The morning times., 1896-09-14
SINGERS ARE WELCOMED
New. York Beeth0venS Guests
of theL0cal Saengerbund.
DINNER AT THE ARLINGTON
Afterward Reception Was Held
at the HaII-Sympos;um of Song
Clsrdy and. 0hm..!s-The Program
Today-Nisitors Entertain Tonight.

The Royal Blue Line special which rolled
into tie Baltimore and OHIO depot at 80
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon was freightcd
with about l15 representatives of oLe oI
the most distinguished German siueirg
societies IN New York. They were meEI-
bers OF the wcll-kEown Beethoven Maei-
| nerchor Society, wh.th has enjoyed thirty V
| six wears of niTlh and music III the great
! metropolis.
AS the special train came to a stop Il
throEg of Washington commandments
surged forward to tie gates To meet and
greet the New Workers. AT the forefront
| Were tie reception committee of the Wash
ing,cn saeugerbunu, comprising President
| Claudy, William Berens. A LorCss, Jonn
Waldenan, Louis Fabcr, simon Wolf, Charles
DisIner and DR.. Holt Many OF the ,isi-
Tors We're accompanied by their wives and
| daughters. The gentlemen OF the
| party wore brown fedora hats and
| blue silk badges on the ocat lapels, in
| sCribed with the name of the society and
date of the organization.
| Alter hearty Bauusiakes and words OF
| welcome had been lnduiged IN for lew
| minutes, the visiting singers Were loaded
| on Metropolitan electric cars i'll true denIu-
| cratic fashion nd escorted to the Ring
| ton Hotel. where dinner awaited them
mon n,,rtiv and n,,.'',.r',,, lem.
| ,,un,har nT ,,c,,, r,o ,,,s ~, - ,,-oaI,.e -
| nearly all are i'll business or some sort.
WHO THE OFFICERS ARE.
| The Officers of the Beethoven haenncr-
| Chor Society uf New York, are all here
| They are: j. II. ohmeis, president; ".
| Teniionpel. tlrst vicc president; H. Mcrtens,
| second wee president; II. Eieienthaier,
| treasurer. W brown assi.,apt treasurer.
| Charles knab. recording secretary. r "
| Schulz, financial secretary, II. speltcr,
"'us'I'i ui'et'o' "i conuutspr.
Vi t'tt iiieliiptIs oi
.sIs or ,nis ,,,,,ha ~ nr. s;,,,,t,,.
The latter include II. yolk.rs the r.T,,,rs
New York tenor: and Ro.,.r, Kramer ana
Henry Sclnci,,pnhach. tl,. noted haritcnns
Messrs. w. Tcnhuup,l and F praf of
the suc.ety, have .ee, brrc since saf,r-
day. Iu.y were upuoiuird "A c,n,,,t,tar
to com. 10 Washington in advance and as
sist the local committee in arranging for
the reception OF their brethren. Director
SpiclTcr has gained considerable tame AS
Il COMPOSER anu IasC week III. received from
Th!aueipnia the second pr,ze for his com
position fuf male voices, entitled, ..ya!c
GarSs!lua." whicn was sung with effect
1T the great mu sicaI festival In the Qua scr
tBy- Air. Spieiter cane to this country
Two years ago, and has already taken !.
place III the front rank Of composcrs of
vocal music.
AT the conclusion of dinner at tie Airing
ton, the visitors and their ladies scpa-
rated into pairs and groups and spent
the sunset hours en.oy!uc Ihr auturnnaI
beauties of the PARIS contiguous to tie
hotel \ number Of New Yorkers called at
the White House tut being unable to gam
adn.ittance, Coutentel themselves with in
spectihg the exterior OF the ma usion and the
THE. FESTIVITIES
lhc iesd'Itieh III HONOR Oh ihe guests
We're c"S.inued later IN tie evening at
tie hall OF the S3eDscrbund, on { street
northwest. Tie music hall w S particularly
taStcfuliy decorated, tie Ccnspicuous feat
ure OF tie characterization Icing IN inScrip-
,ion. "Wi!lkommen Beethoven" which was
wrea,Lcu ID laurel and was placed directly
over tie stage. Long festouEs of laurel
depended from tie rear wall Of the stage
ana circles OF tie same material Sraced
tEc spaces between the windows In front
of the stage was the cInblematic Tyre OF
AriUn.
ile visitors, possibly without exception,
attended the social. The address or wei
come was mait by PRESIDENT clardy, OF
,,,a ,,,. ,I.-,I
II the Ieetuoyeus. rres,,;,.nt Obmeis i,
also an excellent speaker. His RESPONSE
was much appiauded by the whole Assem-
btE' speech, ceyOtec to the occasion.
WAS haue Dy VICE PRESIDENT ienhompel,
WHICH diso TOOK Wei WIN i-usV ana Nlsi,UTs
diihe'
lue music nan was Transformed INTO
pdnq1et ndh uhu "as iitefaHy close packed
WIN 'ne guests. me cfoWu, Indeed, of
e"eo's '"u noels was 80 sfcaI 'hdt tiiefe
Vas an o.eitio" pdhqoe. haii tlaue Out OF
'ne i'NtPlioh roo.iiS' ine rooms Gown
etnhs ',' Meie "iso piouEn. ihto aclloh' put
an Mei, Hl'H. . 1oii't'i t.ih'c ho' "iths'ahu-
'". nv 's7 I'M
Hei 'h' ioi,""i i'''p'ion anu otHel
.eI.'noies tne ncTlhoN us nHuei 'he III
,eclon VI iioi' iiei,'ann spiiter, SANG
y, Two seieCtions, one oi Which was ihe
dpuefSis Sung anu the o'nel now
swee1 is may. rht!-Hfe VOICES, wen
tra'heu aiiu Vi eAcehenl 'i'''oie niaae up 'hc
chorus-
Inc asseihpiase 'neb sat GOWN 10 an eA-
ceHehu iehcheoh' curing "ii'i se'eiai so!os
were suDS- ahohs me Sihscis were Mf
a istHef Oh me bee'"o.thS Al. ALIup |
anu MI iieihu Mofsei oi TINS CITY Mr.
A Lepper oi 'he saenSei"uhu gave sotue
very HUMOROUS recitatlons
FINE MUSIC.
The contribution of the s,enrer,und