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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24

Not a boy in Oberammergau who does
not cherish the idea Of some day playing
Christus; no girl who does not count
the hour when she may be chosen as
Mary, the mother of Jesus" as the
most blessed one of her life. After the
first tableau Expulsion of Adam and
Eve from paradise, and vocal explana-
tion by chorus of 40) we have the mar
velous entrance into Jerusalem. Jesus
in their midst-the money changers and
those that buy and sell out of the
temple-and the return to Bethlehem.
From that moment Git is now about
$50 a. m; a cannon sounds at S when
you are in your seaD until the final
ascension tableau at 5:45 p. m. (you
have an hour and three quarters noon)
this beautiful, often terrible story, mar
velously told, holds you enthralled.
Time and time again you say, Nothing
that succeeds this can be as beautiful" /"
TO be again and again plunged into
wonder-sometimes delighted, often sad.
How can / ever tell you of the beauty
of these scenes, Among those which
stand out is the parting of Christ and
his mother at Bethany. Again his
Jerusalem; Judas meditation on the be-
trayal of his master; the mamma in the
wilderness; the grapes brought by the
spies from Canaan; the garden of Geth-
semane; the last supper; Judas promis-
ing TO deliver his master to the Phari-
sees for 80 pieces of silver; condemna-
tion Of Jesus under PLATE; Christ be-
fore Herod; Christ before PLATE; the
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eing of your garden, your mind is free
from disquieting thoughts that hurt.
You are too busy for such things. If
one Is responsible for dozens of little
plants coming into the world, one can't
neglect them-at least a grandmother
can't, nor can she when they are just
beginning to toddle. They need lots of
attention and love like the babies they
are.
One old lady near Monterey earns
quite bit with her vegetable garden.
She started in with the idea of only
raising a few vegetables for herself,
but her lettuce is so white and crisp
and her peas so good that her neigh
bors begged her to sell what she could
not use. Now 1t has come to a point
where the garden and some chickens
actually support her.
Gardening, walking. flower gather
ing-a good way of living indeed!
Some reach this haven in one way,
some in another; some don't reach it at
all, because their particular haven hap
pens to lie in being taken care OF by
some one else. Perhaps they have been
coddled all their lives and wish for
nothing else, or perhaps they are very
tired old grandmothers and the only
change they look for is the last one.
But the majority want emancipation.
And there are many who get 1t. They
do it in many ways. Here is the way
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short If you want to act and think
for yourself, what then are you going
to do?
From an active, capable woman you
will find yourself gradually coming to
fill the place of dependent-a place
you don't like. You are being made
to grow old. All around you daugh-
ters, sons and grandchildren-all their
lives are full of separate projects-ex-
cept your own. You are we'll loved
and cared for, but all things are
planned and acted without your voice
being heard; even your own affairs
Mother wants gray bonnet your
daughter says. And then you'd give
your soul for a bright green one; that
is, If those good qualities that success
full mothers have keep you from fall
ing into line. keep you from becoming
a real, obedient grandmother. To as
sert what you deem your rights in
some one else's house is to cause fric-
tion. That, of course, must not be.
Then what is to be done?
Go to one of the little summer
towns where the cottages look like
dolls houses. and see what you think
of the way these grandmothers, that
know, are living-these independent
old ladies who do for themselves.
You have your choice OF a. dozen
beautiful places close by. If you like
the redwoods, go to Sonoma county,
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one grandmother managed her case:
She was what you might call the
rocking chair variety. Her family
rented cottage for ethe summer in
the mountains near Santa Cruz. Grand
ma was taken with them. After they
arrived In the country long trips were
planned every day. Every one went
on these trips-but grandma. She sat
in rocking chair on the cool, wide
veranda and knitted things. She was
not invited to, any of these picnics
because her solicitous relatives had
decided that she was not strong enough
to go. AS matter of fact she was
perfectly well and only 65, But while
the family wastaway she wasn't always
rocking and knitting on the veranda.
Across the road lived another old lady.
No dainty beribboned cap rested on
her head, nor was she always knitting.
She was one of the emancipated ones.
She wore heavy boots fit to tramp In.
Her skirt was short and a huge garden
hat perched jauntily on her gray head.
She lived alone in her tiny house and
she worked for hours every day In her
garden.
These two old ladies became ac-
quainted; they visited each other often.
During the visits the rocking chair
grandma's mind was very busy.
When 1t came time for the family
to go back to the city, grandma was
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produced a much worn volume and 10
his assembled audience he elucidated
the fact from the weighty tome ne
held in his hands that mascot is a
mascot" and the important question
was forever answered.
If there is any one thing on this
mundane sphere that carries with 1T
an element of doubt and elusiveness 1T
Is an "old MASTER Like the making
of books, of the making of old masters
there is no end:
The original bunko and gold brick
man was a dealer in old masters and
instead of handing you out a bar Of
16 karat gold brass or bag fun or
iron 20 dollar gold piece washers, as
they do today, he simply turned over
to you a rusty bit of canvas and call
ing it a Murillo, a Rembrandt or a
Rubens, pocketed the price and you
went on your way rejoicing.
There are few old masters in the
world that could be proved up" in
accordance with our modern ideas of
evidence, and made to stick in a court
of law as genuine paintings.
The old masters, as soon as they be-
gan to establish a name, kept the do
mestic pot boiling by accepting l'u-
pills, who paid what they could Some
pupils became very proficient and soon
got to a point where they were doing
as we'll as their teacher and, unable TO
advance farther, either visited for
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SfG WAS W C3l- IOO jN tUHt ASll
mistress.
Imagine a woman who has success
fully reared three or four children-to
do this requires, among other things.
strength Of will, executive ability and
good deal of initiative. Well, after
the children are married and the grand
children are growing up-if she be
woman owning these good qualities
what is she going to do? If she ever
had such attributes she has them still.
One can't dispose of such things as
one would of an old garment. After
every one is gone from the old home
she may decide to live with one of her
children. Here is your chair, grand
ma, cozily near the fire, and here are
your comfy shoes and your basket of
darning Every one loves you and
every one will take care of you (eyen
10 year old Bertie thinks he helps), but
you mustn't make move without adj
vice" These relatives of yours, in a
way peculiar to relatives will think
for you and then proceed to kindly act
for you.
This is all right for some grand
mothers. Every one to her TASTE" as
the old lady said when she kissed her
COW. But If it is not your taste-if
you don't want to wear a cap with
purple ribbons, and you don't want
comfy shoes, and you do want to boss
even yourself a little while longer-in
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scourging and crowning with thorns;
Christ sentenced to death; carrying the
cross; the crucifixion; the resurrection;
the ascension. Judas is a wonderful
performance. He comes in first with
the other disciples, who surround their
master in his triumphal entry into
Jerusalem. You would scarcely notice
him, one of a group. Later, when the
Magdalene anointS the feet of Christ.
he begins to make his mark-no wick
edness yet. But when he next appears
on the road to Jerusalem he is de-
tached from the rest. Left alone on the
stage. he makes up his mind to leave
him; is tired of waiting for glories to
come. Then. at the last supper.
wrapped up in suspicious thoughts, his
back half turned to the others, unwill-
ingly, almost impatiently, he receives
the wine and bread, going out quickly.
Afterward the greed with which he re-
ceives the money-his traitors kiss
then finally, when, stricken with horror,
he learns that the master he has be-
trayed must. die; his remorse and
throwing down to the rabbis the money;
the wonderful soliloquy and scene of
preparing to hang himself in the lonely
wood. His daughter Otillie is this year
Mary, the mother of Jesus-her voice
full of sorrow, her eyes of tears. He is
a house painter. 1 thought him sad
looking. yet all he fears is that in 10
years he may be thought too old for
the part. 1 also saw. and obtained a
photograph of John, the beloved dis
ciple, a part played this year by a
young man, not 10, OF marvellous spir-
itual beauty. Alfred Burling. He sim
ply adores Anton Lang. and the part
he takes in defending the living and
after caring for the crucified Christ is
never to be forgotten. The part of Pom
titus Plate, taken by Sebastian Bauer,
burgomaster tmayor) of Oberammer-
gau, will never be erased from my
mind. His plea to the priests and
rabbis on Jesus behalf was noble. The
ciothes-one hardly likes to speak of
them as costumes-exceed in beauty of
coloring anything ever seen. The ma
terials are brought at great expense
from the far east, vegetable dyed and
made UP in Oberammergau. IL rained
for nearly two hours on the day we
were there, yet no harm was done.
These patient, gracious peoplel This
simple, quaint village, where you are
constantly hearing "Griss Gott," God
greet you). I must be off. This will be
my third night here. 1t is pouring; an
inundation almost seems on us. 1 leave
early in the morning, but as long as
life may last the Passion Play and the
dear people who make the giving of it
a great event will remain in my heart
and mind. ELEANOR CONNELL.
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lCOC StO htN MI Sft9l2 Vs5RlGLI $50
while; and for them to visit you
for a while
was the guest of an emancipated
grandmother in little village beside
a canyon stream near Russian river
when she got a letter from her daugh
ter in the city. The daughter was
coming up, the letter said, to stay a
week, and would bring her small
son. What preparations were made!
The house was cleaned from top to
toe; pies and cakes were baked. This
daughter likes TO sleep out of doors
A couch was moved out and bower
of redwood boughs was made to keep
out the wind. The tiny living room
was decorated with ferns and wild
flowers. which grandma picked herself.
Everything was ready and we went to
the station to meet the company. They
were all so happy in seeing one an
other And grandmother looked so
proud! She was tasting again the joy
Of entertaining in her own home.
After the visit she was a bit tired
physically, but she did not mind that
She had had such good time, doing
In her own place. She is mistress of
1t. If She feels like eating with chop
sticks or wearing her hair down her
back, she can do so, there is none to
say her nay. Company Is supposed
not to criticise and unwelcome advice
in the shape of letters can be tucked
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
The San Francisco Sunday Call
|lSr@w@s Worked I'm
o ] d MI a S { e r S

Enri11o In a South American or Mexi-
can cathedral is not an impossloiH.y.
An artist would scrape and dauo
along, dispose of his pictures as DeSs
he could and manage Tor years JuSt -
keen out of the poOrhouSe. and tOody
many such paintings. sold originally Dy
the artist for little more than a Wees"
board are bringing sums OF money I'M
possible and unheard of TO the aruss-
Take Brauer, a man who painted put
So paintings In all. during the seven
teenth century. He was boozer OF tno
worst sort and kept hitting the
schnapps bottle incessantly. On-
doubtedly many of his paintings went
to pay his score at the tavern Ana
yet a good example of Brauer's work
today may fetch $4,000 to $50, 900
Halls. whose life can be best gathered
through the records of the drunk ana
disorderly reports of the Dutch pol1ce
courts, got a few dollars at most In
each case. Yet the other day in New
York one of Halls paintings sold at
auction for $137. 600. IL such thing
could have happened to Franz Halls IN
the flesh he would have opened up
beer and schnapps for the crowd until
the streets fairly flowed with it.
So one can Judge from the above
what a graft there is in the forging OF
the old masters. Take Corot- Two or
his paintings sold the other day IN New
York for $4,000, and Corot never saw
so much money during the whole
course Of his life.
Take MiIIet's ."Angelus-" 1t sold for
$150,0O0. And Millet often wondered
where the next franc was coming from
to keep starvation from his door.
Corot's paintings. after his death.
became very popular and collectors or
the French school were not in it unless
they owned a Corot- And as his style
was simple and easy of copying the
picture makers got busy and, despite
the fact that Corot died only a few
years ago. yet 1t is estimated that
there are already 5000 truly genuine"
Corots scattered all over the world
Teniers, the old Dutch painter of ker-
messes, has made the picture forgers
rich, for he is to be found everywhere.
Rinsdael and Hoffema meet our gaze as
we wander about. for the takers have
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24

ligious, very superstitious. and on their
knees at the time the seourge ragged in
1888 they made a solemn pledge to
perform the Passion of Our Lord Jesus
Christ" every 10 years if the curse were
removed. The plague abaung, unlike
many (whose promises, made in
trouble, are forgotten when sorrow
passes) they kept their word. 1t was
given three times, I believe-the 10
years interval between. Then, to have
the even decade, but seven years passed
and from 1890 # has occurred 'alle
zehn jahren" (eVery 10 years.. No one
not born in Oberammergau can partici-
pate; every one must. some time or
other; hence of the 1,750 inhabitants
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24

along the beautiful Russian river, or
IN the canyons among which these lit
tie hamlets are sprinkled If it is the
sea that calls you, go to Santa Cruz
or Monterey county. Closer yet to
town is sunny Marin county. In any
of these localities you can buy a
wooded lot as large or small as you
like; put up just the house you want;
furnish it with your beloved old pos
sessions; and you'll be surprised at the
small cost of your new home. In fact
there are prices to suit every one.
There is beauty all around you. and
peace and quiet You'd be afraid to
live alone? There's nothing. to be
afraid of. No tramps come to these
little places; there's nothing for them
to come after. You might have visit
from wild animal, but If you did
he'd be nothing more ferocious than
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time. WELT is her affair. If she
has ever sat in rocking chair beside
that daughters fire, she did quite we'll
to get here, even If she is obliged to
arrange her own things over and over.
These grandmothers take wonder
ful amount OF exercise in good fresh
air. Often they walk for miles and
mile walk is considered fairly good
jaunt for them. That is going some
for grandmothers. In a mountain VII
lage near Santa Cruz there is a party
of these old ladies-a sort of informal
walking club They all carry long
sticks to help them up steep places.
They wear walking boots and short
skirts. Every one of them carries
market basket and a trowel, that she
may bring back what ferns and flowers
meet her fancy. For they all have
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not ready to depart She said she
needed more country air. The family
frowned, but grandma's back stiffened
eyer so slightly and her old eyes were
a bit brighter as she told them that she
wanted to visit the old lady across the
road for while. The family didn't
exactly approve, but they went back to
the city without her.
One month went by. then two. and no
grandma. When there was talk of
some one going after her. letter came.
Grandma told her plans. She had
bought the little summer cottage and
was going to live there all the year
round She wouldn't be lonesome be-
cause of her friend across the road.
Wouldn't the folks come up for the
weekend? She would so love to have
them. And SO one more emancipated
grandmother was added to the list.
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you see all the men and lads with long
hair. In the world there is no actor
who could make a greater fortune than
Anton Long (Christus) were he TO yield
10 overtures made him and play his
part elsewhere. But he says: mo;
We're I 10 attempt ii elsewhere the
power would be taken from me-" and
he is typical of them all. He gets for
his six months work less than $500.
AS now, because of ever increasing
crowds, they are repeating weekly-on
Mondays-the Sunday performance, he
can not often during the season work
at his trade He is q potter, and some
times earns three marks (75 cents) a
day Others taking part feel as he does
they are called to this labor of love.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
The New Or d@r
That Hos Come to
Pass I'm the Vicinity
OF Sam Francisco
By Adele Fortier Bechdolt

a bright eyed coon shifting about your
larder.
Every one of these places has a
business street-grocery, butcher shop,
bakery-in fact all the necessities are
to be had. There's usually a library,
and magazines can be bought. There
are any number of pleasant people
permanent, year around residents-to
know. A church to go to. And you
are but few hours at most from the
city, where your relatives live. 1t is
SO easy for you to visit them-for a
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reached Oberammergau at the
end OF a driving rain. -Four
hours earlier 1 had left du-
Mich. Three and a half hours before
that. Nuremberg. For weeks before
our rooms and seats for the play had
been engaged. but hearing at the latter
place Of overcrowded trains to Oberam-
mergau 7 concluded to leave a few hours
earlier than at first planned. Though
nearly mid-June, it seemed like winter.
At the train a sweet faced young man
with long. light hair and beard came.
with extended hand, and, raising his
green feathered Bavarian hat, took my
hand gepack Chand luggage), guiding
me to the house Of Josef Twink nephew
Of Judas, which, for three nights, was
20 be my abiding place. The next day
as Quintus, a priest in fine robe of pur-
pie and yellow, I recognized at once my
courier Of the day before, TO whom 1
had given a mark C25 cents). But that
IS only by the way. I can not in hu-
mility great enough approach the
theme Of my letter To say that it ex-
ceeded all that was fervently hoped
for is to say less than nothing. From
the first instant we beheld the stage
and its people as in rapture. No
where else in the whole world is there
anything so perfectly rehearsed; no
prompter or need OF him here. We
know that it is the story of the life of
Christ: that IS, from the time of his
entrance into Jerusalem; his passion.
crucifXion, resurrection and ascension;
that it was given for the first time in
the year 1888, in the midst of the so
years war, when a dread disease, ragged
in the Ammergau, leaving death in its
wake.
The people Of Bavaria are very re-
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
DON c Examine the
Pet Ancient PAINT
.ings Too Closely
By Charles Christadoro

~ tHEN Don Alonzo in THE Mas
X cot" was asked to define
w mascot, after much rummag-
ing in the town library he
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
What a Prominent
B0caIRGuSiciamSaw
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9@S@VI

BERAMMERGAU, July 81
reached Oberammergau at the
end OF a driving rain. -Four
hours earlier I had left Mu-
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-01-20

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mno ,ael111 anoere &erionen let6ter per-
lebt. Die beioen 3ige iouten ii@ a1f
ser Station pallieren, aber elmer Der
lelben fonnte megen zines 5ra6t5uges
nidt ouf oos fir ibn beitimmte Gee
bengeleiie einfabrent, un6 10 faln es
sur @ouilion. 8eioe 2ofomotipen
mltr0en gang 5ertriimmert> nno ore
Ienoer lomie 0er@epadfmagert 0eS bonn
Often fon1n1en0en Dmr6gangs5ngS
ebenfals.
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Miiiiiiippi mur0e angefangen, Ser
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tril9er &raft oienen ion. SIS miro Ell
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ser @elt iein; binnen 80 Monaten
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de 1T ct. 2ouis fontraftlid belteut.
@ater1oo. - Ser County
l9otmeHter 8entlep empfing BON Ell
nem Monne aus 8lpmo1ttb County
einen 8rief, ser einen @ebiel gum
8etrage bon 1926 entbielt. SSn Dem
@egleiti@reiben itan6 5u 1elen, 6aB ser
Sender in SEN Sabren 1904-1905
in @aterloo gemobnt nn6 feline &opf:
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