Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-31
A FOOLS SESSION.
The Washington Sengerbund and Their
Friends Have n Most Enjoyable Time.

Friends Have n Most Enjoyable Time.
| There is a remedy for the moody melancholy
person and but application is warranted to
cure the most obstinate cases with a result that
will remain for a year. The medicine was in
stilled into about 500 last night who gathered
in Concordia Hall to celebrate the eleventh an
nual meeting of the fools session Of the WASH
ington Sengerbund. Such timei Dignity,
haughtness and old age were left on the out
side of the hall and fun fast and furious ruled
supreme Life was worth living after the
| session had been in progress ten minutes and
age was no bar to the general merrymaking.
Nothing could have surpassed the good times.
and when the assembly finally broke up at an
hour somewhat past midnight this morning
the feeling among all who had never before had
! the good fortune to have been present at one
OF these sessions Of the Washington Sanger
bund was that the Germans really managed to
squeeze more fun out of this life than any
other nation on the globe.
The fools session Is a yearly occurrence, and
its foundation dates back to the feudal times
when each king had his fool, with his cap and
bells. Then i'll the good old "Naterland this
Jolly custom of having each year a gathering of
the fools was inaugurated. The proper intention
of the session Is to caricature the events OF the
day that have occurred during the last twelve
months. but the original idea has been drifted
from until the carnival has become nothing
more than n nonsensical glorifcation meeting.
from which no one is allowed to stand aloof.
The session last night was one of the most sue
cessful that the Washington society has ever
given. and each year the nature of these
meetings becomes more general the demand for
tickets Of admission increases. The nall was
crowded and the gallery filled. And in all
that big assembly not one could have restrained
himself from becoming imbued with the general
sentiment of joviality.
When the members began to gather and each
donned his fools cap the merriment COM
menced. When each individual entered the
hall, whether member or guest, man woman,
young or old his or her headdress WAS disposed Of
and the fools cap was adjusted. None escaped.
None wanted to. The scene presented when
the hall had filed aud all had seated them
selves at the long tables which ran from one
end of the large room to the other was a lively
one. The gay caps, the bright cOlOrs, the
music, tho pretty decorations and the general
a- of good nature which pervaded the whole
atmosphere made up picture that an artists
brush could hardly have done justice to. Upon
the stage were Frank Claudy. the fools presi-
dent, surrounded by the Klein Rath. consisting
of Messrs. W. Berens, o. Schiing. f. Brauner,
III. Schminke, 4. Joers, H. Schneider. E. Kuebel.
II. Weber. A. lorch and o. Wehner. All
were dressed Ill fantastic costumes The
proceedings opened with an address of well
come from the president, who in closing an
Carnival The marshals, @. Herbert and II
Scheuerman, then escorted into the hall and up
TO tho platform Mr.. Frank Altrup and Miss
Lutz, who unprecedented the prince and prin-
cess. Both were costumed in gay attire, and
their appearance was the signal of the first out
burst of hurrahs from the band. Miss Lutz
filed her role with becoming grace, and her
pretty face made her the belle of the evening.
Mr.. Altrup appeared in several impersonations
and songs, in each of which he was very anus
ing. His singing Of Boom-de-aye in German
made quite hit.
During the evening there were a number Of
songs rendered by the entire assemblage. All
of these were parodies on some of the popular
Songs of the day and each contained a number
of local gags which never failed to bring down
the house" Many speeches of a humorous
nature were made from the rostrum. which rep
the speaker was escorted to the plat
form and given a bumper of wine
from immense beaker, which was
presented to the society by Mr.. Charles
Dismer. Those who aided in entertaining the
audience were Nh. Frank Claudy. Miss Lutz and
Messrs. F. Altrup, Edward Abner. F. A. Rockar
of the New York Arion, Paul Schulz, Simon
Wolf, II. Brauner,W. Fl. Conley. Albert Upper,
Charles Dismer, A. Joers, ". Berens. F.
Hohler and Rudolph Saur. Music fur
nished by Donch's Band and Orchestra. The
floor was cleared at IL o'clock and then the
mainder of the evening was given up to dane
ing
There great tail policeman in attend
ance during the entire evening. large enough
to take most of the hall with him, but he
might just as well have been taking some of
that needed sleep, for though there was great
deal Of practical joking there no ill humor
shown aud everything passed off in the best of
style. Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. Stiebel Mr. and Mrs. A. Behrend. Mr.. and
Mrs. Exdorf, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dismer, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Ciaudy Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Schulz, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Heurich, Mr..
Rockar of New York, Mr.. Conner. Mr. and
Mrs. Waldecker, Mr.. and Mrs. Lutz, Mr.. and
Mrs. kohler, Mr.. and Mrs. Sours, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dounch, Mr.. and Mrs. Simon WOLF Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Schmidt, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Helmus,
Mr.. Max Simmons. Miss Carrie Baumgarten,
Miss Grundwahl of New York, Miss Bertha
Openheim. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Steinem, the
Misses Heinrich Miss Carr. Miss Eiser, Miss
Powell. Mr.. Jacobson. Misses Ulcke, Miss
Heurich. Mrs. and Miss Anderson, Ed. Abner
and ladies. Mr.. and Mrs. Barthel. Mr.. Eberly
and ladies, Mr.. and Mrs. Hockeman. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Vogt, Mr.. Rueff and ladies, Mr.. and
Mrs. Portner, Dr. and Mrs. Ribsam, Mr.. Karr
and ladies. Mr.. Kramer and ladies' Mr. Imhof,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Miller, NJ. and Mrs.
Schuster. Mr.. and Mrs. Steinem, Mr.. Louis
kettler. Mrs. Gorheer. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Xander,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris. Xander, DR.. Sellhausen,
Miss Rosa Poesche. Mr.. Sauter, Mr.. J.. Faber.