Gay Scenes at Function at "German Corner"
More thu a thousand persons, members of the German Community, fathered on Sunday afternoon at "German Corner" to celebrate their Harvest Festival with traditional kalety. Promptly at 3 o'clock a pro-ossian wound through the spacious grounds behind the Kaiser Wilhelm School. At its head, a pony dragged small cart laden' with grain and fruits decked out with blue cornflowers, and behind him came scores of young people garbed in colourful peasant costumes. A band comprised of accordions and mouth organs provided the musical accompaniment for folk songs that floated out into the street, imparting a holiday atmosphere to. the whole.
Halting before a rude peasant hut constructed by Hitler Youths for the occasion, the procession symbolized the "abundance of autumn when a huge crown of grain was Presented to the farmer, and the. latter, "joining the merry-makers, entered into the village dance that concluded the formal opening the event. There followed an obstacle race, relay races, and a play by the Hitler Youths, who Utilized focal events to evoke bursts of hearty laughter from their au-Gience. Additional athletic events were featured, among them a fantastic gymnastic exhibit by the inhabitants of Mars" in which the boys, wearing black masks over their. faces, and dressed with all their garment on backwards, created sensation.
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