San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08

The fourth float Sh )ws the re-
turn Of the heroes and deliverers OF
| King Rudgar to the palace OF Prince
| Hugileich near the sea where they are
| greeted by the young queen Huglda.
The prince and his son HartratS being
killed in battle, Hugida delivers the
| crown To BeOwulf and he rGigns for sc
years as a wise and glorious monarch.
| fierce dragon, whose breath turned
even stone to flame devaStateS the land
| and Beowulf attacks and kills him ana
escapes which is ShownOn the fifth float,
| but dies shortly after from having in
hailed the poisonous breath of the
| monster.
Next comes a float representing
a scene from the "RoSegarden'
la legend belonging TO the
| folklore of the middle ages and its heroes
are the same as those appearing in the
| Triebelinger, although written previous
| TO the latter poem. King Gibrich, father
| of Guenthra, Gernot and krienhild,
| reignS at Worms on the Rhine. Twelve
| of the greatest heroes of the German
legends one of whom was Seigfried, the
| cOnS0rt of krienhild, had sworn to guard
! the garden of the King and this guard of
| heroes is shown on the sixth float krien-
| hid sends challenge to Dietrich of Bern
| to enter her Rose garden. He comes with
| twelve men and vanQuisheS the guard.
| Crowned with coronetS of roses Dietrich
| and his knights return to their home in
Italy.
The next three floats, 18th. Sth and 9th,
are taken from the Lay of the Niebelun-
gen." The plot is very ancient and mix
en- with history and myth. The first two
floats are taken from the German poems
and the last from the Edda legand. Seig-
freid, son of the Netherlands. comes to
Worms and falls in love with kriemhilde:
In the land of the NiebelIngs he found
two kings quarreling over the di vision of
a great treasure. He was called on TO de-
eide the quarrel. but as the kings after
wards fail to fulfill their promise to him
he Stays both and takes the treasure him
self, with the ''Tarn cap" which renders
him invincible, and appoints the strong
dwarfAlDerich,a as guardian Ofthe treasure.
Travelling further he Stays dragon and
battles in his blood, which renders him in
vulnerable. This is shown on the Sth
float King Gunther promises the hand
of KriemhiIde to Siegfried if he will &C
company him to Iceland to WOO Queen
Brunhilde, who asks from each sutton
three tests of his strength. Siegfried rem
dered invincible by the ''Tarncap" con-
quers Brunhilde for Gunther. When
Brunhilde afterwards finds out the decep-
tion she entreats Hagen, a mighty war
rior, to kill Siegfried and he finding out
able place, Stays him. After seven
years Kriemhilde marres Etzel, king of
Huns, who promises to fulfil certain
wish OF hers, revenge for Seigfried'S muir
der. She enticeS the m urdererS to visit
her in Hungary and kills them, but is
herself killed by Hildebrand.
The next three floats, 10th, 18th and
18th. being scenes from the heroic poem
of ''Gudrun." His poem glorifies the tidel-
~ Of hn fret M 10 hn CT tow
of Hagan. prince of Javerland in the
Netherland, stolen when a child by
Grifc or Griffen, who brings him to its
nest as food for its young. shown on the
10 float. Little Hagan kills the young
CRIES and escapes in the forest;
in a cave he finds three
prlnceSseS an grows up with them.
They all escape from the forest and Ha-
gen marries Hide, one of the princesSes.
They have daughter Hide, whom King
Hettel, of Heligcnland, carries off and
marrieS. The third part of the poem tells
of the heroine Gudrun, or Gundrun, the
daughter of young Hide and grandchild
of Hagen She has three suitOrS, Seig
fried, the Moorish King, Hartmuth of
Normandy, and Hernig of Sealand. The
latter becomes engaged TO Gundrun. But
the Moorish king invadcs his land and
Hartmuth steps in and captures
Gundrun. She refuses, however to
be unfaithful to her bctrothed. She is
compelled to perform mental tasks.
One day while She washes Queen Ger
indies gowns by the sea, an angel, in
form of swan tells her friends will
rescue her. This scene is on the llJh
float. The closing scene of the rescue of
Gudrun and her return to her lover IS
shown on the 18th float.
The 18th float is from the "Tannhauscr
Legend" TannhauSer, Il noble knight is
| held in enchantment years finally he es-
| CapeS and flies to Rome.
The II float is a scene from the legend
| of the Holy Grail, vessel cut out of a
| sapphire and used at the Lords
| supper. 1t was guarded in a castle by
| knights. who were pure from sin. the
purest of them. Percival, crowned King
| of the Holy Grail as shown on the float.
| The 18th float represents a scene from
| "OberOn,' poem by Wieland. Hueon,
| of Bordeaux, is baniShed by Emperor
| Charlemagne and commanded not to re-
| turn without the beard and eyeteeth of the
! Calf of Bagdad He gains the friendship
| OF OOerOn. king Of the elves or fairies,
who loans him his magic horn. The we'd
| ding of ReZia, daughtec of the Calf to a
| prince Of ATalZ is shown on the float.
| HueOn blows his magic horn, fulfiilS his
| task, carries of ReZia and returns home.
| The 10th and last tiOt shows us Father
| Rhine. the nobleSt and most beautiful
river OF the German "Fatherland," sur
rounded by vineyards and castles
| Thou eXulting and Astounding river.
| Making thy waves blessing as they flow,
| Through shores. whose beauty will en-
| dure forever"
| Everything is now IN readiness for the
| celebration. The arrangements for the
transportation of the crowds, already be-
| ginning to arrive, are perfect, with the
| railways and the street cars, carriages,
| and other public cOnveyerS.
| During the German days the San Anto-
| Mo street car system will have all their
| cars and trailcrS in OUeratlon, and will be
| run at night as long as their services are
| required at concerts, etc, going on during
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