Marienbad. Celebrations in honour of Emperor Franz Joseph I on the occasion of his 85th birthday commence.
On the eve of the jubilee, at seven o’clock in the evening, a concert for the war aid campaign takes place at the Municipal Theater. The program includes: the first part, which is a tribute of the Austro-Hungarian people to the emperor, Jubel-Ouvertüre 1 and Volkshymnen (People’s Anthem), i.e. the Austro-Hungarian national anthem, and the second part the propaganda operetta Gold gab ich für Eisen (Gold for Iron 2) with a libretto by Victor Léon and music by Imre (Emmerich) Kálmán 3. Tickets for the concert were offered in a pre-sale at the theatre ticket office 4.
The jubilee celebrations certainly took place in a special atmosphere on the streets of Marienbad. In the resort, as in other places of the Empire, the residents decorated the streets with flags, flowers and garlands, and the owners of hotels and guest houses took care of the proper setting 5. (mo) (transl. mw)