The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-09-06
wEsrPHAI1AN FAR,1 norsE.

of existing bands selected from fif
teen hundred picked musicians who
entered into competition for the honor
of representing their country in Amer
lea, but OF the fifteen hundred. two
bands We're formed and rehcarsed FOR
two months before being permitted o.
perform in public. The cavalry band
Of twenty-fo1r pieces represents the
guards du corps OF imperial body
guard The infantry band, numbering
forty-eight performers, contains wood
as wei as brass instruments, and is LED
by veteran distinguished for brave
service In three wars.
Both bands wear the regular German
army uniform and give evidence Of a
discipline the absence Of which in our
bands Is so greatly to be deplOred-
Worlds fair authorities wall over an
expenditure OF $4,000 for music Ia
jackson park. The German village
spends SIO0, GOO on two bands as a mat
ter Of course. knowing that music Is
the one investment that pays.
Now. dear readers. YOU know how
the German village came to be born.
win You let me be your guide as you
wander through it? II you don't [ you'll
be sorry. ] sat at the eastern gate of
this village the other day watching
men. women and children enter.
Look at the thatched roof Of this
Black Forest cottage and compare il
with the th2tching of the Westphal-
ian or Nether-SaNon house. The first
looks IS though the straw had been
terraced; At a distance the other looks
like turf You'd fancy every spear Of
straw had been inserted separately and
perpendicularly and then shaved off
even. leaving a mane like a cropped
horse at the sharp top of the roof.
BY the way, two wooden horses
heads surmounted the gable At each
end Westphalia is as famous for
horses Us for hams, but neither are
found within the houses
Here. then. are two absolutely dis
tinct types Of architecture which you
can study to your hearts content If
YOU have a kodak 50 much the better
for you can't turn in any direction
without finding picture that it is sin
fui not TO perpetuate.
Before leaving Mestphalia let rs
visit n rear room and reyel in a replica
of the Luneberg cabin Of 1870. There
IS a fireplace that somebody ought 20
buy for museum; there are chairs
and tables and panels aai ceilings
and warming pans and glass doors that
delight the curiO-monger.
Coming out Of ancient Luneberg we
face the Hessian town hall there ana
find uore work for the kodak Its
sturdy architecture and slated roof de-
note the characteristics Of upper
HesSia- The Importance Of the town
hall Is shown in its belfry-tower. tur-
reted roof and extended wings. Ammo
Domino 1855 Is engraved over the
broad pointed arched entrance leading
into the council han where curious
peasant head-rear and German photo
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AOT let Us saunter WESTWARD emu
note the peculiarities Of the pretty Up
per Bava-ian house with boxes of
flowers in the windows. It's plastered
first story. wooden superstructuse with
balconies and overhanging shingled
roofs recall the chalets Of Switzerland.
Why do shingles take the place Of
straw and why Is the roof weighted
with heavy pieces Of rock? To protect
il against storms that sweep over the
land. Catholic Bavaria is very re-
ligious, that IS why the gable, which
always stands toward the road. is
crowned with cross.
Westward stands the Spreewaid
house, looking for all the world like
one OF our own log cabins In this
primitive house live the descendants Of
the Nandals who once upon time
played havoc with southern Europe.
Crossing a rustic bridge thrown
across a moat we stand IN front Of tie
eastern facade Of the tine old castle