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. Colored Physician Returns from Orient Formerly Attached to Hospital Corps of the Army in Philippines. A NEGRO JUDGE AT ALBAY. Where Dr. Brantly Has a Good Practice. Opportunity for Negro Mechanics. New York, Jan. 7.—Dr. Daniel Troy Brantly, for the past fifteen years located in the practice of medicine at Albay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, reached New York on Friday, December 24, on the French mail steamer Patria, from Lisbon. Leaving Manilla, he touched en route at Hong Kong,, and took the Japanese steamer for Marseilles, coming the Mediterranean route. He was arrested twice in France, but by declaring his purpose to engage in the Red Cross service, he was able to get across to England. He went then to Madrid, Spain, and then to Lisbon, from which port he embarked for New York. Dr. Brantley was attached to the United States army as a member of the hospital corps, and in 1900 he decided to locate in the Islands. He finished his medical course at St. Thomas university, the Spanish medical college at Manilla, and was the first Negro to be granted a license as a doctor in the Philippines. He located at Albay, Luzon, and has a good practice. He is in the States to take a post graduate course in surgery. He was born in Selma, Ala., but made Chicago his home prior to settling in the Philippines. Negro Judge at Albay. There are only three colored Americans at Albay, the others being Judge Albert Somersville and Chas. Miller, an ex-soldier, who is a blacksmith. Judge Somersville went from New York as a stenographer in 1902, but some of the whites in the Manilaa office objected to him because of color, so he was assigned as private secretary to Gov. A. U. Betts of Luzon. Somersville subsequently took up the practice of law and enjoys the largest clientele of any lawyer in the province. He has been chosen as a judge of the district court and handles a large volume of business in that capacity. Dr. Brantley declares that there is a splendid opening for a Negro who is qualified as an automobile mechanic to open a garage and repair tutos, quite a large number are put to considerable delay in case of accidents. Speaking of conditions in the islands Dr. Brantley thinks the present administration's policy has set the Filipinos back at least a generation. The offices have been filled, he thinks, with Democratic politicians, no attention being paid to their qualifications. Governor General Harrison, lacking (Continued on second page) Omaha, Nebraska, January 8, 1916 VICTOR B. CALDWELL Agent of of the United States National Bank, with distinct loss to the business and commercial interests of Omaha. Nothing To Make You MON AMI Room for the manly man, with the spirit of manly rights in the man who smiles while his eyes keep on who, when things go wrong, can take his place to the fight and his eyes to the light and to the country’s need, and the moment’s need that beats to the pulsing tread of the lilied leagues, and it waits for him, and it leaps to hear the strikes and the wheels he turns and the hammer forward look in his face, the poise of his noodlunge of his tireless will and the sweep of the manly man who comes with the sunlight to do, the will to dare, and the courage to rights in the manly man, and the weak and the easy man goes forth to hold his own on land of—Folger McKinsey in Bay. 15 GIVES ENCOURAGEMENT TO COLORS (Editorial in Pittsburg Courier, Dec. 31.) Chronicles of the year have been set down, must be much of good attributed to the year when time nor space will permit of a detailed and markedly important events may not be here and the truer words than “In union there is strength, consider the events which have called forth to the Afro-American population of Pennsylvania be an equal rights bill. Through political chicanely defeated at the hands of the governor, his selfsame attempt caused a closer coalition. M. H. Late president of of the United States National Bank, whose death is a distinct loss to the business and commercial interests of Omaha. Something To Make You Think MON AMI The world has room for the manly man, with the spirit of manly cheer; The world delights in the man who smiles while his eyes keep back the tear; It loves the man who, when things go wrong, can take his place and stand With his face to the fight and his eyes to the light and toil with a willing hand; The manly man is the country's need, and the moment's need, forsooth, With a heart that beats to the pulsing tread of the lilied leagues of Truth; The world is his, and it waits for him, and it leaps to hear the ring Of the blow he strikes and the wheels he turns and the hammers he dares to swing; It likes the forward look in his face, the poise of his noble head, And the onward lunge of his tireless will and the sweep of his dauntless tread! Hurrah for the manly man who comes with the sunlight in his face, And the strength to do, the will to dare, and the courage to find his place! The world delights in the manly man, and the weak and the evil flee When the manly man goes forth to hold his own on land or sea! —Folger McKinsey in Baltimore Sun. THE YEAR 1915 GIVES ENCOURAGEMENT TO COLORED AMERICAN (Editorial in Pittsburg Courier, Dec. 31.) When the chronicles of the year have been set down for leisurely perusal, there must be much of good attributed to the year which is just about done. Neither time nor space will permit of a detailed recitation, but a few of the remarkedly important events may not be here amiss. Never were truer words than "In union there is strength." That being so suppose we consider the events which have called forth this union. Early in the year the Afro-American population of Pennsylvania was solid in the efforts to secure an equal rights bill. Through political chicanery, of course, this was eventually defeated at the hands of the governor, who vetoed it. Nevertheless, this selfsame attempt caused a closer coalition of Afro-Amer- (Continued on seventh page.) Volume I. Number 28 Colored Employee Saves Girl's Life Miss Ollie Johnson Probably Owes Life to Aid Given Her When Fire Breaks Out. WM. JOHNSON GETS CREDIT Girl's Hair Had Caught on Fire. Her Third Narrow Escape in Plant of Dresher Bros. Miss Ollie Johnson, living at 917 North Twenty-fourth street and employed at the Dresher Bros.' dry cleaning establishment, 211 Farnam street, had a terrifying experience and a narrow escape in a fire at the plant Thursday noon. She owes her life to the aid given her by William Johnson, colored employee at the plant. The two were the only persons in the big dry cleaning room on the third floor at the rear of the building, when the fire broke out. Suddenly there was a flash and the whole room seemed to be filled with flame. Miss Johnson's back was turned to the direction from which the flame came. She felt her hair burning and made a dash for the exit. Johnson at once sprang to her assistance, and succeeded in getting her out of the room just as the sheet of flame filled the whole floor. Outside, employees rushed to the foot of the steep stairway leading to the room. Miss Johnson slipped on the steps in her frantic effort to escape, and fell into their arms, sustaining slight injuries. Johnson was slightly burned about the hands. Al Dresher, one of the proprietors of the place, was slightly singed about the face when he insisted on ascertaining positively that there were no other persons in the blazing room. The damage will probably reach $1,000, covered by insurance. The injured girl was given attention by the company doctor and taken to her home. She is the only daughter of Mrs. Irene Johnson, a widow. The mother says that upon two previous occasions the girl had similar narrow escapes in the place, sustaining a broken hand on one occasion and a broken thumb on the other. The girl is suffering considerably from nervous shock, say the attending physicians, but her condition is not considered serious. INCREASE OF SALARY FOR PULLMAN PORTERS. Chicago, Ill., December 28.—The Pullman Company announced yesterday that on January 1 salaries of porters will be increased 10 per cent. Conductors and other employes will receive a similar increase. Five or six thousand porters will be benefitted. Present salaries for porters range from $27.50 to $40, so the increase will be from $2.75 to $4 per month. General Race News 2 COLORED MAN MADE FIRST ASSISTANT ASSESSOR. Bostan, Jan. 7.—Thirty years ago Fred F. Smith was a bootblack and a newsboy around the streets of Boston. On December 10 Mayor Curley, of that city, appointed him First Assistant Assessor at a salary of $1,000 for about 100 days' work, and hesides this he receives $50 for every day he testifies in court as an expert appraiser of property. He has been employed in the Assessor's office for the past twelve years as a second assistant at a salary of $5 a day. The Civil Service Commission certified him twice before for the same position, but because of his color he was each time rejected. At the time of his appointment he stood at the top of the civil service list. Mayor Curley in appointing him said: "They do not want you in this position simply because of the fact that your skin is a little darker than mine, but you deserve it, have honestly won it, and are perfectly competent to fill it, and in spite of the opposition to you on account of your color, I am going to appoint you." Mr. Smith was for twelve years a member of the Republican City Committee, is a member of the First Baptist Church, a member of the junior class of the Sufolk Law School, a Royal Arch Mason, secretary to John H. Brooks, of New York, and secretary of the following societies: Second Assistant Assesors' Association, The Lions, Colored Republican Club of Massachusetts, and Civil League. He is probably the first colored man in the United States to specialize along scientific real estate lines and is the first one to hold the office of first assistant assessor. NEGRO RED CAPS EMPLOYED. Ogden, Utah., Jan. 7.—For the first time in history, Ogden Union Station is now manned with colored Red Caps. The change was made recently when the four white men who had been employed were discharged and four Negroes employed in their stead. L. Clarence Jones, of Chicago, is in charge, with Felix Paskett as his assistant. The men are paid a salary of $60 a month. Their services have been so satisfactory that already the railroad management has commended them for their impartial and obliging manner to the traveling public. GIVES DINNER TO THE POOR. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 7.—Christmas among the poor colored people of this town was a joyous occasion through the instrumentality of Dr. S. D. Redmond, a successful physician and one of the best known colored citizens. He issued an invitation to all the poor people to have Christmas dinner with him. The dinner was served at 2 o'clock on Christmas Day at the Palm Garden, North Parish street. BRYN MAWR STUDENTS TO TEACH MAIDS. Bryn Mawr, Pa., Jan. 7.—Fifty Negro maids at Bryn Mawr College for young ladies will be taught all of the elementary branches while employed there by the students who have volunteered to instruct them. They will also form a Sunday School with a choir on the side. THE MONITOR DIRECT STEAMSHIP LINE TO LIBERIA. Washington, Jan. 7.—Officials of the Department of State are watching with deep interest an attempt to establish a direct steamship line between this country and Liberia. A few days ago their steamer Nifon, bound from Boston, reached Monrovia. The news was immediately flashed to Secretary Lansing, who in turn notified Dr. Ernest Lyon, the Liberian consul-general to this country. The European war has badly crippled Liberian trade with France, England and Germany, and many have been attracted by the possibilities of trade with this country. Liberian mahogany, rubber and other products could be used to advantage in this country, while meats, machinery, flour, clothing and other products could find a ready market there. The attempt to establish a line between this country and Liberia is being backed by a number of colored men. WOUNDED AMERICAN IN FRENCH HOSPITAL Dr. Daniel T. Brantley, lately returned from the Philippines, visited the Hospital for Convalescents at Nice, France. He found an American Negro, J. H. Montgomery, in the hospital badly wounded, having lost a leg, besides other injuries. Montgomery was a member of the French Foreign Legion and told Dr. Brantley that he was wounded at the battle of Marne. Montgomery was a chauffeur in Paris at the outbreak of the war, and going to service was assigned to the ambulance corps. He has relatives in this country from whom he has not heard for a number of years. A brother and some cousins were last heard of as living in Baltimore. He can be reached by a letter addressed to the Hospital for Convalescents, Nice, France. GEORGIA JUDGE GIVES WHITE MAN 99 YEARS. Waycross, Ga.,—Judge Somerall, of the Superior Court, sentenced Ben Higgs, a well known white man of Millwood, to ninety-nine years in the state penitentiary for the murder of Martha Anderson, a Negro woman. The crime was committed last July. The jury, composed of white men, gave a verdict within thirty minutes after the case was given to them, at the same time recommending the murderer to the mercy of the court. Mrs. Anderson was 59 years old and had never been involved in any quarrel with Higgs. The testimony developed the fact that Higgs tried to hire her to pick cotton for him and when she refused to leave home he fired his Winchester rifle at her, killing her instantly. Higgs had been drinking "moonshine" liquor, according to his companion. HEADWAITER'S WIDOW LEAVES $10,000 Baltimore, Mr., Jan. 7.—Bequests amounting to $10,000 are made by the will of Mrs. Ellen Sorrell, just admitted to probate. She was the widow of the late Hiram Sorrell, for many years a head waiter here. East Las Vegas, N. Mex., Jan. 7. At the funeral of Montgomery Bell, one of the wealthiest men in the state, the pallbearers were all white, some of the most prominent business and professional men of the community. This is the first time in the history of New Mexico that white pallbearers officiated at a Negro's funeral. Mr. Bell came to New Mexico in 1866 from Misosuri, working as a waiter and cook. Later he became a messenger in the First National Bank of Santa Fe. Accumulating some capital he went into the sheep business with Mexican partners with headquarters at Las Vegas. He became very wealthy, and possessing plenty of ready cash, he increased his holdings by making loans He was called Bell, the money lender. Four years ago he became interested in the banking business with John W. Harris, a white man, and financed the People's Trust Company, but remained as a silent partner. He was reputed to be worth in the neighborhood of $350,000 when he died. RECEIVES LICENSE AS CAPTAIN Norfolk, Va., Jan. 7. After undergoing a test examination submitted by the United States local inspector, renewal of his captainss license was granted to R. J. Salisbury, who has served eight years as captain on a passenger steamer on the Tar Pamlico rivers. Mr. Salisbury is the only Negro in North Carolina who holds this position, his license empowering him to command vessels of one hundred tons or less, or to act as mate on river steamers of any tonnage. He is a native of Tarboro but is in the railway mail service with headquarters at Norfolk. The Negro race has today more than 3,000 well-equipped, well-trained attorneys, practicing before the American bar. COLORED PHYSICIAN RETURNS FROM ORIENT. experience of a broad and general nature, has not been able to measure up to the standards set by Taft and Wright and this has affected the entire archipelago. As the American sees it the native is not ready for self government, but the Filipino thinks he is capable of handling the reins and he wants the government turned over to him. Dr. Brantley proposes to take his post graduate course either in New York or Chicago, and hopes to return to the Philippines in the spring. He will not return through Europe, but will sail from San Francisco. When Prof. Walter Raleigh, an Englishman who was a direct descendant of the original Sir Walter Raleigh, was asked to lecture at Princeton College, Professor Root went down to the station to meet the distinguished visitor. Professor Root did not know Professor Raleigh, but walking up to a man that he thought looked like him he said: "I beg your pardon, but am I addressing Walter Raleigh?" The man looked at him for a moment and replied: "No, I am Christopher Columbus. Walter Raleigh is in the smokingroom with Queen Elizabeth."—Christian Register. (Continued from first page.) ALL LOCATED. "Yes, I told father that the white poker chip I dropped was a peppermint tablet." "Did he swallow it?" —Hobart Herald. $5.00 THE BEST COAL FOR THE PRICE—TRY IT HARMON & WEETH Tel. Web. 848. 1503 N. 16th Your search for Good Shoe Repairing has ended when you try H. LAZARUS Work done while you wait or will call for and deliver without extra charge. Red 2395 2019 Cumings 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. OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE THE LODGE SUPPLY CO. 1111 Farnam St. Badges, Banners, Regalia, Uniforms and Pennants Phone Doug. 4160. J. A. Edholm E. W. Sherman Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 YES—ICE CREAM any style, for any occasion J. A. DALZELL Quality First 1824 Cuming St. Tel. Doug. 616 S. FINKENSTEIN For Groceries, Meats, Fruits and Vegetables Phone Web. 1902 26th and Blondo LUMIERE STUDIO Modern Photography 1515-17 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 3004 H. GROSS LUMBER AND WRECKING 21st and Paul Streets News of the Churches and Religious Topics vices 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 Allen Chapel, A. M. E., 181 South Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha.—The Rev. 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 Twenty-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.—Eighteenth and 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. Notice is hereby given that we, the undersigned, in order to form a corporation for the purposes hereinafter stated, under and pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify as follows: The name of the corporation shall be. Obee Undertaking Co. The location of its principal and registered office shall be in the City of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, but this corporation is empowered and authorized to maintain and conduct offices in any part of the United States. The objects for which this corporation is formed are: To acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease or otherwise acquire, and to own, hold, buy or sell, convey, lease, mortgage and incumber real estate, and other property, personal or mixed. To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind or for any lawful purpose, with any person, firm, association or corporation, so far as the same may be necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the purposes of this corporation. To mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of real, personal or mixed property. To carry on a general undertaking business; to manufacture any and all goods necessary for use in or about the conduct of a general undertaking business. Without in any manner or in any particular limiting any of the objects or powers of the corporation, it is hereby expressly declared and provided, that the corporation shall have power to issue bonds and any other obligations in payment for property purchased or acquired by it, or for Directory. 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 Seward 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 (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. Ser- OMAHA AND TRADE TERRITORY BUSINESS UP 20 PER CENT. Omaha, Nebr., Jan. 7. Almost without exception business in Omaha showed remarkable increase during the year. These increases reflect the general prosperity throughout Nebraska and Iowa and are fundamental, based on bigger crops and bigger prices for these crops. In comparison with other sections of the United States, the showing made by the trade territory tributary to Omaha is wonderful, big gains being made where losses are shown in other sections. A conservative estimate places the general development of this section at twenty per cent. Predictions are that the development in this section during 1916 will far surpass that of the year just passed. SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET BREAKS ALL FORMER RECORDS. Omaha, Nebr., Jan. 7.—All records for total receipts of live stock at the Union Stock Yards were broken in 1915 with total receipts of 7,171,273 head or 101,786 cars. In total receipts Omaha goes ahead of Kansas City and assumes second place to Chicago. The receipts of cattle were 1,218,342 head, a gain of 300,000; hogs, 2,642,-973, a gain of 400,000; sheep, 3,268,-279, a gain of 150,000, and horses and mules, 41,679, a gain of 11,000. The value of the packing house products reached the gigantic total of $115,434,850, which is to be supplemented by about $6,000,000 of byproducts. The 1915 receipts were the largest in the history of the Stock Yards Company and are a tribute to the policy of the organization. "Now, Dorothy," said the teacher to a small pupil, "can you tell me what a panther is?" "Yeth, ma'am," lisped Dorothy. "A panther ith a man that maketh panth." —Chicago News. THE MONITOR NOTICE OF INCORPORATION. NATURE OF BUSINESS. ARTICLE I. ARTICLE II. LOCATION. ARTICLE III. Mid-Winter White Sale of Sheets, Sheeting, Muslin, etc. Mid-Winter White Sale of Sheets, Sheeting, Muslin, etc. White Wool Shirting and Wa single and double hair line stripes yard, 25c. White Wool Shirting and Waisting Flannel with blue and black single and double hair line stripes, 32 inches wide, from the bolt, at, yard. 25c. The finest White Cambries, L Bleachings, light, medium and hea at, yard 7½c. PEPPERELL, AURORA AND MID-WINTER The Mid-Winter prices are from the present market prices. This 8-4 Bleached Sheeting, a 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, a 10-4 Bleached Sheeting, a 30c Underwear Crepe..... Underwear Crepes, mercerize linons, Persian lawns, lingerie la remnants worth up to 30c yard, d The finest White Cambrics, Longcloths and yard-wide Wamsutta Bleachings, light, medium and heavy grades, in 2 to 15-yard lengths, at. yard $ 7 \frac{1}{2} c. $ The Mid-Winter prices are from 3c to 4c on the yard less than the present market prices. This idea: Underwear Crepes, mercerized voiles, organdies, batistes, India linons, Persian lawns, lingerie lawns, fancy white waisting, etc., in remnants worth up to 30c yard, during sale, at, yard 9c. Bleached Muslin, 36 inches w cluded; limit of 20 yards to each o BURGESS-NA "Everybo Greatest Opportun TAKE ADVANTAGE! DO DRESSES, AND FURS AT HA WEEK. A. Bonoff's New Tel. Douglas 4247 Bleached Muslin, 36 inches wide, many standard brands are included; limit of 20 yards to each customer, at, yard, $ 5 \frac{1}{2} c $ TAKE ADVANTAGE! DON'T WAIT! CLOAKS, SUITS, DRESSES, AND FURS AT HALF PRICE AND LESS ALL NEXT WEEK. any other object in or about its business. To mortgage or pledge any stocks, bonds or other obligations, or any property which may be acquired by it; to secure any bonds or obligations by it issued or incurred; to guarantee any dividends or bonds or contracts or other obligations; to make and perform contracts of any kind and description; and in carrying on its business, or for the purpose of attaining or furthering any of its objects; to do any and all other acts and things and to exercise any and all other powers which a co-partnership or natural person could do or exercise and which now or hereafter may be authorized by law. The foregoing clause shall be construed both as objects and powers, and it is hereby expressly provided that the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this corporation. The total authorized capital stock of this corporation is twenty thousand ($20,000.00) dollars, divided into two hundred (200) shares of the par value of one hundred ($100.00) dollars each, to be fully paid at the commencement of the business of this corporation. This corporation shall begin business on the 27th day of December, 1915, and continue fifty (50) years unless dissolved by the vote of four-fifth of the capital stock of the corporation. or unless otherwise dissolved according to law. The highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation shall at any time be subject to, shall not exceed two-thirds of the paid-up 25c DWIGHT ANCHOR PILLOW TUBING, 14c Extra quality satin finish, one to 10 yard lengths. The well known Dwight Anchor pillow tubing in desirable lengths, 25c values at 14c the yard. 50c FLANNEL SHIRTINGS, 25c. WHITE CAMBRICS. 7 1/2 c. PEPPERELL, AURORA AND MESCO SHEETINGS IN THE MID-WINTER WHITE SALE. 8-4 Bleached Sheeting, at.....25c Yard 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, at.....25c Yard BLEACHED MUSLIN, 5 $ \frac{1}{2} $ c. BURGESS-NASH COMPANY "Everybody's Store" Greatest Opportunity You Ever Had CAPITAL STOCK. INDEBTEDNESS. ARTICLE IV. ARTICLE V. ARTICLE VI isting Flannel with blue and black 32 inches wide, from the bolt, at, longcloths and yard-wide Wamsutta avy grades, in 2 to 15-yard lengths, MESCO SHEETINGS IN THE WHITE SALE. from 3c to 4c on the yard less than idea: t.....25c Yard t.....25c Yard t.....26c Yard .....9c d voiles, organdies, batistes, India owns, fancy white waisting, etc., in during sale, at, yard 9c. ide, many standard brands are in- customer, at, yard, 5 1/2 c. FISH COMPANY Dady's Store" unity You Ever Had DON'T WAIT! CLOAKS, SUITS, LF PRICE AND LESS ALL NEXT York Sample Store and subscribed capital stock of the corporation. The directors of this corporation shall be three in number and the incorporators of this corporation shall act as directors of the same until the first annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The officers of this corporation shall be President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer; and the President Vice-President and Treasurer shall be members of the Board of Directors. The holding of one office by any member of the Board of Directors shall not preclude such director from holding any other office to which he may be elected by the Board of Directors. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders of this corporation shall be held at its offices in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, on the second Tuesday in February of each year. These articles of incorporation may be amended at any regular meeting of the stockholders by a two-thirds vote of the stock represented at such meeting. Notice of the porposed amendment, however, to be served upon each and every stockholder of the corporation not less than thirty days prior to the date of such meeting. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted in accordance with the By-Laws of the corporation. --- 3 206 No. 16th St. ARTICLE VIII. OFFICERS. ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS. G. WADE OBEE, ELNORA K. OBEE, THOMAS ADAMS, Incorporators. THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Omaha and vicinity, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mail office at Omaha, Neb., under the THE REV. JOHN ALBERT W. Lucille Skaggs Edwards, William Pryor, Asson Joseph LaCour, Jr., Advertising SUBSCRIPTION RATE Advertising rates, 59 Address, The Monitor, 1119 N Telephone 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, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising rates, 59 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. WILL THE AMERICAN SCIENCE AWAKEN? Readers of The Monitor will probably recall an item which was published in the department "Our Women and Children," so admirably conducted by Lucile Skaggs Edwards, in one of our early issues, about the splendid record made by Miss Isabelle Vandervall in the New York Medical College. To refresh your memory, here is the item from the Newark (N. J.) Evening News: "Besides receiving the degree of doctor of medicine, Miss Isabelle Vandervall carried off honors at the commencement of the New York Medical college and Hospital for Women, held in the Astor galleries of the Waldorf-Astoria. Dr. Vandervall was the first colored student to matriculate in the college since its organization fifty-two years ago. She received the prize for having maintained the highest efficiency during the four years of the college course. Miss Vandervall has been officially notified of her appointment as an interne at the Hospital for Women and Children at Syracuse, N. Y." Despite Dr. Vandervall's qualifications she has had some most humiliating experiences We shall not here recount them. They are sufficiently indicated in the editorial from a recent issue of the New York Globe, which we shall soon quote. That great metropolitan dailies are beginning to call attention to America's inhumanity to a large class of her best citizens gives ground for encouragement. Such editorials ought to, and we believe will, do much to awaken the dead conscience of this country on the question of prejudice and discrimination against men and women of color. Cases like that of Dr. Vandervall can be paralleled in appreciably large numbers in almost every community. But despite this fact our ambitious youth of both sexes will continue to prepare themselves for honorable careers in every line of endeavor and eventually find or make their opportunity. That the white press is beginning to realize the injustice and handicap of American prejudice and to say so is not without significance or encouragement. Here is what the New York Globe says under the caption, "Isabelle Vandervall:" "In this time of general searching of hearts and of desire to be right in fundamentals no true American can feel that everything is right with his country when it is possible for anyone truthfully to write such a letter as Jose Clarana yesterday wrote to The Globe. "Isabel Vandervall was recently graduated from the Women's Medical College. She had the distinction of leading her class, having maintained --- 4 Matter July 2, 1915, at the Post-act of March 3, 1879. WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. M. Garnett Haynes and Ellsworth W. Associate Editors. Using and Circulation Manager. TUES, $1.50 PER YEAR Incents an inch per issue. North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Webster 4243. an average of 97 per cent. throughout her course, and having been publicly awarded an appropriate prize. But the young doctor has pigment in her skin. When she applied for a place in a hospital where some colored women are given training as nurses she was told, it is said, point-blank that the hospital never intended to have a colored interne and that if she attempted to take the examinations her papers would be marked below the passing point. This hospital, it appears, bears the name of Lincoln. "The next application was to a hospital in Syracuse, and on the strength of her papers the honor pupil was accepted. On reporting for duty, the arrangement was promptly cancelled. "The simple story speaks for itself. It is not fair to pick out the authorities of Lincoln Hospital or the Syracues hospital for special attack. They acted as they did doubtless because they felt they must. The fault is with all of us, or most of us. Yet the thought cannot but come back that in some way the American people must pay for the injustice they show to the Negro. They heavily paid for the sin of slavery, and they can hardly expect to avoid penalty in some manner for tolerating an extreme caste spirit that nullifies every American principle." An Associated Press dispatch says that at Oakland, Cal., recently, Bishop Thirkild of New Orleans told the Methodist board of home and church missions that the Catholics are making inroads among New Orleans' Negroes. Speaking of "Mother" Catherine Drexel's Negro work for the Catholics, he said: "God bless her, she is doing a noble work." I think that was a fine thing for a Methodist bishop to say. Why not be fair to one another? Why permit religious prejudice to close one's eyes to the good work of other denominations? That reminds me that the Nebraska state Baptist convention at Grand Island recently and unanimously adopted a resolution praising the work of Mr. Fenton, warden of the Nebraska penitentiary. The fact that Mr. Fenton happens to be a Catholic and that public reference has been made to his religious affiliations is important here only for the reason that it provides an opportunity to emphasize the growing spirit of toleration among Nebraska people. That spirit should be encouraged at every opportunity. It would be fine if Nebraska could take the lead among states where men may choose their own religion without criticism and THE MONITOR GOOD SIGNS. where a man's theological affiliations have nothing to do with his neighbor's attitude toward him.—The Omaha Nebraskan. Of course this spirit should be encouraged. We endorse the noble sentiment here expressed most heartily. We would like to have this spirit so grow that it will include not only religious differences, but racial as well, so that a man's race or color shall "have nothing to do with his neighbor's attitude toward him," and that he shall be judged and rated by his character and ability and given opportunity for honorable service accordingly. Why not work for this truly democratic ideal? Why Not Have a Telephone on Either Floor? A telephone down stairs and an extension up-stairs saves you five or ten trips a day and those disagreeable tramps down-stairs late at night. Residence Extension 50 Cents a Month. With an extension telephone you can call or be called from either floor at any time. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY Subscribe Now for The Monitor Only One Dollar a Year After February 1st, $1.50 Fill out this blank. Send it with $1.00 to The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first Street, Omaha, Neb. Send The Monitor for One Year To ... Street ... Town ... State ... Signed ..... The undertaking firm of Jones and Chiles is to be congratulated on the beautiful calendar they have issued. It is a real work of art, ornamented with the photograph of a bright and attractive little child, Aleeta Elisabeth, the five-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, 2511 Lake street. The same firm also sent gifts of candy Christmas to the respective Sunday schools, all of which goes to show that our business firms are becoming more and more enterprising. February 1st we raise our subscription price to $1.50 a year. Send in your subscription now and get the benefit of the $1.00 rate. Events and Persons In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested. News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night. Mr. A. McQuater, who has been very ill, is much improved. A few friends gathered at the home of Miss Deborah Williams of Council Bluffs on New Years for an informal dancing party. Mr and Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt entertained informally Tuesday evening complimentary to Mrs. Barbee of Denver. The Art Class gave a doll party at the residence of Mrs. Lucille Smith 2916 Erskine street, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. John Pegg returned Friday of last week from Topeka, Kansas, where she went to bury her mother, Mrs. Ellen Page, who died Christmas Day. Mr. Julius Davis of 1236 Park Ave., has been very ill. The meeting of the New Era Dramatic Club on December 31 was a successful one, as the greater portion of the play, "Kentucky Belle," was rehearsed thoroughly. Watch for the date. Mrs. Anna Jones and her sister, Mrs. Cora Davis were called to Fulton, Mo., Wednesday on account of the illness of their mother, Mrs. Evans. There will be a masquerade ball on roller skates at the Mecca Tuesday, January 11. Miss Helen Hagan, famous pianist, winner of Yale University Conservatory scholarship, will give a recital in Omaha February 10th, under the auspices of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon.—Adv. D. J. Austin of Salem, Va., who was the guest, during the holidays, of his brother, A. J. Austin, 4911 North 42nd street, left last week for his home in the Southland. Mrs. E. F. West of 2006 North 28th street, who has been quite ill, is slowly improving. Elaine, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith, 2726 Blondo street, who underwent an operation for adanoids, is rapidly recovering. Mrs. John W. Pinkston, who was called to the city by the illness of her mother, Mrs. J. H. Crawford, left Wednesday for her home in Boston. Mrs. Pinkston will graduate from the New England Conservatory in June, where she has made an excellent record as a student. Mrs. Crawford's health is improving. Miss Margaret Harris who has been the guest of Mrs. Josiah Brown, 1514 Burdette street, left yesterday for her home in Hutchinson, Kansas. Miss Mamie Kellogg spent the Christmas holidays visiting friends in Chicago. Harold Bentley left Monday to resume his studies at Western University, Quindaro, Kansas, after spending the holidays with his mother Mrs. M. L. Bently-Webster. THE MONITOR A very pleasant surprise party was tendered Mr. M. C. Sands by his wife in honor of his birthday, Thursday evening, December 30th, at the family residence, 2709 Corby street. An enjoyable evening was spent, and Mr. Sands was the recipient of many beautiful presents. Mrs. F. H. Poindexter of Oskaloosa, Ia., is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. L. O. Gregory, 2606 North Twenty-fifth street. One of the most delightful affairs of the holiday season was the annual Christmas party given by the Pleasant Hour Social Club, December 28th, at Alamo Hall, which was most artistically decorated for the occasion. Many out of town guests were present. It was a full dress affair. Many handsome gowns were in evidence and the music was furnished by Desdune's orchestra. Sergeant Joseph Williams, of Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., has joined his family who are visiting Sergt. and Mrs. Philip Letcher, 3415 North Twenty-eighth street. Sergeant Williams has been ordered to the Philippines for which assignment he and his family will leave after a visit with their Omaha relatives. Mrs. Mary Honecker died Friday morning, December 31st, at her late residence, 1207 Cass street, where she had lived for many years. She had been ill for nearly four months. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from St. John's A. M. E. church, of which the deceased was a member. The Rev. W. T. Osborne officiated. Interment was in Forest Lawn cemetery Mrs. Honecker was a widow and survived by two sons and an adopted daughter, Miss Irene Phillips. The first rehearsal for the cantata, Queen Esther will be held Tuesday night at eight o'clock sharp at St. John's Church, 18th and Webster. All persons wishing to take the excellent training under Prof Stanley that this will afford are requested to be present promptly. No visitor allowed. Mr. Robert Temple after a four years' absence spent in the Northwest and Colorado, has returned to Omaha, "the city of opportunity." Mrs. L. C. Proctor, 2424 Burdette street, makes quilts for which she is desirous of securing customers. She has several good ones on hand. The Leap Year Club gave a ball Monday night at Peterson's Hall. Pinkard's Saxaphone orchestra furnished the music. John Andrew Singleton, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Singleton of this city, who is a student at Howard University at Washington, D. C., underwent an operation Monday in the Freedmen's Hospital of that city. The operation was successful and the latest reports are that he is doing nicely which will be gratifying information for his many friends. Watch The Monitor grow. Help its growth. Helen Hagan, February 10. RICH FLAVOR : APPEALINGLY FRAGRANT Butter-Nut "The Coffee Delicious" 3 POUND CANS $1.00 SUPREMELY DELICIOUS There is a Lot of Satisfaction in Knowing that in Buying Coffee You are Getting the Utmost Value for Your Money. BIRD BRAND COFFEE is Guaranteed to Please You in Every Way. It Costs No More Than Ordinary Coffee. 35c Per Pound $1.00 Per 3-Pound Can. Ask Your Grocer Today. Coal Bargains We save you 50c to $1.50 on every ton Just a few of our many kinds. Compare our prices with our competitors. 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 (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. Rosenblatt Cut Price Coal Co. Tel. Douglas 530. More Sickness and Accident Insurance for Less Money Old line protection. No assessments. No medical examination. Everything guaranteed. GET ACQUAINTED WITH LUKE A. HUGHES. Continental Casualty Co. 334 Brandeis Theater Bldg. Douglas 3726. FLORIST Plants, Cut Flowers, Designs, Decorations Greenhouses, 30th and Bristol Sts. Phone Webster 1795. Tip Top Bread Best Bread Made C. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc. 2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3834 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. ONE POUND NET WEIGHT BIRD BRAND COFFEE ROASTED AND PACKED BY GEHMAN-AMERICAN COFFEE CO. CHAS. 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Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. $5.50 Johnson Special Lump $5.50 Best for the Money J. E. WAGEN Fresh and Smoked Meats We dress our own Poultry Doug. 1602 2215 Cuming St. Phone Webster 850 We sell nothing but the very best Meats and Groceries J. BERKOWITZ 24th and Charles Sts. NORTH END COAL @ EXPRESS CO. For all kinds of good coal, furniture, piano and trunk moving call WEBSTER 5036. LET GEORGE DO IT. 2627 Lake Street. When in Need of Shirts Try BURGESS He Can Fit You Doug. 4113 318 So. 18th St. Tel. Red 1424 Will L. Hetherington Violinist Instructor at Bellevue College Asst. of Henry Cox Studio Patterson Blk Macklin's Bakery & Quick Lunch For FRESH BAKERY GOODS Wholesome Home Made Cooked Foods. 2530 Lake Street. Roller Skating Every Afternoon and Evening at THE MECCA Children's 15c Matinee Saturday Ladies Admitted Free Monday Night. Our Women and Children 6 “DON’I'S” IN THE CARE OF CHIL- DREN. By Director Ziegler of Phila. Dept. of Health. ees Merten |e Se Weare Ah oe ee Pot de. ines, ee school without breakfast. Tea or cof- fee and a roll is an inadequate and improper meal for the growing child. Don’t send the child to school with dirty face and hands. The hair should always be well combed and the clothes tidy and clean. Body vermin spread rapidly among unkempt chil- dren. Don’t allow the child to spend the lunch money for candy and pies or to buy any foodstuffs from street ven- ders. Pretzels which have been ex- posed to the street dust are unfit for food. Don’t expect the child to make its own lunch at noon. The mother should never be too busy to provide an ade- quate noonday meal for the child. Don’t ferget that children are very susceptible to the frequent changes of weather and should therefore be clothed according to the temperature of the day and not acording to the sea- son. Rain clothes should be provided for them. Don’t allow the children to stay up late at nights. They require plenty of sleep in a well ventilated bedroom. Don’t fail to teach them good hab- its. They should never spit on the floor upon the sidewalk or upon the slate, as this is a filthy and dangerous practice. Don’t ever allow them to put the fingers in the mouth. Disease is of- ten carried into the system in this manner. Don’t allow them to wet the fingers when turning the leaves of books. This custom is unnecessary and may Jead to the spread of disease. Don’t permit them to put pencils in the mouth or wet them with the lips. Don’t forget to warn them against the practice of putting money in the mouth. Many a child has swallowed a coin without harmful effects, but oth- ers have had serious trouble when the coin lodged in the throat. Don’t allow them to put pins in the month. Don’t permit them to “swap” candy, apple cores, pencils, chewing gum, partly eaten foods, whistles or any- thing that may be put in the mouth. Don’t fail to provide the child with a clean handkerchief. Many children have the nasty habit of wiping the nose upon the sleeve. They should be severely reprimanded for this hab- it, but parents are deserving of more criticism when the child is not pro- vided with proper means for wiping the nose. Don’t permit them to put foreign bodies into the ears or nose. Beans, peas, buttons, cotton and numerous other articles have been found by doctors in the nose and ears of chil- dren when the parents were unable to account for the cause of their com- plaints. Don’t fail to teach them that dis- ease is transmitted by coughing or sneezing into another’s face. They should turn their face in order to eae a hig TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT. “The hardest thing I have to do,” said Johnny with a pout, THE MONITOR “Is to look pleasant, when there’s not a thing to smile about.” “The hardest thing for me to do,” said Teddy with a smile, “Is to be cross and out of sorts, and fretting all the while. “’d rather smile when things go wrong, than cry, for don’t you see “A smile is worth a dozen frowns, for you as well as me.” THE GOODWILL HABIT. A habit of holding a kindly attitude of mind towards everybody has a powerful influence upon the character. It lifts the mind above petty jealousies and meanness; it encircles and en- larges the whole life. Where we meet people, no matter if they are strangers we feel a certain kinship, with the friendliness for them, if we have ac- quired the goodwill habit. In other words, the kindly habit, the goodwill habit, makes us feel more sympathy for everybody. And if we radiate this helpful, friendly feeling others will re- flect it back to us. On the other hand, if we go through life with a cold, sel- fish, mental attitude, caring only for our own, always looking for the main chance, only thinking of what will fur- ther our own interest, our own com- fort, totally indifferent to others, this attitude will after a while harden the feelings and the affections, and we shall become dry, pessimistic and un- interesting —Ex. CHILD’S EVENING PRAYER, 1 thank Thee, Lord, at close of day For lessons learned, for fun and play, For father, mother, playmates, friends, For all the gifts Thy mercy sends. I pray Thee, make me loving, true, Obedient, brave in all I do Bless all the friends who for me care; Bless little children everywhere; Watch o’er me, keep me through the night, And wake me with the morning light That I may walk with Thee again; I ask for Jesus sake. Amen. —James Dexter Taylor. EVENTS AND PERSONS. _ Andrew Reed entertained a number of friends at a stag New Year's eve. George Jones of Twenty-first and Paul streets, died New Year’s morn- ing from blood poisoning. He is sur- vived by a wife and his mother. The body was shipped to Paris, Texas, Tuesday by the G. Wade Obee un- dertaking company. Mrs. Jones ac- companied the remains. Prof. Robert M. Herrington and Mrs. W. L. Seals of Omaha and Prof. Walker and wife of Kansas City, Mo., “Big Four Classy Dancers,” had the honor of introducing the latest dances before a large audience at the Omaha Dancing Academy, 18th and Douglas streets, Thursday night, December 30. This is the first time that colored peo- ple have introduced the latest dances in Omaha in a white dancing academy before a white audience The dancers were given a hearty welcome and a return date, Like the star that shines afar, Without haste, and without rest, Let each man wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do his best. APPLICATION, Three days after the storm struck Potlach, Okla., Jackrabbit Smith, a prominent citizen, was discovered two counties northeast in a somewhat rumpled condition. “Were you blown here by the cy- clone?” He was asked. “Heck, no!” he replied, “I outrun it.’—Kansas City Star. : NIGHT COURT. “Where’s your attorney?” “IT don’t want any, your honor; I intend to tell the truth.” SOOO ooo eon { Tailor Made Corsets to Order 3 at All Prices BURGESS CORSET CO, i 318 South 18th St. Phone Doug. 4113 White Goods Sale Now On Thomas Kilpatrick& Co. ORRIES. HULSE C. HT. RIEPEN Harney 6267 Harney 6564 HULSE @ RIEPEN Funeral Directors Doug. 1226 701 So. 16th St. ARNE CNR ORI res-one-naseldnsraveatigcieceiolaiareneoouin’ SMOKE ; { ; 7 , 4 Te Be Ce : THE BEST 5c CIGAR , Se BEA, OC MAUD We Print the e Monitor ‘WATERS Soe nef 522-24 South Thirteenth St. Telephone Douglas 2190 A FAST MOVER. We recommend the STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner Mth and Dodge Sts. as the most reliable, accommodat- ing and economical furniture store to buy from. $ret ent en eee tttn ener nenGenBnenOOntnOnut NORTHRUP LETTER DUPLICATING COMPANY “LETTEROLOGISTS” TYPEWRITTEN CIRCULAR LETTERS Phone: Doug. 5685 Office: Res, Web. 4292 506 Paxton Block prepereenereee peur tsa) HENRI H. CLAIBORNE ; Notary Public Justice of the Peace {Res Doug 6ies 512-13 Paxton Block Established 1890 =e) C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents Furnishings 1514 North 24th St. Omaha, Neb. Sess Se Sabet sone areata Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the] Savings Department , of the United States Nat'l Bank | 16th and Farnam Streets : beet 8 nt ttedn One bindebnbet Bein degirttrind EMERSON LAUNDRY F. 8. MOREY, Proprietor 1303-05 North 24th Street Phone Webster 820 en ee ee ee ee ee ee Moving Vans and Piano Moving, Packing, Shipping; ‘ GORDON VAN CO. | lith and Davenport Douglas 304, BO OOOO OOOO OO OOO mG $roe-en trom eutmqutnontrenirontutrtnituontriomtnietel 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 Phone Webster 515. 2114-16 N. 24th Sz, ttn pn tlonanstntigindrtiromtnentu quoveneneve-a-e-evevene-a-erene-e-a-0-en0re- 0-0-4 Office Hours—9 a. m. to 12; 1 By m,. to 5; 6 p. m. to 8. ; CRAIG MORRIS, D. D. S.: DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 | ers Peres eee cr ne an ee BY WILLIAM G. HAYNES. WAR AND THE METRIC SYSTEM. Is conservative England to be shocked by the war into giving up her antiquated systems of coinage, weights and measures? This suggestion comes from a leading editorial in The Electrical Review (London, October 15). The war, says the paper, is "shaking the foundations of civilization;" it cannot pass away and leave things as they were, whatever its result. There is to be a new regime of some kind, and Englishmen must adapt themselves to it. Efficiency is to be its watchward, and to attain this every obstacle to industrial and commercial progress must be removed. Among such obstacles, The Review decides, are certainly what it calls the "obsolete" British system of measurement. It must be noted that we Americans here are in the same boat with the English in all respects except that of coinage. We "point with pride" to our decimal system of dollars and cents as being far more logical and convenient than the English pounds, shillings and pence; but we stand shoulder to shoulder with them in our determination to reject the decimal substitutes for the equally inconvenient yards, ounces, and pints, despite the fact that all these long ago were thrown upon the scrap-heap by other civilized nations. Says the British editor: "In every part of our social, domestic and political life the welfare of the nation must be the predominant consideration, before which all private interests must give way. We are a conservative people; but we must learn to be progressive, bearing in mind that any hindrance to our progress must be ruthlessly flung aside. And surely there is no greater obstacle to our commercial welfare than the obsolete systems—if such they can be called—of coinage, weights and measures that handicap our intercourse with foreign nations and impede the development of our trade, to an extent that is fully realized by few. We have for many years advocated reform in this connection, and we believe that the return of peace will afford an ideal and unique opportunity to bring it about—an opportunity such as may never recur. In normal times a great objection to the adoption of new weights and measures has been the 'dislocation of trade' that many feared would ensue; now that our export trade has undergone a compound fracture, surely no one will hint at dislocation. The mind of the country is aroused; men and women in all ranks of society are alert, they are in a mood to receive new ideas and to consider them without that tendency to prejudice with which we are afflicted in time of peace. Now, then, is the time; and we earnestly call upon all advocates of efficiency and reform to aid us in our efforts to convince the opponents of change that it is their duty to accept new systems of weights, measures, and coinage, for the sake of their country's welfare, , , , , "We may observe that, while we have coupled the metric system and decimal coinage under one heading, we do not suggest that they are necessarily combined or interdependent; either could be adopted without the other, and it is interesting to note THE MONITOR that altho the numbers respectively for and against these two items are approximately equal, many of our correspondents favor one while objecting to the other. In view of the necessity of economizing clerical labor after the war, we are disposed to regard the adoption of decimal coinage as of importance second only to that of the metric system. No one who has lived abroad for any length of time will dispute the assertion that facility in dealing with decimal coinage is acquired in a very few days, and that the simplicity of the system endows it with immense advantages." —Literary Digest. In a circular issued by the German government shortly after the beginning of the war the attention of the women was called to the value of paper as fuel, and they were instructed to conserve it. Within three months the waste paper in the different towns was being soaked into pulp by the thrifty housewives, formed into little balls and then dried. These were used in kindling fires and also to cook food requiring little heat. An American firm has improved on this idea by collecting old newspapers, packing them into tight rolls about two inches thick and sawing them into three inch lengths. These rolls are put up into packages of fifty and sold at a cent a package. Housewives addicted to the use of coal oil in starting their kitchen fires can use it safely by having these paper blocks soaked in it some time before they are to be utilized. to be married. "But he is makin enough to provide theater seats and auto rides for Tuesdays and Fridays, and I have those evenings to spare."—Louisville Courier Journal. THE BURNING QUESTION. Queenie—Have you ever kissed a girl? Oswald—Is that an invitation or are you gathering statistics?—Widow. YEAR 1915 GIVES ENCOURAGEMENT TO COLORED AMERICAN. (Continued from first page.) ican interests and efforts than anything else in recent years. "The Birth of a Nation," no matter what its real purpose, has worked to the benefit of Afro-Americans throughout the entire land, for the efforts to prevent its production have caused a greater, more sincere and combined force than anything else in recent years, and the end is not yet. And, too, it has brought into prominence a greater number of worth-while citizens of all races in behalf of the Afro-American. Such conditions cannot be easily subverted; and though "The Birth of a Nation" may be produced here and there, at the same time the aid and assistance of the better element of citizens as well as the strengthening of their humanitarian views must and will be responsive to the end that the Afro-American will profit. Nothing worth while racially can be hoped for without a whole hearted and sincere campaign in which men and women of all races take a part, and these elements brought about from within the race must be creative of a deeper respect in the opinions of mankind generally. If we, as a race, seem satisfied with conditions and fail to attempt a remedy for the evils, how can we expect tolerance or respect from the other side? Nor must the campaign in behalf of woman's suffrage be overlooked. The enlistment of woman in any cause for uplift and advancement bespeaks a wide field of popularity, and a sincere effort for its attainment, because, woman is the bulwark of the home, which, after all, is the foundation of the race. In the campaign for the enactment of woman's suffrage, able women of the race had opportunity to deliver to the laity pointed truths anent the benefits accruing from such legislation, and, too, some of them at least, took advantage of the opportunity to give other valuable information. All of which must be taken into account in the survey of things racially important in this, the passing year. The supreme court, the highest tribunal in the land, declared the grandfather clause as unconstitutional and, theoretically, at least, placed the Afro-American on an equal footing with any and all other Americans, from the point of franchise. The year 1915 has therefore been a wonderful year. Its record is replete with instances of import to the Afro-American, and it must stand far up in the list of achievements. The year 1916 just on the threshold of Time inherits a wonderful aggregation of important events. Let us not only hope for, but bend all our efforts to the perfection and perpetuation of these elements of uplift, advancement and the enjoyment of manhood's rights, firm in the conviction that each effort in the right direction, whether successful or not, must create for us as a race, a deeper respect in the hearts of those about us, of those whom we should and must consider as our friends, and engender an air of co-operation which in the end will be productive of good and lasting results. Pinkard's Saxophone Orchestra Saxophone, Pianist and Drums With Xylophone We sing with our music and please the best in the city. Direction: Maceo Pinkard Telephone D. 8279 or Web. 3704 Write, 11 Wright Block PAPER AS FUEL Several thousand dollars were saved recently by the use of artificial ice in repairing a leak in a cofferdam surrounding the uncompleted pier of a new bridge now being erected at Cleveland, Ohio. This cofferdam had been built of steel strips sunk fifty feet into the ground and the water had been pumped out. Before the work was fairly started the current of the stream was strong enough to bulge one side of the dam causing a leak which stopped the work. After several other plans had proved unsuccessful a refrigerating plant was installed and eight brine pipes were driven into the ground surrounding the leak. The brine was kept at a temperature of 10 degrees Fahrenheit and circulated at a tremendous speed. In five days it had frozen a solid wall of mud and ice which effectually stopped the leak. This was kept frozen until the concrete had been built to a higher level than the leak. "Why do you go with that young man? He isn't making enough money to be married. "But he is makin enough to provide theater seats and auto rides for Tuesdays and Fridays, and I have those evenings to spare."—Louisville Courier Journal. THE BURNING QUESTION. Queenie—Have you ever kissed a girl? Oswald—Is that an invitation or are you gathering statistics?—Widow. ICE CONSTRUCTION. ALL RIGHT TO FILL IN. 7 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES—1½ 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. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Room for rent with heat; hot and cold water. Mrs. M. C. Sands, 2709 Corby street. Webster 5017. For Rent—Five room furnished cottage, modern except heat, 2413 No. 29th St. On Dodge car line. Call Webster 1931. Comfortable furnished rooms, 2409 Blondo street. Mrs. W. B. Smith. Webster 6376. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. Nicely furnished front room. Modern except heat. Mrs. R. Gaskin, 2606 Seward street. Webster 4490. Neatly furnished room: Modern. Will rent to man and wife. 2722 Burdette street. 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. Nicely furnished room for married couple; hot and cold water; on Dodge and Twenty-fourth car lines. Mrs. Annie Banks, 912 North 20th St. Phone Doug. 4379. WANTED—Correspondents and subscription solicitors for The Monitor in Nebraska cities and towns. Furnished rooms, modern; two blocks from car line. Mrs. E. M. Bryan, 2615 Patrick. 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. Respectable young widow woman wants position as housekeeper. Will exchange references. Mrs. Esters. Call Harney 6385. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE AND MOST DELICIOUS Metz BEER "THE OLD RELIABLE" PHONE DOUGLAS 222 WM J. SWOBODA RETAIL DEALER 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. South Omaha Greenhouse, 1418 N. 18th St. Omaha 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 Louge 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, 25221 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Lake street. L. S. Moates, N. G.; J. C. Belcher. Cor. Secretary. OMAHA TRANSFER CO. "The Only Way" BAGGAGE Checked to Destination G. WADE OBEE & CO., U A FUNERA 2518 LAKE ST., PH Unequalled Conveniences Sterility Sanitary Locks. 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. 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 LETTERS FROM OUR READERS Omaha, Neb., Jan. 5, 1915. Editor Monitor: Will you please publish the following statement and oblige the undersigned: To Whom It May Concern: My name has appeared on several dance poster advertisements without my consent. I desire to state that hereafter any one using my name in this connection, without my knowledge and consent, will lay himself open to prosecution. HOLLAND HARROLD. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 5, 1916. Enclosed find $1.00 for a year's subscription for The Monitor MRS. J. H. SMITH. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 4, 1916. Rev. J. A. Williams, Dear Sir: Find enclosed $1.00 for one year's subscription to your grand, brainy, well-edited paper. I am yours for success. A S. LAWS, 3111 Pinkney street.. A CHINESE VERSION OF THE WAR. Here is a Chinese student's summary of the war's causes, as published in a Shanghai paper: "Now, there is a great battle in Europe. This began because the Prince of Austria went to Serbia with his wife. One man of Serbia killed him. Austria was angry, and so write Serbia. Germany write a letter to Austria, "I will help you." Russia write a letter to Serbia, 'I will help you.' France did not want to fight, but they got ready their soldiers. Germany write a letter to France, 'You don't get ready or I will fight you in nine hours.' Germany, to fight them, pass Belgium. Belgium say, 'I am a Country; I am NOT a road.' And Belgium write a letter to England about Germany, to help them. So England help Belgium." Who can do better in the same space? "I bin 'avin a bave. I say it does make yer feet look funny afterwards." "Oh, 'ow?" "Aw, w'ite like!"—London Opinion. Undertakers and Embalmers AL HOUSE ONE WEBSTER 248 J. G. WADE OBEE (A Mortician for 20 Years To Whom It May Concern: SALINE PROPERTIES. Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People-Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. 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 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 Colfax 3831 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 Automobile and Open Horse Drawn Hearses Day and Night JONES & CHILDS 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 prompt- ly called for and delivered. 2524 Lake St. Web. 4856 Phone Douglas 4287 Real Estate and Insurance 6 Rooms—967 N. 27th Avenue. Easy terms. $2,000. 6 Rooms—2525 No. 17th. $1,750 7 Rooms—2815 Charles St. $2,400. Edgewood Park Addition—$5.00down, $5.00 per month. Some $1.00 down, $1.00 per week. 220 South 13th St., Omaha, Neb. (Over Pope's Drug Store) The Business World Walnut 830 FONTENELLE INVESTMENT CO. 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 People's 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 Orchestra 2516 Burdette St. Web. 710 THE CASTLE The Broomfield Hotel 116-118 South Ninth St. Strictly modern and up-to-date Prices moderate