San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-28

does not materiaize and so the war party
turns into u hunting party. during which,
through this treachery 10 kriemhilt, and
answering fidelity 10 Brunhilt and the
king, Siegfried is assaulted, and fatally
wounded in the vulnerable spot,
lection. Brunhilt, exultant over
her triumph, has the lifeless body of
Siegfried carried TO the feet of her rival.
After the first period of grieving, Kriem
hilt plans vengeance, and she marries
EtZler, known as Attila, king of the Huns,
on condition of his avenging the death of
Siegfried. EtZler. however, fails to keep
his promise of revenge and Kriemhilt
evolves plot. Under the preteRse that
it should be visit and feast of friend
ship and reconciliation. kriemhilt in
vites King Gunther, Brunhilt, and the
court, to visit the court OF her lord.
Hagen advises against visit, but finally
the visit is made. But a short time they
were at the court of Etzler, when in an
unexpected moment. Kriemhilt calls in
a horde of Huns, and the horrible butch
cry begins. In the height of her
triumph, Kriemhilt. with the bloody
sword still in her hand, is slain by Dieter
ich, the Goth, who is enraged at the
killing Hagen, Kriemhllt, attempted to
wiring from him the whereabouts Of the
Nibelungen treasure, which he had sunk
beneath the Rhine, but Hagen died with
his lips sealed in regard to the matter,
and thus 1t lies undiscovered and undiS-
turbed up to this day. This then, without
pretending TO do the matter deserving
justice, is the substance of the ''Nihelun-
genlied."
1t is the adventurous heroes, the proud,
passionate powers behind the thrones,
the strifes and feudS connected with their
reckless careers, as portrayed in the
above epic, that majority of the floats
in the German Day street pageant will
represent. The floats representing
Siegfried, Dietrich Etzler, King Gunther,
Kriemhilt and Brunhilt. have already
been designed, and the masks. and cos
tunes, his OF ically correct, have been
secured.
The tale of Gudrun. the fair Danish
bride, her trials aud tribuations, as well
of the Holy Grail, will also afford themes
sides these, floats representing
Germania and COlum oia. and other inter
esting groups will figure in the pagan /.
Some l66 available costumes, of the
most elegant material and finish, have
been secured and orders for the manufac-
ture of sixteen spacious floats. built for
the occasion, have been issued. The asso-
citation has also acquired valuable
piece of property upon which it will build
sheds for the keeping and preserving of
the floats and costumes for future cele-
brationS. For this purpose it was decid
ed to raise $1,000. of which amount one
half has been subscribed, and partially
collected. The committee is still busy
raising funds and every man in
the community will be asked To-
contribute towards an undertaking which
undoubtedly Will prove something grand,
and draw to the city thousands of visit
orS. As means of raising the necessary
funds. it was decided at meeting held
by German Day Association last night, to
hold an excursion picnic the latter part
of May. Meanwhile, as the work of OBJ
tanning subscriptions to the funds of the
association proceeds, the matter of select
ing floats. costumes, trimmings and per-
sons to represent the various historical
figures, is being pushed with vigor.