Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-16
BAVARIA EMPIRES
CRADLE AND GRAVE

One William Hohenzollern, wood
chopper of Doom, Holland, probably
appreciateS certain irony in the
latest dispatches from Germany re-
porting defiance of the Berlin gov
eminent by Bavaria" says a bulletin
OF the National Geographic Society,
which continues:
1T was in a Bayarian castle hun
dreds OF years ago that the Hohen-
zollern family struck root. Bavaria
the home of this family, which, with
Blsmarck's aid, made the unified
German states a world power. is now
threatening to break the combina-
ton.
This small state in the hills gave
20 the world the Hoibeins, arises, ia
ther anu son, as we'll as the fiohen-
Zoiierns. and afforded friends and ap-
probation for Mozart, Wagner and
List. Bavaria may be described, in
fact. as land OF music entirely sur
rounded by mountains. TINS wooded
amphitheater of the Alps foothills.
slightly larger than the STATE OF
Maine, lies between Germany proper,
switzerland on the south and Austria
on the east. 1T supports nearly $780,
ooo people, one eighth of the German
~,
population larger than Pittsburgh,
Pa, while Nuremberg is about half
as large.
Even nature has had reservations
concerning the logical direction OF
bavaria loyalty. Although tribu-
taries of the Kline dram the south
crn section OF the country, most OF
the bowl in the hills drains into the
Danuoe and thence TO the BLACK sea
The Ludwlgskanai. the connectIng
h..
Back sea, runs directly across Ba-
varIan territory.
Bavaria agreed TO alliance with
|. Prussia IN 1870 Just before the Fran
co-German var 1t has been uneasy
under the yoke. of the northern state
although 1t had more votes IN the.
feichstas than any otner state save
Prussia, and had independent con-
troi over It's postsN telegraph, rail
ways and army. Inc picturesque his
tory OF Bavaria, which mas been ruled
Tor more than century Dy counts
OF the house of WitteIsDacn, makes
II a magplned Graustark,
Before the word war Bavaria HAD
another name which fitted perfectly
with her dukes and Gucnesses and
her music. Bavaria was Toyland
NuI enIbeEs is noted the woriu over
Tor toys. Made in Germany the
familiar mara on toys IN A.uerican
stores before 1914, could have been
changed in most Instances 10 'Made
In Bavaria Woodcaryers Of the
Black forest, which touches the state
on the south, for years seemed to
rave monopoly OF knowledge on
now 10 pun chlidfen'S neartsIrings.
Romance of Oberan,mergau.
In 1854 plague swept Bavaria and
in one mountain valley a band OF
peasants pledged d Celebration to
Cod every ten years If the curse were
lifted. For 800 years these country
foik nave kept faith. Their little
village, Oberammergau, js now
known the world over and thousand
OF people come TO witness taIs unique
spectacle amid the hills, which por-
trays the story of Christ.
The continuance or this festival
through years OF strife and trouble
IN ali Europe is distinctive of the
Bavarian valley. Shut In among the
hills. its people have Developed
solidarity and purity OF lineage
which Is quite unlike the other states
around them. Other peasant bands
up and down the valley produce
music festivals. Many OF the Iroupes
become so well known that they have
been invited to appear before great
audiences in the Capitals.
King Ludwig OF Bavaria in 1862
heard an opera which appeaied great
ly to him. lie immediately offered the
would come to Munich. The author
much of his later life in Bavaria and
The Wagnerian music festivals OF
Bayreuth, given in honor of the COM
poser, are attended by music lovers
from all DartS Of the world"