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THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Eight Thousand Colored People in Omaha and Vicinity, and to the Good of the Community ```markdown ``` $1.00 a Year. 5c a Copy. United Brothers of Friendship Pleased Forty-Fifth Annual Session of the Grand Lodge Held Here Most Successful in Its History. WARMLY WELCOMED BY MAYOR A Well Arranged Program Carefully Carried Out—Interest Centered in Election of Officers. "This city excels all places in which our Grand Lodge has ever met in the accommodations provided for us in this magnificent building, in the completeness of arrangements, in courteous attention and warm hospitality and your mayor made the best welcoming speech I have ever heard, and I've heard a great many, and what pleases me more is the fact that I believe his words come from his heart and are backed up by his actions," said Captain C. H. Tandy of St. Louis, Mo., the oldest member of the order, when asked by The Monitor for an expression of opinion on the convention now being held in Omaha. He added: "You have a beautiful city; and this court house is magnificent. I'm not covetous, but I wish we had one like it in St. Louis." Equally enthusiastic were the words of Dr. Caston, the distinguished grand master of the order, also a resident of St. Louis, who said: "This is one of the mose excellent meetings we have ever had; in fact, in my judgment, it goes beyond anything we have ever had, as to meeting place, hospitality and uniform courtesy from black and white alike. Our reception in this city city speaks volumes for your citizenship. it proclaims the type of leadership you have here. In visiting the average northern or western city, I don't have to enter a single Negro home to tell the character of colored people of that place. The manner in which I am treated in the stores and business houses tells me the kind of Negroes who live in that town. Omaha has a fine type of citizenship. You have a city to be proud of and the members of our order will never forget Omaha." The Hon. Nelson Crews of Kansas City, Mo., said he could not find words to express his sentiments. He said: "There may be other cities in the United States that would do it, but I don't know where they are, that would light the city's welcome arch in honor of a Negro organization as Omaha has done. That act alone manifests a liberal spirit that moves me deeply and makes me thank God and take courage. Such a spirit as that will make Omaha great, as she richly deserves to be." These expressions voice the unanimous sentiment of hundreds of delegates and visitors attending the forty-fifth annual session of the grand lodge of the United Brothers of Friendship and the thirty-second annual grand The Rev. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor Omaha, Nebraska, August 21, 1915 Think on These Things If any little love of mine May make a life the sweeter, If any little care of mine May make a friend's the fleeter, If any lift of mine may ease The burden of another, God give me love and care and strength To help a toiling brother. THE REV. WILLIAM F. BOTT WILLIAM F. BOTTS. Pastor of Zion Baptist THE REV. WILLIAM F. BOTTS. Pastor of Zion Baptist Church. session of the grand temple of the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten, which closed their sessions in Omaha today. The sessions were held in the Douglas county court house, the entire fourth floor being placed at their service, allowing them ample accommodations for all their deliberations and committee meetings. Monday was occupied with the deliberations of the Grand Royal House, which convened in its twenty-first annual session. Tuesday morning was given over to the business session of the grand lodge, presided over by Dr. J. T. Gaston, M. W. G. M.; and of grand temple, at which Mrs. Ida L. Garnett, M. W. G. P., presided. Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 a public meeting was held, at which addresses of welcome were made by Mayor Dahlman and others. For this meeting the large court room was literally packed by an immense audience which remained throughout the entire program of three hours' duration without the slightest show of impatience, so interesting were the whole proceedings. --- Pastor of Zion Baptist Church. Promptly at 2:30 Grand Master Caston called the meeting to order and introduced the Rev. W. T. Osborne, pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church as master of ceremonies, who then took charge, and presided with ability. Prayer was said by the Rev. Dr. Hirst, pastor of St. Stephen's Baptist church, Kansas City, Mo. A selection was then given by the S. M. T. choir of Kansas City. The Rev. W. T. Osborne gave a well prepared address setting forth the achievements of the race and speaking hopefully of the future. He then introduced most happily Mayor James C. Dahlman. Mayor Dahlman's speech of welcome was a masterpiece. It breathed a spirit that would have done credit to a Charles Sumner or a Wendall Phillips. He was frequently interrupted by prolonged applause. In closing, he said: "In conclusion I present to you the keys of the great city of Omaha, spotlessly white and clean, for I believe the men and women who constitute this great organization are honest, law-abiding citizens and will re- (Continued on eighth page) Volume I. Number 8 The Good Birth Science Discussed Tuskegee Physician Discusses Eugenics and Speaks Plainly on Important Subject. INDISCRIMINATE DANCING BAD Women Unwilling to Fulfill the Duties of Wives and Mothers Ought Not to Marry. Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Aug. 20. One of the most unusual and effective addresses ever heard at this school was the one delivered by Dr. J. A. Kenney, medical director in charge of the John A. Andrew Memorial hospital, before the teachers in attendance upon the Tuskegee summer school which closed July 23. Dr. Kenney's subject was "Eugenics and the School Teacher," and with solemn eloquence the speaker handled without gloves the question of race suicide, denominated as the "crime of the age." Declaring his intention to call a spade a spade, Dr. Kenney took up first the social dance. He did not indiscriminately condemn dancing, but declared that too little discrimination is shown in the selection of the dance partner. He declared that the rake and libertine are too often permitted upon the floor of the dance hall to take liberties with our best young mothers, wives, sisters and daughters. He appealed to the teachers to use common sense in removing the veil of mock modesty and prudery which has caused boys and girls to drift into bad habits through ignorance and brought about a general tendency to race decay. Referring to the science of eugenics, Dr. Kenney said that in its simplest terms it might be called the giving birth to better babies. It is not a new idea, he said, but only recently has it been recognised as a science. He declared that the eugenist contemplates baby culture just as the agriculturist studies and discusses corn culture. Women Unable and Unwilling to Bear Children. A startling statement was made by Dr. Kenney when he declared that 20 per cent of American women are unable to bear children and 25 per cent are unwilling to do so. Of the children born from the remaining 55 per cent, one out of four die in infancy and many of the others become wards of the nation. With emphasis the speaker declared that women unable or unwilling to perform the duties of wife and mother should not marry. Dr. Kenney's address was in part as follows: "Today we shall call a spade by its old vernacular, a spade, and not a certain instrument of manual labor; a house shall be a house and not a residence. "The social dance—all too long leaders, educators, preachers, physi- General Race News 2 Lawrenceville, Va.—The eleventh annual session of the St. Paul Farmers' Conference at the St. Paul Normal and Iudustrial school was full of interest. The conference is an organization of 2,000 Negro farmers and workers of Brunswick county, organized and fostered by the school for the purpose of social, material, moral and religious uplift. The conference gives attention to such practical and helpful things as better methods of farming, better homes, increasing the length of the school term by local self-taxation, buying land, and maintaining helpful relations between the races. The county is divided into conference communities corresponding to the schools and representatives from these are asked to report upon community conditions. There are fourteen questions asked embracing such subjects as the school, the home, neighborhood morals, amount of money raised by extending school terms, number of acres of land bought, number of newly built houses, or remodeled, repaired, painted or whitewashed; whether frame or log, number of rooms and upon the crop increase, or decrease of acreage, soil improvement, giving of crop liens, growing corn, raising hogs, chickens, stock, production of milk, butter, etc. Negroes Own Property Worth $600 000 Replies show that thirty-five new houses had been built at a cost of from $400 to $1,200 and others remodeled, repaired and painted. Over 1,000 acres of land purchased since last conference, two new schoolhouses built by co-operative effort, $500 raised to extend the school term one month, $1,600 raised by subscription or paid in cash for prospective new schools or for various school improvements such as new desks, industrial material, etc. In the matter of food supplies the questions brought out that more farmers were attempting to raise food for themselves and stock, more hogs being raised and the acreage in corn practically doubled. As to the money crops, tobacco, cotton and peanuts still hold first place, but more farmers are getting away from the strictly money crops and are diversifying their farming. The president's address showed that the Negroes of the county, according to the auditor's report, owned a fraction less than 60,000 acres of land, valued with the houses thereon at nearly $600,000, and that their real and personal property was assessed with taxes amounting to a little over $6,000. The women's conference took place on the second day. This is an organization of the mothers, farmers' wives and daughters of the county which meets with the conference, giving attention to matters of the home, the garden, vegetables, sanitation and making farm life conditions more tolerable. Their work through the various mothers' clubs of the country has done much to improve the status of women and elevate the sanctity of the home. MEN OF 25TH INFANTRY Schofield Barrack, Honolulu, H. T. The soldiers of the Twenty-fifth in- THE MONITOR C. P. Wesin Grocery Co. C. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET W. C. Bullard Paul Hoagland D. P. Benedic BRAMBLETT ENGRAVING CO Acid blast Who's fantry, United States army, stationed at this point, will not stand for the presentation of any play or picture film in the barracks' amusement hall which reflects upon the Negro race. This was shown on the night of June 8, when a picture play called "James Kirby" was put upon the screen. Advertised as one of the best pictures ever on the island, the play drew a large audience of officers and enlisted men. But with the flashing of the first scene trouble began. The film was staged in the South and the theme harked back to slavery days. It showed the young Negro girls being handled by the slave owners and traders, and when the soldiers saw that the house was thrown into an uproar. From every section came the cry. "Cut it out-" Film Causes Outbreak of Men. There are several officers in the regiment who do not share in the southerner's prejudice against the Negro, and they showed their objections to the photoplay by leaving the hall as soon as the character of the picture was discovered. Their leaving was taken as a cue and half of the audience filed out, also. As soon as the men reached the outside the rocks began to fly. The roof of the hall was bombarded to such an extent that officers had to order the stopping of the play. This is the third incident of the kind in the past six months. Recently a local show came out to the barracks from Honolulu and put on a play called "Down in Dixie." Only the most strenuous efforts on the part of the officers prevented a riot and the mobbing of the players. The actors were glad to get back to Honolulu. The men have let it be known on a number of occasions that while amusements are desired, nothing will be tolerated that reflects in the slightest degree on the Negro race. Some of the officers claim that the trouble is caused by some of the recruits, but this is not borne out by the facts. Every member of the Twenty-fifth infantry resents such pictures and plays. NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL WANTS GIRLS Washington, D. C.-The National Training School for Women and Girls, Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, president, Lincoln Heights, Washington, D. C., is offering special inducements to 100 exceptional girls who want to become proficient in some profession or trade. 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Services: Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; B. Y. P. U. at 6 p. m. Zion—Twenty-sixth and Franklin (temporary location). The Rev. W. F. Botts, pastor; residence, 2522 Grant street. Telephone Webster 5838. Services: Devotional hour, 10:30 a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday School, 1 to 2 p. m.; pastor's Bible class, 2 to 3 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. m.; choir devotion, 7:30 p. m.; preaching 8 p. m. Episcopal— Church of St. Philip the Deacon Twenty-first near Paul street. The Rev. John Albert Williams, rector. Residence, 1119 North Twenty-first street. Telephone Webster 4243. Services daily at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. Fridays at 8 p. m. Sundays at 7:30 a. m., 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School at 12:45 p. m. Methodist St. John's A. M. E.—Eighteenth and Opinions of Readers On Effect of the Lynching of Frank The Monitor submitted the following question to several of our readers: "WHAT EFFECT, IF ANY, IN YOUR OPINION, WILL THE LYNCHING OF LEO FRANK HAVE UPON THE SUPPRESSION OF MOB VIOLENCE AGAINST NEGROES?" Here are the replies received: Will Increase Sentiment Against. To the Editor of the Monitor: The question is asked as to what effect the lynching of Leo Frank will have upon the public? I am of the opinion that it will have a decided effect in the future, for many defenseless men and women of the Negro race have been taken from their homes on a slight pretense or a mere suspicion by mobs and hanged or burned at the stake and scarcely a word has been said against it, while the lynching of Frank, having aroused public opinion as never before, will create an adverse public sentiment which is the only remedy to prohibit lynching. The newspapers all over the country are writing editorials condemning mob law. The Omaha Bee has written a strong editorial on the cowardly lynching of Frank by the Georgia mob and it states that it is one of the most flagrant outrages ever perpetrated by the incitement of passion and prejudice, causing a shudder in the breast of every right minded person. I think the only way in which it can be stopped is by public sentiment. No race of people has suffered more at the hands of the lawless element than the Negro and I believe the day is not far distant when the more intelligent people of this country will take it up and put a stop to such lawlessness, for as law-abiding citizens we should stand by the decision of the courts. Respectfully, M. F. SINGLETON. 1428 No. Twenty-second Street. THE MONITOR Webster streets. The Rev. W. T. Osborne, pastor. Residence, 613 North Eighteenth street. Telephone Douglas 5914. Services: Sunday, 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., preaching; 12 noon, class; 1:15 p. m., Sunday School; 7 p. m., Endeavor; Wednesday, 8 p. m., prayer and class meetings. Everybody made welcome at all of these meetings. Bethel—Twenty-ninth and T streets South Omaha. The Rev. J. C. Brown, pastor, residence 467 South Thirty-first street. Services, Morning, 11; evening, 7:30; Sunday School 1 p. m.; B. Y. P. B., 6:30 p. m.; praise service, Grove M. E.—Twenty-second and Seward streets. The Rev. G. G. Logan, pastor. Residence, 1628 North Twenty-second street. Allen Chapel, A. M. E., 181 South Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha. The Rev. Harry Shepherd, pastor. Residence, 181 South Twenty-fifth street. Services: Preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday School, 1:30 p. m. Should Pray for Rright-Minded Men. To the Editor of the Monitor: The people of the South have sown lawlessness and it is bearing fruit. Women and children have witnessed with evident delight the awful sight of lynching Negroes. Such things have gone on from time to time and the country has given little heed while one class has been bearing most of the suffering. This evil is now spreading to others and we cannot tell where it is going to stop; but we as a race must not and will not exult over the fact that it is spreading to others. We should be filled with pity and sorrow and earnestly pray for right-thinking men to lead our country into higher paths. Editor of The Monitor: "What effect, if any, will the lynching of Leo Frank have upon the supression of lynch law in the South?" In my opinion that is a question which only time can answer. No doubt the entire world believes Frank guilty of that vicious crime. But, though he be guilty, is murder legal, or otherwise, even justifiable in the sight of the Divine Creator, who has commanded, "Thou shalt not kill"? As I was once a resident of Georgia, and was teaching in one of the universities of Atlanta during the year in which the most brutal race riot this country has ever experienced transpired, I know by experience and observation what a spirit of brutality a frenzied Georgia mob can cultivate. I argued to myself before reading the remarks made by the mayor of Atlanta before the California state assessors, that there might eventually be some hope for absolute abandonment of lynch law in Georgia, and finally some of the other southern states; but after reading the speech made by the chief executive of the city of Atlanta, the man chosen by the people to represent their local commonwealth, I have decided that it is a question of much conjecture. Baptist— MARY L. GOODCHILD. 3640 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Ill. The Effect Doubtful. But as the white people of the great city of Atlanta have manifested by the lynching of Frank that lynch law is not for the Negro alone accused of the unmentionable crime, I am at times inclined to view it optimistically and feel that eventually the law may some time in the far distant future be abolished. Yet Frank was a Jew. Would the peaceable, law-abiding citizens of Atlanta have applied the same law to an Anglo-American? Let us be thankful that the crime was not entirely put upon the Negro implicated. Mayor Woodward of Atlanta is quoted as saying: "Georgia is the leading state of the South. Its people cannot be classed with tramps, hoodlums, bandits and law breakers." If the chief executive of the city of Atlanta does not view the members of a mob as bandits and law breakers, and if he expresses the opinions of the best citizens of the entire South, then only divine interference can destroy and eradicate the lynch law which seems to be the most popular law of the entire South. J. ALICE STEWART. Mr. Editor: You have asked me what effect in my opinion will the lynching of Leo M. Frank have on the future acts of mobs. In answer I will say it will be stimulating unless every member of that mob is apprehended and the dignity of the law vindicated by their open trial, conviction and punishment by the constituted authority of the state of Georgia. Now, sir, it must be understood that it is not the courts that will furnish the remedy, it must be the healthy education of public opinion. JOS. CARR. The murder or lynching of Leo M. Frank August 17, 1915, adds another dark page of history to the proud state of Georgia. Not only is it a disgrace to the state of Georgia, but it is a blot on the history of the United States, and a crime against civilization. Notwithstanding the great amount of publicity given this atrocious crime, it is no more heinous than the murder of any other man. When a Negro is lynched it brings the same amount of disgrace upon the community or commonwealth as when a white man is dealt with in the same manner. The color of the skin does not make any difference, it is a life sacrificed to the savage propensities of a supposed civilized people. If the law is enforced and the murderers of Leo M. Frank are dealt with as they should be, it will have a tendency to lessen the desire for law violation in the south land. The Negro especially will be more safe and secure, because if a number of lynchers or murderers are dealt with according to law, it will break up the mob spirit. The reason why this disgraceful practice has been allowed to flourish is because heretofore the participants have been immune from punishment; but if justice is once dealt out to the guilty ones, it will strike a death blow to the hydra-headed monster lynch law, from which it will never recover. AMOS P. SCRUGGS, Attorney. 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Published Every Saturday. sche anni eS Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post- office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. ‘eticbuialiaineaaeeilotpaiamretirnenielcliiihetaenapninrnennsini ischiaiidineasaletedatiiatls THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Pryor, Associate Editors. Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advertising and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.00 per year. Advertising rates, 25 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. 4 THE LYNCHING OF FRANK. The lynching of Frank has riveted the eyes of the world again not only upon Georgia, but upon the United States of America. Georgia is notor- ious for her lawlessness. Others of the southern sisterhood of states share with Georgia her unenviable reputation. But the reproach of lynch law, the shameful disgrace of wan- ton, wilful murder by mobs cannot rest alone* upon any one section of our common country but upon the whole nation. If the union be one and inseparable, as we hold in theory, if not in practice, it is one body hav- ing many members and if one mem- ber suffer all the members suffer with it. In Georgia’s disgrace Nebraska is disgraced because she, too, is one of Columbia’s children. For weal or for woe, for better, for worse, the family tie binds the several states of the American commonwealth togeth- er. Lawlessness in any part of the United States should be felt as a re- proach to all and each one should do all in his power to create such a righteous public sentiment that no place shall be left among us for vic- jousness of life either individual or corporate. What has happened in Georgia has happened and can happen anywhere else in this country. Pennsylvania not many years ago witnessed a sim- ilar scene. A younded man, sick nigh unto death, was burned at the stake; but he was only an insignificant black youth, charged with a crime, not giv- en a chance for a hearing. Who has forgotten the ghoulish glee with which Alexander was given to the flames in Leavenworth, Kas., a few years ago? Who can forget the hor- rors of Springfield, Il, or of Spring- field, Ohio; to say nothing of Atlanta, and Paris, and Temple, Texas, and the thousands of victims throughout the South—men, women and children, who, without trial, have been sent un- shriven out of this world by blood- thirsty mobs of “the superior race?” But the victims were black. It mat- tered little. The attitude of the coun- try has been acquiescent, apathetic or indifferent. Few condemned; many condoned and excused. National in- difference to lynching of Negroes is directly responsible for the lynching of Leo Frank, which the press of the country condemns. Had the press and pulpit of this country been uncompro- mising in its denunciation of mob vio- lence for the past twenty-five years, instead of so apathetic and apologetic, a sentiment would have been created that would have made such a crime as this almost impossible even in the South. : Race hatred is deep upon the part of many Caucasians against the dark- er races or races other than their own. It is constantly coming to the fore. It is frequently manifested. It THE MONITOR is the one dead fly in the ointment of the apothecary. Whether he was in- nocent or guilty, no one can deny that race prejudice was strong against Leo Frank, because he was a Jew. Belonging, as we do, to a race that suffers from the same unreasoning, blighting prejudice, we can but hope that Americans of all classes may be so aroused by the lynching of Frank that they will earnestly endeavor to cultivate that charity and good will towards all men- that America may become a synonym for kindly, just und sympathetne brotherhood. We hope that it may show the country the vol- canic danger of race prejudice and raise us all above its soul-destroying manhood-blighting degradation. eakiclilia aati THE IMPRESSION MADE BY THE U. B. OF F. AND S. OF M. T. No one who attended the public ses- sions of the Grand Lodge of the U. B. of F. and the S. of M. T. could not but be impressed with the dignity, intelli- gence and dispatch with which their work was marked and with the cali- bre and character of the men and the women who constitute the member- ship of that strong and influential or- ganization. In the wonderful growth and efficiency of the order one must admire the wisdom in which it was conceived and acknowledge the race’s ability for successful and efficient or- ganization which it attests. It is a race organization pure and simple, conceived and brought into being by colored men and brought to its high plane of excellence and efficiency by colored men and women. With a na- tional membership of 1,000,000, with a well-filled treasury paying annually thousands of dollars in insurance and sick benefits, insisting upon temper- ance and good character in its mem- bers, boldly maintaining that its mem- bers must be men and women of Chris- tian character, one can conceive what an immense power for good and racial uplift this organization is. We are glad this organization has met in Om- aha for it has brought a message of hope and inspiration and given us a wider vision and broader sympathies. We are glad to know that as our guests they carry away most kindly thoughts and pleasant memories of their sojourn in Omaha, the gateway to the golden west. Omaha has never entertained a more worthy body of earnest, purposeful men and women than the Grand Lodge of U. B. of F. and 8. of M. T. of Missouri and its jurisdiction. Come again, a cordial welcome awaits you. The projected government railway for Alaska, which is to run from Se- ward to Fairbanks, a distance of 412 miles, will be a great factor in simpli- fying and developing our missionary work there, It will open up also the resources of the country and greatly mitigate some of its difficult condi- tions, Science Notes BY WILLIAM G. HAYNES. In the current Scientific American there appears an article of much in- terest concerning a mechanical eye, technically known as the phonopticon. The purpose of the apparatus is to enable the blind to read books, pa- pers, magazines and other literature that is not open to them for reasons that are obvious. ‘The basis of the mechanism is the rare element, selenium, and a brief description of this substance is nec- essary for a clear understanding of the phonopticon. Selenium is a sub- ‘stance that occurs with and some- what resembles sulphur in its prop- erties. Its most curious and impor- tant property is its ability to allow the passage of an electric current through it in proportion to the amount of light that falls upon the selenium. In that respect it acts as a connecting link between light and electricity. It is this characteristic that is used to advantage in the phonopticon. The mechanical eye is a box-like arrange- ment having a small opening on the under side. In operation, this open- ing passes over the printed -letters on the page of a book, for instance, and in such a manner that one let- ter is exposed at a time. A small beam of light is made to fall upon the letter as the “eye” passes over it, and the reflections from the dif- ferent portions of the letter, in pass- ing, in turn affect the crystals of selenium placed within the box. Now let’s go to the operator a minute, During this time, the blind person has a receiver at his ear, this receiver being practically the same as a telephone receiver. Before the “eye” reaches a letter the operator can hear only a musical sound of a certain pitch, but as soon as the “eye” reaches part of a letter the pitch changes and continues to vary until the letter passes the small hole in the bottom of the box. The change of pitch is due to the change in the quantity of electric current, and the change in the current is directly due to the amount of light acting upon the selenium crystals. Each different letter therefore has a characteristic change of pitch and enables the blind to “read with their ears.” The phonopticon was devised by Dr. F. C. Brown of the State Univer- sity of Iowa, and was exhibited at San Francisco. It is estimated that in two months’ time a blind person of average ability can learn to read with this instrument. COLOR OF OUTER GARMENTS. The amount of heat which a fab- ric will absorb when in the sun is influenced by the color and not by the material or the weave—that is, assuming that the cloth is dry. Laveran noticed that a thermometer wrapped in white cloth and exposed to the sun’s rays rose to 89 3-5. One wrapped in black cloth and exposed near by under other conditions ex- actly the same rose to 107 3-5. Har- vard records the following observa- tions: A thermometer wrapped in olive drab cloth went from 93, the temperature of the air, to 126. In another observation a thermometer wrapped in olive drab recorded 108.3, one in khaki 105.6, and one in white 95.4. - In these experiments the thermom- eters were exposed to the same condi- tions as to draits of air and moisture in the cloth. The effort was to de- termine which color had the most power to absorb heat from the sun’s rays. The conclusion was that any cloth exposed to the sun’s rays ab- sorbed some heat. White absorbed least, and the amount absorbed in- creased from white through light yel- low, dark yellow, light green, dark red, dyrk green, light blue, to black. What color should the outside cloth- ing be if one must be exposed to the direct rays of the sun in hot weather? The answer is: White is best, black is worst, and other colors lie be- tween. When one is in the shade con- stantly different conditions apply. Black radiates heat better than does any other color. The same quality which makes black the most efficient color when it is a question of heat passing inward from the sun’s rays makes it the most efficient when it is a question of heat passing out from the body. White is the poorest radi- ator. For indoor clothing in hot weather black will be the best color, other things being equal. \ In the main the best studies, of these questions have been those 7. by authorities. But we are not to follow their examples blindly, since the chief quality of efficiency with them is not one of comfort. When the soldier wears khaki or gray in summer or white in winter it is be- cause his government has decided that the color chosen blends best with the ground, the vegetation, or the snow of the district in which the war is being fought. While the question of color in the main applies to outer clothing, it has some relation to «nderclothes.—Dr. W. A. Evans in the Chicago Daily Tribune. OPINIONS OF READERS ON EF- FECT OF LYNCHING OF FRANK (Continued from Page 3.) The prisoner was never actually proven guilty, but from traditional prejudice and bitterness toward the Jew he was convicted. Even with a most fertile imagination, can you pic- ture a prejudice stronger toward the Jew than toward the Negro since this is the first case of a Jew being so out- raged in the state of Georgia? While the history of this proud old state, that the American youth may read as he runs, will be replete with facts of the Negro’s being strung up by the score, If Georgia will go so far as to bru- tally murder a prisoner, not proven guilty, who has enjoyed the right of a citizen, and the protection of a most clannish people, what then will they do to the poor, defenseless Negro who has ever been denied the right to work out unmolested his own des- tiny, as a human being? KATE WILSON. Reaping What Yod Sow. Editor Monitor: The country had an ocular demon- stration of the principle that those who sow to the winds shall reap the whirlwind, when the body of Leo M, Frank was found dangling from an oak tree at the end of a rope on Thursday morning, August 17, 1915, in Cobb county, Georgia. The lynching of Leo M. Frank shows clearly that the spirit of lawlessness has already begun to react on the white man and the South is yet to reap the whirlwinds at the bar of “Judge Lynch.” J. H. GARNETT, President Western College. Macon, Ga. Events and Persons In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested. News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night. Mrs. V. S. Wheatley returned Monday from a visit with relatives and friends at St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Wheatley, who went with his wife a few weeks ago to attend a family reunion, was compelled to return earlier, Mrs. Wheatley remaining until Monday. Margaret Jackson, a twelve year-old girl, died in the emergency hospital August 16th and was buried from Obee's undertaking chapel Wednesday afternoon, interment being at Forest Lawn cemetery. Joseph Cabell died at St. Joseph's hospital August 16th, after a lingering illness. He was buried from Obee's undertaking chapel Friday morning at 10 o'clock by the Pullman Protective association. Buy copies of last week's special edition of The Monitor and send to your friends. They will appreciate it. Mrs. Rozanna Malden of Hamburg, Ia., spent the week end with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. William Burch Brown, at 129 North Thirty-eighth avenue. The Phi Delta girls held their annual outing at Riverview park Sunday afternoon. Nine guests were present. The "C" supper under the auspices of the New Woman's Reform circle, which has been postponed twice on account of rain, will be given Monday night, August 23rd, at Zion Baptist church, Twenty-sixth and Franklin streets. St. Philip's Sunday school picnic, again postponed on account of rain, will be held next Wednesday afternoon at Miller park, if the weather will permit. Mrs. Austin Kellar of Little Rock, Ark., is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. J. B. Hill, of Twenty-fourth and Hamilton streets. Mrs. Kellar has been the guest of honor at several social affairs. Miss Dorothy Flippin of Lincoln, Neb., is the guest of Mrs. Joseph La Cour, 2106 Grace street. Mrs. Jennie Bailey, mother of Mrs. Reuben Moore, of Twenty-seventh avenue, has gone to St. Paul and Duluth for an extended visit in each place to her daughters resident there. Mrs. James G. Jewel has gone to Chicago to attend the National Negro Educational congress, which meets in conjunction with the semi-centennial Lincoln celebration. Mrs. Jewel is one of several delegates from Nebraska appointed by Governor Morehead. The First Regimental Band played for the printers' picnic last Saturday afternoon at Elmwood park and scored a great success. Mrs. Alice Reeves of Emporia, Kan., and her daughter, Constance, are the guests of her niece, Mrs. Henry Buford, of 3510 Blondo street. A lawn social will be given August 30th at the residence of Mrs. S. K. Brownlow, 2810 Ohio street, for the benefit of the Star of Bethlehem Chapter No. 56. --- THE MONITOR Be sure to attend the lawn social at Mrs. Brownlow's Aug. 30th.—Adv. The home of Dr. W. W. Peebles, 2914 North Twenty-sixth, was broken into by burglars Wednesday and several valuable articles taken. W. W. Fields of Cameron, Mo., who has been the secretary of the Masonic Relief Association for the past eight years, was among the visitors to Omaha this week. Blind Boone, the famous pianist, is among the merriest and most enthusiastic of the many U. B. F.'s visiting the city. He is to spend the winter in Omaha. The First Regimental Band gave the following program Wednesday night at the municipal band concert at Kountze park: March, "American Conquest"..... Greenawald Overture, "Festal".....Hazel Waltz, "Tres Jolie".....Waldteuful "The Rosary".....Nevin Song, "My Little Dream Girl"..... Gilbert and Friedland Hungarian Dance No. 2.....Brahms Intermission. March, "The Battle of the Kings"..... J. Frank Terry Selection, "Maritana".....Wallace Love Song, "A Little Love, a Little Kiss"..... Silesw Medley Overture, "Little Dearie"..... Mahl Duet from "Il Trovatore".....Verdi (Desdunes and Terry) Patriotic Airs. The Rev. William Frederick Botts, pastor of Zion Baptist church, whose cut appears in this issue, is the son of Thomas and Matilda (Brown) Botts and was born on a farm in Lyons county, Missouri, March 30, 1867. He remained on the farm until he was 17 years of age, attending in the meanwhile the country school. He subsequently attended Western college, at Macon, Mo. His first pastorates were Excelsior Springs and Lathrop, Mo., which he served jointly for seven years. He then went to Moberly, at which place he was pastor for seven years, going subsequently to Carrollton, where he remained nearly eight years, resigning his pastorate there to accept the pastorate of Zion church, Omaha, April 17, 1910. During his five years' residence here he has taken in over 500 members. He is an earnest and conscientious worker, a faithful pastor, and effective speaker and an affable Christian gentleman. He has in the person of his wife an amiable and refined woman, a most worthy companion and helpmate. (Continued from Page 1.) cians, college presidents and teachers have winked at this subject while boys and girls are growing up in vicious ignorance and present and future young mothers are tangoing away the possibilities of coming generations amidst unwholesome influences. Mixed Crowds at Dances. "My reference to the dance is not to unqualifiedly and unreservedly condemn it, but I say there is much about THE GOOD BIRTH it that is disgusting and nauseating. For example, there is not sufficient discrimination shown in the selection of the dance partner. The rake and libertine are too often permitted upon the floor of the dance hall to take liberties with our best young mothers, wives, sisters and daughters that would never be allowed were it not for the dance. A few years ago I was at a banquet tendered to our medical association in a southern city. A local physician and I were looking at the promiscuous dance. In a short while we left. On the way out he remarked: 'That is one of my strong objections to dancing. Don't you know that some of the worst women in this city are on that floor?' On another occasion I was at a similar function in a large northern city. Society appeared at its best. One woman in all that great audience seemed to shine above the rest by reason of her rich gown, beauty, attractive figure and good dancing. She was in constant demand by our visiting guests. The next day a physician resident in the city advised me that that attractive lady (?) was from the tenderloin and just bailed out of jail a few days previous, and many others present were in the same class. "All too long prudery and mock modesty have held sway at the expense of common sense while our boys and girls are drifting into bad habits, immorality and as a consequence there is a general tendency to racial decay. What a price to pay for silence- Through you, teachers, about 400 strong, representing some thirteen different states and perhaps nearly 20,000 pupils, and many mothers and fathers, I wish in my weak manner to sound the warning that through you the light may be turned on this subject. "The eugenic idea is not altogether a new one, but has only recently been recognized as a science. Reduced to its simplest terms, eugenics may be called the science of giving birth to better babies. Just as the agriculturist studies and discusses corn culture, so the eugenist contemplates baby culture. The demand of the eugenist is that only fit children shall be born and that they must be taken care of amidst good environment. Strictly speaking, eugenics cares little about you and me—is not concerned with the adult except as a means to an end. Could there be some means of peopling the world all over today with a fresh stock of babies without the intervention of the man and woman, the eugenist would give us adults no further consideration; but since these things by nature are not possible and the eugenic baby can only come through correct parentage, those interested are forced to consider ways and means of purifying the present contaminated race of mortals in order to fit them for the duties before them. "It has been stated that 100 years from new the United States will have accomplished what no other race has ever accomplished or it will cease to exist as a nation. It is estimated that if the present trend continues, in fifty years from now every other child born in this country will either die in infancy or be unfit for self-support, thus being a burden upon society. Here is where the eugenist expects to get in his work. He desires to so enlighten the people and thus change the mode of living so as to bring about a different result. At present one out of every four children born dies in infancy. Many of the others who live to grow up become wards of the nation, burdens on society. We can The Eugenic Idea. 5 only perpetuate the race through a healthy childhood. "Twenty per cent of American women are unable to bear children and 25 per cent of the others are unwilling; that leaves only 55 per cent able and willing to furnish the offspring necessary to perpetuate this great nation. And when we consider that quite a large proportion of the children of that 55 per cent are unfit, we begin to see the nature of our problem. The great majority of this 20 per cent are unable by reason of social infection, in the great majority of cases, contracted innocently from their own husbands. Twenty-five per cent more are unwilling. Here we run against the problem of race suicide, 'the crime of the age.' Woman Has Maternal Instinct. "The maternal instinct is deeply rooted in the very nature of every true woman. It is there whether she marries or not. When it is absent there is something wrong. It is there by nature's decree, but contrary to this natural condition our artificial civilization is bringing about a condition that is appalling. Almost the average young woman today who contemplates marriage does so with a proviso, and some have made their mathematical calculations and deduction with a precision that is appalling to the uninitiated. "With all the emphasis at my command, I say that the woman who is unable or unwilling to perform the duties of wife and mother should not marry, and here is where the eugenist comes in. He would first ascertain if the contracting parties are physically qualified for parental duties. If not, he would prevent their marriage; but if physically qualified, then he would issue a permit and no sentiment would be permitted to interfere with the production of offspring." If you have anything to dispose of, a Want Ad in The Monitor will sell it. Some New Toilet Goods Prices 50c Pompeian Massage Cream **29c** 25c Houbigant's Rice Powder **17c** $1.00 Listerine, Lambert's.....59c 50c Malvina Cream for .....29c 25c Mennen's Taicum (4 kinds) each .....12c 25c Rogers and Gallet Perfumed Rice Powder for .....17c 25c 4711 White Rose Soap.....12c 25c Woodbury's Facial Soap..17c You "save time and money" by coming to the Rexall Stores for toilet goods. Krug Luxus RECURS. PASTE The beer you like A beer of quality with a coupon on each bottle. Save coupons and get free premiums Phone Douglas 1899 Luxus Mercantile Co. Distributors and have a case sent home Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. Vacation is almost at its close and our boys and girls in the high schools and universities will soon be selecting their courses. Parents often leave this very important task to the judgment of the child. While their wishes should be considered, the parent should guard against any inclination to choose the "easy way" to a diploma. Only a small percentage of the pupils who enter high school complete the work. So very much depends upon the choice of a course and their "sticking to it." True and trite is the saying, "Start right, end right." The system of electives, while possessing some favorable points, has done much to enervate pupils and has encouraged the seeking of a diploma in an easy way with little regard for an education that will fit them for some definite work in life. The subjects having been carefully chosen, parents should see to it that children "get busy." Boys and girls cannot frequent places of amusement in the evenings and do efficient work in the classroom next day. Success depends upon earnest and diligent study. Failure must follow neglect and indiscretion, and failure is a thing not to be acquiesced in but to be repaired at the earliest moment, for if yielded to it weakens the resolution and destroys the sense of shame. Change of plan on account of repulse easily becomes a habit, and so we find many changing from one thing to another, beginning a great many things and accomplishing nothing. Children should not be allowed to abandon any right undertaking that is within the legitimate sphere of their powers. Proper application will master the subjects chosen. The accomplishment of each task should be the signal for the undertaking of something more difficult. Those who are possessed of this spirit shall neither fail not be discouraged. L. S. E. HOME LIFE THE IDEAL. Home life is the ideal existence. The American home is the center from which radiates all that is good in our social and our commercial intercourse. If the home is destroyed then our American civilization will deteriorate, for that home is the innermost sanctum of the heart. The coo of the baby, the prattle of the children, the songs of the older boys and girls, the smiles of the mother, the complete happiness of the father—these are to be found in the ideal American home. Home is the breeding place of love—its name is synonymous with peace. It breathes the benediction of the Infinite on this mortal world of ours. It is the refuge from the storms of business, the stress of commercialism, the calm harbor where the bark of human happiness may rest gently, where the roar of the angry waves outside sounds as a lullaby to soothe us to our nightly rest. It says to the angry passions of the day, "Thus far shalt thou go and no farther." It epitomizes the saying of the Master, the command of the Nazarene to the tossing waters of the sea, "Peace, be still."—George B. Caldwell. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MONITOR. 6 (From the Detroit Free Press.) Only a dad, with a tired face, Coming home from the daily race, Bringing little of gold or fame To show how well he has played the game, But glad in his heart that his own rejoice To see him come and to hear his voice. Only a dad of a brood of four, One of ten million men or more Plodding along in the daily strife, Bearing the whips and scorns of life With never a whimper of pain or hate For the sake of those who at home await. Only a dad, neither rich nor proud, Merely one of the surging crowd, Toiling, striving, from day to day, Facing whatever may come his way; Silent, whenever the harsh condemn, And bearing it all for the love of them. Only a dad, but he gives his all To smooth the way for his children small; Doing, with courage stern and grim, The deeds that his father did for him. This is the line that for him I pen: Only a dad, but the best of men. A Texas paper stands sponsor for this beautiful petition: Teach me that sixty minutes make one hour, sixteen ounces one pound, and one hundred cents one dollar. Help me to live so that I can lie down at night with a clear conscience, unhaunted by the faces of those to whom I have brought pain. Teach me to earn my meal ticket on the square and in doing so that I may not stick the gaff where it does not belong. Deafen me to the jingle of tainted money. Blind me to the faults of others, and reveal to me my own. Keep me young enough to laugh with my children and to lose myself in their play. And then, when comes the smell of flowers and the tread of soft steps and the crushing of one hearse's wheels in the gravel in front of my place, make the ceremony short and the epitaph simple: "Here Lies a Man." OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE THE MONITOR Henri H. Claiborne Notary Public Justice of the Peace Tel. Red 7401 Res. Doug. 6188 512-13 Paxton Block Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets Fall Goods Fall Goods Ready THOMPSON, ```markdown ``` To Be Safe You Must Be Careful OMAHA & COUNCIL BLUFFS STREET RAILWAY CO. 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Web. 4292 Office: 506 Paxton Block Sam Abrams Furnace Work and General Tin Work of all Kinds 1606 No. 24tb St. Omaha, Neb. C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents Furnishings 1514 North 24th St. Omaha, Neb. ELDEN & CO. ```markdown ``` WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. ОМАНА The HOME BEAUTIFUL Flowers and Shrubbery Their Care and Cultivation Go to Your Own Woods and Select Your Trees. An abundance of shade is one of the luxuries which every farm home can and should have. The city dweller is often a renter and must take things as they are. Or if he owns a home, the lot is restricted in size, and large trees are an impossibility. But on the farm land for a commodious yard should always be reserved. Those having a grand old elm, maple, or oak to begin with, are fortunate, indeed. But the idea that trees planted now of these species will be a comfort only to succeeding generations is quite a mistake. Most of the maples, and especially the sugar and red maples are of rapid growth, and at a few years at most will give an abundance of shade. Do not make the mistake of using fruit or nut trees in the yard. Both make a litter at certain seasons, which renders them a sort of nuisance entirely unnecessary. If you had no room for an orchard it would be a different matter. You want the yard for solid comfort, and not as a crop producer. Because the city man uses the horse chestnut for shade, do not follow his example. He does it because this tree is low growing and compact—just the thing where there is little room either on the ground or in the air. With your broad expanse a more aspiring species should be chosen. Besides the burs are a nuisance. There is nothing better on the farm lawn than native trees. They thrive admirably, and in every community there are those well worth attention. OPPOSED FOR JUDGE BECAUSE OF RECORD Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 11.—Because, as assistant district attorney, he often made unfair, unjust and race-prejudice remarks, as well as openly and publicly boasting of the number of Negroes he has sent to the peniten- THE MONITOR The maple in some form is widely disseminated. Its leaf is graceful in outline, the flowers and fruit are dainty, and the tree is charming in its autumn dress. The catalpa is a favorite in parts of the West because of its quick growth. The flowers are also dainty. Yet there is never the stability of the oak, and the hammock is preferably hung from a more sturdy specimen. The tulip tree or white wood is one of the best of our native species, the queerly cut leaves, tulip-shaped flowers with their beautiful orange crescents marking each petal, and compact forms rendering them most useful shade trees. The tree is a relative to the magnolia, and one of our most valuable timber trees. The basswood, so serviceable as bee pasturage, and several of the oaks are satisfactory and highly recommended. In fact, when lamenting that you cannot afford to pay high prices to a nurseryman, just go to your own woods and select a few tall, straight specimens. As they can be replanted at once there is no danger of injury through exposure of the roots. They are in the best possible condition to grow. Do not neglect to include one or two evergreens, for the birds, if not for yourself. They do so enjoy the shelter of the leafy branches when caught in a belated snowstorm. The hemlock and cedar are the most pleasing of this class, their slender branches being much more graceful than the stiff spruces. By all means avoid the pines. Their gummy nature may lead to the ruin of valuable clothing. tiary, Joseph P. Rogers is being opposed by the Emancipation and Civil Rights league in his candidacy for a seat as judge on the common pleas court. A meeting was held Sunday afternoon, presided over by the Rev. E. W. Moon, and resolutions opposing his ambitions were adopted. Good Dry Goods and Ready-to-wear Clothes priced according to quality Courteous Service Always EMERSON LAUNDRY F. S. MOREY, Proprietor 1303-05 North 24th Street Phone Webster 820 CHAS. EDERER FLORIST Plants, Cut Flowers, Designs, Decorations Greenhouses, 30th and Bristol Sts. Phone Webster 1795 COMBS' JEWELRY STORE is just the Right Kind of a Jewelry Store for Merchandise or Repairs of any kind 1520 Douglas Street YES---ICE CREAM any style, for any occasion J. A. DALZELL Quality First 1824 Cuming St. Tel. Doug. 616 H. GROSS J. A. Edholm E. W. Sherman Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 THE LODGE SUPPLY CO. 1111 Farnam St. Badges, Banners, Regalia, Uniforms and Pennants Lumber and Wrecking 21st and Paul Streets 7 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING If you have anything to dispose of, a Want Ad in The Monitor will sell it. 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