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Eamon de Valera used to teach mathematics. Teacherish in appearance, called "impractical" by his enemies, he is a Messiah of Freedom. In 1916 he was sentenced to Death for commanding insurgents against King George, but his sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life, and the General Amnesty of 1917 made him free. Elected to a seat in the London Parliament, he refused to sit, was "elected" by his Irish friends "President" of the "Irish Republic" (illegal) and as such rejected the Treaty of 1921 which, nevertheless, set up the Irish Free State. Later, Mr. de Valera resigned as "President...
When a dancer who is also a "messiah" and a "priestess" sets forth on a transcontinental tour, the continent in question can scarcely ignore. For a messiah gathers disciples and a priestess casts spells. Middle-aged Dancer Mary Wigman has thousands of followers in Germany. Last year she started bewitching the U. S. but her time was short. She began again last week in Providence, R. I., had the mixed reception that daring exhibitionists must expect. Most people applauded her wildly or sat in a state of self-conscious hush. Some groped for her message and were honestly perplexed...
...that they might rest on the Sabbath of the Lord as commanded through Moses. Sabbath day observance was, to the Christians, a ceremonial law of the Jews and not part of the moral law which was accepted by them after the coming of the Messiah. Its status was like that of the Passover and the Day of Atonement. After the coming of the Messiah the Old Testament ceremonies were revoked, so far as Christians were concerned. But even in the New Testament there is no divinely appointed day of rest. In fact, Saint Paul said: "Let no man therefore judge...
...Literary Guild celebrates its fifth anniversary this month by publishing "Savage Messiah" by H. S. Ede, a biography of the young French sculptor, Henri Gaudier. The biography is one of the finest yet selected by the Guild and was an appropriate choice to round out their fifth year of existence...
...have probably heard little if anything of Henri Gaudier; you have doubtless heard nothing at all of Sophie Brzeska (pronounced "B'jeska"). After reading Savage Messiah you will wonder...