# Reality Magazine: Volume 2 *Exported from [Holy-Writings.com](https://www.holy-writings.com/) on 2026-06-19 — 1 clipping.* --- > REALITY > > A Real Magazine for Real People > > Abdul Baka and Sir Oliver Lodge > Lansing^s Call to tbe Ckurcli > . Lloyd George's Appeal to tke ^Vorld > Jokn W^anamaker Criticise, a Bakai Criticism > Greenacre * Fellowship > > DECEMBER I919 PUBLISHED MONTHLY 15 CENTS > > THE ONENESS OF MANKIND > m; > > EDITORIALS > eraSRRRRRR^^ > > Abdul Baha and Sir Oliver Lodge' > /'"XN September 17th Sir Oliver Lodge, the eminent scientist. •v: > I f^^ddressed an audience at Birmingham. In his speech he i - > >6 > declared, "that the first utilization of atomic properties of > matter was in wireless telephony." He added, "that if the atomic > energy of an ounce of matter could.be utilized it would be sufficient > to raise the German ships sunk .in the Scapa Flow and pile them > on top of the Scottish mountains. He said, however, that he Y. > hoped the human until it had brains, and morality enpugh to use it properly, because > if the discovery were made, before Its time and by the\rong people > this planet would be unsafe." > Abdul Baha has said, "A -strange and wonderful instrument ■ i > exists in the earth, but it is concealed from minds and souls. It H: > > is an instrument which has the power to change the atmosphere of Li > the whole earth and its infection causes destructions." > The great law of the universe evolving'man into a state of per­ > fection spiritually, materially and physically has in its wisdom > delayed inventions which would bring about such destruction as > Abdul Baha and Sir Oliver Lodge have spoken of. Abdul Baha has > said and emphasized, "that science and religion are one." Sir > Oliver Lodge, a recognized scientific authority, in 4iis above state­ > ment points to the fact that until man is spiritually educated > science cannot develop too rapidly. The fact that this is so brings > very vividly to the mind the possibilities of this new ajge, could > i man bring himself into that state of perfection which would allow > the supreme source to draw the veils from the hidden blessings, > lit rests within man collectively and individually to bring about > [this heaven on earth condition. Abdul Baha has said, "Heaven is > Inot a place, it is a state of tonsciousness." > > ) > .. .r > > . . '-S': > > •. > > / A > > MISSING > ■■A > ■■ V': > >• . • PAGE(S) -' ; > > X ■ > "N > > - > > V > N. ^■ > > 1: . » > , . *.• > «• •' > ■ ■' - ■- ■ > > XJ > X- > > V > ■ > > l: . > X . ■ '-'I > X :il > •w > \ . > > 'RE AI, ITY LLOYD G,EORGE S AEPEAL TO THE WORLD > > Lansing's Call to the Church > A T Lake Geneva on September 2nd, Secretary of State Lansing > Lloyd George's Appeal to the fVorld > /\ in addressing the New Era conference of the Presbyterian T N t|ie following words of this, one of the greatest leaders in the > ^ Church "made this statement, "To bring men back the I world today, we find the Bahai Spirit which has been working, > spiritual standard, to make Christ's principles an impelling force - teaching and calling to the world for the last seventy years for > in the reconstruction of society and to teach men to ^ink true the betterment of the poor and the oppressed, for the readjustment > f, and live true, is the mighty task to which the Church is called." > When we think of the ever growing multitude of those over-whom > of those laws which make it possible for the conditions descrihed ■ > by England's Premie^to exist. •, > the church has lost its influence and we also think of the number of Lloyd George is calling to the hearts of all men to avoid that > Churches and their followers who refuse to co-operate one with the danger which threatens the w'orld today if they ignore the* possi­ > other, the number of Jews, ortLodox and unorthodox, finding it bilities of reconstruction and a betterment of all the conditions > impossible to come within the same line of thought of the Christians, existing before this recent up-heaval produced and must continue > and vice versa, we realize that this call of Lansing's should be made to produce a complete change in the minds of all men. > inot only to the Church but to the world in general. It should be Wath admiration and respect we quote his words and call atten­ > "made in the name of humanity, to humanity. , • tion to the fact that such words from one in his position, regardless > If Lansipg had studied the Bahai movement, he could not have ofi whether or not they call upon his head political opposition or > voiced its sentiments better. He sap, "This is a time of remodeling personal attack, will do much to influence the thought of the world^ > and reconstruction. Out of the ruins of the old world order, shat­ today. Would that more men in exalted positions might have this > tered by the war, there must be erected a new structure based upon fearless spirit. > sounder principles. • Any disinterested human being reading the following words of > New ideas and new conceptions of society's obligations to the Lloyd George's cannot fail to see their significance^heir importance > individual have been released, and there is manifested a radicalism and their justice. The principles laid forth are Bahai principles > in their advocacy which threatens the disruption of the present and divine principles. In his message to the people of Great Britain > social order. • , r i j • he says: > The peril lies in the exaltation of physical might, the false.doctnne "If any are Inclined to maintain this old world, let them beware, > of the right to do because of -the power to do, and assumption_of lest it fall and overwhelm them and their households, in ruih. It > selfish desire as the ultimate motive of human action. should be the sublime duty of all without thought of partisanship > The world can only meet this grave situation by renewing and to help in building a new world wheredabor shall have its just reward > strengthening its spirituaUife, by turning away, from materialism and indolence alone shall suffer want. > and implanting in men's souls those great fundamental principles "Millions of gallant young men have fought for the* new world > which Christ taught." t,, Hundreds of thousands died to establish it. If we fail to honor > These are the words of America's Secretary of State. These are the promise given them we dishonor ourselves. ^ > thepachings of Abdul Baha. The hope of the world rests in the "What does the new world mean? What was the old-world > spiritual change of the hearts'of all men. like? It was a world scarred by slums, disgraced by 'sweating,' > [ The Bahai movement has been spreading this teaching through where unemployment, through the vicissitudes of industry, brought > the world for over seventy years. The Clyist thought, the Christ despair to multitude of humble homes; a world wher^, side by side > spirit, the Christ love "for all mankind, no prejudip, no oppression. with want, there was waste of the inexhaustible riches of the earth, > When'all churches, all classes, all races, all nations.^ee the vision partly through ignorance and want of forethought, partly through > of the* onenessjof mankind, the reality of life, spiritual, material entrenched selfishness. > and physical, will become a fact. ' f > > i'l > REALITY JOHN WANAMAKER's CRITICISM A BAHAI CRITICISM 7 > > "If we renew the lease of that world, we shall betray the heroic > dead. We shall be guilty of the basest perfidy that ever blackened > a people's fame. Nay. We shall store up retribution for ourselves John TVanamaker^s Criticism a Bahai > and oui children. The old world must and will come to an end. > No effort can store it up much longer." Criticism > *, > 'Y>TR- JOHN WANAMAKER in Philadelphia, in his speech > Y I made before the New Era Bible Union makes the following > criticism: > He deplores the fact that in nine hours would begin the biggest > strike ever called'by the laboring men and said he especially regretted > A Coincidence that the Bethlehem' Steel Works, which he characterized as a > monument to the late Andrew Carnegie, would be involved. "It > y'^NE of the most remarkable evidences of the universal mind > is sad to think," said Mr. Wanamaker, "that whoever influenced > I I in printing its laws upon humanity as "a whole, regardless > Mr. Gary against giving a hearing to the workingmen should not > of Creeds, Nationalities or Races, in individuals or groups > Have brought more effort to bear to bring the parties together into > of individuals, occurred a few weeks ago. We have no doubt that some sortof conference." He declared "that though he took no > such occurrences are numerous but as this came within our own > sides in the controversy it was his belief that labor should have > experience it'jmpresses itself vividly upon the mind. We published received a hearing from the magnates." > in last month's Reality an article on the "Bahai Way of Prevent­ "The workingman," said Mr. Wanamaker, "carries many > ing Race Riots " by Louis Gregory. The manuscript for this article > burdens and instead of the door being shut.in his face it should be > Was in our hands some two weeks before it went to press and in opened td hear what he has to say." This is exactly the attitude > exactly two weeks after it came to our hands, Arthur Brisbane in of mind taken by those who are trying to sfmsad the Behai cause > his column of Today, in the York American had an article,.^ > into the consciousness of all mankind. It is a psychological fact > the fundamental principles of which were exactly the same as set that the lack of recognition of the moral debt owed to labor is one. > forth by Mr. Gregory. We do not believe that either Mr. Brisbane of the most serious aspects of the trouble between Capital and > or Mr. Gregory have ever met nor do we think that one is plagiaris­ Labor. It was brought very closely to the attention of some of our > ing the othpr. We simply state that the Bahai principles of life as members who speak before large gatherings of organized labor. At > set forth over seventy years ago are becoming facts of today. The one of these when the question of higher wages and shorter hours > great Creative Word has set in motion a dominating force which is arose a perfect avalanche of discussion was raised, and it wAs pointed > sweeping over the world and entering the hearts of men in all stations > out by the leaders that these Were not really the vital points in > of life and turning the prejudice and hatred of former years into the question. In the minds of these men they had labeled themselves > -tolerance and gentleness promised for this day. We -know Mr. the "Creators," and they demanded not charity, but recognition > Gregory to be an inspired and earnest Bahai, a noble soul doing of themselves as such. Labor and Service have been looked upon > a great work for the spiritual enlightment of his race. Whether throughout the centuries as ignoble. In this changing condition of > Mr. Brisbane is conscious of the fact, that he is followfrig those the world when the oppressed of all the different stations of man > teachings we do not know but we have observed many of the are coming into their own, service and labor are demanding and will > Bahai principles voiced by him and we wonder if Arthui:-Brisbane receive a recognition of their noble station. The Ibader of the Bahai > knows he is a Bahai? movement hay emphasized this fact in the selection of his own name > which means the "Servant of God," and in his life and teachings > which mean service to mankind. There should be no reason why' > > ' V.; ( > GREENACRE 9 > 8 REALITY > > Capital should hold itself upon a higher plane than labor and > refuse to meet labor, for it could not exist without labor, any more Greenacre > than labor could exist without it. It is a sacred duty of all classes \ > at this time to eliminate prejudice. The old order must change. By Louise D. Boyle > Mr. Wanamaker's criticism is a Bahai criticism. > TT WONDER if there is another spot in all the world like Green- > I acre on the beautiful Piscatagna River at Eliot, Maine. I > wonder if there is another health resort of such simple dignity, > ^'Hidden Words" whose atmosphere is blended not only of the bounties of nature but > {From the Arabic) of loving kindness and the ineffable spirit of fellowship. > The tide of the great war has brought opportunity for,mutual > (i) This is that which descended from the Source of Majesty, helpfulness and service to world-weary men and women everywhere, > through the tongue of Power and Strength upon the prophets of and (swept them leagues beyond old moorings, their former ideals > the past. We have taken its essences and clothed them with the of well being and happiness. • r ■ > garment of brevity, as a favor to the beloved, that they may fulfil At the conventional summer resort this new-born satisfaction > the Covenant of God; that they may perform in themselves that sinks back into vapid indifference and the soul's new radiance seems > which He has entrusted to them, and attain the victory by virtue almost submerged. The charm of Greenacre lies in the balance of > of devotion in the land of the Spirit: the material with^he spiritual in the complete absence of mere > worldly values. , ..... > : (2) 0 Son of Spirit! Healthful sports for physical relaxation are combined with a virile > ? The first counsel is: Possess a good, a pure, an enlightened heart, spiritual contact, afforded not only by the lecture program but by > i that thou mayest possess a Kingdom eternal, iihmortal, ancient, casual meeting with the devotees of Greenacre—life long adherents > and without end. . , ofrits ideals who diffuse invisible currents of dynamic energy, > carrying one's highest and best self onward toward renewal and > (3TO Son OF Spirit! strength. > Justice is lo^ed above all. Neglect it net; if thou desirest Me. What, silences one feels in the freshness of early morning. What > By it thou wi^f l^e strengthened to perceive things with thine own perfume from the juniper and pines! What symphonies stir one at > eyes and not'Ey flie eyes of men, to know them by thine own knowl­ dusk when the sunsets pour out their glories upon the broad mirror > edge arvd not by the Ijnowledge of any in the world. Meditate on of the river to be enhanced an hundred fold!* > this—how thou oughtest to be. Justice is of My Bounty to thee and "Beauty pressing in from > trom without, > with > of My Providence over thee; therefore, keep it ever before thy sight. Moulds the spirit and mind, > Invisible to harmony with herself." > > (4) O Son OF Man! . The sense of peace and restfulness at Greenacre can never be > In My Ancient Entity and in My Eternal Being, was I hidden. conveyed until we realize that its ministry is not only to the body > I knew My Lpye in thee, tlierefore I created thee; upon thee I laid but the soul, that its very foundation rests upon that rare element > My Image, and to thee revealed My Beauty. in life called vision, which is nothing less than the voice of God in > the human heart. , S > (5) O Son of Man! ___ ' . > I loved thy creation, therefore I created thee. Wherefore love Greenacre was fcninded by Miss Sarah J. Farmer simultaneously > Me, that I may acknowledge thee and in the Spirit of Life confirm with, but independently of, the World's Congress and Parliament of > thee. • > lo REALITY > > Religions at Chicago in 1893. Miss Farmer's vision of religious > unity and world peace had already been attested by her gift of > valuable lands and the erection (through the co-operation of others) > of a Town and cottages which offered the progressive thinkers > opportunity for rest through higher development. > The poet Whittier, one of the earliest guests at the Town, de­ > clared: "It is the most beautiful spot for the purpose I have ever in V > seen because everything about here is so harmonious." > A huge lecture tent of white canvas was erected near the Town, > overlooking the water, at a spot the Indians had chosen years before > in which to meet and smoke their pipes of peace. Overhead floated > a white flag bearing in vivid green the one word "Peace." * > The unfurling of the flag was the occasion of innumerable gather­ > ings in those early days. Noted statesmen and diplomats of Europe > and America came together at Miss Farmer'sinVitation and formally > established the peace platform of Greenacre. At a somewhat later > "Sate Miss Farmer said: "Greenacre was established for the purpose > SU.VRISt CAMP, GREENACRE. ELIOT, .ME. • \ > of bringing together all who were looking earnestly toward the New > Day which seemed to be breaking over the future world. The motive > was to find the Truth, the Reality underlying "all religious forms, > and to make points of contact in order to promote the unity neces­ > sary for the usherlngs in of the coming Day of God. > " " Recognizing the solidarity and interdependence of humanity, > we will welcofne light from every source, earnestly desiring to grow > in the knowledge of truth and the spirit of love and to manifest the > same by helpful service." > When in 1896 Miss Farmer came in touch with the Bahai move­ > ment and learned that the Ideals of World unity of Brotherhood > and Peace have been vibrating throughout the world since 1844 > from their Dawning Point in Persia, she immediately allied all her > work at Greenacre with that movement Rnd journeyed herself to > mf ^ w > the prison colony at Acca, on the coast of Syria where Abdul Baha > was confine(l. For several years after the World's Congress repre­ > sentatives from practically all the great religious systems of the > world visited Greenacre and took part in its conferences. > Certain of the century-old pine trees in the wood nearby became > known by the names of these illustrious teachers, notably "The > Sivami Pine," "The Pine of Mirza Abdul Fazl," "The Dharhaparla > Pine." These noble trees became indeed God's Cathedrals, > when there gathered day after day, beneath their fragrarit branches > earnest groups of truth seekers who listened eagerly to their brothers AUDIT, BAIIA .\T GREENACRE > REALITY GRE ENACRE > > and were assured of the underlying "oneness" in all the great under trained workers who have volunteered for this service. A > large bam will be equipped as headquarters for the Arts and Crafts, > "^tthfpbtform^of Greenacre was by no means confined to rellg- Rhj'thmic Dancing, etc. A chimney of native stone will be added > ous discussion. Miss Farmer welcomed from a 1 for warmth on rainy days. > who had a real message. She believed that the Spirit of the New Swimming, tennis and other sports will be in charge of a scout > Age was manifesting itself through many f master. Open air dormitories will be erected, with dressing tents > mLt of life, and her aim was to give that spirit opportun^y ot adjoining for such children as desire to sleep out of doors in the > expression. From the realm of art, literature and music, from the care of a "counselor." Meals will be served.^to children at the > scientific and educational worlds and from every progressive move­ cottage which also will be the home of the workers. > ment of the day she drew able exponents and speakers who came to ' It is believed that the expansion of this experiment may meet a > Greenacre as its guests to share experience Miss need more and more urgently expressed by profound thinkers in > "The joy of life has never been fully realized until the>lessmg of the field of progressive education. The need to consider the spiritual > freely giving and freely receiving has been achieved. For this as well as the intellectual and physical requirements of the growing > reason no collections are taken at the lectures but to all is extended child. One of our foremost university presidents has said: "The > ' the greatest privilege of Greenacre, the spontaneous giving to it ideal school Curriculum is that which shall best'fit the student to > of loving service or money or both as the heart , , , meet and solve the ethical problem of life." > Thus the work of Greenacre has always been conducted wholely Through conservation and co-operation on the part of the workers > through voluntary contribution, through the generosity of one of it is hoped to create an atmosphere wherein the children may happily > its eariy friends,- and furnishing Fellowship House for the special acquire reverence and love for all the fundamental virtues. > entertainment of visiting speakers. This building is beautifu y Among the friends of Greenacre are two souls who have become > . situated on the crest of a natural park of evergreens and *ts broad distinguished elsewhere for their ability to adapt the universal > verandas \^command one of the most magnificent views of that truths of religious history to child psychology. It is hoped they > region. / may be among the corps of workers next season. . > Such a plan is directly in accordance with Miss Farmer's long > cherished idea for the child life of Greeoacre. An integral part of > The administfation of Greenacre rests at present with a Board all her hopes were those, which considered an especial training for > of Trustees appointed by the Greenacre Fellowship, membership the young in an age of spiritual maturity, fbr they are the generation > of which is opened to all, the annual dues being three dollars. of to-morrow. > At the annual meeting of the Fellowship, which occurred this It was her desire to establish also at Rosemary, another and larger > year on August nth, definite steps were taken to farm bequeathed to the Fellowship, a home of motherhood, whefe > mg facilities to meet the demands of aimther season. Additional unfortunate girls may be surrounded by such intelligent and loving > cottages' will be erected in'the Town Colony and arrangements influence that should enable them to mend the broken threads of > made whereby members may build their own cottages. A cafeteria life. This work, however, has not yet been practically undertaken. > will be opened at a convenient point. An.agricultural movement The fulfillment of the whole plan suggested by Mi^ Farmer for > was set on foot for cultivating all the improved land belonging to a development of Greenacre would require many years of concen­ > the Fellowship. Plans were also inaugurated to centralize the activi­ trated service on the part of her co-workers: h*er sympathies were > ties of the children of Greenacre in order to provide ah environment heroic and her idealism of noble proportions. She was the first > adapted to the normal development of child life. , , ." soul in American to catch the dawning radiance of the new age of > A cottage (known as Willow Cole) on a small farm owned by the unity, and established a practical foundation for-the diffusion of > Fellowship has been chosen as the'Children s centre. Upon this its ideals. > farm a flexible program of directed study and play wiU be arranged During his-journey of teaching in Europe and America after his > REALITY THE REVELATION OF BAHa'o'lLAH > > s";"iro"e " vU"/He'r s; The Revelation of Baha'o'llah > "There is a place in America called Greenacre. It is customa^ I > during the summer months for people of different creeds and > Compiled by > religions to gather there and the leaders of various movements and > thoughts to deliver lectures and addresses. Thus they have com­ ISABELLA D. BRITTINGHAM, , > bined most effectively education and recreation. > "The founder of these conferences wherein every nation y February, 1902. > and religion is worthily repreVented is Sarah J ^ > due all the praise and commendation for having initiated th^ > wonderful plan which must be carried out to its logical conclusion "The teachings are simplicity itself. > a universal platform for all mankind irrespective of race, religion (1) To believe in the glad-tidings of the coming of God.' > (2) To confess His Oneness and Singleness. > °'^milT?n Paris on his return journey to Palestine ® (3) To b^naturalized into His attributes. > outlined the ideals on which the future of Greenacre should be built^ (4) To come hearer the knowledge of God. And there is nodiin]g > "The chief object of the Greenacre conferences must be the to man but to attain these great ends." > furtherance of universal peace, the investigation of reality, brother­ Abdul-Baha' Abbas. > hood, tolerance, sy^ipathy to all mankind The > better understanding between'the nations of the > « tion of dogmas and superficialities, the illumin^ion of the heart - LESSON I.—^The Foreshadowing OF THE Coming OF THE Kingdom. > with the Ikht of truth, mutual assistance, co-operation and social In the present day there is comparatively little atheism. While > service, tl^fe study of the fundamental principles of all the religions many have rejected what is known as orthodox belief, yet, in this > and their'comparative co-ordination. "Personal age there-is a recession in the tide of infidelity. Back of the law is > be thrown to the winds and all available will-power directed toward recognized its Founder; back of effect is a Cause; back of life the > the realization of the universal objects." Bestower of life; and, to an extent of which it is not itself cognizant, > "Lay such a foundation that for future^es and cycles Greenacre the world is seeking Light. This explainsT^e existence of the mahy > may bLome the standard bearer of the^orten^f the world of new forms of religious thought which are now developing. So > humanity." unmistakably has the Supreme Pen recorded upon all things visible > the majestic proofs of the Invisible, that this planet is but a type > of greater things, much of which, owing to man's present imper­ > fection, is yet in cipher. Four hundred years .before Christ, Plato > said: "The visible things are, but a blotted copy, a shadow of > Eternal ideas." . ' > Jesus Christ usted physical illustrations in order to impart the > highest knowledge of God. Since our environment is material in > character, every Messenger and Prophet from God has made use > of rnaterial figures-in order to convey to our understanding certain > spiritual realities. Thus the'Appearance of the Founder of each > Dispensation is the Sun of Truth, newly arising upon the horizon > \ > > THE REVELATION OFBAHAOLLAH I7 > - REALITY > the duration of God's Dominion, and not become as the beasts > which perish! Christ predicted this when He'said: "When the Son > of man cometh, will he find faith on the earth?" St. Luke, 18:8. > Man alone can attain the sublime heights of union with the - > Infinite. ^ , j • > corruption of the ^5,ion occupy the attention When the soul hungers for the knowledge of its God, and it > pf doubt, fn O Xb many to lose drinks from the unadulterated "Cup of Immortality," that crystal > ro^petrtra^Xv^fiXthr' draught, in its action upon that soul, resembles a drop of elixir upon > a piece of copper, which, cleansing from all impurity,,,transmutes it > into pure gold. Thus, through spiritual evolution, man arises from > ibXSrof a N™ Day, Xn Light shall be testoted in gteater 1 the animal station attains the station of intellect; then dies to that station and arises > in the station of spirit. It has been said that "the last degree of ^ > reason is the first degree of Love." > the Essence of Immortality. . ^ for each, soul, When the Immortal Seed has thus gained its growth, and has > The beginning (i. f Heredity is but an earthly product. been "cloth^ upon" with the "New Garments," it stands vic­ > -l>ut this world spoils that soul. Heredity He- torious over spiritual death, and discovers its inheritance to consist > of the "Holiest Fruits" of the Kingdom of the Father. > This is the Reality of the NeW^irth; this is the true Resurrec­ > tion; this is the Redemption ofthe Body; this is Regeneration. > Xfd material body of a man o'f The Way thither is only through Faith and Deeds. Faith must > thing of sensation and fee g, Y \ animates it be founded upon knowledge, and after knowledge arises service. ^ > Fasting is one of the deeds. The fast of. the soul is the first and > Id* sXiS PH?aiSiSst«Jo^^»~ greater one to keep; and then the other follows. > Nineteen hundred years ago our great Master Jesus Christ walked ' > the earth in the station of perfect Radiance. He found only a few > illiterate fishermen who were able to comprehend that Radiance, > and to them He taught the mysteries of the Kingdom, giving them > to drink of the pure Wine from that he^sfenly Kingdom; feeding > iSXatu^raXTX only in tha them with the very Body and Blood of its sacred secrets; that > even as He was its Vine, they might become its branches; that > even as He was the Sun of the New Heavens, of the Christian > Dispensation, they might become its moon and stars; and then > "XiX::[ S'ghKn aXX S:. d m * k.. He passed out of the world, leaving it in the.same general clouds > of spiritual darkness as prevailed when Efe came into it: but He > . 'Tut it is man a>one-tW o-'y left the trust of His holyiThisslon and teachings iii their hands; > understand the things of-God all creation is jarred and to-day that little band of simple, unlearned men and women > - cause of this one, dormant, animals all about him are, shine down through the centuries as the moon and stars. Peter, . > upon and travaileth togeth . • i . uijn He alone, in whom the rock, was the moon of that heaven, for he established the - > in many respects, monument to ,^i3 hurch of Christ. * ' .... > And Christ said: "I will come again in the clbuds (of spiritual ' > . mirhe pa^XThrbe.p.tmitted to exist throughout > REALITY THE REVELATION OF BAHA O LLAH > > Prophecy always declares that this is to be the time of Judg­ > ment, of sifting the nations; 1st Chron., f6:33; Acts, 17:30-31; > Isaiah, 30:28; Anios, 9:9, etc.; of separating the wheat from the > "lhTrhe?/:fi?;"^*lth&e.oue" tares, and of restoration and restitution. Acts, 3:21. > the Sun upon our spiritual night very few who are at all thoughtful Clearly there can be nothing to be restored in the Supreme > Heavens. > ^'^The^u'esnlnls to^how that Deliverer is to appear is also absorb­ Therefore the Promised One must appear upon the earth, be > ing the thoughts of many, and out of these many thoughts is visible to all, and in a manner that it may be possible for all to know > Him, and to receive of Him. God, Himself, has been teaching us to > .he Son of Man wo^d be recognize the perfection of His Laws, which Laws man alone has > abused. In reason the Deliverer can only come to ift in one way; > born of a woman, born under the law, a Chosen One whom God > ' will send, and in whom the Divine Word will incarnate, and by its > ^^vl^'Srtold by Jesus that the Sun of the former spirj^ial heavens Manifestation, thus, upon earth, restore all things and renew the y > will darken, and that the light of its moon and stars will fad. Also it heavens and the earth and all that therein is. Jesus Christ also > is prophesied that at this time the heavens wdl be warns us against the false Christs which are arising upon all sides. > a scroll and the elements shall melt With fervent heat. What js this This alone is sufficient proof that God will manifest Himself in the > ^re ? We find the answer in Hebrews, 12 -.29, For our God is a con­ flesh at the fiid of the age. > suming fire." ''The end of the world in the original Greek is the Through every Revelator the same Light shines;, through each> > conclusion of the age." It means that a definite cycle, or period, is the same Word ("Whose goingg^ forth have been from of old, from > perfected, and at its close, the Day when God shall reign wdl arise everlasting;") manifests. The personality, Jesus tells us, is nothing. > ^ The Deliverer of the earth wdl be seen and known, for He is to The personality is but the pure and polished mirror, which, chosen > come and dwell with His people, and they, the flock of His P^^ure, of God, prepared of God, and sent by God, appears among mankind, ^ > "are men," and He is to be their shepherd and their God,—Ezekiel, and this mirror-receives the Bounty of His Light and reflects it out > unto mankind. This was the Light of Moses, and this was the > SI? rXlt Jesu, Chris.. Was His Appear- Light of Jesus. But in the advance of revelation the Light of Jesus , > ance the lime in which the Covenant of Universal Peace was ful­ was much greater. > filled? It is quite true that through the spiritual uphftment of His This Light, in every age, is the Reality of the Messenger sent of . > Presence and teachings He gave the secret of His abiding peace to God. The Word which speaks through that Personality is that- > His disciples; but He said: ''I camehot to send peace, but a ST^rd. Revelation through which we come into^a knowledge of our God. > Also in His great parable of the Lord of the Vineyard Jesus Christ This is the Incarnated Word. The personality, and the "Garment > fenews this prophecy, as found in St Mark i«h chap., four parties of another Name," are physical. The Power of the Word, mani­ > there being mentioned, two of which are the Father and the Son. fested in and bringing the Light through that personality, is our > In Zechariah we have many important prophecies concerning means of communication with God. > this time,' and in its last chapter, verse 9, the declaration is made In the 3rd and 4th chapters of the book of Malachi we also find > that ''The Lord shalLbe king over all the earth; in that day shall that a forerunner is to appear, declaring the hear approach of this > there be one Lord, and his name one. _ Day, and preparing the Way of the Lord. The Spirit and power of > The phophetic utterances of the Psalms give us many proofs. Elijah were manifested in John the Baptist, yet in the first chapter of > It is said that the 2nd and 72nd Psalms were never fulfilled. These the Gospel according to St. John he declared, ''I am not he." The > ' announce that "the King, and the King s Son, are to come._ prophecies regarding the coming of this herald, as found in Malachi, > Isaiah tells us (30:20), that "thine eyes shall see thy teachers. dentify it with this time of sifting and of.judgment. It is to be the > THE REVELATION OF BAHa'o'lLAH 21 > REALITY > do not in the slightest degree impair the power and majesty of his ' > time of the refining fire; it is the Day in which God shall appear. Wonderful Messenger sent by the Father. > Perfection shall reign and shall judge the earth. They who wrote those records of His life gladly walked in His > Who is this who is to arise in the midst of spiritual night ? Malachi lowly but glorious footsteps, even unto martyrdom. His foes being > declares it to be the "Sun of Righteousness." Whom did Jesus their foes, as St. Paul chronicles in ist Thess., 2:15: "Who both > say that this was? He said "I will return in the Kingdom of my killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted > Father." Whose message did Jesus bring? The Message ot His > lis." > 1 Jesus Christ was the Word of God, the Son of God, the Mystery > ^ When they besought Him at Capernaum not to depart from them, of God: His utterances have founded the Christian Dispensation ^ > He said "I must preach the Kingdom of God to other cities also, and, for nineteen hundred years, have been the Light of the Occident. > for therefore am I sent." (St. Luke, 4:42-43-) He Avas sent to But if we believe in this Light we must believe in His prophecies. > preach the coming of the Fafherls Kingdom, not of His own Clinching the word^ of Christ we further find Who is to come, , > dom; to announce the advent of the Lord of the Vineyard. He and where,/in the 9th chapter of Isaiah and the 6th verse: "Unto us > taught His little band of disciples to pray for the coming of that a child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be > Kingdom. We find that Jesus often prayed to the Father.^ upon his shoulder; and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Coun­ > It is very true that He said: "I and My Father are one. Jesus sellor, The Mighty God, The" Everlasting Father, The Prince of > Christ was a mirror in which the Light of the Sun shone, ap which Peace." He is to come in the flesh. The government—a spiritual > reflected that Light; and by this union and communion ^ey were government—is to be upon his shoulder. His Name shall be called > one. This is why He said: "I am in the Father and the Father in "Wonderful, Counsellor." "The Mighty God." Did Jesus clainf > • Me " and also, "He who hath seen the Son hath seen the bather. this? "The Everlasting Father?" Did Jesus say: "I am the . > If a'bar of iron is heated in the fire it will become characterized with Father?" or that: "My Father is greater than I; and I go unto ^ > the characteristics of fire. It is in the fire and the fire is in it. Him?" "The Prince of Peace!" > Jesusr^also said: "My Father is greater than I. {St. John, Nineteen hundred years ago was not the Dawn of Universal > .4:28.) Likewise He said: (St. Luke, .8:19.) .'.'Why thod Peace. To-day the world is looking for this glorious culmination of > n^egood? None is good save one, that is, God. He said: Hear > the ages, wherein "Mercy and Truth shall meet together; righteous­ > O Israel! the Lord our God is one Lord!" (St. Mark, 12:29.) ness and peace shall kiss each other." ^s., 85:10.) > Jesus told his disciples that He did nothing of Himself, but the In the first two verses of the 9th chapter of,Isaiah we find a > Father dw^elling in Him did the works; (St. John, 14:10) that it prophecy concerning the people in the "lands of Zebulun .and > the disciples had faith they could do'even greater works than He Naphtali," "by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of > did. (St. Matt., 21:2i, etc.) He said the Word which they heard the nations," and upon them is to shipe a great Light; this is tlie > was not His, but t^ie Fathk's. He talked only of t^ Father, of Light of "The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father," Who is to > the coming of whose Glorious Day He was the Faithful Witness. > come. ' 1 > - He proclaimed to all that this was to be^the I^spensation of the Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jerusalem, are not by any sea. > Fatherhood of God. IiThis last sublime hour He said that He Nazareth,, the most northerly of the three localities,, is twenty- > was not alone because the Father was with Him. (St John one miles southeast of the City of Acre on the Mediterranean sea', > i6:-?2.) Certain of His last words were "My God, my God, Why > and some miles west of the little sea of Galilee, which is a small > hast Thou forsaken me?" And yet He expected to go to the Father. > inland lake, thirteen miles in length.* In the earliest ages of Chris- ^ > The record of Him; as '.'a man approved of God among you, tianity Nazareth was quite overlooked by the church. It did not > through many mighty works "whicTi God did by Him, which are contain a single Christian resident before the time of Constantine, > the words of St. Peter, spoken on the day of Pentecost;^ and those and the first Christian pilgrimage to it tpok place in the sixth > of St. Paul in Hebrews, concerning the Beloved, wh;ch tell us that > centiiry" > "the Captain of our salvation was made perfeci(^roUgh suttering. > therevelationofbaha'o'llah 23 > reality > > middle of the fourth century the purity of this knowledge had been > preserved, and was witnessed to by the Nicene Council. > We' are told that David delivered to His Son the building of a > temple to be reared without the "sound of a hammer," and we know > to the Jewish tribe of Naphtali; but BiMical history informs us ^ > that no earthly temple can be so reared. There is more than a > that at the time of the appearance of Jesus Christ the term Galilee > embraced the whole northern portion of Palestine, from the Medi­ finite, ancient order of symbolism in this. > The Covenant of God is renewed in His.SacrecT Books, through­ > terranean Sea to the river Jordan. out the ages. Every prophet has foretold the signs and re-declared > There are two Bethlehems laid down in some of the Biblical maps > God's promises concerning this Great Day > of Palestine. One has to do with the time of the early kingdoms ot > Judah and Israel. This Bethlehem is the more northerly one, and its The Bible itself was written for it. J > Out of the many signs foreshadowing the approach of this Period > location is about as far west from Nazareth as Nazareth we^Jj>f th" > it is difficult in one lesson to select a few to present. > sea of Galilee. But the birthplace of Jesus Christ was Bethlehem > St. Paul said: "Judge nothing before the time until the Lord > of Tudea." It was in the territory of Judah (or Judea), and was > come, wfib both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, > ' located several miles south of Jerusalem, and, as is Jerusalem also, > and ■will make manifest the councils of the hearts." (ist Cor., 4:5.) > some miles inland and west of the Dead Sea. Judea was the name > Jesus Christ has also declared that: "Nothing that was hidden > of the third district of Palestine. It was south of the district ot > but should be manifested." (St. Mark, 4:22.) Have we not this ? > In St. James, the 5th Chapter, first eight verses, and 2nd Timo­ > ^ThSTs the Judea over which Herod the Great reigned when the > thy, the 3rd Chapter, first five verses, we have many things recorded > Star arose in his territory,' Occasionally the name, Judea, was ap- > concerning these conditions when men shall be "lovers of them­ > plied to the whole of Palestine. , . " , , . selves instead of lovers of God," and "having only a form of god­ > The Wthway of Jesus touched but briefly along the northern > . Medit/ranean coast, the traces of His Holy Footsteps being liness." ■ . - ' > Also in 1st Timothy, 4th Chap, and first five verses,'many are to > ■' principally inland. His was not the time of Judgment or of estab- > depart from the faith and announce.new doctrines and beliefs. We > lishing Justice, (Isa., 9:7.) r r u- • ^ r.rp find the same in 3rd Chap, of Zephaniah, and God's promise to'all > Many prophets did prepare the way for His coming, and He pre- • > those who in that Day believe in His^Appearing. > ' pared the way for the Coming of His Father. u• u u In Micah, 3:11, and in other places, those who dishonor God by > In Rev., 2ist chap.-which is the Revelation of Jesus which He > taking money in exchange for teachings of Him, are warned as to > ? gave to St. John—we find Who is to Come. There shall be a new > r heaven and a new earth;—the new spintual conditions. what the result of this corruption will be. Did Christ or His dis­ > ciples teach for money ? Was their "hire" a thing of dollars? "Ye > ■ The new spiritual Jerusalem is to descend as a hride out of > have made My Father's house aihouse of merchandise." "Ho, > heaven, and (verse 3rd) God, Himself, is to dwell with His people > every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath > arid be their God. , , t- u j .u no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, bby wine and milk > ' In the same chapter^two, who are to bt: the Light, and the 1 em- > without money and without price." "For My thoughts are not > ple, are promised; God, and the Lamb. u 11 L your thoughts, neither are your ways M/ways, saith the Lord." > Jeremiah says (30:21), of this Holy Age: "The,r nobjes shall be > of themselves and their Governor shall proceed from the midst ot (Isaiah, 55:1 and 8.) • > In Zech., 8:10, we have three foretokens; no hire for man, nor any > them;" or, as the Revised Version, which brings out these great > for beast; nor any peace to him that went out and came in because > Truths so clearly, records: "Thfir Prince shall be of themselves, > and their Ruler shall proceed from the midst of th^. of the aflBiction; "for I set all men every one against his neighbor." > In Joel, 2:28-29, we have the promise of a great psychic quicken­ > In Titus, 2:13, we find the "Appeapnce of the Great-God, and > ing, and we hear of many, who, ignorantSof its sacredness, are cor­ > our Saviodr Jesus Christ," are to be looked for./ As late as the > rupting it in various ways. > To he continued , > > f > THE INTERNAL IDEA OF ESPERANTO 25 > REALITY > of the objections that may be raised by those who do not know > X the inner meaning of the. movement, it is well to state most positively > that the use of this international medium of expression is not and > The Internal Idea of Esperanto never was intended to displace the use of any national language. > On the contrary, the thorough study of Esperanto will aid any > A MONG the most remarkable developments of the past fifty intelligent person to express himself better in his own accustomed > \ years, during which time the world has seen more growth in tongue. One's individuality of life and thought is both intensified > ^ science, freedom of thought, material and broadened by sympathy with the lives and thoughts of other > the masses and international comity than m any five hundred years strivers after progress. An Esperantist will be a better one because > preceeding them, there must be counted the Esperanto rnovernem, he knows well his native tongue, and will also possess a more exact > which eefebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary at pacow auring and elegant use of his own language because of the aid tow^ds , > the SuiSner of 1912. Conceived in the heart and brain of a poor logical expression given by a careful study of ■ Esperanto, > Jew, not yet free from the occasional ridicule of a movement does not contemplate any tendency towards a dead > and unheeding press, and still understood and uniformity. There cannot be too much Intensification 6f national > * few in this country, it has warmed the hearts and illuminated th or individcial life provided such -expression does not interfere with > minds of hundreds of thousands of the people of'Europe and is the rights or ^welfare of other lives and nations. Although the > now being eagerly taken up by the Orient largely because of the inner meaning of the moven^nt is ideal it is entirely in harmony > Int^nal Idea which is to be the subject of this brief paper. Those with the concrete attainment of the efficiency now so eagerly > of us who have been in touch with Esperanto, «ther here or abro^, sought by the constructive nations of the world. It is based on the > do not need any presentation of this idea. We have felt 1 . emulation that builds up and not onthe competition which destroys. > " know it by what it has done for us in great ineasure ® ■ It seeks to make use of man through his better qualities and > trying to do a little for our fellow man, and we are glad to say to eliminate him through taking advantage of his weakness^. It. > sSnething) about it to those who are still uninformed seeks to save for men the useless work of learning so many different > the mov^ent, and who do not know the animating spirit wh ch tongues and, by its use, to put them into harmonious touch with > has finally achieved success notwithstanding the occasional tailing all good things of other peoples and civilizations. ^ It is the bes-t > away of some ofi its adherents because of their impatience that it language yet found by which the wisdom and spiritual aspiration > makes haste slowly, and in spite of the inertia, so far, ^ of the East can be conveyed to the ^est, and also by means of > called the constructive forces of society. But, back of our m^^ria which the concrete effort of the West'can be used to arouse the > well being, there is a growing feeling that man greater than h sleeping East. j i i? > possessions, greater than his errors and imperfections, and true w The combination of exactness and flexibility possessed by Esper­ > himself in the largest sense only as he also tries to be true to h anto peculiarly fits it for blending together in the common conscious­ > brother hian, and finding the realities that endure only as he jdaces ness of mankind the teachings of the leaders of the vital religions, > himself in his thougJit and life in harmony with the great For^ and philosophies, and sciences of known history, and thus aiding > .which -is back of all worthy human effort and aspiration. Esperanto towards a more harmonious realization of the frpits of the great > is not a political nor a re%ious movement. It knows no difference cycle into which we are now entering. It seems almost a miracle > between Jew and Christian, between the Eastern mystic and the that, after, nearly three hundred failures to establish an auxiliary > ' man who believes that death ends all, between the humble^ork- means of intercommunication between men, one should no\v have > man and the courtier, between the Radical and the Conservative, attained to a success that has made it .a living language. Without > and on its platform and in its councils the voice of woman is heard the internal idea this could hardly-have beei> accomplished, even ^ > as willingly and as respectfully as that of her brother. though possessed of the adaptability and near approach to perfec­ > In order to find out what a thing does mean it is ^metunes tion of Esperanto. It is not yet complete and time will doubtless > necessary to s?y first,what it does not mean.^ So, anticitiatmg some > > f > ONE WAY TO SOLV E THE PROBLEM pF HIGH COSTS VJ > 26 REALITY > > bring enlargement and enrichment, but not the loss of the internal > spirit which has carried it to its present position. The idealists > have presented to the so called practical forces of mankind an One Way to Solve the Problem of High > effective tool for their future work and they are now just beginning > to use it. And, whatever use they may make of this tool, they can Costs > hardly help, even if unconsciously, being influenced for good by > the ideal background of its now thirty-two years of histo^. By Anne Pinneo > To those of us who have felt the inner meaning of the Esperanto > ^HE housekeeping problem is such a tremendous question in > movement it will often be heard as a dominant note in the symphony > of life played in the hearts of men by the great musician of the > world. > I these days that it might be.well to turn our thoughts to a > Community Kitchen as a possible solution. > If Community Kitchens could be established in every section > of the city and in every city, the high cost of living could be 'reduced > tremendously^. > • Testimonials of Noted Men We need Community Kitchens from a point of necessity, and this > To the Value of Esperanto' as an Educational Asset point has many sub-points. > . " ■ Why Children Should Be Taught Esperanto in the Public Schools First,—from the money standpoint. Each of these kitchens would > \ ONE-SESSION Language—Its grammar is free from have expert buyers, people who know good goods and who could > Its principles can be mastered in one lesson, and a practical knowledge of the language not be either hoodwinked or bribed by the wholesaler and packers. > can be acquired in a single school Session. > o " It is almost incredible that the whole efsentid grammar of a language can be given in ^ ■ There are many housewives to-day who could, and would gladly > paragraph, but it is nevertheless true. It is pretty certain thap an child can take such positions. They have had many years of experience > learn Esperanto in, at most, six months, so as to be able to read, speak and wriU in it. buying for their own households, and often with a very limited > ' The late Sir fPilliam Ramsay, K.C.B. ■ > lU spelling iifhonetic, its roots are international, and its system of word-building enables One purse. • . > to express the finest shades of meaning. The establishment of these kitchens rnight eliminate the middle­ > " Esperantods a delicate and beautiful piete if work."-Prof. Gilbert Murray, Regius man, for the buying could be done directly at the farm,- -one > " xiu^Latin ofDemocracy."—Rector Emile Boirac, Dijon University. > farmer's produce to be taken entirely by^ese kitchens. Of course, > it would take many farmers' produce to ^pply all of these condi­ > Esperanto provides a stepping-stone and a stimulus to the study of foreign languages. > tions. But the farmer or dairyman would not object to that, be­ > " The use of Esperanto, an easy language, makes the use of any other language 'os>er. > cause, no longer, would he be at the mercy of the marketman apd > the middleman. He would deal direct with the customer, and > Boston. there would be many needless profits eliminated, bringing a good > Esperanto can he learned by children easily and quickly and, being able afUr a fm lessons to > put it to practical use in speech Sid writing, they display great interest in it from the beginning.. profit to the farmer and at considerably less cost to the purchaser. > "Some of my children correspond in Esperanto with children in Npart, th United That alone should make these'kitchens acceptable to; the people. > ■ ' StaUs Australia and Siberia—a feat of which many a diplomat would be incapMe. One kitchen, one buyer,-^the elimination of middlemen and pro­ > F. Durieux, Headmaster, VEcole-MonUsquieu, where, prior to the war, two thousand > children were taught Esperanto. fiteer,—taking the entire output of a farm wilhenable us to get^r > ' Esperanto is an aid to the understanding of English. It provides an enlargement of the vocabu- food at a lesser cost. ( > lary, a sense of grammary a stimulus to the imagination. > 2ND Reason. The Domes'^icHelp Problem > English and forms a splendid basts for the acquisition of otner language. j. oo This question is growing worse every year. No longer do girls > SanSuoTcreen Lake Council SchLl, Patricroft, where Esperanto forms part of th want to do "servant" work, little realizing that all of us are in > ordinary curriculum of the School. ---- ^ > service. Even our president is the servarv^ of the people. No > May, jgi8. , ' ' > REALITY ONE WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM O F_[h I G H ^COSTS 29 > > occupation that a man or woman can take is not one of service. This applies to rich and poor alike, for there is as much ignorance > But the word has become misused and hated. And un«l our house of dietetics on Fifth Avenue as there is on the Lower East Side. > service can be put on a professional basis and those doing the work Our next point touches on the equality of man and woman. > are regularly trained "domestic scientists," with regular hours, and Woman has proved that point in these past few years. > receiving the courtesy due them, and shown to any tpined worker, The question is will she be willing to go back to th»old conditions', > not until then can we hope for better conditions in this department. liow that the war is over? Will she give up hfer economic independ- > Digressing a bit, let me add a word to servant and to. mistress. 1 ence and humbly and meekly take the dollar or two her husband > Servant, study and train, take a course in some school wherSyou doles out at a time—often grudgingly. No, I'll warrant she won't. ^ > will receive a diploma. Then give perfect service to your empl^er. She's tasted independence—she knows equality of sex in war— > Not eye service only, but intelligent, conscientious work. Luve she will want it in peace as well. > them the best you have in you and'you can then command wages There can be no equality, though, until there is true economic > .Commensurate to your work. . independence. One great lecturer-said "Economic independence is > Mistress of the home. You would not treat a trained nurse as the only road to true and lasting marriage." The only true, lasting > many of you treat your help. Give them the same courtesy you marriage can be when it is based on comradeship Between man and > give a trained worker, and ask of them to become trained and expert. wife. That cannot be establfshed while the wife has to slave and > You should accept nothing less then the best, 5nd then pay accord- toil with household cares all day. Possibly with sick babies, too. > 4f And at night with her time taken with mending and darning millions > But until the day of trained, domestic scientific help we must . of stockings, crawling to bed so tired and weary that many time^ > \ok to the community kitchen to help the housewife. The Kitchens she is unable to sleep. - > will be welcomed by the rich and poor alike because upper fiilth This new idea, this Community Kitchen would give her several ^ > Avenue is having very serious trouble with this help question, and hours of freedom. She would be freed from marketing and cooking. > has reached a point where they can endure little more. This time she could devote to reading, to improving herself, making > her the mental equal of man. * . > 3RD Reason. The Dietary For the woman ypho is a co-wage-eamer how wonderfully it will > Many of our housewives are too ignorant as to food values, and help her (from the colored day worker t^he expert office manager). > give their husbands and children either any old thing, or such a She can have a balanced meal at nominal cost, served at home. > conelomeration of stuff it is no wonder that sickness abounds in­ The day worker coming home from a day of scrubbing, dead tjred, > stead of glorious, good health. Beans, potatoes, nee, spaghetti would welcome the thought of not having to get her husband's > all served at one meal plus-bread and- pastr>^ Starch, starch, meal before she can rest her weary back. > For the little clerk, th4,^nographer—man or woman,' the idea > st3rchl '' • > Oftentimes in our richer households the housewives do not care of having a warm, well b^nced meal served at (home or in her . > enough to concern themselves with such matters, or are too busy own room! Oh! the joy of it. No more eating in hash^houses with > with the useless things of life to bother about ordenng a properly bal- ill-kempt, qnmahnerly, unappetizing neighbors. Every woman > ■ anced menu. They leave it to their cooks. And where mistress would have a chance at economic independence, at association > takes no interest, neither will the cook. There is one place, a friend with the world of affairs, an opportunity and the time to improve > tells me,' where she dines quite often and each time she does, she eats her mentality. . > the same things. Never a variety 1 No wonder the husband is This Community Kitchen must be placed in all sections. On ' > grouchy and sour. In our Community Kitchens we would have the lower East Side, the section of 14th St., Fifth Ave., Harlem > dietary experts who would send out balanced and well'i^ked and the Bronx. ' ' '* \ > meals-plentv'of greens and fruits and fresh vegetables. People, There must be graded bills of fare. > would be taught what to eat—how .to be healthy^-a^ prolong life. The purses of all will swell in accordance, because there will be > less sickness, due to proper, nourishing and well-cooked food.. Less > FROM A WORLDLING • 3I > REALITY > > The progression of time brings resolution as well as evolution. > sickness will mean more wage earners. And the wage earners will > The revolution of the woman, the housewife, the domestic servant, > be increased by the woman who has more time and who would > the woman wage-earner only means that she with the world is evolvr > rather augment the family purse than improve her own mind. > ing. All changes bring pain—the birth of all things has its pangs. > Already there are such Community Kitchens started, several of > And the stress of to-day means that the world is moving forward. > them, in fact. But they are limited in area, catering to a compara­ > We have fought for democracy. Democracy is brotherhood. > tive few. But from reports they are a success and the demand > Brotherhood brings the Community Spirit and it must follow with > that they enlarge and open in new' distri«s speaks well for the idea. > freedom to woman as well. ■ > In the places where this work is carried on as an absolute working > The Community Kitchen will bring that freedom. And it will > fact, the idea is this. Several menus, graded in price, are submitted > solve as well, the Economic Question, the Servant Question, the > to the customer. He makes his choice and submits his order. > Dietary and Health Question and bring a time for sweet and loving > At mealtime, an automobile filled with large vacuum coiftamers, > companionship to men and women. J > stops before his door and his meal is delivered to him. Soup, > meat, vegetables, all the hot foods are in this container, something > on the order of a thermos bottle and therefore are served piping > hot. The salad and desert are likewise in a container that is > chilled. These containers are called for and Mrs. Housewife has From a WorldUng > no more drudgery staring her in the face. And Mr. Houseman, > "I never heard of it in myiife. It is all nonsense," says the Fool. > thinks of it! No more flushed, overheat, bedraggled, cranky, > "I am ignorant upon the subject. I shall investigate," says the > nervous wife meeting you at the door with a cry that her dinner > Wise man. _________ _ > has gone all wrong. , > Freedom for both. • Perhaps the best cure for sin is sinning. > I know there will be many arguments against Community > - Kitchens^ One man told me "Not for him!" He wanted his wife > No one dreads the dirt more than one who has cleansed one's> > to cook /he things he liked. But why can't he order those things > self from dirt. Out of the slimy, still pond the lovely lily grows. > and if they are so unusual wouldn't his wife occasionally be glad > to go into the Ifitchen to prepare a tempting thing to please him? • > I have a dream book and I have trained my mind to dream of the > Occasionally she would be willing to but being relieved from the > things that mean wealth, happiness>Nnrosperity and good luck. > continual practise of it would mean heaven to her. Beside, he is > The other night I ate lobster and if I get all that is coming to me > the kind of man who thinks only of himself—he sits in the parlor > from the dreams I had that night I will be an object of sympathy > snoozing after his eight hours', work while his wife sweats over the > to the world. __________ > hot kitchen in summer time to give him what he likes. > It is the'selfishness of such as he who take all and give little that > Intellect and ego are the twins devouring the milk of faith in God > makes for tired, over-worked wives. It was such as he (and he was > one) who opposed woman suffrage. But the evolving of times took from the breasts of humanity. > ' .care of that, just as it will lift the little wontan out of the kitch^. ,—^ > An attitude" of mind which designates Wagnerian music as > ' Old age is absolutely unnecessary. You laugh at that. Turn > "German,'* and therefore should be prohibited, belongs to the dark > to the Bible for proof that men can live One Hundred and Seventy- > ages just past. Music has no nationality. It is an inspiration from > five years. "Some" age, is it-not? , tt u j * God to direct the soul of man from the dross of earth life to the > Man has always been a slave to his stomach. He has catered to , > himself and demanded that-woman pater to him. Woman has never golden light above. You might as well say that the Bible was not i > fit to be read by Christians because it was written by Jews. > jbeen a slave to her appetite but always until this generation, has > .'she been a slave to her husband. ^ , > SOME BAHAI ACXiviTI ES > reality > > Palestine. How the Generals came to him for advice, for help and > Some Bahai Activities consultation in all the aflFairs of the readjustment of conditions. > His remarks were punctuated at times by humorous stories and > BAHAI LIBRARY everyone went away interested and charmed. > "the ONENESS OF MANKIND " > / 415 MADISON AVE. NEAR 48TH STREET > new YORK CITY > ^ Among the-many great utterances of Horace Holley was his remark > Bahai Meetings ♦. the other night that "millions had marveled at the spirit of the > Sunday: Morning meetings at n o'clock, conducted by Hooper saints who martyred themselves for religion in the past but tire > real marvel should be that millions have martyred themselves > Harris and William Hoar. > Monday: Chairman, Howard MacNutt. for luck of religion in the present. Also that we cannot live without > religiop^now for it practically effects our food, our clothing and all > Tuesday: Chairman, Anne Boylan. -Rpotrice > Wednesday: Cooperative Evening, under Directiori of. Beam the commodities of life. Such thoughts as these entering in and tak­ > T • Wr« T otyp Mr and Mrs. Deuth and Urbain Ledoux. ing root in minds of all classes are the thoughts upon\ which > 'TuS: A "e'etbg ,o consolidate the foundation of all thought. to construct the new dajrr-We take our hats off to you Horace. > Albert Randall, Chairman. Keep up the good work. > Friday: Chairman, Juliet Thompson. 8 tc p m I > ALL ARE WELCOME meetings begin at 8.15 p- -I*. > > Miss Juliet Thompson continues her Friday evening meetings at > \ _ the Bahai Library, 415 Madison Ave. > Among the prominent sfieakers during the months Just past was > Duri4 the month of September Mirza Ahmad was in > Mr. Zia Bey who has lately become a flaming torch in the Bahai > New Yofk. He is always a great joy to all Bahai LibrarJ movement. In the earnestness and eloquence with which he told > movement He spoke upon three occasions at the Bahai ^->braiy, > of his personal experience in receiving this message could be seen > r. Ei^on Avenue. One night his subject was Palestine and he > the prophecy of a great usefulness ^d brilliant future in his work > iic^^ed so vividly the condition of that country > ?he Abilities of its future that we were taken from the busy heart amongst us. , > It was a fJeasure and privilege to hear Mrs. Mane Watson of > Washington and hear her inspired and intensely interesjting descrip­ > tion of the race riots in Washington, bringing home to every heart > the necessity of putting into practise that spirit of tolerance, under­ > standing and divine charity taught by our Master, Abdul Baha. > Mr. Howard McNtltt charmed the audience in his short address > and it is with much joy we are able to^say he will soon become a > regular speaker at the Bahai Library. ; _ . ' . , > Mr. Horace Holley spoke upon religion in his usual inspired > ;Kh I'sSrofYhi: > and some of the love which flowed out toward the Master linger > fashion and Mr. King of Bostop g;ave us a most amusing account > of his soap box talk the night before. He states there were hundreds > of people listening to the speeches and when they were over the > spectators divided up in groups and started discussions among them > ■selves. One group said, "These peoplfe are just socialists, they are > an^toUrf the pan Abdul Baha was taking fcconstrucuon of > N. > > SOME BAHAI ACTIVITIES > 34 REALITY > > vism as presented at present in Russia was a very great lesson to > nothing but socialists." Another group said, "These people are > the entire world." He reminded her that communism had been > paid to come around here and talk to us by the capitalists, and if > tried in a spirit of love and affection amongst certain advanced > they found they were attracting too much attention they would > groups in Persia in the past but had not met with the desired effect, > change their conversation into Yiddish which Mr. King understood > quite well. Where the opportunity presented itself he explained therefore it was not surprising that when tried in violence and hate > to them that we are not socialists, and we are not paid by the it had caused such a reign of terror." > ' Mrs. DreyfoiXs Barney gave a most vivid account of an Easter > capitalists, but.,we are trying to'spread the cause of God upon the > time spent in Jerusalem giving a graphic account of the fanaticism > face of the earth and in the hearts of all men. We are trying to > attending the celebration at the Sepulchre of our Lord picturing > teach the oneness of mankind. > scenes of violence, jealousy and strife on the Holy Ground itself, > proving the spirit of the gentle Christ had been lost from the hearts > of the multitude. In contrast to this was the simple beautiful > We sometimes treat those we love the best with the least formality, faith practised in the life of Abdul Baha and his followers at Acca > depending upon that mutual understanding which _ becomes love where the spirit of the real Christ thought exists in all its fragr.ance. > without words and so we have neglected the Traveling Fellowship It is one of the greatest privileges of the Bahai Library to have > these two interesting and devoted followers of Abdul Baha as its > officially. We take, this opportunity of s'aying we believe it to be > the beginning of a very great work. We see a future for it when it guests. > will become one of the leading newspapers for the new day. We > know the spirit of those working for it with such self-denial and > /^N the eve of thek departure for Palestine to see the Master, > devotion and we think it the duty of every believer in this cause to > I I Abdul Baha, Albert Vail of Chicago, William Randall of > subscribe for and contribute to its development. It is bright and > Boston, and George Latimer of Portland, Ore., spoke in > snappy, readable matter for all classes and minds of people and the > Fellowship press in printing the books of the Bahai Movement in the Library. ' j > Mrs.-Roscoe Mathews who has lately come into our midst read > foreign languages is doing a great and noble work, one much needed > from the "Hidden Words" with a charm and earnestness of spirit > and very necessary. Between Urbain Ledbux, Mrs. Lehman, Miss > and the combination of her exquisite personality with the reverence > Du Bedat, Miss Valentine, Zoraya Chamberlain, Bert Randall and > ..of her words- deeply impressed those privileged td hear her. Mrs. > others^orking on the East Side, this cause will become a vital power > Mathews has returned to Paris.where she will open a Bahai Library > for the reconstruction of the ideals and morals of this entire city. > and Assembly loom, and knowing her executive ability and broad > connections we foresee that through her efforts great progress will > result from her work. r r. t • > Albert Vail has been rightly called the nightingale of Bahai > On Friday evening, September 26th, Miss Thompson being > inspiration^ and in the musical flow of his inexhaustible-vocabulary > indisposed left the chairmanship to Mr. Montfprd Mills who with > all digpity and charm presented the speakers of the evening. was felt the throb of divine enlightenment which surrounds his soul. - > Mr. Morton gavp a masterful comprehensive outline of the Bahai William Randall was at his best and everyone present felt the > movement. Mr. Dreyfous Barney gave a short description of the sincerity of his wish to gather us all together and take us with him > on that wondrous Journey to the Holy Land, that we might share > beginning of this movement in Persia. He outlined the position of > in the blessed privilege of seeing the great Teacher in His atmos­ > the Bahais in regard to" politics, Bolshevism and other important > matters very clearly. One of his most interesting statements was phere of sanctity. > George Latimer gave a humorous description of an incident when > to the effect that Mrs. Dreyfus Barney had asked Abdul Baha with > walking with the Master in His Garden. The Master suddenly > regard td^Bolshevisiti in Russia. The Master replied, "that Bolshe- > J > 30 REALITY SOME BAHAI ACTIVITIES > > turned to him and said "speak." Greatly embarrassed Mr. Latimer On Sunday night, November 23rd, Prof. Lucien Larkin spoke in > said, "I do not know upon what to speak, you have startled me." the Bahai Library, 415 Madison Avenue, on "Recent Discoveries > Thereupon the Master, laying His hand tenderly upon his shoulder in Astronomy." The Rooms were so crowded that they could not > said, "Then my son smile," and so Mr. Latimer has been smiling accommodate one-half of those who came to listen to this eminent > ever since and the radiance of that smile is so contagious, so exhil­ scientist. Besides' speaking upon his wonderful discoveries and > arating that the necessity for speech has passed away. All he has his scientific gifts to the world, he gave a glorious tribute to the > to do is to smile and the hearts are warmed and comforted. Master, Abdul Baha, from whom he had received a most beautiful > Letters received from these travelers who sailed on the Lapland tablet and to whose work he gave the utmost praise: At th& close > describe the wonderful confirmation attendant upon their voyage, of his address Mr. Mountford Mills gave the Bahai message in so > where everyone on board turned to them for light upon the Bahai forceful and striking a manner that many strands to the cause > Revelation, and glorious meetings were held every afternoon in have been drawn to other meetings in a spirit of investigation and > their stateroom. interest. : ^ > A prominent Japanese official going to Paris to represent his coun­ Besides the regular meetings announced, there will be special > try and a Chinese representative to /London were enormously meetings at different times by prominent-speakers from the New > interested, and a correspondence has been started whidi we hope Thou§bt> Ethical Culture, Musical and other centers, during the > wilhbenefit our teachers in Japan and China aftd shed the rays of the coming Winter, announcements of which will be made in the papers > great light throughout those two countries. ' and through special notices. > > On the evening of October 30th, Ex-Governor William Sulzer > spoke in the Bahai Library, 415 Madison Avenue, on "Bahaism Prayer'hy Abdul Baha *■ > and its Progress." Governor Sulzer was the recipient of a most O God, refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine > remarkable and interesting tablet from Abdul Baha upon the sub­ my powers. I lay aU my affairs in thy hand. Thou art my guide > ject of ihe League of Nations, which we hope to print in another and my Refuge.. I will not be sorrowful and grieved any more. I > edition' of REALITY, not having space at this time. His address •mil be a happy and joyful being. 0 God, I will not worry any > conducted in his usual forceful logical and convincing style was one more. I will not let trouble harass me any longer. I will not.dwell > of the most interesting ever given in the Library. His insight into on the unpleasant things of life. QGod thou art kinder to me than > the stupendous force and power of the Bahai movement, his knowl­ myself. I dedicate myself to thee © Lord! > edge of the need of the great spiritual awakening of the world, his > call to the people to arouse themselves from their lethargy, indolence > and indifference to the crying need of humanity for divine guidance, > to the importance of this day, and th.e recognition of the teaching > of the great Master, Abdul Baha carried with it that conviction > which comes from faith and knowledge in the heart of the speaker. 1 > He made a comparative study of the religions of the past, masterful > to a degree, based 00"^ deep and erudite knowledge. It was a > privilege to welcome Governor Sulzer in the Library and to receive > his co-operation in the work we are trying to do. 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RE.ALITY > > ■i' > REALITY > > Announcement to American Women > > ESTABLISHED 1870 > The New Art pf Dress > For two years it has been known to advanced women > of New York City that the "dress problem" has at > last been definitely and satisfactorily solved. During > James Mclean, Inc. > this time so many inquiries have come to me from % > women in ofher cities that I have established a special > department for out-of-town clients. We are filling Manufacturers of > orders successfully for women in every part of the > country, and for some even farther distant. > I have designed a standardized, simplified yet > SPECIAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT > artistic wardrobe including garments for all occasions, > which I adapt to individual requirements in color and > FOR HOTELS > line. This wardrobe is based upon a new principle of > ".design, making possible a greatly increased degree of > service from each garment. My clients are independent STORE FIXTURES > of changing fashions, can meet any requirement with > dignity and charm, and at their accustomed expendi­ > ture possess garments of permanent value. My clients > constitute an ever-lengthening honor roll of intelligent, — > MARKET SUPPLIES » > distinguished and influential American women with > whom it is a pleasure and an hoqor for an artist to deal. > Ydu will be interested to learn for yourself the details > REFRIGERATORS FOR ALL > of this revolution in clothes. I will be pleased to send > you my illustrated booklet "The Ne* Art of Dress > PURPOSES > on requesfi > BERTHA HOLLEY > 4 WEST 49TH STREET NEW YORK > Tel. Bryant 6488 > 449 WEST 41ST street NEW YORK > 'PHONE, 1097 LONGACRE > > PLEASE MENTION YOU SAW IT IN REALITY > > PLE.VSE MENTION YOU SAW IT IN REALITY. > > — *Reality Magazine: Volume 2 (Used by permission of the curator)*