead.
who have been nigh forgotten in the ex-
element of the day, and some to rejoice at
the prospective speedy return of loved
relatives,