New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-10-06
TRIBUTES TO NEW ULN
The Newspapers Praise her Hospitality
and Say Nice Things About
her Monument.

1uo NoWop0peAS = also Ao1 AVcplt6Aby
and Say Nice Things About,
her Monument.
The following are some of the COM
ments of Minnesota newspapers on New
Ulm's successful monument celebration: !:
w. w. Williams, northwestern tele-
graph editor of the Minneapolis Times,
gave his personal views of the festivities
in that paper on Friday last. He says:
The grand lodge itself was not diff
cult thing to handle, but the crowds
which were attracted by the dedication
of the monument to Hermann and other
events connected Herewith gave the task
set for New Ulm an entirely different as
pect and vastly increased the duty with
which the city was charged. A failure
to properly take care of these crowds
would have been considered lasting
disgrace by the hospitable and whole
souled people of that charming city.
That they did not fail in one single in
stance is not only credit to the people
of New Ulm, but it reflects credit upon
the state at large. The people, with
one accord, threw open their doors with
true German hospitality, and that means
much. No questions were asked as to the
identity of the applicants for accomoda-
tions. No references were required. II
was but necessary for the stranger to
make his wants known. They were sup
Piled with all that courtesy an0 delicacy
that characterizes the German people and
which made each guest feel that he was
in his own house. 1t was at his or her
disposal without reserve. The conse-
quence was that the occasion was sue
cess from every point of view. 1t has
spread the fame of New Ulm far and
wide, even unto foreign lands.
New Ulm is not prohibition town.
The German view of the liquor question
prevails there. No regulations are i'm
posed as to the opening and closing of
saloons. Even on Sunday last they
were wide open. 1t IS fair to say that
they were crowded and we'll patronized.
Women as well as men sat at the tables
and drank the national beverage, yet
there was no drunkenness and no disturb
ance. The Times is informed that there
was not an arrest during the week for
any offense growing out of the imbibing
of too much beer. The crowd was, of
course, joyous and happy in the German
style. The Teutons are the people who
know how to take their amusements in
rational and moderate manner. They
know how to enjoy themselves without
encroaching upon the rights or privileges
of others. They know how to live we'll
and extract all the comfort and happi-
ness out of this life that there Is in it.
They know how to make others happy
and they do it. 49,. .... e. =
Something remains to be said of the
Hermann monument. It is most artls-
tic and unique. 1t is tar more impos-
ing than can be realized without an in.
spectlon. Its fame will grow with time,
and the name ofits designer will outlast
the work itself, which is of enduring stone
iron and bronze, The business street OF
New Ulm lies eighty feet above the
Minnesota river, which IS upon the east
side of the town. On the eastern shore
of the river are still higher bluffs crowned
with we'll cultivated farms. The Her.
mann monument is placed upon high
eminence west of the city. It is Of it.
self 1O3 feet high to the balustrade
The figure of Hermann is heroic. Il
stands thirty feet high on top Of thu
monument. The figure is noble, the at
titude is striking. He stands with hi
shield on his left side, his cloak thrown
over it, and in his right hand grasps al
uphftrd sword. The expression of th.
Icountelance is noble, the whole figure il
drawn upon correct lines. The monu
ment as whole is artistic, it is graceful
yet strong and enduring. The entir,
work is credit to the designer, and al
ornament to the state. It will be visite,
and admired by increasing tho usands q
the years roll BY.
The view from the balustradc Of th
monument IS well worth going man,
miles to see. It presents to the specta
tor the beautiful valley Of the Minneso
tasriver in all Of It's graceful, serpentin
4 lwindings for miles. Almost the ertirl
j city Of New Ulm lies spread out befor
] the beholder like panorama of life -,
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