Show y 0 JL JL germany eER MANY 4 za tj 2 1 t i j ia testis r SS mje ai 3 FIS u i faasa 1 A JS aw jeaa afi the national theater weimar HI MAIl the little city which W la Is the alie capital of the duchy of buxe and which was selected as tile tho panco for the german tull assembly hns has long been nominated denominated tile the athens athena of germany it stands for was tile alio best in gent german inn life por for weimar was once ft a great grant cepl tal in the world of letters around it cluster ninny of tile alio finest recollections and traditions ot of the germany flint was goethi and schiller top topmost moitt among tho the german poets lived bull died there some borne of tile tho finest compositions of liszt ond and mendelssohn were acro conceived in weimar in ili this quaint old cold town houer dwelt in ili the unutterably unutterable gloom that permeates ills hla philosophy to its restful solitude and its greatest memories cumo canio nietzsche apostle of dreadfulness to die and it drow drew come allot thackeray elayard taylor and ninny many other notables of other oilier lands who sought bought inspiration in ili this spot which had lured hired tile immortals of tin an earlier day renu remarks irlis the kansas city star where famous women lived weimar it was which produced two of at the best remembered of german women thu the grand duchess anna amalie whoso choso efforts gave germany its first real standing in art and letters and charlotte von the gifted brilliant woman whom goethi gloved loved long aind and in vain all germany lias has liili homney geci nt llie feet anna aballe and of charlotte von stein it 11 lias has been sald said that no other woman not even dantos dentrice or laura lins has been so honored in song all the ho glory of weimar belongs balonga to the ho time before the lie and materialist with tile tho of the and tile elevation of force and greed above tho the things of tho the mind and spirit acl mar faded into it n background memory its selection by the new g government wern ment ns as a sent scat for deliberation way servo to bring back to it somo some of its departed glory i tho the beginning of greatness greatless canic camo about 1756 when anna aballe ilce n lccy of r frederick tile ort great went thero there its as it bildo of the duke slit bho summoned welland We llund poet aria anil stu atu dent to act na as tutor for tier boys boya three tareo years acara later young floethe went to weimar others follow followed ed eln bill fledel eladel tile the poet musician and actor blode tho translator of and cervantes knebel thy classicist corona cr tho the brilliant nna and benidt beautiful ful actress and singer Iler herder flor lie preacher poet and rattler father of german in an folk folic song and finally dually schiller who eventually was to take runk rank with gottlic goethe the master there tile tho names of goetha and schiller dominate weimar tho the former lived in the town fifty six years lie ito win wai till nil things to weimar tho the adviser of its rulers architect of its chief structures dictator of its thought and finally its ita greatest and best loved memory ills house on tho the goethi plata Is one of tho the towns sights anti and monuments of film aliu occupy tho the most prominent positions even ills hla garden house has haa been preserved in reverent memory an indication of ilia way in which goethi was regarded in old welmar weimar Is gleaned from an oft told incident the she poet coveted tho the house that litter inter was to bo be his its owner would not sell cell to him however so duko duke karl august went coith ono day and un took chargo charge of tho the bouse dut but me no buts lie ho replied to the reluctant r wants it end and we must give it to him or we shall hall hot keep litin tho the thousands of letters the adoring goethe broto to charlotte Cli arlotto von stein nil all tire ire kept tit in tho the building that houses tho the goethe and schiller archives for ten years ho paki cakl devoted court to her ter but sho she was the wife of another nitin mun anti and although taho valued the homage of tills man who ono one of the handsomest and most distinguished in n europe it Is generally believed that min did bild not tit in any way return his affections carlyles Carly fes tribute to achl schiller er old home has been b bought ahl by the town and converted into a ills roomi are are almost ns as lie he 1 left them the floors baro bare tile the ceiling cellene low tho the furni furniture scanty plain bitof almost primitive of 01 this place carlyle haa bas Avrit tev who can picture feelings in ili this solitude without participating in koino koine faint reflection of their grandeur tile tho toll worn but devoted out alone offering up tho the troubled moments of existence upon tho the altor of eternity I 1 for bior here acra tho the splendor that gleamed across the spirit of it 11 mortal transient ua as any of us up was to be ba mado perpetual these images and thoughts were v ero to pass luto into other ages to glow in human hearts when thoo tho heart that conceived them had long been moldered into common dust to tho the lover ot of genius this bare little room has become a sacred shrine |