New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
DECORATIONS IN GERMANY.
Prom The Continental Times.

Prom the t01hIHfHi0f IffhfN
One Of the most popular proverbs III the Realm Of
the Black and Red EaElcs il the following: here
are three Affections from which no wcllconducicd
cathcrcr and the Fourth Class Of the Red Eagle
The point Of tins Jest is Sniu' hat hlUntrd Us tho
fact that no well-conductcd Prus-ian dreams uf
avoiding the confermcnt Of the decoration a. qur~
ton. or is. indeed when once possessed 80 H. 90 itc
least Ia sporting II IN public uNou every or-
casOn afiordinC him the srndrr'st prri"Nt for 20
doing. Failing obtonSiOn Of the lrus~lan Rcd
Eagle. more reluctant bird than thr above quoted
proycrb would seem To indicate, the rrir">,. hlc
asprant To chlvalric hGn0rs would proudly clasp Ia
his bosom the Blue CuckOoor other h'raldIc monster
Of RcuSs(iriZ-Schlez-L0 'cHstrln Cora. II IL. can
get il and having bv Tie payment "i tr"ins
fee secured his own native ull'r> gracious Der
mission 10 accept and wear The INSIGNIA OF HAT
iustrious Order, viii cau~c lls new utlc L" nc
formula Us this: Mr. Upucr l'rIvy Architectural
Councillor Johann Schmidt. Knight of the Trans
parent I'rncey Reus--C rciz->chleII.L "ltii,iclr-
Grranian Blue Cuckoo order of the Fourth Class.
with the Riband7 Having by this aci-nr least IN
his own opiniOn-achicvcd The goal Of Just and
noble ambition, he Is tocIahly happy unit It ocCdfs
Ia Linn that life. i'll his social position. j. hnt hul
low mockery Whilst unhleSscd by possession "i the
Cross Third Class, Civil Division of the Orange
hausen-Jh lichN lcVcn-hergen. upon the D1aphauous
Duke of which pol itnlaT realm hc has some or
less genuine or spurious lam for l-Sr'ncst rrcor-
milton Bcsrt by this fresh craving hr indeaiigably
stalks the WOOdp kcr until It's miniature cilgy, IN
metal and enamel hangs by the side OF the Cuckoo
from his buttonhoe; and So his appetite for dis
yeres in his crusade until half the birds and beasts
that went into the Ark suspended in glistcnlrg
array from the particoored ribbons OIL TO the
front Of his coat
Next tn Prince Bismarck tho most lavishly deco
rated German ever met one W. Hon, the pat
entee Of SURPRISINGLY llygcian liquid yclcpt tx
tract Of Malt" whose elaborate collection Of I'm
perial. Royal Ducal and Princey Crosses serves rs
highly telling adv rtiscment for the nutritVe and
refreshing tonic from which he derives All uncom-
monty comfortable income. Hoff. in his Turn is all
but equalled "A champion crusader by Wcrtheim.
another acquaintance of mine, the inventor of
Fire proof Safe that appears to have asserted ire
futable claims upon all the sOvercgns of Cont
mental Europe for recognition of its merits in the
shape of chivalric conferment. Some years ago my
old friend DR.. Giskra at that time Minister of
State in Vienna. asked me 20 dinner day 10 meet
a number of Austrian commercial celebrities. ] was
amongst the earlier arrivals and. whilst standing
near the drawing room door, chatting TO that most
eccentric of bankers. Baron Henrik stein. heard a
faint tnkling, Of fairy scdge bells, upon the land
ing outside. what may that strange sound be I"
i inquired Of my companion, living encyclopaedia
Of Viennese oddities. Thai graycly replied the
Baron, is the jngling of WcrtheIns decorations.
lie wears them strung upon golden chains all over
his chest--not the ire-prOOf one-and as you hear,
the chimes rung by his CROSSES announce bus ad vent
from afaT,p