Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-12-03

mt SchccsseI, In Prusstn-Coxtumcs
and state Coarhcs
Royalty in Europe is not confined 10
few crowned heads 1t is also TO he
seen in The hunblcSt of subjects. In
Tie coarse clad. coarse fed. ignorant.
'lowntroddcn peasant there smolders
u spark Of the imperial fire which NJ
lines bursts forth into flame. Yet
.hcsc uphcavals Of his nature are not
evolutionary. lie does not then take
~ arms against ihc government His
inSurrcction is entirely peaceful. llc
simply uoaS - suit of fine clothes and
struts about like some peacock Just
let ont of Il COOP. And so throughout
Europe there have been peasant rcsti.
walls from time inmcmor.al when for
ono day in she year the laborcr be.
iicvcS himself - King.
An illustration OF This regal side OF
Tie European peasant, ana one that
has become especially magnificent. il
The Irac htcnfc>t of The Plattdcutsch
or Low Germans. Each wear il is held
~ Sclc"sscl. Prussia. and there the
natives ci tho country round congrc
gate as If it We're the court of some
rOtcniatc. They come dressed in the
gala apparel which is peculiar 10 Their
OWN communities. aud some of them
are attircd in even greater splcndo1
than may he seen at The palaces Of
certain Ill tho wear monarchS. Nearly
all The costumes are family hcirlooms,
which have been handed down from
parcn; to Child. ana FOR ;lc reason that
they are enriched each wear by Il little
more velvet OF gold lace they repre-.
sent The wealth OF long generations.
Some arc worth more than The houses
in which their owners ike.
Just as their hats and coats have
descended from ancestral sources. Sc
The songs and dances and all the Other
features of thla peasant pageant hail
| from times remote. SchccSscl is half
way between Hamburg and Ercmcu,
ana the American traveller who lands
Ht either port can thus pass from mod
crn To mciacval times hy only an
! hours railroad ride. Should he arrive
early on tn" morning or the rrtc day
| Ia" would first see the triumplual pro
| ccSsion 81 the sound Of Il trumpet
/ these one day Kings" with their
queens" ana ''pr.ncc~Scs." parade the
main street in :; Ion" procession. each
community characterized 10y differ
emf costume ana "aCl, believing that its
own - Ill" most beautiful.
Thor" il little attempt to adorn tho
carriages of state" for their occu-
pants feel that nothing else should dc
tract from their own persona! glory.
llcy believe that their costumes ar"
'hc cli"l attraction, ami 50 II matter"
not thai ih"N roe IN vumhrorS farm
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