The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-19

Complaints about money grabbing at Oberammergan continue to pour into the city.
 Lady Bloomfield, who has spent nearly two months in and around Oberammer- gan, has published an appeal to intending visitors ito keep before them as much as possible the great sacredness and holy purport of the performance" She writes on behalf of the simple Bavarian vil- lagers as one who can enter into their feelings. She says great importance in proportion of the audiences at the the- atre during June and July was English speaking, and although their behavior was decorous and reverential, much was left to be desired as to their conduct dur ing their sojourn in the village. It is not, perhaps, to be wondered at that the dif- ferent hotel-keepers should regard this opportunity as rare chance for specu- lation. Lady Bloomfield cannot help, says she, of wishing that the religious author ities in Munich had kept a tighter con- trol over the monetary arrangements. The villages have not been sufficiently protected from this invasion of money grabbers," and were it not for the strength of character and purity of in- tention of Anton Lang, who takes the role of Christ in the Passion Play, the worst possible results might be appre- hended. The tackless lionizing of the performers by tourists is another mat ter which Lady Bloomfield deplores. Lang has been the mark of good deal of this ill-judged fattery, though Lady Bloomfield says one has only to see him to be assured that he is above and be- yond adulation. ''The egregious bad taste of 1t all' she adds, Ifs, nevertheless, very offensive. especially to the more refined people who regard the performance as a great factor in uplifting and preserving their Christian belief"
 The man who was the old justice of the peace in the Kingdom Is dead. He was 1O1 years old at the time of his death. The official, who was R. Peter, died a few days ago at his residence at Launce- ston, Cornwall. MT. Peter was a solicitor and has been town clerk and also mayor of the borough He was the oldest in habitant and the oldest magistrate in the county One of his last public appear ances was the occasion when he took the oath of allegiance to King George. On the completion of his Tooth year, last October, he received congratulations. The late King Edward. King George, Prince of Wales, and many of the best known men in the kingdom congratulated him.
 The betting fraternity is much worked up over a controversy between Capt. R. w. Langfield, a united army officer and an unofficial handicapper," as the latter terms himself. The captain, who attends the races, got into dispute about finance with the handicapper. who criticised him sharply The captain sent a telegram to A race track denouncing him as "unoffi- cial blackmailer." The captain was hauled to court. The hearing will be had in few days. Friends of both men
 have been trying to effect reconciliation between the men.
 | Something new in return checks or "pass out checks" as they are called in | the country, instead of using pass-out-
 checks. the management of the Vavnol | Horticultural show, Cornarvonshire,
 stamped with a rubber stamp the hands
 of those wishing to return to the show. | The idea back of it was to prevent the l issue of counterfeited return checks.
 which is somewhat common at places of
 entertainment where patrons are allowed
 to go in and out.
 | There is quite an epidemic of spotted fever in various parts of England New cases have been reported at Long Claw
 son Howell, and Nottingham.
 | None of the victims treated in the