Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 Apr 1935, p. 27

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name raliked in importance with Anton Lang and other great charac- ter actors of tihe £ast, who, ini the littie Bavarian village nestled coin- fortabiy at the foot of the mountains, strove mightiiy to keep a promise their forefithérs. 1had niade a cen- tury before, when, spared the ravages of the Black Plague that was taking its toit, or death in other 1European. villages, they. made a sotemn promise that at the return of each tenth year, the citizens of this amiet .woÜld re- tell in - action and in Words the tragic tale of Golgatha. To be. selected' for one of the im- portant rôles in that geat playba been a chiidhiood dreani of the young- est -of the village for generations. Marie Mayer was one of the fcw who lived -to sée the -reatiztation of ber dreani, for sbe was assigned to- the difficuit rote of Magdalene and was destined to play 'it bundreds of tinies before the vast audiences wbo came daiIly 4e witesut. 4i1St11,Sft. It is of tbis famous ptay, and the portrayat of ber great. rote that Miss Mayer will speak to the Loyola audi- ences on Aprit 8. She will show vani- ous stides to ittustrate the lecture she gives on the play and will act out the role of Magdatene as she played it witb Anton Lang as the Christus., In vite Church Leaders to Tour of HioIy Land A Holy Land Pilgrimage this sum- ,mer for. ministers, Sunday school teachers, and intcrested Men and wom- en of churches of Greater Chicago is now being arranged by the Chicago Churcb Federation, the central organ- ization that represents tbe Protestant churches of the Chicago area. The tour of the Hoty Land wilt last froni June 14 to August 19. It is ýof- *frdasan educationat and religiotts opportunity for church leaders and Iaymen and is sponsored by the Chi- cago -Church Federation as an exten- sion of its program for Chicago churches. The pilgrimaoee will aff ord repor KCIUi Ul I noiaiAAI II8 LU- OLIVER HANSEN' I Fyou wan CLEAN CLOTHES For EASTER 1215 Washington Avenue W .t.30 À ed thm É.É%im- WlImette 3400

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