St Nicholas [serial] . g PsPIr K2i?£**i£ *• A WINTER SCENE. BY WILLIAM FOERSTER, AGE 14.(SILVER BADGE.) A SCHOOL-ROOM INCIDENT BY HELEN DIRKS (AGE l6) {Silver Badge) Whenever I turn over the leaves of my diary, a certaindate which is underscored with thick black ink alwaysstrikes my eye. This date is May 4, 1908, the day that King FrederickAugustus III of Saxony paid his official visit to our ,, of course, was a great incident for our little town, andone not at all of small meaning, for every one was awarethat this was the day to evince his whole gratitude totheir Monarch. A particula
St Nicholas [serial] . g PsPIr K2i?£**i£ *• A WINTER SCENE. BY WILLIAM FOERSTER, AGE 14.(SILVER BADGE.) A SCHOOL-ROOM INCIDENT BY HELEN DIRKS (AGE l6) {Silver Badge) Whenever I turn over the leaves of my diary, a certaindate which is underscored with thick black ink alwaysstrikes my eye. This date is May 4, 1908, the day that King FrederickAugustus III of Saxony paid his official visit to our ,, of course, was a great incident for our little town, andone not at all of small meaning, for every one was awarethat this was the day to evince his whole gratitude totheir Monarch. A particularly great incident it was also to our school,or, rather, school-room, for our King had also intendedto visit our institution, as this had been placed under thespecial protection of his Majesty the King. Well, ourschool-room was, of course, decorated as nicely as possible,with flags, palms, and chains of green leaves, and the bustof his Majesty was adorned With the Saxon standard : awreath made of leaves of the A HEADING. BY ROBERT GIFFORD, AGE 15. (HONOR MEMBER.) Punctually at ten oclock, the King entered, followed byhis adjutant. We courtesied, and our King greeted inmilitary fashion. As soon as his Majesty had taken place,our organ was played and we all sang God save the 566 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE [April, King. And I believe we never did sing with greaterenthusiasm and patriotism than in this moment, while ourMonarch, whom we adored and esteemed so highly, wassitting but a few feet in front of us. When we had finishedsinging, our head-master made a grand speech, thanking his Majesty forthe kindnessof visiting ourschool, etc. Atthe end ofthis speech weall called out,Three cheersfor his MajestyKing Fred-erick Augus-tus III ofSaxony. Andso loudly didwe shout itthat the wallsof our school-room musthave trembled. Then one of our schoolmates advanced,recited a proper poem, and presented a lovely bouquetto the King, whereupon he thanked her and the wholeschool for the cordial
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