Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-09-06
ARGYLE LADY
SEES PASSION PLAY
Miss Florence Meisch Tells About the
Passion Play in. Letter Home 81
'hn Published in the Banner
Munich, August 10. 1922.

G'-l-4l-e6s. 5t aug uSCt4lU, 1OSA.
Dearest. family: s 8
The climax of our trip is over. We
have seen the Passion Play. We ar
rived in Munich Monday night at IL
o'clock and had to sleep six in d
room. Tuesday noon we left for Ober-
afninergau. It looked as tho everyone
in the country was going that way.
There were Two long trains just pack
ed full Of people. We were paired off
two and two and each couple had a
different place to go to. Everyone
stays at the homes of the people of
Oberammergau. Gay and I stayed
with a Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph thinner
man. They had fairly good house
and everything was clean. Right be-
hind our bedroom was the barn, but
that didn't keep us awake. The houses
and barns are all under the same
roof. We. had our meals there too.
There were twelve Of us there. The
first night Gay and were the only
ones who spoke English, the rest all
talked German. I had to exercise my
German little. It has helped quite
a bit so far. The Passion Play started
at eight o'clock Wednesday morning
and lasted till twelve, then started at
two and finished at six. That made u
pretty strenuous day. The theatre,
holds 5000 people and was packed,
many standing The seats have roof
over them but the stage has not. Be-
hind the stage ARE hills to make a
beautiful setting for the play. The
town is only about 1000 and there
were nearly 1000 people in the play.
1t was wonderful One would never
think that people of their class could
do such wonderful work. There was
a chorus Of IS and an orchestra of
so people. The music alone was beau
tiful. The play told the story of
Christ from few days before the
Last Supper to the Ascension. The
acting was wonderful Anton LANCE
surely did marvellous work in his part.
The scenes of the Last Supper, Mary
parting with Jesus and the Christ on
the cross were all very impressive and
so real. Anton Lange was nailed to
the cross for twenty minutes. They
say he suffers quite a bit during that
time, but he feels that he must suffer
some or he is not worthy of playing
the part. There were a great many
beautiful tableaux too. Of course the
whole thing is in German, but we got
English translations and followed very
closely. I could understand quite a
bit anyway. took notes in my book
so it will be quite valuable to me.
The people of the town look quite
quaint. Most Of the men wear their
hair long and don't shave. So many
wear the funniest little hats with
feathers in and wear knee pants and
long stockings, showing their knees.
We had fairly good meals, but most
of the food had peculiar flavor and
the coffee and cocoa had goats milk
in them. 1t was all a wonderful ex-
perience tho. g..
Our tickets for the play cost so
Marks, that is about seven cents. We
have heard so much about it costing
so much but the whole trip down
there and back to Munich didn't cost
over $500. Everything is so cheap
here. At present a mark is worth
only one-eighth of a cent: Of course
everything seems high to the Ger
mans, but it is mighty cheap in our
money. Our. guide; bot good suit
today for $3.50. Gay got a large tube
Pebeco, tooth paste for eight cents.
Candy is very cheap too. Gay and
are getting our: fill -:
We leave tomorrow for Nuremberg.
Get in Berlin Sunday and have; nearly
three DAVIS thorn -r.!.