The Swabian Society of Chicago celebrated a Schiller festival yesterday, in the North Side Turner Hall, which was very successful in every respect, as a dignified and imposing demonstration by Chicago Germans, in honor and in memory of the prince of poets, Frederick von Schiller.

Music by an orchestra and by the Men's Choir of the Swabian singing society introduced the program, after which the resident, Wilhelm Jause held the welcoming speech. The speech of the evening was held by Carl Kotthaus from Munich, who has been on a Lecture tour in America. After a few illuminating remarks about the German spiritual importance of Schiller as poet as well as a personality, Mr. Kotthaus, with the assistance of stereopticon pictures, explained the connection, which existed between Schiller's spiritual life and personality and his head formation. Mr. Jose Danner, who is well known in German circle of America as a director of the German theater, presented the Rutli-scene from Schiller's "William Tell." The ardor of Schiller's language, was faithfully reproduced by the art of Mr. Danner. With the enthusiasm of a young soul he filled to overflowing 2all the hearts of his listeners, through Schiller's forceful poetry and they felt themselves free and in a defiant mood, conscious of their Germanism.

The Swabian society proved anew through this festival, that the German element in America, has liberated itself from oppression and as in the rest of the world, is becoming stronger day by day.