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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-11-10
A WORT or - About OppOrtunity.

There IL an old saying that opporiunl'
IS j. Kind, but only To the Industrious
A. an illustration OF This idea we may
'ite the old Persian legend that a poor
gates Of paradI-" hoping that they
would open and he could enter. Final
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Harriet parted the thrust tamely.

Harriet parted the thrust tamely.
Whose husband?" Then, with a
sudden up-faming of native honesty,
she turned upon the doctors wife to
rend her. 81 don't like any such beat
in about the bush, Mrs. Warren. You
and me are old enough friends to look
each other square in the eye and speak
| out our minds. l haven't had much
| chance to learn the rights and wrongs
of things in what. is called good soci-
ETY., but you have"
Mrs. Warren's rising resentment sub
sided at this placating turn of the SEN
tence and she smiled graciously. Il
| ought to-. Warren and l always moved
| with the best, back home"
Harriet went on tempestuously. Il
| don't want to do anything wrong.
| Goodness knows don't. / want to be
a lady. Not just a lady in fine clothes
bought with money somebody gave her,
but a lady at heart. A lady who does
knows the rights and wrongs of things,
| and who wouldn't go wrong not for
| 1000 Colorado ranches"
my conscience, girl, you needn't get
| SO heated over my little joke"
at wasn't a joke. And you didn't
mean it for a joke. If there was any
thing wrong with my having Mr.. Field
ing to look after my business his sister
wouldn't have let him stay there half
a minute. That's the sort of woman
she is. And, as for husbands. he don't
care that for me-" swapping her fingers
vigorously, "and if it'll close your lips
forever on that subject I'll tell you
something more"
Here her n dropped from the
tempestuous excitement of a thorough
ly angry woman to a plaintive minor
note. Hes already engaged to be
married. and he's wrapped up soul and
body in a young society lady of New
York. Now them"
WELL" said Mrs. Warren, "if you
amt a pepper box I never saw one
I'm almost afraid to tell you what I
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strong and young as Ledyard Field
ing. She recalled her boast to Mrs.
Warren only that morning of how cas-
lily he could vanquish Rogers with
n hand tied behind him."
Then she had asserted-now she
questioned. Her rash "he could" had
subsidized into an anguished Gould
he?" All unconsciously to herself she
flung the question wildly upon the still
night air.
Gould he? Can he? oh. dear
heaven put him to no such test
The still night air was punctured
just at that moment by a single shot.
1t rang out upon the splendid repose
of the night with brutal dlstinctness.
Harriet answered 1t by a startled cry.
Madge snorted and swerved TO one
side of the road. Then everything
was as quiet as before.
The dark ledge CT rock doomed
ahead of her near at hand. The pound
ing of her mares hoofs on the hard
white road was the only audible
sound. She laughed aloud. The ideal
A woman who had lived for fifteen
years in Colorado to be frightened by
the sound OF a single pistol shot!
Then she reminded herself OF the
carrying capacity of that clear moun-
tain air. That shot might have come
all the way from Pope's Mill. It was
Saturday night and there vas almost
always a dance at the mill on Satur-
day night. A dance without one or
two attendant fights was almost an
unknown thing. Madge swept swift
ly forward with her while she was adj
ministering this crumb OF comfort to
her frightened soul. then, with a snort
Of terror, the mare spun face about
and made a wild attempt TO retrace
her steps.
Harriet was vaguely aware OF a
dark something lying squarely across
her pathway. With a physical strength
she had never accredited herself with,
she faced the mare back toward II. a
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tone. "oh, come now; ! amt going 70
have you running down Sadie Farin-
dale's dear Harry IN no such fashion.
You was good enough before
TITS like you to say So" said Har-
riet. glowing with pleasure. You're
a great one to stand up for your friends
But, Mrs. Warren. they do make me-
feel as II / didn't know one blessed
thing OF earth Why, they talk to
each other about books and music and
what's going ON on the other side of
the globe as easy as you and me would
talk about chickens Matching or cab
bages sprouting."
Mrs. Warren eleTated her double
chin contemporary. "Oh, / know the
sort. They amt the first New York
swells that have come out to Colorado
to get one sniff of uncontaminated air,
and look nature in the face for once
in their lives. Warren's most as far
gone on EN- as you are, however.
Says she is the gentlest, sweetest girl
he ever attended, and that he looks
like a Greek god"
"He does; that's exactly So"
Mrs. Warren promptly wet-blanket-
ed this enthusiasm, and smiled with
scorn. "Oh, he does, does he? Well,
as I don't happen to have a personal
acquaintance with any Greek gods I
can't say"
Now, Mrs. Warren! You can make
people feel SO ridiculous"
But I always will maintain that
Martin would have answered your
purpose better"
Mrs. Warren was patching a pair Of
boys trousers. She turned her weak
points ruthlessly inside out, applying
to them the rules she applied officially
to the shortcoming of her friends. 1t
was her boast that she never shirked
anything. She believed in going
straight at things and turning them
inside out, if need be.
She was perfectly conscious that she
was approaching "ticklish ground"
and that young Mrs. Monette had a
temper of her own"
Harriet gazed with sparkling eyes
at the bright blue patch which made
Johnny Warren's old gray trousers
look so festive. What was Mrs. War
rem driving at?"
Lawyer Martin don't want a super
i%ntendent's place, does he?" she asked,
tossing her pretty head, defiantly.
superintendent. My, no., and you
know it. l was talking of husbands,
and you know that, too"
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to have her horse brought round i'm
mediately.
i've just remembered that this is
mail day and Mr.. Fielding oftener
than not goes after his letters himself.
He never likes to leave his sister alone
and l told them that I'd be back early"
shes improving fast, Warren says"
Eyes, but she had a turn one when
she was all alone in the house, and she
couldn't make Mrs. McNab hear her.
Since then we've been very particular"
She liked to speak of the Fieldings
in the possessive case. All she liked
still better to feel that she and Led
yard had one being in common-Mil-
ly.
She rode away from the Warrens at
a decorous dog trot- She was go
ing to let the doctors wife see how ter
rlbly nervous she had grown about
Rogers. 1t would be rejecting on Mr.
Fielding to admit that he could pos
sibly be in danger even from a reptile.
But the minute she felt absolutely safe
from Mrs. Warren's far-seeing eyes
she shook the reins out over her mares
neck and bent forward to pat her wav-
ing, silky name.
Now, Madge my darling, make the
earth fly from your hoof. He shae
go to Tenbridge tonight If we can
help it. He is in danger Madge: do you
hear me, old girl? In danger from a
snake, a worm, a dog. And he doesn't
know it. Get over the ground at your
best Madge, and I'll give you gold to
eat If you want it."
She Strengthened herself in the sad
die, planted her feet more firmly in the
stirrup, and never once drew rein un-
TIL she came to the large gate that led
into the home paddock. She stopped
to look over the fence. All the horses
were there, grazing in a bunch. except
ing Maltby, Fielding's riding horse.
Then he had already started for Ten
bridge. and Doty Rogers wa sure to
be there!
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start that the house Doty Rogers had
lived in all these years was not quite
a mile from that gloomy spot.
The man Mr.. Farindale had told
about was young and powerful, too.
and the night on which the assault
had been made had also been a brill
liant moonlight one. Just then the
full moon sailed majestically from out
a dense bank of clouds, flooding the
long stretch of lonely road in front OF
her with cold, white light.
A shiver ran through her tired frame.
She gave a hysterical cry. There, by
the clear radiance of the moon. she
could see the compact grove of tall
aspens that gave the ranch its name.
How ~funereally dark they looked in
that unfamiliar light! She must pass
right by them; right through them on
the work of her rescue. For the first
time a s~huddering thought of what
might befaIl her personally should she
meet her elected foreman fitted
through her mind. She grasped the
crop of riding whip tenaciousg and
leaned forward to caress Madge's neck
with a trembling hand.
"Madge, Madge, you won't fail me.
you'll ave me; you'll save him, won't
you. my pretty beast"
Madge responded to the caressing
touch and pleading voice by bounding
forward with fresh spirit. The grove
of aspen trees was reached and pass
ed. The evening breeze sighed pitt
fully through their quivering leaves,
The sound haunted Harriet for many
a long day after that ride.
Just ahead Of her, not more than a
mile farther down the straight wide
road, the ledge Of rock cropped up
darkly. That nee passed, she would
breathe more freely. Thtre were
houses soon after that-scattered and
humble, it was true, but they sheltered
human beings. For yet a little while,
still world to herself.
She wondered If that man Mr. Far
indale had told about were quite as
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specially sent Tor you to tell ron"
What on earth IS it?"
did you know Doty Rogers had been
urned off?"
Eyes. Mr.. Fielding told me he war
sure he was making away with my
stock in his own name. I told him to
get rid Of him."
Rogers is an ugly customer. Doc
says"
Il can't help it." declared Mrs. Mo-
nette. Il suppose he'd come to think
the Aspen ranch belonged to him. You
see / just didn't know how to look into
things, and I guess Doty began to
feather his nest as soon as the old mar
died and there wasn't anybody but two
women for him to account To-"
He came snorting to Lawyer Mar
tin about being turned off," interrupt
ed Mrs. Warren, land Martin told him
that since you had engaged Mr.. Field
ing he had nothing whatever to say
about anything outside of your law
business, and as soon as he found there
was not much chance of his getting his
place back he got awfully abusive and
began to breathe out threats of ven
geance. Of course he may have been
drunk, but that don't make him any
the less dangerous to the mar that
turned him off,"
"Mr. Fielding in danger from Doty
Rogers!" Young Mrs. Monette's eye
flashed with scorn. why, he could tie
n hand behind his back and whip
Rogers with the other-easy."
Her triumphal crescendo nettled Mrs.
Warren. "Ch, we'll, you know both
men better than l do, and l guess I've
been a fool for taking so much interest
in what don't concern me any further
than wanting to put a stranger OF his
guard against a low-lived reptile that
hasn't got any more honor in him
than a greaser Indian. Men have been
struck from behind sometimes"
Harriet grew suddenly grave. Her
confidence in Ffelding's ability to cope
one-handed with her brutal foreman
had received a check.
How did you hear all this?"
Martin was telling the doctor and
he laughed at it, as you are doing now.
But if this New York man was ny
friend I'd tell him to keep both eyes
wide open when he went anywhere he
was likely to meet Doty Rogers"
Harriet folded up her crochet work
she had brought with her after the
manner Of country visitors and asked
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This is the picturesque costume in which the women of Boulogne make
their professional pilgrimage each year to the shrine of Our Lady of Bou-
logne" Unlike most religious festivities, this pilgrimage is not one of som
Der coors 1t is a celebration attended with great pomp and pagenatry,
and in the procession first come banners, followed by bluejackes with a
model of a ship, next little girls dressed to typny angels, followed by
nsherwomen yelled in white and carrying crosses, then little boys in blue
carrying anchors and at the last the young women in picturesque native
dress like that shown in the accompanying illustration. With their bright
crimson peticoats, their close fitting and fanhke muslin caps and their
many hued silk shawls they present a very attractive picture as they wend
their way slowly along the roads of the little French town on their way
to the shrine.
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Though the royal costume of the king of the Basutos consists of a dis
carded and well worn cricket coat. and his trousers an old pair of English
infantry breeches. this royal parsonage is not without a sense of his own
regal Importance. The accompanying picture shows the king surrounded
by his sons and accompanied by his royal secretary, the latter official ap-
pearing in a old top hat and a jacket, somewhat the worse for wear, of a
srenadier ,bandsnan. King Masupha, in the Transvaal war, has taken
active sides with the English, finding it impossible to forget old wrongs
inflicted upon him by Dom Paul and his people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18

forgotten by everybody who saw him that ne
was possibly the least bit too old But this
year the part would be impossible for him. and
one Of the Prologue. 1t will be he who will sing
the stanzas which introduce the various tab
Ieaus and scenes, an office corresponding pretty
nearly to that of the leader Of the Greek
chorus
The part Of Christ will be played by Anton
Lang, a young man who has not before played
any important part 1t is said that he gives
promise if he is to please those who have seen
Mayr 1t is to be feared that he will have a
thankless task, even though he should do ex-
tremeIy we'll, for Mayrs performance was one
which left a lasting impression and an ideal not
easily to be realized by another.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, will be played by
Anna FIunger, and here again 1t will be a mat
ter for congratulaton if the performance equals
that of ten years ago. 1t was done then by
Rosa Lang the daughter Of the burgomaster.
with beauty and judgment and perfect taste.
1t is the rule that this part must be played by
an unmarried woman. and Fraulein Lang post
poned her own marriage, ten years ago, in order
that she might play 1t.
Caiaphas the High Priest, will be played by
Sebastian Lang. who Nathaniel in 1890.
Caiaphas then was played by Johann Lang, the
the play, as he was then Sebastian Baur. who
was a rabbi in 1890. will be Plate. The PLATE
of ten years ago. Thomas Rendl. has been pro-
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pie who did not go. They were the ones who
saw the mercenary motives. Those who went
to Oberammergau saw how reverently the play
done. and noted the fervor of simple re-
ligious faith that was behind It; they noted the
kindness and the gentleness Of the people. and
they came away gladdened and had nothing to
say about motives.
This year modest circular has been sent out
1t does not urge anybody to come. and it does
not mention that the play is at all worth see
ing. but for the convenience of those who are
coming it gives plan Of the theatre, with a
list of prices. and tells how to secure lodgings
Some further information has been furnished to
The Tribune. in answer to a request. by an
Oberammergauan who is in position to know
whatever is to be known about the play and the
village.
Those who the play in 1890, and perhaps
some who only read about it. will be interested
seems to have been changed more than usual,
scarcely any of the leading characters remain
ing they were 1t is if all the actors had
reached the age limit for their respective parts
together In the performance Of 1890. But if the
actors do not play their old parts it does not
follow that they not in the play. Those
who played the younger parts play the
older ones. leaving the places Of the younger
open for the men and women who have grown
we're then among the younger supernumeraries-
For the chief hope that is always In the mind
of the youth Of Oberammergau is to be able
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18

to experience. 1t Is said that whenever 1t rs,ns
anywhere in the world it rains in Oberammer-
gau. and sometimes when it does not rain any
where else.
But the hills and the sky will still be seen
over the stage. The picture and The plan hers
given both show this In the picture the small
building on the extreme left covers the il
closed part Of the stage and the dressing rooms
The large building is the auditorium. Ths
small buildings on the right (which are small only
by comparison are on the edge OF the village
In the foreground is the River Ammer, which
gives the village its name The plan viii help
to the understanding Of the picture. The COW
cred stage is fitted with movable scenery and
curtain. on it are acted all the portions Of the
play which demand change Of scene When
only a street is required the front and sides q
the stage. open to the sky and set Nth perma-
nent scenery, are used. Much is done ina
large proscenium in front. on one side Of this
IS the house of PLATE and on the other side ne
house Of Annas, the High Priest both OF thes.
being permanent.
1t will be seen by the plan that the seats are
divided into certain blocks with numbers Ths
prices Of the seats are as follows: In the SPACE
numbered l. 10 marks 50 so; in II. 5 marks; IN
III. marks; in ". marks in V. marks
These cheap places numbered V are really ex-
are occupied almost exclusively by the peasants
of the surrounding country. and the company
might not be congenial to sensitive foreigners.
A railway runs TO Oberammerss now. II is
terrible thing but as native Of the village
says 1T cannot be helped But the accom-
modations for visitors are better than ever BE-
fore and there is no harm in that. The money
which the Passion Play has brought has enabled
Oberammergau TO do what il never would have
done without it. Every house has a fresh
water supply, and the streets are drained" says
the circular. Need more be said OF Bavaria1
mountain village?
For those who mean TO so 70 Oberammergaa
II IS the part OF wisdom to secure lodgings anf
seats in the theatre as early as possible, A let}
ter to the WohnunEs Bureau. in the language bt
any civilized country. VIII do this if % MARKS,
be incIOsed as a deposit and a guarantee Of
good faith. For many people say that they viii
come and then do not come. and the poor Woh-
nungs Bureau finds itself at the last moment
with lodgings left on its hands un0ecupied and
unpaid for without this deposit. For the people
who call the villagers Of Oberammergau mer-
cenary do not in the least hesitate u cheat the
villagers u OberammergaUs
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tireIy wise to keep him in a part Il, -,
was 80 successful -" 10
The chorus leader will De Jacob d..
1890. and Ludwig Lang viii be stage mar. "a
being charged also with the selection, - ST.
tunes and the arrangement Of tableans n. IS
the same post in 1880 and 1890 u. ~
headmaster OF the school OF dravirg an, ''s
carving at Oberammergau. wa
THE PLANS AND PREPARATION,
The dress rehearsal OF the plav will
Sunday May ~. and the regular perror-,,-.-
will be given on May II and =. June 4 m a
II. "a and %: July 1. s. II. - and %. So -
). 8. II. 10. 10 p and rs. and September 0 . =
is. % and 80. II will be noticed tba, -
dates. beginning with June To- include 80
Sunday OF the summer and certain vvaa,,,'
II on any OF these days more people aDplv -
admission than the theatre viii hold. a,o,s-'
performance VIII be given the next dav n
years ago this same plan was adopted A.. -
was found necessary to give a perforuan..
nearly every Monday Of the summer az wan
on the Sundays and other days announced
The theatre has been rebuilt and thu nh
Of the space for the audience Is under -"
This VIII be cheerful information For Soma =,
went TO Oberammergau ten years ago A..
mean to go again Only about half 81 the 80.
was then rooted. The present writer Ia,
vivid recollection OF sitting wrapped in a 80
proof coat all day In pouring rain TO ace -.
play. 1t is a pleasanter thing to remember than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18
OBERAMMERGAU, 1900.
THE PASSION PLAY OF THE COMING
SUMMER.
A CAST ALMOST OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN THE
THEATRE AND IN THE LODGING
ACCOMMODATIONS.

The usual false rumors have been in crcula-
ton about the Passion Play of Oberammergau.
beginning ten years ago, when the play was per-
formed last and continuing till now, when it is
almost time for it to be performed again. The
first false rumor. which was widely current in
the summer of 1890, that the Bavarian
Government would never allow the play to be
given again. The rumor may be conf
IDENTITY looked for next summer. 1t raises its
untroubIed head every ten years. and. nobody
putting himself out much to confirm or deny it.
ii dies of hamilton. Never-never again-neYer
any mOre-they said in 1890, would the Regent
of Bavaria permit this thing. When the ques-
ton asked why if he objected to it so much,
he did not stop it in 1890 instead of storming
around and stamping and threatening about
stopping it in 1900 those who knew most about
it at the end of their tether
Eight years ago the story was that the whole
village of Oberammergau was coming to Chicago
to give the play at the Worlds Fair. Indeed, It
was all arranged except the detail Of inducing
the Oberammergau people to come to Chicago
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and the whole scheme would have been carried
out triumphantlv had it not been for that
little flaw in the plans. Then last year came the
tale that the Passion Play, which would natural
1y be given this summer. would be postponed
till 1901, not to clash with the Paris
Exposition.
All these rumors and the circulation of them
merely show ignorance Of the people of Oberam-
mergau. The two traits which distinguish them
more than any others their conviction that
their play is important than anything else
IN the world, and their general disregard of the
rest Of the world and what happens to it. The
Paris Exposition is nothing to them; the Chi
cago Worlds Fair was nothing to them; they
do not worry needlessly about the Regent OF
Bavaria. They going to play the Passion
Play this summer. If the rest of the world
wants to come, 1t can come; if it wants to stay
away, it stay. The people of Oberammergau,
judging from past experience, assume that II
will come. so they are getting ready for it, but
they would play the Passion Play if not a seat
in the theatre were occupied.
They have been charged with having mercenary
motives OF course they have. Everybody who
does something and accepts money for it is
mercenary, and there are not many people in
the world who can do something and get money
for it who prefer to do it and not get money
for it. They receive money for their play but
making money. They do it because they said they
would. They did it because they said they
would for two hundred years before the rest Of
the world knew anything about it, and they
made little or no money by it. Then somebody
discovered it, and the story that the Passion
Play is going on has been spreading ever since
Just SO the attendance of persons from a dis
lance has been increasing regularly
HOW THE MONEY ELEMENT CAME IN
Oberammergau is no more capable of resisting
the laws of trade than New-York or London
Demand increased prices and created supply
The people asked a small sum for lodgings
When there were not many lodgings as were
needed, the price Of them went up, and also
more lodgings were provided. In the same man
ner, when there were not SO many places to be
had in the theatre there were calls for, the
prices went up. the theatre enlarged, and
more performances We're given. People focked
to Oberammergau. demanded the play and de-
manded lodgings bid against another for
them, got them and then went away and ac-
cused the villagers of giving the play for mer-
cenary motives But no; it was not the people
who went who made the charge 1t was the peo-