Show Role of Christ in Passion Play Anton Lang to Fight for F Fatherland t n Who Gained World Fame Has Started J 4 for the War B BERA E R A M I M E R O A U Bavaria h 23 23 Anton Anton Lang who gained rid fame by playing the rolo role of fist rist In the tho last Jast two performances the thO Pa Passion slon Pla Play has hurried ay ny to the front to kill and maim malm le j fellow men In the name of oC war 18 home homo In He has started from his lis ils us village to Join a a. new corps of equipped with skis which the oops have hae formed to fight tho the rench Alpines In the tho Behind him he ho has left his wife wiCe id td three e children and a host of oC vil- vil gers the majority of oC whom have in tho the Passion Play torn Play torn J conflicting emotions They are intensely patriotic an and d toem to cm em the the tho fatherland means ever even Ins trig and and yet et th they Y are shocked shocked inconceivable to th them m mat almost It is at Anton Lang the man who played such with e a role of the thc Christus and as Pc perhaps cling take talia had should now rather other person fellow slay BIn his and seek to la Is gun father father- of the even en-even in defense nd bo boy was more quiet For Lang as n a with played he m an the other lads the narrow village ot of Ithe streets was noted for forD d as he grew older sa saintly cast of almost a D sensitive c B features or of played the role e We fils father r who had prepared pard for three fifty rod pr of the role IUS ars in hopes or of playing Christus But when whon the ballots p cast choosing the actors for tor the ore re 1 th the son Ann and not the father i JV pay coveted eted role for tho the chosen 8 25 old lon Iton was V.-AS then only years performance of tho the Pa Passion sion number of greater Teater attracted a n iy zy the than ever er had visited lage previously and Lang for his performance of tho the dif dif- role Tole v was heralded tho the world re-elected re to toLY toLy er In 1910 he was LY iy the part pare Nevertheless e he co continued on In unassuming WR way working a a. potter tho the trade he had learned m his father Visitors who flocked to his shop to toro toro always emT em- em ro to and speak with him T him Ln to incident which occurred one his serves to show rI i to the limelight L L' L party of two or three was In his ip p buy buying in pottery potter As ho he stood at counter showing his ware a group tour four our or five spectators gathered at window and began to stare in ang seemed to be more or less for a few tew moments moments' and n he quietly asked d one of his custers cus- cus l rs If It ho he would object to his wing the tho shade saying I do not for I for people to stare state at me mo cT M I Ir r 4 7 y f r n i 7 y g gi i ki o y ti n t r P I I II I cx II I II I I I I 4 I S J I I |