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T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
November 1924
PURSUIT OF LUXURY The American people spend one- eighth of all the money, or $ 8 , 000 ,- 000 , 000 , for luxuries each year, but, then, face powder and poker chibs are listed as luxuries and everybody knows how essential they are.—News Item.
NEW CRUSADERS England has a new secret grouping called the Crusaders. The new Cru saders wear no masks, but in their meetings they have white robes with a red cross on the breast. They are for universal peace and world brother hood— regardless of race, flag or creed. They overlook frontiers or boundaries, but recognize governments as repre senting law ;apd order. It is claimed that there ! are already more than 1,000,000 members in England and their influence in elections is being felt. Now the new Crusaders are in vading Canada and the United States. — L. A. Times. “ UNHAPPILY MARRIED” CLUB ORGANIZED “Paris..—The w orld’s first ‘Unhappily Married Men’s Club’ has been organized in the French town of Firminy, near Saint-Étienne. The aim of the organiza tion is given as ‘mutual aid and. assist ance:,in self-defense.“ “Firm iny has 20,000 population. Nearly 200 men from :2.5 to, 75 years of age re sponded to posters Sailing upon all un happily married men to be, at a certain place on a certain date to organize a club, select officers and arrange a ban quet.”— (Exchange). - How about a club for women along the same line? There is a rumor that in the upper circles of Hollywood so ciety divorced couples mingle in happy fellowship,— divorced wives even con sulting their former husbands upon important matters. Wonderful age— is it not? SCHOOLS FOR CRIME Most of the large citieiTafe cursed with “ crime schools.” These “ schools” give instruction to youths as to the proper method of holding up banks, business houses, pedestrians and other individuals. The training is based upon the practical experience of ban dits, and students have the privilege of gaining experience by viewing the actual performance of experts. Children do not have to be taught to steal. Most of them have had prac tical experience along this line in their own homes. They have the thieving nature all right, but those who attend the “ crime school” become cultured criminals.
PRCFESSOR ASSAILS BRYAN At a Methodist camp meeting Rev. Edmund Soper, professor of history of religion at Northwestern univer sity, asserted that W. J. Bryan is an “ exceedingly dangerous character in religious thought.” Dr. Soper said that Bryan’s contention that we must choose between the Bible and evolu tion is “ ‘one of the deepest dyed lies going.” “ Man must have come up from monkeys or dust,” declared Dr, Soper. “ I can see no advantage of mud over mopkeys.” (Either the Bible iies or else Dr. Soper. We choose the Bible.- Ed.) SMOKES FOR WOMEN Demand of girls for cigarettes in creases consumption by 7,000,000,000 in 1923, compared with the previous year, according to a report of the Sears-Roebuck agricultural founda tion. More than 50,000,000,000 cigarettes were manufactured in the United States last year. In 1910 cigarette production amounted to only 8,500,- 00 0 , 0 00 . Production of smoking tobacco used for pipes and cigarettes increased from 85,000,000 pounds in 1897 to 359,- 824,765 pounds during the first 11 months in 1923.— Press Dispatch. CLOSING THE CHURCH Many of the Russian cathedrals are being closed or turned into museums. All religion w ill become a museum cu r iosity if things are left to the disciples óf LeninB-Ij. A. Times. In this country, many churches are being turned into music and play houses, the chief attraction being the mouthings of a man who can only tell the people what the Bible “ does not mean.” VATICAN ROW SETTLED London.— The Daily Express gives great prominence today to a statement to the effect that the dispute between the Pope and the Italian government is about to be settled and that in con sequence the Pope no longer will con sider himself a prisoner in the Vat ican. The statement adds that under the agreement the Pope will remain an independent sovereign and Vatican hill will have the status of an indepen dent country. (Continued on page 743)
This picture illustrates one Bible for the blind in the Moon Type, the system most used by persons who lose their sight after they are too old to learn the most elaborate Braille sys tems. To print this Bible requires 58 vol umes, weighing 161 pounds. The cost of production and importation is $270,' and the transportation charge from New York to San Francisco is $25. The American Bible Society has been issuing Bibles for the blind since 1835—-almost ninety years. It now circulates the Scriptures in 14 systems for the blind, and in many languages, providing them free or at nominal prices.
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