The Return of the Devotee

Rose Karasek, who along with Dora Sauvageot was primarily responsible for the exposé of Josua Klein and his strange beliefs, arrived in Tacoma on the 2:30 Northern Pacific train from North Yakima yesterday. She is now at the home of her mother, Mrs. Anna Karasek, at 625 South Twenty-fifth street, and will take up the teaching of music at once. Although apparently happy to be home, Miss Karasek refuses to be interviewed concerning Klein's religion, other than to say she has studied music diligently and has formally renounced him. She is emphatic in her denunciation of the teacher, at whose home she stayed in Europe. 'That man is an unfeeling egotist,' she says. 'He is in trouble himself, and does not care how much pain he gives other persons. It is ridiculous to suppose that the letter which I wrote him and which has been published broadcast should be construed to show any idolatry on my part for the monster.' At the time she wrote the letter, she claims she believed in the religion, not the man, but now, she says, she is glad it is all over and is determined to cast Klein out of her mind.