The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-08

king of SaXony. The prizes were awarded at Lelpsio, and the result was at once telegraphed to Dresden and all other Saxon cities. Imagine, if you can, the excitement which pervaded the
 ticket-holders, All classes, from the richest and highest to the poorest and lowest held tickets, The government "pocketed" 6O0,000 marks, a good ly portion of which was distrib-
 uted among poor families, Best of all
 the events of the week, the most popu-
 lar and by far the most attractive was the "Blumen Corso" (flower pa-
 rade), which was held in the Crosses
 Garten; very many carriages were be- deeked with all possible kinds of flow CTS, and the scene was a fairy one l Over 100000 people attended, and as the 1 king and his court were to appear in
 the parade many people were attracted from the neighboring cities and vil- l lages. The weather was fine and the | Crosses Garten looked most inviting, l and 1t was gala sight indeed, The carriages were covered with flowers,
 many ladies and gentlenGn were on | horseback and adorned with flowers, even the barrels and hogsheads of | Germen beer were so anxious to ac- | quit themselves "cum honore," that l they were to be seen In vast array, actually perched upon modern) horses, ! and hundreds collected about them,
 and these beery riders did not lack at | tention, in fact, the contents of these wondrous dark wooden casks seemed to me to attract as much praise as the l 'Corso'' itself.
 What a beery people are the Ger
 mans! A fit emblem for Germany I | could suggest; 1t would be a huge med | al having on one side a fine university \ with notices Poetry, Music, Science; on l ''Fass' on its back, with the motto intense love of Germans for beer and pork surpasses my understanding In ! the "Corso" there were carriages of ev- cry description, there were four in hands, carriages with five horses. lan- daus, drays, mail coaches, hunting
 carts, and in fact every description of carriages one could desire to behold. | And their floral decorations were very
 handsome. At three o'clock the gaily I decorated carriages collected around 1 the "Palais Teiche" Palace Loke) and
 soon after the King of Saxony appeared with her Royal Highness, Princess Ma l thilde, in Victoria beautifully orna- mented with violets and tea roses. l They received floods of flowers from the enthusiastic lookers-orl. The royal car riage was preceded by out-riders and
 drawn by four magnificent white | horses. Next came ladies and gentle- | men of the court in carriages decorated with accacia blossoms. Prince Fried
 rich Augustus and Princess Louise | drove in fine coach richly decorated | with bright flowers, and whole wreaths | of flowers were thrown into their car l riage by the bystanders. This princess, l the future queen of Saxony, Is the most 1 popular lady in the kingdom, and one of l the most beautiful women in Europe. l She was very busy throwing bouquets l and cut flowers right and left into the | vast crowds on the seats, who cheered l her Justify as she passed along. Her carriage was preceded by out-riders on l fine chestnut horses.
 There were four carriages with five 1 horses, three in front abreasttand two l immediately behind; one carriage was ! The carriage of Baron Von Saucken was gotten up with great taste; it was | drawn by four brown horses and pret- I tily ornamented with forget-rne-no .l The carriage Ca four in hand) of Graf I Vftzthum, was decorated with Mare | chal Neip' roses. and was drawn by \ four black horses Another stylish I turnout was resplendent with q crown of white lilacs drawn by black horses. The four Tn hand of Graf Luckner was
 very elegant affair; the horses were l black, the coachmen and footmen clad l in scarlet velvet and powdered wigs, the carriage was trimmed with red and yellow chrysanthemums. Herr Meyer, l whose pretty wife was Miss Ives of
 Hartford, drove a fine English mail | coach ornamented with yellow roses; the four horses were light browns; then l there were dog-carts with peoples, chrysanthemums and lilacs, and I par ! ticularly noted a stylish carriage en-
 tirely hidden with lilies of the valley.
 The officers mounted on handsome and lively chargers presented fine appear
 ance as they moved along in the gay
 procession In no city in Europe will
 you see finer horses and carriages than I in Dresden, and the riders are as we'll l horsed as those which one, sees in Hyde
 Park in the London season. The spec
 tacle as the procession passed through I the ''Haupt Alice" in the Crosse Gar
 ten, with tens of thousands of cheering Germans, and the air thick with roses,
 violets, lilies and every description of
 flower, thrown to and from the car
 riages, was g. beautiful picture, and N something which will not be soon for
 gotten in Dresden.
 Many military bands of music did
 their utmost, and the fat cheeks of the
 fat German musicians swelled to their
 extreme point of distention, and their eyes nearly started from their sockets;
 even the drum-sticks revolved so rapid ly that one could scarcely distinguish
 them, as the bands playing in perfect
 unison rendered Trenklers grand nili-
 tary marches and Strauss popular
 waltzes The sun shone brightly, the
 birds sang sweetly and the whole scene was perfect.
 The pretty Crosse Garten was seen at it's very best, it's trees, walks, drives
 shady avenues and pretty lakes were as
 perfect as possible, for the above is a sketch taken in the lovely month of
 May. Oer schonste monat i'm Jahre
 Wonnemonat nennt man inn in ! DautsobfandA Sone 1,aorr ba1,e