 The most significant of these was Michael Georg Conrad, editor of the influential journal "Die Gesellschaft" since 1885.The two Franconians became close friends, and from 1890 to 1896 Panizza published over forty articles in "Die Gesellschaft" on widely varied topics, ranging from theater reviews to theoretical considerations of prostitution.Panizza became an avid member of the "Gesellschaft für modernes Leben" (Society for Modern Life), which Conrad founded in 1890 together with Detlev von Liliencron, Otto Julius Bierbaum, Julius Schaumberger, Hanns von Gumppenberger and Georg Schaumberg.