The Monitor

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 The Rev. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $1.00 a Year. 5c a Copy. ChicagoWomenReply to Prof. Kelly Miller Members of the Frederick Douglas Social Center Disapprove of His Views on Suffrage. WOMAN'S CAUSE IMPORTANT Arguments Advanced Against It Neither New Nor Weighty. Same Used by All Advocates of Special Privileges. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 26.—Recent utterances by Kelly Miller of Howard university in opposition to woman suffrage have not met the approval of the members of the Frederick Douglas Center, 3032 Wabash avenue, an organization formed "to promote a just and amicable relation between the white and colored people." A committee from the center, composed of Celia Parker Wooley, head resident; Addie Robinson and Georgiana Whyte, has addressed an open letter to Prof. Miller, which is as follows: Dear Professor. The undersigned, appointed to address you in this manner by the Douglas Center Woman's club, wish to express their deep appreciation of your past services, not only in the educational field, but as an able and, hitherto, impartial advocate of human rights and of a growing democracy which draws no lines of race or sex or creed. It is because these feelings have been so strong that we are the more surprised and pained over your recent statement on woman suffrage. Up to this time we have followed your course without hesitation. We have listened to your eloquent appeals from the platform, have read your masterly essays in behalf of larger opportunity, as we believed, for every restricted class. Now we are filled with a deep sense of loss and mental confusion over what seems to us a grave moral defection. We feel it hopeless to try to answer arguments like yours against woman's right to the ballot, which, begging your pardon, are neither new nor weighty. They are of the same nature as those which holders of special privilege always use in defense of class rights, the same as certain women suffragists use against the Negro's political and social advancement. The cause of liberty is as wide as the earth's area. The friends of freedom must learn to walk abreast. When the attempt is made to turn one group against another, seeking the same goal, to exclude others from rights and privileges we ourselves have attained, the spectacle is a sorry one. The woman's cause is as large and important as the man's, as the black man's, as the laboring man's. Sex has as little significance as race in just minds and in the distribution of (Continued on fifth page) Thoughts From Our Own Authors The highest function of a great name is to serve as an and as a perpetual source of inspiration to the young who after him. By the subtle law known as 'consciousness commanding personality incites the sharpest stimulus to the deepest intensity of influence among the group of springs." Thoughts From Our Own Authors "The highest function of a great name is to serve as an example and as a perpetual source of inspiration to the young who are to come after him. By the subtle law known as 'consciousness of kind,' a commanding personality incites the sharpest stimulus and exerts the deepest intensity of influence among the group from which he springs." KELLY MILLER. [Name] JOSEPH CARR, LL. B., Attorney and Well-Informed Student of History. JOSEPH CARR, LL. B., Attorney and Well-Informed Student of History. Booker Talliaferro Washington (Editorial in New York Age.) Booker Talliaferro Washington (Editorial in New York Age.) Booker T. Washington is dead! The man who for nearly a quarter of a century stood before the world as the foremost representative of the Negro race, is no more. His death comes as a shock, for he had just reached the age when his powers for service to his race and to the nation were at their fullest development. And yet, how much more fortunate he was than most men who have undertaken great things; he lived to see his dream come true. Perhaps, the fulfillment even exceeded his great dream, for with all of his optimism, with all of his faith—how, when he first looked over those bare, red hills of Alabama, could his vision have reached beyond the Tuskegee which crowns them today. His life reads like a story from wonderland. It is as marvelous as a tale from the Arabian Nights. Born a slave, he was at Emancipation a mere ragged, penniless bit of humanity; but he lived to make himself the honored friend of rulers. He was born without a right to a name, but today there is, perhaps, only one other great living American whose name is so widely known throughout the world. He was born in the south when its laws placed him on a level scarcely above the cattle of the fields, yet he became the most illustrous citizen that the South has given to the nation since the Civil war. But more wonderful than the fame which he achieved Volume I. Number 22 Whites Not Negroes Are Responsible Conditions depicted In Photo Drama a Serious Reflection Upon Dominant Race. THE OMAHA WORLD-HERALD Frankly and Fearlessly States Unpopular Truths in Noteworthy Editorial. In its issue of Saturday, November 20, the Omaha World-Herald, of which the Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, democratic United States senator from Nebraska, is owner, published the following unique and remarkably frank editorial: That stupendous photo play, "The Birth of a Nation," is now showing in Omaha, and in Omaha as elsewhere industrious and respectable Negroes are moved to protest against its presentation because they believe it operates to create prejudice against their race. In one sense they are right. The play does tend to create a prejudice against the Negro of the time and place with which it deals. Just in the sam way does "Uncle Tom's Cabin" tend to arouse feeling against the whites of the ante-bellum South. Neither, it should be unnecessary to remark, is a strictly accurate and truthful and impartial record of that lamentable portion of American history with which it concerns itself. Even the most carefully and scientifically prepared history is replete with errors and unfairness, conscious and unconscious on the part of the writer, of both commission and omission. Quite naturally a novel, such as "The Clansman," on which the play is based—a novel written from a violently biased viewpoint, must contain the same defects multiplied a thousand fold. Station a dozen of Omaha's best trained and most experienced citizens at Sixteenth and Farnam streets for an hour. Require them, on their departure, to write down fully and truthfully everything that they observed at that tiny pin-point on the map of Omaha—itself a pin-point on the map of the republic—within that little bit of time. You will have a dozen different reports, no two in exact agreement, some of them differing radically. What, then, can be expected of the written history of a continent, of a race? And how much less is to be expected of a dramatic plea such as "The Birth of a Nation!" But there is another angle from which to consider this truly remarkable production. It shows us a certain element of the Negro population of the south after several generations of slavery. It shows us Negroes who had had no voice or share in the shaping of their own destines, in the control of their own lives and activities. It shows us the Negro with no (Continued on fourth page) General Race News 2 NEGRO TROOPS IN BALKANS. The European press is singing the unstinted praises of the famous French "Seventy-fives," Negro troops brought from Africa to fight the Germans in Belgium, but now transferred to the Balkans to stop the march of the Austro-Germans upon the Serbs. These Africans have distinguished themselves in battle every time they have been called upon to face the enemy, and so brave are they, and so effective are they in action, that the French have sent them to the Balkan front to save the Serbians. We prefer the report as given by the International News Service to our comment, and herewith quote in part: "At 2 o'clock the first Bulgarian shrapnel burst over the station. The ground between Valandovo and Strumnitza is stony and had been made soggy by rain. Four regiments of Bulgarian troops advanced across this space in close formation, after the German fashion. They were led by bomb throwers and Macedonian comitadji, or irregulars. Many of the officers in the first line were Germans. "When a few hundred yards away from the one end of the French line there burst forth suddenly a hurricane of bullets. The Bulgarians were mowed down in masses. The advancing line was bent, checked and twisted. "Then the French 'Seventy-fives' were turned loose and sent a storm of shells into the Bulgarian ranks with uninterrupted fury while machine guns crackled in horrible concert. "The Bulgarian advance was immediately arrested. Not one out of the 400 or 500 Bulgars who reached the first French line escaped." Just what these Negroes are doing for the French government, the Negroes of these United States have done for this government, and many victories won for the flag were Negro victories. Does it not seem strange, this loyalty of the black man everywhere? Regardless of the flag he serves, the soil he occupies, or the enemy, his loyalty is one and the same everywhere. His bravery makes him a preferred soldier, and his loyalty makes him trustworthy. If France and her allies win the struggle, France and the allies will take the glory. But the coming generations will know that some of the glory at least belongs to the sons of Africa. Perhaps another war on this side of the Atlantic is needed to awaken this country to a full sense of its indebtedness to the black man. We hope the far-off arena, and the lesson coming to us therefrom, will prove sufficient for our country and our white brother.—The Pittsburg Courier. BURNED TO DEATH WHILE TEACHING Hannibal, Mo., Nov. 26.—Mr. Henry Henly, son of Mrs. Anna A. Henly, a teacher of domestic science in the public schools here, was burned to death while performing his duty in the school at Jefferson City Monday, November 13, by the explosion of a can of oil. The body was shipped to Sedalia, Mo., for interment. THE MONITOR WASHINGTON SCHOOL BURNED. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 19.—The burning of the Booker T. Washington school and many homes in that vicinity marks the new line of attack of our formidable and murderous foe, race prejudice. The site of the school is Thirteenth and Myrtle street, and an excellent one; the building was modern and upon the cottage order, and there were 250 children who attended. The East Side Improvement company has endeavored without success to purchase this property, together with other homes owned in the neighborhood. Mr. George Williams, who lives near the school, coming home about 11 p. m., discovered a fire at the school, and looking toward his home he saw that it, too, was ablaze. Alarm was given, but too late to save the buildings that had been fired, it is believed, by designing hands. APPOINTED ASSISTANT MEDICAL DIRECTOR Washington, D. C., Nov. 19.—Dr. A. M. Curtis, Jr., second son of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Curtis of this city, has been appointed assistant medical director to the Tuskegee Institute Hospital and Tarining school, and has gone to Dr. Washington's great school to report for duty. Dr. Curtis is a graduate of the medical department of Howard University and served a year as an interne at Freedmen's hospital. He followed this up with postgraduate work at the city general hospital at Kansas City, Mo., from which place he was called to Tuskegee. Dr. Curtis will assist Surgeonin-Chief John A. Kenney. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE CITY COUNCIL Baltimore, Md., Nov. 19.—City Councilman Harry S. Cummings, of the Seventeenth ward, has just celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his first election as a member of the First Branch city council. Mr. Cummings has served more than half of the years since as a member of that body, and last May was elected for another term of four years. Cambridge, Mass., has a colored city councilman, Nehemiah Henry, and Annapolis, Md., one, J. Albert Adams. A white coffin containing a dummy body and an inscription which read, "When you see this, run. If you don't see it, run anyhow," was the manner in which a few white citizens of Jennings, Okla., had to warn the honest colored men to leave that community. Most of them have gone to Oklahoma City. Thus they are being forced into the large cities for protection. Another chance for the American government to interfere this side of Hayti.—National Baptist Union Review. ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL Bridgeport, Ohio, Nov. 19.—The colored people of this city have every reason to feel proud of the fact that at the election on November 2 William Goode was elected to the city council here by a large majority over his white opponent. WHY GO TO HAYTI? Among the men who are a credit to our community, although he lives such a quiet and unostentatious life that he is seldom heard from and is little known outside of a warm circle of friends, is Joseph Carr, whose cut appears in this issue. A good face, yes, and it portrays the man. Joseph Carr is one of the best-read men, along historical lines, of any man in this city. You will notice that we do not qualify the statement by "colored," or any other adjective. He has been an intelligent and enthusiastic student of history since boyhood. And his fund of historical knowledge is astonishingly large. His study has been along comparative lines; that is to say, with a view of applying the lessons of the rise and fall of nations, races and dynasties to the Negro race, not only in America, but throughout the world. He has dug up some mighty interesting facts, too, about the race, from his wide reading, which makes him an optimist of the optimists. It is to be hoped that some day he will put these facts which he can tell so interestingly to his friends in some permanent form. He lays no claim to literary ability, but studies and studies and makes notes of what he reads simply because he loves to. Joseph Carr was born February 13, 1857, in Boston, Mass., and is the second child and son of John and Maria A. Carr, who had been slaves and, although illiterate, were people of character and ambition. Joseph was sent to school, when four years of age, at Cambridgeport, Mass., and attended school until a little past seventeen, when he enlisted in the United States army, January 7, 1870. He was in the army for seventeen years, serving respectively as corporal, sergeant and post quartermaster sergeant, also acting clerk and sergeant major. He was honorably discharged August 26, 1887, and came to Omaha in September of the next year, where he has since resided. For a number of years he was janitor of the public library. He studied law at the Omaha School of Law in 1897-9, and passed the state bar at Lincoln June 17, 1899, and was admitted to practice. Mr. Carr is a taxpayer and has devoted a good deal of his time to real estate. He is a pleasant, affable gentleman, kindly and charitable, and always anxious to interest young men and women in good literature. LYNCHED FOR FREE SPEECH. Aberdeen, Miss., Nov. 19.—John Taylor was lynched by a mob of masked men for expressing an opinion concerning a (white) woman's wearing apparel. This is a new angle to mob activity; it is not the usual charge of "assault." The freedom of speech can never be a violation of law. At last the mob attacks the right of free speech! What next? MISSOURI METROPOLIS TO BUILD Y. M. C. A. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 26.—A campaign is under way to raise $125,000 for a Y. M. C. A., and Mr. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago has promised to give $25,000 towards the building if $125,000 can be raised otherwise. Hopkins, a colored boy, is playing a star game with the Barnholzers, a St. Paul team. Solon of 1915 Minnesota fame, and McGovern, an All-r American quarterback of 1909, are on the same team. JOSEPH CARR. 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ALPERSON Wholesale dealer in Cigars, Tobacco and Chewing Gum Prompt Service Phone Web. 3769 News of the Churches and Religious Topics Baptist— 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, 7:30 p. m. Mt. Moriah—Twenty-sixth and Sew- ard streets. The Rev. W. B. M. Scott, pastor. 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| ty-second street. Ser (temporary location). The Rey. W. F.| School at 10 a. m.; pr Botts, pastor; residence, 2522 Grant|m. and 7:30 p. m.; E street. Telephone Webster 5838. Ser-| 6:30 p. m. vices: Devotional hour, 10:30 a. m.; Seas preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday School,| st. John’s A. M. E.— 1 to 2 p. m.; pastor’s Bible class, 2 to| Webster streets. The 3 p.m.; B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. m.; choir) horne, pastor. Resid devotion, 7:30 p. m.; preaching 8 p. M.| Wighteenth street. —— }las 5914. Services: § Episcopal— and 8 p. m., preaching: Church of St. Philip the Deacon—| 1:15 p. m., Sunday § Twenty-first near Paul street. The| Endeavor; Wednesday Rev. John Albert Williams, rector.| er and class meetin Residence, 1119 North Twenty-first | made welcome at all street. Telephone Webster 4243. Ser- | ings. se el an ie eps al tail ices aepei tote BOOKER TALLIAFERRO WASHINGTON. (Continued from first page.) is the actual work which he accomplished. Tuskegee stands as a monument to his tireless industry and dogged determination. In the death of Dr. Washington the race suffers an immense loss. He had the nation for an audience. Whenever he spoke the nation listened. But the loss which his death incurs is not confined to the Negro race; it is one which the entire country suffers. He was a great Negro, but he was also more than that; he was a great American citizen. He was a citizen in which this country ought to feel the same kind of pride in having produced that it feels in having produced a Lincoln. In truth, if the lives of all the great men of this country were written out to be passed upon by the civilized world, not one would be a more impressive e xample to foreign peoples of the possi- bilities of American democracy than the life of Booker T. Washington. The whole history of the Republic can show no man, with the exception of Frederick Douglass, who rose to honorable fame in the face of such over- whelming obstacles. And his greatness need not be measured only by the depths from which he came, it may be measured also by the heights to which he attained. His career affords many lessons to his own race. It is an example of how success may be won by concentrated energy and determination, in spite of intervening and surrounding difficulties. The traits of his character which stand out and which should ever be set for emulation were his power of devotion to an ideal, his great simplicity, his large optimism, his ability to overcome discouragement, and his skill as an organizer and builder? His great love for his race and his pride in being a Negro will be an inspiration for many generations to come. No less important, perhaps more so, is the lesson to the white race. Dr. Washington’s life was a justification of his famous plea, “Let down your buckets!” Here was a man born under conditions which made him a chattel, without early training at home or in school, a member of a pro- scribed and despised race, hemmed in, held back, pushed down; yet by ms own will and worth, he made his life one of highest service to his race, his country and his age. Should not America then, in viewing this man’s life, learn that the race to which he belonged is an almost untapped source from which may be drawn high and devoted service for the national welfare? Should not the white people of this country realize that in their midst there is a race possessed of powers and talents which can contribute to the glory of the nation? The life of Booker T. Washington should inspire the resolve to make of these United States a democracy in reality as well as in name; to strike down the barriers of prejudice and pride and hate and injustice; to grant to every man, high or low, black or white, the right and opportunity to de- velop and give the best that is in him. He is dead, but his name will not fade. He will stand typifying the dream of true democracy, that the lowest many rise to stand with the highest. His place in history will long serve as a beacon to those who start life handicapped. ‘Tennyson had in mind such a character when he wrote of the man— “Who breaks his birth’s invidious bar, And grasps the shirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star.” Directory. vices daily at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m, Fri- days 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— re Allen Chapel, A. M. E., 181 South Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha.— The Rey. John H. Nichols, pastor. Residence, 181 South Twenty-fifth street. Services: Preaching, 11 a m.; Sunday School, 1:30 p. m. Grove M. E.—Twenty-second and Seward streets. The Rev. G. G. Logan, pastor. Residence, 1628 North Twen ty-second street. Services: Sunday School at 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a m. and 7:30 p. m.; Epworth League, 6:30 p. m. St. John’s A. M. E.—Highteenth and Webster streets. The Rev. W. T. Os: borne, pastor. Residence, 613 North Eighteenth street. Telephone Doug: las 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., pray er and class meetings. Everybody made welcome at all of these meet: ings. THE MONITOR Some persons say they can live as correct outside of the church as in it. Do they realize that they are living on an inheritance of morality and re- spectability handed down from pre- vious generations? There is a great deal of this left-over piety in the world bequeathed by godly ancestors, earned by father or grandfather, and easily squandered.—Bishop Babcock, More Sickness and Accident Insurance for Less Money Old line protection. No assess- ments. No medical examination. Everything guaranteed. GET ACQUAINTED WITH LUKE A. HUGHES. Continental Casualty Co. 334 Brandeis Theater Bldg. Douglas 3726. CHAS. EDERER FLORIST Plants, Cut Flowers, Designs, Decorations Greenhouses, 30th and Bristol Sts. 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Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Pryor, Asson Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advertising SUBSCRIPTION RATE Advertising rates, 59 c Address, The Monitor, 1119 No Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. 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, 59 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. ATTORNEY H. J. PINKETT MISQUOTED BY THE OMAHA DAILY NEWS Friday night's Omaha Daily News contained a purported interview with Attorney H. J. Pinkett, in which he was represented as stating in substance that "The Birth of a Nation" was not seriously objectionable, save in two very minor and unimportant parts, and urging all to see it. While frankly admitting everyone's right to his own opinion, the colored people of Omaha felt very indignant indeed that this position should be taken by a man of Mr. Pinkett's training and advantages in the face of the opposition that is being offered all over the country, and which is being made here to have at least the most objectionable features eliminated from the sinister designed production. It was further known by some that Mr. Pinkett, at his own expense, had sent a night letter to Mr. Arthur D. Brandeis in New York, urging him to use his influence there to have at least the most objectionable features cut out. The reported interview and his activity at suppression seemed strangely inconsistent. It was therefore gratifying to see published in Saturday's issue of the News the following signed communication from Mr. Pinkett: "In a recent issue of your paper you published an interview with me in which you wrongly make me say that "The Birth of a Nation" is a praiseworthy production. "Everybody is quite ready to concede that the Negro has done his full duty in all our country's wars. Up to 1850 the wealth of the nation was the result of Negro slave labor. His reward for these contributions was what chattel slavery gives to all its victims. "When the Civil war ended in 1865 the Negro was supposed to be free. But the war had no sooner ended than the legislatures of the seceded states assembled and enacted what were known as "black codes," or vagrancy laws, which declared all persons to be vagrants who could not show they paid taxes on real estate of a certain value or had been regularly employed in the service of some white person for pay for an impossible time. Upon the failure of any person or persons to meet these requirements (and, of course, it applied to Negroes only) they were tried, convicted and sentenced and let to service until they had worked out the fine. ('Aftermath of Slavery,' by Wm. A. Sinclair.) Thus, in a short time after the war the Negro was found in a worse slavery than his former state. If this should continue the fruits of the war would be nil. "Two courses were open to the 4 Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post-act of March 3, 1879. WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Garnett. Haynes and Ellsworth W. Associate Editors. Using and Circulation Manager. ATES, $1.00 per year. Events an inch per issue. North Twenty-first street, Omaha. friends of freedom—either to arm all the Negroes or place the ballot in their hands, that they might defend themselves. Frederick Douglass, the great Negro of that day; Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania and Charles Sumner of Massachusetts believed in gradual enfranchisement of the Negroes. But the seceded states would make no compromise, would do no justice. After a struggle of four years the ballot was given to the Negro. And among the first things which the Negro legislatures of the south did was to pass laws creating the free public school system of the south, where, as is well known, there had been none before. "Out of that period came such men as Douglass, Langston, Bruce, Elliott and Pinchback, who have been an inspiration to colored youth throughout the years that have passed. And thanks to a generous north, schools were established all over the southland, and she gave the very flower of her youth to teach the Negro how to re-establish family life and become a useful part of society. How well they have succeeded, the Negro's progress attests. "May we not fairly ask of the English-speaking race, which has done so much to spread the spirit of liberty in the world, if they would not make a better case for their claims to greatness by refusing to further handicap the already unfortunate Negro by exploiting his weakness through a highly-developed photographic art? Are you not strong enough to be just?" "It is a small thing to cripple a man and then chide him for his failure to win the race, as some scenes in this play would do. At best, the lot of the Negro in America today is hard enough, and such plays as 'The Birth of a Nation' and 'The Nigger' should be suppressed, that it may not be made more difficult. "AN ORDINANCE IS PENDING." "We have no ordinance at present to reach it. If we had one, of course I would see that it was enforced." This statement was made to us by Mayor Dahlman, in whose sincerity we have had the utmost confidence, Saturday morning, November 6. An ordinance was introduced the following week, was favorably reported, but has been held up at the behest of a sentiment, defying outside corporation, until they are about ready to leave town. The city authorities are reminded that this movement on their part is regarded in a most unfavorable light by nearly 1,800 voters. It will require lots of explanation THAT WILL NOT SATISFACTORILY EXPLAIN. THE MONITOR "H. J. PINKETT." Do your Christmas shopping early and give preference to our advertisers. Self-respecting members of the race will not spend their money to help any cause that is designed for their injury, but upon the contrary they will contribute their money to fight such enterprises. Do not forget that we suggested some weeks ago that our people here pay for the Old Folks' home. The Monitor has started a fund to help on the good work. One contribution of $5 has been received. Don't hesitate to send in your contribution because you think it is too small. "Buy homes." This was the favorite and persistent slogan of our journalistic predecessor, The Enterprise, published for many years by T. P. Mahammitt. That slogan was effective. Many of our people were induced to undertake home-buying. Let the good work go on. BUY HOMES. We have devoted a great deal of our space in this issue to editorial and personal comments on the life and work of Booker T. Washington, believing that the same would be of interest to our readers who might not otherwise see these tributes to a great man and leader. Of course, what we have been able to find space for forms a very infinitesimal part of what has been said and written. As a race we must gain inspiration from the fact that one of our own kith and kin rose from lowly and adverse surroundings to such a commanding place in American history. It should be an inspiration to every Negro youth to make the best and most of his opportunities. James Johnson, a young colored man who plays on the Y. M. C. A. football team (white) of Oil City, Pa., has been re-elected captain of the team. Next Sale calendar of sales contains a num- shoppers who must get themselves ready for winter or the holidays. Saturday will occur the sea wonderful purchase fairly startlin Also a sale of trimmed hats- figure. Next Saturday's calendar of sales contains a number of features of great interest to shoppers who must get themselves, their families and their homes ready for winter or the holidays. Saturday will occur the season's first great sale of FURS—a wonderful purchase fairly startling in value giving. Also a sale of trimmed hats—choice of the house—at a very low figure. Three extremely important s Ribbons, bringing truly wonderf In the Men's Store will occu that will interest every man in Opening o Three extremely important sales of Hosiery, Handkerchiefs and Ribbons, bringing truly wonderful values. In the Men's Store will occur a sale of Pure Thread Silk Hose that will interest every man in Omaha. Opening of Toyland Next Monday The great Christmas fairyland of toys, dolls, games and books; everything for all ages; for indoors and out—Santa Claus will display his wonderful wares next Monday. See Sunday's advertisement. A big sale of jewelry for Christmas gifts. WHITES, NOT NEGROES ARE RESPONSIBLE chance except such as the white man, his master, had given him. It shows us, in a word, the Negro as the white man had made him. Compare the typical Negro or "The Birth of a Nation" with the Negro of today, either north or south. The writte nhistory of all time records no other human achievement comparable with what the Negro has made of himself, under the most adverse and discouraging circumstances, in barely two generations of freedom—or freedom of a sort. The more unflatteringly the Negro as he came from the hands of the white man in 1865, is depicted, the more startling becomes the contrast with the Negro of fifty years later, and the higher the degree of credit due the race. The solemn truth is that the Negro of today finds far less occasion for shame and apology in anything presented in "The Birth of a Nation" than does the white man. It was the whites, not the Negroes, who were mostly responsible for the conditions depicted in this drama. It was the whites who were guilty first of the inhumanity and impiety of enslaving and brutalizing the blacks, and guilty next of dealing with the problems following the emancipation with a degree of ignorance and stupidity, unfair to the Negroes as it was harmful to themselves, that was a disgrace to civilization. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MONITOR. Phone South 701 Phone Webster 4829 Floral Designs for All Occasions F. H. SWANSON FLORIST Cut Flowers and Potted Plants Office, 532 N. 24th St. Greenhouse, 1418 N. 18th St. South Omaha Omaha aturday's number of features of great interest to their families and their homes son's first great sale of FURS—a g in value giving. choice of the house-at a very low ales of Hosiery, Handkerchiefs and al values. a sale of Pure Thread Silk Hose Dmaha. f Toyland (Continued from first page) Events and Persons In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested. News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, who underwent an operation a short time ago at the Lord Lister hospital, is very much better and will be home the first part of next week. Mr. John B. Page of Topexa, Kan., is visiting his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Grant Pegg. Miss Hazel Hall, who was seriously ill last week, is very much better. The funeral of Mrs. Nora Mealey was held Saturday afternoon from the G. Wade Obee undertaking parlors. Mr. Clyde Reed and Mr. James Taylor motored to Lincoln Sunday. The funeral of Louis Wyate was held from the undertaking parlors of G. Wade Obee company. Dependable dress making. Prices reasonable. Miss Gladys Counsellor, 2428 Lake street. Webster 604. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson of Clarinda, Ia., are the guests of Mrs. Picken of Sherman avenue. Mr. Charles Shelton returned home from Lincoln Monday night. The first annual ball of the Colored Firemen of Omaha was given Friday evening, November 19, at the Alamo hall. The affair was a great success. Professor and Mrs. J. W. Bundrant gave a theatre party Saturday evening, complimentary to Miss Allie B. Freeman. In the party were Miss Corinine Thomas and Dr. George Parker. After the theatre an auto ride around the city was enjoyed by the party. The remains of Mrs. Gussie Campbell were shipped by Banks & Wilks, November 23, to Kansas City, Mo., for burial. The following program was given Friday evening of last week by the New Era Dramatic club: An excellent talk, "Our Effort," by Dr. George Parker; a violin solo, by Paul Moore, and a trio, by Professor and Mrs. Bundrant and Miss Corinine Thomas. Mrs. Annie Reed entertained at dinner Sunday Mrs. Goff and her guest, Mrs. Burton, of Denver, Colo. Mrs. Slaughter of Detroit, Mich., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas Reese, at 2723 Miami street. The Thanksgiving day matinee dance given by Messrs. E. Walker, James Peoples and H. Harold at the Alamo hall was a great success. A memorial service for the late Booker T. Washington will be held at Zion Baptist church, Twenty-sixth and Franklin streets, Sunday afternoon. An appropriate program will be given. The Progressive club, of which Mrs. Cindy Davis is president, gave a fourcourse dinner Thursday of last week at the home of Mrs. J. H. Russell for the purpose of raising money to buy a new roof for the Zion Baptist church. It was a great success. About 150 were present. ad Persons More or Less Interested. Be Received by Wednesday Night. The Owl club held their weekly meeting last Tuesday night. Much important business was transacted. Mrs. Twenty list. Mrs. Saturdays where Mesd Ashby Mrs. Olie Anderson, niece of Mrs. L. Davis, is very much improved and will go to Topeka Sunday to visit her mother, Mrs. L. Gilkey. Miss Rebecca Jane Maxey who died November 19 was buried at Forest Lawn cemetery Monday afternoon. The funeral was held from Mt. Moriah Baptist church. Rev. W. B. M. Scott officiated. Jones & Chiles were the undertakers. Charles Edward, the 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Brooks of 2917 Parker street, died November 22 with pneumonia. The funeral was held from the home November 24. The Rev. W. F. Botts officiated and Jones & Chiles had charge of the funeral. Miss Wilson of Lafayette, Ind., a graduate nurse of Provident hospital, Chicago, and a classmate of the Misses Anna McLendon and Pearl Duncan, is in the city at the residence of Mrs. Brown, Thirty-sixth and Parker streets. Miss Wilson has been appointed as a nurse in the City Emergency hospital, where Miss McLendon has been serving with such efficiency and acceptability for several months. Indeed, it is due to the fact that Miss McLendon has been so proficient in that institution that another nurse of our race has been added to the hospital staff. Thomas E. Mason of Nehawka, Neb., the only Negro mail carrier in that thriving little city, accompanied by his mother and his sister, Ella, motored to Omaha for Thanksgiving day and were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dorris Thornton, 2818 Miami street. His father, Thomas F. Mason, who is at present visiting the California exposition, is the superintendent of ex-Congressman Pollard's large and far-famed apple orchard, which is one of the largest in the country. It will be of interest to our readers to know that Mr. Pollard has announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for governor. Dependable dress making. Prices reasonable. Miss Gladys Counsellor, 2428 Lake street. Webster 604. Mrs. D. James entertained the Social Hour club Wednesday afternoon. Luncheon was served at 1:30, after which the afternoon was spent in needle work. Charles Ward, a laborer, shot and killed his bride of two weeks, who was formerly a Mrs. Stewart, in their rooms on North Eleventh street Sunday night and then committed suicide. The bodies are at the undertaking rooms of Banks & Wilks from which the funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The members of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, following their custom of several years, very bountifully provided for their pastor and family's Thanksgiving dinner. A generous-sized turkey and the necesary accompaniments were important items of the gifts so thoughtfully provided and gratefully appreciated. Mrs. Anna Ray of 2111 North Twenty-sixth street, is on the sick list. Mrs. H. A. Chiles returned last Saturday from Thomaston, Ga., where she buried her mother. Mesdames E. Jeltz, S. Gray and G. Ashby spent Monday, November 8, in Lincoln in the interest of the State Home for the Aged Negro and Orphan Children of the state, lately purchased by the State Federation of Women's Clubs. A "Krismas Kirmess," under the auspices of the Woman's club, will be given December 16 and 17 for the benefit of charity. A change of program each night. Grove M. E. church. Mrs. Sarah Lockman and her brother, Werner Bradshaw, wish to express their thanks to the friends who showed them so many kindnesses during the sickness and death of their daughter and niece, Alverta Alexander. I wish to thank my friends for the star which was given to me last week. HARRY BUFORD. CHICAGO WOMEN REPLY TO PROF. KELLY MILLER natural or acquired rights, like those of citizenship. We have counted you among the believers in a human universalism that makes no exception of class or individual. It is with profound sorrow that we see you step down from this level to another where you are content to seek a good for yourself and your particular group which you deny to another; and that other one which has afforded your race great aid and inspiration, and deserves a better return. If you are looking for greater choice, greater service, greater values in clothes and courteous treatment, then come to see HUG THE TAILOR —at— 204 Neville Blk. Corner 16th and Harney Streets. --- Card of Thanks. A CARD OF THANKS. (Continued from first page.) A man in a suit holding a hat and coat. 5 1 lb. box Marguerite Chocolate Cherries—instead of 60c, for.....39c 1 lb. box Barr's Saturday Candy—instead of 50c, for.....29c 1 lb. Nut Chocolates—instead of 50c, for.....29c 1 lb. Uncle Joshua Hoarhound Candy for.....14c Liggett's Nut and Fruit Chocolates, 1 lb. for.....80c It pays to trade where you can surely find every article desired and save money on it as well. RAZORS AND FOUNTAIN PENS $2.00 Magnetic Steel Razor for.....93c Your choice of ½ dozen kinds high grade Razors at, each.....98c 50c pkg. Gillette Blades for.....39c $5.00 Gillette Razor for.....$3.89 Sherman & McConnell Drug Co. 4 Good Drug Stores BUY YOUR COAL FROM ROSENBLATT CUT PRICE COAL CO. and save 25c to $1.00 on every ton. Just a few of our many kinds. IOWA NUT .....$4.00 (Best Quality.) IOWA LUMP .....$4.25 (Thoroughly screened.) SPECIALTY .....$4.75 (Lump and Nut.) CHEROKEE NUT .....$4.75 (The Genuine.) ROSEWOOD HARD COAL.....$9.00 (From Arkansas.) For Furnaces and Hot Water Plants. Rosewood—ton for ton—will last as long as Scranton Hard Coal. You save $1.75 on every ton. Tel. Doug. 530 SPECIAL DISCOUNT OFFER Bring this ad to us and we will allow you a special discount of 5 per cent on any purchase, except watches or diamonds. Royal JEWELRY GO. "Omaha's Biggest Little Jewelry Store." 16th and Farnam, Paxton Block. The Omaha Stationery Co. "Stationery That Satisfies" Phone Doug. 805 309 So. 17th St. Omaha, Neb. PAXTON'S GAS ROASTED COFFEE. PAXTON'S GAS ROASTED COFFEE PAXTON'S GAS ROASTED COFFEE TRY A CAN AND BE CONVINCED! GAS ROASTED DIRECT IN THE FLAME QUICKLY NOT IN OVENS SLOWLY SAVES YOU THE STRENGTH AND DELICATE AROMA THAT IS ECONOMY THEN BUYING IN A2-LB, CAN AT 60- THE QUANTITY PRICE IS ECONOMY SHOES MADE LIKE NEW with our rapid shoe repair methods, one-fifth the cost. Sold uncalled-for shoes. We have a selection; all sizes, all prices. FRIEDMAN BROS., 211 South 12th St., Omaha. Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. AGAINST THE CURRENT. Those who have a purpose in life are striving toward that purpose; those who are courageous, ambitious and patient and are trying to lift themselves and others upward are steering their life vessels against the current, while those who are satisfied with going downward, who are waiting for something, to turn up, those who are without ambition, without bravery and do not even attempt to push forward, are drifting with the current. Courage is one of the main elements that help to push forward. Many do not possess it, hence their power to resist the current is lost. We must possess the courage to hold on. All vessels steering upstream must encounter the winds, must contend with the waves that beat against them, before they reach a successful landing. A dead fish will float with the stream, but it takes a very lively one to swim against a strong current. We reach success by persevering. If the causes of all the failures in the world were found, it would be seen that they were mostly due to the loss of self-confidence. It takes self-confidence to pull out and act independently, to keep one's grip and climbing qualities. "Live for something; have a purpose, And that purpose keep in view; Drifting like a helpless vessel, Thou canst ne'er to life be true." Success seldom comes by chance. Luck should be spelled by prefixing a "P." Work, strive, persevere! He pays dear who succeeds where others fail. L. S. E. YOUR NEIGHBOR'S FEARS AND CARES Many of our worst troubles arise from thinking of what others may be thinking about us. We wonder what the neighbors are saying. Often our imaginations get to work and when we see two acquaintances talking we make ourselves the subjects and build up all sorts of gossip and misrepresentation. If we happen to hear our names mentioned casually, we jump to the conclusion that we are being ridiculed or condemned. This is one of humanity's oldest ailments and it has done more to bring gray hairs, produce insomnia and make wrinkles than any dozen diseases. The pity is that the whole thing is so unnecessary. Even if people do gossip about us we ought to be strong enough to ignore it. You do not stop work because there are a few noises around. You work all the harder and conquer the distractions. If you did not you would never earn a living. God gave us minds to lift ourselves. It happens that in nine cases out of ten the others are thinking less about us than we are about them, and in most of the other tenth they are not saying anything that would hurt. There is a quaint old Scotch blessing to church-goers that has these very apt lines: The one that's in the seat wi' ye Is stranger here than you may be, A' here hae got their fears and cares. Take any side of the problem you wish and you will find that your 6 neighbors think no more ill of you than you do of them, and that always they have just about the same fears and cares as you have. When we get into the mood of suspecting our neighbors we should read the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians; we should read it all and read it often, but we should keep very clear in our memory the last three words of the fifth verse, which are, "thinketh no evil."—Woman's World. Master of sweet and loving lore, Give us the open mind, To know religion means no more, No less, than being kind. Give us the comprehensive sight That sees another's need, And let our aim to set things right Prove God inspired our creed. Give us the soul to know our kin That dwell in flock and herd, The voice to fight man's shameful sin Against the beast and bird. Give us a heart with love so fraught For all created things, That even our unspoken thought Bears healing on its wings. Give us religion that will cope With life's colossal woes, And turn a radiant face of hope On troops of pigmy foes. Give us the mastery of our fate In thoughts so warm and white, They stamp upon the brows of hate Love's glorious zeal of light. Give us the strong, courageous faith That makes of pain a friend, And calls the secret word of death "Beginning," and not "end." —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. OLD FOLKS' HOME FUND. No one is authorized to solicit for The Monitor's Old Folks' Home fund. Contributions must be sent or brought to the office of The Monitor. A receipt on a printed form will be given to each contributor. His name and the amount will be published in our columns. As soon as $100 is recived it will be turned over to the treasurer of the Negro Women's Christian association to be paid on the property, and a copy of the receipt from the treasurer and from the real estate agent to whom payment is made will be published in this paper. Nov. 1., E. W. Pryor.....$5.00 TRIBUTES FROM PROMI NENT MEN AND WOMEN "I have known Mr. Booker T. Washington for many years and have had the pleasure of twice visiting Tuskegee. "I regard him as one of the great educators of his time and as the originator of educational methods which are destined to have far-reaching results upon the education of all nations in this country as well as in Europe. "His death is a great loss to educational and social forces in America which have had few exponents of his ability and originality." --- en NO T Tul relia s, hope Bro leav ten --- A PRAYER. Jane Addams. NOW'S THE TIME TO PLANT BULBS Tulip Hyacinth Narcissus Crocus Lily For Winter and Spring Bloom STEWART SEED STORE 119 North 16th Street (Opposite Post Office) DO NOT buy your Fall suit until you see us. Most reasonable and reliable ladies cloak and suit store in Omaha. Always high price samples on hand at reasonable prices BONOFF'S New York Sample Store --- Autumn Signs Browning and falling leaves again call our attention to the promise that summer and winter shall not cease. Prudent people prepare. Are you ready with your autumn dress? If not, why not? We can help you. Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. We Print the Monitor 522-24 South Thirteenth St. Telephone Douglas 2190 206 No. 16th St. MATTHEWS BOOK STORE Stationers and Engravers Have moved to their new location 1620 Harney St., State Bank Bldg. Where larger facilities enable them to give you better service STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Sts. as the most reliable, accommodating and economical furniture store to buy from. NORTHRUP LETTER DUPLICATING COMPANY "LETTEROLOGISTS" TYPEWRITTEN CIRCULAR LETTERS Phone: Doug. 5085 Res. Web. 4292 Office: 506 Paxton Block HEN Ju Tel. Red 7 Res. Doug Establis HENRI H. CLAIBORNE Notary Public Justice of the Peace Tel. Red 7401 Res. Doug. 6188 512-13 Paxton Block Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents Furnishings 1514 North 24th St. Omaha, Neb. Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets ing at- wise win- re- EMERSON LAUNDRY F. S. MOREY, Proprietor 1303-05 North 24th Street Phone Webster 820 Moving Vans and Piano Moving, Packing, Shipping Gordon Van Co. 11th and Davenport Douglas 394 I TAKE PLEASURE in thanking you for your patronage. I want your trade solely upon the merits of my goods. You will profit by trading here. H. E. YOUNG Prin Onit Phone Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th St. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO ОМАНА South Thin phone Douglas BY WILLIAM G. HAYNES. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Is it possible for an irresistible force to meet an immovable body? A. As a logical quibble it is possible to conceive of an irresistible force and of an immovable body, but only as a logical conception. No such force or body exists anywhere in nature. Both of these must be infinite in quantity to be irresistible and immovable. Anything less could be overcome. Thus we reach the inference as a logical conclusion that such a combination is a physical impossibility.—Scientific American. (13094) R. G. asks: If I suspend a certain heavy object on a spring scale exactly on the equator, the indicated weight will show the difference between the force of attraction and the centrifugal power of our globe. The same scale with the same object brought to one of the poles, the attraction towards the center of the earth—now not being counteracted by the centrifugal power which on the poles is equal to zero—will cause a stronger declination on the scale. A different weight ought to be obtained also if the experiment, for reasons of convenience, is made between two points not so far apart north and south as those above mentioned. A. You are quite right in your statement that a body, when weighed with a spring balance, will weigh more at the poles of the earth than at the equator, because of the absence of centrifugal force at the poles. This force is 1/289 of the weight. It will weigh more at the poles because it is nearer the center of the earth at the poles. At points intermediate between the equator and the poles it will weigh more than at the equator, the weight increasing as the body is carried away from the equator.—Scientific American. EDITORIAL COMMENTS FROM PRESS OF COUNTRY ON DEATH OF WASHINGTON MAN OF EXTRAORDINARY NATIVE TALENT. Dr. Washington was a man of extraordinary native talent which, considering the quality and extent of his achievement and its relation to the highest interests of the Republic, may well be called genius. Taken in connection with his character, the loftiness and scope of his moral purposes, the complexity of his task, and the obstacles he had to overcome, his career is one of the most remarkable that our history affords. It is doubtful if any American, within the forty years of his active life, has rendered to the nation service of greater or more lasting value than his. A GREAT LEADER. (New York Evening Mail.) America is poorer because of the death of Booker T. Washington. He was a great leader who saw fundamentals clearly. By the work of his hands and his own will and determination he rose from the poverty and ignorance that hemmed in his race. He was one of the first Americans, black or white, to recognize clearly that civilization is built not upon cultural studies, but upon an economic foundation. He held that each individual acquires his basic character THE MONITOR qualities and the fundamental virtues that make him a useful member of society through useful, purposeful work with the hands. THE SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS. (New York Evening Post.) In Booker Washington the country loses not only a leader, but one who was in his person a real triumph of democracy. If there was any secret of his success in overcoming the terrible obstacles which confronts every man of color, it lay surely in his unfailing optimism, his dogged determination to let no obstacle daunt him, and to be himself above insult or humiliation. He was big enough to see early in life that the man who flouts another because of some difference in natural attributes, injures himself, and not the object of his venom. No disappointment could discourage him; if one benefactor dropped out he found another for the place; if his audiences were small and the returns disappointing, why there was other audiences to be found. And so he speedily typified in his person all the great work that Hampton and Tuskegee and a host of other schools were doing for his race, and proved beyond dispute how that work of bringing light to those that would otherwise sit in darkness earns enormous dividends not only for the blacks but for the entire Republic. Thus thousands who heard him speak realized for the first time what talents, what possibilities of individual usefulness, die latent among our colored fellow citizens, and others found in his Up From Slavery" a real tract for democracy and for the brotherhood of man. Born the fatherless son of a slave woman, Booker T. Washington became nationally famous and nationally respected. He was the guest of one president, the host of another. Washington was a master of arts by virtue of a degree conferred upon him at Harvard, and a doctor of laws of Dartmouth college. He was acknowledged the greatest educator the Negro race ever produced. Possibly he was the greatest man in all history with Negro blood in his veins. The death of Booker T. Washington deprives his race of the sympathetic labors of a man who has done more for his people than Abraham Lincoln did when he set them free from the shackles of bondage to the Southern plantations. Lincoln did no more, could do no more, than apply the cutting file of executive power to the chains that bound them in bodily slavery to their white masters. That was much, but infinitely less than what Booker Washington has done. In time to come, when the merits of Booker T. Washington's lifetime are gone over by the student of human progress, it will be forgotten that he was a black man, born in slavery. No one will think of whether he was white or black. No one will care. He will be held as one who loved his fellow men far beyond the ordinary limits of fraternal warmth. They will recognize one quality and that will be enough, whether the subject have a black skin or white. He was a man. NATIONALLY FAMOUS. (The New York Press.) HE WAS A MAN. (The Pittsburgh Leader.) IMPOSSIBLE TO MEASURE INFLUENCE. ( Detroit (Mich.) Free Press.) It is imposisible to measure the influence Booker T. Washington exercised upon the progress of civilization during his lifetime. The ordinary standards by which we gauge the results of an educator's work do not apply in his case, for the radiating force of Tuskegee has been vastly more penetrating than that which emanates from educational institutions generally. He made his impress upon those who passed directly through his hands, as all college teachers do, and these alone must have been a very large number since the attendance at the school in this one year is more than 1,600. But every one of his graduates was a missionary, sent out to disseminate through the mass of the Negro people the leaven of uplifting culture instilled into him or her by the founder of the college, and in this light the ultimate influence of the man upon the world becomes one of the marvels of our era. For the advance of the Negro race in the United States, it is to be borne in mind, has been from the absolute zero of slavery conditions—the slave being nothing and having nothing—to all that the race is and has today. It is not to be supposed, of course, that the average level of the Afro-American people has been raised through the long sweep of distance which Booker Washington covered in his personal up-climb. He was a spectacular exception, even among all our people. But the race level has gone up to a marvelous extent from its starting point, and for this aggregate advance the educator now dead should be given a large degree of credit in addition to what he deserves for his individual development. Estimated in gross, it may be that the influence of this son of a slave woman and an unknown father has been the greatest of all American forces for progress in our generation. The computation is beyond finite minds. Only the Supreme Judge can know the answer to the question. But at least we mortals can bid farewell to the departed man with deep respect and an acknowledgment of his to us unmeasurable value to our time. (Raleigh News and Observer.) Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 14.—"Booker T. Washington should be recognized as a pioneer in leading his race into paths along which it had the best opportunity of advancement. In emphasizing the value of industrial undertakings to the Negro, he rendered a service to that race and to the white man. "His work at Tuskegee has proved of value to the South and to the nation. He has been a wise counsellor of his people. His efforts have been a source of uplift to the Negro, whom he has emancipated from many things which shackled. The career of Booker T. Washington gives him first place among his race in America." "LABORED FOR REAL GOOD." (Little Rock, Ark., Gazette.) Little Rock, Aark., Nov. 14. "Booker T. Washington commended himself to the people of Arkansas because he labored for the real good of his race. He taught his people the nobility of labor, and those who have listened well have prospered in the South, where the industrious Negro never lacks work." "A PIONEER." 7 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES—1 $ \frac{1}{2} $ cents a word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should accompany advertisement. FOR RENT—HOUSES FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Furnished rooms for rent, modern, reasonable, for men only. 2809 Cuming St. Hubert Thompson. Modern furnished rooms, 1819 Izard street. Tyler 2519. Nicely furnished rooms with hot and cold water, $1.50 and up per week. Close to car line. Mrs. Hayes, 1826 North 23rd street. W. 5639. FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE $15 down, $10 a little later, then $6 winter and $9 summer will buy 3-room house and two lots for garden, chickens, etc.; 2 blocks to school, 5 blocks to car. Call 507 Paxton block. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. Nicely furnished room for respectable lady; private family; home privileges with board if desired. Web. 7881. FOR SALE—An eight-room house, strictly modern, 2722 North 30th St. Terms. Webster 3602. If you have anything to dispose of, a Want Ad in The Monitor will sell it. WANTED. Respectable young widow woman wants position as housekeeper. Will exchange references. Mrs. Esters. Call Harney 6385. Barber Wanted—Good position for the right man. Apply 1918 Cuming. Mason, also carpenter, all around repair man; jobs on hand for each to pay down payment or rent on good small home or lot that I have for you. Address at once. Call 507 Paxton block. WANTED—Correspondents and subscription solicitors for The Monitor in Nebraska cities and towns. IT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE AND MOST DELICIOUS Metz BEER "THE OLD RELIABLE" PHONE DOUGLAS 222 WMJ, SWOBODA RETAIL DEALER OMAHA TRANSFER CO. "The Only Way" BAGGAGE Checked to Destination Phone Webster 850 We sell nothing but the very best Meats and Groceries J. BERKOWITZ 24th and Charles Sts. G. WADE OBEE & CO., Undertakers and Embalmers A FUNERAL HOUSE 248 2518 LAKE ST., PHONE WEBSTER 8 News of the Lodges and Fraternities Masonic. Rough Ashler Lodge No. 74, A. F. & A. M., Omaha Neb. Meetings, first and third Tuesdays in each month. J. H. Wakefield, W. M.; E. C. Underwood, Secretary. Excelsior Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursdays in each month. Zaha Temple No. 52, A. E. A. O. U. M. S., Omaha, Neb. Meetings the fourth Wednesday in each month. N. Hunter, Ill. Potentate; Charles W. Dickerson, Ill. Recorder. Shaffer Chapter No. 42, O. E. S., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Friday in each month. Maggie Ransom, R. M. Elnora Obee, Secretary. Rescue Lodge No. 25, A. F. & A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Monday in each month. Lodge rooms, Twenty-fourth and Charles streets. William Burrell, W. M.; H. Warner, Secretary. Omaha Lodge No. 146, A. F. and A. M., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Fridays of every month. Lodge room 1018 Douglas street. Will N. Johnson, W. M.; Wynn McCulloch, Secretary. Keystone Lodge No. 4, K. of P., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursday of each month. C. Lewis, C. C.; A. Marshall, K. of R. S. Western Star No.1, K. of P.—Meetings second and fourth Thursdays in each month. J. N. Thomas, C. C.; E. R Ro.binson, K. of R. and S. Omaha Lodge No. 2226, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. Meeting nights, the first and third Thursdays of each month. Lodge rooms, 2522 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Lake street. L. S. Moates, N. G.; J. C. Belcher, Cor. Secretary. Publicists are still trying to eliminate the hyphen in all America—except the Afro-Americans. Why not eliminate the hyphen for all the nations? Why leave any hyphenated in the land of the free and the home of the brave? G. WADE OBEE & CO., U. A FUNERA 2518 LAKE ST., PHC Unequalled Conveniences Strictly Sanitary Morgue. Two rest rooms for viewing bodies without entering; so as to prevent exposing our patrons to contagious or infectious diseases. These are kept under Yale locks. Spacious Chapel and a funeral organ. Metallic lined air tight preservation case, by which we can keep bodies months or years after being treated with our specially prepared chemical compound. Expert Accomplishments We are experts in all the latest and most scientific methods of embalming and are specialists in post-mortem facial expressions. The remembrance of the last look we make most pleasant. Free Auto to and from parlors and to the casket company. No morgue, chapel or organ chages to our patrons. Advice on insurance matters, or the appointment of guardians or administrators etc. Free memoriam records. Miscellaneous Caskets from $10 up. Horse or auto funerals. Special prices to lodges. Liberal credit on good security or to people of good repute. Mourners can remain until grave is covered. Sick (able to walk) taken to hospital in auto for $1.00. Open day and night. Ring and ring again, Web. 248, until you get us. THE MONITOR We are naturally a race of music lovers, and Thursday night at the recital of Miss Allie Freeman, under the auspices of the Negro Women's Christian association, we demonstrated this fact to ourselves. The women of the association deserve a great deal of praise. They have set a standard in high class entertainment which the people of Omaha should not lower. Every number on the program was well given and well received. Miss Freeman, who is the niece of Mr. R. W. Freeman, rendered a difficult program with ease, and a fine appreciation of the music. Among the numbers given by her was "Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler," a selection composed by an artist of our own race, Samuel Coleridge Taylor. The others taking part in this recital were Miss Darlene Duval, a mezzo soprano with a voice of volume and sweetness; Mr. Rufus Long, who sings a rich baritone; Miss Irene Cockran, a soprano, rendered a solo, "When the Heart is Young," which was exceptionally well received, and Prof. J. W. Bundrant gave, by request, an excellent reading, "The Murderer," from Poe. The program follows: 1—Cavalier Artisque.....Godard A Dream Love .....Litz Miss Allie B. Freeman. 2—Solo—“Oh, Eyes That Are Weary” .....Brackett Miss Darlene Duval. 3—Solo—“Sing Me to Sleep”.....Greene Mr. Rufus Long. 5—Poet and Peasant—(Overture) (a) Song of the Moonflower .....Farrar (b) Song of the Daffodil.....Farrar (c) Song of the Jasamine.....Farrar Miss Freeman. 6—Reading (by request)—“The Murderer” .....Poe Prof. J. W. Bundrant. 7—“Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler” ...S. Coleridge Taylor Miss Freeman. 9—Solo—“When the Heart is Young .....Dudley Buck Miss Irene Cockran. 10—Prelude in C minor Rachmannioff Miss Freeman. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS. Undertakers and Embalmers REAL HOUSE 248 ONE WEBSTER [Name] G WADE OBEE (A Mortician for 20 Years) A PLEASING RECITAL. Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People-Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. THE PROGRESSIVE PUBLISHING CO. "A NEGRO FIRM OF QUALITY" Only Race Printing Establishment in State. Mail orders a Specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed Phone Web. 248 2518 Lake St., Omaha, Neb. TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Web. 4443 24th and Grant North Side Second-Hand Store R. B. RHODES Dealer in New and Second Hand Furniture and Stoves Household Goods Bought and Sold Rentals and Real Estate 2522 Lake St. Omaha, Neb. W. L. HERMAN Contracting,Plastering and General Repair Work Walnut 830 Thompson & Settles Co. Manufacturers and Jobbers BOOT BLACK AND PORTER'S SUPPLIES Wholesale and Retail 103 So. 14th St. Omaha, Neb. Phone Douglas 5671 Res. Phone Web. 4831 Office Doug. 4287 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 220 South 13th Street (Over Pope's Drug Store) Omaha, Neb. Have your shoes shined right at The Daisy Boot Black Parlor 309 So. 15th Street (Opposite Beaton Drug Co ) Open Wednesday, August 11th JONES & CHILES Funeral Home Lady attendant Calls answered promptly anywhere Phone Web. 204 2314 No. 24th Street Annie Banks Cecil B. Wilkes BANKS-WILKES Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant Satisfaction Guaranteed Phones, Res, Doug. 4379, Office Doug. 3718 1914 Cuming Street Griffin & Turner CLEANERS AND DYERS Women's Work a Specialty Pressing and Repairing Satisfaction guaranteed or your money refunded. Work promptly called for and delivered. Phone Douglas 4287 Fontenelle Investment Co. Real Estate and Insurance 220 South 13th St., Omaha, Neb. (Over Pope's Drug Store) The Business World Printing that attracts. For Receptions, Wedding, Church and Fraternal Events, Dances, Clubs, etc. DR. A. G. EDWARDS Physician and Surgeon Residence and Office, 2411 Erskine St. Phone Web. 71 ISAAC PRYOR I. H. EMERSON Res. 2752 Cuming 1517 N. 26th St. Phone H. 2844 Web. 5978 General Contractors Masonry, General Repairing and Carpenter Work OMAHA NEBRASKA THE PEOPLES DRUG STORE 109 South 14th Street Drugs, Cigars and Soda Toilet and Rubber Goods Special Attention to Prescriptions We appreciate your patronage Phone Douglas 1446 L. O. GREGORY ICE CO. IS AT YOUR SERVICE Phone Webster 6421 MADAM LEVER Manufactures The World's Wonderful Hair Grower and Shampoo Hair Dressing and Manicuring 913 N. 27th Ave. Phone Harney 1497 Economy Tailoring Co. Suits Made to Order, $15 up Cleaning and Repairing Goods Called for and Delivered 114 So. 13th St. Omaha, Neb. MUSIC (THE RIGHT KIND) By Dan Desdunes Orcbestra 2516 Burdette St. Web. 710 The Broomfield Hotel 116-118 South Ninth St. Strictly modern and up-to-date Prices moderate Phone Douglas 2378 C. M. Simmons, Prop.