The Osceola times., 1881-09-03
wfNGR AFTER TN TEARS.
chsnges m the uiassrsoas sspaiai-Goe.h<
sshlllsf. asa aerd<r. and thakr Pes1eriry
Pa Mall Gkr<-s

"a MAJ -A<Ie-
Tie great material advance witnessed
10 Germany !. nowhere more striking
than in the little city Of Weinxr. which
Is indeed no more the Weimer Of former
years. |. Il exactly ten years ago almost
70 day since l entered for the nrst
time its grzs=-zroxn, sllmbsrisx streets,
not O ve.txxe Of animation 2nyvhere.
the silent monumental aspect Of the
place chilling the newconer, yet bring
ing out yividly the characteristics Of the
most Illustrius capital throughout Ger
many. Can this indeed be Weimer3 A
handsome boulevard stretches from the
railway station 10 the town; round sbCU.
rise well built country houses and sub
urban villas, amid gardens whore form
erly were TO be seen only fields and
waste ground; cabs are 10 be had by
seores private e9uipagcs that would not
discredit the Grzben OF Vienna are fash
ing about, the ladies are dressed with
touch Of French elegance, and new
shops, with much display in the win
doxs, meet my gaze At every turn Ten
years ago Weimer did not possess q
handsome shop, ~hile private eggi-
uages we're almost unhezrd Of In GER
F. AOfCN-ls - y -
ind in middle age the Weimzr Of Y0utn
The little city Is still animated WITH the
soirit of the great men whose statues 20
nobly sdorn il. The WeimGr Theatre
has ever remained true to lis ancient
traditions, and while hight and even %
iee;iOnable French pieces find their EsY
10 the larger capitals, here the master
pieces Of Schiller and Goethe skill m4ir-
tain their ground. Daring the past ss2-
son Goethe and Schiller -Cyc'us" have
been giyen-ihzt IL 70 say. serIes OF
repre<en ,ations Of thee chief sorss Ot the
tgo poe.s-Wbose Losing and shake
speare always come mex. IN ETor.
We had chosen this especial Saturday,
the llih inst, for oCr Visit IN onier -
see what has interested the plblic here
more than anything else Of late years,
namely, the representation on eoIlsscLi-
tive nights Of the first and second paris
0. Faust" These have been given
again and again, and aill be repeated
next Saturday and Sunday, when the
theatrical season closes for the sumner
As jOurueyei from Ei.enaeh oy rzu xs
picked I'D passengers bound on tie same
errznd az ourselves, all full Of enih1-
si.sm, and On Arriving =. the theatre
found eager erozds po1rlng N for tieG-
e.s. Have yO1 seel the 'FG1sE /
zsked Of one Of ozr czbnen. ia wOhl.
vas the reply. but only once, ! am sor-
~ 70 say. There are such oeagtif1l
thi1z in il one shoCd see them again
sn1 again. Bet ] can oaly sE1fd 70 90
- .he theatre t~ir= oE three times :
vsar." The boy attendant told NE
bs.sxnx Gu. An edition Of ~Fz-st" from
"a ccsxeg. tEz- ke kzeE oota parts
Szits vel, znd al TIE r1ncipal plays q
Eesh Go@rhe ard Schiller ] notics1 the
Gran1 Dixie s1sal i. G1zies as Haoslse
csrz-s-e the scs had b-z-zn- Enr4szss
writer's 4vsl "a The vuhzE-isy q Ger
r-a1 Ess. a-6 raazv VII BE shocked
rtez r.sa.s that hs4wse1 tie acts Ia
s5ss a-S xsr-Ier-sn rezaisd themselves
: tie snrrE5osx xIta ne@r, wine, and
-zxes brrzxes yth ikezn in little has
fss.- IEe sa-< ~ many had oome by
-1sI f-u1z sho-- distances and could not
react .s-ir ho<1e= tai oast midnight.
AL 20 dhscsrz any vulgsrity here. A
400. "a TIE basxets we're But away and
reaos. ,ook their seats, ali was eoncen-
trz.si interest and enjoyment. There
a 10 dozbs that these high intellectual
sas.es form the bright side OF German
life Honeliness, even sordIness. are in
separzble from narrow means but al
any rate they are on the surface more
than siihin. and the really educated
German has mental resources which
place him abcye material advantages.
II is pleasant 20 add that in certain
moral As well as artistic respects. Weimar
is unchanged. The people with whom
travellers have TO odo-,radesmen, hymen
ho.el.keepers, etc-shov the same hon
est spirit, never seeking to impose by a
half penny on the foreigner. Tois
everv day integrity characterzes Else
mach. Eriurt and other Tnuungiau
towns also. Some familiar faces find
lnanyl mis-; among these OuilIe won
Goethe, who ten years ago used to vel
come me to her tsz-table, and talk ol
'der Water" Her two sons, nov elder
ly and both unmarried, are the sole de
scendauts Of the post. Schiller is repre-
sen,ed by Young lad, son Of his grand
daughter, Countess Won Gleichen; al
aged female descendant Of Herder lives
here, the last, believe, Of his race and
name.