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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-03

2d-5O cents.
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1st-Jacob Schaffer
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Brandywine-
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Fall Butter
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2G-50 cents.
Yellow Egg
1st-Fred ROhn.
Golden Prune-
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Italian Prune-
1st-D. E. Mobley.
Silver Prune-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

Presented to the Northeastern SaengpThund to be
contested for annually at the SaengerfeSts
in response to an invitation from the
Maennerchor of that city. Two years
later two concerts were arranged by these
societies. one of which was given in Phila-
delphia in June and the other in Baltimore
in the fall. These were the initial con-
certs But in 1880 the saengerfest became
an established fact through the union OF
fifteen singing societies, which formed the
Northeastern Saengerbund. The last saen-
gerfest held in Baltimore was from June so
to July 1. 1883, and proved a great sue
cess both from a musical and a social
standpoint.
The golden jubilee of the Saengerbund
was celebrated in Brooklyn in July 1900,
on which occasion the German emperor pre-
sented the statuette of the ''Minnesaenger."
Committee of Arrangements.
The arrangements for the forthcoming
festival are In the hands of a special COM
mittee of the United Singers of Baltimore.
the local branch of the Saengerbund This
committee was incorporated at the last
session of the legislature of Maryland IN
der the title of Saengerfest Association
of Baltimore with powers amply sufficient
for the undertaking of festival on large
and comprehensive plan
The Saengerfest Association was organ
lied by Mr.. Leopold H Wieman. who at
a meeting of the United Singers on Friday
evening" July u, 1901. was unanimously
elected president. Mr.. Wieman was given
full authority to select his own assistants
subject to the ratification of the United
Singers. For the purpose of conducting the
business of the association in systematic
manner the work was divided into the
following ten departments or bureaus ca h
of which is intrusted with its own particu-
lar duties:
Transportation. Herman Badenhoop, sec
rotary of the Maryland bureau of immigra-
ton; finance, Fred II. Gottlieb; arts and
designs. Richard c. Sandlass entertain
ment. Karl A. NJ. Scholtz: invitations. Rep
resentauVe Frank c. Wachter from the
fourth Maryland district; decorations, Peter
]. Campbell; publicity, Col John T. Morris,
member of board of police commissioners;
agitation. Mr. Fred Scheidt; music Prof
Stephen Schumacher: hotel accomoda tons,
Max E. Walther.
1t is expected that during the week of
the festival there will be from 1900 to
100000 visitors in Baltimore NO one need
be deferred from coming for fear that
owing to the crowd he will be unable to
secure accommodations Ample provision
will be made to accommodate in the most
comfortable and convenient manner every
visitor. this work having been intrusted
to special committee styled the bureau
of hotel accommodations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

the inspecto1pgeneral Of rife practice win.
by selection. reduce the number OF candi-
dates to q. total of sixteen, including the
members OF the brigade rife team of 1902.
who shall continue practice on such sched-
ule as may be prescribed, and from whom
shall finally be selected a brigade team OF
twelve principals and two aiternates. to
represent the brigade in any competition
that may be entered into during the sea-
son. The members of the brigade team
will not necessarily be under any personal
expense. provision having been made for
TRANSFORMATION and subsistence while alb
sent from the city.
Team practice will be conducted on Tues
days and Fridays, commencing promptly at
2:3O o'clock p.m.
The inspector general Of rifle practice
may at any time relieve any man from
duty as candidate or as a member of the
team without assigning any reason there
for. and. If he deems 1t desirable, select
men to fill vacancies.
Competitors will be required to wear uni
form while engaged in the preliminary
competition. The wearing of uniform while
at voluntary practice is not essential.
The range will be open every Monday.
Wednesday and Friday, and on such other
days as the inspector general of rifle prac-
tice may designate, during the months of
June, July and August, from 2:15 O'Clock
pm. to $50 o'clock pm. Voluntary prac-
tice may be had on these days when it will
not interfere with team practice.
An inspector of rifle practice will be in at
tendance, and request will certify
scores. to be credited as part of the re-
Quired practice.
Trains for the range leave the Pennsyi-
vania railroad station at 1 % o'clock pm.
and at 2:01 o'clock pm, stopping at the
range. and 4:30 o'clock pm. stopping at
Magruder station. Trains for the city stop
at the range at Asa pm. and at Magruder
station at 7:23 O'Clock pm. on signal.
The range may be reached by the New
York avenue and H street cars. which con-
meet with the cars leaving 14th and II
streets northeast every few minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

Musical Conductor Saengerfest Association
stands the figure. Above the bust of the
kaiser is the imperial crown of the German
empire. The kaiser is represented be-
ing attired 10 the uniform of the Uhlans,
the crack cavalry regiment OF Germany.
The bust is framed with and surrounded by
laurel leaves.
Under the bust there is another inscrip-
ton. which reads:
Wilhelm ii. GERMAN emperor CDeutscher
kaiser). Prize of honor of his jesty the
German emperor and king of Prussia, VIII
helm IL"
The contest for possession was very keen
| among the acknowledged leading singing
societies of the east. The judges of the
singing decided finally that the Arion So
ciety of Brooklyn and the Junger Maen
nerchor of Philadelphia had sung equally
well. The statuette was thereupon given
into the custody of each society for eight
cen months.
The directors of the Northeastern Saen-
gerbund then decided to place it in the
keeping of the Baltimore singers, as the
next fest was to be held there
Bronze Busts Of Mendelssohn and
Handel.
Although the contest for possession of the
kaiser prize will naturally be of absorbing
| interest. it will by no means overshadow
| the contests for the other prizes Great in
| terest will, as heretofore, center around the
busts of Mendelssohn and Handel The
former will be offered as trophy to cities
and districts with 23J or more singers and
the latter to cities and districts with fewer
than go singers. In the latter the United
Singers of Washington. consisting of the
Arion Ger1nania Maennerchor and Saen-
gerbund singing societies. will contest for
the prize. Besides the Kaiser prize and the
two city prizes. there will also be prizes for
each of the three classes into which the
cieties affiliated with the Northeastern
Sangerbund have been divided
The words for the kaiser prize song were
written by Rev. A. W. Hildebrandt of Con-
stableviiIe. N Y, whose poem, 'Das
Deutsche Volkslied." was chosen over those
of 100 competitors. He was awarded n
prize of so. Mr.. Louis Victor Saar of New
York city wrote the music for the song. his
composition being declared the most suit
able of the 39S submitted from all parts of
the world. A prize of $3.50 was awarded
him.
Other Prizes.
In order to stimulate interest among local
singers. a well-known piano firm has Offer
ed a concert grand plano to be competed
for by the Baltimore societies. and a firm
of art dealers has donated a beautiful Oil
painting of the Kaiser Wilhelm for the
same purpose. The contest for these prizes
will take place on Tuesday evening. June
8. at the Germania Maennerchor Hall. Be-
sides these prizes the Saengerfest Associa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
BRoTHERLY FEELING MANIFEST.
Southern Sentiment Touched by Chiv-
airy Of Federal Veterans.
ndenee of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
NORFOLK, Va, June 5, 1903.
There is much better feeling among
northern and southern sympathizers in this
section than has existed since the close of
the civil war.
For long time there was probably no
section south of the Mason and Dixon line
where stronger prejudices existed than in
southeastern Virginia This is fast dying
out. however, and the generous acts of ex-
confederates and federals, one to the
other, are almost solely responsible for
this good feeling
Rear Admiral Harrington, commandant
of the Norfolk navy yard, has made hosts
of friends by his charitable recognition of
honored southern institutions, such as
confederate Memorial day celebrations
etc. The admiral and his family were pres
ent at the memorial day exercises a. Ports
mouth and assisted in the decoration of
the confederate graves in the cemetery.
The admiral also attended the exercises in
Norfolk last night, when Mrs. Stuart
widow of Confederate General ]. E. B.
Stuart. presented crosses of honor to con-
federate veterans
He also ordered the naval post band to
attend and play for the old confederate
veterans many of the old-time confederate
airs. Storms of applause from the large
and fashionable audience in attendance
showed their appreciation.
Another mark of good feeling among
northerners and southerners herea bout
was the placing of flowers at the foot of
the confederate monument in Portsmouth
by those in the G.. A. r. parade on federal
Memorial day May So Stonewall Camp,
Confederate Veterans of Portsmouth, took
cognizance of this. and at their monthly
meeting this week adopted resolutions eX-
pressing their sincere thanks for the cour-
tesy and their gratitude that all are now
brothers with but one country and one
flag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
The Widows Cow.

From the Kansas City CMo) Journal.
AT the meeting of bankers in Clay Gen.
ter, Kan, last week F. P. Blake, respond
ing to the toast Securities" told of a
pretty young widow who got into financial
straits and borrowed from his bank 500 on
the security of fine Jersey COW. 1t nearly
broke her heart, she said, to pledge the an
imal. which was almost as dear to her as
her children. Then came a long period in
which she renewed the note. time after
time. sometimes paying interest and some
times not, ard always distressing the bank
officers with her sorrowfuI talk zone
day." proceeds the story, 'she showed up
I'm a more sorrowful frame of mind than
usual, and, with more tears and wetter
tears than usual. announced that she had
given up the struggle. The COW was dead
and she was wearing her life out under the
weight of a debt unsecured and which she
saw no prospect of ever being able to paw
She wanted it discharged
THE cashier took to the woods telling
me that 1t was no use for the bank to mon
key longer with that paper; to treat the
woman as nicely as l could, making her
burden as light as possible dry up the
fountain of tears. then go over to the reg
lister of deeds office with her and have the
mortgage released. All of which 1 did in
my smoothest and most gentlemanly way.
Just as We were coming out of the court
house curiosity got the better of me. and
more as space filler than anything else I
said:
Madam. now that this is all settled
when did your COW die and how did 1t han
penn
She had wiped her tears away by this
time and was radiant and smiling a poem
In contradictions. Turning to me she said.
My dear boy. you tell that sweet cash
Ter of yours that the butcher killed the COW
two years ago."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
Her Old Beaux.
from the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Il love my old beaux," says the woman
who is bound to be cheerful. "They com
fort me and make me forget unpleasant
ness. An old beau is very nice If he's at all
presentable. My husband says hateful
things to the effect that I'm ruinously ex-
travagant always wanting things, and he
intimates that only an angel of his own
magnitude could manage to get along with
me at all. Not SO my old beaux. They say
he's the luckiest of men, and intimate that
they would have been better men had Provi-
dence been thus kind to them. Even the
married ones aren't so bad. When their
wives sue for divorce or their babies get
the measles they look volumes. which seem
to say that all would have been different
had not an undeserving one borne Off the
prize These unsolicited testimonials are as
stimulating to me old wine. 1t isn't the
slightest use to repeat them to my husband,
however He simply reminds me that wo-
men are SO easy that they're tiresome. and
that those 'nincompoops' don't have to pay
the bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

ton has offered silver cup to the local
singing society showing the best average
attendance at the rehearsals prior to the
saengerfest.
The new Fifth Armory, where the Saen-
.Gerfest VIII be held, is one Of the largest
buildings in the United States. The ek-
terror of the building is suggestive of its
in which the concerts will be held. is over
2b0 feet wide by 3g0 feet long, with floor
space of Coco square feet and seating ca
pacity for 5000 persons. Provision has
been made in the plans for gallery to
seat 1000 more. but this is left for future
consideration. The arch of the roof rises
Ia the center to a height of So feet above
the floor of the drill hall.
The stage now being erected in the arm
DRY for the festival viii cost about 5000.
1t is to be 107 feet deep, 175 feet wide and
have an elevation of 81 feet 3 inches The
singers will be grouped on the stage ac-
cOrdiEg to their voices. and as each singer
will wear ribbon distinctive of his voice.
little difficulty will be experienced in group
ing them.
History of the Saengerfest.
Though distinctly German institution.
the saengerfest, or festival of song. ought
to be of interest to every lover of good
vocal music regardless of the nationality
to which he or she may belong. In the rem
dition of the plaintive folksongs of the
fatherland as we'll as the compositions OF
the great masters, the German mass Choir
uses are unexcelled by any other class Oh
singers.
The first attempt to hold a saengerfest in
the east was made in May 1914, when the
Baltimore Liederkranz visited Philadelphia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

cieties of the second class and of the city
and county organizations for the busts of
Handel and Mendelssohn.
p. m.-Second grand concert-All Socie-
ties participating.
Wednesday. June L. 10 a. m.-Kaiser
prize contest.
a. m.-Parade.
. p. m.-Grand Volksfest at River View
Park; awarding OF prizes at night.
Thursday. June lS-Excursion down the
bay to Annapolis and Naval Academy; also
TO Gettysburg battlefield by train.
The programs for the concerts are elab-
crate and made up of compositions of the
greatest composers. Many distinguished
solosts have been engaged
Civic Parade.
The big parade. which is to be feature
Of the festival. will take place Wednes-
lay morning. June II. Sir Nicholas Tegges
will be the marshal. and IL is expected that
there Will be COCO in line made up of the
'ollowing local societies. in addition to the
'esullrs from Fort McHenry and the jack
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

81 hear you're trying to invent new
style Of cornet-
Eyes: I'm at work on one with reflex
action"
whats the fdeaf"
.sIf can get 1t working right II win blow
the head on anybody who tries to use IT,
Philadelphia Press.
Don't think that every sad-eyed woman
you meet has loved and lost. She mag
have loved and got him.--The Tyre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06

They came to place where the worlnen
were repairing the sewer, and he smiled
the air, by George! he exclaimed, ''this
makes me think of my gasoline auto
mobile Chicago Evening Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
A Panacea.

Pm feeling deucedly respondent, .ld
chap"
Come and see our nine play ball-they'll
make You forget all the rest of your trou-
bles."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
IS from the war vessels which win be in

les from the war vessels which will be in
port at the time:
Frohsinn Singing Society. "a men. in
charge of H. Mergehen.
Officers of the United Singers of Balti-
more. in charge of Mr. Henry Gieseking
Edelweiss Singing Society 20 men. j. g.
Alder.
Arbeiter Maennerchor. 30 men. Boniface
Germania Maennerchor. so men. three
hacks for the officers and a band, Louis
Aull.
Mozart Maennerchor. 30 men. Albert A
Mcgee.
Thalia Maennerchor. 20 men, Michael
Schaeffer.
Harmonic Singing Society Ernest Knoche.
Metzger Singing Society. 30 men. H.
Bloetcher.
Melodie Singing Society. 30 men, H. Hane-
valid.
Arion Singing Society, 10 men, Joseph
Didusch
Germania Quartet Club, 20 men. Geo.
Zimmerman.
Gustav Adolph verein. 20 men. B. Forst.
German Beneficial Association. go men,
Julius Hoffman,.
Butchers Union No 90. 200 men and a
band. H. Goldschmidt.
Butchers Union No. 1. 100 mounted men,
Roselet Pleasure Social. three carriages.
William Dotterer
Steuben Lodge. No so, knights or
Pythias, 100 men and band Geo. Rauch
Hessen Darmstaeder Association, eight
carriages. B. Schneider.
Turn Section of the Labor Lyceum, ~
men. Martin Ludwig.
Baltimore Bavarian Society, with band
J. Lample.
Wittelsbach Section. 200 men. with band,
A. GoetZ.
Bavarian Maennerchor 20 men. August
Arkermann
Beer Drivers Union. so men, J. G. Rup-
pei
Deutscher Kriegerbund, 80 men, H. Kun
mer.
Onkel Braesig Verein, 80 mounted men,
H. G.. Won Heine.
Canton Conclave Improved Order Hep
tasophs, 80 men. G. Martin.
Butcher Band, No. 90 40 men, George
Himmelch
Employees of Steiff Piano Works. $50 men,
float and band. George A. Boehm.
Herman Lodge. No. .. o. S. D. F., 40
men. Laurence Bonnke.
Freundschafts Bund. 30 men, Otto Brug
geman.
German Beneficial Union. 40 men. b.
Mank.
Junior Pyramid Club. 40 men, j. l.. Rel
betanZ.
Turnvereins Vorwaerts, Germania and
Locust Point leo men and a float c. F..
E. Schult
The procession will pass through the
principal streets of the city and disband at
Broadway and Eastern avenue, where the
singers will take cars for River View Park
which as its name implies is a river resort
There the singers will enjoy an allday out
ing. In the evening the winners of the
prizes, including the kaiser prize. will be
announced. On the following day there
will be excursions to Gettysburg over the
Western Maryland railroad and to Toll
chester and Annapolis on the steamer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
The Kaiser Prize.

OF perhaps the greatest interest in con-
nection with the forthcoming Saengerfest
is the contest for possession of the kaiser
prize. This prize, which will be contested
for tri-ennially by the German singing
cieteS composing the Northeastern Saen-
Serbund, is a magnificent production Of
the SiiverSmiths art. 1t is a solid silver
statuette of a German minnesaenger, or
German minstrel of the middle ages. The
total height of the statuette is two feet
seven inches, while the width of the base
proper is twelve and three-quarter inches.
The figure of the minnesaenger has rep
resentation of the German oak a sup
port. In his left hand the minstrel holds
the ancient harp which was always carried
by those lovers of song. The right is eX-
tended and the palm is opened in the man
ner of one making a gesture.
Encircling the singers figure is a broad
sash. decorated alternately with American
and Prussian eagles. From a swordbelt
around the waist is suspended a short
sword The figure of the singer stands on
a solid base of silver. on the front of which
is the following inscription:
Nineteenth National SaengerfeSt and
Golden Jubilee of the Northeastern Saen-
gerbund, Brooklyn, n. Y, 1900
Palm leaves, which bend inward from
four large eagles on either side of the bust
of the donor. Kaiser Wilhelm. are fastened
artisticaly to the silver base wherein
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
Man.
From the New York Herald.

FROM tue new York f1efntd.
Man Is naught hut lump Of clay.
Gifted with fopes and fears
And woman can mold him any old way
When she softens him with her tears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is a list Of advertised letters re-
naming In the Washington ID. c. Post-office Sat
urday. June g. 1903.
To obtain any OF these letters the applicant
should call for Advertised Letters"
II not called for within two ~ weeks they will
lie sent to the Dead Letter Office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-18
fashionable
Leather BeLts

WYE HAVE grown tired OF the
Wv shiny patent leather belts.
Leather belts Of suede or doe
skin are favored now. especially in
deep cream color. They are soft and
pliabie, being fashioned in a somewhat
broad effect, bordering on the crush
style, and are made to fit snugiy II is
well to remember that the first. creases
of kid are likely 10 be permanent. and
that therefore care should be taken in
the first wearing to see that a proper
adjustment is attained.
Buckles of all kinds are permissible.
but those Of harness style are given
the preference They are made OF gold.
silver or gun metal. and choice is
given 10 whichever will harmonic with
the color Of the selected leather of the
belt.
These belts are easily fashioned at
home by taking a piece Of leather the
length of ones waist. cutting il about
au eighth of a yard wide and allowing
one end TO taper to a point a self
toned binding ribbon is nearly placed
over the edges and held by machine
stitching. The broader end of the belt
Is laid in deep plaits to fit the buckle.
through which it is drawn and securely
fastened ANY frst-class harness shop
Will rivet the eyelets in place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-18
japanese Women.

THE lot Of the average American
female mill hand is a rosy and
aristocratic existence compared
with the usual treatment Of her Japan
csc sister laborer.
Guileless country girls are the chief
victims oily-tongued agents travel
through the rural districts, SAYS an
English newspaper correspondent. and
by lavish promises and vivid descrip-
tons OF the joys Of employment in the
large cities, the unsuspecting inno-
cents are tricked into binding them
selves for long periods OF labor. some
times for a lifetime
The labor is hard. and their whole
time is at the disposal of their en-
ployers or rather. masters. Their wages
would average in our money about s
cents a day.
A state prisoner. or a slave Is no
more isolated from the outer world
than one of these poor dupes. They
are absolutely in the power OF their
employer and woe 70 them that get
into the power Of 2 hard master
osaka Is the central manufacturing
city Of the japanese empire, and II was
the outrageous treatment of women
laborers here that attracted European
attention. The absurdly low prices at
which certain products were being put
on the markct-priccs that absolutely
prohibited cOmpetition-led TO an In
vestigation OF the manner OF their
manufacture. This led TO an exposure
of the pitiful conditions of the women
workers.
The trade unions have now taken the
matter In hand and have enlisted the
interest OF the government
Female labor has heretofore been
used only in the most arduous and de-
grading work. There was no field for
women in any branches calling for skill
or scientific training. but the old ma
tive preiudices are slowly giving way
TO modern ideas. and the wealthiest
firm of weavers in the country has re-
Gently taken on girls