Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-09

this scale, but are paid according to tnelr
merit Some of them receive as nsh as
s.H q veek. hut the average is about so
a week. ;. ,.:a,@.u,+ az 7
have said. to understand how people ca.
live and educate their chii p,', +hev do it.
and the working classes OF neipIls e. e.
we'll dressed and rank unusually naeh io'
intelligence and culture ~ ,s;c.
They take great interest In music.
Everybody belongs to choral societles OF
orchestraE, and buys season uckets LOT
the concerts given in the great music
halls These are patronized py eHIpioy go
Of the printing trades more seheidnS
than by any other Glass;
Center of Activity.
The center of activity in Leipzig is
Augustus Platz, a large square. Enclosed
by the municipal opera house. the mu-
nicipal theater, the university. the post
office. the municipal museum. a hotel or
two and several business structures. All
| the street car lines center there ana theS
are conveniently arranged.
The several trades have their own sec
tions. TIL. printing houses are gradu-
ally drifting off to the eastern suburbs
and are encroaching upon the battleneid
where Napoleon met with one OF MS
MOST serious OSlCo(S, "AAAN'A -
his downfall.
It was the most prolonged, stubborn
and sanguinary battle on record lasting
four days, from the 18th to the Soth OF
october. 1913, between Napoleon, Wit W..
10000 men. and the allies. with 10000
| The French lost 5000 dead and wounded ,
the Russians, 81 600: the Austr1ans, l4,OOO,
and the Prussians, 5000. -
4An impOs.na monument marks the cen
| fer of the hardest fighting. There Is an
nbeIiSk whoFp the three SOVefclSnS o.
| the allies awaited the tidings OF victory.
The spot from which Napoleon directed
| the movement of his troops Is Indicated In
| similar manner.
Monuments of Leipzig.
There are many other interesting mon
uments. The Leipzigers have shown their
patriotism and appreciation by erecting
eflgies Of the men whe have brought
honor to their city. .
In the museum is wonderful statue
of Beethoven made of colored marble.
bronze and ivory by Max Klingen In the
court Of the university is a statue OF the
famous Prof Leibnitz, philosopher anG
nathematician, whose father was pro-
| lessor there before him.
| In one of the parks is a statue Of
Goethe. representing the poet at the peri
| I'd of his student days. from 1895 to It's
in Leipzig. There is a tablet on the house
| in which he lived. The house in which
Richard Wagner was born was standing
until a few years ago, but has since
been replaced by a more imposing bui
| ing.
In front OF the Church of st. Thomas
celebrated for its music is q statue OF
Iohn Sebastian Bach, chappelmeister
here from 1723 to 1850. He is blu led near
by.
Mendelssohn's statue ornaments q little
pIaza in front of the RoyatConservatorium
IL Music, which he founded In 1895. It +
undoubtedly the most famous institution
of the kind In the world.
Senefelder, who invented TYPOGRAPHY.
has a splendid monument. He lived ano
| died In Leipzig. KONG. who invented ths
power printing press in 1929. has nontl-
ment. and there is statue of Gutenberg.
who first used movable types, but he was
never in Leipzig.
| Luther and Melanchthon, who were