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Oliver Cromwell Entertainment.

lures OF the cromwell entertainment
at the opera house on next Monday
and Tuesday evenings, Sept. 14th and
18th.
Oliver Cromwell was the great man
of the 18th century. The forces he set
to work brought about religious tolera-
ton and church supported by volun-
tary contributions. Macaulay, the his
torian, says: "The work of Cromwell
contained the principle which has
made life tolerable in Saxton countries.
senter, it secured the independence
of judges, it limited the duration of
Parliaments, it placed the press under
the Jurisdiction of juries, it brought
about the law which relieved Roman
Catholics of civil disabilities, it reform
ed the system of representation, and
his work enlarged the civil liberties of
the race.
The costumes used in the entertain
ment are intended to be part of the
great object lesson in history. They
are elaborate and gorgeous, of silks,
satins and velvets, costing nearly 50, 900.
The Scottish soldiers suits made in
Glasgow, Scotland for Mrs. Monroe
alone costing S400. In the summer of
1900 Mrs. Monroe visited the Paris
Exposition and the costume OF each
lady in the third scene the scene in
which the crown is offered to Crom-
well) is a reproduction of the cos
tune worn by some great women con
temporary with Cromwell. Marie de
Medici, Annie of Austria, Henrietta
Marie, etc the original of these being
shown in the Palais de Costume at the
Exposition
Rehearsals for the entertainment
have been in progress for nearly two
weeks and the participants are doing
splendid work and will give the pro-
duction an excellent rendition.
Mrs. II. f. Monroe, of Washington,
D. c., the originator and lecturer of
the affair is distinguished woman.
For fifteen years she was president of
what is now Midland College at Atch-
isol Kas. She is the author of four
books-"The Art of Conversation"
Heroine of the Mining Camp"
Washington, It's Sights and Insights"
and Historical Lutheranism, the
last. named having been translated in
to thirteen different languages. In her
travels in England, Scotland, Ireland,
Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
France, Switzerland and Italy she has
seen most crowned heads of Europe,
including the late Pope Leo XIII by
whom she with other Americans was
received.
The entertainment will begin
promptly at eight o'clock. Chart for
reserved seats opens Friday morning,
Sept. 18th, at eight O'Clock at H. S.
Lloyd's. Following is the elaborate
program:
Overture Orchestra
Pianist ......................Mi Miss Byrde Taggart
Glass Instructor. .............Miss S. Ethel Brown
Stereoscopist. t.......................W. o. Weaver
PARTI.
Allegorlcal Professional
Puritans and Cavaliers vie with each other in
Praising God.
......................C Chorus of rs voices
"How Lovely is Thy Temple
"Praise Ye the Father, from Gounod
Story of Cromwell and Charles I. of England,
told by Mrs. H. E. Monroe with sixteen views:
Cromwell, Home at Huntingdon, Charles 1.
Statue of Charles l.; Mary Queen of Scots, Mary
Tudor, Elizabeth, Thorwaldsen's Christ Luther,
Calvin, Archbishop Laud Man in Pilloroy,
Cromwell a Hampton Attempting to Leave
England Riot in st. Giles Cathedral Singing
the Covenant 1913, King Charles with his Horse.
PART II.
Scene at Cambridge University.
Male Chorus, ........."G Germany" Bethlehem"
Arthur Hazelrig. g................A.P p Van Gelder
John Pym. .........................H. II. G. German
william COKE .................,.......F Frank Felt
DenZu Hollis ,..........Bert Olmsted
Oliver Cromwell ..........Rev. Robert McCaslin
John STROBE. Floyd Felt
John Milton Geo. A. Walker, Jr
John Elliot. ot........................W II. Howard
Miles Hobart. C. Zuber
John Hampden. n.....................I.K K. Hockey
John Seldom. n.....................E. D. Armstrong
Walter Long. ........................R.R McQuay
Philip Wharton. ................D DIR. r. p. Heman
Peter Hayman n.............,......Ch Charles III. Felt
John Hotham. ........................C. Q. Wiley
VIM. Black. .................R Rev. j. NJ. Robertson
Story continued with nineteen views Hen
rietta Marie, Henrietta and Children, Geo. Viii
lers, Duke of Buckingham, Buckingham Assass-
mated, Oliver CROMWELL The Star Chamber,
House of Lords House of Commons,
John Pym, John Hampden, Old Parlia-
ment Buildings Arrest of the Earl of
Strafferd, His Trial, Laud Blessing Strafford,
Jerusalem Chamber, The Westminster Assem-.
sembly Gp Westminster Assembly (2), Holding
Down the Speaker King Charles L. in Speakers
Chair.
| PART III.
Scene in Parliament under Charles l.
! Speaker of the House. II. Howard
chaplain. ...................R Rev. j. NJ. Robertson
Sergeant at Arms. s....................Herber Day
Clerks. ......... R. r. McQuay, r. NJ. Overhiser
King Charles I.................Geo. A. Walker, Jr
Prince Rupert. rt.....................C C. w. Shaffer
Cromwell Rev. Robert McCaslin
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