Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theatre brings you Irene Dunn and Don Amici in Unfinished Business. Ladies and gentlemen, your producer, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. The phrase, Unfinished Business, can mean a great many things to a great many people. For in the past of every man and every woman, there's some stray tag of adventure still uncompleted. A bit of drama never played to its end, for perhaps a love story only just begun. All that wide human appeal is part of Gregory Le Carver's new universal picture called Unfinished Business. And we're fortunate tonight in having the radio premiere right here in the Lux Radio Theatre. That gives us Irene Dunn in the same part she played on the screen with Don Amici as our leading man. Off the record, I'll tell you that for months we've been trying to find a play to fit this potent combination of stars. There have been a lot of stories about the young man from a small town who hunts fame and fortune in the big city. Tonight we have one about a girl with the same intrepid spirit who finds the adventure she's looking for. But along the way, she leaves a scrap of unfinished business. And in that lies the dramatic punch that makes this one of the most talked about pictures of the year. Of course there's another drama about unfinished business. The one called Woman's Work is Never Done. But I suggest that it's done a whole lot quicker when they have Lux Flakes in the house. No mere man is supposed to be a competent judge of such technical household matters. But a radio producer is supposed to know something about his audience. I know how high your standards are. And I know from your letters that our product meets those standards. Anything must be good that can win the approval of as many women as Lux Flakes. So if you haven't tried it yet, you have some very important unfinished business at the store around the corner. Now the spotlight turns at the center of the stage as the curtain rises on the first act of unfinished business. Starring Irene Dunn as Nancy and Don Amici as Tommy. Across the prairie land of the Great Middle West, an eastbound flyer streaks through the night. With a flash of its headlight, it roars through the sleeping hamlets, thunders over the slow-moving rivers of Ohio, impatient to end its race with time in the great terminal of New York. But the two gentlemen who occupy Drawing Room B are interested in another kind of race, a horse race. What do you say, Steve? You got it all figured out? It's a cinch. We don't win the Pimlico Special this year or I'll buy you a new hat and eat it. Without mustard? Without mustard. You think I'd come all the way out to this desolate country to buy a horse if I didn't have a hunch about it? Desolate is right. Look out there. Yeah. Wonder if anyone has ever discovered it yet. I just saw a couple of covered wagons go by. Want a drink, Steve? No thanks. Well, there's nothing left to do except talk about women. Let's browse around and see what we can find. Okay, come on. I'll take this end of the train. You take the other. Right. How about a little $50 wager? On what? That I can find a better-looking girl than you do. It's a bet. See you later, Steve. Good luck, sucker. I'm so sorry. My fault. I opened the door too fast. Not at all. Excuse me, please. Oh, conductor, which way to the diner? Second car up, miss. May I show you? I know right where it is. It shouldn't be hard to find. It must still be on the train. I'm not so sure of the way we've been bouncing around for the last couple of hours. Oh, I imagine we're still on the track. Say, that's a very witty observation. Oh, hang on. We're going around a curve. This is the first time I've been on a train that had square wheels. Oh, no. Watch it. Watch it. Now, here.  Give me a hand. Oh, wasn't that silly? Falling like that. I'm awfully sorry. Did you hurt yourself? No, I'm all right. I'm afraid I did twist my ankle a little. Oh, that's a shame. You better let me have a look at it. My compartment's right down there. Oh, no. Oh, no. No, no. I think silly like this. What happened to me? I'll just sit back and relax. Now, let's see. Does your ankle hurt when I touch it? No. No, but it's kind of embarrassing. Don't talk back to the doctor. You know, you have a very delicate ankle. Like a thoroughbred. What, are you a horse doctor? No, not exactly, but I know a thoroughbred when I see one. Look, I've got to go now. Oh, no, no. Please. You're not afraid of me, are you? Well, I hardly know you. Tell me something. Do you live in New York? No, and don't tell me I'll look it. I come from Messina. Messina? Yes, you stopped there a couple of hours ago, remember? Oh, I thought that was just to take on water. Yeah, water and me.  Oh, yes, I do. This suit is the crown and glory of Messina's most fashionable dressmaker. The hat is mostly my own idea, and the necklace, consisting of real pearls, cost $1.97 at the Bantam novelty. Why should you hide such a lovely throat? You certainly have a line. But I mean it. You're very charming. Well, couldn't we just talk? There must be something to talk about. All right. What's your first name? Nancy. My name's Duncan. What's your first name? Steve. Nancy, you're the first girl that ever got wise to me. Oh, go on. What do you do? How do you do? No, I said what do you do? Oh, ah. You mean for a living or nothing? Nothing. I'm one of those lucky people who doesn't have to work very hard, so I just play around with horses. Oh, rich, huh? I guess so. You don't seem very impressed. Are you laughing at me? No. No, I'm laughing at myself. You certainly caught onto me in a hurry. Well, the things you said weren't unpleasant, even if you didn't mean them. Well, tell me something about yourself. Oh, there's nothing much to tell. I'm just a small town girl. I did a little singing back in Messina. You know, a choir work and that sort of thing, and now I'm on my way to New York. Maybe I'll find a career and maybe I won't. Of course, in Messina, they think I'm going to set the world on fire, but I don't suppose New York will miss me much one way or the other if I'm not a success. Listen. Isn't that glorious? Oh, I think that's the most romantic sound in the world. I've always wanted to be on a train at night, roaring along with the lights going by, wondering about the people who live in the houses that skim past. The sound of the train was so ringing in my ears. It does something to me. I don't know what it is. It just does something to me. What? Why do you look at me like that? Please don't look at me that way. You are very charming, Nancy. Oh, no, no, you mustn't say that. You're lovely. Lovely. Oh, no, no, please. Please. Well, what do you think of New York? I couldn't see much of it coming in. I was afraid I'd missed you. You don't suppose I'd leave without seeing you? I'd have died if you had. Look, Nancy, those fellows out there on the platform, they're reporters, they're very curious. I understand. Where can I call you later? I'll be at the Garfield Hotel for women. I'll give you a ring. Don't forget. What do you think? I love you, Steve. I'm trying to learn this area. How about widening your area and going on a blind date with me? No, thanks. I'm just a career woman. Career woman? You've been locked up in the Garfield prison for women for the last three weeks.  Well, I may get an audition and I want to be ready. Look, honey, who are you kidding? I know what you're waiting for. Look at those newspaper clippings you're always saving. What do you know about it? Well, I'm not blind. I'm a drunken, honored at Yacht Club Ball. Steven Duncan moves his stable to Saratoga. Honey, if you're carrying a torture with that wolf, the line forms on the right.  If you must know, I have called him, several times. And? He wasn't in. Oh, I'm sorry, honey. Gee, I didn't know you had it that bad. I'll get over it. Oh, look, darling. He isn't worth thinking about. You've just got to shake out of it.  Wait, you could draw a number out of my hat much nicer guy than Steve Duncan do you hear I hear that's more like it and listen you're going places with that voice of yours too now I've been standing right in one spot so far I don't care there are lots of places for your type of voice plenty of places she's a jolly good fellow Mrs. Schultz is a jolly good fellow he returns and the message is signed Edna Gitton's you're welcome here Nancy another batch of singing telegrams you another batch I'd better take time out and get my breath the top one is for Billy Ross Billy Ross who's he the famous nightclub owner this is probably the only chance you'll ever get to sing for him so do your darndest say thanks Mrs. Hatt a nightclub owner huh hello hello sterling a five three two four speaking Mr. Billy Ross speaking also Mr. Ross I have a singing wire for you just a moment please sign the gang just a moment please fine Nancy you're doing fine but Mr. Ross days you'll have it down pat it's very tricky I know but I'm sure Mr. Ross I have a much better voice than this one I took this job I have a number of course madam take care of the lady Nancy normally 61043 please booth for I'll connect you thank you very pretty very very pretty do you wish to make a call sir Crenshaw 90130 into which booth do I go to please I should go and make my speech I think you are just a peach oh there you are hello Billy greetings can I can I speak to you a little privately certainly wait just a minute William miss yes sir cancel my number don't put it through you're a good number yourself this is a cafe cool well Billy what's in your mind Duncan your brothers here oh no not dear old Steve whom I despise to the depths of my soul and what does Mr. Steve Duncan wish well he was asking me about your drinking where is it and that right inside he wants to see you Mr. Duncan Stephen hello Tommy hello Sheila how are you Tommy you want to see me Stephen pull up a chair I want to talk to you Tommy yeah I know I drink too much people are beginning to talk so and so and so and so this is one of a series of lectures after all Tommy he's your brother yeah you know an older brothers like a locomotive you took it off the train you wouldn't have any head-on collisions who's this new number you've been running around with Tommy that is none of your business you're just out of one breach of promise you're sticking your neck out for another want to listen to Sheila it's gonna be very enlightening personally I'm gonna have a nap I want you for a minute what is it Mr. Ross another birthday yes now here's the cake it's that fellow over there Mr. Stephen Duncan Stephen that's it just say happy birthday Stephen got it yes I've got it well hurry up hurry up Nancy better cut it out I'm telling you and that's that I all finish Steve yes I finished now do you want me to tell you something I don't like you excuse me look Steve it's a cake for you oh hello hello happy birthday Stephen thank you that's very nice of you coming coming come on Sheila come with us Tommy no thanks I'm very comfortable right here Steve wait what's the matter are you crying no what would I be crying about hey wait a minute wait hello just a moment I'm trying to get your number hey look did that dopey brother of mine say something online please go away I'm glad to help you dry those tears I'll dry my own tears this is a cafe corn I don't blame you have routine drive anyone nuts let me have those earphones no I'm all right go on do as you told woven the corner and have a good cry I'll handle this thing say how about that number you just name it brother and you got it I've been trying to get it for 15 minutes no extra charge for that hello why didn't somebody say something swabs fish market could I sell you herring hey that's a pretty hard number you couldn't give me an easier one could you I'm kind of new with this what is this a gag hello hello sequarium April fool I'm all right now well let me take the board and start in with a cafe corn or gag now come on you're getting out here you need some fresh air go on get your head I'll fix it with the boss we're going for riding the park this is the cafe colon or nobody comes here wonderful way to see the park isn't it uh-huh I do this all the time I wrote around one these old cabs for two days once you don't seem very happy I don't feel very high spirited well you feel better if you could use the pressure say what about brother in my insanity that made you cry it wasn't what he said I guess it was the way you said it I looked don't hold back just because he's related to me he just wanted the tricks nature plays on the human race you shouldn't talk that way about your own brother you've never been a younger brother so you wouldn't understand all my life I've been taking second place second hand roller skate second hand bicycle second hand cars second hand polo ponies that couldn't even stand up how you must have suffered say who side are you on anyway tell me who was that with him tonight with whom your brother oh oh that poor unfortunate girl is this fiancee is she nice much too nice for him does he love her as much as he can love anybody they'll probably be married soon yeah too soon for her sake I think it's next week why are you so interested just curiosity well if you'd like to go to the wedding I have an invitation I'm not gonna use you're joking that's one night I'm gonna get beautifully swacked I hear you drink more than it's good for you yeah it's an escape you'll end up by ruining your health health is like money it's no good unless you spend it what are you running away from life I don't see how a drink helps you avoid life are you being naive no I'd like to know how much like to go out in the town some night and get some learning I like it I like it wonderful I'll tell you what let's make it the night my brother gets married that'll give me something to do right sorry we haven't got a bit of table mr. Duncan no that's all right I'll probably be honored for the evenings over what would you like to drink Nancy whatever you have yeah let's see a couple of whiz boom yes what are they well you hear the whiz but you don't feel the boom sounds delightful say what are those things you're wearing just a orange blossoms what isn't your wedding tonight no but I like to get into the spirit of things what time are they being married the poor girl starts the last mile around eight what time is it now see she's still got a half hour of life what's trouble train whistles can't stand them oh Joe time to stop blowing those whistles will you I'm sorry sir but those are from the trains down below I know that but haven't stopped anyway yes sir cocktail funny looking cocktail looks like milk it is milk with authority what's matter would you like a man who invented it must have hated his childhood well here's to our friend the cow here's to a short life and a milky one right Joe keepin coming William got a good name yeah would you like another one no what time is it now see she still got two minutes say tell me have you ever been married I've never had time no have you ever thought about yes I have you know it's it's kind of a shame to waste those orange blossoms why don't you marry me seems to be in the air don't talk nonsense oh well do you want to be an old man no I don't want to be an old maid I want excitement I want to go places and do things have fun I want to play do a lot of crazy things I've never done before oh well you can do that if you're married but I don't love you well do married people have to be in love that's what I've always been taught where are you from Missing Ohio oh Indian country well let's drink to my poor sister-in-law here's to forgetfulness right say you know something I know a fellow who's got a plane that'll fly us to South Carolina what we do in South Carolina what time is it now eight straight up eight here's to your brother's happiness ah never mind about him say do you think you might change your mind about me she just be walking down the aisle now well how about it what South Carolina I knew a girl who went to school in South Carolina once well I thought you said you came from Ohio I didn't say I didn't well who did what you said something about South Carolina I asked you where you came from did not yes I came from I came from Ohio it's me Elmer get my bath ready will you Elmer yes sir where are you I'm under the bed what are you doing under the bed say Elmer have they gone who they wanted to play and I had to hide who wanted to play the purple men oh you've been seeing them things again that bed wasn't full of them last night I'm an Easter lily you look more like a drooping petunia now look Elmer you're only my butler I don't take any liberties tune your requires water not get me some way okay any cause this morning no but them newspaper guys is downstairs what newspaper guys regular a bunch oh what do they want they want to take pictures of you and the bride well don't let them in I didn't what bride well I imagine she's yours anyhow she's in the next room having breakfast I see here Elmer I don't mind the reasonable amount of informality on your part but if you choose to take advantage of my weakened condition I'm afraid that this beautiful friendship is at an end now what was that about a bride but you might try wrapping on the door maybe she went away with them purple men if you're joking I flatly refused to give you a recommendation knock on the door I told you say Elmer well what do you call those things that fears I'll mix one up for you better better make it a double good morning oh it's you who did you think it was did you sleep well as a matter of fact I'm just coming to you seem terribly nervous that's not not unusual with me I'm a little scared myself but then so you have never been up in a plane before maybe that's what did it were you up in a plane or maybe it was the milk oh yes milk milk can do it yeah what what were you saying about a plane don't tell me you're vague about it too imagine flying to South Carolina and back all in one night yeah it's a great day in age isn't it anyhow here we are married oh yeah yeah here here we are well you wanted it didn't you oh I'm here let me be one of the few to congratulate you you're a very lucky man thanks Elmer oh don't tell me that's one of those things no this is one of those things that chases those other things away Elmer you might mix one for for Mrs. Duncan this by the way is Elmer yes he's served my breakfast she ate eggs you ate eggs I always eat eggs and Messina is that a new way of cooking them oh that's where I come from oh of course remember that Elmer will you remember what Mrs. Duncan likes eggs for breakfast of course we could have it annulled but you said you believed in doing things impulsively well if I said it I meant it don't you remember saying it yes of course I do yeah I wonder if many marriages start off like this well don't ask me I'm I'm a stranger here myself you suppose his marriage will be like this who's you know your brother's marriage huh what's he got to do with it nothing your fees madam thanks well here's to a short life and a merry one you know this is going to be fun yeah oh boy mr. 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rub with cake soap and never of course use harsh soaps just squeeze the gentle lux sads through and then rinse it's more important than ever now to stick to this safe care we pause now for station identification this is the Columbia broadcasting system act two of unfinished business starring Irene done as Nancy and Donna Michi as Tommy Nancy's marriage to Tom has turned into a dizzy merry-go-round of New York's hot spots where the lucky brass ring is forgetfulness as yet Nancy hasn't caught that ring the memory of Steve Duncan is still fresh in our mind but she's not giving up Nancy's on the merry-go-round and she's going to stay there I thought you were upstairs getting dressed now get stuck at the lawyers say what are those things my slippers don't tell me we're gonna spend an evening at home no no that's Elmer's idea he's tired Elmer have you been complaining why should I complain I've had two wonderful hours of sleep every night for the past two weeks well you're practically a rip van Winkle shall I get the car out I don't know where we're going tonight I've reserved a table at the 68th club get the car out better get dressed Tommy look would it be too disastrous if we sat around and relax just one night a week I've spent most of my life sitting around now I want to make up for it yeah well you don't have to do it all at once you know what it's your own fault you said you teach me how to live and I'm going to learn if it kills me well learning how to live is one thing but we didn't enter into a suicide pact don't tell me we're having our first quarrel I don't see where you get me fun out of those night spots half the time you don't even remember where you've been well that's part of the fun not having to remember well I'm glad you're getting rid of a lot of inhibitions throwing breadsticks at headwaiters and that sort of thing but you ought to let your real self come through occasionally perhaps I'm not just everything you visualize piano needs tuning did you hear me why maybe this marriage isn't turning out the way you wanted it to well it's turning out the way you wanted it that's not answering my question for heaven's sake stop playing that tune we go why what's wrong with it reminds me of Missina my grandmother used to sing this tune she didn't come from Missina tell me you're not yourself tonight what's bothering them really want me to tell you course all right here it is there was a little boy that met a little girl they both liked to play they played and they played had oodles of fun then the little boy fell in love with a little girl with a little girl but she doesn't want to be in love she doesn't want him to be in love either why not because love can't be trusted look we're having a good time Tommy why can't we leave things just as they are okay I I don't want you to think I didn't like what you just said that I love you naturally it's flattering to hear things like that but oh here if you're going to play that play it right why what's the matter with it goes like this that's great go on go on get dressed if you go through it just once I'll get dressed well all right it may not be as good as your grandmother but I'll try it how does it go now I wanted today to the hill Maggie yes what's next to watch the scene below I've got it I wonder today to the here watch the scene Mrs. Duncan I said the cars out front whenever you're ready we won't be needing the car tonight Elmer breakfast I've ever seen you eat maybe my cooking isn't so bad after all you know you astonish me in fact I astonish myself imagine me facing an egg at this hour of the morning tell me are these eggs messina and eggs and eggs you're not kind of think I'll eat here often there's much better food you get in any of those nightclubs oh Tommy don't mention nightclubs after some of my exhibitions I'm still blushing oh no you've got some inhibition in your system that's bothering you get rid of it that's my theory say did I ever tell you about my obsession didn't know you had one oh yes well I was a baby a black cat crawled in my crib and sat on my chest scared the living daylights out of me for years I used to wake up in the night and see cat eyes looking at me but I got rid of the thing how well my grandmother filled the house with black cats every place I looked there was a cat upstairs downstairs in my bed under my bed lady I got so I could meow right in the cat's face not even better night doesn't it ever come back on you come here want to show you something this may sound funny to some people but it's not as funny as you may believe whenever I start to shudder at the thought of a black cat I go right over here to this little cabinet and there we are you see what's that it's a black cat pretty oh I always knew you were a little boy playing with toys you ought to be shame oh look doesn't bother me a bit walk around it step over it like a meow right in his face meow that's not alive cat what doesn't make any difference on the mind what happens if you haven't got a mind there's lots of people get along without one by the way where would you like to go tonight well now that we've found a home why not live in it oh you mean you want to stay home two nights in a row uh-huh and three and four and five nights say you know what I was thinking no what would be asking too much to have you meet a few of my relatives here mm-hmm I can invite some friends too we got any friends I'll have you know I associate with a very undistinguished group of people would you would you invite your brother to no my brother's out maybe you ought to invite him I don't want him around well after all he's he's just a black cat yeah that's right he's just a black cat dressed yet in a minute radio's blasting out there that means some of our guests arrived I'm a fine hostess you're a gorgeous hostess and honor this great occasion I've just decided something tonight I am not going to get plastered oh tell me marvelous come in excuse me what's on your mind Elmer I thought I ought to tell you that the barflies are beginning to gather say Elmer come on in close the door will you now look Elmer I know this is going to be a strain on you but let's see if tonight you can't be just a little bit formal this is my best bib and Tucker oh well that's fine and you might also attempt to act like a butler very good sir oh that is infinitely better do you like this dress Elmer I only did his goofy looking at some of the others ma'am what to say that's pretty formal you got that ma'am in you ready Nancy ready let's go hi hello and evening Tony Tommy is this the precious flower hi Nancy my cousin now how do you do you're better looking and I thought you'd be hi and Nancy don't worry about now she spent most of her life around horses I like some people too hello Tommy oh the guest of honor Nancy this is Steve my brother yes we've met before how do you do mr Duncan how do you do good night now night dear thanks good night mr Duncan I'm not leaving yet oh you've got a very nice place here thank you I imagine the view from the terrace is very pretty may I show it to you please there you are very nice the little girl from Masina has come a long way hasn't she Masina is not very far it's a long trip for a lady with a sprained ankle you you do remember me vaguely you gave a fine imitation of someone who didn't remember have you abandoned your career marriage is a career especially if it's a lucrative marriage well you have to marry a person for something money something some people marry for love did you yes I did how nice I think I ought to warn you Tommy's only good for about one more settlement one's all I need I see you know your innocence had me completely taken in for a time I was even stupid enough to believe that you might interpret a flirtation or something more serious is that why you pretended to forget it's much less cruel that's the black cat theory I don't know that one if you face a little fact today it can never become a black cat tomorrow how many drinks have you had I didn't think you'd understand I don't you're my black cat I can face you now and I'm not afraid I can even kiss you goodbye Steve oh Steve well hello oh Tommy oh this is very pretty but I didn't realize you knew each other that well Tommy I think you're making a mistake I'm always making mistakes Elmer bring me a highball William I wish you wouldn't you see she has a maternal side too you may not have run into that yet now listen this is my phone now there is a gallant fellow I even get second hand explanations second hand baby shoes second hand polo ponies everything second hand and now I find myself gifted with a second you ought to have your block knocked off yeah the one that's gonna get his block knocked off all right Nancy would you leave us alone for a few minutes I want to hear all Tommy has to say you don't feel that I'm being unfair do you I have it coming to me now there is the kind of wife to have she's all that any man could ask for all that a couple of men could ask for she's beautiful she's clever she doesn't tell lies why she can even cook eggs messina is that all you have to say to me Tommy it's what you have to say that's important I haven't anything to say except I haven't anything to say have a good cry well when do the fireworks start just can't wait for it can you well first I've got a couple of things I'd like to tell you you don't mind if I make myself comfortable not at all sit down please do sit down here's your highball Elmer bring uh Romeo a highball too I don't want to take any unfair advantage get me another one while you're at it keep them coming will you now go on go on okay you know Steve I haven't made up my mind what I'll do with you yet but I kind of think I'll have you stuffed and mounted then I'm going to hang you over the mantle so I'll always have a reminder of my very deep affection for you how many drinks do you think you'll need before you start knocking my block off knocking your block off has been my ambition for years I just want to gloat over you a little while that's all Elmer where's that drink clothes clothes always come on I wake up come on come on look look come on come on it's four o'clock you're feeling all right Elmer did I knock him out no you're knocked yourself out first well what did he do did he give me a mick no but you're gonna have a headache oh I feel all right you look fine where where's the body body's gone he left when you passed out oh afraid yeah you must have been so send my wife here would you she's gone too gone where where where'd she go I don't know you better let me put you to bed all right yeah you look great all right all right let her let her go let them let them both come on now come on let them come on it's no good it's no good Mr. DeMille and our stars Irene Dunn and Don Amici will be back shortly for act three of Unfinished Business there's a lot of excitement in Patty and the Ellen's tiny apartment tonight Bill James one of Patty's current heart throbs is home on leave from training camp they've just finished dinner oh Patty if I'd known you could cook like that just like the book says about the way to a man's heart well I hate to tell you Bill but Ellen's the chef tonight I'm just chief cleaner up and dishwasher hey I'm the best little bubble dancer in this man's army and have I had plenty of practice come on girls on convoy to the kitchen why Bill no Bill James hasn't lost his mind nor is he taken to cavorting around with a balloon bubble dancing is our new army's term for dishwashing and a very descriptive one it is too when you think of the rich bubbly suds you get from Lux Flakes why with Newquick Lux to do the work for you kitchen policing's no trouble at all you see you get faster suds with Lux and more suds ounce for ounce even in hard water than with any of 10 other popular soaps tested and best of all Newquick Lux saves you from rough red dishpan hands a problem that 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DeMille curtain rises on the third act of unfinished business when Nancy left Tom she seemed to vanish into thin air lost in the crowds and turmoil of New York now more than a year later Tom has found her again singing in the chorus of the opera she's just coming out of the stage door as Tom steps to her side a dim figure in the whirling snow hello Nancy oh hello I hope I didn't frighten you well it is a bit of a shock I happen to be at the opera tonight and I saw you from the box you must have good eyes I'm behind the scenery most of the time uh which way are you going this way mind if I walk along no I didn't know you'd taken up your career again you'd hardly call it a career well I guess it's all right if it makes you happy you're happy aren't you I don't know I've been too busy to give it much thought well I've been doing a lot of thinking this past year have you yeah the army is a way of toughening the muscles and softening up the pride the army oh haven't you heard there's a lot of us in it these days well I can't quite picture you anyway you mustn't allow your pride to suffer you aren't giving me much of an opportunity to say some of the things I'd like to say well I thought you said about everything the last time I saw you I don't suppose you could ever forgive me could you you know I was pretty much hurt at the time maybe you had a right to be I didn't have any right to be crude well anyway that's past history and this is where I get my subway well my car is right here if you'll let me drive you where you're going no thanks don't want to get used to luxury well uh you mind if I ride with you on the subway do you want to I'd like to come on this is a kind of tough neighborhood well you get used to it after a while here's the house why do you live way down here it suits my income why don't you live on my income I prefer to live on mine can I come in well oh I guess we can stand in the hall it's warm anyway I thought maybe we could go some place and sit down no no we hadn't better uh visitors aren't allowed upstairs after 10 well how about husbands or am I that's up to you I tried to find you for a whole year did you oh well as a matter of fact I wrote you several letters I never got them I never sent them why well I wasn't sure of the things I wrote tell me is that the other thing all over well that was one of the things I wasn't sure about well are you sure now are you through with them Tommy you carry anything about me yes I always will then will you try to understand what I'm going to say that all depends look tell me everything that's ever happened to me has been my fault you understand that I'm willing to understand anything I'm no top sergeant I've outgrown some of my childish notions I haven't had a drink for a year oh that's wonderful but a fella's got to have something to go on if that other thing is all over why don't you tell me you said coming down here that you hadn't seen him since that night that's true but well Tommy I lied to you once before and I won't do it again our whole marriage was based on a lie that might have been all right except that you fell in love with me at least I thought so I did and I became very fond of you I was the one who didn't play fair because when I married you I was in love with someone else I don't care about them I want to know about now are you in love with that guy no I'm not look please try to understand in the lives of all women there's some unfinished business there's nothing you can do about it it's always there a part of you but it doesn't mean that another love can't be greater in a different way oh is that where I make my inference Tommy the point is now clear Nancy loves my brother Tommy loves Nancy but nobody loves Tommy except Nancy but in a different way well I didn't have anything to do with love or its distribution there are a lot of women like me Tommy good women faithful wives but they're not foolish enough to say the things I'm saying look why don't you sue me and get a handsome settlement why hang on to something you don't want to or something I want no thanks I can do without specter standing behind me how can you be married to one man and dreaming about another what kind of a woman are you I'm not being a woman I'm being honest why can't you be both I'm trying to be maybe you'd better run along upstairs maybe there's somebody up there waiting for you Tommy please is there I get it there's probably somebody up there you don't want me to see would his name be Duncan Tommy sure I might have known good night can't get any more closing this group Nancy never mind Sarah there's plenty of room in the other one oh Sarah I still owe you something on last month's rent that's rent what I'd like is to see you stay here rent or no rent I can't stand to see you go please Sarah Sarah I feel low enough as it is not husbandly yours I'd like to take a knife and cut him in little pieces that's probably the man for the trunk I'll answer is a mrs. Duncan here who are you my name is Duncan also ah you're that husband for two cents I push all the way down there Sarah it's all right he's not my husband come in Steven oh thanks Sarah would you leave us alone I'll call you I'll be upstairs looks like you're going on a journey it's the same one only back the other way oh leaving any memories behind isn't that where memories are usually left I'm sorry that some of them are unpleasant ones I see you've been talking to Tommy I saw him a few minutes ago he's leaving for camp tonight Nancy if you have any illusions about me I'd like to dispel them my illusions are my own you may be foolish enough to wreck your own life but you have no right to wreck Tommy's I'm glad you're capable of some kind of love even if it's only brotherly so far as I'm concerned you're just a girl I met on a train yes I've known that for some time am I standing between you and Tommy no why don't you go back to him I wanted to why didn't you Steve would you mind leaving I've quite a lot of packing to do now listen I don't mind if I make this a threesome do you won't be a threesome lawn because only two of us are going out of here tell me you're not going to make a scene you're right I'm just gonna make a mess out of my brother you haven't got the nerve Tom I figured you'd be coming up here and this time I'm not gonna fall under the table until the job is finished you're going to behave yourself look out I'm making history you're just a spectator you can't get him out of your mind I'm gonna knock him out of it put up your hands brother she isn't worth fighting about you can't talk that way about my wife it's one I learned in the army how do you like it Steve does it make you feel better to knock me down get up and try another one thanks I'm very comfortable right here there's your dream lover Nancy take a good look at him will you what's that that that is your son my son he's not accustomed to family brawls my son well where is well I guess I might as well run along wait a minute why did you come here Steve I thought I could talk a little sense into you but I guess you don't need it you knew Tommy would come up here didn't you I thought he might he's been wanting to sock me for so long I figured it would be good if he got it out of his system I don't think you'll have any trouble with him now I see thank you Steve it was sort of an obsession with him yes we all get them once in a while don't wait sure but you get over them yes good night Steve good night you know Nancy I once said you were a thoroughbred you really are good night Nancy I'm coming Nancy you know something you know he looks like me of course he does that's why I called him tell me Nancy is this is this the other kind of love you're talking about that's it well this is the kind of love I've I've always wanted look can you can you be ready to leave in 10 minutes where are we going four ticks I'm ready now come on man well here you go Tommy come on Tommy come on darling we're in the army now in a moment our stars will return to the microphone for their curtain calls and now for just a moment's time we'll tell you about lux in rhyme sing the song of soap sud a song about a few of all the things around the house that lux can do for you let's start with window curtains they tell an awful lot about the way your house is kept all fresh and clean or not so lux them well and often it's easy you'll agree you get a lot of sud so fast with new quick lux you see then lux is grand for blankets it's mild and pure and so it keeps some furries soft and warm and gets them white as snow or if they're pink or green or blue keeps colors lovely longer too lux cleans your floors it washes doors takes children's scrolls off painted walls cleans Persian rugs oil paintings jugs piano keys with greatest ease and when it comes to washing dishes lux does what every woman wishes yes does dishes in a trice and it lets your hand stay nice so we don't see for goodness sakes 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lakava works yeah i've heard something about that too how does it go well there wasn't really a script of the picture until it was all finished we just had a sort of an outline of the scenes and most of the dialogue was shot was made up right on the set just as the picture was shot well that's a swell idea but i can think of places where it wouldn't quite work suppose you were shooting a big storm scene reaped the wild wind cb and ray malan was about to be swept overboard i'd be kind of embarrassing if you had to hold on till he could think of the right line wouldn't you have a point there don but with the right play gregory lakava's way of directing certainly gets delightful results what play are you doing here next week mr the mill next week iran get ready for a shock next week we introduce two new stars to the legitimate drama they're famous in fact notorious their names abbott and costello yes the comedy sensation of the year will be right here next monday night and you'll hear these two zanies in the universal picture that made the nation abbott and costello conscious buck privates it's a story of the way life is certainly not lived in the army but might be if abbott and costello were really buck privates frankly i i won't make any prediction about next week except that i don't know what's going to happen so cb that's for me and i guess about 20 million other people too good night cb good night there was gold in that star action our sponsors the makers of luxe flakes joined me in inviting you to be with us again next monday night when the luxe radio theater presents bud abbott and lou castello in buck privates this is sasselby de mill saying good night to you from hollywood ladies and gentlemen meet mr meek is coming back on the air yes day after tomorrow wednesday night's favorite radio family will be coming around to your house again you remember mortem of meek the soft-spoken little man who has an uncanny way of getting out of trouble his daughter peggy the one person who thinks he's important his wife agatha and his brother-in-law louis the hungriest man in the world well if you haven't met the meek family you're due for a treat you'll laugh at them and you'll love them too now that's wednesday day after tomorrow on most of these stations after meet mr meek stay tuned in for big town the exciting drama starring edward g robinson which starts again the same night check your newspaper for the time and station on both these fine programs heard in tonight's play where gail gordon as steve dick elliot as elmer and b benadirate virginia gordon bernard felton fred mackay arthur q bryan jean ray jack george betty ventura monroe brown and leon ledoux arine don is currently appearing in the universal picture unfinished business don amici will soon be seen in the 20th century fox picture confirm and deny our music was directed by louis silvers and your announcer has been melville roig this is the columbia broadcasting system


Okay, everyone we're gonna get started. So I'm Tara Han and I'm the PGY1 on ophthalmology this four months and our first speaker is Tyler Anderson coming from Virginia Commonwealth and he is presenting implications of popular eye remedies Good morning So this morning, I'm gonna talk about As it says popular eye remedies. I'm gonna focus mostly on over-the-counter products This is I'm pulling this from some research I published this summer Obviously our time is short. So we won't go in too much detail, but I feel like understanding what types of products are for sale And especially advertised heavily to our patients will help us because we're inevitably gonna get questions that over-the-counter I am I care market was almost a billion dollars last year and that number doesn't include home remedies herbal remedies homeopathic remedies The advertising is relentless people our patients see commercials and billboards and things like that and inevitably we're gonna get questions I Feel like a useful way to to understand In context what's for sale today is to kind of learn a little bit about where we've come from and where things were a hundred years ago This is a newspaper advertisement for a very popular product from about 1916 and at least 1922 called Bon Apto and This advertisement was It found in periodicals around the country very popular at the time and they they promised some pretty miraculous results for their Little eye water is guaranteed to strengthen eyesight 50% in one week's time in many instances Many who once wore glasses say they have thrown them away and there's also some dire warnings about those who don't take care of their eyes And the implication is that this product can help prevent those horrible outcomes So either things have changed in the advertising realm or we've forgotten some of the miracle ingredients that they used to use because Obviously, we don't make promises like this anymore This is a list of Popular products of about a hundred years ago. I got this list by using the Library of Congress newspaper periodical archives they digitized thousands of newspapers and These products were for sale in at least multiple states for multiple years The database ended in 1922. So some of these may have been for sale for a longer time, but these products were The table might be a little hard to read, but they contain some very interesting ingredients There's another pair of advertisements at the bottom again promising relief from virtually any eye complaint You can imagine Levoptic over here on the right was very proud of their eye wash thing that was included I highlighted some of the interesting ingredients here At least three of the popular products contained mercury Couldn't find any recent clinical trials on applying mercury to the eyeball, but It's generally considered a dangerous compound even as a skin ointment based on research done in the early 1900s Morphine was popular quinine was actually directly poured onto the eyeball in Christos There's a lot of plant products and those these plant products actually many of them continue to be popular today Although some of these are have since been discovered to be somewhat toxic one of them is an insecticide now Zinc products were also popular. This is a picture of a Papyrus prescription from the first century AD and it included Calamine is one of the core ingredients of an eye care product and Calamine is a zinc oxide compound that Has been popular for hundreds of years and many of these products contain zinc. I didn't highlight them here Boric acid also popular and we'll talk about that in a minute There's been some changes over the last hundred years Obviously in 1912 an amendment began the crackdown on some of these false therapeutic claims Although enforcement wasn't very strong until the thalidomide tragedy in the 1960s. That's when things really changed and Now today advertisements are generally milder They don't promise the to be able to throw your glasses away in a week and this is the type of things that our patients see often and The the general nature of the advertisements Lends itself to questions that we might receive This is these are just pictures of some of the products that I identified that are popular today. I Looked at the four biggest retail pharmacies, which is Walgreens CVS Rite Aid and Walmart and identified products that are for sale in all four of those and I threw out contact lens cleaning solutions and also There's many of these products have multiple formulations like red eye or nighttime And I this is a table of basically those that are just the core basic formulation of each of these brands and Many of the ingredients and I'll actually just highlight some of the things from this table here on this page The many of the modern products today still contain boric acid as a matter of fact the majority contain boric acid which is I'll talk about in a moment many of them contain preservatives and although many of us recommend preservative free products The majority of the the core basic formulations today can still contain these preservatives either benzochonium Chloride or some newer preservatives Chlorobutanol is also in the older one They're salt solutions and then again I mentioned the different formulations and these are the things that patients might ask us about the red eye formulations with alpha blocking Compounds it's really formulations with antihistamines nighttime formulations are doing like creams or appointments There's several that have their advanced or ultra or something like that. It's the higher concentration of active ingredient Cooling formulations have camphor and menthol and then preservative free formulations, which I think are important to talk about preservatives obviously are used to inhibit microbial contamination They've been used for a really long time It unfortunately many of them Damage the barrier just the barrier function of the corneal epithelium especially when applied in high concentrations many times a day and For that reason many caregivers recommend preservative free formulations. These are some less known button Becoming popular preservatives like purite and there's not very much data on these, but it appears that they also do cause some cytotoxicity to the corneum So preservative free products virtually all contain boric acid which actually serves as a preservative in that it inhibits Microbial contamination and is a buffering agent boric acid is something that was popular 100 years ago. It's still popular today. It's mined in Nevada and Or at least the borax and sodium borate is mined in the Nevada and the California deserts and Both sodium borate and borax or and boric acid have been found to still cause some corneal epithelial damage Even at the concentrations found in iCard products But it's it's generally less than other preservatives I Wish I had time to learn more about and talk more about popular home and herbal remedies. It's a really interesting Topic and there's plenty of interesting cures out there that are popular The research is pretty scant on most of these but these are some of the more common things that are recommended on popular websites Various honey solutions where you dilute honey and either drink it or pour it on your eye Some people recommend breast milk for conductivitis and other applications Obviously warm compresses might be less controversial in some uses, but other people recommend them for things that normally we wouldn't Cold compresses just applying potato slices to the eye and then these are a pair of herbs that were popular a hundred years ago and many of those products also popular for hundreds of years before then and continue to be popular as herbal remedies today and the research on those is again pretty scant or conflicting Homeopathy also something I wouldn't pretend to know a ton about and the research is Again scant and conflicting the the principle behind homeopathic cures is treatment with similars Basically a super low concentration of something that causes the same symptoms that you're trying to treat and there's many many different compounds recommended for virtually every eye complaint I could think of Interestingly similesan, which is a homeopathic product is for sale in virtually all pharmacies today And it contains some very interesting Product compounds at at extraordinarily low concentration. So it has Belladonna, which is the toxin from deadly nightshade at an extremely low concentration, this is the Toxin that atropine is derived from and it also similesan contains mercury They they don't really define what mercury subliminate mercurious subliminus means, but the concentration is very low Presumably much lower than the mercury that was in the products a hundred years ago I Really enjoyed learning about some of these things and there's a there's a lot more to learn about I'd like to thank Dr. Leffler at VCU and also my friend Jared Donaldson. They helped me edit this and get it published Does anyone have any questions? Thank you


So, I have been asked this weekend to speak on women of the word. In fact, Mark had called me and we had visited on the phone a little bit and what he was wanting. In fact, one of my sessions that I'll be doing tomorrow, I wrote just for you. And so, you're actually, I would say you're the first people to hear it, but you're not. So I just presented that a couple of months ago in Arizona as I was teaching on our God is enough and I actually, they got to hear it before you did. So sorry about that, but I did write that with you in mind. But anyway, I've been asked to speak on that.  Ladies, if you don't have a desire for the word of God, you're not going to be in the word. You're not even going to open your Bible. I was telling Debbie on the plane yesterday as we flew from Tulsa here, that I am grieved even if some of the women that I pour my life into one on one who seemed through the last few years to vacate scripture a meaningful time with God for, and they're exchanging it for time on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and those things. And I'm watching their lives and they have no victory over sin. There's no joy. There's no contentment. And so if you don't have a desire for the word, there's something wrong. There's something that's taking away your spiritual appetite. And so we're going to consider that tonight along with, after our break, delighting in the word. If you want to be a woman of the word, you've got to delight in it, right? Enjoy it. I remember asking a woman one time, do you read your Bible? And she said, yes. And I said, do you enjoy it? And she said, no. And I said, well, that's just really too bad. And I mean, I can't imagine not delighting in the word. And so I'm going to present after our break. And before we go home this evening, my material on scripture memorization, because I really, I'm praying and hoping that some of you will get a fire lit in your heart to start hiding God's word in your heart and being transformed by renewing your mind through scripture. So we're going to talk about that. And then tomorrow morning, we're going to be looking at being discerning. I don't know about you, but I am, I guess I could use the word terrified. At the amount of false teachers there are in our age. And it seems like every week I hear of another one that started out on the solid ground, teaching the word of God. And now all of a sudden they're, they either have apostatized or they've watered down the message or they're supporting things that are abominable before God.   And we are the more deceived gender. And I'm saying that I'm a woman and that's what God says. And so God says, and I believe it. And so anyway, sometimes my husband will say, where do you think like that? Or why do you think like that? And so it is true. And so we need to be discerning. And so tomorrow morning we're going to talk about how you can discern, how can you discern truth from air? What do you look for when you're looking for a false teacher? What kind of things would you want to observe? And so we'll talk about that in the morning. And then also tomorrow we're going to be considering if you want to be a woman of the word, you've got to be diligent in the word. And this is the material I prepared for you. Mark had asked that I present this material on how to have, a lot of women don't know how to have an effective devotional life, prayer life, meaningful study in the scriptures. And so tomorrow afternoon we're going to talk about that, how to be diligent by being disciplined with your prayer time, your Bible study time, and just daily reading and memorization. So we'll talk about that. And then we can take all that stuff, delighting, desiring, discerning, being diligent. And you know what, ladies?  Because there's other things better to do with your time tonight and tomorrow. Because James tells us, and that's going to be our last session, doing the word.  Do you know what he says? You've deceived yourself. And in the greater context of the Epistle of James, you know what he's saying? You've deceived yourself about your salvation. What does Jesus say? Those who hear my word and what? Do it, right? This is how we know him if we keep his commandments. He says, I know him, doesn't keep his commandments. He says, what? A liar, right? And the truth is not in him. And so this is probably going to be the most important session in the sense that we want to take everything we learn this weekend and then we want to go out and do it, right? We want to practice it, which is what the Greek word means. We want to practice doing the word. And so I'm excited. I don't know if I've ever done a conference on, I have done a conference on the word of God, obviously, but just this particular on being a woman of the word. And so for this evening, if you would, turn in your Bibles to 1 Peter, 1 Peter, and we are going to consider this very important topic of desiring the word of God, desiring the word. And before we get started, let's pray and commit our time to the Lord, because without him, I can do nothing. And you certainly can't listen without his help. So let's pray. Oh, Father, we come to you this evening with hearts of joy that you have called us by your name, that you have chosen us, that we might be holy before you in love, that we might walk worthy of the vocation by which we have been called. And, oh, Father, I fear that many, maybe in this room this evening, I know many that I've just visited with in the last year, the last few months, even this last week, even yesterday, I'm grieved, Father, at the lack of desire to be in your word. We have this precious book, 66 letters from you. And yet we fail to delight and desire the word of God. Oh, Father, forgive us, forgive us for our apathy, for our complacency, Father. And I pray, oh God, that you would stir the hearts of these women, that you would stir my heart to have a deeper passion and a desire for your word. And so God, open our eyes tonight, help us to behold wondrous things out of your word.  May we be like Jeremiah who said, your words were found and I hate them. And they were the joy and rejoicing of my heart. So, Father, give us that. Help us to listen and help us to hear attentively what you have to say. I pray this in Christ's name, amen. Well, after my husband graduated from seminary, which was a long time ago, we moved back to Tulsa, Oklahoma. And I was determined by the grace of God that we were going to have a women's ministry that was centered around the scriptures. And so the first thing I did when my husband started a church is I took our women one summer through a living by the book, which is a great series. Howard Hendricks is now dead, he's gone to be with the Lord. But it's a great series in teaching how to do inductive Bible study. And so I took the ladies through that and I wanted our women's ministry to be founded on the scriptures. In fact, even now, that's what we do. We teach the Bible to the ladies in the church. And I did that because ladies, it is the word of God that is the means to our spiritual growth. And yet some women don't think that. They don't think it is the means to our spiritual growth. They don't see the importance of God's word. And my question is why? Why do we not see it as the means to our spiritual growth? Why isn't there an appetite for spiritual things? Why am I having conversations with women in the last few months who are vacating scripture for social technology? Why is that happening? Well, Howard Hendricks answers that question in his first lesson. One of his opening remarks is this, the Bible will keep you from sin or sin will keep you from the Bible. The Bible will keep you from sin or sin will keep you from the Bible. And you know the apostle Peter says the same thing, but just in a little bit more elaborated way. Look at first Peter two, one to three, which is what we're going to look at this evening. Notice what Peter says. Therefore, laying aside all malice and guile and hypocrisy and envy and all evil speaking as newborn babies desire the pure milk of the word so that you may grow thereby. If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. Now, ladies, you have an outline there. Before you were going to look at our grievous sins. Then we're going to look at our need to grow up. And then we are going to consider our gracious Lord. Now I am not really fond of jumping into the middle of a book to teach, but that is what I'm doing this evening. But if you will notice the verse right before first Peter two, one has been talking about the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. And remember Bible translators came in and added the verses and the chapters. So when Peter wrote this, it was one letter. It was an epistle. And so he's just been talking about what? The word of God, all flesh is like grass and the man is like the flower of the grass, but the word of the Lord endures forever. And so he's been emphasizing the word of God and our need to be in it for our personal growth. But ladies, before you can receive the word, before you can receive that word with meekness, there are certain things that you must lay aside that might be hindering your listening to the word. Remember what the writer to the Hebrew says, let us lay aside every sin, that what? Every weight, every sin that so easily besets us. There's things that weigh us down. They say so we can run the race. So let's look at these grievous sins. Look at verse one, what Peter says. He says, therefore lay aside malice, beguile, hypocrisy, envy and all evil speaking. Now Peter starts with the word therefore and anytime therefore is in the Bible, this is a good rule of interpretation, it always points back to something. So we have to ask the question, because of what Peter, therefore what? Because of what I've just said, Peter says, because you've been born again with an incorruptible seed, because the word of God lives and abides forever, then purify your soul in obeying the truth. Get rid of these grievous sins that are weighing you down. And again, as I said, this is an unfortunate chapter division that we have here. So Peter says you gotta lay aside these things. Now it's interesting, his list is not very long. I don't know if you've considered, but Peter's gonna be merciful to us tonight. I mean, some of the other epistles are not so merciful. I think of Colossian where Paul has a similar idea. He says, therefore put to death your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inorn affection, evil desire and covetousness, which is idolatry, for which these things, sake the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.  Do not lie to each other, seeing you've put on the new man. And so Paul's list is like, wow, it's like five times as long as Peter's. Also in Galatians, Paul has another long list. He says now the works of the flesh are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, inorn affection, evil desire, covetousness, which is idolatry. He talks about that in these heresies, drunkenness. And then he goes on to say of which I've told you before and I'm telling you again, that if you practice these things, you will not inherit the kingdom of heaven. That's Paul gives again a pretty long list in Galatians. And James, our brother James, he has a little bit of mercy on us. His list is shorter than Paul's, but he says therefore lay aside filthiness and overflowing of wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your soul. Now Peter's list is much shorter than Paul's list and James is even shorter. And you might say, well, why? Why does the apostle Paul have these long lists of sins? Peter has this little list and then James is even shorter. Well, I don't know. When you get to heaven you ask him, I don't know why. But the list we have tonight is grievous enough. So Peter says we're laid aside grievous sins. Now what does it mean to lay aside?  In fact, Isaiah admonishes his people, cast away your idols like you would a menstrual cloth. And ladies, we're talking among women and so we know what that's like. Get away, right? Peter says cast these things off.  Get rid of it. Don't let it cling to you. That's what he's saying. Get rid of these things. And by the way, the Greek here is a once for all. You know, we like to, okay Lord, today I'll stop gossiping, but tomorrow I'm gonna be getting with my BFF and I can't wait to tell her something. No, Peter says you put it off. Don't pick it back up again.  You wouldn't, would you? That makes no sense, right? Put it off and do it once and for all. Don't dally around. In fact, there are so many scriptures that are replete with it. Ezekiel talks about casting away all your transgressions. Roman says put off the works of darkness. Hebrews 12 that I just quoted about laying aside every sin that easily besets us and run with patience the race that is set before us. Paul talks about that in Hebrews. And on and on we could go looking throughout scripture, we are to lay aside all sin. We're not to hold on to even one. Now, the first grievous sin that he mentions is malice. What is malice? Well, malice is evil, badness, in fact, it's a word we don't use anymore, but when I was growing up, we use this word. It was naughty.  I don't hear that anymore, but I remember when I was growing up, my mom and dad used that word, you're being naughty. That's malice. Malice is a term for all sorts of wickedness. Someone who is malicious desires to hurt other people. I think about that. I think his name was Stephen Paddock who killed 57 people in Las Vegas a few years ago. I mean, this guy was malicious. He planned it all out. He got his guns. He went to the top of a hotel room and just slaughtered people that were at a concert. That's malicious. That's evil. King Saul's a great biblical example of someone that we know in the Bible who was malicious. He was bent on killing David, right? He was hunting him down. He was malicious. I remember when I first got married, my father-in-law owned his own company and I worked. We had just got married. I was 19 years of age and I worked for him and I was a sales secretary and I remember coming home every night as a young bride in tears crying to my husband because there was this lady that worked there and she was bent on making my life miserable every day. She was malicious and I don't know why. I didn't know or I was trying to be nice to her but she was just mean. She was malicious. Ladies, do you know we are not to behave like that? Paul tells us in Titus, that's how we used to be for we ourselves were also once what foolish, evil, we were living in malice and evil but we weren't like that anymore, right? After the kindness and love of God our savior, not by works as we have done, he saved us, right? Maliciousness describes what we used to be but not what we are now. There's no room in your life for being malicious. In fact, did you notice the little word that Peter uses? He says all, put away all malice. You know what that means?  Ladies, you cannot even hold to one little sin and think you're living in obedience to God and practicing holiness. I know some of our well meaning, I don't mean well meaning, they're not really well meaning but some people today have rewritten Romans 6-1. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?  Shall we continue in sin so that grace may abound? Yes, let's do. In fact, let's sin a lot so that we can experience God's grace. That's a new teaching out there in case you hadn't noticed it yet. Ladies, my Bible says no, we should not continue in sin, right? Put it off. In fact, Paul goes on to say, how can we that are dead to sin live any longer in it? Why would we want to do that? Well, secondly, notice what Peter says. We're laid aside the grievous sin of guile. What's that? Guile is just a seat trickery. It means to catch with a bait like you would for fishing.  And it's the bait.  That's trickery, right? Someone who has guile is someone whose motives are never pure. They take on the appearance of truth and then they trick their victim. Ladies, we're not only to not only practice this sin but we're not to speak deceit. Did you know that? The psalmist says, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile or deceit. We're not even to speak deceit. In fact, Peter will mention on later on in this letter that he's writing to these persecuted Christians when talking about our Lord. He said, he committed no sin. Neither was guile found in his mouth. He didn't practice deceit.  Ladies, if you're not seeing your days today as good, maybe you might have asked yourself, am I using my tongue for evil? You know, can't really have a good day in the Lord if you're using your tongue for deceit, right? Keep your tongue from deceit. Deceit is a wicked sin. We should have no part in it. Well, there's a third sin that Peter mentions and he says it's hypocrisy. What's hypocrisy? Hypocrisy is a word that was used to describe an actor on the stage in the biblical world. In fact, the actor and we have it today, the actor or the actress, they pretend to be a part that they're not, right? That's why we call them actors and actresses. That's not really who they are. They're pretending. They're putting on a mask. That's not who they are. Ladies, the hypocrite is someone who assumes mannerism, speech and character of someone else and hides his true identity. I was one of those for 30 years. God didn't arrest me until I was 30 years of age, threw me in a hospital bed and I saw the depravity of my heart and my wickedness.  I knew all the stuff to say, but I was not a genuine Christian.   And I was living a double life. Somebody else at home, then I was at church. Ladies, that's a hypocrite. And Anias and Sapphira, they're great examples. Acts five, right? Whoo, they agreed together to lie to the Holy Spirit. Remember that story in Acts five? You know? Peter says, did you sell the land for such and such? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we did. Well, he fell over dead, you know? And they carried him out and three hours later his wife comes in and he goes, Peter says, yeah, tell me, did you sell the land for so and so? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we did. Why do you agree to lie to your husband with your husband about this? She fell down dead and he said, behold the feet of those that just carried out your husband, they're coming in to carry you out. Now, ladies, that's pretty swift judgment for hypocrisy, right? Sometimes I, you know, it's a good thing I'm not God because sometimes I think, Lord, if you could just, you know, really show yourself like that again, maybe some of these people would quit being hypocrites.  Ladies, we as Christians should be ourself. We should be an open book. We should be transparent. We should be what we are everywhere.  Pretending to be something you're not is hypocrisy and God hates it. In fact, you know, in the book of the revelation, he says all hypocrites will have their place in the lake of fire. That's not gonna be a pretty picture. Well, number four on Peter's get rid of list is envy. What's envy? Envy is longing for something that someone else has that you do not have. Envy is the feeling of displeasure produced by witnessing or hearing of the advantage or prosperity of someone else. And ladies, envy is a terrible sin because if you don't nip it in the bud, it can lead to hatred and murder as the case as seen in Cain and April. Envious, right? So he killed his brother. My daughter-in-law told me that the number one cause of death among pregnant women is murder by a jealous husband or boyfriend. We need to put off envy. We know from 1 Corinthians 13, genuine love does not, what, it's not envious. We're not envious of other people. Someone once said envy is the last sin to die. As long as yourself remains active within someone's heart, there will be envy in that person's life.  They were arguing about who was gonna be greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Seriously? They were envious. And Jesus reminded them, as he often did, the greatest among one of them would be the servant, right? The slave. Our brother James says it well, if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not glory, do not lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above. It's earthly, it's sensual, it is demonical. And he says where envy and strife is, there is confusion in every evil work. Why would we wanna be involved in that? Doesn't sound like a lot of fun, right? Listen to this one, all us women, especially as we're aging. Proverbs 14.30 says, a sound heart is life to the body, but envy is rottenness to your bones. Now ladies, they say as we get older, you know we have risks of hostile process and I don't know about you, but you can't afford any more rotting of your bones, right? And Proverbs says, if you envy, it's like rottenness to your bones. And you know they actually say that some of the sins that we commit, anxiety, worry, some of those things, they really affect our bodies. All kinds of things, acid reflux, backache, headache, all that kind of stuff. So we need to stop being envious of others, right? Cut that sin out. In fact, I believe women are more prone to this than men, I don't think men really struggle with this. In fact, my husband has said, I don't know how you work with women. But I said, well, that's because that's what I'm supposed to do. But I think definitely women are more prone to this sin of envy. Well, the last sin on Peter's throw-off list, notice is evil speaking, evil speaking. It means to speak against or to speak down. It refers to slandering someone, gossip, backbiting, slander. It was used in the biblical world to speak of a slave that would blab all of his master's secrets. So it was a pretty strong sin back then. In fact, evil speaking many times can be a result of envy because you know what happens? When you're jealous of someone, when you're envious of someone, you know what happens? You start gossiping, backbiting. That's why we call it backbiting because we don't do it to their face, right? We do it behind their back. And so we're envious or we're jealous, and so we try to put them down by elevating ourselves. Ladies, Peter will mention later on in 1 Peter 3.16 that that kind of speech comes from evil men. James says, do not speak evil one of another, brother.  And then he goes on to basically say, who's made you the law-kiffer? Who do you think you are by judging other people? And again, I think this is a special challenge for us as women. Ladies, we need to guard our speech. In fact, I hope none of you in this room will have written on your tombstone what one lady had. And I quote, beneath this stone, a lump of clay lies Arabella Young, who on the 24th of May began to hold her tongue the day she died, you know? Finally, she quit gossiping. Now, we could spend a whole lesson on the tongue. We don't have time to do that. I wasn't asked to speak on the tongue, but I can come back next year for the 13th time. We can talk about the tongue if you want, but we need to move on to the next verse. Well, instead of being involved in such wickedness, Peter tells us about our need to grow up. So we move from the grievous sins to our need to grow up. Notice what he says, as newborn babies desire the pure milk of the word so that you can grow. In fact, remember when I read that list, quoted that list from James where he says, lay aside all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. We've got to throw that off before what? We can receive the word of God and grow. Now, Peter uses an analogy here of a newborn baby. I've seen several babies come in this evening, but I didn't see a newborn yet, but this means a newborn baby. In fact, it's the same Greek word used of Jesus in the manger. Just born. In fact, in classical Greek, it was used of a baby at the breast. As a newborn baby, you desire the word just like they, a baby acts like their life is dependent on the next feeding, right? Ladies, do you long for the word like that? You know, when a baby is born, what's the one thing they wanna continually do all the time? Eat, right? They want to eat. Peter says they desire milk, which means they have an intense craving for it. And it not only entails intensity, but it includes the idea of a reoccurring yearning. Ladies, that's the type of desire that you and I should be having for the word of God. In fact, the psalmist uses it in Psalm 42.1, as the deer pants for the waterbrook. So my soul pants for you. Oh, God. In fact, I remember one time, I think it was when I was nursing my kids, someone said, you know, don't ever make your baby wait to eat. I go, why not? Well, you know what they say. If you make a baby wait like two minutes to eat, it's like you having to wait three days. I was like, really, who did that statistic?  I mean, I wanna ask some of these babies here this week. How do they know that? Babies can't talk at that age. But if that is true, if it is true, do you hunger for the word like that? Do you hunger and ache over it until you partake and are satisfied?  And I remember my husband will laugh often because our daughter, she would, you know, she didn't sleep through the night for a long time. My son did it two weeks, but she took a whole year. And he'd say, Susan, I'd say, what?  I go, baby, we got a baby? I don't remember that.  But I remember they would scream at the top of their lungs. And you know what? As soon as I put them to the breast, they stopped crying. They immediately stopped crying. In fact, they would usually make noises of satisfaction and they'd kick. My dear sister, do you kick and scream if you don't get to spend time in God's word? And by the way, my baby's just didn't want one quick drink.  It's like, seriously? Again, what in the world? Ladies, we should not be content with just a taste, a verse here, a verse there. Our spiritual appetite should be that, that we partake until we are satisfied. Does that describe your appetite for the word? Do you have a reoccurring yearning even throughout the day? Or are you satisfied with just a chapter a day or a verse a day? Ladies, our desire should be like that of Jeremiah who said, your words were found and I did eat them. And they were the joy and rejoicing of my heart for I'm called by your name, O Lord of Hosts.  And even Job, Job in the midst of suffering and affliction and losing his children and his health and all of his stuff and everything that went through him, went to him. He says, I have not departed from the commandments of your lips.  Ladies, the psalmist tells us, we're gonna see this in just a little bit. Next session, it is the godly man who meditates day and night in the scripture. It's not just in the morning or in the evening. It's a day and night meditation. Now I know most of us can identify with appetite or for those of us who like to eat and I love to eat. Just ask Debbie, I like to eat. I think of how many times I have ruined a perfectly healthy meal by eating the wrong thing. Back the other day I was making chocolate chip cookies for our gap a meal for Sunday night and I won't tell you how many, hey, I came out of the oven. But after eating those, who wants to eat anything else, you know? I've ruined a perfectly good healthy meal by eating chocolate chip cookies. In fact, when your kids grow up, you tell them no snacking before dinner, right? No more, why?  Ladies, have you ruined your appetite for God's word? What is ruining your appetite for scripture?  Are you wasting time shopping, talking on the phone, surfing the internet, watching television, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter account, whatever. I can't even keep up with all the stuff out there anymore. My friend, anything that takes away your spiritual appetite should be forsaken so that you might desire the pure milk of the word.  If you were involved in any of these sins that Peter mentions or any of the other ones that are listed at any of God's word, I can guarantee you do not have a healthy appetite for scripture. You don't.  If you are being satisfied with what the world has to offer, then you will have no appetite left for the things of God. Remember the quote? Either the word will keep you from sin or sin will keep you from the word. You know, even in the physical realm, if you were to go to your doctor next week and say, you know, doctor, I don't feel very well. You know, I haven't had an appetite in several months and I'm not sure what's wrong. You know, the doctor would say, that's not good. That's not good, you don't have an appetite. God made our bodies to eat, right? He provided food for us. And so it is in the spiritual realm. Ladies, if you don't have an appetite for the word of God, that tells your heavenly physician something is not right. You should have an appetite for the word of God. A spiritually healthy Christian should be a hungry Christian. A hungry baby is a sign of a healthy baby. A hungry Christian is a sign of a healthy Christian. One man said this, my rule for Christian living is this, anything that dims my vision of Christ or takes away my taste for Bible study or cramps my prayer life or makes Christian work difficult is wrong for me. And I must as a Christian turn away from it. Ladies, if you don't have an appetite for the word on a consistent basis, then something is wrong. Something's wrong. And it may be that there is sin in your life. I would say this to you this evening, your hunger for God's word will be in direct relation to your obedience to it. Now, you might say, well, Susan, why should I desire the word? Well, look what Peter says, it has a quality to it. Look at the quality of this spiritual food. It's pure, it's pure milk, it's sincere. It's uncontaminated, it's unadulterated. It has nothing added to it. Ladies, it's not like the watered down Christian books out there.  How many there are junk at the Christian bookstore junk. This is pure, pure. It is the pure milk of the word. In fact, they tell us, you know, Mother's milk is the best source of nutrition for her newborn baby over formula. Why? It's pure, it's unadulterated. It's full of nutrients and natural immune fighters. So it is in the spiritual realm. Ladies, the pure milk of this book right here, the word of God is the best means of spiritual nourishment for you, right here. In fact, one translation of the Greek is pure spiritual milk. And you know what, it's pure in contrast to those sins we just looked at, right? Envy, malice, evil speaking, it's pure. In fact, I had discipled a lady many years ago and she told me one time, she said, Susan, my husband and I have decided we're not going to read any religious books outside of the Bible. Now, that might seem a little extreme to you. I mean, I must say I am grateful for some of the writings of other people. But I know on the other hand of women who substitute devotional literature or fictional romance novels for time in the word. I would encourage you to not let that happen to you. Do not let that happen to you. You should be spending more time in the word of God than any other book. If you don't, you will become stunted in your spiritual growth. You will also become spiritually undiscerning to truth and you will adopt man's views and maybe be swallowed up by a false teacher. I hope not.  End of quote. Now, why should we crave God's word? Why should we crave it? What is the result of craving God's word? Notice what Peter says, so that you can grow. So you can grow. In other words, so that you can be nourished and grow. Grow up in your salvation. Do you know they tell us milk is the most nourishing of all foods and children who drink milk grow faster than children who do not drink milk? Do you know that? Ladies, the word is the most nourishing of all spiritual food. Spiritual children who drink the milk of the word grow faster and children who do not. Have you asked yourself lately, am I growing spiritually? Is my life different today than it was last year? Do I know more about God and His word today than I did last year? Are my spiritual muscles being developed?    My husband, I've talked about this from time to time. People come to church, you never see their lives change and you wonder, why aren't they growing spiritually? How come their life isn't changing? They're hearing the same sermons I am every Sunday and they're coming to the same ladies Bible study I'm coming to every Tuesday night. Why aren't they growing? Maybe it's indirect relation to the word of God and the lack of time spent in it. Some believers that I know are anemic, why? Because they don't have proper spiritual nutrition and they don't know where the simplest things in the scripture are. They don't have power in their lives to overcome sin because they're still crawling around in their spiritual diapers. Ladies, we need to grow up. It's time to grow up, to get into the pure milk of the word. Well, we turn from our need to grow up to lastly our gracious Lord. Peter reminds us how good the Lord is. How good he tastes. Why do we wanna partake of sins when we can taste of the Lord? Look what he says. If indeed you've tasted the Lord is gracious. The word if means since you have tasted. In fact, Peter's quoting from Psalm 34.8, taste and see that the Lord is good. Taste, see the Lord is good. What does it mean to taste the Lord? It means to experience. In fact, the word gracious here is a Greek word where it speaks of old wine being better. Taste and see the Lord is better. He's good. He's excellent. Peter's reminding them you have tasted of the Lord. He's excellent. Now continue to taste him. Ladies, we can understand what Peter's saying here because even in the physical realm, do you know if you taste something that excites your appetite for more? Remember that commercial? Well, this tells my age.  I love potato chips. It's hard to eat just one. I love chocolate chip cookies too and the dough. It's hard to eat just one, isn't it? I mean that taste excites your appetite, doesn't it? You want more. And so it is, ladies, once you've tasted of the excellency of God and the pure milk of his word, you want more. You want to eat more. Taste it. It's good. It's excellent. What did Jesus say? I'm the bread of life. He who comes to me will never hunger, right? He who believes in me will never thirst. Ladies, Jesus Christ is the only thing that satisfies the hungry and thirsty soul. If you are eating something else this evening besides the living word, I guarantee your soul is not satisfied. So what are our grievous sins? Malice, guile, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking. Are you practicing any of these tonight or any other sins? If so, then they're keeping you from growing up. Peter tells us we need to grow up. Do you desire the milk of the word like a newborn baby who desires milk with great intensity? If not, why not? Ladies, if not, why not taste and see the Lord is gracious? Peter tells us our Lord is gracious. He's excellent. Have you tasted the Lord to know He's excellent? Are you craving the word often and with great intensity? Do you not only taste it, but do you chew on it? Do you memorize it? Do you study it? Have you lost your appetite for God, for His word? Martin Luther says this, whoever sits at the table and is hungry relishes everything heartily. But he who has previously been satisfied relishes nothing. He can only murmur at the most excellent food. My dear friend, do you treasure God's word? If so, does it manifest itself by your desire for the word? Has your desire for the word of God grown?  Do it now so that it doesn't spoil your appetite for God's word and then get into the word. And if you don't know how to get into the word come tomorrow.  I encourage you, be like that newborn baby with an always hungering, never satisfying desire for God's word, let's pray. Dear Lord, I pray that you would stir our hearts, that we would lay aside any idols that we are clinging to, that we would forsake all sin, that we would desire to know Christ above anything else. And Father, I don't know the hearts of these ladies. Some people may not have a desire for your word because they don't know you. They don't know the living God. They've never repented of their sins. They don't understand that Christ died for their sins, that he was buried and he rose again for them. He's coming again to judge the living and the dead. And I pray, oh God, that your spirit might touch their hearts, to open their eyes, help them see Christ.  If that's the issue, and they would do it tonight. Father, we would just commit the rest of our evening to you. I pray, I pray for these ladies, oh God, that you would do a mighty, mighty work in each of their lives this weekend for the Savior's sake, so that our God would be glorified and his word would be held high in this evil and adulterous relation, world that we live in, Father. And I pray this for the Savior's sake, amen.