New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

IshmaeIites. The tableau foreshadowing this act
pOrtrays Judas betraying Christ
One OF the most impressive tableaus Of the
Passion Play represented the rain Of mama IN
the desert. Nearly FIVE hundred men. women
and children stood or knelt with faces turned
imploringly toward heaven The act with which
this tableau was coupled was that Of the Last
Supper. in which Christ washed the feet OF bis
apostles. and which ended with his seizure By
the Roman soldiers
In the school Of the Cross" the Last Supper
viii be pictured only in a tableau closely re-
sembling the painting by Da Vinci- The falling
Of the mama on the other hand viii BE greatly
amplihed. and all the despair Of the unbeHeving
followers Of Moses contrasted with the trust Of
the faithful that God would preserve them from
death from hunger will be expressed
Other Old Testament scenes which VIII be
enacted are those Of Tobias leaving his parents
the rejection OF Vashti BY King Ahasuerus. with
the choosing OF Esther as queen. and the prOcla-
nation OF Joseph az Grand yizier OF Egypt
a tableau representing the crucifxion Of Christ.
which will in all likelihood prove the most I'm
pressive feature OF the play. even though only
a stage picture. will be followed by the eleva-
ton OF the brazen serpent in the wilderness be-
fore Moab In the final scene Of the school
Of the Cross prophets from the Old Testament,
other personages represented since the time OF
Adam will gather If a great pantOmIme por-
traying the Ascension. Here the only move
ment is In the heavenward fight OF Christ
Whether or not Oberammergau will be
crowded with host three times greater than It's
own population. as IT was at the last perform
ance Of the Passion Play, the good villagers
have already begun to talk about the strangers
who viii gather within their gates. There are
no hotels in Oberammergau. and the peasants
take their audience right into their own homes
To one Of these villagers the foreigner Is as
much a curiosity as is the peasant to the visitor
The American girl from faraway New-York.
with her high heels, her rustIing skirts which
she keeps tugging at SO tightly. her enormous
hat and. most Of all. her walk. Is studied with
closer scrutiny by the rural lassie than TIA
American miss imagines.
Among the boarders In 1900 at the home OF
Anton Lang. who played the part OF Christ.
there was one young woman who said with a
sort OF a drawI that she was from New-Yaw-
awk- pair OF extremely high heels still more
accentuated the weary style Of walking which
she had affected. and which especially attracted
the attention OF AntOn's sister. who took 10
part in the play. but instead helped her mother
care for the houseful of guests. After hearing
and seeing the young woman from Manhattan
talk and walk for couple OF days. the peasant
girl took compassion upon her and asked:
Il am so sorry for you. Can none OF the great
doctors cure your
Fortunately. or unfortunately. Miss New-York
could not understand the Madchen's German
When Henry Ellsworth. who Is now deliver
ing a series Of illustrated lectures on the Pas
sion Play in this city. was In Oberammergau,
he asked Anton Lang and Anna Flunger. who
played the part of Mary. II he might have their
photographs In street dress They said they had
no such picture, but would be willing to have
q photograph taken. should he want It Mr.
Lang finally suggested that the photographer
take all three. and an appointment was mads
Tor the sitting.
! was on my way to the studio.- said Mr..
Ellsworth, -and had half missed my way, when