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A LETTER. Written From Munich By Miss Edna The Straight -r Hanna. Munich, July 30, 1910. Dear Folks: As I said in my last letter this is the Passion Play letter. I left Munich about 10:30 a.

m. I never got into a much bigger crowd at a station and there were so many Americans I felt as tho' I was back fT in. S. A. There were; two trains leaving Munich at the, same time" so we had plenty of room on the; train.

There were only two (iermahs in the car with me, everyone "else, were; Americans. The trip of. about two 'Ahxxn in food YmU and a half hours was certainly a beautiful one, the road winding all the way higher into the mountains going part of the way, near Munich, along the shore of one of the famous Bavarian lakes, "Sternbergersee." As we drew near Oberammergau ft commenced to drizzle so we landed in frain-coats and umbrellas. The little village can be seen for some time Head tho Babel Day no fxr; pozudcr czZooo Gko Grccsn cf Tarter czzarcxZco to coam as it is in the valley surrounded by mountains and the road-bed has to wind down somewhat to the level of the valley the little village church and the theatre building, and the mount with the golden cross were of course the first landmarks, to be seen. When the train pulled in, the first thing that I heard was the bawl of a young calf pastured near the little depot and of course it gave me a rustic welcome.

A number of the peasant men were acting as baggage men and I wish I could have a pic ture of the man who carried my suitcase he Was dressed, as all of them. In bijsiress the easiest wayj for us if we were thinking of the present alone would be to sell clothes that pay us swollen profits, explain away faults, employ salesmen skilled in selling you, not what you want, but what we want you, to buy. But that idea doesn't prevail here because our success comes from sale after sale, from holding old customers as well as making new ones and because we are here to stay. If service and quality, right values and true economy is your idea, you'll find this store a good place to buy. That idea is woven, sewed and shaped into every style of clothes from TheHouse of Kuppenheimer and the Celebrated Kaufman Shrunk Garments which we are showing.

And it's a big array The choicest, crispiest styles for fall and winter. The new ideas, rational, clean-cut and distinctive. Whatever your age whatever your taste you'll find your model here and tailored to perfection. Suits and Overcoats, to $25-00 fllir nilflrantPP We guarantee every VUr UUciraillCC customer absolute satisfaction in every respect, and will at once make good, or refund the purchase price on any case where we fail to please and satisfy. in the Tyrolian costume, short knee A straight, tamest, Cream of Tartar Baldno Powder.

Made from Grapes. breeches of leather embroidered in white, socks which only cover the calf EzxxZJ MaZxes better, more healthful It of the leg knitted of grey wool with a border of green at the top and bottom, a grey woolen coat trimmed in Co3d dc green, a little felt hat with a feather sticking straight up at the back. I a went to the house to which I had written and found that they had rooming accommodations for me at an other home. I took a picture of this Short Gxits to ILocslI News and I do so hope it is good. The barn and residence were under the same roof and when I came home at night the tinkle of cow bells greeted me.

I asked the woman how many were there and she said four and a calf was born during the night, which made five in our house. My room was far away, that is as far as it could be, from the barn and everything was as clean as a pin. The floors were nearly worn out with scrubbing, and were so white I was almost afraid to step on them. Immediately after dinner, which I ate Copyright 1910 TheHouK of Kuppenheimer Chicago at the other house, that of Sebastian Lang, I met Hazel Barnwell and together we tramped around Oberammergau visiting the little church which, tho small is very beautiful inside and very rich decoration, the grave yard where were many interest ing memorials for different prominent men in the past history of Oberam The Boston GloHMinig Hoiuse J. A.

FRISHMAN, Proprietor. Agency for Walk-Over Shoes, Hawes $300 Hats, Carhartt Overalls and Gloves, Grinncll Gloves, Everwear Guaranteed Men's Hose, Frishman $2.00 Guaranteed Hats, Clucttand Monarch Shirts, Arrow 1-4 size Collars Get your fall carpets at Conrad's. Beds at Fat Man's restaurant-hotel. Branger's stock of shoes bristles with variety. Oysters are now being served at the Bon Ton.

Harve Willey had his scales fixed up this week. Buy your cement from the Swen-son Lumber Co. Pure country Sorghum in bulk at Alquist's grocery. Fresh oysters and celery at the Lawrence grocery. Call 390 if you want a carpenter, Clay Center Planing mills.

Millinery, waists, hair goods, etc. at the Miss Sadie Price store. For purity and flavor use Wright's pure old-fashioned buckwheat. Fur Overcoats and Fur Robes. J.

M. Vincent Sons, north side. Peterson carries the rug stock of the town. See them before buying. Chairs, tables, rugs, carpets and all other knids of' furniture at Conrad's.

Wright's old-fashioned buckwheat flour is pure. Wright wrongs no man. Miss Ethel Yerkes is a new assistant at The Fair store, acting as cash girl. White Sewing machines, sold on 4- i -m tt: a -I it. mergau.

we Dougnt a few souvenirs and pictures and had a fine glimpse of the town and the beautiful mountains all around. It was so cold be cause of the altitude and the drizzling rain that we had to hunt the shelter of a coffee room once in awhile to get warm. After supper I went di rectly to the house where I roomed and spent the evening chatting with the peasant woman over the kitchen fire. She told me many interesting things about the play and the village people and all the time. I was getting model lesson in housekeeping, ev erything was so spick and span.

I asked her to wake me next morning a curtain which closed between the scenes and tableaus the sides of the stage remain the same always representing the house of Pilate on one side and of Caiaphas on the other and the two entrances separating these from the main and center of the stage are representative of streets. Going, back to the acts of the Passion jPlay, the scene in which Christ separates from his mother and friends in Bethany was very effective, also the last supper and the foot washing after it, during the latter no was spoken and time to go to mass for the people tle. The case will be carried into the higher courts. Sumner Merten fell at the C. Deet-jen home one day, last week and broke his right arm between the wrist and elbow.

We can repair your old Suit Case or sell you a new one, for anything in leather call at J. M. Vincent Sons, north sdie. Look at the new line of sewing machines just added to the furniture stock at Conrad's. A fine line of machines, priced right.

Geo. H. Carls from up toward Mor-ganville has bought the C. W. Doling home in the northern part of town, completed last summer.

The Woman's Relief Corps will serve pension day dinner at the G. A. R. hall Friday, November 4th, to which the public is invited. The high school foot ball team and the girls basket ball team go to Belleville tomorrow morning for a game with the teams there.

The meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which was to have been held at the home of Mrs. Selders, has been postponed. The German Heater is the only successful down-draft stove that has stood the test for the past ten years. J. M.

Vincent Sons, north side. Newly married couples should let Peterson furnish their house for them. His stock is complete and he can save them money. Lincoln Avenue. Ladies are given a special invitation to call and see the new line of waists at Miss Sadie Price's millinery store.

They will see something new. Chas. Fitch and family this week moved in from their farm south of town and are now living in the Householder house on north Fifth street. If you are a breeder of good hogs you should read the Chapin Nordstrom advertisement in another part of this paper. Their sale will be held shortly.

Charley Swenson has bought the old Jacob Mall home near the Mc-Kinley school house, paying $3,500 for it. A. McDaniel has owned the house recently. The Garland Base Burner still grows in favor. More sold last year than for 5 years preceeding.

A complete line at J. M. Vincent Sons, north side. If you think there is nothing new under the sun, see "The Widow Perkins" at the Bonham opera house one night only, Saturday, Oct. 29th and you'll change your mind.

There have been many donations toward the Helping Hand home this week, which makes it appear as though the home will be located her in due time in good shape. Chapin Nordstrom are advertising a hog sale in this week's Times. Hunt it up and read it over. If you are interested in hogs you will find something of benefit there. Miss Sadie Price is making a speci Who take part in the Passion Play go to mass at five o'clock.

I was just a many people are used in the play, and there are only 1600 inhabitants in Oberammergau. Many of the costumes are made by the Oberammergau women, the orchestra, the chorus, the leader, the stage director all belong to Oberammergau, in fact the only outside element is the scenery and a. few costumes. The costumes are beautiful and they have two sets, the better to be worn on clear days, the second set on rainy days, for much of the stage is not roofed and has for its back-ground the mountains which rise just back of the stage. The scenery that is changed is that of the center of the stage in which the various scenes are given, which are not street scenes or before ittle too late to see them, but heard their voices as they sang along the way to the church accompanied by the ringing of the bells it sounded beautiful in the fresh clear morning air, for the day had already dawned the action was beautiful.

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JEWELER. Clay Center, Kan. pilate, for instance the upper room, where the last supper was held, the it seemed like a beautiful picture, for you know many -of the scenes are arranged from famous pictures of the life of Christ. The scenes before the high council, the cleansing of the temple, the bartering with Judas and the betrayal were all excellent, also the condemnation scene and the journey to Golgotha. The scenes that pleased me least were the scenes in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Res previous day.

I went immediately after breakfast to meet Hazel and her friends, and the man who played Judas Johannes Zwink accompanied us to the building, and helped us find the right entrance. We were stopped by people who snapped his picture on our way to the theatre. He cannot talk English but I Garden of Gethsemane, Golgotha, the Sepulchre, etc. You can imagine what a variety of scenery they have when you know they have twenty four tableaus and without counting I talked German to him both at this urrection and the Ascension these can think of at least twelve scenes in the Passion Play itself and each of these scenes are different. The time and on the day before when he wrote his signature on his picture for me he was so interesting and so charges for lodging are very high, but when one stops to think that the seemed at times sacrilegious, especially the first named.

The last two are of course very dramatic and would require more of the theatrical contrivances and of course that is out of harmony with the idea of the Oberammergau. The play is very much and sometimes very harshly criticized and I was somewhat sceptical about it when play is given only once in ten years and that except for the revenue then received there is practically no other pleasant in his conversation. His daughter plays the part of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. The audience room was crowded, it holds four thousand seats and many people had standing room. The play began at eight o'clock and the first part lasts till inai.

J. vincem sc sous, norm side. When you are trading at Branger's you get what you believe you are getting. Hoosier and Buckeye Grain drills, none better, at right prices. L.

P. Schrader. Plenty of new and second hand Cider and Vinegar barrels at Alquist's grocery. Whenever you are in town and want a good bowl of oyster soup, go to the Bon Ton. Conrad is carrying the largest and finest line of rugs ever brought to Clay Center.

See them. The Swenson Lumber Company Is headquarters for all kinds of building material. Court street. Peterson's furniture store is the place to buy your fall carpets and rugs. A fine stock on hand.

Go to i Peterson's for your furniture of will find prices right and a large stock to select from. Hr vrLrU Blood poison in the hand, has.b,eea causing Ff ed Olriey some trouble this week, ilfcrwasu icaused from a pin There, are "numerous "things in the furniture line' which make fine wedding presents. Let Peterson show you a few. Rugs and carpets, those two things Peterson makes a specialty of. And he also has a most complete stock of furniture.

The oyster season has started and you can always find a fresh supply as well as the best celery at the Lawrence grocery. In Judge lams court Saturday E. H. Swenson secured judgment for 9157.70 against the Rock Island, damages on a delayed shipment of cat way of making a living and then con The Local Market. siders the expense of putting on the play of building and keeping up the Have- about twelve, intermission of 2 hours Grain market furnished by M.

G. Pat terson, poultry by Clay County Produce and then the second part till 6 p. m. I went to Oberammergau, but I came away with my mind very happily theatre it does not seem that the price is so high. I was very much pleased with the play and I think it The chorus is composed of forty peo Deei ana nog marKet by u.

uowning: Prices quoted by dealers last evening: at peace over many of the points I had heard criticised. The point as to is wonderful to think of it being giv en by the people of Oberammergau, its being sacrilegious has more ple, not including the man who gives the prologue each time. The chorus has much more to do in the play than I thought and the orchestra has also a large share, there is special music written for the entire play They are certainly to be admired and Wheat 85c Corn 42c, 43c OaU 24c 25c Fat heavy hogs, 7.75 Light hogs $8.10 Medium weight bogs $7.85 Fat heifers, corn fed $8 60 to 14.00 Fat cows, corn fed 8.00 to S8.60 ground in my mind than other critl cisms. It hardly seems right in many ways for the lire of Christ to be so and it is very good. The chorus portrayed on the, stage, but much of its sacrilegious element is lost by its being played in Oberammergau maes, greeu per id 7c Hens 8c Ducks dress in the oriental costumes and enter by balconies at the sides of the stage.

The prologue is read first ueese 7c and by the peasant people there Hen Turkeys TomTnrkeys, 14c then there is usually a solo with they are sincere in their handling of alty of the latest styles of waists for uia roosters each ue fS trade 21c. cash Sic the next few days, French plaid silk, chorus and then the chorus divides forming in angle shape, leaving the middle space for the principal part Bauer 20e black embroidered chiffon and other the parts and the text and they give the best portrayal that lies in their power and they are honest, simple people of the mountains. I believe Broilers so kinds all of the latest style. Apples 40c or the stage where all the tableaus A fine line of waists at reduced them pure and noble in character and CAR OIL MEAL and CAR MEAT MEAL Call for Prices Am in market for Corn and Oats, will be to your interest to see me. All kinds of the best grades of coal on hand.

G. Patterson are produced. These tableaus, twen ty-four in number, are given on sub Marriage Licenses. Oct. 26.

I never have seen more beautiful prices at Miss Sadie Price's millinery store. French plaid silk, Persian chiffon, black embroidered chiffon, honored for it. The praise and good in the play certainly out-weighs any blame in my estimation. As much as I should like to have my friends in America see the play I hope no one will ever have enough of disregard for the fitness of things and enough of the spirit of commercialism to tear it away from the home in the mountains, where it has been given every ten years since 1633. spirit of Oberammergau is half of the charm of the Passion Play.

EDNA HANNA. Presbyterian Church. Sunday school at 9:45. Preaching at 11:00 and 7:30 p. m.

by pastor. Morning subject, "She Hath Done What She Could." "In the evening, the 3rd of striking sermons in series on religious climes, "Masquerading." Good music by choir. C. E. society at 6:30 p.

m. Friends and strangers most welcome. Fur Overcoats and Fur Robes. J. M.

Vincent Sons, north side. Charles F. Dickinson Cherokee, la. jects taken from the old testament and are given preceeding the act of faces, I mean beautiful as to character and nobleness, especially among the women. They live for theP as- Mane Kansdeu Clay Center all priced right until sold.

See them the play, which is similar in thought, Lyle Clampitt Morganvllle sion Play, it is their; pride and honor to give it and the credit is due alone iaa Jiaiverson Morganvllle Presley Raymond Rankin Milton vale for instance, the tableau of Joseph sold into Egypt, preceeds the scene in which Judas received the money from the high council. Usually a to the people of Oberammergau--no May Elizabeth Hawes Wakefield solo is sung during the few moments out-sider has ever had the privilege of doing one thing for them. The characters for the play are chosen in October previous to the Bour's coffee Is still giving the Umdrj smite 1am of each tableau explaining it, then the same good satisfaction it has for curtain closes the chorus closes again the past six year at Alquist's. Passion Play year and the charac into the straight line and sings of the coming act and then disappears while ters then have some time to get ac 22 short cartridges. 10 cents ner the act or scene is being given.

The quainted with their parts. The prac box. J. M. Vincent Sons, north side.

first scene of the Passion Play was the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, and it was beautiful, the popular, scenes were specially well tice extends for about four or five months before the performances begin. Of course some families have more to say than others in the arrangements and selection the Lang family is a wonderful family, very large too for there are several branches of the family. They are all well educated and gentle, refined people. Anton Lang, who portrays the part of Christ is well educated and has traveled quite extensively his every movement or word in the play is beautifully given. Johannes Zwink.

who nlavs the part of Judas is CLAY CCtSTCR.ttftCJSAS. Service is the Keynote of a Bank's Our facilities arc at the disposal of our If you have any business to transact or writing to do when in the city, we invite you to come in and make use of our room. This bank, with ample resources at its command, confidently believes it can care for your business in a most satisfactory manner. The Dolicv of this bank is to The MepuMfcainis off (Clay County Cflta-ve nominated given, both at this time and later in the condemnation and crucifixion scenes. Children of all ages are in these scenes and they do it so mar-velously well and are so proud to be allowed such an honor.

They would feel disgraced if they did one little thing wrong. The children are also to be admired in the many tableaus in which they take part, many times they act as cherubs, many times just as children, but I did not see one of them move a muscle in the several minutes given. to each In wonderful in his interpretation of that KM jjlnethpds, ve vlttetakin; the: treajtmentbits customers. very ungrateful character theZwinks are also a large and influential, fam-iiyJ who take' the parts of vA I it si 17 i mm ml fact 'the tableaus so" good' in every, respect that thy jVIC Jcftn the Disciple and Peter we 'I iJ rot Bipi a iso very gqop, juary juagtuuea? was also verr fine: MaftT the Mothef ell jrorth the price groupings and posiUpns ar' all ranged by one of the, gunujr for Sheriff of of 'Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Simon, Jo- and he certainly has artistic tas 2i of Aramathea and ail tne FRAT4K O. Chkr the tableau in which the first of the Atistles were very goraL A Bfjf ceu promised land is shown to the Israel these there were the Roman sorAiers, the Sandedim, also very good, the He is hard working, industrious, must work for a living, as reliable as sun light Not very well acquainted.

He has been too busy to make a large general acquaintance. The Republican Voters should see to it that he is taken care of. Remember the name. ites was especially well grouped and the stage in some of the tableaus was crowded with people these were all Pharisees, a number of less import ant characters, the Populace, numbering many places at least five given, you understand In the center of the stage to which a background and scenery are always given and there is hundred, the chorus and the characters of the tableaus, so you see how.