Foreign Language Press Service

We see, to our joy, that steps are being taken in St. Louis, to help Mr. Caspar Butz, whose exquisite library was burnt, replace his loss. The German papers in St. Louis publish the following appeal: Caspar Butz in Chicago has lost everything in the Chicago fire. For him, our countr

The German Literary Association of the Chicago Atheneum gave a presentation yesterday in its building of "The Diplomat", by Scribe and Delavigne. The actors were Americans who had taken lessons in German. In a short time they have made much progress. Although their pronunciation betrayed seve

The Reading Club commemorated the one hundredth Anniversary of the death of Voltaire, exhibiting a large portrait of him and reading several of his shorter works. Because of rain, attendance was small. We were much surprised at the skill of our young and modest artist, Miss M. Koupa

Rev. Dr. K. Kohler of this city has published a new material translation of The Song of Songs, in German. The scholar will find in every footnote a remark speaking volumes on the capacity and scholarly research of the author...... The author being a personal and highly esteemed frie

The pamphlet entitled "Zur Proselitenfrage" (To the Problem of Proselytism) which has been recently published by Rev. Dr. B. Felsenthal of this city, has been copied entire, including even the "Nachtraegliche Bemerkungen" (After-Thoughts), in the Neuzeit of Vienna.

Such is the unassuming title of a work of more than three hundred pages. The book contains an almost complete collection of Caspar But'z poems. The author is a Chicagoan. We have few poets here. Poetry, somehow, does not thrive on our American soil, and among our German-Americans th

Vaclav Lenoch, died in the county hospital in Milwaukee, Wis. He was widely known in Bohemian-American circles as one of our foremost actors. He was born in 1846 and came to America in 1869, living in Chicago intermittently. About two years ago he moved to Racine and from there to Milwaukee.<

Chicago his lost one of its most illustrious and popular Germans, one who undoubtedly anticipated a long life, because of his virility. Several weeks ago he fell on the steps of the County Building, injuring his head, and after suffering severely he died from the after effects. Emil

One of the best selections in The Hebrew Almanac, is "The Pentateuch of Life", by Rabbi Calisch, which was taken from The Reform Advocate.

The internal revenue collector received an invoice for an old Polish bible printed in 1563. It is a rare copy, one of the oldest Polish bibles in print, which was acquired by Mr. Gunther, a well-known downtown confectioner, for his private collection. The book will arrive at Chicago today.

The beloved singer and poet, Edmund Maerklin, who is past seventy years of age, and who composed and sang many beautiful songs of liberty, country, and family life, has returned from Milwaukee with his faithful companion from a prolonged vacation. Although he suffered immensely a year ago, an

The well-known German-American poet, Konrad Ries, will hold a number of lectures on German-American poetry in this city. With similar lectures in other cities he attained huge success. It is to be expected that clubs and societies interested in intellectual culture will receive this

The K. A. M. "Knowledge Seekers" met last Tuesday evening and admitted a number of new members. The plan of work adopted is as follows: The Society will be divided into sections of 10 or more members, each section electing its own chairman and choosing its own subject. One of the members prep

The booksellers, Kolling and Klapperbach, 48 Dearborn Street, are mailing their "General Book and Christmas Catalogs" at present. Same is carefully compiled and differs from those catalogs published lately having beautiful illustrations inprinted in the letterpress. Every friend of books will

"The Saint Vincent de Paul Society, organized to maintain a library at Saint Adelbert's Parish, will hold its annual business meeting at 4 P. M., Sunday, Dec. 13, at the parish hall. "At this meeting, the election of new officers will take place; the financial statement will be read

Through these worthy efforts, those who were willing to learn, both young and old, were lifted from the path of ignorance. However, this did not continue for long. This youthful movement for liberty was soon put to a stop by the Russian government, yet the seed of fraternity was well scattere

We are greatly pleased by the results of the article recently published in the Dziennik Chicagoski relative to conditions of a contest for Polish literary authors in America. It has been imitated by other papers. The editors of the Polish Courier in Milwaukee have printed this artic

Every author, if he so desires, may have his name kept a secret until the contest is over, providing he places his name in a separate envelope with the same number, or pseudonym, that appears on the article. These envelopes will be opened after the judges' decisions have been reached.

Last night, the Young Men's Club of St. Casimir's Church celebrated the fifth anniversary of its organization at the Polish hall of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish. An evening of entertainment was given to the members and to the public as well. A variety program was presented, which included gue

The author of this article, in reviewing some of the Polish-American newspapers which pose as having a pretext of leadership over the others, has frequently read the bombastic phrase: "Education of the people." Every editor who takes over a newspaper makes the most lengthy comments on the nee