. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. way, for Mrs. Annas had given her hisname and position, and she knew that her father approved of theacquaintance. She had, moreover, received a letter from Elsie,recounting the incidents of her journey and enlarging on Austins i44 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN THE TYROL. interest in the un-known Valerie. Shehad even mentionedthe fact of the judgesfear lest his son mightbecome interested insome peasant maiden,and Austins assur-ances that such athing was not this had givenValerie ideas. They had manyconversations in re-gard to the PassionPlay, concerningwh
. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. way, for Mrs. Annas had given her hisname and position, and she knew that her father approved of theacquaintance. She had, moreover, received a letter from Elsie,recounting the incidents of her journey and enlarging on Austins i44 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN THE TYROL. interest in the un-known Valerie. Shehad even mentionedthe fact of the judgesfear lest his son mightbecome interested insome peasant maiden,and Austins assur-ances that such athing was not this had givenValerie ideas. They had manyconversations in re-gard to the PassionPlay, concerningwhich they did notquite agree. Austinpersisted in regardingit in the same lightas any other dramaticperformance. Ofcourse the sceneryand the posing iseffective, he said;they have the ad-vantage of having the^^^^s!~l -- J best artists in the world work for them.^-^-~~ =— ^^ The Descent from CALVARY. ^ . . the Cross is copiedfrom Rubens famous picture, the Ascension from that of Raphael,the Last Supper from Da Vincis OBER AMMERGAU. 145 He admitted that the acting was more uniformly good than hehad elsewhere seen. But that is natural, he added, and couldnot well be otherwise under the circumstances. These peasantsare all born actors; they have inherited the talent for severalgenerations. Moreover, they have been carefully trained from in-fancy; they go on the stage as babies in their mothers arms in thegreat tableaux requiring the presence of the populace. Ten yearslater they make their appearance as the youthful Joseph or , if very talented, they may hope at the next representation to
Size: 1228px × 2036px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorchampneyelizabethweli, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
