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=i-* Higmafi . Fuel COfIlP3ny nghland Park _ ; ~. Illmms ' - No 'we‘cticlefin‘the‘ history of the world, ancient:"'6l‘ modem, lu- com- 7 unwed with the Passion Play patented every ten yefil’s in the picturesque . Vithge of Oher Mmergau; .Fuhr time: it: the-last forty yeits the devout Millage“ have. memeted the scene: incide'nt'to the dos ng days of the Sav- ‘ ‘iourh life, During the Spmuier monthsljof 19l0 theqfiain} Bavarian villagers bl Oher Ammergatt will re-ehact this greatest \ of algrel giout plays. in _ ac- '.cordance yith the ' ‘ lemn vows made by their ancestbfs man‘y years ago. ' Thousands ofvpeo e from all nations are now preparing to visit Ober Am- ;mergau next summerâ€"in feet. the Passion. PlgyI/will attract the elite of the‘ most highly 'civilzied' natiOns‘ of the fworld. L ‘ 1 ,. ‘ ‘ * *‘ ‘ m A . 7 __- 2_..---.. “r...“ mm" "-5-": -.,.._.-_ â€"--.-~~â€"vâ€" n , , . ' ' 'The stury of the origin of the Passion‘Play is- ' of flat interests Two hundred .atnd teventy years age. at the time .theh the l ng thirty yean‘ war wag deirastpting‘ Germany. a disastrotts attack of plague swept the villages and valleys‘fiol the. Bunrian Tymln The p'lague hit Pprtenkirchen. Mitten~ vald and'inde’ed all the [larger to'tfvns, Which ~were devastated by it and the cities were depopplated is thoroughly at though ’bluts of re. Ind burned the life from every street and alley. So, thrbugh sceipes f honor. all1 the larger towns beca'me‘infeCted withthe fell disease; t i» .the_little village of Ober'Ammetgauthere was no plague. It was art SI! of life and» hap- piness in-a-desertlol suffqing'a‘nd disease; ‘ t ‘ . ALL; -4 -_..-_ (u.- :...i'....a pines: In-a-uescrt 0|. 3|!ng um «um um...» lnorder that ,the infection'oi th. desert might ndtente'r thi’a‘ isolated village olObei‘ Ammergau. the village authorities drew a cordon about the hamlet alread'y' protected by nature by» its circle oi mountainsland. forbade anyone to pass from the happy valley into the perilous outetworld, while the conditions; of course, included that none should ’penetrate from the plague-stricken legions ‘into the charmed. circle thus exempt. A: it hap- pened, however.; a nati‘ve'o’i the village who had been {or some time dork- ing at Eschonlohe, a- v‘ill at the foot of the Ettalberg. wh‘et‘e'the plague Was raging turufily,‘ was seiz d with a sudden homesicknesl..hnd unknown to any oi the vi _. ’gc 'magnates. returned; finding his way by night over the: mountains; Three days afteriVards he lay dead oi the; d . dad plague and no less than ionyofhis fellow Villagera sutcunibed tol the game cause: ll‘} us" gun- an.) .- .-.- -v. [ _It occurred to the villagers. invthe'ir agohy oftet‘rordhaf ' s voiv ' might posibly.propitate Heaven ant} turn the ve'ngence from the rhea-the and homes; They then ind there. in Iolemn membly,.comttl at to - what act‘bf thein'w'ould‘ he tnostpleasing to ' the Altnigh'ty.‘at_td nelly it' ’ wastes'olvedthat then and every ten year; altefwardshhould be perlorm‘ed - with all-due reveifnc'e a'nd eolemnity a.pl_l'y thich woul'd set forth the life, death and medianon .0! the Redeemer.” .v From that time it it 'ulerted. the Elg‘ue was. stayed-in the village ‘ehd the vow has .been kept my and n: ' -:* P114815 At 0hr Ammei‘gau Rc-mactcd During Summer Months of 1910 'enue; = _*.*‘â€"*q*â€"mâ€"u I‘r V ' ‘ teat oi lesus: King Ahasuem esiling the «D. ' pliyegfitopt. the spectatorwitnessesaselies J ligloilsly'. the'deoenhial unnection. being only i , -hloken since 163‘ in older toestahlish the performance at the bedillfi‘ oi every decade: for which a treshiualt was made in the year "163). '1! _ . 1 The Passion Play consists oi eighteen {it seem: together with a » plologue. The play begins withChlist's entry Fpto‘lelusalem- and. asthe If tableaux. portrayilltthe x'the sons of Jacob plotting‘ its: 'the bride hewailing, , : ' Mary anointing the QueenI Vashti and elevat- ing the humble Esther to thethlone: Christ 5 fetching. the destruction ot jerusalelnz Chrht sending two oi his disciplee higprepare the passover; the «that» ol Isllaeto betray his Mttthe let-lingo: the Israelites with mm; and tutu-t sniper. This will lie in edition to the tableau: show- driving of the moneurchangers-trout the temple the sale of Joseph; Tobias ta‘inz leave of his; theloes oi the bridegroom; Christ in Simon's the resurrection. Any person witnessing this % huluble. devout and laithlul villagersoi, Ober asion Play enacted by the humeral: cannot help he‘- 1.uing Jeius heiole Pilot. before Herod and‘clilua . y" with the crucifixion and ' in; instilled witha longing and a desire ‘to let! a better life and to em- brace-the gospel ol jesus Christ. Wolds can: {it expred the grandeur at this great Passion Play. which must be seen to} 't appreciated; . ‘ The Chicago Examiner. realising the zrelt advantage a trip to Ober Ammergau would be (or the school When. I arr'anged to include the Fission Play in the tours of Eulope which 0. ,I be“ given the live lnoet popular teachers of Evanston. Wilmette. Kenil limit. Glenooe. Wilmetka. Like Foray [Aka Blnfl. North Chicago and 0t it! Notflt Shaft'filbtltbl ' The citizens'ol the North Shale towns ani‘ the hopia‘nd filled the schools of these towns will decide as tothe ‘ pqiularity cf the teachers to ate the tours. in addition to the tours oi} E:lope for. the teachers. the Examiner will awald“58 beautiful pri tea. valued at ”.moo. (or the hon and girls whoeollect the most votes on specili ballots for the? teachers. The first prize is an inner-player piano valued lasso. The It”!!! prize is. _a Browniekar. a real automobile. the mallafot itsjiud in theworld. other prises are a gold watch. encyclopedia. collse inVa hudnessor labial, college; collect. sweaterjachets. sweater ooat‘t' roller skates; ice skates. .- etc. etc. ~ ,- ltiauptoixhecitieeuaoitheNorthvShol'e-tcia lid ' . ‘ ~ ‘ oi the schools to elect the five toast popular tom ”1:?th ' ‘ beautiful ptim. An eat-Irma in this election}: it with your lavorite teacher to will, re an the sub" pt and full tion will he sent upon request. Address The Chicago issutinel‘. ‘ llvanston. or phone Evanston I776. Do not dljay. ' 6“ Dans = we» Vaiky - 200a! company 1"Jin' Jan: be! the tenured humble. dew H; m Mam? ; 'Ibry mutating the spam Vuhti and elevu- ‘ ‘ petelliflg the demuctini of I ufianpue them; the let-fin: oi the («petites vith f 14% to the tableau: chow- pg with the crucifixion and Iu%§pion Play enacted by the tr vat-emu W help he‘- :ilc, .5an humid be" sh paid It: iris-eh“!!! wad-ks. can fi‘“ol due VI; naught) MM Tad: