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Christian Science Marks New Ejx>ch, Speaker Apserts Principle Represents Third Sl;t;;e of Spiritual Devol opnicnt, Sav« English W oman. AI i s s T.uola C. Coulson of Rondon, Rngland, a member of the board of b ureehlp of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, Mass., spoke on "Christian Science and Its Meaning'’ at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Twenty-fourth street ami Si. Mary avenue, Friday evening. The text of her lecture follows: The present age is sibnve all else a pim-llral age, and so it is natural that • v i Mine who approaches the subject of Christian Science should ask first i all, What has Christian Science to offer, and does it make good? The best answer I can think of is that it offers a present, practical, provable s Ration from whatever troubles y#u, wh-Hher ills of body or mind: and that it makes good by open, positive proof, by demonstration. In tlie words of its .1'iscoverer, "The Principle of Chris tian Science is divine. Its rule is, that man shall utilize the divine power" t.Miscellaneous Writings, p, 69). This age Is also one of progress and di iveiv, and Christian Science pre s progress in the spiritual realm, tin- discovery of the Science of Chris ti illy. Progress is an awakening. Ti • history of the human rare is the n emd of Its gradual awakening to tin- realization of its inherent powers, ami the Inherent resources of the uni vtusp, Conspqupiitly, its progress has ^^consisteil of tlie increase of knowledge ^^^ot the elimination of Ignorance. All ” ,,f our modern wonders, our up to-date lncentions, were present for the an cients to discover and to use. They were right there all the time, and nothing but ignorance kept them from seeing them and enjoying their bene fits. The savage with his rude club, and the civilized barbarian with his war-god and his trained legion.ires may lie likened to a giant fast asleep, dwelling in a world of wonders with closed eyes. Three Stages of Belief. Roughly speaking, it may perhaps lie said that humanity's progress can lie divided into three stages. The first was the belief that all is matter. The second that man and the uni ypiso are a mixture of matter and mind. The third stage, which we are now entering upon, is the convic tion that alt is Mind. Ret us very briefly trace the history of these three stages. If we glance at the art, at the monuments, above all at ;lie idols of Rgypt. we are appalled by the dense materiality of their con i ptIon. The huge chariots, which literally ground humanity to dust, the oneissal stnne images before \t I, it the best educated worshipers of lb I day bowed in terror, all give u* i overwhelming sense of oppres H I it a seme of the hopelessness of matter aiel tl'e worship of matter. Vet behold tile helplessness of all tills ponderous materiality when confronted with one right idea, a f ,‘nt concept of the one Rod, a i],iit|»i of the power of light litlnk ,i- ,f rieht' its prayer. With no human power to help hint. Moses led tbe |,n, pie iif Israel not of l-.gtptiaii bon tq ", end because of their higher understanding, they went out full handed, their needs were supplied. Toe go .-eminent and glory of an ,-1- nt Rome with its mythology showed the same material basis, ending in tile hopeless oorrupllnn and destrue iinn Of Its civilization. In the fullness of time Jesus the Christ apie-ared to awaken mankind from the n ght O* paganism and bring the pure con i ,-p; of Rod as Spirit and ps Father. S.kiih and wonders again followed this further Step Hut of tlie tyranny ul matter. Fetters were stricken from Ittimsii eunsciotisiiesH ami It K.-e higher, rose to the concept of Rife as Immortal, and of man as the child of Rod. This glorious light which enabled Ihe early Christians to heal I lie sick and raise the dead, and ri-e above the fury of persecu tion was lost sight of In Hie third nullity, through the influx of pagan ism ami the corruption of the early i huii h: and the ltark Ages fnl b wed. Superstition t»\ **! rnilH'. With the translation of the Hihle and the Invention of the printing pres.* o.m," another ewp.kentoiff. Human consciousness free | itself front more -if the fetter* of Isno Am e and Snpet s'It Ion, and the hath: ism of the Mid die Ages abated. The Il*mlaaance brought with It literary giants, oni those single heart*'! Intrepid reform ers, Known sa the Pilgrim bathers, who rame from tt ' it Itrltaln aerovs the ore-til to found this great conn anil whose puie motive In oimi was to find fr*»*dt'iri t'i wot ship Hud. In this age the dual concept of cr cut Ion as materitrl and spiritual flourished ai I enntlnued until. In our day, pliysl' i S'leitcu stltnils multe to lie a practical negation, and mod eru thinker* and modern pavchologv have advati'otl the opinion that mind ciinlrols mailer and that mind Is I'll marlly hull caus< and effect. Th" tblnkers, however, did not tidvanc" this opinion until after Mi*. Kidd' s discovery that all I* Mind; hut, with th * step forward has come a wonder I -I in- iff" of opportunity *nd «l<* minion. Human consciousness has f , 0,1 Itself from IlmllsH in In every dire* ion We have today navigation of the air. wireless telegraphy, the radiocasting which makes it possible for the sec ludrd. the bedridden a nil t - Village Inhabitants to lie presenl menially at the gieatest public events. »t the triumphs of music srid oratory. Where ate the limits, the boundaries, Hie restrictions of former ages.’ "Th< yr have melted Into thin air.' And will ptogress he stayed here? Rather shall we advance to ever greater frc»(1 rn • ml achievement! Hut tight here comes h momentous question, if we concede that all is mind ant! that mind Is the human Blind, ha - * we not suhsiltuled foe the tyranny "f maltci the liuirmy of lUlnd? Ate lh<- sorrows of linuitnlli thci clo lessened .' Have lit shflci lugs • I,..ted.* While we hod, to the human ^■iln.l for relief we are at III without *^nod in Hie w irld. This mind width Cao |,e used fur good '-an he used .iusl • t easily for evil. There sci-m to h» Blinds many, and the stronger tiiltci will coni til I he w'-ah • * n 'tom nut ynd ty i,inoso that the tyranny of The Daily Cross Word Puzzle Horizontal. 1. Stately residence. 6. A medicine. 11. Star divination. 13. Honv boat necessities. 15. Over (prefix). 1(5. Forbidding. In. l*op i :ir underwear. 21. Not'd Harman electrician. 22. The (French, masculine). 23. Commenced. 27. Apart (prefix). 2N. Kxcla mi nation. 29. Saint (in Portuguese). 30. Opposite (abbr.). 32. Dejected. 33. Slip-knots. 34. Comparative degree (suffix). 31. Corrode. . .1 nun' mile. •is. Till sale (abbr.). 4t». Strain. 43. Pert ining to (suffix). 44. Compound of atoms produced: by electrical composition. 4(5. A wing. 47. “Big stick.” 49. The distal segment of the hind limb of a vertebrate. 51. Dull color. 52. Extent. 55. The founder of agricultural chemist ry. 5t>. Once more. Vertical. 1. Not very certain. 2. Hog fat. 3. An equine. 4. One of tile ^h\v England states (abbr.). * 5. Before. (5. hirst name of the founder of a big American university. 7. A southern state (abbr.). x. Conventional breakfast food. 9. Novice. Hi. < ap bli» of being measured. 12. Musical drama. 14. flail! Be of good cheer! 17. Keel last leal monogram. 19. In pi.icp. 20. Personal pronoun. 23. Man's garment. 2 4. Pale. 25. Italian inventor of a kind *>] life insurance. 26. Town in Holland. 2 s. To l in lie. 31. Greek letter. 36. Tremulous. 39. The stin. 41. And (Krenohh •4'.’. Hilil cal city. 43. Armpit. 45. Naked. 46. River in Italy. 4S. Part of an apron. 49. Wooden pin. 50. Point of compass. 51. Physlcan (familiarly). 53. Muftican note. 54. (Vmmltted to an action. The solution will appear tomor row. Solution of yesterday's puzzle. Hgy pi h ml the I in i k Ages will mfrclv assume subtler nnd more elusive forms. Just at this point conies tihe im mense value, the great deliverajlce of Mrs. Kdd> «« discovery of the one divine Mind and Its availability, which brought forth that tremendous dec laration know to Christian Scientists as ihe ‘scientific statement of being.' I will read you i lie first part of <Sci onee and Health, p. 468): “There is in bnite Mind and its infinite manifes tation, for Hod is All in all.'' This discovery was not made by a colie*** professor, steeped in scientific re search. it came from u gentle New Kngland woman and it came not from the intellect, but from the Spirit,— through revelation. It was Mary Baker's pufity that enabled her to look through Hie apparition of mat ter ami discern the things of (Sod, the facts of Spirit. Her purity of de>j! *■■ and of purpose enabled her to be the hist to awaken mankind to the wonderful nossibilitlca lying with in Its reach and springing from the* truth that Hod Is Mind and man Is His manifestation. This step in ad vance may seem transcendental to -ome of us today: but before regfstci ing an opinion on it, let ns consider how transcendental our everyday he | 1‘efs and experiences would have teamed to bygone sgr«. Imagine the I derisive laughter with which they would have g.*efed the suggestion of tee j>o«SibiJity of the telephone nr | the radio or any other of our modern resource*! I tom the belief of gods many we h *• sdvarned to the worship of the n if- Cod. i roni the belief of minds n,. nv, nuv v. e not advance to the - Ill cpt of the one Muni? .s nw, let us consider for a. moment the present Ovation of tb s concept of one divine Mind. Think of it! One Infinite Mind and its unlveisa of Ideas, all ui a.- oid, alt dwelling togi-iher in -. if.-t , moony, infill 'e t O opera •ii. nn .vet Mil agreement; Ihe good *• the good of all. each living to ami serve the ot h»*V because in o doing lie Is himself blessed *nd lU'iched, cub going to make lip ids completeness. And this ideal l.ile |s the present fi t of being in cording to Christian S • u« c. the l>ei'fect. concept to which hums nit." must attain, hidden from us by Ignnr a nee, super■*! It In it and « limited ami inlet:* ken concept of thing-, and tiic cat object of life is to gain nn un derstanding of this divine Mind, w knowledge of how to bring its stu petitions benefits into our experience, how to apply It to our present prob lems. To gain nn understanding! that ja all that I* required. More pndei standing, further enlightenment, a still higher concept of Clod, even to waken to the fact of HI* omniscience, omnipresence nnd omnipotence, which will break the last fetters that bind us to tills world of sense and ushers us Into the universe of pure .Mind, In a beautiful passage, drilling with Ihe pro*• ess of the race, Ihe former prime minister of Cleat lh tain. Han,sav M.o Uonald, has written that ■ the transformation is to come by II * complete awakening of ev cry I hi rig that quickens to higher nnd hlghei endeavor, to more nnd more truth and beauty. NN >• might wall no to where the sprlm. Is tr» b« found, and know In. wji • ioj r» i ions * ho|,’ of joyful amino ami vvoitdciful iiUui ot beauty if is, turn t»» our work with the secret of success in our possession—the,co operation and harmony of all the qaulitiea of good directed to universal ends ' (New Leader. April 27, 1923). Now there is one subject which is of great value and importance than any other, which brings a greater i eturn than any other to those who study it. for it la an infinite sub ject; at'd there is one Principle which is greater than any other and which includes every oilier, for It la divine Principle, and this divine Principle is Clod. Here the question allies. What do we mean bv Uotl and how cun we be sure that Jle exists? At this point 1 am remiuOed of tire story of two Arabs who wAe • roping side by side In the desert. Through the long watches of lire night one of them wrestled with th*» great problem of being, with doubt and fear as to whether Troth could Indeed be known and found of men. Weary wdth the fruitieasness of speculation, he wand • red nut at the dawning of the day and beheld hi* brother, with hi* face towards th»* sunrise and hi* voice up lifted in prayer and prai*e. vibrant with ti.*» ecstasy of faith. Aching to share that assurance, he threw him self down beside his friend and asked. How lost ’ hoi know that Allah is?" The Arab flung out one h.nn/.e rrm toward i ° glowing, reddening east about tn flood the desert w IU» light, and with the fire of ».ealnt in hi* eye he cried, "Dost need a torch to see t he rising sun?” There are the two type* of man kind, the skeptic and tire saint! And the skeptic will never answer to any hut the appeal of reason. That I* why the Silence of Christianity 1* come to convince those win* cannot respond to tiie appeal of f^lth alone. To return, however, to the qtteMlon, \\ lint do we mean by (lod, and how • iii we l*e sure that lie exists? There is fine point upon which every one • »f 11 a l- ;ipie«-d, nlie III tig of which every one of us is ceitttiti, and that is that he himself • xi«t*. We ate con-'iou* of existence. Therefore consciouness I*. We know too that fhi* consciousness Include* thinking and f« Hlng, the ability to reason and fn |nve From that It surely follows that some forte, some Creator must have hr ought its Into being, must have he«n the Cause of our existence: and ■in* e the facility i f thinking Is th*t which enables us to know that wo exist or to hr tensions. the Creator of consciousness must he Mind. We are probably all of us familiar with H*i*< *»'te « ut* •» statement. "I# pen*e, don* j# sills'’ (! think, therefore 1 am.) It would seem self evident that Ihl* creative Mind coultl not he evil or con klip ev I. sire e evil I* selfdestructive that is it* nature, and sit w* strive at the conclusion that Mind, the Crea tor, is good, constructive, not destruc t.ve This Mind gnii»t also )*e omni pirnent, situ whatever I* wholly mental is not bounded or limited by space. Twice two are four ia always present without respect to clime or continent, because it exist* as idea without any material accompani ments. Our thoughts can go as quick ly and easily to Europe as to the next room; it is the material body which prevents our accompanying them. The radio is showing us how to accom plish the elimination of space. There fore pure Mind is omnipresent as* well as good and creative. And as the Cre ator- of the univeraive this Mind must be omniscient. It naturally knows all that it creates. Christian Science therefore speaks of Qod as the divine Mind, and declares that the product of the mind must he mental. What is Mind conscious of? Ideas. Therefore \ i he universe of divine Mind is a uni verse of spiritual ideas. So,we come buck to the premise of Christian Science that “all is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation," and that this Mind is God. Now just what is the value of this dis covery? And is there any need of it today? First, as to its value. It is proving effectual in the healing of | lack, of s!n. disease, and sorrow. In i be elimination of fear, worry, and decrepitude, for it i«, to quote its Discoverer, “bringing to light the scientific action of the divine Mind on human minds and bodies" (Science nnd Health, p. 210). is there any need of such a Science? There can be little doubt as to the answer. In spite of all the achievements of hu man intelligence, as we look upon the world today, the question arises, < »f what avail these inventions, t hi sj intensive civilization when the hu manity they subserve is still no hnp ! let*, no healthier, no holier, for them? Intelligence Inefficient. As you go through the street* of a great city, the majority of the faces are graven with the evidence of inward trouble, turmoil^ sickness, or vice; the shoulders of many are bowed with burden* grievous to be borne. Where is the radiance, the dominion, the glory of the man who was made In the image of God? Hu man Intelligence is not enough! It does not hinder "man's inhumanity to man.’ "Who will show us any good?" Is still the .cry. Who will right the pitiful Ineuualltles of men end nations? What Is It that will bring happiness to the heart of hu manity? And there is no answer, tbue ran lie no answer Until we ieach the discovery of a higher, a divine Intelligence and find that in dulgence to be Lbva snrl to be here available. That is the answer to hu manity a need—a God who is Love. Power and Love synonymous! For If these two are one, where is there any room for cruelty, or for oppres sion. where is there any room for suffering, for sorrow or for fear? Power and, I.ove united snd avail aide! Love that ia all power, omnipo tent Power that is infinite Love! it was of such a God that Jesus the (’hi 1st spoke and such a God that he proved for three years among men Lack fled before him, the five thou sand wer e fed In the desert In an hour. Sickness vanished, sin melted, and where was there any place left for sorrow, since the dead were raised at his word snd restored to their beloved? Because he taught and proved such a God of love, the man who lived only •H years among men, who hsd no learning according to human methods of education, but who knew "letters, having never learned;'* who lived In an obscure province of Judea, and spoke in a dying tongue, who had no one to take his words, and no press to print them, jet dates our era! His words live ss no other words have ever lived. His rod# has become the highest standard of righteousness for the nation. Since the third century, however, the healing works, the signs following, have not been given The God ef love has been preached but not proved ss Jesus proved Him until our day, snd so mankind, tired of faith without works, has turned restlessly In every direction for a present day salvation. Christ Heals Humanity. Right *here Christian Science steps Into the breach, and declares that the healing Christ, which Jesus demon strated, is here today se much as It was nlnetesn centuries ago. Vellrd. as It lias been by the rubbish of mate riality, this Christ, Truth, has risen to human consciousness and cast aside tile graveclothe* snd is once mote meeting humanity'* present need. "Rut warm, sweet, tender, even yet A present help is He: And faith has >»t Its olivet. And love it%G*lllee." (J. G. Whit tier). Yes. the healing Christ Is still the eternal hope of mankind, because, ast the Christian Science textbook tells us (p. 1*'. "Christ Is Truth,” the truth shout everything, the highest knowledge available, that, whlrh will break the worst fetters that bind us, :he falters of disease snd sin. You know the progress of mankind hss all along kept pare with msn's concetti, of Deity. As that concept advanced, civilisation In Its truest sense advanced. All through the chrlxtlan era. w# have realized God s Fatherhood, to eome extent, In our bctler concept of Justice. Govern lilt lit ha* slowly heroine lees tryran i,.cal and inota paternal lit toiicep tlcn. Hentoiiacy Ins appinxlinuted the Ideal of one universal' family. It tt inulued, however, for t lulstlan Silence to reveal I He fullness and wholeness of Deity by pt»*enilug God as Mot her. It Is a familiar experience with most people to watch the suntier. Tluoe Is ths *tIr and shiver of the gray dawn snd the gradual til ighten log of ih» sk.v, stol then It seems as If the sun, getheing momentum, bursts through the clouds In the full splendor of a new day, awakening the whole earth. So, slowly through the centuries the tight Idea of God Its, advanced, gathering momentum In Its etride, until It has hurst upon this sge In the full glory of c.-m pittances, the Father Mother God the divine Principle of nil that evl«l*. prods lining Piety ss All In-ell. Years Opens \\ ith Business on Firm Stand in America Urrat R«‘\i\al Takes Place in Steel Industry—-Material Conditions in Kurope Improved. n> Hit'll \iti) M'lu.wi;. 1 nhersal Umlin FinniM-iiil Fill tor. New York, Jan. 4 — Barely has a year opened with better prospects for American business. There is great revival in the steel industry. The leaders in that He’d of endeavor are highly optimistic. Textiles are work ing back to activity slowly but, ap parently, surely. In the coppers there has been a remarkable improvement. Demand is large, prices of the metal are at a profitable level and the Indi cations that they will go higher. The automobile people are optimistic. The leathers are in much better position. Merchandisers have done unusually well in the last six morphs and par ticularly well in the holiday season. The tobacco people have a habit of doing go xl business regardless of gen eral conditions. The farm is in a sounder condition than at any time since the war. All the agricultural products com mind good prices—in some instances remarkably good prices. As the larg est single group of the nation s fam ily of the soil and as all prosperity is dependent up m the farm the impor tance of agrarian conditions are of 'tie highest importance. The trans portation people are in better shape than at any time in more than a decade. Dividends to share holders are larger in 1924 than in any year in the last decade. They probably will be greater in 1925. Never did the rails have so good command of their expenditures and never were econo mies so general. Building operations are planned on a large scale for 1925. Money continues cheap. There has been a wonderful im provement in material conditions in Kurope. The currencies are coming hai k steadily, it appears that par for the pound sterling is near. American investments abroad broaden steadily. That means in creased buying of American product*. In the stock market there has been activity almost beyond that of any other time in American history, it is the province of the market appar ently to anticipate conditions nation ally and internationally. Haro met rically the stock market indicates “good times." While fiie slock market has been for there has been at 1 lie satne time a remarkable increase In the purchase of thousands and the reports of the savings institutions mutual otherwise show that tin* feeling is growing throughout the land. Naturally, at this season of the year, there is a tendency to halt after the activity of the holidays, it is a period of inventory taking, of review and of planning. However, the view is premising—very promising- the best in facr nationally and Interna tionally since the war. NEWCASTLE PLANS A “PAY-UP” WEEK Sprrlnf IHspatrh tn The Omnhiv Bee, Newcastle. »b., Jan. 4.—At the suggestion of Rex P. J. Tllden Sloan, pastor of the Community Congrega tional church, in a New Year's mes sage delivered here, the people of the community will observe "pay up week." January 4 to 10, at which time each one will make a. special effort to hi* hark hills to the "butcher, bilker ami candlestick him ker." The philosophy of the plan to mt«ke settlement en masse is that by pax ing ones hills the other fellow is enabled to pay his. and s.. on in t Hurt of endless chain, xxhhh final!’ comes ha* k again to the one who has paid his hill originally. Thus hun dreds of dollars of unsettled hills are * leered In the process, nil sr* quit*, business Is made better by the circu lation of fits money, the commercial skies are clear and everybody feels better, f-x On Omaha Screens V _J Rialto—"I.me s Wilderness," C* rlnne Griffith's latest starring o hide, with Holmes Herbert and^T'tn Keith in the supporting east. l,oxr drama Sun—"Circe, the Knch.ntre** with Mae Murray. A V .ncent Mlascn Ibanez story with James Kirkwood in the male lead. Strand— The Harden of Weeds," .« new Hetty Corn pan ft pic ture A sforx *f the secret* of stage life Warner Baxter and Ko. kliffe Fellow*-* In supporting cast. A James Cruz# J lure. World— That Fiemh l «d\ " with Shiile.V M.isin An adaptaiioii of the stage play, "The Stiunge Woman.” Kin press—"The I'.road Head,*’ n patois of tin* 1 \linIma i.»* k country, with Max Allison and Richard Tisxers. Moon—i'loscd for r epair* Musi— I ' A ) Nilsson, M «ndax : "Fools' High »xMy," with Mory Philbln, Tuesday i nd Wfdnesdax ".Married Flirts w ith t om ad Nagle and Pauline Ft edrrlck. Thursday, Friday and Sat At the Itialto. The average movie fin has come to class Gorinne Griffith as the debu tante type, generally the daughter of wealth, and a model for stunning clothes, but in “Love’s Wilderness,” Gorlnne's latest starring vehicle showing at the Rialto this week, she proves her ability to portray a deep er and more emotional role than here tofore. She plays the role of Linda Loti, a girl reared in strict seclusion by two maiden aunts in a small Louisiana town. The story is a romantic one and concerns a young girl who falls in love and marries a scapegrace after the one she really loves the mist re fuses to take seriously her claim that she is no longer a child. They move to a bleak farm in Canada, but the husband soon deserts the young wife who is about to become a mother,, and sends her a message making Iter believe him dead. Linda Lou* then marries her erstwhile sweetheart and they journey to a tropical islafid where the first husband, a convict, is encountered. The latter is con veniently eliminated from the story by death at the hands of a fellow' prisoner, and Linda Lou is happy ever after, with her marital troubles at an end. Holmes Herbert as the hero and Ian Keith as the villainous scape grace. are convincing in their re spective roles and the direction of Robert Z. Leonard is good. At the Sun. It seems that Mae Murray In her luteal starring vehicle, “Ghee, the l!n< 'huntress," showing at the Sun theater this week, first of all. has tried to outdo ail previous jazz films. However, Miss Murray's acting and the capable direction of her husband, Robert Z. Leonard, keep it from be* ing “another one of th me.” The story is one of Vincent Hlanco Ibanez’ and is said to have been written es pecially as a starring vehicle for the l/z heroine. Mae proves conclusive ly that she is something more than i clothes hanger, although she wears I a nice collection of beautiful gowns, md s imetimes very little. The basic idea of the story is found ed on an old legend concerning the goddess Girce. who transformed her | host of admirers Into swine, /ontrast is shown in the life of the modern ' Gecilie. a jazz-mad creature, with a bevy of men admirers. However, there is on#, a dignified doct »r, who disapproves of her conduct. After a thrilling game nt dice in which she loses her fortune, she realizes the truth of the doctor's arguments and etui ns to the convent of her child hood. The doctor follows her and their mutual admission »f love con cludes the film. .lames Kirkwood is adequate in the role of the physician, but Mi * Murrav is undeniably the shining light of the production. The «iil»titiittg could be nuu h Improved. Crawford, but fails to reveal her past. She finally tells hint of her past anti is forgiven. The villain plungea over a ha Irony and everything la again harmonious. Warner Baxter as the husband capably handles the role, and Uockliffe Fellow**s does some splendhl work as the villain. A1 St. .John and l.ilyan Tushmnti are in the support i It K CHHt. At the Strand. “The Harden of Weed* ’ the photo pi.in- starring Isettv lompson. at the Strand theater this week, will appeal to high Hass audiences The direr o»ri;»l skill of Jam*'* fYur.e is ever present for he ha* taken a rather - •pi t plot and made an entertaining picture. The story is really daring, hut Ouse has played a great deal upon the imagination and subtle shading cover* the plot* and plan* of the villain. *However. as the story progresses it comes out In the open nd tell* a tale of sordid love. Briefly, It concerns a chorus girl j and a wealthy man. who maintains a • nuntrv home whp-h he (ills "The Harden of Weeds.'* where he enter t ilns girls of the stage until he fires of them When Fkiruthy Delbridge . refuses to accept his attentions, he; ha* her fired from the chorus. l*aier she accept* his invitation and be comes mistress of "The Harden of Weeds " Ikmghis Hrawford, an up right * hap, come* along and Dorothy falls in love with him. She break* Nvlth the other fell *w and marries . Dancing. Music, on World Bill “Fln*ln*g of Melody Headline Attraction at Theater for Present eek. Song, fun, anti dance constitute th* main portion of the current week ® program at the World theater, with "Flashes of Melody, and D^ua* e," as the headline attraction. 'lmis act, comprising a company of two men and three young women, offers both classical and popular songs that arc well received, and some toe dancing by one of the women members that is exceptionally good. Johnny Alexander ami Billy Fields are next in prominence on the hill, with an offering entitled "Two of the Idle Kith." with a boxcar a** a back* ground. Their ' gags" are good, and are all new. and their parodies on a few popular songs are a riot. Gaffnev and Walton, with their skit. "Meet the Wife,” al«o are comedians, and offer some good laughs with their songs and chatter. "The Folejr Four” consists of Bernice Foley and her three brothers, who present an offer ing of song and dance that finds favor w it h the audience. Harvard, Winifred and Bruce have an acrobatic act of no mean ability and Muriel and Phyllis are two tal • nted juveniles who are pleasing in their song and dance offering. Arthur Hays, at the organ, playing "Sing Vourself a Little Song.” completes the vaudeville program. The photo play attraction for the week is "That French l>adv, ’ and is the screen adaptation of W. J. Hurlburt's stag*1 play. "The Strange Woman." Shir ley Mason is featured in the starring role. It is entertaining. MYSTERY PLAY AT THE EMPRESS Jo# Marlon has delved Into the deep. He has taken a musical com I edy company, a real mystery play, that has good continuity, put them both together and produced a« en , tertaining a program haa ever been presented a» the Kmprese thea ter. If anyone had asked us before, we would have said it couldn t be done, hut Joe has shown his mettle and it the audiences at the first per formances are any Indication, he .* getting by big. The production. Spooks" by nam* is presented in the manner of a legi timate pi«y, the only musical rum hers being specialties offered in be-, tween each °f the three acts Olga Brooks and Helen Burke do sonic j good work, and Rudy, as a negro j a let; Whitey Holtman, a* the tru« tee. and Bert Kvana. as the detective are outstanding figures in the pro duct ion. The photoplay offering for the week. "The Broad Road." is a melo drama of the great open spa e*. with May Allison and Richard Travers in the leading roles Kaliliit Hunt Planned. «|.r. ini IlUpatrh t« The Ornub* Bee. Uurr! Neb., Jan. 4—Fnder the direction of R. K. Nunamaker the people of bis pl.o e are ma.ing at < rangement* for a log community rab bit hunt to be followed by a town supper about the middle of January Price of Bonds Maintains Firm Tone for Week Mark**t Make* Definil** Prog re** and Closing Level* Higher—Iinprov enient Foreseen. 11 .r .lkMH'iiited I'rea*. New York. Jan. 4.—The horn! mar Let entered upon the New Year with * prices maintaining the firm tom which characterized trading through out 1924. rnderlying evidences <»1 strength were supplied by the con traction in business a» money rate.1 tightened at the cl *se of the year and the quick recovery of prices and ex pansion of trading whic h followed th« Improvement in the money situation Despite an early period of reactioi and th** holiday interruption the mar ket made definite progress during in* week and closing level* were substan ttally higher than at the end of th« preceding period. A slight strain war imposed by liquidation t j meet year end requirements, but the selling was readily absorbed without unsettling the market. French Bonds Bally. With the trend of the lx>n 1 market | governed largely by the swing o; money rates, many market observer* in their 1923 forecasts predicted that price* this year would rule slightly below the high level* attained in 1924. The demand for time funds, it w<>.* held, would expand gradually with ar. increase in trade and this develop* |ment would be reflected in highet [money rates. It was conceded, how ever, that the bond market would share in the general financial and business improvement whic h was fore cast for the new year. The response of the market to the usual January reinvestment demand is expected to give an indication of its strength. French bonds at one time reacted sharply in reflection of the threatened storm over the debt funding situation but rallied when France was reported to have submitted proposals for a set tlement. The debt uncertainty, coupled with the expiration of the recent loan syndicate, caused the new French 7s to fall several points be* low their offerings price. Price movements in other section* »*f the list were not significant. Semi speculative rail issues continued in de mand, uith fresh buying attracted 1*5 several favorable developments, in cluding heavy advance subscript! ns to the New haven * refunding bond issue. Krupp Works Big Offering. With the week broken by a holiday, new financing contracted in volume to $25.O7t»,00P. The total for the holi day fortnight, however, amounted to $81,000,000 as compared with about $61.000 000 for the correspond, ng peri >d a year ago. The most impor tant offering of th* week was the $10,000,000 n*»»e issue for the Krupp Work* of Germany, which v •'* promptly subscribed. Several addi tional foreign Ioann are scheduled for offering next week together with a $30,000,000 issue of federal land hank 4 1 -2*. The expected failure Mexico ro make any payment on its debt at the close of the year put the government in default <*h th® full !>24 of $17.500.000. Although payments were first defaulted last July the in ternational committee of hankers on Mexico has not yet declared a formal suspension of the agreement. Total bond and note maturities in 1925 aggregated $1.063.114 320. of which $370,408,760 are railroad issues. Prayers at Home. *l»»*«lal IH»pat<h to The Omaha Hee. Ord. Jan. 4 —A series of prayer meetings are being: held in a niinil*»r of homes in this city every tvoek. These are preparatory for the roinmtinity revival services to be held the latter j>art of the month. -r.— i U»\ Mil N I roily to Suffer With Piles Htftp Into any dm* atorr, **t a €<> ('•• nr pk* of pyramid l*lie Imp po*Korlei and atop the soreness, pain, itrhln* and itleediti* Thun aahda ilarlair It a wn niter. m*nv • a red !•(•** . rje •• n• |»• * fa ml <• • latum in* itii t itmin i tteii 11 isoda mBaEmmi Qh iek Relief! A nlfmunt tfftctim ayrup. I Me *n«l <»0c aiita ml tttrrnall*. uu 1*190*8 Thri it amU hti( ±*ly Me RADIANT COAL Smokeless Semi-Anthracite LUMP $13.50 MINE RUN $11.50 SLACK $S.50 Plion. WA Inut 0.100 UPDIKE ^2lbecro‘ I) SutiipUi of THia Coal at llaydsti'a Grarary Dfpl. * 1 I —Pancakes —and Sausage jk| § Maple Syrup 2d Annual Pancake Week Pillsbury’s Pancake Flour Wheat or Buckwheat is made b\* a firm famous throughout the world for its milling products and has been our standard for several years. Dold's Farm Style Sausage has that real old style home-made sausage flavor, such as made a joy out of breakfast in ye old time winters. Highland Pure Sap Maple Syrup is a new product with us. It is the finest Pure maple syrup we have ever tested and, uniike the usual thin watery maple syrup is very thick and weighs 11 pounds to the gallon. Regular a ^ £. 2 (I c ! Try It for Breakfast, Noon, Evening or After the Theater or Dance Welch’s THIS TREAT AWAITS YOU AT ANY OF THE WELCH LUNCH ROOMS . - . - I
