The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-06
rur GERMAN IMPERIAL BAND.
The Experience OF the Musical Prussia
In tho United States.

The Berlin Staatsburger Zeitung contains
rho following amusing letter from member
of the Prussisn Band now In the umted
States:
.sOur passage to America was agreeable. we
had not to struggle either with storms or 700
higb,biiIows, The sea.sickness we drove into
the ocean: let it be buried there. On the 18th
of June. we landed at Hoboken, where we
were received by the municipal authorities
With musio. singing, flags aud firing OF can.
non. with hurrahs, hsnd.shakings and en-
braces, 30 that the cordiaiity OF the reception
almost turned our heads, and we finally Degan
to believe we had delivered America, witn0ut st
knowing II, from some enemy or otner. Inc
deputatlon that bade uS welcome appeared IN
the uniform of Prusslan officers, with helmets
and horsetails, and the musicians wore Prus-
elan caps. The only thing We missed were
the pretty maids In white. But they omitted
1hem solely because many members of our
band are married men, and reception by
pretty girls, the good people of Hoboken
feared, might give offence to our wives at
~ don't remember how often they played
and sung to us the watch on the Rhine; but
recall the fact that We were escorted IN the
midst of them In triumph by an immense COB
oomraa of neople to the frat hotel of the city.
The hands of beautiful ladies waved hsndker-
ehlefs from all the windows; they threw to US
fraSrant nosegays and wreaths, and some
even threw kisses-but that you need not tell
our wives and sweethearts. But IL was n0I
until we were seated at the breakfast Iaoie
that our host found out what havoc we frHs, s,s
aia1a can make In charge; and eplenaio
wines and champagne flowed here 30 lI6erally
that we finally had to decline them with
thangs-and you know best what that means
In the case of member of the Prussian oand;
In our gratitude We would have gladly played
for the good people of Hoboken; out.We were
absolutely unable go to do-Lhe mouthpieces
finally could no longer find the mouths.
stIf our reception In Hoboken was beWider-
inc. In Boston 1t was absolutely mad. 1mag-
ins onr triumphal entry into Berlin atterthe
waf and yon have something like picture OF
our reception In Boston. The French musi-
clans, who In 1867 received the prize together
with us, did not even look at u.s. At hrst we
were afraid they would burst with envy In the
strost. bnt think that their physical eonst-
1ntior, ia. after all, quite solid. AT first we
@rseted Them from sheer pity; but the parles..
s,o.,ses naseed us like surly oxen. AttezDolLsen'
ue said. and now we raise our nanos no
lonoer TO our caps. The Engshmen, on the
ofher hand, are our best fflenos. inc Dano'
nnder Godfrey's leadership, plays spIenu,u.g' pa y
r. holds but little intercourse Witn tae fren:n.
70 ~ onaSle ma TO accept all the invitations we
receive here from private citizens, IL Wonla oe
necessary for the day to contain nlhe tlmes
tWenty-four hours and the night twice as
many. tha eoba,
trnth. It is a tremendous, truly American mum.
bng We do not believe that the persons Whc WI
undertook It will make their expenses. Inc
Roston booksellers will certainly do thriving
hnsiness with the little work, Deafness is Cur,
sbia, When we are done 10 Boston we shall
on elsewhere; but where? The gods Know
So.sans So We are overwhelmed with Invita-
tr,ons from ali quarters, and Saro has already
seriously considered whether, to comply with IL
ali demands, he had not better send one OF III
+ might @ write you good deal more, but t. thf n
heat here s nearly always fully tnrty kasaes, b
and one Goes not feel IKE net oota onod and Would
s,ve the whole French band for one keg
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