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Legal separation was almost in sight, when King Vittorio Emanuele paraded in amid royal salutes and arches of triumph (TIME, March 24). Fiume was annexed to Italy. D'Annunzio's poetic views on divorce were automatically supplanted by the bigoted fixity of the Italian Coda Civile. Lady Marconi is the first would-be divorcée to have a country shot from under her by treaty. On account of her position at the Court, it is thought unlikely that-following the fashion in Italian divorces—she will take the step of establishing a residence in Hungary...
...Jesus of the Emerald" is a poetic version by Jone Stratton--Porter of the "Lentulus Legend" concerning the personal appearance of Jesus Christ. According to the legend, the Roman Emperor Tiberius Caesar sends an envoy, Publius Lentulus, to Palestine to secure information concerning Jesus of Judea. Lentulus reports the power and Influence of the Christ upon the people under Pontius Pilate. The Emperor is so much troubled and impressed by the report that he sends his master craftsman to draw the likeness of Jesus. This picture when shown to Caesar in Rome is so striking that he orders it transferred...
...master's spirit rather than his technique. His early work represented by his famous The Idle Hour, shows the strong influence of the Paris Salon. The early paintings show an appreciation of the value of good composition and good drawing. The later work shows a strong, although humbly poetic personality expressing itself in most sure terms. The portraits, the landscapes, the still lifes are all simple and direct in treatment and are pervaded with a spirit of contentment. Weir was a comrade of Bastien-Lepage, and it is in his words about his friend that he is himself best...
CYRANO DE BERGERAC-The luscious taffy of poetic romance, with Walter Hampden giving a matchless perform-ance of the marshmallow school...
...work of the editorial candidates will consist chiefly of writing reviews of the different sports and Freshman activities. The epilogue and prologue of the Red Book will form an important part of the competition, and men with poetic ability are expected to attend the meeting. The competition will last about six weeks, at the end of which time ten men will be taken on the board. Another competition will be held among these ten to determine the third subchairmanship...