The morning call., 1893-06-06

In the evening Chinatown had to be ex-
plOred, and later a special entertainment t
had been prepared.
As things turned out. however. the
Chinatown expedition had 10 be postponed
for want of time, and the guests. filled 10
the brim with novel ensations, assembled
at the German DemOkrat building on Bush
street to enjoy the hospitality of the Ger
man Press Club.
Here awaited them unique entertain
ment in the form of a "Kneip-abend."
The artistic invitations concluded:
Please do not be AFRAID to become a
subject Of the "Kneip(l, Cure" 1t does not
hurt; leare all formality behind and be
prepared to be one Of a jolly lot of good
felIo,os.
GemauthHchkeH uber. AUeSr
Yours truly.
The Committee,
NJ. Greenblatt, DR.. Emil Stoessel,
II. holman, 4. Kdyser.
San Francisco, June Sd. 1898.
The tables were in horseshoe form and
were presided over by President Green
blatt. supported by the lady visitors-Mrs.
DR.. Whitman and Mrs. Bong. All around
were seated the distinguis he'd guests, sand
few srecial San Francisco guests as fol-
lows: DR.. Julius Ricnter. president of the
Deutsche Verein, San Francisco; Judge
JoachimseD, DIR. Julius KOebig, president
of the German Benevolent Society; Robert
Capelle, Professor Hermann Holzhaler,
Fritz Ress. Arnold Entzmann. secretary
of the Austrian Consulate Francis Korbel,
Austro- Hungarian Consulate.
The task Of discussing the turkeys
chickens and other delicacies was accom-
Dlished under the pressing hos pitalty of
the German Press Club. headed by Messrs.
Kollman. Stoessel. Burke and others, and
then the real business of the evening COM
menced.
Beer flowed like water. and formality
banished under the influence OF the mot to
on the wall, I'm Arte Vcluptas," like
chaff before the wind. President Green
blatt welcomed the visitors in glowing
speech. and after their healths had been
nonOred with true German "salamander"
the Hungarian orchestra played some
pieces.
They were native selections chosen by
B. Jaulaus. violinst, and Z. NJ. Rosnef,
pianist, and the Hungarian guests went
wild with excitement, following the music
with swayings of the body, snatches of
song and enthusiastic bravuras.
Then Julius Loewy, one Of the most
celebrated humorists of gay Vienna, made
a 81 eech that brought down the house. He
said that he had often heard OF California
hospitality. He reviewed their long pill
grimage to the Niagara Falls, Worlds
Fair and across the Rocky Mountains and
gave all these wonders credit. But he
maintained that nothing had equaled their
reception in San Francisco or their appre-
citation of the Golden State.
He was followed by Stage Manager
Hitzigraih who bemoaned the fate of the
ordinary journalist who could not enioy
banquets because he had to write them up
afterward. but he congratulated the visit
Ing journalists that they could thoroughly
enjoy this banquet in their honor.
A. Bergmann of the Deutsche Verein of
Vienna, followed with vindication of
German love for the Fatherland In Bo-
hemia. II any trouble wera to arise he
assured bis auditors that he and his exiled
brethren in Bohemia would be found all
Germans at heart.
DR.. Moore of Oakland spoke on the
supremacy OF the pen over the sword, ex-
employing by the work of the world
famous guests present.
DIR. Julius Koebig of the German Benevo-
lent Society spoke of the organization OF
Germans in America and their noted love
for their country.
DR.. Richter of San Francisco criticized
American journalism as sensational, and
congratulated the guests of the evening
upon their more conservative trend, He
was followed by Mr.. Lies.
Albert May OF the San Francisco Press
Club defended American journalism as
being not sensational, but merely new
and strange to the European mind. He
rendered to the guests an invitation to the
Press Club, where they would be cordially
welcomed and could judge OF their Ameri-
can brothers at close range.
This practically ended the proceedings.
although the good cheer and the welcome
were by no means exhausted. The enthu-
slasm on both sides was unbounded and
the entertainment was unanimously voted
by the guests as most enjoyable.
To-day the visitors will go on q trim
around the bay 10 the Governor Perkins.
the Government steamer. kindly loaned by
Quarantine Officer DR.. Lawlor. The
Union Iron Works, Angel Island, Alcatr az.
| ETC., will be visited. and in The evening the
party will explore malodorous Chinatown.
With this the German Press Club of San
francisco will nave concluded its hos.
pitality. Then the German societies will
take care OF the visiting journalists.
Adoiph Sutro has extended an invita-
tlon to the Germans and hopes to entertain
them at Sutro Heights and the Cliff House.
An idol collector in San Franrisro ph n