Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-03
GAY ONCE
MORE IN MEMORY.
OF BISMARCK.
FOR SPACE OF A DAY CAPITAL OF
WARNING NATIONS IS AGAIN
ITS OLD SELF.
FOR FIRST TIME IN MONTHS Of
FICERS GATHERED N BERLIN
IN NUMBERS.

IfIilU. NAV - " Fl"'N ~ " 80.
the Berlin that iSk known To - many
thousands of Americans Berlin
that is both gay and returned on
the first Of this month. on the occasion
Of the 100 th birthday Of Bismarck. the
Iron Chancellor.
For the first time i'm many months
hundreds nf officers gathered whc were
not in the now familiar field gray. but
who wore instead all the gray trappings
of parade uniforms and who. under a
brilliant sun lii sky. made an imposing
spectacle a. they gathered about The
great statue of Bismarck before the
l;cichstag building.
No event in months has brougls togc
Their 81 many Of the inhabitants ~ Great
or Berlin. In thousands they crowded
about the open space br wccn the Reich
stag and the eilded statue of victory
that stands. pcrcled hundreds Of feet III
sthc air. al the head of the SicgcS Alec.
Berlin. like al the other rifles of Eu
rope. has hv comparison with its former
self been somewhat >uhducd during the
past few months. This air vanished
completely however ~ thousands ~ vol
rc> took M the refrain Of patriotic songs
sung ia the old chanccilor'S honor.
standing. bare headed i'm the sun light.
gazing upwards towards his heroic fig
urc.
"DcutchSland. Deutschland. ucbcr ~
les" and Hell dir i'm SicgcrkranZ" rang
out with a little more than the cuStnma
~ vigor ~ the singers thought of the
present times. and the circumstance
that BiSmarck'S centennial should fall
IN the midst of 4 war more strenuous
than he ever conceived.
Within ten minutes after the ccrcmo
ny M the statue. INTER den Linden was
transformed into the Inter den Linden
Of old-timc parade DAYS. with every
guard house contingent ont in front pre-
pared To salute the almost numhcrlcSS
generals who walked or rode past ia
their gorgeous uniforms.
Though BiSmarck'S hir hdav was cel
'cbratcd almost everywhere in GERMANY.
the most important recognition of the
centennial was ia Berlin. where the &C.
rcmoninl was lcd hv the imperial chan
icellor. DIR. Won Ha hmann-IInllwce fol
lawcd bv all the generals and admiral>
mot on duty at the front. the president.
officers and members IF the Ecich>tag
AMI Of the Pru>>ian Dict. city officials
from Greater Berlin. the gFanSun and
uamc>akc ~ the chancellor. Prince OF
30 won Bismarck. and. a. give Il unique
touch 10 the affair. the granr>nn Of the
Kaiser, the ninc-Ncarold son of the
Crown Prince.
Within Il few minutes after the arri
val at The tu%nctionaric> The great Bis
marck statue was surrounded ~ great
wrraih>. the gifts Of individuals rang
Ing from fhc Efrrrrr ~ minor officials.
and from or. aEI tdiiu~ from the Reich
sta" " ne cornWiii.- icr ihr erection "
a national >tJtrr NV ftr WY n%-rlInr.
From every ilua pole ru hr H~cirh>tar
building the black. white and rel ilacS
tluttcrcd ia The hrcczc. aud IT, SQUARE
M from was a blaze ~ rpl.r ,~utriLutr.I
hy banners of every sort ami u, INV .l,
costumes. not only Of the miltar, hii nr
The students in fencing suits who dang
cd their tolls against each other in keep
ihg time - the patriotic songs.
The only suggestion ~ war allowed III
enter III" scene were 4 few remarks NJ
the speakers. the words of some of I'M,
songs and the field gray uniforms of an
honor company" that faced she BIS
marck statue with presented arms dur.
ing the proceedings. ~ an other r..
>pcctS II was the gay ana festive Berlin
of old.
Ever since Germany has been winning
victories 10 the present war her ncnpIn
have been IN the habit ~ hanging out
nng>-t the three colurcd German banner
and The state flags ~ all sorts and dc.
>crlpti"nS. Not even the victories nT
The Ma>urian Lake however brought
ont one half of he banners that the Bis.
inarck crlcbrdiio ion did. The business
part Of the civ was fairly ahlazc with
color from them.
\ hitherto unsupported number of
pictures photographs. oil paintings and
~ctching>-of Bismarck >uddrnl, made
their appearance IN the store windows,
often ilankcd by likrnrsScS Of the Kaiser
and IF the Crown Prince.