The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23
S DEAR TO MEMORY
HERMAN CITIZENS JOIN IN CsfLE-
BRATTNG THE ONE HUND3EDTH
ANNIVERSARY
Of INDUSTRIOUS WILHELM.
dOZART HAIL NEVER HELD A
LARGER AUDIENCE THAN LAST
NIGHT.
1ETERAxs OF THE GERMAN ARMY.
Picturesque Ta5Ienus Graphically
Portrayed the More striking In
cidents in His Career.

Mozart hall never before held so
many people as It contained last night
The occasion was an inspiring one for
he German citizens. 1t was the ce1e-
Dration Of the oae hundr5dth anniver-
sary of the birthday of the illustrious
Kaiser Wilhelm, given under the
auspices Of the st. Paul Deutscher
.Iriegerverein. All Germany paid trib-
ute yesterday to the memory Of this
great sovereign, but the memory of the
nan could not have been more affec-
tionately and enthusiastically honored
than it was last night at Mozart hall.
The Deutscher KriegerV erein-Ger-
man Soldiers sOciety-of St. Paul is
composed of men who have served N
the German army-it matters not
whether in time of war or peace. There
were veterans present last night, how
ever, who saw service in the Franco
Prussian war and who fondly remem-
Der the browning triumph of the career
Of William I. when. in 1871, in the
city Of Berlin, he was created emperor
ii all Germany.
The celebration last evening did not
ronslst of a mOnOtonous succession OF
ratiOns and speeches, but rather Of
= series of picturesque tableaUX that
graphically portrayed the more strik-
& incidents in the life of Kaiser
Filhelm and the notable events in the
history of Germany. The living pict-
ures, for such they were, deserve IN
qualified commerGation. The. costum-
ing and scenic surroundings were eff
fective to a degree, ana the groupings
artistic and dramatic The general eff
feet was greatly enhanced by the APP
propriate accompanying music fur
Rished by the DAM orchestra.
An overture by the Danz orchestra
opened the programme, after which
Comrade Erling made a brief intro
ductoIy address. Then followed the
series o. living pictures. The fiji st rep
'esenteC "Romes Rule of the World
5roker by German Strength and
Union as typified by Hermann the
VAR or. The figures in the tableau
yer impersonated by Messrs. Koepl ers,
Ns'uschwitz and Alverdes.
E'Germany's Purpose and Hopes" ware
strikingly exhibited in the next picture,
showing the famous Frederick Bar
barossa at Kyffhaeuser. Messrs. David
Arnold, zwerg and Roy Hoffman, par
ticipated in this tableau. Next came d
tableau representing THE Iron Cliff,
the Foundation of Germany's Future
Greatness" upon the summit of which
appeared the grand figure of The
Great Prince" represented by MI.
DiedenhOfen.
The fourth living picture elected a
perfect storm Of applause. 1t was that
of one of the worlds greatest meii,
Frederick the Great, the terror of the
enemy, the father of the people, the
patron of art and science. Mr.. Alverdes
posed as the illustriOus Frederick, and
Misses Endres and Miss Medicke com
pleted the effective picture.
The next tableau. illustrating Ger
many's Hope represented Prince Will
lam in the act of receiving the iron
cross in 1914 Mrs Erling Jr. and
Messrs. Treibel Fried. Bartusch Ar
mold and Kemper formed the group
''Schleswig-H olstein Surrounded by the
Sea" was another picturesque scene
in which Miss Hoffman, and Miss AL
verdes figured, and then came a tab
leau that was greeted with the hearth
est applause-"E Emperor William and
His Friends" The figures were rep
resented by Messrs. Steinhardt DiedeB-
hofen, Even Erling, Hoffman,, KEN
per and FrieGl
At this point the programme was
agreeably varied by the presentation
of a one-act play entitled The Iron
Cross"
Another living picture representing
"Germania Crowned With Victory" fol.
lowed, in which Mrs. Fried imperson.
ated Germania. Chaplain Albert Thiel,
then delivered an address most appro
pirate to the occasion. Two more tao
leauX brought the programme to {
close, one represented History in tn,
person of Miss Schliemann bedeckins
the heroic emperor, and the other pict
ured Germania and Columbia in al
attitude of sisterly affection.