The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-06-02
Village Potter of Oberammergau
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picked more demure and virgin pure
character. II Is n great honor In Ba-
Naria To be named for this part, and
according TO an old tradition the priest
VINO takes the village confessions has
the veto power on any candidate.
Martha has that virginia. forehead
which charncterlzes the best paintings
OF the Virgin Mary. She is only twen-
ty-four. and has never played before.
but she will make the proper impress
sion by her evident purity and char
acter
martina was much embarrassed Mt
having TO receive strange foreigner
and talk about herself. She led me
out of her fathers shop. where | found
her. and into her own room. The only
pace for me to sit was her modest
little bed. while she faced me nervous
~ from little stool. don't know
which OF the two of us was the most
embarrassed, but she gradually re.
lleVed our mutual restraint as she told
me how she was reared In the con.
vent and had received the education
necessary To be governess. She lived
so hidden In her fathers house that
she could not believe it when she was
told last November that the village
council had elected her to the role OF
Mary. She did not suppose any one
had noticed her enough for that.
What are you going to do with the
money you will getf" | asked. my
mind still on the forbidden mercenary
angle.
Il don't know" she replied, rather
startled. There Is not anything
want"
yes, but the last Mary got 900
marks, which would be forty or fifty
thousand marks now"
She turned surprised eyes ut me M
! mentioned the figure, but said moth,
ing. ---
Gay Little "Macdalene."
Paula Kendl, the Mary siagdalene,
Is quite "A gay little person. She is only
twenty-one. She comes from a family
which has produced many Passion
players. Her mother is a daughter OF
Josef Meyer. the most famous Christ
Of the last century. Her father Is the
wood-carver who has played the part
of John the Baptist.
When asked her what she was
going to do with the money she earned,
she said she was going TO travel. She
has spent all her life In the village
and she wants TO go out and look
abouf bit.
The man who will play John the |
Baptist this year IL also u first-timer |
| had to seek him In the forest where !
he was saving wood II was about the |
dinner hour. and he struck work and |
walked home with me, and there he
sat down 10 his sausage, potatoes and /
beer. while he told me thnt It had al |
ways been his ambition 10 play this /
part. ana he had succeeded I'm his 1
great wish at the early age of twenty. /
three. He is II very serious young
chap. quite In the spirit of the com.
lnunity. He is the nephew OF the
Herod.
None Likes the Judas" Part.
II IN always difficult 10 get anyone
TO take the part OF Judas. because the
stigma cllngs 10 the actor IN privat.
life. He must be no less honorable
Than another 10 have 50 important q
role. but he Is forever afterwards un.
Der q slight cloud. II is played thi,
year by Karl Mayer.
Perhaps the whole Oberammergnu
community feels just little under a
loud. as their Judases always do
rbey have been cut of from the whole
Torld. part Of nation which has
been al war with most Of the world
Now they are preparing to receive the
shole world again. and they are not
used TO the Idea yet. They still have
hat Judas-like cloud over them. Bat
rs they Will say In their announce
Dents:
sixty seven sons OF the village lost
heir lives In the war. Let us think
II them with honor. and with them OF
he heroes OF all places and nations. be
hey friends or former enemies"
They do not yet realize that no one
Who comes 10 Oberammergau VIII
ONE with the thought OF the war
nil In mind.-Aksel Faber In the New :
FORK World.