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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.
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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
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Me *n«l <»0c aiita
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Thri it amU hti(
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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.
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—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
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