The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-03

interesting eight some of onr part,
rose 20 see was the leading OF the
small cows through the city to pas
lures outside. There are more than
two hundred Of them and ai the ring.
ing OF the bell they arc started. being
brought back az exactly six o'clock IN |
the evening. The first thing notlccg
on entering the city Is n gold cross
,n top OF the highest mountain peak,
the "0icl"
At 1850 gun Is fled on this noun.
tain and every actor Is expected [.
be in his or her place. Al eight
o'clock promptly the chorus passes
out. The theatre Ia an Immense build
ing. seating o,tVQ people. The stage
u OPEN excepting tho middle temple.
80 We we're at the home OF John
and we started for the play at 1886
IN ten seconds We fell IN with solid
mass OF humanity, thousands of peo.
pie. aad vet IN nj. that huge thrung
was not heard any loud taking OF
laughing. | recognized but one per.
son outside my own party--that was
the Right Rev Bishop Theophile
Meerschae [, of Oklahoma. Between
600 ard 70v people take active part
IN the Passion Play. Every male In
habitant Of Obcfammergua IL assign.
ed q place In the play, II not AS an
actcr or member of the orchestra,
then as usher, doorkeeper or scene
shiiter Any place thus assigned IL
eNeemed a high honor. The
home OF John Is quaint--that truly
exp esses It. There were fYc other
Americans from another party beside
my friends and myself, guests of JohL
The family could not speak English
and ! was the only one In the house
that could speak enough German /,
make our wants known. You ma
bragine what fun we hal The wifi,
OK John was an Ideal hostess. Whel
asked her II she had ever taken par,
In the Passion Play tno married wo
man is permitted TO play) she modes
ly said. Yes, was an angel twenty
years ago We al agreed that sh,
had retained her angelic qualities
AT eight o'clock q chorus Of flfty mel
and women filed ont from the OK.
ircne sidcs Of the stage and madc a
line clbar across the platform. They
were uniformly dressed Ia long, Whit,
robe, he'd at the waist with cord tas
scls and large flowing coax border
cd In gold and a Grecian pattern con
pleted the costume. These cloaks and
capes were IN ail colusS but presented
a most harmoniua whole A gold cIr
clet WAS worn on the head over the
loose flowing hair As no one rs ai
lowed TO wear wig OF anykinJ o.
makeup, the men must let their hail
grow for year or more and II rs
peculiar ggbt on the streets to see
neal ly all the nei OF the village Will
hair sdGIcg 10 their shoulders EacL
scene Il announced by y prologue
solos and chornS, these being giVer
about twenty times during the day
and introducing one or two tableaux
As Only natives OF Cberammergal
may participate IN the Passion Play
\ seemed truly remarkable that SC
many good singers and actors wcr
i0unj IN this small village. The tab
icaux wee lnaryeds. They present
ID scenes froiu tho Old Testament,
typical Of the event In CiifJt's life,
which ~as presented IN The followins
Gene. The Positions we're held from
one 70 four minutes, aud Il Ras i'm
possible to detect the quiysz Of a mus
Gle. csen in the most strained posi-
tious of the older actors or ainolg tbs
little children, Who often posed Will
0utstretched arms ana hands. Al
tlmes, several hundred people wcf'
z ouped Oh tie ccntral stage In a tab
lcaux and II appeared as q beautiful
Mosaic picture. Il surely must be
the mountain air and the rugged life
OF these people which makes such
Jbysieal polse possible. Ever
since sc arrived In Germany ~e have
had feather beds over US, and often
nnder, but 10 Blgaria. especially 90
eIaDlmereau, the feather bed wa
huge and none too warm. We do not
feel lost in Eu ope. for ] think Amer
ca has sent over half her populatio
This year. AZ Nuremberg the other
I day slz hotels were given over en-
jrciy to American tourists. We
we're In Munich on the fourth Of July
and large American flag was dis
played from the 200 foot flag pole on
the bellevue hotel There were $50
Of as there and at dinner small SIR
American flag was given every guest.
Tho flag was stuck Ia the Ice cream.
/ Afterwards dance was given and
American airs played by an American
| orchestra. Venice had always
!, been ils ole place sas anxious u
see and 1t ccrtaiDly came up to expec-
| tstions. We were there ten days and
! enjoyed Il every minute. We went