The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-01-28
4 SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
SUBLIME STORY OF THE GER
MAN REFORMATION.
Depicted by AlIegory, Stereopticon,
Drama and Word Painting, De-
lighting IL Very Large and APP
preciative Audience.


lighting IL Very Large and APP
preciative Audience.
A grand success it was.
Every seat taken and hundred or
more obliged to stand.
OF course, those who were present
will at once recognize in the above
brief statements snap shots of Monday
nights excellent entertain ment, 1.-THE
Story of the Reformation, or Life Of
Martin Luther" given at the ArmOry,
under the auspices of the TwiL-City
Hospital Association, by Mrs H. E.
Monroe, OF Philadelphia, and quite n
array OF home talent.
The event has been the talk Of the
Twin-City for ten days or more and
anticipation ran high, but it IS no
more than fair to say that it proved
one of those rare occasions hen real
IL alton surpassed expectation Great
credit is due Mrs. Monroe, the iectu-
rer and Mr.. DietZ, the trainer, and tn
all who participated. The leading
parts were we'll conceived and exacut-
ed and, what is very important and
often neglected, the leaders were ad-
mirably supported by those as
That such accuracy and precision
should have been Quired within SO
short time, and with So large num-
Der, is truly wonderful.
A gentleman remarked this morn
ing that he witnessed the same enter
tainment in Boston and that it was
more creditably rendered here than
there.
The grand lecture by Mrs. Monroe,
nd
IN an Intelligent, earnest and
devout manner; the beautiful stere-
upticon views, of which there
were eighty odd, illustrative OF the
lecture: the splendidIy execute allie
gOrical procession ard drill; the grand
and imposing dramatic present tion>;
the tender and touching Nun scene
each and every part-Were not only
pleasing and interesting, but served
20 deeply impress the stirring and i'm
portant events OF nearly four centu-
ries ago, when the great RefOrmer,
with courage born of just cause,
uttered the memorable words: Here
| stand l cannot do otherwise. God
help ME. Amen" Words which, as
one has well said, divided history"
words which sounded forward
march to the church militant and
which must have awakened hosanuas
from the church triumphant.
The names Of home folks on the
programme are as follows:
ALLEGORICAL PROCESSION.
Leaders, Miss Ella f. Hege, Mr.. T
w Watson.
Peasants: Misses Bertha l Shelton,
Clementtne II Tise, Sadie Walker,
Daisy Brooks, Elizabeth Greasy, Ma
ry Stafford. Messrs. w B Lemly,
Geo. A Stockton, Geo. P Phillips,
Jas. E Reich, Ernest L. Pfohl, F III
Bailey.
SCENE FROM MONASTERY.
Erfurth Monk, Mr. O B Eaton.
Choir men: Soloist, Mr. David Huyck;
Messrs f w McClement, J M Lentz,
w J Newton, Jr., r E Lasater, Fl S
Crist, Frederick T Bahnson, S B
Brickenstein, @ A jenkins, w Fl
Chick, A Lichtenthaeler, w A Boyd,
w e Lineback, W Hege, John S
Patterson, w A Wilkinson.
LUTHER's FAMOUS TRIAL.
Emperor, Rev " A Lutz; Elector,
G jenkins; Cardinal, A II Eller;
Luther. Rev W S Greasy, D D; Me-
Ianchton, W A Eyler; Spalatfn, N W
Brookes; Albert, Geo A Stockton;
Bishop, il F shahner; Bishop:
H A Nissen; Priest, E F Tomlinson;
Prince, DR. P E Horton; Courtier, R B
Crawford; Page, Master James Gray.
EmperOr's Guard of Honor, Detach
ment of Forsyth Riflemen, in COM
mand of Lieut.. W J Young.
Electors Guard Of Honor, Detach-
ment of Davis Military Cadets, in
command of Capt w. b. Face.
Cardinals Guard Of Honor, Detach-
ment of Piedmont Commandery
Knights Templar.
NUNS LEAVING A CONVENT.
Abbess, Mrs A II Eller; Alice, Miss
Kate Starr; Anna, Mrs Matte Keehln;
Angelica, Mrs Lindsay Patterson:
Varanica. Miss Grace Terry; Chris
tina, Miss Pattie Summerell; Sarah,
Mrs Fl 5 Crist: Katharine Won Bora,
Miss Elizabeth George; Isabella $50
loist) Mrs. Anna Jones Sprinkle; Hill
da, Miss Ema Hege.
Other Nuns: Misses Margaret Boyer,
Lena Lott, Abigail Caldwell, Rose
Ellis, G. NJ Whitaker, S NJ Gordon,
Mrs A F Moses, Lucretia Gorrell,
Mrs d D Schouler.
Novices: Agness Siewers, Mary
Welfare, Mrs f W McClement, Misses
A Rogers, Bessie Blum, Marie Conrad
ALLEGoRICAL DRILL.
Representing States of the Union:
Edna Earl Fisher, Florence G Tise,
Lnttie Miller, Emma E Vogler, Maud
Keehln, Florence Brown, Nettie AL
len, Alta Carter, Gertrude Brown,
Bessie Dickson, Alma NJ Use, Sallie
Farrar, Alice Newton, Halle G Co
Fart. Nellie Starr, Ivie Walker, M
L Hanes, Ella Smith, Delphine Car
ter, Tilla Stockton, Annie Martin.
Representing States ofGerman EN-
pire FL f Shaffner, H E Nissen, G f
Tomlinson, r b Crawford, r S Gal
loway, w A Eyler, r M Jones, w T
Carter.
The splendid lecture by Mrs. Mon
roe and the beautiful stereopticon
views were presented in sections be-
tween the several parts.
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, I