The Washington times., 1905-05-07
GERMANS WILL
HONOR SCHILLER
To Celebrate the Centenary
of Poets Death.
WILL PLAY THE ROBBERS"
Special Meeting on Tuesday Night in
Rifles Armory Hali-Lecture By
Kurt voelckner.

The memory of Johann ChristopA
Friedrich Schiller. the great German
poet. VIII be honored in Washington
| this week with appropriate eererno1,iss
Dy the various German organizations Of
the city.
The chief event of the week will ba
the public meeting at National Rtf,ez
/ Arnlory Hall. on Tuesday night. the oc-
casfon being in commemeratfon OF ths
/ Tooth anniversary OF Schillers death.
| The meeting is under the auspices Of
I the German Central Associat ton. and
| eaeFi number on the program will be
reminder Of Schiller and his writings
| This morning at 10 O'Clock scnilIer,s
play. The Robbers. Will be given an
open air production III the ..ronantic
valley Of the Soap Stone creek, on tfsa
line Of the Chevy Chase ear line and
| near Albemarle road. The play IS given
uEder the auspices of the Technical As
ISOLATION OF Washington. It viii be
preceded by a short program consisting
| of selections from ScIiller's works.
Saengerbund to Celebrate.
Tonight in It's hall the saengerbund
Schiller. This entertainment will be
| complimentary to the members OF the
| organization, and the public will not ba
admitted
There are IN Washington about 1o,eo0
| descendants OF the Fatherland. and al
though they are IN favor OF the re-
publican principles under which they
have elected to live, they still retain
their yeneratfon for German art and
letters.
To the German Friedrich Schiller
stands for much that is typical of tha
best German thought and literature.
Schiller was pre-eminentiy man OF
the people, whose heart beat in close
sympathy with those OF his fellow-men.
and the effect which he has exercised
on Germany and Germans, since his
work has been appreciated. can scarcely
be estimated. For these reasons the
commemoration OF his active and useful
life takes on all the dignity OF a na-
tEonal foIk-festiva1 wherever 1t is eele-
brated.
Interest IN the Event.
There is widespread interest in the
commemoratIon OF the Schiller centenary
in Washington. II Is expected that Nd
tioaaI Rifles Hall will be crowded ON
Tuesday night The feature OF the pro-
gram will be a lecture On SehilIeFs life.
his work. and his influence in The Ger
man nation and the world. The lecture
will be by Kurt Voelckner. of tie Con-
gressionai Library, who is president OF
the German Central Association, under
tbs auspices OF which the entertainment
is given. The lecture VIII sbe inter
spersed with Illustrations representing
the different periods of the life Of SchilI-
er and will consist OF readings, recita-
-
famous authors dramas. Vocal musis
viii be furnished by a chorus of fifty
voices selected from the united singers
of Washington.
The prologue and epiIogue viii be
given by Miss Eleonofe Schwartz. ana
other prominent Washington German
people will participate in the entertain-
ment
Will Play "The Robbers
The program which will precede the
play, THE Robbers" to be given in the
woods near Chevy Chase today, wiH
consist Of an address by G. ". Spier.
This will be followed by a literary pro-
gram. Miss Clara Ulke will recfte The
Maid of Orleans Miss Vera Spier The
Maiden Stranger" Miss Francisco
Bausch 1.-The Division of the Earth"
Spier The Glove" and Louis Bausch
ITO the Spring"
The cast for the play Is as follows:
piegelherg. Paul Bausch; Razman. H.
II. Bergman, Schwartz. L. H. Forster;
Schweizer. G. W. Spier; Roller, Julius
Ulke; Schusterle, Otto Heidmann; Karl
Moor. Paul Bausch; Pater. Hugo
kuerschner.
The roF,ber hand: Messrs Cxoenner
L.euze. Won Ezdorf, Jorss, Won Bayer.
Didden. Biehl, Jose. Droop and eraser
The program to be given this evening
by the Washington Saengerbund. at the
Saengerbund Hall, 314 c street rorth-
Chore. (a5 Der Barde.s SiIcher. CFa1
Reiterlied aus '1WaIlenstein's Lager.
Claassen, SaengerbUnd; prolog, F.
Ciaudy; Die Macht des GesangeS, Fri
NJ. Thole; Die Rauber." Akt 8. scene
daniel. Bedisnter, Franz Aiohr Herr
II. Rothschfld; Festrede dn Englisf) Herr
Simon Wolf; Der Graf Won EIabsburg,
Frau A Schonecker; hapuzinerpredigt
aus 'Wallensteins S Lager. Herr Z. A
Rockar. Das verSchleierte Bid zu Sais
Fri. S. Nussbaum; Die Gurgschaft. Prof
H. kurschner; Schiller ais Dichter der
VolksfreiheiT, Herr G. ". Spier; Das
Lied Won der Glocke. Fri Anita Sehade
und +. Ciaudy: tableau. SchiiIer's Muse.
Deutsehlend und Amerika huidigen(i,
uberFeicht dem Dichter den Kranz der
Frau Reyermann, Frl.
Thole und Fri. Isossau. An die Freude.
ZuhorerSchaft-
FEATS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
Photography has caught the fastest
express train in motion by means Of
the cinematostaph, and i also shows
the growth Of flower. 4 bud which