Evening star. [volume], May 19, 1938, Page A-15, Image 15

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Oberammergau Mourns Lang;
' 4Solemn Homecoming'’ Plantied
ANTON LANG,
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
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Famous Impersonator of
Christ Dies at 63
After Operation.
" Bj the Associated Press.
OBERAMMERGAU, Germany, May
59.—This little Alpine village, known
the world over for its Passion Plays,
today mourned the loss of its most
famous character, 63-year-old Anton
Lang, impersonator of Christ from
1900 to 1930.
Mr. iArng died In a Munich hospital
last night following an operation for
a stomach ailment.
4 The village will give ‘‘its great son
and first burgher,” as the burgomas
ter’s office put it, "a solemn home
coming.’’ The village Council met
today to discuss funeral ceremonies.
The date for the funeral has not
been set.
Mr. Lang generally was considered
to represent the traditional Germanic
ideal of the Savior. His expressive
head, with its long blond curls, made
a strong appeal as a veritable “gentle
Jesus, meek and mild.”
His successor in this role sinoe 1930
has been Alois Lang, chosen to im->
personate the Savior again in the
1940 Passion Play. Alois Lang is not
related to Anton Lang, who, however,
had three sons and three daughters.
Hitler Attended Performance.
During the 300th anniversary of the
Passion Play in 1934 Reichsfuehrer
Hitler attended one performance and
later told the Mayor he would do
everything in his power "to insure
continuance of the play” and that he
would be among the spectators in
1940.
* He also talked to members of the
cast, including Anton Lang, then
speaker of the prologue.
The sudden death of Mr; Lang, who
had been ailing for some time, created
a problem for the Passion Play Com
mittee, which now is in the midst of
preparations for the 1940 presentation.
A member of the committee said "it
will be a hard task to find a similarly
able, characteristic, dignified speaker
for the prologue." The committee,
however, will not select Mr. Lang's
successor for this part until late next
year.
In private life Mr. Lang operated a
simple Bavarian pottery, which his
eldest son, Karl, had taken over before
• his father's death.
Word Received Here.
Word of the death of Anton Lang
was received here last night by his
son, Anton Lang, jr., professor of
German at Georgetown University, and
only sister, Miss Anne Lang, at pres
ent visiting in Washington, while the
family was in the midst of prepara
tions for a trip to the Fatherland.
Prof. Lang, who resides at 202'
Huidekoper place N.W., said his w’if«
and three children had arranged to
sail May 28. and that he would follow
in June.
Both the son and his aunt said
that the death of the father would
not interfere with the family’s presen
tation at Oberammergau in 1940.
Word of the death shocked the
Langs, whose last word from the
father was that his condition was fa
vorable after the operation.
Visited V. S. in 1923.
Anton Lang visited this country in
1923 with the other Oberammergau
players to exhibit their handmade
pottery. They were received at the
White House by President Coolidge.
The trip made a great impression on
his father. Prof. Lang said last night,
and the famed potter had expressed
the hope that he would be able to
make another visit prior to the 1940
Passion Play.
Another son of Anton Lang, Priedl,
also is in the United States, making
preparations to pilot the Rev. Paul
Schulte, the ‘‘flying priest,” to the
Arctic.
Bata Says 60 Limit.
J. A. Bata, the boot and shoe king of
Czechoslovakia, declares that 60 is the
age limit. In his newspaper, Prague
reports, he wrote: “I fix 60 as the age
limit of efficiency. People of 70 hang
on to their positions and cannot con
ceive that they are not worth more
than the old chair in which th^? have
' so snugly planted themselves."
26 GIRLS 101
Miss Columbia Heights and
Court of Nine to Be
Chosen Tomorrow.
Twenty-six hopeful girls, aspirants
for the title "Miss Columbia Heights,"
will appear in the contest sponsored
by the Columbia Heights Business
Men's Association at the Wardman
Park Hotel tomorrow night. The se
lection by the judges of the winner
and her court of nine young ladies will
mark the start of an elimination series
to choose Washington’s entry in the
Miss America contest to be staged at
Atlantic City Labor Day week.
All of the 10 girls chosen will be
candidates for the title of Miss Wash
ington. Their first appearance to
morrow night will be made following a
program of dancing at 10 o’clock. The
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Fourteenth street N.W.; Eleanore
Simone, 1879 Ingleside terrace N.W.;
Marian Walsh, 2421 Fourteenth street
NW.; Hazel Bunch, 309 Webster
street N.W.; Florence Appel, 1401
Fairmont street N.W.; Kathryn
French, 2501 Fourteenth street N.W.;
Dorothy Parker, 1228 Shepherd street
N.W.; Jean Coffman, 612 Tewksbury
place N.W.; Kitty Bee Chapell, 639
G street NW.; Irene E. Gasch, 1423
Harvard street N.W.; Rosalie Notre
Angelo, 1402 Harvard street N.W., and
Dorothy Boston, 201 Second street
N.E.
The Judges will be Steve Cochran,
George Vivian and Miss Dorothy Mar
tin, all of the National Academy of
Stage Training; Gordon Hittenmark,
radio announcer; Miss Madeline En
sign, program director of Station
WOL; H. Earl Lohmeyer, district
manager for Warner Bros., and Theo
dore Grape, president of the Federa- ,
tlon of Business Men’s Association.
George Ford, president of the Colum
bia Heights Association, Wayne Stone,
co-chairman, and A1 Stem, regional
director for the pageant in Atlantic
City, will conduct the contest.
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