Life — December 12, 1901 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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520 pride and independence, she was really in want? toast and cambric te: thought th: What if dry constituted her sole physical support? The she herself might be—nay, doubtless was—wholly oblivious to this condition, matter being of no consequence, did not make the sympathy of the Board any less acute. And it was deemed wise to ascertain the facts at once, in order that relief might speedily follow, in case it became evident that Mrs. Eddy was really in want. Swift notes to Andrew Carnegie and Jacob I explaining the exigencies of the case, and asking them to serve, were promptly acknowledged, and the Board plete and ready for action he first witness called was a prominent publisher. is withheld, as he didn’t ve his profits known, Qc: You are familiar with the details of the publishing business ? Av: Yes. “Have you ever seen this book? Ith, with Key to the Scriptures.’ ” “Yes.” “How much would you say it would cost to produce a book like that?” as thereupon com- His name It is called ‘Science and W) to 50 cents a oop * And it sells for what?” “ Three dollars and eighteen cents.” “Have many copies been sold?” “Ob, about 500,000 copies. “Ts there much profit in the book?" “Oh, no. Only about 250 per cent.” And Mrs, Eddy controls the copyright, doesn’t sh “Yes.” “Then it is a fact that this poor old lady has only made out of this volume from $150,000 to $ “ie ‘The next witness stood up. “ You are a resident of Concord?” “Tam.” “Have you ever seen Mrs. Eddy?” “ T've seen her back hair and the outside of her carriage.” “Isn't it true that her horses are thin, and that they need more oats?” “ Well, perhaps it is.” “And doesn’t the Yes, in places.” “Isn't the livery that her servants wear getting shabby?” “Well, [don't know. Maybe it is.” “Ab, you admit it. You admit that straitened circumstances are evident in Mrs. Eddy’s retinue?” “1 shouldn't be surprised.” “ Doesn't her house need a new coat of paint?” “But that was only a claim, you know. new coat recently.” 300,000?" arnish of her coupé need replenishing?” She demonstrated a “« And if she had not been able to do this, the house would have gone bare?” “Very likely.” As this startling evidence of the pinched circumstances of the Mother was slowly drawn from the witness, tears came to all eyes. A lawyer from Boston was the next witness. * Do you know Mrs, Eddy?” “1 did.” “Had she any financial ability when you knew her?” “Alas! hardly any, She started an institute in Massachusetts, charging $300 for six weeks’ tuition, and cleared only about $90,000 out of it, when she might have made twice as much.” * But why did she stop?” -LIFE= “Mortal mind.” “ What is mortal mind?” : “It’s a real substance that sometimes takes the shape of common law.” The next witness was Mrs. Eddy herself. “Madam, it has been shown by the evidence that since you became a leader of the Christian Scientists you have only made about half a million. What we wish to know is, are you in need?” “Kind friends are aiding m “ But can we do nothing more for you?” “No, thanks, You who are in the throes of mortal mind may not be able to understand how I can subsist on the little that I have made, but that is only because you cannot apprehend matters in a spiritual way The Board then adjourned to consider the matter and, after much thought, issued the following Frxpin (To be read both ways) 1. Allis cash. 2. Matter, mortal mind, coupons, equal coupons, mortal mind, matter. LIFE’S REPRODUCTIONS OF AMERICAN CLO MASTERS. (By permission : from the Catalog of the Nattonal Portrait Gallery for the Year 2000 A.D. No. $100 A, Sertes of 1904.) Tha portrait, without question that of court jester, ts the very embodiment of’ original humor, He was a man of considerable renown, attached to one of the powerful reigning houses, Just prior to, and after the Inception of, tbe First Empire. comicbooks.com