Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-09-09

OOor-AmmeTSau. Ouo CdiiS
IA It a village because 1t Is i'm
IA possible to think Of 1t as q
town, in spite of its 1850 in
Asbitants. 1t seems to be built any
how. The houses are white. with
deepbrowed red roofs. Many Of them
IRE gaily painted. not only as to their
woodwork and with quaint devices
around the windows and doors. but
WITH pictures. sacred and profane.
md one OF them has the whole Of its
vsll space decorated in this way with
frescoes done a hundred years ago by
4 reat master in the art. The tor
tuous streets are full of little shops
and some big ones. in most Of which
carvings are displayed for sale. and
h this festival year there are tenn
poary booths besides. for the sale
q post cards or other things that the
modern traveller has need Of. The
rocky mountains. clothed with dark
pines and still in part snow-covered,
rise on either side. and on the sum-
nit Of the highest peak Is an enor-
nous wooden cross so far above you
that II looks as II It were made Of
matchwood.
Az you walk about the streets and
the country roads almost every one
you meet halls you with a "Gruss
Gott!" and the men and boys raise
their green. feather hats. They are
the most courteous and gentleman
nered people I have ever met. and l
think the most truly religious. You
soon get used to the long hair Of the
men. even when you see it on the
road sweepers. The true Ober-Am-
uergauer never cuts his hair.
Players In Daily Life.
n IL worth while staying in Ober-
1 Ammergau for day or two before
or after performance, II only to see
the players going about their daily
work. You recognize a girl who
ssfves you in a shop-a smiling Ger
man Fraulein with her fair hair neat
y plaited-as one of the sweet sing
ers In the choir of Guardian Angels"
when she wore a robe of gold and
purple over her white, girdled gar
nent. and her hair fell from Ueneath
her crown to below her waist. An
urchin padding in the mud outside
he schoolhouse stood with arms out
stretched for full two minutes in one
Of the tableaux and never stirred.
At the blacksmith's forge a man with
noble. classical face and gray hair
and beard is shoeing a horse. Yes
terday he was for the third time lead
Or Of the chorus. a kingly figure In
gold crown and scarlet robe. with
nne voice and a splendid dignity
q bearing. Everywhere you meet
familiar faces, for during the long
hours Of the performance they have
Stamped themselves in your memory.
was taken to the house of Johann
Twink. and we were shown into a
hnghtly.painted room with an old
porcelain stove In the corner. A
sweet.faced young girl talked with
= for a little and then said she
would 60 and fetch her father. She
vas Ottilie Twink, who takes the
part Of Mary. the Mother of Jesus.
She Ii not yet twenty, but she IL
Already spoken Of as one of the best
representatives of her difficult part
that the play has ever had. She is
the Mater Doloroea. her voice full of
piercing sorrow and her eyes of tears.
Presently her father came in, a
uay-haired man with a kindly, some
What pathetic face. He is q house
painter, and he apologies for the
state Of his working clothes. He has
gone through many troubles, and only
recently lost his eldest son. who had
bsea . hopeless invalid for ten years.
he had been Isaac in the tableaux
q 1890, and 1t is said that he con-
uacted the rheumatic fever from
which he died by sleeping on damp
nay. when all the beds in his fathers
mouse were given up to the visitors.
a Wonderful Performance.
Al young man. Johann Twink
vice played the part Of the Apostle
soon- This year. for the third time,
10 u taking the part of Judas. His
. wonderful performance. He
nes In first with the other dis.
Sp'es who surround their master in
AZ triumphal entry into Jerusalem
'ou would hardly notice him. He Is
oue OF the group. But in the house
~ Simon. when the Magdalene
snolnts the head and feet of Christ
begins to make his mark. He
A'es IN puzzled, startled way al
az waste. and grumbles at it. But
aere is no wickedness apparent II
Nm yet. He Is the treasurer of thu
a'tle society, anxious for the NOR