Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-16
CITY AND DISTRICT
THE CONCORDIA JAHR1ARK1
a Novel Fair 20 he Opened i'm this City
Next Month.

THE CONCOBD1A JAHRNARk1
a Novel Fair 70 he opened i'm this City
Next Month.
WHAT THE IAFRNARKT Is AND How 1T Is TO
BE INFLATED HERE--Row CoNCoRDIA CHI RICH
WAS EsTABLIsHED-wHY FUNDS ARE NEEDED
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FAIR.
Thongts the Concordia JahrmarlSt, at the Light
Infantry arfncry. does not open until February
LIST, the arrangements and preparations for this
novel departure from the old style fair arc far
advanced. WHAT is a jahrmaristF is n question
which has been asked OF every available Ger
man in town. What the Denny brook fair is
to Ireland the jahrmarkt is to- Germany. The
literal translation of the term is annual mart"
but il Is by no means as business-like an affair
as It's name would imply. for it is three-fourths
fun and one-iourth business. 1t Is a collection
of merchandise and merchants from all the
parts of the world, the merchants dress al
ways being in keeping with the character OF
his goods. The sunbrowned Spaniard the
yellow-faced Mongol, the ever-pleasant French
man aud the broad. cornplacent-looking Eng
lishman stand side by side. vieing with each
other in convincing the gaping crowd that
theirs Is the best show of the day. The bright
colors in the picture are furnished by the
uniquely and pictureSquely-cla peasantTy, and
the gay laughter OF happy, crowds of young
people, a snatch of some jolly students song,
sung by q crowd of college men clad in their
tight-fttiDg seni-milita-y dress and neat little
cap, mingling with the strains of some "Volks-
lied" PLAYED by the old-fa shioned village band
and the din OF a thousand voices, that of the
circus clown and the magician. of the patent
medicine vender and the Iale-teller make in
teresting music or rather so Babel-like q din
that language tails to convey any adequate
idea Of what il really il. n would he posi-
Bile accurately to initiate the original anywhere
away from the Fathcrand. The people OF Con-
cordia church. or rather the German American
population of the city. VIII endeayoI to make
The best possible imitation of the same. One
of the most interesting features OF the 1ahr-
markt will be that the lady attendants will be
in the costumes OF the peasantry of twelve diff
ferent states or provinces of Germany. The
booths, too, will be built after the German
model and the "DorfTnnsikanten'' (the village
Lnusicians) will be on hand 10 help make merry.
Like its original. the ConcOrdia JahrrnarSt will
be more for pleasure than business. y feature
which will no doubt be welcomed by the public
will be the absence of ali solicitation on the
floor. While the management expect the pub
lie to come prepared 10 make liberal purchases
# wants TO have tts patrons to enjoy the prfvi-
lege Of purchasing what they choose and not of
what urgent solicitors want most To be rid.
SOMETHING TO SEE.
Another new feature of the jahrmarkt viii be
that there will be something to see. Besides
the things already mentioned. there will De on
exhibition an automatic piece, The Battle of
the Frogs" I6x20 feet in size. 1t was made
especially for this jahrmarkt by Mr.. Chas. Self
man, OF this city. IN exhibition. possibly
competitive ladies drill viii be on ttae program
and many other features. which Wilt be pub
estly and hard at work. 1t consists of the fol-
lowing weli-.snoJTn gentlemen. members " Con-
cordi.s church: Rev. Louis H. Schneider. presi-
dent, Edward w. Koch, secretary; Chas. s>chnei-
der. treasurer: Louis kcttler. president Of the
Church egShcli: Anton Eberiy, Iohn l. Fost,
]. Kari, I'd. Droop. Henry +. Bauer. Werner
Koch, Fred G. Gieseking, Christ. Rupert,
Gustave Hartig. Martin Hebner. Carl Petersen,
Major Jno. r. Weyss, Anton Fischer. John Wal
ter, NJ. D.; George EretIarth, Louis Faber,
Capt. G. Z. Ebert, y. knoblock, j. l.. Shaffert,
Frederick Imhof Ch.is. Hermann John Wal
hast aefAln lob,
Kaiser. j. Wagner. F. Landgraf, F. Yogi John
Schneider and John Kaiser.
The correspondence committee has sent out
about six thousand circulars in this city and
abroad. and has already received most Cucour-
aging response from all quarters. The colec-
ton committee. which are now canVass1ng
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and eth street, are max
ing rapid progress The board of lady man.
ayers is almost conn ete. and a majority of the
ladies already busy making their pictur-
eSquf costumes The press committee has a
notice in the advertising column OF THE STAR
OF several gold medals ON exhibition at Droop'S
music store. TO be awarded 10 the ladies exhibit
ing the fines; pieces OF dressmaking and fancy
work =. the tair.
THE OLD CoNCoRDIA CHURCH.
The object for which the fahrmarsxt is TO be
held is 10 raise a building fund TOR the improve
nlent OF the chGrch's property at goth and G
streets northwest. The church. which is also
extensively known Finckei-s church, be-
cause of the popularity of the former pastor.
Rev. SImu"! -. Finckei. vino served the con-
gregatiOn for nearly twenty-five years, IS one of
1he oldest in the city. TIE Old buildings of the
on.r.gaiion are counted as old landmarks i'm
the first ward. and nO resident of the old first
ward of the city, no matter what his deuoEGina-
ton. but would hail with joy any improvement
OF the veteran church, such as a remodeliEg or
rebuilding of the edifice. The property or
which the church stands WAS donated by Peter
Funk lila 1904. when even New Hamburg and
FunkstowIi, as that part of the town was called
were but mere pencil sketches on paper. Oh the
origin of The present congregation, AN extract
from letter OF VIM. &. Ellison TO Mr.. j. W
Nalrn FlnPkcl ten i'm
1854, gives interesting account: About
1885 Congress appropriated the ways and
means TO macadamize the length and breadth
o. Pennsylvania avenue. In want Of hands to
do the work the contractor, informed OF a large
body OF eIulgrant Germans-SOIne one thou
sand or more arriving at the port of New
Iork-repaiFed thither and employed the
whole force. men, women and children who,
s1flce TO say We're soon engaged breaking stone
on the Avenue. Many OF these people soon
craved q place where they might meet together
for the purpose OF divine worship. In the ex-
eTcise OF benevoience, SD characteristic or DIR.
Laurie he 500" prevailed upon the church.
over whom he ministered, to offer their build
Ing 10 these strangers every sunday afternoon
and the building was filed To OVERLOOKING"
This was the suspicious beginning OF ConcOrdia
church THESE strangers, poorly paid stone
breakers on the Avenue, that very year vet
laid the foundation of the present edifce and
out of their scTuty means, asking little or no
assistance from outsiders, erected their church
True 10 the example of their forefathers the
present members OF tOncOrdia congregation
were ever willing TO give. but this is the first
eral public. The church Is the representative
one among the Gernian--tmerican citizens OF
the District, its membership spreading all over
the city. and living Ill the north east south
and west Its sunday school numbers $50
scholars, and there il no accommodation for the
school whatsoever. II Is hoped that the Jahr-
Dlarkt receipts. swelled by the individual con-
trfbutions of the members Will enable the con-
gregation TO erect suitable buildings for their
large and growing Sunday school, and 70 re-
model the old, or perhaps even to build a new
church.