Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-04-11
w YEIMAR, the little city which
" Is the capital Of the duchy
w Of Saxe-Weimar and which


" is the capital Of the duchy
w Of Saxe-Weimar and 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 a great capt.
tai IN the world Of letters; around
II cluster many Of the finest recol-
leeti<ns and traditions of the Ger
many that was.
Goethe and Schiller. topmOst among
the German poets, lived and died
ther$. Some Of the finest compo-
sitiods OF Liszt and Mendelssohn were
conceived In Weimar. In this quaint
old own Schopenhauer dwelt in the
unuterable gloom that permeates his
philosophy. To its restful solitude
andtts greatest memories came Metz
sche apostle of dreadfulness, to die.
And It drew George Eliot, Thackeray.
Baytrd Taylor and many other no
tablb Of other lands who sought In
spirition in this spot which had
lure< the immortals of an earlier
day, remarks the Kansas City Star.
Where Famous Women Lived.
.Wdmar II was which produced two
Of tie best remembered Of. German
womsn, the Grand Duchess Anna
Amaie, whose efforts gave Germany
its fzt real standing in art and let
tiers, and Charlotte Won Stein. the
giftet brilliant woman whom Goethe
loved long and In vain. All Germany
has kid homage at the feet of Duchess
Anns Amalie. And of Charlotte Won
Stein It has been said that no other
wOmm, not even Dante's Beatrice
or Htrarch's Laura. has been so hon
oredin song.
Alithe glory of weimar belongs to
the lime before the Prussian arch
milIfrist and materialist. With the
sscesdancy of the Hohenzollerns and
the deviation Of force and greed above
E the tings Of the mind and spirit Wei.
mar AIDED into a background memory
Its election by the new government
ms aseat for elaboration may serve
TO b,ng back to 1t some of its depart
ed sorry.
Tn beginning of Weimar's great
ness came about 1855. when Anni
Amaie. niece Of Frederick the Great
went there as bride Of the duke
She ommoned Weiland. poet and stu
dentfto act as tutor for her boys
Tire years later young Goethe wen
10 veimar. Others followed. Elm
sieds. the poet, musician and actor
Bods the translator Of SmOllett an
Cervntes; Knebel. the classicist
Corna Schroter. the brilliant an
beautful actress and singer; Herdel
the ueacher poet and father of Ge'
man tolk song, and finally Schiller
who wentually was to take rank wit
Goett.
eethe the Master There.
ThI names OF Goethe and SchiIle
domlite Weimar. The former live
in M town fifty.six years.. He wa
all things to weimar, the adviser
its riders, architect Of its chief stru
turesl dictator Of its thought. an
fnnlb it's greatest and best love
memsty. His house on the Goetf
IIatslis one of the towns sights
and monuments Of him occupy II
most prominent positions. Even d
gardsk house has been preserved
reversnt memory.
An indication Of the way In whi'
Goeth was regarded In old Weimar
gleankd from an oft told inciden
The bet coveted the house that lat
was 3 be his. Its owner would n
sell him. however. So Duke Ma
Augu& went forth one day and U
cereudbnlously took charge OF Il
house, =.
nd me no butts" he replied to q
re,ucthnt owner. Goethe wants
and we must give II to him or
shall not keep him."
The thousands Of letters the adoril
Goethe wrote to Charlotte Won Ste
all are kept in the building IN
house. the Goethe and Schiller