The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-02
IA NEW RELIGIOUS
 PROPHET IN PARIS Brahmin Claims to Have Discovered Paradise ANARCHISTS IN PARIS Dissemination of Anarchist Literature Extensive-Gascons Invade
 Paris Industrial Life.
 Spirit of Revolt
ANARCHISTS IN PARIS
By GEORGE DuFREsNE

ious prophet has made his appearance. He is Assam Dino, a Brahmin, and claims
 to have discovered the secret of an earth ly paradise. He has just explained the
 faith that is in him to a select company of theosophists and artists got together by the Baroness Brault, the co-director
 of the Parthenon.
 Assam Dino was born in Lahore and
 was for 10 years a resident of one of
 those Brahmin monasteries which are to be found in the Himalayas, and where no
 European or even Asiatic has set foot After his sojourn in the monastery he
 travelled on foot through Africa, Asia
 and Europe, carefully noting the laws and
 customs of the people he met. He has been in Paris since November and speaks
 French to perfection.
 Explaining his theosophic conceptions, he says we can, if we so desire, make our own happiness, avoid the dangers which threaten us, chase away sickness, which
 is moral rather than a physical phe- nomenon, and be absolute masters of our
 own destinies. Further, he tells us that
 We can satisfy every wish of nature,
 which is light and gaiety and not suf-
 fering.
 Assam Dino contends that his new re- ligion possesses this advantage over
 others. It puts paradise on earth and
 makes it prompt and accessible to all.
 'rhe science of equilibrium, the perfect
 mastery over ourselves, the devination of
 men and things, serenity, which is the
 first stage of immortality"-thls Is what the Brahmin teaches by means of the
 science of Brahim, which, he says, is the reconciliation, so long hoped for, of truth. faith, religion and science.
 Poor Mulai Hafid Is not to have his villagiatura at Rabat-at least for the moment; the French government has | thus decided by reason of the unsettled | state of the empire Alasl the Sultan can l get no nearer Marigny and the F'olles Bergere than Fez. There are many req
 sons behind his wish to go to the sea.
 The first is a little pride to prove that
 he is not a prisoner of the French; sec ondly, he wants to meet the politicians | who talk so glibly of his country in the l Palais Bourbon. Each one must find his pleasures where he can. Again. he is
 much depressed. and he thinks the change of air would do him good. Finally, he r feels that he Is safer at the sea than in the midst of his turbulent subjects in the capital. It was not so long ago that, fearing decapitation, he appealed to France for protection. but he is a capri cious creature and today he is rather sorry for himself. It ss all very well to | be protected, but the price is high.
 | Bagatelle, with it's old fashioned house and quiet gardens in the Bois de Bou- l logne, has become the seat of an annual
 art exhibition by the Societe Rationale | des Beaux Arts, generally of works of art dealing with some special subject, and this years scheme was a contemporary and retrospective display of painting and Int. fa1 xxlif nd ing. The show contains such works as
 The Guitar Player" of Watteau. "The Mandoline Player of Le Main, the Ser
 enade. of Lancret. The 18th and 18th
 centuries are both well represented nu- merically. There are. among the most recent works, four portraits by Bonnat and one of Saints-Saens by Benjamin Constant, and others of Massenet, Am
 broise Thomas Gretry, Donizetti. Yes tria and Hortense Schneider, as she ap-
 peared in her famous role of the Grande Duchess de Gerolstein.
 The exhibition is not, however, really representative, and presumably does not
 pretend to be- The catalogue contains
 among works of sterling value, a number
 of others of doubtful origin, and it is
 preceded by curious notice that the au- thenticity of the contributions is given simply on the word of the lender, who
 must take the responsibility.
 There is also a strange absence Of some well known names of contemporary paint CTS and sculptors, such as Renoir, Bes- nard Cheret and Rhodin. Perhaps the committee considered it as a hopeless task to make such collection complete- but at the same time, it gave space to a tumble of bric-a-brac, such as fans, ball-eards, Green earthenware of doubt l ful origin and biscuits. Crowds of peo- | pie, however are pleased to see what
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 opened by visit from M. Fallieres and
 large number of officials.
 Now that public attention Is aroused | to anarchist propaganda, it may be in- l teresting to point out that, after careful investigation the statement is made that there are 10000 anarchists in Paris alone There does not appear to be one com mon organization, the custom being to H form small groups that take their in- H spiration from some 12 or IA weelxlies. H Thus lectures and conferences are organ Il ized for the spread of the movement in industrial centers. The dissemination of anarchist literature is said to be very extensive. The French authorities in re- cent years have unfortunately slackened the strictures imposed by the laws. The bombs of Auguste Valiant and Emil l Henry provoked very severe legislation
 at the time. but during the reign of the radical-SociallSt party tnere was no uls- II position to apply it. The consequences of
 this negligence are now felt.
 The Gascons have invaded Paris and
 appropriated for themselves high posi- tions under government. They are poetic, H imaginative, can feign enthusiasm and have the gift of charming people with fair speech, also, the most valuable gift Gin |l politics) of affability.
 II The Gascons tramp to Paris with a | few francs and then become part of It. II There are men in Paris whose names |l are household words throughout Europe | men who own their motor cars and all the II luxuries that money can buy. Yet some | where down in Gascony on small farrn, II live the parents who work at the vine growing industry, and are passing rich E on Ss0O d year These Gascon politicians | are distinctly useless from a labor point of view. The French woman worker has exercised an influence in modern France which can hardly be realized in America. Writers say that the French woman cul- tivates the gift of charm. That Is so, but she is not the creature of pleasure and whims she Is so often represented to be. She learns bookkeeping and other bus- ness sciences while at school and when she enters business she does so with fixed idea to do that business properly without losing the charms of her woman l hood. The old fallacy of French immor- ality need not be denied, it is so absurd. certain cosmopolitan clique in Paris has been featui ed by photographic authors and so grace Englshmen and women l blush when they talk of the City of