The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-30
STORY or THB REFORMATION.
scenes From the Life of Martin Luther
Presented at the Opera House-An
InstructIve Entertainment.

| Instructive Entertainment
The story Of the Reformation given al
the Opera House last night was really
I what It's name suggests, history of Mar.
TN Luther's leaving the Church of Rome.
| Ihefe could be no more effective way OF
! teaching history. The lecture itself was
| Doth charming and instructive The pic
lures were thrown on a screen which was
attached TO drop curtain were in them
selves an instructive feature of the enter
tainment. Lecture, views and dramatic
scenes, however, were arranged In such a
way as to keep the interest of the audi
ence continually engaged
A pleasing part of the entertainment
was the opening and closing marches The
colors in the costumes of those in the
marches were of the kind that produced
the best effect. There was a mixing Of
whites and reds and blacks which, with
the movement of the marchers, made
very pretty display outside OF the figures
which were formed during the professions.
The uniformed Odd Fellows who were in
the marches and acted the part of the
emperors guard in the trial scene added
TO the beauty of the marches and gave the
court scene martial air.
The pictures told the story OF Luther's
life from his childhood to his death. He
is hrst seen as an infant in his mothers
arms; the last seen of him is when he is
on his death bed at the age of SO.
The dramatic scenes were Luther's trial
before Charles v and the escape of nine
nuns from convent. In the trial scene
of course the central character was Luther.
which was taken by L. A. Thomas. Mr..
Thomas took hia part excellently. enter.
Ing INTO it with his entire spirit, and re.
peatinG his lines with unusual force and
expression. His rendition was heartily nm.
plauded. Henry c. Conrad. Esq. made an
excellent Charles V. and his lines were
perfectly spoken. II. H. Ward, as the
Cardinal, acted his part well and spoke
his lines with good effect. He seemed
perfectly at home in prosecuting Luther.
Thomas f. Bayard, Jr., acted the part Of
the Elector with dignity and looked every
inch the sixteenth century prince The
other characters were also well taken.
In the nun scene the G., tgal character
was the Abbess which was well taken by
Mary *. Thielman Miss Thielman had
an important part with much speaking,
and she did it perfectly. During the scene
she sang ''Over the Line" as a solo Miss
Emma Lore appeared as Isabella and sang
solo in good style, The part Catherine
Won Bore was well taken by Miss Marion
Crozier.
The other characters in this scene were
taken by Mrs. W. b. White and Misses
Clara Novel;, Anna Richardson, Ida Stew
art Emma Thielman, May Robelen, Miss
johnson and Mrs. Emma Lake, all of
whom rendered their parts we'll The sing
ing was under the direction of Jacob ely
mer. During the first march "Hark Festal
Bells" was sung and during the concluding
march Luthers battle hymn. Elm Fest
Burg" was given. A detachment from
Uniform Commandery, X. G, E. acted as
electors guard during the court scene The
leaders Of the marches were Miss Vina Sol
loway and Stillman Hodgman. The part
of the Erfurth Monk was we'll taken by G..
J. Hermann. The choirmen who took part
in the chorus were: Professor J. T. Cly-
mer Harry Lodge, William Davidson,
Robert N. Edwards, c. H. Start, William
Stauffer, T. G. Bartram, Harry Dalby, c.
A. Cline. o. B. McKaig, w. B. White,
Eugene Start, Irwin Buekmaster, ]. II.
Westeott, Henry We'll, Walter H. Bennett.
Tho entertainment will be repeated to-
morrow evening.
The uniformed Odd Fellows who were
In the marches were from Canton No. l,
Delaware Patriarch Militant and the
Knights of Golden Eagle were of Cru.
SRderS Com mandery.