The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01
REVELRY AND TABLEAUX
WITH THIS THE GERMAN SOCIETIES
WELCOMED THE NEW YEAR.
Merry Scenes at the German House
and at BIaennerchOr Hall
at the EIks'.

With revelry and music, dancing and
hilarious good feeling the German societies
of the city celebrated the changing of the
years last night. When clocks struck u
and the roar of bells and whistles, mingled
with the crack of pistol shots, went up to
the sky the societies of the German House
and the Maennerchor made merry in their
nails and it was the hour of the gray light
before the men and women left for their
homes, happily smiling in the face of 1899.
The main auditorium of the German
House and the ante-rooms were filed with
people and the dancing began at an early
hour and continued internationally until a
few minutes before u o'clock. 1t was the
scene of heightened gayety that all the
functions at the German House are. At
two minutes of y the attention of all was
drawn to the stage and the curtain rose on
an elaborate tableau.
Father Time (Mr. Prinzler) sat enthroned,
scythe in hand and beard flowing as maies-
tically as ever. Below him at his right
hand posed the figures representing the war
and victory of 1898. Columbia Miss Mamie
SchuImeyer) surveyed the scene Soldiers
and sailors stood about a cannon, the flag
was conspicuous, and the whole was a
beautiful representation of the prowess of
American arms.
A great gong doomed the twelve strokes
and the Angel of Peace Miss Berger
mounted the steps leading to Father Times
throne, and, with outstretched arm, pointed
to the tableau on the right of the stage.
Here was depicted the prosperity and glory
of 1899. Commerce and manufactures
enriched the land. The hand of
plenty poured wealth into the lap
Oh the Nation and all was strength
ana happiness. The Genius of the Ger
man House Miss Geite), in the costume
OF the German woman of the fifteenth cen
fury, stood at the side of Apollo (AIr. Frank
Maus), representing the music society and A
stalWart young Turner (Afr III. Grumann)
representing the gymnastic society The
German club was represented by four char
aclerS. At either side of the stage four
pages with the numbers 1893 and 1899 on their
breasts indeXed the whole. In all there
were seventy people on the stage, and they
We're grouped so artistically and cOstumed so
handsomely and the whole tableau was so
imposing that the curtain went down amid
enthusiastic applause. Part of it was given
Tor Mr.. Richard Lieber, whose work the
tableau was. The dancing and merriment
again came on, and held sway until a late
hour
A similar scene was that at the Maenner-
Choir. There were the vivacious picture of
the dancers in the hall and the laughing
crowds around the refreshment tables. The
dancing had begun at 3 o'clock with grand
march led by Mr.. Fred Krauss and his
mother, with two hundred members Of the
society following them. The orchestra and
the male chorus alternated in furnishing
music. At a few minutes before midnight
the dacing ceased, and curtain at the rear
of the stage rolled UP. revealing w. Freid-
erich's picture 1.-THE Feast of Victory" ap-
propriate to the poem of the same title by
Schiller. The tableau was of the return Of
the victorious Greek from the fall of Priam' s
castle walls and the destruction of Troy.
The ships were ready to leave the Hell
lespontic strand, richly laden with spoils,
and the triumphant Greeks were exultant
with Joy at the prospect of the homeward
journey. accompanied by the captive Trojan
women mournfully deploring their fate.
The picture was welcomed with hearty ap-
prevail No more than at the German House
was the tableau the end of the nights enter
tainment, and neither of the societies out
celebrated the other either in enthusiasm or
length of time