Cañon City record., 1911-09-28
A SPLENDID
PORTRAYAL OF
LUTHER'S LIFE
Story of the Reformation"
: asf Presented Last Evening
a Great Achievement of
Canon's Amateurs.

Canon City people who failed to at
tend the entertainment at the opera
house Thursday night when '@rhe
Story OF the Reformation, OF the Life
of Martin Luther" was presented I'M
der the auspices of Trinity Lutheran
church. should not neglect the oppor-
tunity OF seeing 1t re-enacted there
best amateur productions given hsrs
In long time and cannot fail to
please all who give It patronage. -.
The life Of Martin Luther and rs
splendid achievements In the cause
Of religion and civil liberty is one of
the most cherished seritages OF man
kind and It's dramatic and pictorial
presentation. as shown here Thurs
day night.S.a one of very general
public interest.
The entertainment in question en-
l;stc - large number of local people
an dfncludes In its personnel some OF
the best musical and histrionic talent
IN the community. Miss 8. Ethel
Brown. as lecturer. and Miss Edna II.
shoener. as class Instructor. both OF
whom are from the east. have sue
cesded In organizing an excellent
company of playe-s and The Story Of
the Reformation Il depicts and de-
iinestes 10 worthy Of the utmost
pYaise and consideration In fact, not
TO Gee its representation OF the great
historical events clustering about the
life OF its hero and central figure is
% deprive ones self Of a delightful
and ipsI esuai treat
In the scene portrayins the Diet Of
Worms. Rev. C. 9. Sparks assays the
ross Of kkNn Luther: Rev. T. P.
STAFFORD. Of Charles the Fifth. emper-
or Of Germany; Rev. O. g. Reed Of
Cardinal CateJan. Rev. H. NJ jamie
son OF the Elector Frederick Ill. Of
saxony; r. d. Collins OF Meianchton:
John w. Rogers OF spaiatan; Alfred
Gerlach OF Knight George: Eugene
Maichi; James Key of Prince Albert:
frh..t.. r~,tfr. =. n~f,no t-rso. Il
W. shirk the bishop; Lawrence Swan
son. page. In addition there was rep
resented in this scene a large gather
Ing OF other princes. lords. digna-
H-ies OF the church and state. includ-
ing The cmperor's. cardinals and cleo
tors guard: the soidiery being rep
rescuteSby a detail from Canon City
camp. Modern woodmen of America
Every part was well executed ard
proclaimed careful preparation by the
participants ,-ss
Miss Benlah Emmerson was plan
list: Mira. George W. Bethel Jr.. AMI
Miss Scrtrudc connor. soioIsss: Ar
thur Haley. c. W Van Pa,ten. chas-
Jenkins. Frederic Fell. II. c. Benson.
Everett Fisher. Porter Lyons. Myron
Foster. Robert Boyle. Arthur Hurd,
n. d. Hoicomb. Rudolph Kieemann
and N. r. Curtis. choirmen
In the convent scene Miss Mart''a
Powell was the mother superior; Mrs.
A. q. Lonnaker. Miss May Taylor. Miss
Helen sartor. Mrs \. r. Curtis. Mrs
Geo. A. Prentiss. Mrs. J. p. Waltz
MaR George Bethel Jr.. Mrs. c. e.
Sparks. Mrs, Porter Lyons AMI Miss
Grace Brown. nuns. and Mrs. Freder-
ic. Fell. Misc Gertrude connor. Miss
s9na Hoickvsm. Miss Catherine Mac
Kensie. Mrs F. B. Campbell. Miss
Tina Mackenzie ami Miss Berniee
Quinn. noyices.
In the ellegoricai professional tiie
ladies representing the states of the
American union were. Mrs. j. a. Boy
sen. cara. A. L. wykoff. Mildred
sprieht, Daisy JEFFREY Minnie Me-
Ckry. Hilda sharman. Marie schwei-
CERT. Vera catterlin, Ruth Morrison,
Marsie Duncan. Edna worley. Elsie