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a Medieval Drama Was Basea Un Canrisumas| ig 48 many durchs in elder lands at time Mystery or Nativity Lie are given, noted by the mem- s of congregation, These plays are becoming year by year more general and ular, Somer times they are acted im the church itself, sometimes in the parochial hall, Soistimes even in fhe local theatre, dre very impressive snd in- v and are a rival of the old mediev, ecclesticnl apd monastic dramas, One such play was acted in Dunstable in Hi ', " by the lars of Geoffrey dlterwards Ab- ot of $t. Albans, was called the of 'atharine and does not seem 10 have looked upon as much of 8 novelty, which goes to ove that those kinds of plays must been acted at a much earlier o first drama known to have been written on & scripture subject a {evish ford fragments are wil yo found In Greck lambles taken from Kasdus.) ¢ author was un Jew called Kaakicl and it was sup: paved to haye een written alter the destruction erusalem, The three mest important characters were bas wes, Sappors and God from the burl ing bush," and it is suid to have been waiter In imitation of the Greek deama of the second rpus Christl processions first took plave in 1204 and were confirm: ed In 1311 which led to a closer une fon of the drama with religious feasts, Then gradually the religious plays began to sequire i certain amount of fay and jocular representations suit. able to the seasons, century popular heroes were brought incand we find Robin Hood and the Queen figuring in them us well as St, George and other saints, Bt George wis the most popular of the Saints being the patron of England and possessing & dragon, Tn 1298 at Welw hi Italy the Page slop was played while the sams year ot Clvits Veechin at Whitsun the clepgy performed the play of Christ that is His Passion, Resurrection, Ascension and udgment with the miplon of the Holy Ghost, a truly erful mixture, ¥8ix years Inter 1 acted the creation, Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Magy, the Birth' of Christ, and other pacred historical subjects, : radually these Passion and Sa ered plays became more and more frequent so in 1846 the mysteries of eentury, About the 15th | { the life of Christ were epacted nt Poletiers with great pomp and cir gumstance, In 1509 at Romas In Dauphiny took] Jinks "The Mystery of the Three ns" a religious play that lasted] three days and thus In many parts of | France and Germany these Mystery "plays became most populer and free auent, From them probably sprung the famous Passion play at Oberam- MARAY, ye England about the middle of the sixteenth century Morality plays be gan to be mixed up with the Mystery vlays, "Moralities" were often "Mys tery" plays with a strong moral, po sid blow to these plays was in 1542 by a proclamation of 1 "blest of these plays, The chance} of the porish churen becomes u stage, snd there reverently and picturesque ly are portrayed scenes from the Life or Christ, The shephdrds and the wise men, with their mystic gilts, come to worship the Babe iu the manger, and thus the scenes con unye, some just hinted ut some in quite & lot of detail, One such play was staged a year or two ago, played In a large hall, It merely showed the foot of the Cross in the Crucifixion seens; with two prostrate figures beside it, A sup. pressed sob went round the hall, and the whale remains impressed on one's memory, One of the most beautiful and fn. structive Mystery plays Is acted every yegr by the members of a well-known English church who give thelr ser vices every year for a Myste play in ald of foreign missions and their own chur Figs pr "The Joyful Pageant of the Nativity" staged nt the Chelses Palace. theatre is un in- spiration 10 see' and is & speaking example of the strides the presents day Mystery play has made in the last few years, $ If is reverently played and. beaut! filly staged, the smallest child (and there ure several 'wee mites) enters into the spirit of It, each actor feels hig or her part, hence the acting Is perfect, It has its lesson to teach and it draws one away from the hard unkindly things of the earth (as a true Mystery Is meant to) to the wonderful mystery of the Nativity and ull that the first Christmas stood or, Thus are the present-day Passion plays becoming more and more like the old medieval religious dramas which were played Cy the monks themselves in the church or convent, A prominent New York clergy- man in en interview praised re Hglon, "Religion 18 & Joyful thing,' he sald, "It's a mistake to think that the religious 1fe ie like life in a Jail or poor house, "Yot this mistake prevails, An agitator 'was addressing a band ol strikers, "Only $18 a week!" he yelled, 'flow can a men be a Christian on $12 a week? 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I As you prepare to throw the handkerghlefs up-="patter" somos thing funny as you do=-you allow {ho band to slip and encircle the handkerchiefs, Up then they go dnd desend apparently tied, Plek oue up gently by the corner and as fou throw again give that one a Jork, That frees the band and the handkerchiefs descend untied, While they are Dbelng examined Alp a spare band on youd fingers #0 that you may be ready to re. peat the trick, HOW IT HAPPENED "I hear Skimpale was hurt, How did it happen?' : you: see that' ditch over "Well, he didn't," HIS TRAGEDY A little boy atroet, "Whats the matter?" asked a kind passer-by, "We've got pancakes and treacle for dinner," blubhered the boy, "Well, that's nothing to cry about, SE know; but 1 can't find my way homes Victoria Times, was crying in the UP AND UP "ls their Rowse upstosdate?" 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