Evening star., 1895-03-26
Germany to Have Unrivaled Cele-
brations April l.
seHH YEAR OF THE iron CHANCELLOR
Tributes From Art, Science and
industry.
MEDALS AND MONUMENTS

| Preparations TO celebrate the e1ght1etn
| anniversary Of Bismarcks birth in Ger
many on April surpass any popular dem
onstration ever held IN that country. The
principal celebration will have nothing to
do with politics. The grandest Of all prom
| ises to be the one arranged to take place
around In the vicinity of the Germania
monument, in the Niederwald, on the
Rhine. which will be participated in by
representatives of thirty-six cities in the
Rhinish district. men belonging to every
shade of political opinion. The central
part of the celebration will be at the foot
of the monument itself. on which occasion
Prof. Quicken Of Giessen University will
deliver the Grafton. grand ''commers''
in the evening and the illumination of the
hills and mountain peaks near by, together
with great fireworks on the Rhine, will
also take place.
In the Black Forest similar rejoicings
will occur All the submits of the noun
tains In that region will show bonfires on
the evening of March 81.
In Hamburg the municipal celebration,
outside of that arranged for by the Ger
man University students, will be very ex-
tensive. A political committee has assum-
ed charge of a "commers,'' to which every
body Is invited, on the night of March 80.
On the night following there will be great
fireworks on the Alster, and on the night OF
April l torchlight procession, In which
6.0O0 will share, is to proceed to Fried
richsruhe. The Society of Arts and Sci
ences will undertake procession to Fried
richsruhe on the birthday morning and
serenade the prince, and on April 2 the
same society will witness at a special re-
served performance in the Stadt Theater, a
patriotic drama and a festival play writ
ten for the occasion. Besides that, the
whole city will be Illuminated on April 1.
Lubbock. which ancient Hanse town con-
RN-. 1yxrNo hor Dat,
some time ago, will also ,,ave special
celebration, consisting of an address sent
by the senate, an ovation by the citizens in
an extra meeting. a general "commers'
on April 1 special celebration. with
speeches. ETC.. will occur on the main mar
ket square.
Celebration at Munich.
Munich, too, will celebrate. musicale
will be given on March 81 in the Odeon.
the principal celebration following on the
next day on the Konigsplatz. with festival
"kommers'' in the Lion Cellar, and the
laying of the foundation stone of the Bis
marck tower on the Rottman peak, near
Starnberg lake.
In Darmstadt, a city Of which Prince
Bismarck is already an honorary citizen, a
general celebration of the day will occur,
consisting of illuminations, decoration of
the houses sending of fine address,
school festivals, &c.
Many other cities have made similar
arrangements. In Spandau a Bismarck
monument is to be erected. In Nordhausen
a general celebration takes place, as well
as at PotSdam.
The German Alpine Club Intends erect
ing a Bismarck house on the Zugspitze,
in the Bavarian Alps.
The faithful ones of Jever'' in Olden-
burg send this year, as many preceding
ones, their plover eggs. accompanied by a
verse in Low German dialect, in which
they wish Bismarck another score of years.
In Berlin, Dresden and Munich the jew
elers have been busy executing many or
ders for birthday gifts coming from private
admirers of Bismarck. TIE faculties of all
the universities in Germany will send a
joint address of welcome and oongratula-
tions to the ex-chancellor. The address is
a splendid work of art, and the deputation
to bring it will consist of the rectors and
projectors of the various universities.
Bfsmnrcl<'s Old Student Friends.
Besides undertaking pilgrimage to
Friedrichsruhe on April 1, in which some
LOO of the corps students of Germany
will join, the latter will also lay the foun-
dation stone to a Bismarck monument On
the summit of the Rudelsburg, in Thurin-
gia. to which the emperor has contributed
1000 marks.
Among the guests with this deputa ton of
corps students will be the sole surviving
member of Bismarck's old corps in Goet-
tingen, the Hannovera, Mayor Fromme of
Luenburg. who will present to the prince
some cherished mementoes of that time.
Special Bismarck memorial medals, made
of silver ard the size of a dollar, have been
coined. They show Bismarck's head on
the one side and an allegory on the other.
The Federation of Agriculturists will pre-
sent Bismarck with a shield of honor, FASH
ioned of solid silver and showing numerous
symbolical engrayings and enamelinss, as
well as Bismarckian notices and sayings.
An address will accompany this valuable
gift.
The Society of German Engineers will
hand Bismarck some day in April a hand
some address. consisting of $50 leaves,
each a work of art
| The executive committee of the Fedora
| tion OF German Turner's will present a sill
yer wreath resting an oaken plate, en-
| bellished with notices.
| Art to Pay Its Tribute.
| The Berlin Academy of Arts, Of which
Bismarck is an honorary member. will pre-
sent magnificent address to him, bearing
| the device: "Salus Germaniae Supreme
| Lex"
| The Society of Berlin Artists will appoint
Bismarck an honorary member, and give q
special celebration on his birthday, ant
| the Berlin Society of German Art Associa
| tion will present Bismarck with peculiar
| gift-an iron plate, bearing in runic char
| acters a prize poem by Julius Wolff.
| The German Society of Actors, too, will
send deputation to Friedrichsruhe. The
| teachers of the higher schools in Prussia
| will present Bismarck with an address and
| a fine gift. The teachers of Berlin will
have "commers-" The director of the
! Berlin gymnasium of the Graz convent
| whose DuDil RiSmarck was in his bOyhOod