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 $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy. Abyssinia and the European Conflict This Little Nation With Her Fighting Black Troops May Yet Decide Issue of War. STRATEGIC SUEZ CANAL PRIZE Its Retention by England or Capture by Germany Rests Entirely With Abyssinia. London, Eng., Jan. 14.—Abyssinia may win the European war for the Allies. This little nation with its army of 200,000 well-trained and well-armed fighting men, can stop the German advance on the Suez canal and turn the tide for the British Empire. Belgium saved the entente powers in the West, but Abyssinia may do more. She is now being relied upon to stem the tide of the Turco-Teutonic advance and save the Suez canal. The Caucasian, the black and the yellow man will mix their blood in one of the greatest battles the world has ever known should this nation enter, as is hourly expected, and the battle would prove the titanic and probably the decisive struggle for the supremacy of the great war. Germany now wants Egypt and is now marching her forces on to it. Her designs have swelled to such a proportion that the Allies are making preparations to defend the Suez canal. Follow Children of Israel. From the East will move thousands of Persians, as they have sworn their allegiance with the Germans. Meeting the thousands of Germans, they will seek to cross the Sini peninsula, and should they succeed they will be following the footsteps of the children of Israel. Just as Persia's aid must be had by the Teutons. Abyssinia's aid is absolutely essential for the British and their allies to win. The fate of Egypt, the supremacy of the entente or the central powers, hangs in the balance. Persia or Abyssinia will tip the scales that will make the most exciting chapter in the war's history. The Suez canal is the new cockpit of the fighting kings of Europe. Black, White and Yellow to Fight. From the Orient has sailed the powerful Japanese fleet, which will cooperate with Abyssinia by transporting its troops to Egypt. Thousands of Jap marines will be sent to this theater of war. Already the Jap fleet has arrived at the canal. It is also possible for the French railroad to transport Abyssinian troops in four days to the Suez or in five days to Bassora or Mesopotamia. The black troops are well armed, and Germany is the country that has furnished them with their arms. Since 1911 Abyssinia has purchased from 800,000 to 1,000,000 modern rifles, most of which have been manufactured in Germany. She has 200,000 well-trained men which she has pledged to Britain. The (Continued on eighth page) Omaha, Nebraska, January 15, 1916 Think On These Things he could look upon that life, or on that face, certain that here before him was one who serious hold on spiritual things, one who could wells of piety and thankfulness and peace." THE RT. REV. RICHARD SCANNELL Public Bishop of the Diocese of Omaha, Who Morning. Something To Make You Think "Republic" recently published a letter by John Aggregation, applicable, of course, only to the counsins this rather remarkable passable which we choice specimen of illogical reasoning which, minds of the impressionable: cases of God all men are equal, but students of a barrier which must forever exist between them, which no time can remove. Certain laws in nature, of time, and they cannot be changed. Silver metals can be made into beautiful creations, the dar. So it is with the white and the black races, notice how James W. Johnson, the brilliant and w. The New York Age, answers John Jay Lindley in race weekly. This is the answer: a man virtually stating that God thinks all my sociology know better. There is a class of society who know more about the human race than God know where any of them got the knowledge must forever exist between the whites and the blacks." Mr. Lindley goes on to say that certain able as the seeds of time, and they cannot be "No one could look upon that life, or on that face, and not be absolutely certain that here before him was one who had gained firm and serious hold on spiritual things, one who could draw on some deep wells of piety and thankfulness and peace." P. THE RT. REV. RICHARD SCANNELL Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Omaha, Who Died Saturday Morning. Something To Make You Think "Nature and Some Sociologists" "The New Republic" recently published a letter by John Jay Lindley favoring racial segregation, applicable, of course, only to the colored American. The letter contains this rather remarkable passable which we commend to our readers as a choice specimen of illogical reasoning which, nevertheless, influences the minds of the impressionable: "In the eyes of God all men are equal, but students of sociology know that there is a barrier which must forever exist between the whites and the blacks, and which no time can remove. Certain laws in nature are as immutable as the seeds of time, and they cannot be changed. Silver is not gold, and while both metals can be made into beautiful creations, they must forever remain dissimilar. So it is with the white and the black races." Please notice how James W. Johnson, the brilliant and versatile contributing editor of The New York Age, answers John Jay Lindley in a recent issue of that leading race weekly. This is the answer: "Here is a man virtually stating that God thinks all men are equal, but students of sociology know better. There is a class of sociological students who pretend to know more about the human race than God does, but we should like to know where any of them got the knowledge that "there is a barrier which must forever exist between the whites and the blacks, and which no time can remove?" Mr. Lindley goes on to say that certain laws in nature are as immutable as the seeds of time, and they cannot be changed. What (Continued on seventh page.) Volume I. Number 29 National Association Holds Annual Meeting Organization Shows Decided Increase in Membership and Work Accomplished. HAS TEN THOUSAND MEMBERS A Large Amount of Legal Work. Wins Oklahoma Case. Agents Watch Hostile Legislation. New York, Jan. 14.—The annual meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was held at the assembly room of the Society of Ethical Culture, New York City, on January 3. The report showed that the work of the association was in excellent condition. The association now numbers nearly ten thousand members with sixty-three branches and locals throughout the United States. The work of the association is carried on by the executive officers and the Department of Publicity and Research. There are employed altogether twelve persons in the main offices. In the work of publicity there have been 345 meetings during the year in various parts of the United States, from Boston to Los Angeles. Especially large meetings were held in Tremont Temple, Boston, Ethical Culture Hall, New York, and Washington, D. C. Special tours and series of meetings were arranged by Dr. Spingarn during the winter and the secretary during the spring. A large amount of legal work has been done. First and foremost comes the winning of the celebrated Oklahoma grandfather clause case. The association filed a brief in this case through Moorfield Storey, president. Segregation cases have been brought into court in Louisville and Baltimore. The Louisville case has just reached the Supreme Court and will be pushed vigorously. The third Baltimore case has reached the Court of Appeals. A number of other court cases have been pressed involving civil rights of various sorts. A paid attorney must be hired during the coming year. One work of the association is that of keeping track of hostile legislation in Congress. The Washington branch, headed by A. H. Grimke, acts as a vigilance committee, and two paid agents watch proposed legislation in Congress continually. During the year the association has received over $13,000 and ends the year with a surplus of $2,000 in the treasury. This does not include the funds of The Crisis. The income of The Crisis has been $24,000 during the year. Beginning with the month of January, 1916, The Crisis becomes self-supporting, paying all its expenses, including the salary of the Didector of Publications and Research. Some changes will be made in the personnel of the officers during the coming year, but for the most part (Continued on seventh page.) General Race News 2 MANAGER PITTSBURG COURIER VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 15.—William Nelson Page, aged 46 years, manager of the Pittsburgh Courier, died at 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, January 4, 1916, in Washington, D. C., after an illness of a few days, being due to bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Page died at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Malissa Taylor, where he and family had gone to spend the holidays. For the past twenty-six years Mr. Page has been employed as private secretary to one of the officials of the Carnegie Steel Company. He rose from clerkship to this position by dint of hard work and perseverance. It has been said that during the many years of his service with this big corporation he was never tardy and was the embodiment of the term "tenacity." At the time of his death he was secretary to W. G. Clyde, general manager of sales. The present success of the Courier is due to the energetic efforts and efficient management of Mr. Page. He was also instrumental in establishing the colored men's branch of the Y. M. C. A. For a number of years he was secretary of the Loendi Club and was one of its founders. Mr. Page is survived by a widow, Mrs. Bessie Taylor-Page; a son, William Clyde; a daughter, Miss Mabel, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Page. COLORED MANUFACTURERS MAKE AUTOMOBILES Greenfield, Ohio., Jan. 14.—C. R. Patterson and Sons announce their 1916 model of the Patterson Greenfield automobile. Patterson and Sons have since 1865 manufactured wagons, carriages and buggies and are the most reliable firm in the state. Recently they decided to go into the automobile industry and now they are having great success. They are building two styles of cars, both five passenger cars, one model "4-25," costing $685, and the other a model "4-35" costing $775. They are also turning out two fine little roadsters at a smaller price. Those who have bought the machines claim that they are the best on the market. One purchaser drove three thousand miles last year without a mishap to the motor or the mechanical workings of the car. Fifty years of practical experience has proven this firm second to none. PRIZE STUDENT MAKES GOOD RECORD AT PRATT. New York, Jan. 14.—Miss Eola Chichester, who won a scholarship from the Students' Art League, but was denied admission to the School of Applied Design because of her color, is making a splendid record at Pratt Institute, where she entered three months ago. Miss Chichester was a student at the Washington Irving High School, and was selected by her instructor as the second prize winner, which carried with it a scholarship in the School of Applied Design. She was refused admittance by the authorities of that school and subsequently denied the prize. The matter was taken up with the Art League, and it was decided to give her the money value of the scholar- THE MONITOR ship and allow her to enter any school which would receive her. The Urban league was active in her behalf. NEGRO FINANCIERS AND MERCHANTS NEEDED. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 7.—That the Negroes of this country need a large class of eminently successful financiers and heads of mercantile establishments in order to support their educational and other interests, was asserted by Dr. D.. S. S. Goodloe, president of the Maryland State Teachers' Association, at the opening of the annual session of that body, December 28th. He said the theory was erroneous that an industrial labor class was the primary need for the adequate support of colored men and women engaged in the professional walks of life. The late Booker T. Washington, he said, evidently had in mind the need of the race being engaged in the higher lines of business and finance when he organized the National Negro Business League. MME. HACKLEY CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 14.—At the Normal Vocal Institute, 3019 Calumet avenue, of which she is director, Mme. E. Azalia Hackley celebrated her fifteenth anniversary as a singer with a Christmas tree party for the students of that institute, on Wednesday night, December 29. Mme. Hackley wore her first concert gown, a pink brocaded satin, which has been remodeled three years ago by the senior sewing class of the Manassas (Va.) Industrial School. Among the telegrams of oengratulation was one from Mme. Annie Skillern of Denver, who originally designed the costume. A purse of gold pieces was given by the class. A representative from each class presented a glod piece with a speech. The matron, Mrs. Clara M. Lewis, was also remembered with a purse of money. Each student received a photograph calendar from their teacher. DOCTOR CANNOT FIND HOME IN TRENTON. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 14.—Dr. C. V. Hinds, a former State senator in Mississippi, has announced that he will move from the city because real estate owners and agents refuse to let him occupy a house in keeping with his station in life solely on account of his race. He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College and has also received degrees from other institutions. He has traveled in Europe and other foreign countries and is a deep student. ARE INVITED INTO UNION. Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 14.—The white mechanics of this place held a meeting recently in the city hall and invited all the mechanics of the race to come. Their object was to form a union for the betterment of working conditions and wages. The race responded and were treated like brothers. The fact is that there are many race mechanics here and the whites are afraid to go ahead without them. BOY CONSTRUCTS WIRELESS STATION. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 7.—Robert Crawford, 3829 Vincennes avenue, a seventeen year old youth is showing knowledge of wireless telegraphy. While a student at the Wendell Philips high school he built for himself the entire wireless station which he has at his home. All the wiring, coil work, transmitter, receiver, telegraph keys and all other parts of this wonderful working apparatus was the work of his own hands. He formerly controlled six wires, but the government restriction, owing to the war, has reduced them to three. Young Crawford has talked to Key West, Fla., and most of the Atlantic coast towns. He is a member of the Wireless club, which are all white except himself. He is a student of the Wendell Phillips High school and has made a record that every boy should be proud of. WAS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN NAPOLEON DIED. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 14.—Uncle Isham Griffin, who will be one hundred and five years old next March, was born near Augusta, Georgia, of Negro parents. He lives now in Chattanooga, Tenn. He was ten years old when Napoleon died. He was born before the telegraph, the telephone, the phonograph or the motion picture. The aeroplane and the fireless cooker are ninety years younger than old Isham. CANDIDATE FOR PLACE ON REVISION BOARD. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 14.—Nathaniel T. Velar is a candidate for a place on the Board for the Revision of Taxes, a county position. He has long been active in politics here, serving for twenty years as chairman of the Health Board of East Pittsburgh, and for a number of years as school director. APPOINTED ASSISTANT DISCTRICT ATTORNEY. New York, Jan. 14.—Counselor Frederick Q. Morton, recently selected by Charles F. Murphy as the leader of the New York Negro Democracy to succeed the late Robert N. Wood, has been appointed as an assistant district attorney of New York County by District Attorney Swann, who was sworn in office January 1, 1916. MOTHER OF VOLNEY CARTER DIES AT SAN DIEGO. Can Diego, Cal., Jan. 14.—Mrs. J. W. Gordan, an old resident of this city, who has been ill for two years, died December 19. The deceased was well known and loved by her many friends. Rev. Mr. Harvey paid a touching tribute to her memory. Interment was in Mt. Hope cemetery. Mrs. Gordon was the mother of Vol- Mrs. Gordon was the mother of Volney Carter of Omaha. Washington, D. C., Jan. 14.—The Journal of Negro History, a quarterly, has just made its apeparance here. It is the result of the formation at the Emancipation Exposition in Chicago last August of the Association for the Study of Negro Folk Lore and History. Dr. C. G. Woodson, a teacher in the M street high school, is editor-in-chief of the new publication. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE MONITOR. A NEW PUBLICATION. Green—What is a sense of humor? Brown—A sense of humor is that which makes you laugh at something that happened to somebody else which would make you angry if it happened to you.—Tit-Bits. 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GROSS LUMBER AND WRECKING 21st and Paul Streets 4 News of the Churches and Religious Topics 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— Allen Chapel, A. M. E., 5233 South Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha. The Rev. John H. Nichols, pastor. Residence, 5233 South Twenty-fifth m. and 8:00 p. m.; Sunday school, 1:30; class meeting, 12:00; A. C. E. L., 6:30; prayer meeting, Tuesday evening at 8:00. 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. Services daily at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. Fri- PADEREWSKI WILL GIVE CONCERT IN OMAHA Omaha, Neb., Jan. 14.—Music lovers of Omaha will get their first taste of high class music on January 17, when Paderewski will give a concert in the Municipal Auditorium. The Paderewski concert is a part of the concerts for charity, given by the Omaha Retailers' Association. Everybody who has a strain of music knows of Paderewski, and his reception here will be of the most pretentious calibre. All that need be said is that Paderewski is coming. That means that everybody will go and that a new record for concert attendance is likely to be hung up. NOT THEIR FAULT. Uncle Josh was comfortably lighting his pipe in the living room one evening when Aunt Maria glanced up from her knitting. "John," she remakerd, "do you know that next Sunday will be the twenty-fifth anniversary of our wedding" "You don't say so," responded Josh, puffing vigorously on his corncob pipe. "What about it?" "Nothing," answered Aunt Maria, "only I thought maybe we ought to kill them two Rhode Island Red chickens." "But, Maria," demanded Uncle Josh, "how can you blame them two Rhode Island Reds for what happened twenty five years ago?"—Kansas City Star. LAST RESORT. A Scotch minister in need of funds thus conveyed his intentions to his congregation: "Weel, friends, the kirk is urgently in need of siller, and as we have failed to get money honestly, we will have to see what a bazaar can do for us."—Tit-Bits. The people who want their money to go a long way generally have some difficulty in letting it go at all. THE MONITOR NOTICE OF INCORPORATION. NATURE OF BUSINESS. ARTICLE I. NAME. ARTICLE II. LOCATION. ARTICLE III. Overcoats HALF PRICE AT THE VERY TIME YOU NEED A WARM COAT, Your Opportunity Comes GREAT, BIG, WARM, COMFORTABLE COATS WITH HIGH WIND-PROOF COLLARS At Half Price $7.50 to $20 The Berg Clothing Co 15TH & DOUGLAS 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. ARTICLE V. COMMENCEMENT OF BUSINESS. 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 Greatest Opportunity You Ever Had ARTICLE IV. CAPITAL STOCK. ARTICLE V. ARTICLE VI. INDEBTEDNESS. 3 206 No. 16th St. and subscribed capital stock of the corporation. ARTICLE VII. 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. ARTICLE VIII. OFFICERS. 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. ARTICLE IX. 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. ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS. 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. 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., Adverti SUBSCRIPTION RATE Advertising rates, 50 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. A few days ago the Omaha newspapers, in reviewing the statistics of 1915, published the statement that in Douglas county last year there was one divorce to every three marriages. One to three! Think of it! And incidentally it was stated that the ratio of divorces to marriages had been increasing yearly. This is a serious situation and calls for sober reflection, great searching of heart, and earnest purpose in the creation of a healthy public opinion that will arrest the growth of this malignant social cancer. We do not know how our own distinct group stands in this alarming ratio. We presume that our people average relatively high. We hope not; but we are rather afraid that an investigation would disclose the fact that we do. Of this, however, we are fully persuaded that our own people, in common with others, are all too quick to seek the divorce court to sunder the family tie rather than to seek by mutual forgiveness and forbearance to overcome domestic difficulties and maintain the family bond inviolate. Some of the causes which make for the increase of divorce are the frivolity, immaturity, unpreparedness and indiscretion with which so many enter into marriage; the flippancy of tone concerning marriage which is too generally current, the unwillingness to make sacrifices or to practice selfdenial; the desire "to have a good time" at any cost and the non-appreciation of the fact that this estate is not one of pure harmony and happiness, and unclouded skies, but one in which there will be lights and shadows, the clash, at times of human wills, but all making for the development of character. There must therefore be a willingness to give and take. This does not exhaust the list of causes. The chief cause will be found to be selfishness. But whatever the causes, the condition is to be deplored; and every effort should be made by those who realize that marriage is the foundation of the family and the family of the state and a matter in which the rights of children have to be considered, to lessen the divorce evil and eliminate this social cancer from our life. "One to three." What will the ratio be next year and the next? Think of it. What is your duty? SPEAKING OF THE MONITOR. Yes, thank you, The Monitor is still growing; and again we desire to thank our subscribers and advertisers for their patronage and interest, and the many kind expressions we hear from all sides. 4 "ONE TO THREE." 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. TUES, $1.50 PER YEAR Incents an inch per issue. North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Webster 4243. We are rather proud of the compliment paid us by a veteran publisher the other day who said, "There is not a neater, more attractive or betteredited publication in Omaha; and there is need of just such a publication. It is a paper that not only you and your people, but all Omaha can be proud of. I like its broad-minded policy." Said another, a prominent business man, who has advertised with us from the start: "I take great pleasure in reading The Monitor. It's a newsy, bright paper, full of good stuff. It has opened my eyes to a good many things, and I am frank to confess, I have learned a great deal by reading it, that I wouldn't have gotten hold of in any other way." Such statements as these are representative and show that The Monitor is being read; and since expressions of this kind are being backed up by a growing list of subscribers, it shows that they are sincere. All of this is most gratifying to us and shows that our efforts to provide a creditable paper are meeting with reasonable success. We hope to improve the publication as the time goes on, and make it one of the best of its class in the country. There is another gratifying fact worthy of note and that is the loyalty with which so many of our advertisers have remained with us. This shows that they recognize The Monitor as a good advertising medium, which, being the only publication of its kind in the community circulating among a class of people who are far too liberal spenders for their own good, it certainly is. This is a fact which our energetic and gentlemanly advertising solicitor, Joseph La Cour, emphasizes in soliciting advertising. Help The Monitor grow. Call your friends' attention to it. Get them to subscribe. Advertise in its columns. Patronize our advertisers. Thank you. In the sudden and unexpected death last Saturday of the Rt. Rev. Richard Scannell, who has administered with singular ability and consecration the See of Omaha for nearly a quarter of a century, not only do the Roman Catholics of his diocese lose the earthly presence of a faithful chief pastor, but Omaha and the state are deprived of the guidance and counsel of a great religious leader. Since his translation from the See of Concordia, Kas., to that of Omaha in 1891, he had devoted himself quietly and unostentationsly to the upbuilding of his diocese, which has made great progress under his administration. Loyal, as was right, to his own faith and convictions, he had the reputation of being tolerant to THE MONITOR BISHOP SCANNELL. those of other communions, and addressed himself to the special work assigned him. As "God buries His workman, but His work goes on," may a wise successor to Bishop Scannell be chosen, who will prove himself a potent factor in deepening and advancing the religious life of the community. Please bear in mind that we raise our subscription rates February 1st to $1.50. We were urged to make it that at the start, but deemed it best to start at the lower figure. Send in your subscriptions NOW and get the advantage of the lower rate. Phone in your name and address, many have already done so, and our collector will call for the money. We know our readers who have been enjoying the delightful articles furnished them by Lucille Skaggs Edwards in the department "Our Women and Children," will join us in heartiest congratulations and best wishes to Dr. and Mrs. Edwards, upon the birth of a daughter January 6th. May the little child be highly graced and gifted. Candidates have begun to file. The primaries are in April. Begin to do your political advertising now. If you want to get before the Colored voters, don't overlook the important fact of advertising in The Monitor. Our advertising columns are open to candidates of all parties. Our editorial policy is not for sale. We will support the men and measures that we deem best for our people and the community. Why not start a savings bank account, if you have not already done so, or begin paying on a home? Building and Loan associations offer excellent opportunities for systematic savings. Investments in Omaha real estate will be found to be safe, sound and productive. What would happen if the Negroes of America, dissatisfied, as many of them are with the two dominant parties, should decide to vote the Socialist ticket? PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS. 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 ..... A professional dermatologist ought to have no trouble in making a living in this day of color disputes. I. S. Cousins, of Erwin, Tenn., a railroad engineer, was charged by his local lodge of locomotive engineers with being mixed with African blood, and as a result he lost his preferred run. He sued for $15,000 damages and secured a judgment in the fderal court for $3,800, the jury deciding that Cousins was a white man. In St. Louis an extraordiarily "fair" pastor of a colored church got into trouble with his flock because somebody whispered it around that he was a "white" man, and now he is taking steps to file a suit against his accusers. Now, it would seem that an expert dermatologist who knows all about the skin tints, complexion adulterations and blood admixtures that affect race issues, could get busy and put an end to all this sort of litigation, which is both embarrassing and expensive. Such skin specialists would be particularly valuable on street cars and railroad trains, in restaurants and theaters, and now and then, they might pick up a job in a church or a school house. Even "polite society" might at times avoid complications by drawing on their services.—The Indianapolis Freeman. Few foreigners came into the United States during 1915. The smallest number in twenty years was the 326,700 who came during the year ending June 30, 1915. There were 1,218,480 the year before. So many went back to Europe in 1915 that our net gain in population was but 50,070. In 1914 it was 769,276. For one man who is too good for his job there are a thousand whose jobs are too good for them. Many a man who can hear Pleasure whisper a mile way, can't hear Duty when it shouts in his ear through a megaphone. No man acquires the secret of popularity unless he has learned to keep his troubles to himself. Events and Persons In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested. News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night. Helen Hagan, February 10. Mrs. Lockman improves slowly. Mr. John Smith is sick at his home on Wirt street. The W. W. club is preparing to give a drama in the near future. What is a Kentucky Belle?—A Mrs. Lizzie Wright has been ill Is-a-belle a Kentucky Belle?—A Mr. J. W. Moss left Monday Excelsior Springs, Mo. Mrs. Sadie Hermann continues quite ill. She is at Clarkson hospital. Mrs. Jasper, Twenty-eighth and Cuming, is confined to her bed with grippe. Mrs. A. Shaw is very sick at her home on Twenty-sixth and Patrick avenue. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Carter have returned from Missouri, where they visited relatives and friends. The Willing Workers will meet with Mrs. F. J. McCullough at 2430 Patrick avenue, Friday afternoon. Mrs. Maude Scott has returned from Kansas, where she spent the holidays visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. A. Harbin who is ill with the grippe wishes to thank the Progressive club for the beautiful flowers sent her. Thursday, January 6, a daughter was born to Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Edwards, 2411 Erskine street. Mother and daughter doing well. Albert N. Wade was drawn on the jury which is trying Arthur Hauser, charged with murder. Mr. Wade was excused because he objects to capital punishment. Montgomery Bell of Las Vegas, N. M., reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in that state, whose death was reported in last week's Monitor, was the uncle of Mrs. Henry Buford of this city. Next Thursday evening a parish social will be given by the Woman's auxiliary in St. Philip's guild room. This is the first of a series of such socials which will be given twice each month until Lent. Mr. and Mrs. Othello Rountree, 1125 North Nineteenth street, entertained Friday night complimentary to Mrs. Vaughn of Kansas City. Twelve guests were present. The Elite Whist club met with Mrs. J. F. Smith, 2726 Blondo street, Wednesday afternoon. Luncheon was served at 1:30 after which whist was played until 4:30. The prize was won by Mrs. Joseph Lewis. Prof. Ben Stanley and Mrs. W. T. Osborne were delighted with the first rehearsal of the cantata, "Queen Esther." In spite of the cold, snowy weather there were 106 present. Next rehearsal will be held Tuesday evening, January 18. Sergeant and Mrs. Philip Letcher, 3415 North Twenty-eighth street, entertained Friday night in honor of their guests, Sergeant and Mrs. Joseph Williams. A large number of guests were present and a delightful evening was spent. --- THE MONITOR What is a Kentucky Belle?—Adv. Mrs. Lizzie Wright has been ill. Is-a-belle a Kentucky Belle?—Adv. Mr. J. W. Moss left Monday for Excelsior Springs, Mo. Mrs. Minnie Blackstone, who has been ill, is much better. Mrs. Henry Buford, 3510 Blondo street, is on the sick list. Mrs. Bessie Brackson returned Monday from Muskogee, Okla. Prof. J. W. Bundrant, who has had the grippe for several weeks, is much improved. The Leap Year club will give a ball Monday, January 31, at Peterson's hall. Admission 25 cents.—Adv. Mrs. R. C. Cole, 2707 Corby street, returned Monday from a visit with her parents-in-law at Louisiana, Mo. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. McRay was buried Monday from the undertaking parlors of Jones and Chiles. Mrs. Lewis New, 2431 Patrick avenue, returned Sunday from Chanee, Kas., after spending Christmas with her mother. 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. Mrs. D. T. Ransom returned from Kansas City Thursday of last week and Mr. D. T. Ransom from Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday of last week. The Rev. Charles Mohammed of Cape Town, South Africa, presiding elder of the A. M. E. church in South Africa and delegate to the A. M. E. general conference which convenes in Philadelphia in may, preached at St. John's Sunday night. The Rev. Mr. Mohammed is a graduate of Wilberforce university, Wilberforce, O. He was educated by the A. M. E. church. The Crescent Whist club was entained at the residence of Mrs. C. I. Hicks, 2020 Clark street, Tuesday, January 4. The first prize was won by Mrs. L. C. Sayles and the booby prize by Mrs. Nate Hunter. The next meeting will be held Tuesday, January 18, at the residence of Mrs. Hunter, 2212 North Twenty-eighth street, at which time the members will entertain their husbands. "A KENTUCKY BELLE" Will be produced on the 28th of this month by the New Era Dramatic club. This is a beautiful comedy in three acts, written by T. Bell Chambers. Prof. J. W. Bundrant, an experienced dramatic student, teacher and reader, under whose guidance these young people are being trained, is much elated over their progress, and he assures the public who are lucky enough to get seats for this production, a rare treat. For special reservations call Harney 4360.—Adv. --- Under the leadership of Mrs. S. H. Dorsey, a number of her Omaha friends planned a pleasant surprise party on Miss Deborah Williams at her attrcive home, 1415 Broadway; Council Bluffs, last Thursday night. The evening was spent in dancing and whist. "When you turns over a new leaf," said Uncle Eben, "you're got to make up yo' mind not to notice de people dat insist on huntin' up de back numbers an' makin' remarks.—Washington Star. Geraldine: "William means good; James means beloved. I wonder (blushing) what George means?" Mrs. Fondhopes: "Well, daughter, let us hope that George means business." LOORED PHYSICIAN Mrs. Caroline Russ, a white woman living at 2513 North Twenty-sixth street, took poison in a fit of depondency on account of ill health Tuesday evening. Dr. Leonard E. Britt, one of our leading colored physicians, who lives near by, was summoned and his skill saved the woman's life. E. 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Some of us may not be able to increase our income of dollars, but all of us can increase our output of good thoughts. And the man who creates and distributes thoughts that construct, that foster greater faith, that inspire more confidence, that make for neighborliness and good-will, is a success. And the man who is that sort of success will never lack anything needful to his happiness and well-being. He simply "cannot escape from his good," the good he is daily creating and dispensing. As he sows he reaps. The work he loves to do, the service he performs whole-heartedly, brings to him a just and all-sufficient recompense. He may never be able to write his check for a million—he doesn't want to. A wealthy man, man who can probably write a half dozen such checks, and who has won his way by the hardest sort of climbing, and by shutting heart and eyes to the little joys along the road, said to us the other day: "Say what you like, the people who have enough to do with and not too much, who must plan a little, and wait and save for something much desired, are the happy people. They appreciate what they have—it means something to them. The man who has work that suits him and that he suits, who loves to do what he is doing, is a king. Why—" he smiled reminiscently, "the very happiest and proudest moment of my life was when a club I used to belong to staged a little play that I wrote. How I dreamed of the plays I would write in the future; how the plots wove themselves in and out of my brain every waking moment. But they never got any further. And now—" he lifted his shoulders with a deprecating shrug that said more than words. "But you wouldn't go back?" we asked; "you wouldn't give up your wealth, your standing as a man of affairs, and all the fruits of all your years for a dream?" His face grew serious. "I I could go back," he made answer, "if I could go back I'd choose a different path. I have played the game of mammon, and it isn't worth the candle. It wouldn't matter so much if this life were all, but I've come to believe it isn't. I have come to believe that a man's work is born with him; that we are builders here for something beyond, and that the poorest foundation possible to imagine is the making of money for money's sake, and power. The world calls me a successful man; I'm not, and I know it." And here is Thoreau's own definition of success; let us take it with us through the year: If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more starry, more immortal—that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. THE MOTHER SONG. The brilliant audience gave an ovation to the great singer. She was unquestionably the best soprano in the world. The critic turned to his friend, the self-made millionaire, and said: "Did you ever hear any song more exquisitely rendered?" "Yes," said the rich man musingly, 6 for he was touched by the magic of what he had heard. "Yes, I have heard three great singers." "I want to know," exclaimed the critic. "The first was years ago. The singer was plain of face and gray of hair and tired of body. There was much work to do, and many mouths to feed. I was the youngest child, sick and cross. And the dear singer crooned to me a lullaby, and I slept. It was a wonderful song. The next was years afterwards. We had a little cottage. It was summer, and the windows and doors were open. My wife was in the kitchen preparing supper. She was singing something about the true love coming home to her. It was for me. And that, too, was a wonderful song. Some more years elapse. There is a little toddler in the garden, and she sings hesitatingly something about daddy and his baby. These are three singers, my friend, that beat all your sopranos." 'Don't send a boy where a girl can't go, And say, 'There's no danger for boys, you know, Because they all have their wild oats to sow;' There is no more excuse for a boy to be low 'han a girl. Then please don't tell him so. Don't send a boy where a girl can't go. 'or a boy or girl, sin is sin, you know, and a good boy's hands are as clean and white, and his heart as pure as a girl's to- night." —Anon. THE REMAINS. A Negro child died without medical attendance and the coroner went to investigate. "Did Samuel Williams live here?" he asked the weeping woman who answered the door. "Yussah," she replied between sobs. "May I see the remains?" asked the coroner. "I is de remains," she answered proudly. Major George W. Teidman, of Savannah, Georgia, tells the following about the old-time Georgia editor who was usually mayor, justice of the peace, and real-estate agent, as well. Upon one occasion one of these editors was busy writing an editorial on the tariff when a Georgia couple came in to be married. Without looking up, without once slacking his pen, the editor said: "Time's money; want her?" "Yes," said the youth. "Want him?" the editor nodded toward the girl. "Yes," she replied. "Man and wife," pronounced the editor, his pen still writing rapidly. "One dollar. Bring a load of wood for it. One-third pine; balance oak." —Everybody's. "You say that Jenkins owes everything he has to you?" "Worse! He owes much more than he has to me." --- THE MONITOR MY BOY. TIED. A New England woman tell of discovering her new cook in the drawing room, gazing at an aquarium with much interest. "Well, Mary," said the mistress of the house, in a kindly tone, "What do you think of them?" "Sure, they're lovely," said the girl, "Will ye behave me, mum, but this is the first toime in me loife I iver see red herrings alive before!" We are always inclined to be lenient with the faults of people who are bigger than we are. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Tip Top Bread Best Bread Made More Sickness and Accident Insurance for Less Money Old line protection. No assessments. No medical examination. Everything guaranteed. Continental Casualty Co. 334 Brandeis Theater Bldg. Douglas 3726. CHAS. EDERER FLORIST Plants, Cut Flowers, Designs, Decorations Greenhouses, 30th and Bristol Sts. Phone Webster 1795. RICH FLAVOR:APPEALINGLY FRAGRANT 1 LB. CANS 35c EACH 3 LB. CANS $1.00 Butter-Nut to Coffee Delicious SUPREMELY DELICIOUS Tailor Made Corsets to Order at All Prices BURGESS CORSET CO, 318 South 18th St. Phone Doug. 4113 ORRIE S. HULSE Harney 6257 C. H. T. 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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 Phone Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th St. Office Hours—9 a. m. to 12; 1 p. m. to 5; 6 p. m. to 8. CRAIG MORRIS, D. D. S. DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 --- BY WILLIAM G. HAYNES. Had the "Slingsby case" been tried in less stirring times it certainly would have attracted a greater share of public attention, particularly from those who are interested in the inheritance of physical characters. Mr. Justice Hargrave Dean recognized a close degree of resemblance between the boy defendant and his father, Mr. Charles Slingsby, particularly in the case of the lower jaw; Sir George Frampton detected a likeness between the ears of the boy and his mother. On the day on which the learned judge gave his judgment a well-known anthropologist, an anatomist famous for his accuracy, descended in a lift with two men and a boy, all three of whom stared stolidly at the advertisement on the wall. One of the men was short and dark, the other fair and of medium height. The expert at once assigned the little boy as the son of the fair man from their close resemblance. As the lift gates swung open the boy took the dark man by the hand, called him "dad," while the fair man went his own separate way. In telling us his experience he adds: "Another case of mis-identification came under my notice on the evening of the same day. An intelligent and experienced lady called on a friend who took her up to the nursery to see the latest born. The visitor found two nurses and two babies, and exclaimed, 'Well I need not ask which it is; this one is your image.' She then selected the wrong child." From such cases one must conclude that general resemblances may prove misleading. But it is otherwise with particular features, such as the Hapsburg lip. Medical men are well aware of such features; a nose, an eye, or an ear may have such a pronounced shape that a family identification may be made with certainty. Individual's with pronounced features are in the minority. There is no question that such features may be and are inherited. In many instances the characteristic form is not apparent in the young; it becomes fully developed after adolescence, and this is especially true in the case of the nose, and is also the case with the lower jaw. The boy defendant is four years of age; in the next sixteen years his jaw will be remodelled over and over again to make room for the permanent molar teeth, the teeth which will replace his milk set, and to fit the growth of the upper jaw; it would be at maturity we should expect a real, not an apparent, resemblance of the paternal form of jaw to appear. The ear offer a more certain means of identification of likeness, but very few men have studied this complex structure so closely as to be in a position to offer an expert opinion as to degree of likeness. In the photographs which have been published of the parties in the Slingsby case an expert has little difficulty in recognizing what was apparently regarded as a striking feature of the "Slingsby" ear. The resemblance lies in the degree to which the hinder border of the ear is folded over so as to form a welt. It is well known that the folding of ear margin is a result of retrogression; the more the border is folded over, the greater is the degree of developmental retrogression. There is no folding of the border of the ear in the more primitive apes; in some of the higher apes, especially in the orang, there is a high degree of infolding, for the ear of the orang is more retrograde than THE MONITOR that of most human races. A considerable degree of infolding of the ear is so common that an anthropologist would give it only a slight value in working out resemblances. Sir George Frampton's method of observation we do not know, but we must admit that sculptors have certainly a right to express an opinion. It was Thomas Woolner who drew Darwin's attention to the presence of a nodule on the welt of the human ear which the great evolutionist recognized as a remnant of the ancient pointed tip. That all parties concerned in the Slingsby case should show a trace of the ancient tip is not a matter for surprise; the ear is exceptional which shows no sign of this ancient mark. —Scientific American Supplement. MOLASSES ROADS. Molasses is now a building material. Several tests have proved its value for this purpose. The molasses referred to is not the edible kind, but the residue left after boiling it out. This has been found to supply a powerful binder for crushed stone and gravel used as a foundation for concrete in both building and roadmaking. "NATURE AND SOME SOCIOLOGISTS." (Continued from first page.) the "seeds of time" are, we do not know; but we take it that this statement is made to heighten and strengthen the "barrier" referred to in the first statement. What is the barrier to which Mr. Lindley makes such oracular reference? Does he mean that there is an immutable law of nature which forbids white and black people living in the same block? If that were true it would be entirely unnecessary to enact city ordinances on the subject; it requires no legislative acts to keep terrapins from living up in the trees with the squirrels. Does he mean that there is a barrier fixed by nature which bars the black man from participating in the higher cultural life? The general progress of the whole race toward all that culture means, the marked advancement of so many thousands, and the possession of the highest culture by so many individuals absolutely disproves any such theory. Or does Mr. Lindley mean that there is a barrier fixed by nature between whites and blacks, such as there is between a higher and lower order of animals, which stands in the way of physical union between the races? Then we should like to have him account for the presence of the three or four million people of mixed blood in this country. Perhaps, our sociological friend's theory is that physical union between the races is possible, but is a violation of the laws of nature; in fact, a sort of crime of bestiality. This is a common theory and much preached by a certain class of "students of sociology." If this were true, the offsprings of such a union would be monstrosities or degenerates. This we know is not so. Even the milder and quite familiar charge that the product of such a union is physically, mentally and morally inferior to both parent races will not stand the most cursory study of the condition of people of mixed blood; to say nothing of the mention of such names as Dumas, Pushkin, Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington. Now, the point we are driving at lies beyond the question of either segregation or amalgamation considered within their ordinary limits. We are driving at these pseudo-scientific theories which darkly hint at the existence of some mysterious, eternal bar-sinister which shuts the Negro off from the rest of humanity; a thing which no anatomist or chemist or psychologist has yet been able to find. It has been demonstrated and is continually being demonstrated that a normal black man, given the same environment and opportunities, will develop physically, mentally and ethically the same as any other man. It has also been demonstrated and is continually being demonstrated that there is no natural physical aversion between the Negro and other races; in fact, just the opposite is true. And this is true not only of mere animal attraction, but also of the higher and purer affections. Many a white child has loved the broad bosom of its black mammy better than it did the arms of its own mother. Where, then, is this aversion established by nature and sanctioned by God? Prejudice against the Negro is a matter of training and education. Still, in spite of their absurdity, such theories as the one set forth by Mr. Lindley find many believers. Such a belief works a subtle injury to us which is more damaging than lynchings or other violent insults of prejudice, because its effect is to put us outside the human pale, to assign us to a place somewhere just this side of the most advanced apes. Finally, let us say to Mr. Lindley and other such "students of sociology" that if colored people live together in the same sections or districts, they should do so for social or economic reasons or on account of their own preference, and not because they are forced by some legislative enactment. Especially they object to being herded off in compliance with any law of nature-faking which attempts to rule them out of the human race." 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 The molasses which has been used for the tests is of the Cuban variety, a coarse by-product of sugar which was formerly dumped into the river. For several years it has been imported into this country for various purposes. It has been used, for example, to supply the fat-producing element in several kinds of manufactured stock food. Its value in road building has been tested in Alabama and several other southern states. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING. (Continued from arst page.) the association will be under the same officers. Oswald Garrison Villard, first vice president and treasurer, is compelled to give up the treasurership because of his continued absence in Washington. The secretary, Miss Mary Childs Nerncy, retires to accept a position elsewhere. Other officers will remain. American mills use 5,000,000 bales of cotton yearly. 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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—REAL ESTATE 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. IT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE AND MOST DELICIOUS Metz BEER "THE OLD RELIABLE" PHONE DOUGLAS 222 WJJ. 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. Greenhouse, 1418 N. 18th St. South Omaha Omaha 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. OMAHA TRANSFER CO. "The Only Way" BAGGAGE Checked to Destination G. WADE OBEE & CO., U. A FUNERA 2518 LAKE ST., PH 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 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 n auto for $1.00. Open day and night. Ring and ring again, Web. 248, until you get us. THE MONITOR ABYSSINIA AND THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT. young emperor has refused every effort of the German agents to induce him on their side. The British, French and Italian nations have guaranteed independence of the boy's domain. It is Abyssinia that will decide the great conflict. Should she enter, the victory is the allies'; and if she stays out, Persia's aid to Turkey and Germany will carry the day. Whichever way it goes, the dark face holds the power in the balance. It carries one back to the days of the Civil War in the United States, when the black man was called, and turned what seemed sure defeat for the Union troops into victory. Location—East Africa, between the Red Sea and the Blue Nile. Bounded by Nubia on the northwest, the Italian colony of Eritrea on the northeast, the country of Danakil on the east, and the Egyptian Sudan on the west. Kingdoms—It comprises the kingdoms of Tigre, Amhara with Gojam and Shoa and the outlying dependencies of Harrar, Kaffa and Enarea. SURGEON GENERAL WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO OMAHA. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 14.—For the first time in years, the Surgeon General's office of the United States will be represented at a convention held in Omaha. The United States Public Health Service office has promised to send a man to the annual meeting of the Nebraska Public Health Association which will be held in Omaha, January 25 and 26. Local men interested in the organization are very happy over this promise of Government officials. They predict an unusually large attendance at the meeting. Invitations are being sent to all physicians in the state by the Bureau of Publicity urging them to attend the meeting. Americans have too much prejudice for Haiti. The army has no business there. Bring it home. Undertakers and Embalmers AL HOUSE 248 ONE WEBSTER [Name] G WADE OBEE (A Mortician for 20 Years (Continued from first page.) ABYSSINIA IN DETAIL. Population—8,000,000. Capital—Addis Abeba. Ruler—Emepror Lidji Jeassu. Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People-Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. Only Race Printing Establishment in State. M Phone Web. 248 Theo. B. Russ 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 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 Horse Drawn Hearses Open Day and Night JONES & CHILDS Funeral Home Lady attendant Calls answered promptly anywhere Phone Web. 204 2314 No. 24th Street BANKS-WILKES Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant Satisfaction Guaranteed Phones, Res, Doug. 4379, Office Doug. 3718 1914 Cuming Street GRIFFIN @ TURNER 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 FOR SALE 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—$5.00 down, $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 Printing that attracts. For Receptions, Wedding, Church and Fraternal Events, Dances, Clubs, etc. Establishment in State. Mail orders a Specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed Theo. B. Russell, Prop. 2518 Lake St., Omaha, Neb. DRUG STORE ate Pharmacist y Excellent Service 24th and Grant DR. A. G. EDWARDS Physician and Surgeon Residence and Office, 2411 Erskine St. Phone Web. 71 Orders Promptly Filled th Side 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 Attentiou 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 C M. Simmons, Prop. 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 Broomfield Hotel 116-118 South Ninth St. Strictly modern and up-to-date Prices moderate