Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-27
alace are filed with the glad faces of

Queen. Directly DclOrc tne palac
stands the equestrian statue Of Fred
erick the Great, with its rshefs Of Mod
Grafton, Justice, Wisdom, Strength, tn
scenes commemorative of his life AM
character and life-like statues of hi
generals. The statue of the Great Elec
tor which is halfmile away, ought h
be to-day in front of the palace, to joil
hands with the bronze representative o
the hero who SO nobly carried forwar'
the work which he so long before began
Across the street are the Academy o
Arts and Sciences and University, ant
further to the right the arsenal with il
grim and iron guardians Of the public
veal To the right of the palace stand
the opera house, which has been used fo
an assembly place for the sanitary com
missions, and whose flag with the rec
cross is the one token to-day Of the fear
full cost ~of this great rejoicing. Fal
away to the east stretches the palace
bridge, with its eight statues lin marble
of heroic life from Victory teaching
the boy the history Of the heroes" tC
Iris conducting the victorious fallen
warrior to Olympus. Above the heads
of the populace,. before the palace on
every side, and as far as the eye can
reach, wave the flags Of victory
] miss the enlivening bright red of ouI
flag, the faithful blue and the glorious
stars. But we must content ourselves
with the black and white of Prussia,
the "black, white and red y of North
Germany, and the 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 encourage
ment, and presently the immense monn-
ment 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 yet reached, rises the great
horse and noble form of the central
figure. Now youth to fortune and to
fame unknown reaches the feet of the
horse, and it seems as though the multi
tude will 90 crazy with joy, and shouts
of Higher higher" leave the ventu-
rous lad no peace; he ventures and
surveys hesitates a moment and
then, seizing the leg of the digni-
fed Frederick, swings himself high
into the air. Cries of Forward y
" Victory Upward =" Songs of
praise and waving of flags encourage
him to his toilsome struggle. At length
it is over. The wreath of laurel is
placed upon the head of "0ld Fritz"
flags and flowers are passed up to the
triumphant youth who sits proudly upon
that iron horse, and a good old hymn
rises to heaven from ten thousand
throats. 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 century. So these two
sovereignties 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 welcome, and
then the vast crowd thinned away and
devoted itself to watching the process
sions which, with and without music,
passed at every moment the corner of
Frederick street and Utter den Linden. ="
Borsig's iron foundry, five hundred
strong, with banners and notices; Beh-
rem street bronze foundry, and all the
workmen from the factories of the city,
an endless throng of endless enthusiasm,
free from all fighting, and filled with
unbroken good humor
THE EVENING.
One might have supposed that the re-
joicings 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 darkness dpew 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-6re-
works filed the air in all quarters with
artificial stars, which seemed to greet
the real ones above with confidential
nod, as though they, too, had ar impor-
tant part in the history of the world.
The marching of bodies of men, with
drums and flags, the firing of pistols and
police regulations are not very
stringent tonight Here comes squad
of boys at full run through the streets,
shouting e Lulu is coming, Lulu is com.
ingp' and close behind them, preceded
by drum ard fife, comes the Lulu,
that is, so far as this young Kaiser
can be represented by clothing and gem
eral appearance.
The Berlin youth are proverbially
witty, and they spare no pains in making
the position of the little Lulu ridicu-
lous. His mother wanted him to see war
at his tender age, and rejoiced that he
could $50 easily see how the French win
great victories. So through the entire
night the manifestations of national joy
repeat themselves. 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 excitement Of the day,
and some to rejoice at the prospective
speedy return of beloved relatives.