Costumes of German Countries Hailed at German Day Celebration.
Abendpost, June 4, 1928
The tableau was given as the result of the efforts of Mrs. Minna Schmidt, who did not shrink from sacrificing time and expense to carry out this idea. The German costume groups, represented by 400 young ladies, was a welcome novelty and received hearty applause.
The groups were composed as follows:
1. Wurttenberg......................................................Swabian Society.
2. Bavaria............................................................Chicago University.
3. Baden..............................................................Northwestern.
4. Saxonia............................................................St. Paul's Evang. Church.
5. Sleswig............................................................Ravenswood Church.
26. Hessia..................................Lake View High School...
7. Prussia.................................Robert Waller High School.
8. Spreeforest...........................Columbia Ladies Club.
9. Bremen................................Club Heimat..............
10. Brunswick............................Pastor Werhans Church.
11. Pounnevania.........................Crane Junior College.
12. Mecklenburg.........................Chicago Turner Society.
13. Altenburg.............................Robert Waller High School.
14. Hamburg..............................Friends of Germania.
15. Tyrol..................................St. Alphonsus School.
16. Styria.................................Styrian Society.
17. Carinthia.............................Carinthian Club Koschat.
18. Vorarlberg and Tyrol................Tyrolean Men's Choir.
19. Vienna Women....................................................
20. American Admirers of German Art, Groups of Old Vienna, etc.
