The state herald., 1893-05-19

by Herr Mngnus. Thanks to their ct
forts responsible company with lin
tied liability wns formed. and to Herr
Bernhard Dronburg, Director of the
German-Amcrican 1rcuhan Company.
and Herr Schmidt of Omaha, was as
signed the task of making the German
chronological Exhibition" success.
Their first work was TO obtain sufii-
cient space for the exhibition, and in
this they soon succeeded, an area OF
las, 900 square feet being assigned TO
IL. Their next work WIS 10 select nm
architect, and their choice fell
on Herr Karl Hofraclxcr. one
of the Presidents of the Society Of
Berlin Artists and high author
ity on architecture and decorative
paintings, The contract for erecting
the buildings was awarded 10 firm of
Frankfort-on-thc-Ma Main, and II was OK
prcssly stipulated that all tho wood
work used ON the work should be cut
and fashioned In Germany. Thus II
will he seen that the work is not only
of German but also OF German ma.
tcrial.
At the entrance 10 the village Is n
high square tower with moatwny,
and over the arched portal Is tho In
script on, ''To the Golden Tunltnrds. Z"
Within the entrance Is large space,
In the center Of which Is music pa
vilion, built In the form of tent. To
the right towers the castle and to the
left extend halls dedicated to convivi.
ality and rofreshment. These halls
are noted for their Upper Hawaiian
style of architecture, with its green
woodwork and white interstices. In
the covered hall place of honor has
been given TO two charming femnl.
busts, modelled by the sculptor liru,,
OF Berlin. Adjacent TO the halls are
two music payilions, 80 tina, cnthusi-
nStic Teutons can nj the same time
qucnch their thirst ut the Bullets and
drink In the music OF the great Ger.
man composers.
Iu, on 10 the castle. which Is real
moatcd stronghold, such ms used to be
built In old times ON plains where they
could b. protected by water. The en-.
trance tower i accessible by bridge.
and has the -honorcd terrace mud
sioping roof. On both sides are covered
moatways. one Of which leads TO the
palace. while the other leads To u
group OF buildings In which the stew.
nrdcss spends her time roasting juicy
sirioins for the expected guests Ar
tistlcally carved cscutchcons ornament
the parapct Of the balcony over the
gate. and the date "i5ia" shows
that the building was restored In
that year. To the lcf, Of the gate
are decorated apartments In which
food and drink are served, and 10 the
right lisa priceless Collection OF w.npons,
ui1nor, works Of art, costumes of Ger.
mnn races and other Northern relies OF
the days Of old. Here we see, model.
ed In WAY, long procession Of the
most powerful -inperors and national
heroes That Germany hns ever posses
sed, from Hermann III" Cherushrr,
Charles the Great and ilnrbnross,
down to William !. who after long
period Of disScnsion united Germany
once more. Near them and doing
them honor stand peasants from every
provlnc, In Germany. forming In their
picturesque holiday attire "a richly col.
or.d procession. for German peasants
are Of gay colors. sparkling iinsrl and
cmbroidcrica rlis,enlng with gold and
silver threads.
Near the town hall. and pccplng out
from green trees ana brushes, are
farmhons-s from the Spree Forest,
Upper Bavaria. the lilnck Forest aud
Wcs,phnia. The Westphalinn farm
house belongs 10 the fricslnnd.snN.
onin type. the chief characteristics OF
which II that not only the living