Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10
Lead In All Lines.

The far-reaching and adventurous foot
steps of the German people have touched
every shore, traversed every plain, climbed
every mountain, crossed every river and
navigated every sea. They inhabited every
cline and every country. The trophies of
the German people exist in every depart
ment of human thought and action. That
great Er---shman Buckle says in his His
tory of Civlization'' that since the middle
OF the eighteenth century the German peo-
PIE nave produced greater number of
profound thinkers than all other countries
of the world put tose Their; that the Htera-
ture of Germany is the first in Europe; that
since the reign of Frederick the Great Ber-
I'm has been the headquarters of the world
for philosophy and science; that Germa n
philosophers possess learning and a reach
OF thought which places them at the head of
the civilized world. and that Germany every
year brings forth new PHILOSOPHERS, new dis
covcri@s, new means by which the bounda-
rlts OF knowledge are enlarged.
The Germans have custom that we
Americans would do well to imtate-they
take their wives and children along to share
all their pleasures. This making of woman
characterized the Germans from their earli-
est history. Even when all Europe was
stepped in polygamy the German tribes for
bade a man to have more than one wife
While elsewhere woman was regarded as
the slave OF man, the custom of the Ger
man tribes required a husband the day of
ms marriage TO settle a portion of his
was called the "Morgengab."
The early Germans took their wives on
all their military expeditions Women ac-
companied their husbands to battle rallied
their broken forces and took part in every
hight She pressed the cool cup of water
TO the lips of the dying and she closed the
staring eyes of the deserted dead Man was
always the brain and woman the heart of
the German people"
Singing Of Va i'm
singing societies and the united singing by
audience and chorus of The Star Spangled
Banner closed the first part of the pro-
gram.
Some Athletic Stunts.
Part two included exhibition on the
hIppodrome stage by the champion team
of the Columbia Turn Verein. Their per-
fOrmance included drill with dumb bells,
fencing exhibition and exhibition on
the cross handle bar. A balloon ascension,
WI a 81 prize offered by c. Gundlach for
the finder of the hot-air bag was to be the
concluding feature of the entertainment,
but on account of the Indictment weather il
was found to be impossible to initiate the
bag.
Throughout the evening the Germans lit
orally owned the picnic grove at the park
and typical German fare-sauerkraut
frankfurters and beer-were dispensed with
a free hand. A committee from the Of
iicers of various branches of the societies
took Mr. Mackey in tow Immediately after
the conclusion of the athletic entertain
ment. They led him to the clubhouse in
the picnic grove and there presented to
him magnificent stein. Scarcely was the
presentation speech concluded when one
of the members took possession of the
stein and moment later returned with
the receptacle trimming with beer, and
it was passed from mouth to mouth amid
the jolliest exchange of wellwishes.
Happy Time at Track.