Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-11-10

HThe festival in celebration of the fourth
centenary OF Luther's birth takes place
to-day at Eiselben. 1t promises unusual
splendor, the preparations having been
made on an extensive scale. In the market
place, where the most important portion
of the ceremony will be performed, the
erection oEtribunes for the accommodation
of distinguished guests has been complet-
ed. Along the principal streets through
which the grand procession swill pass
every house is decorated with flags, car.
pets, garlands and eVefgreens. Through
out the route double lines of Venetian
masts have been put up, while at the en-
trance to the market place and several i'm
portant points along the line of the process
sion, triumphal arches and profuse decora-
tions are erected.
The preparations for the historic process
sion, under the supervision of the historic
painter, w. Beckmann. of Dusseldorf, are
now complete. The spectacle promises ex-
! traofdinary nagnificence. Eight hundred
persons will take part. Five hundred per-
sons will be in medieval costumes OF his
| toric accuracy, all more or less remarkable
! for style and color There will also be I2O
horses brilliantly caparisoned in the fash
ion OF the middle ages. The Luther car,
which belongs to Count Won Mansfield is
marvellous specimen of the coach
| builders art and heraldic decoration.
| The principal personages in the process
| sion Will be represented by country gem
! tlemen belonging to the Eiselben District,
who will appear in costumes of gorgeous
description. The line of procession will
be kept by the members Of sevant%-two
veteran societies. representing body OF
2Ooo men, IN their respective uniforms.
| The Crown Prince OF Germany was ex-
| pected to arrive at Eiselben yesterday, and
! ne welcomed by 2000 miners, in charac-
| teristic costumes, with torchlight process
ion.
Worms, town near the Rhine; where
Luther bore testimony against Rome be.
fore the dienitaries of the empire and the
| Church, held its commemoration last
week. The festival was preceded On the
previous dav kv the performance of a re-
ligious play, written by :h .ile poet. Hans
Herrig. 1t was given in Trinity church, in
the presence of the Grand Duke of Hesse
and family and a numerous audience. The
whole town wes Haily decorated. German
and HessIan flags ssfoated from the roofs
and windows; and lnasts planted in the
ground. The most richly decorated of al
was the Luther Square, on, which stand.
Rietchels monument to Luther At :
o'clock the larGs church was filed. Before
stage had been raised without decoration
of any kind. The organs music preceded
the drama.
After prelude, in which an aldermes
of Worms who knows nothing of Luthe,
hears of his actionSAfrpr & herald, a cur
tain is drawn aside, and Luther is seen il
his cell struggling with doubts. Thi
scene closes with the psalm, accompanied
by the organ, "Out of the Depths l Cry
In the second scene, at Wittenberg, La
ther opens the conflict by mailing his the
ses to the door of the church. Then fol
lows the burning of the Popes bull, afte
which the organ plays a 1e Dettm TIL,
Diet of Worms is next presented. We Sc,
the Diet assembled, and the German monl
before the Emperor refusing to recant
and eloquently defending his doctrine
while he speaks and the Princes answer
is heard the hymn, Elm .feste Berg Is
unSer Goh"
| Moved by the mighty strain, the Who'll
audience rises to its feet and joins in tn
, song. The next scene shows Luther a
the Wortbarg, translating the Bible int
German, and afterward as a preacher
swaying the mob. In the last scene tn
venerable Reformer sits in the bosom G
his family, with his friends around him.