Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-23
Copyright 1881
Special Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR.
NEW YORK, March 81 80

NEW YORK, March 81, 49,
| / have often been amused by the adver-
Using columns of newspapers when travel
ing. Indeed I'm not sure. but the advertise
I ments are often better reading than the edito-
rails A comparison of the newspapers of the
world is difficult if one must judge the whole
paper, but there are many curiosities of adver-
Using which are of interest.
| The German newspaper is at once thing of
wonderful dullness and mysterious interest.
Every nation of strong intellectual activity has
| its own kind of newspaper and the German
| journal. as BELTS the vigorous German char
acter is like that OF no other country. To the
American, OF all newspaper readers. it usually
appears the strangest. Take the Cologne Ga
zette which Is the most typical and about the
most important German newspaper. since it is
the favorite unofficial or semi-otticial organ of
Bismarck. There are no headlines in it and
! no clue to the nature of piece of news is ever
| written at the top of it beyond the name of the
country whence 1t comes. 1t Is very fully stated
| at the head of the newspaper who has charge
| OF the different departments of it's manage
ment, the name of the chief editor being, of
| course, given: but there are apparently no edi-
| torlals. Editorial remarks. however, are IN
sldlously inserted in communications nOminally
! from correspondents in different parts of the
/ world; the messages are printed either as tele-
! graphic or postal. These CuriOuslv-placed edi-
/ tOrial remarks are usually of an orthodox gov
/ ernmental and unstirring character. but occa-
slonally they contain information or accusations
which set Europe in an uproar. and to which
an American newspaper would call attention by
at least bali column of headlines This was
/ the case with
THE CHARGES AGAINST SIR ROBERT MoRIER,
the British ambassador at st. Petersburg,
which were printed merely as communications
from q staff correspondent but which were
furnished directly by Bismarck. Sometimes
state secrets are divulged. and explanations of
the chancellor 3 most remarkable actions given,
by these gifted mythical correspondents. The
other day the Cologne CARTE printed the news
of Prince Alexander of Battenbergs marriage
to Frauleln Lolsinger, and referred to a rumOr
current in Berlin at the time when Battenberg
and Princess Victoria, of Prussia. unal-
| terably devoted to each other. and which was
to the effect that If the pair should be married
and the emperor should live some time he
would secure the succession of Gutenberg to
the chancellOrshlp. As the gazette il very fire.
quently the organ of Bismarck, aud never says
what Is obnoxious to him, this statement prob
ably contained the true explanation of Bis
marchs furious opposition u the Gutenberg
| Victoria marriage. The Gazette did not find 1t
necessary to add what everybody knew. namely,
that the Empress Frederick was intriguing for
| the dismissal of the chancellor and
| yehementy for the marriage Of her daughter
| with Battenberg, and that therefore there
/
| Alexander supplanting the great chancellor.
| One of these ebullitions i'll a German news
| paper Is like the shadow of a great rock in
| weary land. but the foreigner must before long
| get tired of the news part of the paper Let
| him then turn to the advertisement part. which
! Is by far the most original and refreshing.
| THE ANNOUNCEMENTS
of engagements, marriages, births deaths and
desires to marry are very quaint and quite diff
| from m bp vb.r 81
| These notices occupy considerable space which
| differ usually according to the importance of
| the persons concerned. They moreover
| made attractive by type varying i'll size from
| the letters in which the titles OF the New York
daiies are put to the smaller kind of Gothic.
and exclamation marks plentifully used.
Here is a notice OF q betrothal, which is legal
ceremony in Germany:
Nv. Prang and his wife. Elizabeth. nee van
| de Loo, have the honor to announce hereby the
! betrothal of their daughter. Minchen, to Herr
rOyarforest assessor Frederick klemme NV
/ betrOthal to Fraulien Minchen Prang | most
/ joyfully announce, Frederick klemme, royal
forest assessor"
The usual announcement of births is like
this:
by the happy birth of lusty boy are highly
| rejoiced Paul Rusche and his wife. Line nee
Lammert," or more economically thus:
"A beautiful girl arrived. b. Tapprogge and
! his wife, Frederick. nee Knewet"
The marriage announcement is the least in
/ teresting:
DIR. Hellekessel H.. imperial advocate.
| Helene Hellekessel. nee Essingh, married.
| Born at Cologne, ID March. 1889"
The word married is always in very big
| type The notice of death is often literary
| effort. The following are specimens of an ordi-
nary kind
PECULIAR DEATH NOTICES.
To-day, at $50 a. m, softly went to sleep,
in consequence of paralysis of the heart, my
most dearly loved husband. our never-to-be-
| forgotten father, father-in-law. and grand
/ father, Herr Commercial Councillor Wilhelm
Peters. in the nearly-ended seventv-fifth wear of
| his life. Amilie Peters, nee Frelnerey. Aothus
| Peters, Melinka Peters. Willy Peters Mathilde
WetSlar. nee Peters, Oskar Peters Ida Peters
nee Schoeller. ELY Peters. nee Banning Rob-
ert Wetxlar, and four grandchildren. Eupen,
/ 4th March. 1889
This morning. about 10 o'clock, passed
| quietly and in submission to God. after short
/ but severe suffering. fortified with the holy
sacraments, our most dearly beloved wife.
mother daughter, sister. sister-in-law, and
| aunt. Frau Sibylla FranZiska Mayer, nee Offer
mann. at the age of nearly forty. For silent
| sympathy begs in the name of the sorrowing
ones left behind-Josef Mayer"
This is an elaborate but heartfelt appeal from
| a young bachelor:
Marriage. Whose warm, strongly beating
/ heart responds to that of young man. aged
/ twenty-seyen. of Catholic religion, well-born
of university education. stately, handsome
presence and considerable fortune? Young
| ladies, healthy, experienced i'll household
duties, of pleasing appearance, Catholic reli-
! glOn and some fortune invited to reply
! mot anonymously }, with the object of marriage
| to Herr A. ID. j., to the care of this paper"
! This advertisement does not mean, as some
may think. that the young man has the OBJ
ject of marriage with young ladies i'll general
/ but that he thinks such a man as himself
ought to have considerable opportunity of a
| choice.
The ladies insert these advertisements quite
as often as men. One young lady blessed by
nature and by fortune wishes to marry hon
| orable gentleman even il a widower."
These advertisers though they will not cor
respond anonymously, never publish their
names in the paper. In the following adver-
tlsement the sentence in parenthesis seems
! significant:
Il seek tor my cattle and pork butchery q
robust shop girl. who will also Undertake the
housework. at good salary. Gam not mar
! ried). L. II. H0gg, Frier."
There are plenty of advertisements bv mar
| rage brokers and they are usually headed
Marriage! Marriage! Marriager and prom
Use to secure good parties for all customers.
THE AUSTRIAN JOURNALIST
has the same literary methods as his German
relative, but he must supply livelier and
larger paper to his readers, who are "a rather
frivolous lot, and he has not such amusing ad-
vertisement columns. Frequently the Austrian
editor makes extensive use of his imagination
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