The age-herald., 1898-09-25

weeks there will be an attraction at that
 popular resort every night a
 All of this week Professor Stoves will
 have434is "warograph" pictures on exhibi-
 ton at the pavilion. All of these aninI9 ted
 pictures, as may be inferred are the kihete5
 scope versions of historic battles and ins
 cidents which occurred during the late ar.
 "Thc Charge of Roosevelt's Rough Riders''
 is probably the most graphic scene in the
 lot. .t
 On Wednesday and Friday night Profes
 sor Charles Thompson will give parachute
 leaps from a balloon. The balloon and
 parachute will be brilliantly illuminated,
 and the leap is said to be thrilling one.
 Professor Stowe will also give his picture
 exhibitions on these nights.
 Next week, beginning October 3, Law
 renee Holmes will give the vitascope rem
 dition of the famous "Passion Play" He
 has given this exhibition in all of the large
 cities of the country, and it has every
 where been received most enthusiastically.
 Ile comes here from Omaha. The clergy
 of the country, as well as the public in
 general, have indorsed the play as thor
 oughly refined exhibition of the various
 scenes in the life of Jesus Christ
 The Edison production of this wonder
 ful play is taken from the Selma Morris version secured at the last rendition in Bavaria nearly ten years ago, and consists Of thirty-six scenes, 5000 feet of films of the life of our Savior from the discovery of the Star of Bethlehem by the wise men, l to the ascension into heaven aftr tn cruci- fiction; and is historically correct in cos tunes, scenery, surroundings anu detail. The Passion Play was first produced near ly three hundred years ago in the village of OberAmmergau, Germany, and it's or igin in itself is unique.
 A terrible plague had been raging in that section for a time and people were dying by the hundreds. All efforts to stop it were unsuccessful until the people of the church assembled, and, as an offering to the Deity, agreed to produce play portraying the life of Christ once every ten years; and, strange to say, the day following the first production the plague ceased and has never repeated itself. True to their VOW, each succeeding generation has taken up the task and givn the play.
 Numerous efforts have been made by specula tors to secure a special production of the play. An offer of $50,000 by New | York syndicate being refused, an attempt was made to produce the play on magnif- icent scale in the city of New York some years ago. Over $100000 was expended in costumes, scenery, and settings, but on the eve of the first trial the promoters were | stopped in their efforts by an injunction se- cured by the allied churches of the city, | and the entire outfit was stored away until few months ago, when 1t was sold to | Thomas A. Edison, who had conceived the | idea of 'photographng the production for | his animated picture machine. Nearly | S1OO00O additional was spent in purchasing l fabrics and material for the costumes and scenery, and the securing of competent cast to produce thep lay. His efforts were highly successful, and as result we are | able to offer for the first time to the gem | eral public a magnificent reproduction Of | the life of the Savior in animated pictures, l comprising beautiful and instructive en- | tertainment.