. Book of the Royal blue . d industrialdisplay which will be entertaining and in-structive to visitors. These plans, however, constitute but apart of the work to be done by the enter-tainment committee, which intends to doeverything to maintain the far-famed repu-tation of Baltimore as a center of generoushospitality. In addition to securing a gen-eral and attractive illumination of the cityon the nights throughout the festival week,all the public buildings will be opened tothe visitors, and if the consent of the ownercan be secured, the celebrated WaltersArt Gallery, with its magnificent and
. Book of the Royal blue . d industrialdisplay which will be entertaining and in-structive to visitors. These plans, however, constitute but apart of the work to be done by the enter-tainment committee, which intends to doeverything to maintain the far-famed repu-tation of Baltimore as a center of generoushospitality. In addition to securing a gen-eral and attractive illumination of the cityon the nights throughout the festival week,all the public buildings will be opened tothe visitors, and if the consent of the ownercan be secured, the celebrated WaltersArt Gallery, with its magnificent and price-less treasures of paintings and statuary,will also be opened; besides this the variouslibraries, institutional galleries and muse-ums will freely offer their conveniencesand facilities to the use of the citys guestsduring the period of their stay, makingthem welcome at every place of interest inthe Monumental City. The saengerfest will be held at thebeginning of the excursion season, thus A GRAND FESTIVAL OF SONG. 11. ^roiize bust trophy to ciliCH of less than 200 singere. affording visitors the opportunity of visitingthe numerous resorts on the ChesapeakeBay, one of the finest bodies of water in theUnited States. Though distinctly a German institution,the saengerfest, or festival of song, oughtto be of interest to every lover of goodvocal music, regardless of the nationalityto which he or she may belong. In therendition of the plaintive folk songs of thefatherland, as well as the compositions ofthe great masters, the German masschoruses are unexcelled by any other classof singers. The songs to be sung at thesaengerfest are now being rehearsed atregular intervals by every society con-nected with the Northeastern order that there may be an absoluteuniformity of rendition, Prof. DavidMelamet, the musical director of the fest,will rehearse each of the societies whichwill participate. Everything, in fact, isbeing done to insure the artistic success ofth
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