The Washington herald., 1908-02-11

Prince Carnival reigned supreme at the
annual Reichstag of Saengerbund Narren
n the presence Of a large and selected
concourse Of fools at the Saengerbund
Hall last night.
1t being the day on which the king OF
fools held fun sway over man. woman.
and child. and everybody admitted that
everybody else is more or less of a fool,
the occasion was keenly enjoyed by those
'ttending inasmuch as the searching
shafts of caustic wit darted here and
there and everywhere, touching the deeds
of prominent public men and the fads
and foibles of society Of the day
Congress came i'm for it's roast and
SO did public officials. The prohibition
question was grilled and griddled TO a
dark, crisp brown, and the presence OF
Carrie Nation" representatives Of the
"Anti-Saloon League" and the Wv {.
T. T." only added ginger to the fool
judgments as they fell from the lips OF
those called upon by Frank Claudy. pre-
siding Judge of the Kleine Rath or
fools court.
The Fool Tribunal.
'Haupmarr' Claudy was assisted by
the following associates OF the fool tri-
bunal. AdoIph Levy Albert Lepper II.
ScheueTmann. Friedrich Carl. Herbert
Levy J.. Zwissler. p Brandstedt, W Han
1emann, 4. Joerss, and court testers and
bailiffs. Henry Nolda and George Storm.
The auditorium Of the clubhouse was
decorated I'm the colors of Prince Carni-
al. his standard Of red. green. yellow
and white occupying a prominent place
over the bench. huge fools cap. the
emblem of the evening, and worn by
every one in the assembly, was suspended
from the ceiling of the hall. and an inn
mense beer tank, placed beside the judges
bench In front of the stage, served as the
place OF vantage from which the speakers
of the evening delivered their philippics.
The tank being about fifteen feet high. the
victims who had been selected by the pre-
siding fool We're jostled inside and hosted
60 the top until their head and shoulders
'ecane visible 10 the audience. Then they
were ordered to begin their say.
The opening of the session found the
hall i'm utter darkness. with the exception
Of few IallOw lights dimly Illuminating
the stage, and the judges. who occupied
seats on the bench all I'm row. clad i'm
flowing uightrobes, and all snoring Their
dreams We're to be seen and heard, and
were about the effects of prohibition in
the District Of Columbia The nightmare
anne TO an abrupt end with the awaken
ing Of the judge and his associates, and
universal song Of thanks that lit was
only dream after all
The Poet Laureate.
Frank CIaudy. poet laureate of the
bund, and judge of the Narrensiztung
for the last twenty-six years, read his
proclamation for the evening. and cited
the poetical minds Of Schiller. Helne.
Wagner, Scheffel, Goethe, and others I'm
MS welcome to Prince Carnival Appro-
PIRATE and inappropriate songs were sung
10y the audience between the declamations
and eXhortatons and exclamations of
the exalted fools" spouting their own
and the foolish prOCliyities Of others.
DonCh's Orchestra. which is the carnival
orchestra Of the Saengurbund par ex-
cellence, under the personal leadership
If that old and experienced fool" Donch
accompanied the songs of the audience.
The first culprit Narr haIed before
the court was Christian Ueurich. and
Judge Claudy told him in plain and un-
mistakable language that he did more in
the cause Of true temperance than all
other agitators combined. Mr. Heurich
IS a well-known brewer.
Fools caps were received from the
Arion, Of Uew York, and First Jester
Adolph Levy read the ACCOMMODATING
letter Of felicitatiOns The Arion, of
this city. through President Rockar.
also presented a cap TO the bund. and
IN his presentation speech. which was
entirely too short, he said he felt him
self at home in the presence OF 50
many fools. Mr. ROckar was the first
one 10 be pushed into the tank and
hoisted 70 the top. The consequence
was a dire punishment in the longest
philippe ever heard I'm the classic halls
OF the bund. And every word of il
was foolish.
Sends His Regrets.
Hon Simon Wolf sent his regrets.
and said in his letter. which was read
by A Levy. Have a good time while
You yet may; the time will come. and
possibly soon. when the long-haired
women OF both sexes VIII prohibit
your Innocent enjoyment. and. instead
thereof have benches Of mourners. We
are entering into a frenzied phase Of
American sO-called sterilized morality.
Man thinks more and believes less. The
remedy. in their Judgment. lies in fet-
tering instead of freeing the mind
The less restriction of natural rights.
the greater the obedience to moral and
legal obligations
IN short, prohibition never prohibits
the right of the many for the benefit of
the privileged few; and instead of the
greatest publicity safeguarded by law
We will have nightmare of cant and
hypocrisy. The enemies Of free thought
are active; we criticise, but do nothing
Strike from the shoulder, and make every
blow tell in favor of personal liberty. II
Presidential candidates show the white
feather when the word cocktail is men
toned, let us puncture the hide Of every
politician and official. and make them
understand that the sons Of men who
Helped 10 create and sustain the republic
will never permit it
The Columbia Turn Verein was present
10y a delegation and F. E. Mann, secre-
tary of the society, presented to the court
The Turner's fools cap in q brief speech
other societies which presented caps were
the Beethoven Maennerchor. Of New
York: the Carnival Verein. of Mainz. Ger
many; Maennerchor Of Elizabeth CITY.
and others
Representative Richard Bartholdt. Of
Missouri, was placed in the beer butt
and on arising to the top he said lac was
proud 20 say that in spite Of all the fool
ishness going on i'm the country. there
We're "A few sane men left i'm Congress
who would 90 their utmost to defeat pro-
hibiton. IL want 10 say right here. of
course as my individual opinion, there
never viii be prohibition in-the District of