Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-27
JUDGE KRUGER,
AND FAMILY HOME
FROM TRIP ABROAD
Welcomed Back by Prominent
Newark Friends-All in
Good Health.

married daughters, the Misses Olga,
Gretchen and Dorothy Kruger, ar
rived from Europe this morning on the
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm H., which
was locked at her piers in Hoboken
shortly after Q O'Clock.
AS the party came to the pier from
the steamship they were welcomed by
Judge and Mrs. Krueger's three mar
ried daughters, Mrs. James Smith, 30.
Mrs. William II. Plum and Mrs. Inglis
nj. Uppercu, and their husbands, and
the judges youngest son, William G.
Kruger, for whom his father brought
from Europe a valuable young dog.
Others who welcomed Judge Kruger
and his family on the pier were.
Joseph nj. Byrne, former United Stat
Senator James Smith, jr., former State
Senator Michael T. Barrett, Henry
Schnellbacher. former Chief of the Uni
ted States Secret Service John S.. Bell,
and several other Newarkers.
The Kruger party and their friends
walked to the Lackawanna station,
and on the way from the pier to the
station Judge Kruger talked with a
reporter for the EVENING STAR
about the good time they had in Euro
pean countries during their summer va
cation. He said hat when they arrived
at the other side of the ocean last
spring they motored along the Rhine
and enjoyed the magnificent scenery
and saw ancient and historic castles
and cathedral, stopped at Muenchen
! ten days and enjoyed very much the
grand operas presented there by famous
singers, and afterward, wen to Carls-
bad, the celebrated health resort, and
stayed there five weeks, taking the
baths and the waters.
Pleasant Stay Mt Carlsbad.
Judge Kruger said that he and Mrs.
Kruger and their daughters were much
benefited by their stay at Carlsbad,
the rides on the fine roads outside the
towns and the motor trips through sew
eral European countries. While at
Carlsbad the Judge met former Secre-
tary of State Henry C. Kelsey, Gem
eral Heppenheimer, of Jersey City, and
Mrs. Heppenheimer;/ Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael T. Barrett, Austen HI. Nc
Gregor and other persons he know
from New Jersey cities. Many people
from all parts of the United States
visited Carlsbad while Judge Kruger
and his family were there.
But I must tell you about our visit
to the village of Oberammergau, where
1 witnessed the presentation of the
wonderful Passion Play by several
hundred peasants and mechanics and
their wives and daughters. The men
and women in the leading characters OF
this marvellous religious drama acted
with great force, but were serious and
solemn In speech and actions.
'Treat of MY LIFE.
ut was the treat of my life, and
Mrs. Kruger and our daughters were,
very much impressed by the great
play, as were Mr.. and Mrs. Michael T.
Barrett. who were with us. The great
and tragic story of the last days of the
Saviour were told in several scenes.
and the scene at the Last Supper and
Mount Calvary affected spectators TO
tears, for those simple peasant folk in
the play were SO truly pious and re-
spectful in the various characters
they represented in the most pa
thetic g that I do not believe
trained actors and actresses could do
half as well.
1.-THE building in which the Passion
Play is presented will seat from $500
to 5000 persons, and tickets of admis-
sion, with seats, range in price from
$l to ~ In u money, and there Is
room for a great many to stand. The
stage Is nearly 400 feet wide, very deep
and will accommodate 700 or 800 per-
sons, n it's in the open air, with the
natural mountain scenery for back
ground, which adds much to the SOL
emnity n gradeur Of the great play.
We saw the Passion Play at night,
but it Is also presented during the day
to immense audiences. The men and
women in the play wore magnificent
robes and costumes.
How Visitors Are Lodged.
"Oberammergau is only a village.
nestled at the base of great noun
tains, which make the village and it's
surroundings very picturesque. At first
l could not understand how from 5000
to 1900 visitors could be provided with
lodgings and board in such a COM
paratively small village. But 1 learned
how it is done when we applied at the
official office of the village, where we
got our tickets for the Passion PLAY.
and we were given in charge to a man,
who had our party in comfortable
lodgings in less than three minutes.
Every house in the village gives WISH
tors lodgings. Everything is lone with
military precision and CELEBRITY.
THE Passion Play is produced only
once in ten years. Tine boys and girls
and young men and women let their
hair grow long, so that when the older
people die they may take their places
in the great drama The voices of the
women in the great choruses in the play
are very good, and few trained opera
singers could render choruses with such
q grand effect. Anybody who visits
} Europe ten years hence should not fail
to see the Passion Play. for 1t is a
truly marvellous drama and impresses
not only members of every Christian
denomination but people who d. not
believe in Christ's divinity and also
those who do not profess any religion
John X. Gore, chief actuary of the
Prudential Insurance Company, re-
turned from Europe on the Kaiser
. Wilhelm II.