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IN FRANKFORT; THE OPERA HOUSE.
In the foreground is the moument of Emperor William I, and between this and the opera house crosses the Brockenheimer Landstrasse, going to the left out of the celebrated Palm Garden. The imposing opera house was opened in 1880 and has seats for 2,000 people. Like so many of the German public buildings, this one expresses in its rich ornamentation notable persons and secenes in the history of music, the drama and art.
and festivals upon a tract some forty-seven acres in extent. The surface of the building alone covers six thousand square metres.
No city in Germany has greater educational advantages, or so many societies for the encouragement of learning and the promotion of fine arts. As we see the gigantic strides it has made in the last forty years, as we note the magnificence of its public buildings and the villas of its merchant princes, those who knew Frankfort in the olden time say, "It is an old picture in a new frame."
O evergreen, O evergreen,
How are thy leaves so verdant;
Not only in the summer time
But e'en in winter is thy prime;
O evergreen, O evergreen,
How are thy leaves so verdant?
O evergreen, O evergreen,
We sing in happy measure.
Thy praise who dost our Christmas greet
With verdure fair and mem'ries sweet.
O evergreen, O evergreen,
Tree of unfailing treasure.
O evergreen, O evergreen,
Thy garb unfading showeth
The flower of joy about my door,
Good cheer that faileth nevermore.
O evergreen, O evergreen,
My heart thy lesson knoweth.
