New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-03
WITH THE NIEDERKRANz.
INCIDENTS OF THEIR WESTERN PILGRIMAGE
ANIASLE CoCRTEsIES AND FREE SPOKEN CON-
PARSONS OF AMERICAN AND GERMAN
INSTITUTIONS.
'BY TELEGRAPH 10 THE 1rIsrxp,


ST. Louis, July o.--As simple peasprs ,aunt the
Western excursion OF the Liederkranz Of New York
i@s but passing and personal interest and II would
" scarceIy worth while to continue longer TO fol-
~" 1t III lulhcsS or detail. has been attemptcd
ny Inc ITibnnes peripatetic chroniclcr thus
lar. IL Is different matter, however when One
looks upon the incidents OF the trip I'm the light which
the story OF American social and artistic develop
ment throws upon them. The happenings of satur-
day night rter the concert and today bring This
rejection uppcrmo>t. The reception provided by the
Licdcrkranz OF ST. louis for the visitors after the
concert was most amablc in It's expression Of hos
pitay II took the form OF out of doors fcte at
which the men and women from New York were first
refreshed with food and drink in the modest Int
sufficient manner usual among the Germans and were
then told, with the extravaganza Of feeling quite
inevitable as the beer and potato salad on such oc-
caslonS. how gladly they had been heard and how
marvelously they had sung. "Thc best male chorus
singing ever heard in 81. Lous.' was the expressed
judgment of Conductor Frochch, of the local ieder
kranz; hoW much they welcome and how ardent
was the wish OF the entertainers that their guests
might repeat the visit at early day. If all this,
10 which appropriate reply made by MesSrs.
ellis, Zoellner and schhtz conventional, II WIS
at least amiablc But every at all familiar with
the tenor Of the speeches common at gatherings Of
the Germans in America will easily imagine that the
matter did stop there. The inevitable clorifca
ton Of German institutions. especially the
gesanS-Gernan love OF freedom. German intclli-
gcncc German thrift, German devotion 10 conviction,
German llbcrality Of thought and everything else Ger
man, followed with the equally inevitable baldcrdaSh
about The difficulties placed in the path of the
German missionaries OF art and civilization by the
"puritanical' bigotry OF the American population.
1t altogether a refreshing ana gratifying thing
after the German eagle had been made thus
magnhccnuy by principal of one Of the local hiSi
schools, Mr.. Sedan (walo it ought 70 be said how
ever, was good deal less reckless than one al the
New York spcakcrs) to hear Mr.. Zoellncr utter pro
against the tOo contcmptuOus tone in when re
ligion generally spoken Of by German singers
when prai,ng it, and also hear him define the limits
OF the field in which he Is distinguished, and laui
the accomplishments OF the mems singing societies
and clubs which flourish among Americans Of native
birth He spoke enthusiastically Of the merits Of this
Youngest branch of the youngest Of the arts but he
refused 10 permit it TO be set down As the sum OF
music pointing out that the chief merit of the found
ers Of the part-sOng for mems v0iccs-Zeter In Der
ln Nacge in switzerland and his own father, Carl
ZOellncr in Leip-ic-hy in ihe fact that they hai
created popular form Of music which the mliSicd
layman could practise. and with which the weary
handicIaftsman. merchant or simple aOorer could re
fresh himself after the tolls Of the day were over
He found The difference between the native clubs
and the German societies in the circumstance that
the former were amateurs in the sense that the
latter were and that they cultivated music more ana
the social amenities less than thcir CIR = col
leagues
Germans are VIGOROUSLY free OF speech. ana Mr..
hocIlncr's remarks sounded pretty daring at the
outs,t considering that not only Were they out
OF the ordinary line OF German orHtory on such
occasions. hut were also spoken IN criticism OF the
Speakc. who was officially Welcoming the NeW-l Ohcr:
but the Germans were used TO such hlle
verbal COLI ,ionS and long before he finished Mr
10 nner was >aying many pretty things about his
counIrymen and German song.
The night was "A lovely Tho garden OF the
Iiq.t. tft-tu- -pfipfV
wa. pictu;csqucly hung with Chinese lanterns, AMI
when the Newt Workers concluded The formal part
. IN reception 10y rubbing magnificent and vOcl1,r-
uus snlamindcr In honor OF their hosts. under the
direction OF Nh >chmitz everybody delighted
with the success of the affair
Whatever may have been the clogs which American
institution, ana American method, oi thought put
uuon German habits OF life many Year, aGo thcre
were no traces Of them In the entertainment OF IA"
liede tOday. Incle was but one thing on
the programme pIior To the departure OF the party
o O'Clock In tae evening for Chicago and that
was q visit 10 the monster brewery OF the Anhcl>cr
Iusc ISOLATION. There III" process Oi I"frl-cratlAS
ant making ice studied with Interest much
intensified by the suffering which the heat OF the
day entailpd on the Ni-itOrs There also some beer
drunk and luncheon eaten, and in the reception
rom, decorated with oah branchc,. Conrad BcnrnS
The hasso. mounted table and sang the song III
praise II beer with which all admirers Of FOtow's
,pr:.. Martha air familiar. H. T.. X.