American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-02

OF sake elIlur unu WHICH
was selected as the meeting
place for the German national assem-
bly,, has long been denominated the
"Athens of Germany" 1t stands for
what was the best in German life.
For Weimar was once n great capt.
tai in the world of letters; around
1t cluster many OF the finest recol-
leetlons and traditions OF the Ger
many that was.
Goethe and Schiller, topmost among
the German poets, lived and died
there. Some of the finest compo-
sitions OF List and Mendelssohn We're
conceived in Welmar. In this quaint
old town ~Schopenhauer dwelt In the
unutternble gloom that permeates his
philosophy. To Its restful solitude
and its greatest memories came Metz
sche, apostle of dreadfulness, TO die.
And II drew George Eliot, Thackeray,
Bayard Taylor ard many other no.
tables of other lands who sought in
splration in this spot which Ind
lured the immortnls of IN earlier
day, remarks the Kansas City Star.
Where Famous Women Lived.
Weimar II was which produced two
Of the best remembered of German
women, the Grand Duchess Anna
Amalie, whose efforts gave Germany
Its first real standing In art and let
tiers, and Charlotte von Stein, the
gifted, brilliant woman whom Goethe
| la.rnI lnnV nnI In win III EprnnnN
has laid homage ut the feet of Duchess
Anna Amalie. And of Charlotte vol
! Stein 1t has been said that no otheI
woman, not ever Dante's Beatrice
or Petrnrch's Laura, has been so hon
ored in song.
All the glory of Welmar belongs t.
the time before the Prusslan arch
milltarist and materiallst. With thu
Oscendancy of the HOhenzollerns ant
the elevation Of force and greed allow
the things of the mind ana spirit Wei
maj faded into n background memory
It's selection by the new government
as a seat for dellberatiOn may serv,
to bring back to 1t some Of It's depart
ed glory
The beginning of Weimar's great
ness came about 1856, when Ann
Amnlie, niece of Frederick the Great
went there as u bride of the duke
She summoned Weiland, poet and stu
dent, TO act as tutor for her boys
Three years later young Goethe wen
to Welmar. Others followed. Eln
sledel, the poet, musician and actor
Bode, the translator of Smollett an
Cervantes; Knebel, the classiclst
Corona Schroter, the brilliant an
beautiful actress and singer; HerdeI
the preacher poet and father Of Gel
man folk song, and finally Schille
who eventually was TO take rank wit
Goethe.
Goethe the Master There.
The names OF Goethe and Schille
dominate Weimnr. The former live
In the town fifty-six years. He wa
all things to Weimar, the adviser {
Its rulers, architect OF its chief stru,
lures, dictator OF its thought, an
finally It's greatest and best love
memory. His house on the GOetf
Plata is one of the towns Sights
and monuments Of him occupy Il
most prominent positions. Even h
garden house has been preserved
reverent memory.
An Indication OF the way In whiS
Goethe was regarded In old Weimar
Cleaned from an oft told inclden
The poet coveted the house that lat
was to be his. Its owner would n
sell to him, however. SO Duke IA
August went forth one day and u
tremendously took charge Of Il
house.
But me no butts" he replied TO Il
reluctant owner. Goethe wants
and we must give 1t 10 him or '
shall not keep him"
The thousands Of letters the ndOril
Goethe wrote to Charlotte Won Ste
] all are kept In the building tn
houses the Goethe and Schiller 9
chives. For ten years he paid d
= voted court TO her, but she was q
$ wife OF another man and, althOuI
she valued the homage OF this ms
who was one OF the handsOmest al
most distinguished In Europe, II
generally believed that she did not
o any way return his affections.
Carlylos Tribute to Schiller.
S~chiller's old home has been bong
0 by the town and converted into
e museum. His rooms are almost az
= left them, the floors bare, the cell
D low and the furniture scanty, pla
and almost primitive. OF this pla
Carlyle has written: