New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-08

worid-Kant Goethe and Schiller the three men to
modern empire owes its being
Kant the reasoner. Goethe the sage, Schiller the
philosopher, conplemented and supplemented one
another in the development of the manifesto
the Teutonic love Of liberty and Of freedom of
thought and of action. But Of these three Schiller
whose life work has meant most not only to the
people Of Germany, but to the people Of the whole
The day may come, when Schiller the dramatist
be forgotten; but Schiller the philosopher, the
apostle Of beauty and Of truth, will live forever.
nearly and dearly to the every day life Of the
whole people To him beauty and truth were syn.
not 6eapfHl and dd not teach the truth ts Her
mere pastme Of the Idle For him art was the
development of the soul. not only for the favored
and privileged few, but for all mankind. IT,,
in narrow and restricted Germany. bureau
cratic country without free thought or free speech
The Germany in which the lesson that Schiller hitler
power encouraging through its people the love OF
and Of truth through the true vehicle or Deauty-
You his au compatriots Of the German speaking
branch of the Teutonio race, have brought TO US
schillers great biogTapher has said of him: THE
poet who does not feel no6ly ana Justly as wen as
passionately will never permanently succeed IN
creed. the dictate Of his conscience. He was an
calling made hero Of him. At all times he
ticularIy in is meanest shape-a love of money
It Is this lesson which is Of such vital Importance
to to-day. in this age OF commercialism and in
dusrialism. which tends in all too many instances
to the worship of the golden calf.
AS long as Schiller is remembered beauty and
truth must be living realities. No people and no
nation that honor the memory or schiller ana
continue to reverence it fail to work out their
ultimate destiny honoraby and honestly. AS long
we continue strive earnestly and manfully
for the truth the national future is securea future
of honor and righteousness. lofty national ideals
OF moral beauty and of truth. These are the king
dom of righteousness nations seek TO WIN
The programme as follows:
Grafton in German rhyme George Won sks
Mass chorus solo and orchestra
Bass solo The Division OF the Earth Emil Fischer
By the schiilerbund. conducted by NIr. MgehieTf.
By the society. conducted by Joseph werschinzert
THE Morning Song. by the Schwabischer Sangerbund
Conducted by H G. Tfalz
bert Mannerchor.
Tho Words Tell YOU kreutzer Quartet Club.
>-,..,, - Conducted by Emil ReyI
a9The Youth at the Brq9k,, q Night and Dreams
oratorio The Lay Of the Bell 500 voices and or
solosts-Nme. Cornns Kelley, soprano; William
Rieger. tenor Miss Paula WOehng. alto; John Bolze
barytone; Emil Fischer. bass
Representative OF the German Austrian and
Swiss consulates were the platform. The organi-
cations taking part were the Kreutzer Quartet Club
the Franz Abt Scheuler. the Max Schubert the
Rheintfalzer. the New-York the Beethoven, the
AIemanla COrVialia the YOrkViIle and The Bronx
mannerchors. the Gesand Nerein Schillerbund, the
monta, the Heinebund, the Oescerreich and tho
Uhlanbund Gesand vereins. the New-York Sanger
bund the Bremen Gesane Verein the Arion Ieder-
ca1el and the Riverside Quartet club.