The daily gazette., 1883-09-08
DEL. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1888
THE COMING voLKs[ FEsr.
What the Object is--A Grand Parade
Business Men Taking an knterest-An
Interview With the President.

What the Object is--A Grand Parade
BUSINESS Men Taking an knterest-An
Interview With the Preside ht
As rule Saturday is bad day for news
and the average reporter is frequently driven
almost crazy In searching for items and
finding none. While In state of perplexity
this morning as to where to OBTAIN an item
q GAZETTE reporter suddenly bethought
himself of the coming VolEsfest, which
begins on Monday, the 18th instant, at
Schuetzen Park. As the ideA struck the
reporter he thought lew tacB in regard
to the matter might be interesting
to our readers. He Immediately hied him
self to E. r. Freye, president oi the "Fest,"
when the following conversation occurreti:
"Good morning Mr.. Freye, you are the
very gentleman desire TO see. How about
the coming Volksfest?"
swell, i" replied Mr.. Freye, 'Fwe are going
to have grand parade on the morning of
the l7th. 1t will be one Of the biggest
parades ever seen in this city,"
care the business men of the city, as q
rule, manifesting much interest in the
affair2''
"Yee indeed they are, good bit of inter-
est"
"How many do you suppose will turn
outa"
"We have the surety of not less than rs.
Among them being dry goods, clothiers,
grocerymen, hardware, stove dealers, furni-
ture, hatters, photographers, shoemakers,
agricultural, musical Instruments, carpen-
ters, bricklayers, and many others"
AS a great number of our people do not
understand the meaning of Volksfest, will
you give me succinct explanation of 1t and
how 1t originated"
1.-THE Volksfest Is of German origin. It
means gathering of the people, and is
usually given after harvest. In Germany
the head of the house usually attends with
his whole family and it is the occasion fer
great pleasure. There are games for every
one both young and old. The "fests" are
rapidly taking hold in this country and
are being attended not only by people of the
"Faderland" but by Americans. Notwith
standing the great attendance at some of
them the best of order prevails. !"
"How do you account for that fact?"
swell, because the Germans take their
wives and children along with them. They
are slow to quarrel, and If any one of them
SHOULD endeavor to create disturbance he
is quickly subdued"
"Now, as we have gone so far. tell me
what the object is in holding the "festw
"The object is to raise funds for our Ger
man. American school"
Sin this school, are both languages
taught"
eyes sir" We have both German and
American teacher. If Americans desire to
send their children to private school to be
taught English as well as German they can
send them to our school and they will be
faithfully taught either language"
"What are your charges for tuition z"
"Twenty cents week for bne child. 35
pppta for two Rn oanfp fon +Lroo
family. If family is unable to pay, their
children will be taught free, and that is the
reason that the "Iest" is held 10 raise funds
for the poor children"
There are some people narrow minded
enough to say that you are giving a parade
just for the benefit of few Germans to
bring themselves into prominence"
"Well, that is so. You will always find
| some people little jealous, but some one
has to take hold OF the matter and do tht
VIZ rk. We do not seek prominence, but W,
seek the benefit of our school,"
"What benefit do you thin the business
men who will participate in the parade de
riVel"
II think they will derive great benefit
because, owing to reduced rates on all the
railroads entering this city, there will be a
large number of visitors, not bnly from the
surrounding country but from Philadelphia,
Reading and other cities. Tie parade will
have the effect of advertising their business,
not only to our own people but to strangers,
and will show that people do not need to 90
TO Philadelphia or Baltimore to purchase
their goods. We expect delegation of at
least 300 from Reading"
"Of course there will be music In the
parades"
Oh ! music ! lots of it. All the bands
| and drum corps of the city, besides a drum
and fife corps from New Castle, also the
| Elkton band OF Ii pieces and band from
Chester and Philadelphia have been en-
| gagged.
why you must be going toplay the mis-
| chief and waken up our people 2"
"Certainly, we are going to awaken the
whole town. While we hope I'd make money
for our school, we hope to benefit the city
| from the influx of strangers. )"
At this point Mr.. Freye was called to
attend to business and the reporter with.
drew after doffing his beaver and thanking
| the interviewed.