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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
THIS THE YEAROF THE
GREAT PASSION PLAY
Most Wonderful Of All Human At
tempts to Tell the Christ Story.
WHY osERAMMERaAu EXISTS.
Peasants Who Possess Wonderful
Dramatic Ability-Great Honor
to Portray the Christus.

There are, no doubt, men and wo-
men who, having witnessed that most
wonderful Of all human attempts to
tell the Christ story, the Passion Play
at Oberammergau, Bavaria, are utter
ly unimpressed and who stoutly main
tain that the whole thing from start
to finish is little more than show
OF mountebanks acting for money"
This sort of person is not to be envied.
The quality or condition of mind
which can remain to the end either
unmoyed or antagonistic is something
incomprehensible. to the ordinary NOR
tai. For setting aside every considera-
ton of the moral quality of the play
and looking at 1t simply as a dra-
matte spectacle, 1t is impossible to
deny to it place among the most
mastery theatrical representations Of
the world.
To the masses-that is, to the Bava-
rian peasants-the Passion Play is to-
day as holy as it was when, nearly 300
years ago. the people of Oberammer-
gau, stricken with terror because of a
plague in their village, knew no better
device to stay 1t than to vow to God
the performance of a Play of the Di-
vine Passion of Christ. Once in every
ten years it is presented and then the
quaint little village swarms with all
sorts, kinds and conditions Of people.
the great majority of whom are for
the time. at least, filled with awe and
a profound sense of exaltation.
THING FOR WHICH THEY LIVE.
Acting in "the play''-to the Oberam-
mergau people there is but one-has
been not only the one recreation of
their life, otherwise hard worked,
somber and stern-it has been their
one channel for the two greatest pas
sions of the human heart-love Of ap-
probation and the instinct of religious
worship; for the Oberammergau peas
ant, both these passions have conferred
on and in his chance to win fame,
please his priest and honor God, by
playing well some worthy part in the
Passion Play. The hope and the am
bition Of this have been the earliest
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
sPLINTERs.

Hop dealer-The dancing master.
The magistrate is usually a very
fine speaker.
Some bakers know more about hand.
ling role than an actor.
The mint is not hotel, but you
can get good quarters there.
You cannot always jump at conclu-
sions without taking a tumble.
You can't expect to keep your &C.
counts balanced II you don't walk
steady.
Bowers Did you say that Jones lost
his money in a bank? Powers Yes;
he put 1t in faro bank.
Gas Man-Your bill for the month is
ten dollars. Consumer Holy smoke!
You must think that own balloon.
Diner These are certainly brave
sandwiches. Waiter-Why?- Diner
can't find a yellow streak in them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

parture from Bethany, the Last Jour
ney to Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the
Final Interview between Judas and
the Sanhedrim, the Betrayal in the
Garden of Gethsemane
The performance OF the play up to
this point consumes four hours; and
as there is'here natural break in the
action, an interval of an hours rest
is taken. 1t comes none too soon,
either to actors or spectators, after SO
long strain of unbroken attention
and deep emotion.
The next act is the bringing of Jesus
before the High Priest Annas; Annas
orders Him taken before Caiaphas, and
this is the ninth act of the play. Then
follow: The Despair OF Judas and
his Bitter Reproaches to the Sanhe-
drim. The Interview between Jesus
and plate, His Appearance before
Herod, His Scourging and Growing
with Thorns, the Pronouncing of His
Death Sentence by plate. the Ascent
to Golgotha, the Crucifxion and Bur-
ial, the Resurrection and Ascension.
The whole lesson of Christ's life, the
whole lesson Of Christ's death, are
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
ATcH1soN GLOBE SIGHTS.
Very few words mean mu

Very few words mean much.
II You keep right. other things will
keep right.
II the difference between two opin-
that both are wrong.
A man pursues bad luck oftener
than bad luck pursues him.
1t is as difficult to transplant PEG.
pie as 1t is to transplant trees.
Much of the art" and culture" you
hear SO much about is simply loafing.
When married woman is only 20
years old she is mighty proud Of the
fact.
When boy breaks his own bicycle,
he breaks his sisters while his is be-
ing mended.
II you think everyone has 1t in for
you it will not be long until every.
one will have.
Let wise man have good luck a
few years and he will do as foolish
things as anybody.
The evangelist is not the only man
disposed to send to hell all those who
fail to agree with him,
I y
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

MONDAY wore on toward night. This
closeness of nature is an accessory Of
illimitable effect; the visible presence
of the sky seems to witness to invis
tble presencns beyond it, and a direct
bond with them. There must be many
soul. am sure, who has felt closer
to the world of spiritual existences,
while listening to the music Of the
Omerammergau Passion Play, than In
any other hour of his life.''
All over the world people are al
ready planning to go to Omerammer-
gau next summer-"the summer Of
the 10th year" The first performance
will be given the third Sunday in May,
and on every Sunday and feast day
thereafter until the coming of fall, the
play will be presented to great au-
diences. The playhouse" now in use
was erected eleven years ago at cost
Of $4,000.
There are no hotels in Omerammer-
gau, but the villagers seem to have no.
difficulty in looking after the comfort
of the thousands who claim their hos
pitality every ten years. Every house
becomes hotel and it is said there
are no more hospitable people in all
the world than the Bavarians.
In the coming production, Anton
Lang will portray the Christus. He
took the part for the first time In
1900 and Is said to be truly wonder
full actor. He is by trade potter.
Whatever there may have been of
theatrical show and fantastic conceit
in the beginning of the Passion Play
was long ago eliminated. Generation
after generation of devout and holy
men have looked upon II more and
more as vehicle for the profoundest
truths of their religion, and have
added to 1t, scene by scene. speech by
speech. everything which in their es-
TEEN could enhance its solemnity and
make clear its teaching. However
much one may disagree with its doc
trines. reject its assumptions or ques-
tion its interpretations, that is no rea-
son for overlooking its significance as
tangible and rounded presentation of
that scheme of the redemption of the
world in which to-day millions of men
and women have full faith.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
ART OF GLASS CUTTING
Delicate Work Which Accounts Ter
the High Price of the
Genuine Article.
PRESSED e9oDs ARE DECEPTIVE
Some Simple Rules That viii safs-
guard the Ordinary Purchaser at
Retail-closed-1n Ware.

Buyers for large houses are some
times deceived when buying cut glass,
and lind they have bought what is
commercially known as pressed glass
instead of the genuine article. Yet
there are few simple rules that will
safeguard the ordinary buyer at retail,
the Boston Globe says.$ The chief one
Is to pick out only what the manufac-
turer calls closed-in articles. BY this
he means vases, jugs, pitchers, bottles
and the like. These cannot be dupli-
Gated in pressed glassware, which Is
first nodded in patterns and the edges
ground. This process gives it so close
resemblance to real cut glass that
even experts may be deceived. The
kind of cut glass that is counterfeited
is called open work, such as plates,
naples or any fiat article through
which the workman can readily see
when finishing it. Another help in Sc
Letting cut glass is Its weight. The
genuine is made from pure lead glass,
made criefy in America, especially for
cutting. This lead glass is very heavy.
The process of making cut glass is
fascinating to watch. The first step
toward cutting is to mark on the blank
that is, the dish in the clear glass
in red or other paint the design that
has been selected for 1t. The most
common designs are diamond shapes,
stars or various points, crosses and
squares, and other geometrical pat
terms The design must be marked on
the glass exactly to stand the test Of
compass and rule. When all lines are
in perfect accordance with the pat
tern, and also fit the blank, the rough
tng" begins. This is cutting the heavy
work, such as the necks of vases and
bottles. and the heavy lines on the
stars
This is done on machine called
the mill" big. wooden-framed az.
fair, on top of which is hopper hold
ing about half a ton of Berkshire hills
sand. This sand is the only kind in
this country that has proved satisfac-
tory for this work. The sand runs
down through the hopper, is moistened
s''>SNA VeSeSA sAAAN SOe@ACo OuS u u IdI60
steel disk, the edge of which is sharp.
This disk is turned by power at very
high speed. The wet sand of the disk
gives it TOOTH" which, when the
glass is held against the edge Of the
disk, cuts very rapuidly.
After the design has been all cut
comes one Of the most difficult parts
of the work. the polishing. This is
done on the outside of the work with
a very high-speeded brush wheel COW.
cred with moistened 5pumice stone,
powdered. This stone is lava thrown
on by a volcano. Large wooden disks,
made to fit the cuts and fed with
pumice and water, are used for POLISH
ing the fine work in and around the
delicate tracery Of the pattern. The
hand Of the glass-cutting expert must
be steady, strong and accurate, for the
least mistake spoils a whole pattern.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
emotions reused in the Oberammer-
gau child's breast. The greatest honor

emotions reused in the Oberammer-
gau child's breast. The greatest honor
in all this wide world which may fall
to man is to render the part of the
Christus, while the most shameful of
all misfortunes which may be visited
upon resident Of Oberammergau is
to have taken from him, because of
his unworthiness, an important part
he has once portrayed. One man to
whom this happened became insane
through grief. Right here it might
be we'll to explain a phase of the great
mystery play, which, strangely enough.
is seldom understood and is often the
subject of sarcasm on the part of
many tourists who, putting 1t frankly,
do not know what they are talking
about. This is the financial end of the
undertaking. Every dollar of the
money received goes into the hands Of
committee selected by the people.
When all the costs are paid the profits
are divided into four portions, one
quarter is set aside to be expended for
the church, for the school and for the
poor; another for the improvement of
the village, for repairs of highways,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

$4,000 Fire Loss mt Knoxville.
Fire of unknown origin started in
the Bell Clothing Company store in
Knoxville, and did $4,000 worth of dam
age. The Bell company's store was en-
tirely destroyed The branch Office of
the Singer Sewing Machine Company
was damaged by fire and water and the
grocery store of d. MacMinis was burn
ed to the ground
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

Governor Carroll, upon recommenda.
ton of the state board of parole, par
doned DR.. j. w. Crofford Of Decatur
County. who in 1905 was sent to the
penitentiary for twelve years fer the
murder of Maud Stone in his hospital
at Lamont. Newly discovered evidence
showing that the man is innocent
formed the ground of the pardon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

buildings, ETC.; third is divided
among the taxpaying citizens of the
town who have incurred the expense
OF preparing for the play, buying the
costumes. etc. The remaining quarter
is apportioned among the players, ac-
cording to the Importance of their re-
spective parts; as there are 700 of
them, it is easy to see that the indi-
vidual gains cannot be very great.
THE PASSION PLAY.
The play-given on an uncovered
stage before an auditorium the greater
part of which is uncovered-is divided
into eighteen acts. and covers the
time from Christ's entry into Jerusa-
lem, at the time Of His driving the
money changers out of the temple,
till His ascension. Before each act
there are given tableaux of Old Testa-
ment events which are prophetic Of
the scenes in Christ's life which are
depicted in the act following. In the
second act is seen the high council
of the Jewish Sanhedrim plotting
measures for the ruin and death Of
Jesus. This is followed by His de.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
CUT PRICES, OUT OF CHARITY.
Latter Day Saints Reduce Cost o
Their Cereal Products.

Latter Day Saints Reduce Cost of
Their Cereal Products.
For purely phllanthropic reasons the
prices of cereal foods manufactured by
the institutional bakeries of the
Church of the Latter Day Saints will
be cut in half. according to a report
made in Des Moines at the conference
of the nothern uEson. which comprises
Iowa, Minnesota and the two Dakotas.
The cut in prices will extend to cereal
foods manufactured by the Battle
Creek Sapitarium,l and to bread made
by their bakeries. A missionary train
ing school will be established at Hutch
inson, Mimi, and medical school at
Iona Linda, Cal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
First WIN Broken In County.

The first will ever broken by a jury
in the District Court of Marshall Coun-
ty was that of Christ Schumann. a for
mer wealthy, farmer of Laurel. who
died leaving an estate of 100000, which
be divided among his five sons and
widow. Schunlann left his daughter,
Mrs. Amelia Garrigan, of Grinnell,
with $1,000 and a feather bed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
confc.ses Many Robbcrles.

Robert Lee Meyers, colored. aged 81.
recently of Springfield, ILL.,, and now
under arrest in Davenport for threat
ening his landlady with revolver,
has confessed series of daring rob
berries.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
Had Fire at Elkhorn.

Elkhorn had a $4,000 fire late Sun
day. The fire started in the Jerry
Miller hardware store, spread to the
implement house of Larson & Boos,
and the general store of ]. j. James.
This is the second bad fire Elkhorn has
had in o month.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
Ample Proof.

Lottie-Is your young minister. so
very, very fascinating?
misunderstanding! Why. lots of
girls in our church have married men
they hated. just to get one kiss from
the rector after the ceremony.-Puck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
The Innocent victim.

~ believe said the blunt individ-
ual. sin speaking my mind and call
Ing spade spade"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. Many
are that way. The tendency is what
corrupts the vocabularies of SO many
parrots. Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
An AlIurInr u. s.

A widower who was married recently
for the third time and whose bride
had been married once before, wrote
across the bottom of the wedding invi-
tations: BE sure and come; this is
no amateur performance" Ladies'
Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
coNFEssEs MURDER OF MRS. ROB
Henry johnson, Hired Man, Say. He
Killed the Woman.

Henry johnson, Hired Man, Says He
Killed the Woman.
Henry Johnson, the hired man ar
rested for the murder of Mrs. Guy Rob-
erts at Marathon, has practically con-
fessed the crime. 1t is claimed that
he murdered the woman and chopped
her body to pieces while laboring under
an hallucination that she had years
ago been bitten by a mad dog and that
If she was not put out of the way she
would go mad and kill her three chill
dren. johnson was treated in a Des
Moines hospital about year ago for a
serious Illness. 1t is believed that his
bodily ills affected his mind. He is
about Is years of age. and made his
home with his mother near Albert
City, where he is in Jail. He says
that he killed Mrs. Roberts when she
went to summer kitchen to get uten.
sils to do the washing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

vouring their dead comrades, but could
not get close enough to make their
shots effective, as the wolves TOOK to
the woods at once Frank and Dawes
consider themselves lucky as neither
were hurt, except that Dawes was
1 slightly scratched on the jaw by one
of the wolves which leaped upon him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
Bia.ed opinion.

oh. man is a peculiar elf
Who braves full many a wordy
storm; N
Whate'er may benefit himself
He Classics as reform.
Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
Held for Death of Infant.

The Cedar Rapids police are holding
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Dyson in GUS
tody, pending an investigation as to
the death of their 5-months-old baby
who died suddenly. The remains were
sent to Iowa City.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
way he hooked ID Il.

$50 you want to marry my daugh-
ter. do you. young MANI"
Yes, SIR"
well, can you support family?"
How many are there Of you. sir?"
Judge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

Attacks Child and IL Arrested.
Roy Woodbury., of Keokuk, aged "a.
who attacked S-year-old Grace Moore,
OF Keokuk. was captured after TWEEN
ty-four hour hunt. He confessed. 1t
is thought that Woodbury. is tenporar-
lily deranged.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
Iowa News
PAROLE GRANTED LIE ROY WARE.

Supreme Court Reverses Judge
Towner and Upholds State Law.
The State Supreme Court has or
dered Leroy Ware released from pris-
on and sustained the right of the state
board Of parols to release prisoners
who began their term prior to the date
when the state board of parole came
into existence, which was July 4, 1907.
Ware had been released from prison
and Judge Towner ordered him sent
back, holding that the state board of
control has no authority to parole
prisoners who began their terms be-
fore the board came into existence.
Ware Immediately sued out writ Of
habeas corpus before the Supreme
Court and carried the case to tat body,
the hearing being held last month.
The Supreme Court ruled that the
state board of parole has authority,
under the law creating it and under
the state constitution, to parole from
prison any prisoner confined there
and that it makes no difference what
ever even when the prisoner began
his term of service. Some fifty-three
prisoners released by the board were
affected by the decision. Had the court
held contrarywise, these men could
have been returned to prison to COM
plete their sentences Notwithstanding
the fact that they are now out on
parole and making good honest liv-
ing. This is the last case attacking
the constitutionality OF the law Great
ing the state board of parole and Arm
ly establishes that board as a proper
and legitimate method of conducting
government affairs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

Billiards and pool on shipboard are
now possible through the recent in
vention Of a self-leveling table which
accommodates itself to every move.
ment Of the vessel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

The Swedish Lutheran conference,
comprising Iowa and eastern Missouri,
has voted to locate the proposed $780,
600 hospital in Des Moines. Work on
the institution will probably be start
OIL th{c ynnr
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

How much does it cost, to get mar
ried?" asked the eager youth.
THAT depends entirely ON how long
you live" replied the sad-looking
man.-Philadolphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
Its Nature,
What's that?"

There is one good thing, or ought
to be. about the society model deity
business"
What's that?"
1T gets the cream Of the trade
Baltimore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

AInn Sought As Eloper Nabbed.
Geo. Roberts, wanted at Burlington
on charge of clipping with Miss Pad
lock. was arrested in Davenport. Com
plant was filed by the girls parents.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

"Your methods" said the indignant
official. were simply highway rob-
berry"
Again you wrong me-" answered
the sugar importer. They were low
weigh robbery. "-Washington Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

NuxcHtihe UHiIu 7bufhH 10 Deuth.
The 2-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
and Mrs. James Fisk of Muscatine.
was burned to death the other night
when its clothing caught fire from a
red hot stove,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

Most Of the cooking of the japanese
cities is done in public ovens, which
are maintained at convenient places
at moderate cost to patrons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

Octave Thanet Hns New Novel.
Miss Alice French of Davenport.
known as Octave Thanet, has just COM
pleted new novel entitled by In
heritance."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
Pride and the Love Of Praise

Pride and the Love of Praise.
Pride is essential to noble charac-
ter and the loveof praise is one of the
civilizing elements. Henry Ward
Beecher-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09
Impoo,.,sible.

"a vegetable trust could never keep
its plans secret"
Why not?"
Because there would be sure to be
a leek somewhere. Baltimore Ameri.
can.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-03-12
Go1dfie1d VIII Help

/" through the efforts of the Sierra Madre club, the first social
mining club in the United States, the 1910 convention of the
I American Mining Congress will be held in Los Angeles, begin
ming September 26 and continuing through the week ending October J.
The club has already guaranteed the sum of $4,000, half of which is
to be applied to furtherance of the legislative program in Washington,
and will now endeavor to increase the entire fund to $4,000. The
supervision Of the convention will be in the hands of an advisory
board, including representation from all public bodies in Los Angeles
and every important mining and oil town in southern California,
Arizona and Nevada, while the details will be in charge of an execu-
tive committee of three, with Sidney Norman acting as mana cling
director. The latter expects to visit every mining camp and ol-pro-
ducng district in the southwest before the meeting convenes.
Every effort will be made to insure the greatest convention in the
history of the congress and with that idea in view excursions will be
organized to surrounding districts after the business Of the convention
has been completed. This will give delegates from all over the
United States a opportunity of judging in a personal way of the
immense mineral resources to be found in southwestern states.
That Goldfeld will cooperate with Los Angeles in every way
possible to make the meeting in the southern metropolis a success,
goes without saving.