The evening times., 1898-08-15

Annapolis. Aug 15.-German songs and
true German outing pleasures reigned
supreme in the groves Of Bay Ridge.
near this ancient capital. yesterday.
where the United Singers of Baltimore
and visiting societies from Philadelphia
and Washington joined In the morst sue
cecsful saengerfest ever held In Mary
land, under the auspices Of local organi-
zations.
One hundred and fifty cars Of the Bal
timore, Annapolis and Washington
Railroad and Annapolis Short Line haul
ed the great throng 10 the resort. A con-
servative estimate placed the number of
visitors at 1000. Every car was crowd
ed, and any one was glad to get even
standing room. going or coming. Not
withstanding the great crowd that had
to be handled. everything went we'll Not
a single unpleasant or disorderly Incl
dent occurred during the day. 1t was a
great day for the German-Americans in
every respect, and the unanimous YER
dict was that the United Singers had
covered themselves with glory in the
first great outing given under their
auspices.
The day. which broke with great black
clouds on the horizon. cleared up in the
afternoon and the threatened rain did not
fall. 1t was an ideal day at Bay Ridge
A stiff breeze stirred the trees and made
the waves roll. but did not blow hard
enough to make 1t chilly or unpleasant.
In the groves the various singing socie-
tod rh..sr
marked by distinctive scrolls and BAN
nerets. Each society had its own re-
freshment booth. Besides these refresh.
ment booths of the societies, there were
many others, and all did a thriving bus
mess.
The first train left Baltimore for Bay
Ridge at I:i5 a. m. 1t consisted of fif-
teen cars and was well filled. Fifty-eight
car.oads of people We're hauled from
washington, twenty from Philadelphia
and sixty-nine from Baltimore Soon af-
ter the noon hour the singing by the So
cieties began. By way of Introduction
Prof. l. Winters orchestra played n Sc
lection which wound up with THE Watch
on the Rhine President Franz Faltl.
Of the United Singing Societies of BaIti-
more, brown and surburned after a So
journ at Atlantic City. rose and delivered
an address of welcome to the societies
cent showing they made at their first
united celebration, and said that the sue
cess attending the Saengerfest spoke a
great future for the United Singers Of
Baltimore.
With this introduction the singing So
cities began their program opening with
a grand chorus. The societies that sang,
with their directors. were: Germania
Maennerchor. Eduard Bockner; Arion. J.
c. Frank: Arbeiter Maennerchor. Mr..
Szemelenyi: Lederranz, D. Mslamet:
Frohsinn. H. Krueppel.
After this part OF the program F.. H
Weber sang a tenor solo. and Becker's
grand chorus. "Das Kirchlein.'' WAS di-
rected by ]. C. Frank. Then followed
Der Sanger durch den Wald'' and the
chorus, "Das Deutsche Lied by Kalli-
woda. Mr.. Ernst C. Stahl. of Trenton. N.
j. delivered an grafton. and cloruses
were sung by the Thala Maennerchor.
Director H Krueppel: Lord Baltimore
Maennnerchor. Director Reich; Arbe.ter
Liedertafel. Director A. Weber: Sanger
runde, Director A Schneider; Metzger
Gesangverein. Director Caroius: Mozart
Maennerchor Director George Poehl-
mann, and Eickenkranz. Director A.
Schneider.
The fine work of each of the societies
and the satisfaction they gave to their
various adherents in the rendition OF
their songs caused a friendly rivalry. hut
the best of good fellowship prevailed At
night the scene was inspiring and beau
tfful The trees were aglow with many
colored lights from Chinese lanterns, and
the decorations of the booths. completed
under the direction of Mr.. George Geiwitz.
showed up TO advantage. The display OF
flags and bunting was profuse, the Stars
and Stripes and the German flag being
festooned over the quarters of each So
ciety.
The out-of-town societies represented
were: Saengerbund. Ar!on. and Germania
Maennerchor of Washington: Concordia.
Of Trenton, and Concordia, of Philadei-
phia. The address of the orator Of the
day. Mr. Stahl. was fine effort. and
created much enthusiasm. He spoke of
Germany as the birthplace of music and
said that song would forever be dear to
the German heart.