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THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Colored Americans of Nebraska and the Northwest $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy Colored Bishops for Episcopal Church Important Question Demanding Consideration by General Convention Which Convenes in St. Louis. TO ELECT BISHOP OF LIBERIA Convention Represents Membership of Over a Million —Sessions of Nation-Wide Interest. (Special to The Monitor) St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 5.—The General Convention of the Episcopal church begins its sessions here next Wednesday. The city has been preparing to entertain this great church gathering for more than a year. St. Louisians outside of Episcopalians are proud of the distinction which entertaining the General Convention brings to the city. This is the first time the convention has met in this section. It comes to St. Louis because of the fact that this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the consecration to the Episcopate of the Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, D. D., D. C. L., who is not only the bishop of Missouri, but is also the presiding bishop, virtually the archbishop of the Episcopal church in the United States. St. Louis has been his home for thirty years. It is signally fitting that Bishop Tuttle's semi-centennial should be marked by the meeting of the General Convention in his See city. It is interesting to note in this connection that the only clergyman who was a resident of this city when Bishop Tuttle was transferred to this diocese from Utah and Idaho in 1886, thirty years ago, is the Rev. Cassius M. C. Mason, rector of All Saints church the Colored congregation here, which has one of the largest and most beautiful churches in the United States. Fr. Mason is one of the best loved and most influential men in St. Louis. The General Convention meets every three years. It has been alled one of th most able representative legislative bodies in the world. Its membership, both inthe clergical and lay order, includes many of the ablest men of the country. It consists of two houses, an upper and a lower, corresponding to the Senate and House of Representatives. The upper house is called the House of Bishops, the membership of which is confined to the bishops of the church, numbering 130. The lower house is the House of Deputies. It consists of four clerical and four lay delegates from every domestic diocese, that is to say dioceses in this country, and one clerical and one lay delegate or deputy from each missionary district or diocese, domestic and foreign. One of the chief matters of interest affecting the Colored people which will be brought before the convention is the question of electing bishops of the race for work in Southern dioceses. Two plans have been recommended by the commission appointed THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor Omaha, Nebraska, Oct. 7, 1916 to consider this subject. The majority report favors the erection of the Colored work in the South into missionary jurisdiction solely on racial lines with Colored bishops. This is a departure from established methods. The other plan favors the election of suffragan bishops under the present canons. Another important matter will be the election of a successor to the Rt. Rev. Samuel D. Ferguson, bishop of Liberia, who died a few months ago. The Episcopal church has a membership of more than a million, with nearly 6000 clergy. Its Colored communicants number 30,000 and there are about 150 men of the race in the priesthood. The deliberations of the general convention always attract nation-wide attention and this year there will be added interest for Colored Americans. Nebraska Celebrates Her Semi-Centennial The Historical Parade a Marvellous and Thrilling Pageant—Band Pleases President. The citizens of Omaha have seen many parades, but never such a parade as passed along Omaha's streets Thursday afternoon. We may even venture to remark that President and Mrs. Wilson, our honored guests, never before experienced the pleasure of such a pageant. It was more than a parade; it was a wonderful vision from the past wrought into tangible allegory. It was a romance wrested from a page of earthly life; not a romance that dallies with soft loves and lotus dreams, but a romance that was a retrospect of real life, of suffering, of starving, of hoping, of despair, and of triumph. It was the kind of romance that stirs the blood and makes mankind have a more wholesome faith in themselves and in their works. The actors were all heroes and heroines, every one of them, and across the years now receding and growing dim, their shadows loomed Thursday like the shadows of the Titans of old to whom the thunders were weapons and the hills mere toys. The semi-centennial is over, but the spirit of the Thursday parade will linger long in the memory. We have heard the call of the West and shall never forget it, even across the space of the world. We have been touched by the romance of the land of the afterglow, that may fade away from the sky that roofs its plains and desserts and hills, but that fades never from the heart that has been touched with its magic. It is the land that has a spell, the wonderful, beautiful West. Perhaps our readers may be glad to know what we are about to tell them concerning the parades of Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon. Here it is. It is claimed that all of those floats were conceived and designed by the Buford brothers, two colored men who came here from Kansas City several years ago. They were sent for by the Ak-Sar-Ben for the express purpose of designing Omaha Welcome Omaha Welcomes President © PACH BROS the floats for the annual parades. They have a large number of men under them and as soon as the carnival is over they will begin planning for next year's parades. Don't you feel a little thrill of pride to know that two men of our race mean so much to Omaha? And then there is something else we can't forget. Of all the bands in the parade, to one and one alone did President Wilson take off his hat. Can you guess which one? A representative of The Monitor was informed that Desdunes' band would play, "Old Black Joe," when passing the reviewing stand, and was present to notice the effect. Eight bands passed, We desire to have it known just what the itor is. We are INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN. we shall support republican principles and re- to support the national republican ticket. We president; Jöhn L. Kennedy for United St. Baker for congressman. For state, county and to support men, irrespective of party badge or strated their willingness to be fair and just they will be. Those who have manifested unfriend to oppose. We shall accept advertisements from all to reach the Colored voters, of whom there are Douglas county alone, to say nothing of those The Monitor circulates. Our editorial opinio- able commodities. We are opposed to prohibition, because of temperance, and is not the most effective way evils of the liquor traffic. We desire to have it known just what the political position of The Monitor is. We are INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN. This means that in the main we shall support republican principles and republican candidates. We intend to support the national republican ticket. We are for Charles E. Hughes for president; John L. Kennedy for United States senator, and Benjamin S. Baker for congressman. For state, county and municipal officials we intend to support men, irrespective of party badge or affiliations who have demonstrated their willingness to be fair and just to our race, or whom we believe will be. Those who have manifested unfriendliness or unfairness we intend to oppose. We shall accept advertisements from all who wish to use our columns to reach the Colored voters, of whom there are more than 2,000 registered in Douglas county alone, to say nothing of those out in the state among whom The Monitor circulates. Our editorial opinion and support are not purchasable commodities. We are opposed to prohibition, because we do not believe it makes for temperance, and is not the most effective way of dealing practically with the evils of the liquor traffic. This is The Monitor's position politically. --- Vol. II. No.15 (Whole No.67) a Welcomes Pre comes President © PACH BROS WOODROW WILSON. THE MONITOR'S POLITICAL POSITION to have it known just what the political position DEPENDENT REPUBLICAN. This means that republican principles and republican candidate national republican ticket. We are for Charles L. Kennedy for United States senator, a pressman. For state, county and municipal office, irrespective of party badge or affiliations with willingness to be fair and just to our race, or who have manifested unfriendliness or unfairness. Accept advertisements from all who wish to use elected voters, of whom there are more than 2,000 alone, to say nothing of those out in the state circulates. Our editorial opinion and support us. posed to prohibition, because we do not believe it is not the most effective way of dealing practice or traffic. just what the political position of The Mon PUBLICAN. This means that in the main triples and republican candidates. We intend to ticket. We are for Charles E. Hughes for United States senator, and Benjamin S. e, county and municipal officials we intend party badge or affiliations who have demon- --- all playing different patriotic airs, the only one receiving any notable reception being the band that struck up "Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You." But to none of the music did the President take off his hat. Then came our boys. Enthusiastic and continued applause greeted them the moment they crossed Seventeenth street. They began playing "Old Black Joe" and as the crowds caught the tune their enthusiasm grew. Women waved their handkerchiefs and men their hats. The effect was not lost upon the President. He smiled pleasantly and watched the band. The parade halted, just as the band (Continued on Page 12.) 10 HOTEL AND RAILWAY NEWS The white union orchestra at the Henshaw threatened to strike unless the hotel discharged Adams orchestra from the cabaret. The manager told them to go ahead and he would hire the Colored musicians entirely. There has been no strike to date. Daniel Manley, well known in Omaha about seven years ago, returned from Chicago last Saturday and will remain in Omaha. Lester Burrell left for Chicago Monday, where he will enter the service as chef on the Burlington. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. All of Omaha's hotels have been crowded this week and extra waiters have been called for everywhere. Get the money, boys! About forty waiters were used at the Omaha Club banquet, October 6. The Canadian Pacific has now all Colored waiters on their short runs and expect to fill the long ones by Spring. The Santa Fe is putting on a great many men out of Chicago. Frisco is still crying for Colored waiters. The hotel managers assure the boys that their employment will be permanent. As the club season ends, many boys are busy looking for winter berths. We hope they all are successful. Sergeant Bailey has recently secured a position at the Fontelle hotel. John Woods has been taking a two weeks' vacation. After his successful debut as a Thespian he feels that he needs to recuperate. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. W. M. Jackson of the U. P., has been on the sick list, but expects to report for duty soon. Waiters report that the hotels of Salt Lake are crying for men. George Watson, who has spent several months putting the Carleton on a paying basis, left recently and assumed the headwaitership of the Paxton. C. C. Galloway has succeeded him at the Carleton. Don't forget our advertisers. They want your trade and welcome it courteously. DR. LYMAN ABBOTT ON TEMPERANCE New York, N. Y.—Dr. Lyman Abbott, who succeeded Henry Ward Beecher as Pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, and present editor of The Outlook Magazine, New York City, in an article which was printed in the Ladies' Home Journal, writes: "Are not the temperance folks, unconsciously perhaps, to blame for a very general interpretation of the word temperance as applied only to alcoholic indulgence? It is such a beautiful word, temperance." Can you not tell folks that it applies to all things in life and that the reverse, intemperance, is just as true of religion as of drink? "We have robbed the word 'temperance' of its noble significance by applying it only to alcoholic drinks as we have robbed the word 'charity' of much of its significance by applying it only to gifts of money. I should not, however, say that it was a good use of language to speak of one as being intemperate in religion. Temperance means self-control, and generally is applied to the control of the body and its appetites and passions by the intelligence and the will. A physician in one of our great hos- THE MONITOR pitals in New York, who is himself a practical if not an absolute total abstainer, once told me that tea inebriacy is a common vice among the working women of New York, and that it was a fair question if as much injury were not done by intemperate use of tea as by intemperate use of beer. No man has a right to call himself temperate who has not attained the power of self-control." EIGHTH ILLINOIS ORDERED HOME FROM BORDER Chicago, Ill. Orders have gone forth from the War Department at Washington, D. C., ordering the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard home from doing service on the Mexican border. The regiment entrained at Fort Sam Houston, Texas last week. It will possibly reach Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Ill., to be mustered out of the Federal service about the middle of October. For anything you want to buy, some advertiser in The Monitor sells it. ```markdown ``` Length, about seven and three-fourths inches. The black mark across the breast and the small, pointed tufts of dark feathers above and behind the eyes distinguish the bird. Range: Breeds throughout the United States (except the South Atlantic and Gulf states) and Canada; winters in all the United States except Florida. Habits and economic status: Horned larks frequent the open country, especially the plains and deserts. They associate in large flocks, are hardy, apparently delighting in exposed situations in winter, and often nest before snow disappears. The flight is irregular and hesitating, but in the breeding season the males ascend high in air, singing as they go, and pitch to the ground in one thrilling dive. The preference of horned larks is for vegetable food, and about one-sixth of this is grain, chiefly waste. Some sprouting grain is pulled, but drilled grain is safe from injury. California horned larks take much more grain than the eastern birds, specializing on oats, but this is accounted for by the fact that oats grow wild over much of the state. Weed seeds are the largest single element of food. The insect food, about 20 per cent of the whole, includes such pests as May beetles and their larvae (white grubs), leaf beetles, clover-leaf and clover-root weevils, the potato-stalk borer, nut weevils, billbugs, and the chinch bug. Grasshoppers are a favorite food, and cutworms are freely eaten. The horned larks, on the whole, may be considered useful birds. TRUNKS Made from good clear lumber, covered with fibre; well bound on edges. Durable corners and braces where necessary. Sturdy locks and hinges, 2 trays nicely cloth lined. Priced at $10.00, $12.00, $13.50 and $15.00. Freling & Steinle "Omaha's Best Baggage Builders" 1803 Farnam Street Hats New Fall Styles Now Ready $2 WOLF'S 1421 Douglas St. 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. A GOOD PLACE TO EAT Dinner served from 12 m. to 6 p. m. At 25c and 35c. S. R. Jackson's Lunch Room 2122 No. 24th St. Webster 7971 SHIPP'S Optical and Watch Shop Highest Quality Lowest Prices 518 S. 16th St., Opp. Rome Hotel Gibson Tea & Coffee Co. It pays to come to our store. We pay you a bigger interest on the money you spend than the bank pays you on the money you save. Doug. 5320 2411 Cuming St. Tel. Red 1424 Will L. Hetherington Violinist Instructor at Bellevue College Asst. of Henry Cox Studio Patterson Blk LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED Called for and Delivered ARTHUR DORN Locksmith and Gun Repairer Electric Bells, Bicycle and General Repairing We Will Open the Most Complicated Locks Phone Webster 4509 2420 Lake St. RUG CLEANING 2221 North 20th St. Telephone Webster 1659 N. A. Christianson & Son Auto Delivery. If You Understand the Value of Good Shoe Repairing—Try H. LAZARUS 9 Years in the Same Block. 2019 Cuming St. Red 2395 Work called for and delivered. PORO For Good and Quick Results TRY PORO SYSTEM For Scalp Treatment and Hair Culture Mrs. Anna E. Jones, Har. 5100 Miss Susie Smith, Douglas 7689 CORECT MANICURING MRS. LILLIAN TAYLOR JENKINS' SHOP 1313 Dodge St. Phone Red 3357 Will answer out of the shop calls for women customers. Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. EMERSON LAUNDRY F. S. MOREY, Proprietor 1303-05 North 24th Street Phone Webster 820 BUY A HOME WITHOUT ANY CASH Do You Know How? Ask About it at 724 BRANDEIS BUILDING Fred Krug Brewing Co. Luxus REGSTD. U.S. PAT. OFF THE BEER YOU LIKE NO BETTER BEER MADE NO BEER BETTER MADE Luxus MERCANTILE COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS PHONE DOUGLAS 1889 SAVE COUPONS AND GET PREMIUMS Send for Free Catalog CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE TO GIVE VIOLIN RECITAL The people of Omaha are soon to have the privilege of hearing Clarence Cameron White, the famous vio- JAMES J. linist and composer, of Boston, Mass. Mr. White ranks high in the musical world and wherever he gives a recital he is greeted by large and enthusiastic audiences. He will give a recital Monday, October 30th, in the Auditorium of Grove M. E. Church, under the auspices and for the benefit of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon. This will be Mr. White's first appearance in Omaha and a good audience will greet him. Several people have engaged tickets for friends whom they will have as their guests at this, the musical event of the season. A baby boy was born toMr. and Mrs. E. W. Denning, 1934 Ogden avenue, Wednesday morning. Dave Russ returned to Omaha Wednesday after a two months' trip through Wyoming. THE gnarly Gnu his flanks may lash And strive to gnip the Gnat in two, But while the Gnu may gnarr and gnash, That gnome the Gnat will gnaw the Gnu. —Life. NOT long ago Harry Leon Wilson, the novelist, and Charles E. Van Loan, the short story writer, were making a trip together on a western road. Wilson, who looks more like a rancher in comfortable circumstances than a literary man, fell into conversation with a hay grower from the coast, and they spent some time discussing crops and conditions. Presently Wilson had occasion to go into the sleeper, leaving Van Loan and the hay grower in the smoker. "That's a mighty sensible talkin' feller," said the man from the coast to Van Loan, indicating the vanishing figure of Wilson. "Whut does he do fur a livin'?" "He's a writer," repeated Van Loan. "He writes books, novels, stories." The hay grower's face fell. For a long minute he looked through the window at the passing landscape. "Well," he said at length, "they ain't none of us perfect."—Saturday Evening Post. 12 NEBRASKA CELEBRATES HER SEMI-CENTENNIAL. (Continued from first page.) reached the reviewing platform. Our boys finished the song and then, turning and facing the President, they played "The Patriotic Melody," as arranged by their leader, Mr. Desdunes. The President removed his silk hat, extended the palm of his left hand, and beat time upon it with his hat as the boys played. The crowd went wild. It was a proud moment for our boys! These may seem little things, but the little things in life are the things that count. They suggest that perhaps the world is not so dark after all. Merit wins out some way, and genius will tear down the walls of prejudice and use the remnants to keep her fires. Omaha and Nebraska and the West are ours to help build, to help keep, and to love. Sometime the way may seem dark, but it sometimes looks dark to all, both white and black together. All we need to remember is the sum and substance of all human philisophy: Work, Wait and Hope. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT. Statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., required by the act of August 24, 1912, of The Monitor, published weekly at Omaha, Neb., for October 1st, 1916: Name of editor, Rev. John Albert Williams, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha, Neb.; managing editor, Rev, John Albert Williams; business manager George Wells Parker; publisher, Rev. John Albert Williams. Known stockholders, mortgagees and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: None. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of October, 1916. (Seal) GUY ROBBINS, Notary Public. (My commission expires July 18, 1922. Leonard Gamble came down from Minneapolis Monday for a short visit. The Misses Georgia Winnie and Rosa Robinson of Nebraska City were Omaha visitors Thursday. They were the guests of Mrs. Dorris Thornton. us Calling THE MONITOR. By J. William Shields It is pleasing to note that the Colored waiters are coming more in demand every day. The famous Muttonough hotel of Portland, which has been closed for several months, will be opened shortly with an entire Colored crew. This hotel was formerly conducted with all white help. The San Francisco clubs and cafes are also opening up to Colored boys. Also the hotels and cafes in Kansas City will soon be run with Colored help. These boys should make good, as they stand at the head of that profession. W. E. Anderson, of Portland, the popular townsman and well known literary man, is now in charge of cafe ar on the Oregon Electric road from Portland to Eugene, Oregon, and is much thought of by his superior officers for his strict business tact. W. H. Whitener is on the president's private car of the North Bank road out of Portland. Lewis Hatch, the famous swingman from Pocatello, Idaho, to Pendleton, Oregon, paid a visit to Portland recently and burnt up $80 in gasoline. Some sport. Nothing else. Among the guests at the famous Golden West hotel, Portland, were: R. E. Watkins, Chicago; S. E. Buxton, Seattle; E. V. Galloway, Seattle; H. B. Moore, San Francisco, and Seabron Miller, of Denver, Colo. Clarence Smith of Omaha is now running on the O. W. from Portland to Seattle in the dining car service. Robert B. Scott, one of the old men in the Union Pacific dining car service, is running from Omaha to Los Angeles. The popular steward, Mr. W. H. Smith, of car 363, has won many friends by his kind and genial disposition from the travelling public and is much thought of by an appreciative crew. The sooner that some of the would-be stewards of the U. P. learn that it is not the proper thing to unload a waiter en route, as they call it, the better it will be for all concerned. However, it will prevent many black eyes and smashed faces. Why not buy your coal from the concern who makes a COAL TRUST IN OMAHA IMPOSSIBLE? The price of coal in general is considerably lower, WHY? Because we cut the prices and other firms, to compete with us, had to meet our prices. Why not then patronizethe firm whose existence guarantees lower coal prices? We have no extra expensesuch as is incurred in having uptown offices and we can give you the benefit of our saving. Try us and be satisfied. Give us achance to demonstrate how you can obtain better coal for less money. ROSENBLATT'S CU Tel. Douglas 5 3 0 VOTE H. H. CL ATTORNEY Republican C Justice of Mr. F. W. Smith, of Denver, one of the U. P. popular stewards, is now running to Los Angeles, Cal. William Robertson is very much pleased with the run from Omaha to Los Angeles, as his home is in the latter place. We regret to learn that the red caps have been removed from the Union station, Omaha, and white boys filling their places as heretofore. FORMER HARVARD STARS TO DEFEND ACCUSED MAN Camden, N. J.—William H. Lewis and William Clarence Matthews, both former football stars at Harvard University and later assistant United District Attorneys at Boston, have been engaged to defend George E. Thompson, alias McCormick, who is in jail here for alleged participation in the killing of a keeper and the wounding of another at jail, when they effected an escape. CLEVELAND'S FIRST COLORED MAIL CARRIER DEAD Cleveland, O.—John W. Stanley, one of the oldest and most respected men in this city is dead at the age of 89 years. He was the first letter carrier to be appointed in this city. Everybody Is Coming to the Brandeis Stores Scores of Conveniences and Accommodations Hundreds of Wonderful Values to Celebrate this Great Anniversary. BRANDEIS STORES ROSEWOOD Hard Coal for furnace and hot water $10 00 plants, per ton...... WHITE ASH Lump, positively smokeless, per tton 8.00 RADIANT Lump, Egg or Nut. The best Franklin County, per ton 6.50 NOVINGER Fancy Hand Picked Lump, per ton 5.50 CHEROKEE Nut, large domestic size, haid screened, per ton 5.50 SPECIALTY Lump, Egg or Nut, per ton 4.75 40 other kinds. Call us for prices. THE MONITOR FIVE MILLION MURDERS A YEAR Today criminal abortion is the most vital problem that confronts our republic; in fact, it beggars all others combined. De Lee in the Practical Medical Series, 1912, volume 5, quotes Jackson as saying that there are annually in the state of Maine fifty thousand criminal abortions. If this be true, and Maine is a fair average, there are, at least five million criminal abortions in this country every year. So startling are these figures that few outside of the medical profession will believe that they can possibly be correct. It is well to remember that a woman addicted to the abortion habit may have four abortions where she would have one labor at term. One case has been reported of a woman who miscarried thirty-six times. Germany lost in killed, wounded and missing, two and a half million men in the first eighteen months of the present war—the bloodiest war of all ages. Probably less than a million of the Germans were killed outright. During that period seven and a half millions of our infants were destroyed. The world is stunned at Germany's terrible loss, but takes not the least notice of America's heartbreaking tragedy. Germany's misfortune will stagger her for a time, but America's if continued, means annihilation. The moral standard of the nation must be raised. Here we must be assisted by the clergy, and I feel that we may depend upon every priest and preacher in the land. They are clean, and abhor crime. No matter how much they may shrink from the task, duty will align them with us. Our patriots must arouse the patriotism of the women. While millions of the European soldiers are cheerfully giving up their lives for their countries, millions of American women are as cheerfully murdering their own offspring from every motive but a patriotic one. Yet there is a class almost driven by poverty to infanticide that should be protected by the nation. Many a mother's eye is filled with tears when she discovers she is pregnant. Not that she considers herself in the least, but because there is so little for the children alerady born—little to eat, little to wear, and little prospect of equipping them for the hard struggle of life. God help such a woman, her burden is indeed heavy. Why do not the patriots come to her relief? We have spent billions in pensions for our patriotic soldiers and we are driving patient, faithful mothers to starvation or crime. Why do not our lawmakers save her and her children when they are so badly needed? She is as much entitled to our assistance as any man who fought at Gettysburg or El Caney.—Dr. C. D. Bell, in a paper read before the Southern California Medical Association. EVENTS AND PERSONS. A formal farewell dancing party was given by the Pleasant Hour Club Tuesday evening at Alamo Hall in honor of Miss Amelia Singleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Singleton, whose marriage to Mr. James Madden of Chicago, Illinois, will be solemnized October 10th. Thirty-seven couples tripped lightly to Desdunes Saxaphone terpsichorean score. The decorations of the hall followed the color scheme of white and pink. The ladies were handsomely gowned in evening dress, while the gentlemen wore the conventional full dress. Mrs. J. S. Madden, of Chicago, mother of the groom-elect was an out-of-town guest. Mis Hazel Terry left Wednesday for Jefferson City, Mo., where she will enter Lincoln Institute. "Trooper of Co. K," thrilling Negro military-love photo-drama, coming. Enough said. It's a Lincoln production.—Adv. Mrs. Bertha Stephens died at the home of her father in Minneapolis Tuesday night after a lingering illness. Mrs. Stephens left Omaha for Minneapolis a few months ago on the advice of her physician. Her husband and a little daughter survive her. When you move, notify us. The Monitor isn't Sherlock Holmes. The Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Botts returned last Friday morning from a pleasant visit to Carrollton and Excelsior Springs, Mo., and Olatha, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. John Jones have returned from Yankton, So. Dak., where they went a year ago and are now located at 2423 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Lake street. Latest song hits: "Hurry Back to My Bamboo Shack," "I've Got a Sweet Tooth Bothering Me" "There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town," "You'll Always Be the Same Baby." Ready at Hospe's. Miss Julia A. Jones of 954 North Twenty-seventh street has returned from a three months' visit with her daughter, Mrs. Milton Jones, at Wichita, Kans. She also went to Kingfisher, Okla., to look after her farm property. CLARENCE CAMERON WHITE, VIOLINIST, OCTOBER 30 For Rent—Three furnished or unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping, 2511 Lake street. Miss M. Pollar.. Webster 4193. If it is NEWS The Monitor prints it. Phone your items to Nebraska's fastest growing weekly. Webster 4243. Ex-District Grand Master Charles Burton of Denver, Col., has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Goff of 911 Forest avenue. He left Friday for St. Joseph, Topeka and Kansas City. Mrs. E. S. Hughes wishes to announce the opening of her dress making parlors at 2418 North Twenty-fourth street October 12. The public is invited to attend. Monitor advertisers can satisfy all your wants. Mrs. Allen, 2816 Pratt, returned yesterday from a visit to Sedalia, Mo. Do you know you wear gun cotton? Read Science and Notes. Mrs. W. H. Brooks is leaving Omaha this week for Los Angeles, Cali., where she will take a course in costume designing at the Los Angeles Art School. Mrs. Ellen Sprinks Hobbs of Chicago is spending Ak-Sar-Ben week as the guest of Mrs. Wm. Jackson, 2669 Douglas St. TO SUBSCRIBERS Please look at the number on the yellow label on your paper. If the number there is the same as the "Whole No." on the front page it shows that your subscription is due. 13 Shall We Discard Local Option and Adopt State Prohibition? Under the existing Local Option Law, it lies within the power of the citizens of any community in Nebraska to adopt local prohibition for their own city, town, or village. In every community in this state absolute control over this question lies in the hands of the majority of the voters. No interference from the outside is possible; nothing can thwart the wishes of the majority in the city, town or village, with respect to the question of license or no license. Many communities in this state have availed themselves of the power granted to them under our Local Option Law, and have adopted local prohibition for their own community. Where there is a dominant LOCAL public sentiment in support of that policy, it is possible to make the no-license policy respected and obeyed. There are, on the other hand, many communities in this state where it is the opinion of the majority of the citizens that the license policy is better adopted to their own community. Where that is the prevailing sentiment, the community is permitted, under our existing Local Option Law, to license the sale of alcoholic beverages—subject of course to the provisions and restrictions of the general state law. IN NEITHER CASE, IS A POLICY FORCED ON A COMMUNITY FROM WITHOUT. THE PRINCIPLE OF HOME RULE PREVIALS. It is now proposed to substitute for this policy of local self-government, the policy of state-wide prohibition. This prohibition policy is not intended for the relief of communities in which the no-license policy already prevails, but is designed to FORCE such a policy on other communities against their will. The result, as the experience of other states has abundantly established, would be disastrous in every city and town on which prohibition is forced. It means, where dominant sentiment is opposed to prohibition, lax enforcement of the law, the dividing of such towns into bitterly hostile factions, the reign of the spy and of the informer, the rapid growth of crime—and in the end in means higher taxes. Against the substitution of such a system for that under which Nebraska is now operating, everyone having the best interests of the people of this state at heart, should solemnly protest. The Nebraska Prosperity League The Nebraska Prosperity League Opposed to State Prohibition. In favor of Local Option, High License Our Women and Children 14 THE FENCE OR THE AMBULANCE We are indebted to The Chancellor, June, 1909, edited by Laurie J. Quinby, for the poem, “The Fence or the Am- bulance.” How very true to life, when applied to many reforms, is the attitude assumed by the crowd and by the sage. Mr. Quinby says: “We find thousands of people even anxious to furnish the ambulance who would call out the federal troops, if need be, to prevent the building of a fence.” We were thinking the poem might apply to the present temperance issue which is so soon to be settled, for Ne- braska, at the polls. Is prohibition the fence, the ambulance, or neither? The fence, as you know, will prove a permanent safeguard. Is prohibition prevention or does it only force men to obtain illegally what they might have legally? Some may hold that prohibition does not prohibit, then it might be used as a barrier which would close the road to traffic until the fence of some effective reform might be erected. It might be the teachings of the church, the home, the school, a method slow, but sure. The old, old way of over- coming evil with good since law can- not purify men’s hearts nor control their appetites or habits. Then prohibition may be the only thing which will prove to be the fence, The one cure for all the ills and evils of strong drink. It may be preven- tion and prevention dispenses with cure. However, we leave it to our readers to decide for themselves. L. 8. E. THE FENCE OR THE AMBULANCE ’Twas a dangerous cliff, as they free- ly confessed, Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant; But over its terrible edge there had slipt A duke and full many a peasant. So the people said something would have to be done, But their projects would not at all tally. Some said: “Put a fence around the edge of the cliff,” Some: “An ambulance down in the valley.” But the cry for the ambulance carried the day, For it spread through the neighbor- ing city; A fence may be useful or not, it is true, But each heart became brimful of pity For those who slipt over that danger- ous cliff; And the dwellers in highway and valley Gave pounds or gave pence, not to put up a fence, But an ambulance down in the valley. “For the cliff is all right, if you’re careful,” they said, “And if’ folks even slip they are dropping, It isn’t the slipping that hurts them so much As the shock down below when they’re stopping.” So, day after day, as these mishaps occurred, THE MONITOR. - Quick forth, would these rescuers sally To pick up the victims who fell off the cliff | With their ambulance down in the valley. Then an old sage remarked, “It’s a , marvel to me That people give far more attention To repairing results than to stopping i the cause, | When they’d much better aim at : prevention. “Let us stop at its source all this mischief,” cried he: “Come, neighbors and friends, let us rally; If the cliff we will fence we might almost dispense With the ambulance down in the valley.” “Oh, he’s a fanatic,” the others re- joined; “Dispense with the ambulance! Never! He’d dispense with all charities, too, if he could; But no! We'll support them for- ever! Aren’t we picking folk up just as fast as they fall? And shall this man dictate to us? Shall he? Why should people of sense stop to put up a fence While their ambulance works in the valley?” But a sensible few, who are practical, too, Will not bear with such nonsense much longer, They believe that prevention is better than cure, And their party will soon be the stronger. ‘Encourage them then, with your purse, voice and pen, And, while other philanthropists dally, They will scorn all pretense, and put a stout fence On the cliff that hangs over the valley. A TOAST TO LAUGHTER ,A Southern country editor—the pre- siding genius of the “Intelligencer,” of Anderson, South Carolina—has written a toast to laughter: Here’s to laughter, the sunshine of the soul, the happiness of the heart, the leaven of youth, the privilege of ‘purity, the echo of innocence, the treasure of the humble, the health of the poor, the bead on the cup of pleas- ure; it dispels dejection, banishes blues and mangles melancholy, for it’s the foe of woe and the destroyer of depression, the enemy of grief; it is what makes kings envy the inno- cent; it’s the sheen on the silver of smiles, the ripple on the waters of de- light; the glint on the gold of glad- ness; without it humor would be dumb, wit would wither, dimples would disappear, and smiles would shrivel, for it’s the glow of a clean conscience, the voice of a pure soul, the birth ery of mirth, the swan song of sadness.—Sacred Heart Reminder. THE CHILD'S ALLOWANCE What are you doing to teach your children the value of money, and the ancient and steadfast rule of "mine and thine?” It is a grave mistake to let a boy or girl grow up without real- izing that money is limited in quan- tity, and must be wisely expended, with regard first for the most im- portant needs, and afterward for the less pressing demands, and the amuse- ments and luxuries. The child who never is taught that expenses must be kept within income, seldom learns this lesson without a great deal of needless suffering and unpleasantness in later years. _ Teach your boys and girls ‘how to spend money, by giving each a fixed allowance, and letting them learn in early years, the unpleasant conse- quences of extravagance, Conversely you can teach them the advantages of good management.—Mother’s Maga- zine. THE SONGS MY MOTHER SUNG “The world at times has beat me back In battles I have fought, Not always has the god, success, Touched tasks in which I wrought Full oft has fortune dealt a blow, Instead of bent to bless, And heartaches followed close upon The heels of happiness. And otfen when a solemn woe Or grief my heart intoned, And often when my spirit writhed And all my nature groaned, There stole refrain that softened pain Not born of mortal tongue, But born of memories old and sweet, The songs my mother sung.” —Ex. FASHION NOTES FRESH FROM PARIS Black velvet gowns and cloaks are to be all the go this season. Skirts are to be worn somewhat lenger than recently, but not so long that fancy hosiery shall be altogether hidden. Fur is still the rage, but be sure and have a fairly good fur. Many of the furs are rat and domestic cat and poorly dyed coney, and have neither beauty nor elegance. Light lined blouses embroidered or otherwise trimmed in darker color are to be worn with suits in the color of trimmings. The effect is fine. Blue, black, brown and dull red will be the favorite colors in tailored suits. Bright colors, however, will still re- main stylish. Paris is planning almost exclusively for American trade this year inas- much as the war has practically killed European business. The Paris costumers are putting out many train frocks this year. PLEATING BUTTONS HEMSTITCHING EMBROIDERING BRAIDING and BEADING BUTTONHOLES IdealButton & Pleating Co Douglas 1936 OMAHA, NEB. 107-109-111 S. 16th St. Be OOOO OOO OOO OOO OOOO OOOO ASK FOR AND GET SKINNER'S ‘THE HIGHEST QUALITY 36 PAGE RECIPE BOOK FREE SKINNER MFG. CO., OMAHA, U.S.A. LARGEST MACARONI FACTORY IN AMERICA Remeiiioere : <a ‘ ES SUT \ a i \ Al yg oy WIE ah \ Mm Aer SYA. yy ii \ \ YY ik ad | \A\\W EN <A i —— __ gt You can always save 20 to 30 per cent by buying from BONOFF’S N. Y. SAMPLE STORE | Full Assortment of New Fall! Cloaks, Suits, Dresses and Furs. ; A Small Deposit Will Hold Your | Fall Garment Till You are Ready. | Watch for Our Special Sales Every Saturday. Bonoff’s N. Y. SAMPLE STORE 206 North 16th Street. Is Almost Here Off with the old, and on with the new! Months in advance of demand we must provide for your needs. We are all ready with new stocks and receive fresh arrivals daily— whether by the yard or ready-to- wear. A safe place to trade at is Kilpatrick & C ilpatrick & Co. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO Aone ys Om AHA Phone Doug. 2190 524 S. 13th St. News of the Churches and Religious Topics 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. M. B. Wilkinson, pastor, residence 2308 North 29th St. Telephone Webster 1038. Services: Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m., and 8 p. m.; B. Y. P. U. at 6 p. m. Zion—2215 Grant St. 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. 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- News of the Lodges and Fraternities 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; Walter L. Seals, 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. Wanted--- Reliable Agents Everywhere To solicit for The Monitor. Liberal commissions. 1119 No. 21st St. Directory. Baptist— Episcopal— Masonic. The Churches ous 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., 5233 South Twenty-fifth street, South Omaha. The Rev. John H. Nichols, pastor. Residence, 5233 South Twenty-fifth street. Services: Sunday at 11 a. 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. Keystone Lodge No. 4, K. of P., Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursday of each month. C. H. Hazard, C. C.; J. H. Glover, 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, $ 2 5 2 2 \frac{1}{2} $ Lake street. G. H. Brown, N. G.; J. C. Belcher, P. S. G. U. O. of O. F., Weeping Willow Lodge No. 95-96. Meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at U. B. F. Hall, 24th and Charles. M. H. Hazzard, M. G.; T. H. Gaskin, P. S. Friendship Temple, No. 347, meets the first and third Friday afternoons at 2:30 each month at Twenty-fourth and Charles streets, in U. B. F. Hall, Mrs. Ella Johnson, Princess; Mrs. M. A. Walker, Secretary. Iroquois Lodge No.92, I. B. P. O. E. of the World meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month, 24th and Charles streets. General Scott, Exalted Ruler Jas. W. Scott, Secretary. Agents where --- THE MONITOR. Omaha, Neb. Annie Banks Cecil B. Wilkes BANKS-WILKES Funeral Directors and Embalmers Lady Assistant Satisfaction Guaranteed 1914 Cuming Street Res. Doug. 4379, Office Doug. 3718 TERRELL'S DRUG STORE Graduate Pharmacist Prompt Delivery Excellent Service Webster 4443 24th and Grant Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled NORTH SIDE SECOND-HAND STORE Auction Every Saturday. 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. Automobile and Open Horse Drawn Hearses Day and Night JONES & CHILES FUNERAL HOME Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly anywhere Phone Web. 204 2314 N. 24th St. Res. Colfax 3831 Office Doug 7150 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 220 South 13th Street (Over Pope's Drug Store) OMAHA ECONOMY TAILOR 114 South 13th Street. C. M. Simmons, Prop. Suits Made to Order $25.00 up. Call and see our new Fall goods. Cleaning and repairing for ladies and gents. All work guaranteed. THOS. A. DOUGLAS GENERAL WATCH, CLOCK and JEWELRY REPAIRING Cuming Hotel Phone D. 2466 1916 Cuming St. Western Undert Webster 248 Chapel. Open Webster 248 Chapel. Open Day and Night. 2518 Lake Street [Name] Up-to-date methods, courteous ings, five barbers who know their offers you. Up-to-date methods, courteous attention, clean, sanitary surroundings, five barbers who know their business. This is what my shop offers you. 1313 Dodge Street The Business World Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. Western Undertaking Company SILAS JOHNSON, Funeral Director. P. H. JENKINS 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 THE CASTLE THE BROOMFIELD HOTEL 116-118 South Ninth St. Strictly modern and up-to-date Prices moderate Phone Douglas 2378 GO WHERE IT IS COOL LEAN COMFORTABLE 2414 North 24th St. OMAHA'S FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT Sunday Dinner, 35c. Also Meals a la carte Count Wilkinson, Prop. Open Day and Night. 2518 Lake Street OUR GROWING POPULARITY Has been built up through efficiency. Efficiency is demanded in barbering as in everything else. We KNOW our business and we want YOU to KNOW that we can deliver the goods. Whv go to just an ordinary barber when you can get the best service and attention at our shop? Yes, sir. BARBERING--That'sMyBusiness rteous attention, clean, sanitary surround- v their business. This is what my shop Omaha, Neb. 15 Omaha, Neb. DAN AND HIS BOYS Tuesday afternoon the Colored people of Omaha were almost tickled to death when they saw the First Regimental band, K. of P. Crowds were watching and waiting for them, as Omahans always watch and wait; but their breath was fairly taken away when they beheld our band of thirty boys stepping it off down the King's Highway all toged out in nifty new uniforms. They certainly looked fine and they felt proud, we felt proud, and all Omaha felt proud. But proudest of all was Dan Desdunes, their leader, and he has the right to be proud. When Mr. Desdunes came to Omaha he thought that we ought to have a band and with hope, earnestness and great self sacrifice he set about to make a band. And he has made it, from the ground up. For him there has never been any thought of gain; no desire for flattery. He worked hard and taught them free of harge. His enthusiasm spread and from a handful has grown to be Omaha's greatest band. It is a living evidence of the steadfastness and perseverance of Colored men under a leader who inspires respect and whose sincerity can never be challenged. They have called their band the First Regimental band, K. of P., but they are and will always be Dan's boys, because what they are they owe to him and him alone. One of the county commissioners was surprised this week to learn that his colored appointee had mysteriously disappeared from the county pay roll. The commissioner is free from blame, but after this when those sudden things happen, let the Monitor know and we will try and find out the reason why. AMUSEMENTS The Alhambra THE HOUSE OF COURTESY 24th and Parker Finest House! Finest Music!! Finest Features!!! You Are Always Welcome ADVANCE PROGRAM MONDAY OTHER PEOPLES' MONEY (5 reels) Gladys Bullette THE GINK FROM KANKAKEE TUESDAY TANGLED SKEINS THE IRON MITT APRIL (5 reels) Helene Rosson JERRY'S PERFECT DAY THURSDAY THE KING O' MAKEBELIEVE THE CHASER CHASED FRIDAY THE WASTED YEARS (5 reels) Crane Wilbur THE KIDDIES KAPTAIN KIDD SATURDAY KILLED BY WHOM? SEE AMERICA RUFFHOUSE SUNDAY HIS BROTHER'S EQUAL THE FOOL'S GAME THE DEEP SEA LIAR TWO SLIPS AND A MISS 16 花 CONCERNING MR. OLE JACKSON The Monitor learns with regret that Ole Jackson, who has been employed as foreman of a street-cleaning squad, was laid off this week. The reason for this action is not yet clear but we have made an appointment with Commissioner Parks and hope to be able to be able to assist Mr. Jackson in a reinstatement. Political positions held by the Colored people are so few that we can ill afford to lose a single one. All of the commissioners have said from time to time that Mr. Jackson was one of the most efficient foremen in the department, and the fact that he is laid off while foremen of shorter terms of service are retained is a matter to be investigated. Mr. Jackson is now a man of family, home owner and a respected man in our community, and many of the best citizens of Omaha indorsed him for the position which he recently held. We shall labor to the end of securing his reinstatement, confident that we have behind us the good will of all The Monitor readers. LOCATED LOCATED A Chicago man tells of calling on a young lady very early one spring morning. He had come in his big automobile and he wanted to give the young lady a morning spin through the country. A little girl, the young lady's niece, answered the bell. "Is your auntie in?" asked the man. "Yes sir." "That's good. Where is she?" "She's up-stairs," said the little girl, "in her nightie, looking over the banisters."—Harper's Magazine. Subscribe for The Monitor. Excitement, Thrills, Pathos Intermingle in "Liberty" The Most Wonderful Serial Ever Produced FIFTH EPISODE SUNDAY Also Regular Program. Admission 5c to All HIPPODROME THEATRE 25th and Cuming Streets Dancing EVERY MONDAY NITE —AT— ALAMO HALL 24th and Grant Streets Good Music Dancing Until 1:00 A.M. Admission 25c. W. F. Davenport, Prop. TAXI—C. WILSON—TAXI Give Me a Trial, Rates Reasonable. 3:00 P.M. to 12:00 P.M. People's Drug Store, Douglas 1446 Residence, Harney 4153. The Diamond Continuous Pictures No Stops or Waits Between Pictures 24th and Lake Streets. THE MONITOR If you can keep your head when all about you If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise. If you can dream and not make dreams your master; If you can think and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two imposters just the same, If you can bear to hear the truth you have spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools. If you can make one head of all your winnings, And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone; And so hold on when there is nothing in you, Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on." If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but not too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run; Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son. —Kipling. Clothing On Credit Don't pay cash for your new Fall Suit, Coat or Dress, man's Suit, Boys' Clothing or Children's Clothing. Come to this store and pay a little a week while you wear them. We sell high grade clothing at cash store prices—you pay while you wear. We are the largest credit clothing operators in the middle west. Beddeo 1417 DOUGLAS STREET 花 —Kipling. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES—1 $ \frac{1}{2} $ cents a word for single insertions, 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement for less than 15c. Cash should accompany advertisement. Five Room. Miller Park, city water, electric light. $14. Six Room. Near Sherman Avenue and Lake. Partly modern. $16. Will add bath. Douglas 2107. Home bargain, $250 cash, balance monthly. Desirable six room modern home, choice location, paved street, shade and fruit. New up-to-date furnace, brick cemented basement. Nonresident owner will sacrifice for quick sale. Office phone, Douglas 147. Residence evenings, Webster 2168. 635 Keeline Bldg. HOUSES-FOR RENT For Rent- Two room brick house, strictly modern except heat; with large clothes closet. Two lots. 3224 Maple. Call Colfax 2514. Preston Hieronymous. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. For Rent—Furnished rooms in modern home for nice quiet young man. 3702 North Twenty-third St. Webster 3727. For Rent—Two nice rooms for man and wife or two gentlemen in private family. Nice neighborhood, 2626 Franklin St. Strictly modern room for two men or man and wife, 2130 North Twenty-seventh street. Webster 5910. Mrs. Thomas Perry. For Rent—Furnished rooms in modern home. (steam heat). H. L. Anderson, 2914 Lake street. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms. Call Webster 558 evenings. Nicely furnished rooms. Modern. Mrs. R. J. Gaskin, 2606 Seward St. Webster 4490. FOR RENT—Furnished room, all modern, $10 per month. Call Mrs. A. W. Parker. Harney 5737. Nicely furnished front room. Modern except heat. 1630 North Twenty-second street. Webster 1171. Modern furnished rooms for rent, $1.50 and up. Miss Hayes, 1826 No. 23rd St. Webster 5639. Clean, modern furnished rooms on Dodge and Twenty-fourth street car lines. Mrs. Annie Banks,, Douglas 4379. Mrs. L. M. Bentley-Webster, first class modern furnished rooms, 1702 N. 26th St. Phone Webster 4769. WANTED. Wanted—A good girl for general housework. A good cook. Three in family. No washing. References required. Mrs. W. R. Bowen, 706 South 31st avenue. Harney 2636. Wanted.—Two good, clean, upright laboring men as boarders. Board and room at $4.50 per week. Mrs. John Gipson, 3806 Camden avenue. WANTED—Girls or women for sorting paper. Call at Omaha Paper Stock company, Eighteenth and Marcy streets. For Sale-Large base burner almost new. Cheap. H. L. Anderson, 2914 Lake street. General Race News 2 TO START FUND FOR INVALID CORRESPONDENT Cincinnati, Ohio.—In order to secure substantial financial support for Horace D. Slatter, well known newspaper correspondent, who is in Asheville, N. C., trying to regain his health, Dr. I. Garland Penn, of Cincinnati, corresponding secretary of the Freedman Aid Society, is fathering a movement to get a number of men to pledge one dollar a month during the winter months. Mr. Slatter was stricken with tuberculosis in June of last year while his wife was suffering with the same disease. Mrs. Slatter died last October. He has spent the greater portion of this year in Asheville with fairly satisfactory results, and besides what his friends send him from time to time has been trying to support himself by writing a series of articles on "Men I Have Known," for the Baltimore Afro-American. During the fourteen or fifteen years he has been in active life. Mr. Slatter has done a great amount of publicity work for the race in Northern and Southern newspapers and magazines and has helped materially in creating favorable sentiment for the race. Those persons desiring to participate in the movement may write either Mr. Slatter, 28 Beech Hill street, Asheville, N. C., or Dr. I. Garland Penn, 220 W. Fourth street, Cincinnati, Ohio. INTEREST IN WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND Tuskege Institute, Ala.—With the coming of fall and the passing of hot weather, the country is settling down to hard work Schools are crowded to capacity and business houses are looking forward to a year of prosperity. This is election year and cotton is selling at sixteen cents. Loyal men and women of the race are, as a consequence of these conditions, again turning their attention to the Booker T. Washington Memorial Fund. Voluntary letters are beginning to come in pledging contributions and outlining arrangements for mass meetings which are to be held in various parts of the country this fall. FORM LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE Massillon, O.—Fearing a repetition of the Lima episode here because of the numerous arrests of Negroes carrying weapons, 60 race men and women have formed a Law and Order League for the purpose of registering strange Negroes and to help preserve order in case of trouble. A large number of the members of this league own their own homes and many are in business for themselves. Among other things the league is lending a helping hand to the needy and also to see that Negroes have a fair and impartial trial in the courts. Joseph L. Beard is president of the league. JOHN WYATT, EIGHTH REGIMENT, DROWNED Austin, Texas.—John Wyatt, a sergeant in Company A, Eighth (Colored) Illinois infantry, was drowned recently while swimming in the Colorado River. The body was recovered. THE MONITOR. RANSOME SCORES WILSON Asbury Park, N. J.—Rev. Dr. Reverdy C. Ransome, editor of the A. M. E. Review, in an address here at the Educational Congress, of "Making a program for the Race." Among other things said: "The Negro should have an economic, educational, civic and political program. Politically we are in a bad way. The leaders of the race are not in the confidence of those who control the policies of the great parties. But they have the ear of the great parties and should speak in no uncertain tones. "President Wilson is out here at Shadow Lawn. It is rightly named Shadow Lawn for the solemn promises made to us four years ago have gone like a fleeting shadow until today, we know there is no substance in them. Do not be confused or stampeded as between these competitors who are seeking your suffrage at the primaries. What we want is neither a free smoke, or a free drink or a free dinner, but the assurance of a larger freedom." JIM CROW RULE AGAINST HINDU LEADS TO SUIT Memphis, Tenn.—Claiming that he is a white man, even if he is a native of India, and has a dark skin, and that he has a right to ride in the front of street cars with other white persons, A. Mondul, a native of Calcutta, brought suit in the circuit court Friday, Sept. 23, for $1,000 each against Joseph Warren and the Memphis Street railway. In his declaration, filed by J. N. Bearman, Mondul alleged that he was assaulted on the car by Warren on the ground that he was a Negro, had no right among the white passengers, and that with the aid of the employes of the street railway, he was thrown off the car. $2,000,000 LACE MILL TO BE RUN BY NEGROES New Decatur, Ala.—A plan by which 400,000 Colored people will subscribe $5 each to a $2,000,000 capital for the operation of a lace factory is being projected by Mrs. George A. Nelson, said to be a wealthy English woman, and a large property holder in this section. Mrs. Nelson's plans include the bringing of expert lace makers from Brussels, Belgium, who will teach the Colored employees how to make lace. The capital is to be subscribed by Colored folk and the factory is to be operated with Colored labor. Raw material in the shape of Alabama cotton is plentiful for the manufacture of the finished product. COLORED MAN'S HEIR GETS HUNDRED THOUSAND Philadelphia, Pa.—The adopted white son of James L. Hitchens, Colored, to whom an estate of about $100,000 is left, is a football and basketball player. He was a student of the Maryland Agricultural College for a year and of the Baltimore City College for three years. The youth's adopted name is James L. Hitchens, Jr., but his real name is James L. Lindermann. His mother died when he was four years old. His father was an actor. Young Hitchens, now 21 years old, is married. McC 1512 JOHN B. STETT HIGH C "The Ho Sheet M McQuillin McQuillin 1512 Farnam Street JOHN B. STETSON HATS HIGH GRADE FURNISHINGS "The House that Jack Built" HOSPE ED. YOUR W MIKE F Election Tuesday, Novem EMMET REPUBLIC COUNTY RESIDED IN THE COUNTY 48 Y LER 1906-1909. AN TRE EXPERIENCED [Name] Vote For WILL N THE MUSICAL HITS OF ALL PUBLISHERS 10 TO 30 CENTS. OSPE MUSIC SHOP ED. PATTON, Manager. YOUR VOTE, PLEASE —FOR— MIKE L. CLAR For Sheriff Republican. Tuesday, November 7th. Will Be Always MMET G. SOLOM REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR COUNTY TREASURER THE COUNTY 48 YEARS. WAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER 1906-1909, AND CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY AND CITY TREASURER 1910 TO DATE EXIENCED BUSINESS YOUR VOTE, PLEASE FOR LL N. JOHNS LAWYER ST. PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Clarence Cameron White Violin Soloist Monday, Oet. 30° "2 Admission, 50c Science Notes NITRATED COTTON In following up the latest develop- ments of the European War it is quite often true that we are amazed at the wonderful progress made in the man- ufacture of high explosives. Then turning to the effects of this war up- on American manufacturers of the products, one can only dream of the vast amount of money which one imagines them to be storing away as profits. Little attention is paid to the fact that a large percentage of the output from these factories is com- posed of material made solely for peaceful trades. How different are the visions that loom up at the mention of the words “guncotton” and “celluloid.” One is instantly associated with rifles, can- non and war, while the other calls to mind such common articles as collar buttons, combs, etc. Yet the two are very much the same except for the fact that celluloid contains camphor, while gutcotton does not. Up to a certain point the manufacture of the products is practically the same. The technical name for pure cotton is celluloid, so it is not difficult to see that nitrated cotton, nitrocellulose, cellulose nitrate and guncotton mean pretty much the same thing. Fortunately some of the largest powder companies of America are proud of the fact that most of their nitrated cotton is made for peaceful purposes. As an instance of this, your attention is called to the follow- ing extract from “Manufacturers’ Record” (Sept. 14) wherein the Du Pont Company shows some of the uses to which their nitrated cotton is put: “The rise of cotton from its low price during the ‘buy-a-bale’ period to its present highly satisfactory price, around 15 cents, was brought about largely by the enormous cotton re- quirements of the Du Pont Company and others engaged in the manufac- ture of military explosives. The fleecy staple, on account of be- ing the purest cellulose obtainable, and because it is obtainable in such large amounts, naturally becomes the important factor in the manufacture of a long list of chemical products, It is not utilized entirely for the man- ufacture of cloth, but finds an import- ant place in the processes of manufac- turing chemicals. THE MONITOR. The nitrating of cotton is simply treating it with nitric acid of varying strength. ‘The process requires but a few days for its completion. Wheth- er the finished product is guncotton or the soluble cotton of commerce re- ferred to later depends on the degree of nitration, which is governed by the strength of the acid used or by the length of time the nitrating process .s allowed to continue. The process of nitration is exceed- ingly simple from the theoretical standpoint, but from the practical standpoint becomes more or less in- volved and requires the most careful advance research work and painstak- ing care in every step of the process. it ineludes a purification so thorough that all foreign substances, dirt and oils are absolutely removed. The final use of the nitrated cotton must be determined on before nitration is be- gun, for if the nitration is permitted to stop too soon or progress too far, the mass is ruined for the purpose for which it may be needed. Although the million pounds per day capacity of the Du Pont plant at Hopewell, Va., has been taxed to the utmost during much of the past two years, its enormous output of nitrated cotton was not used exclusively for military guncotton and smokeless powder, and an _ ever _ increasing amount was converted into soluble cotton for use in chemical industries. There are many uses for soluble cotton, the largest individual use be- ing in the manufacture of leather substitutes. This industry, which has been the field of so much chemical and manufacturing research, has within the past few years developed so rap- idly as to tax factory facilities, and all leather manufacturers of import- ance in this line are now far behind with their orders. This growing demand for leather substitutes has been brought about by the high price and increasing scarcity of good leather, and the pub- lic realization of the weakness of cheap split leather, commonly refer- red to as “genuine leather,” to such an extent as to be spectacular. The ‘aes of leather substitutes are in practically every field of endeavor. Lo demand comes from the automo- |bile manufacturer, the car builder, the bookbinder, the shoe manufactur- er, the trunk and case manufacturer, the furniture manufacturer, the glove manufacturer, the hat and cap man- ufacturer, the novelty manufacturer, and, in fact, from practically every- }one using a strong, pliable, waterproof fahric_ A good example of this great use is to be found in the plants of the automobile \and fuyniture manufac- turers, for when such plants reach the basis of 1000 cars or sets per day, leather of any grade becomes entirely out of the question, because it is im- possible to obtain, varies greatly in quality, must be separately cut by experts, is subject to great waste, and is very expensive to handle. In such cases where economies of 1 cent per car or chair are important, leather substitutes win because of superiority over cheap splits in wearing qualities, waterproofness, feasibility of cutting in multiples by machinery and greater ease of use. (To be Continued.) Advertisements inserted among the locals cost two cents a word. Count your words and you will then know just how much your advertisement will cost you before you put it in. Display advertisements cost 50 cents an inch if inserted only once. If al- lowed to stand for several issues, then the rate is 25 cents an inch. Classified advertisements cost one cent and a half a word for the first insertion and one cent for subsequent insertions. Complete Stocks of New Fall and Winter Merchandise Moderately Priced Thompson, Belden & Co. Be ee ee eee es re ee Ree So te ee er ee ee ee ee ee GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P. WESIN GROCERY CO. Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. 2005 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 3 LINCOLN’S CABIN BECOMES NATIONAL PROPERTY Washington, District of Columbia The cabin which was Lincoln’s first home, now standing on its original site near Hodgensville, Ky., became the other day the property of the notion. A man who sees it, and later sees the completed grand marble me- morial to Lincoln on the bank of the Potomac at Washington, will have seen typical edifices of the most sym- clic eareer yet known to the republic. The one is ten logs high on a side; is plastered with soil, and has an outer chimney of logs, sticks and mud. The other is to cost millions; be made and adorned by artists of distinction; and become, next to Mt. Vernon, the home of Washington, the most frequented o1 all American civie temples. What enduring monuments these are, not only to Lincoln, but to the 10,000,000 Black men and women and children in America—it was because of the Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln will longest be remem- bered. When you need a good clean shave, see P, H. Jenkins, 1313 Dodge street. —Adv. beneath nt nn na nn intact ern tennant tne ae enna ncnnen crane nt atonement rant tibateinsemcte THE MONITOR. 5 { | Events and Persons | Miss Rosa Goodlow is visiting her sister, Mrs. Doris Thornton, for the carnival. Charles Solomon is reported ill. Several Shrine members who visited Arthur Watts, at St. Joseph’s hos- pital, inform us that he will be out soon, Next week The Monitor is going to try for a general clean-up of subscrip- tion money. Mr. Lawrence Parker has the bills and is not likely to miss you. Please be ready for him. Mr. Pearl S. Everhart of Red Oak, Ia., and Miss Rosa Goodlow of Emer- son, Ia., were married Wednesday af- ternoon at 4 o’clock in the church of St. Philip the Deacon by the Rev. Jno. Albert Williams. Mr. Everhart is a prosperous music dealer of Red Oak and the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Goodlow of Emerson and a sister of Mrs. Doris Thornton of Omaha. Melvin Brown, 1012 Davenport, was buried Tuesday afternoon. The fun- eral was in charge of Banks & Wilks. Frank Liverpool has been employed as messenger by the Douglas County Republican Headquarters. Try Madam Baker’s Wonderful Hair Grower, on sale at The People’s Drug Store.—Adv. Jerome Easly, of Lincoln, is in the city. Will build you a bungalow on a large lot close to school and car line for $100 cash and $15.00 monthly. Tel Webster 5519.—Adv. Mrs. Gertrude Moore of Casper, Wyo., stopped over in Omaha a few hours Sunday enroute home from a two month’s visit in the east. On Oct. 10th, J. Silas Harris, presi- dent Nat’l Negro Educational Ass’n, will address the Colored Workers Pro- tective League at Alamo hall, 24tth and Grant, at eight o’clock sharp. FIRED: 2,000 one-pounders for $5. Ask Harmon and Weeth first about your coal. Web. 848.—Adv. It is reported that Eugene Newman, an Omaha boy, is in Europe fighting with the Germans. Tell your husband, brother or sweetheart that you want him to buy O’Brien’s candies. Ask for the Advo canned goods teas apd coffees. Visiting cards, 25c per hundred. Russell’s Printery, Webster 1797. Hereafter The Monitor will run short fashion notes on the Woman’s page. These notes are fresh and later than those to be found in any fashion magazine. Nearly new 8-room modern house, corner 25th and Lake Sts., large lot on paved street, $350 cash, balance like rent. Tel. Webster 5519.—Adv. The Elite Whist club held its first meeting of the season Wednesday afternoon, September 27th, at the residence of Mrs. H. W. Black, 292% North Twenty-fifth street. Mr. Alonzo Caldwell of Mason City, Ta., is the guest of his sister, Mrs, H. B. Lewis, 2510 Lake street. Fa eee ee ee ee ee ee eae mond, 2510 Lake street. Choice lots close to school and car line. $5.00 cash and $5.00 monthly. Webster 5519.—Adv. | Mrs. Will Bridges of 2617 Parker | street, will leave for Oakland, Cal., Thursday, where her husband will join her in a few days. The Rey. M. H. Wilkinson, pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist church will preach in Grove M. E. church, Sun-| day morning at 11 o’clock. At the seme hour the Rey. Mr. Stribling, presiding elder of the Methodist Epis- copal church will preach at Mt. Mor- iah church. In the evening the Rev.” Mr. Wilkinson will occupy his own pulpit, having as his sermon topic, “Good Success.” The First Regiment K. of P. band of 85 pieces will furnish music for the great military ball concert and moving pictures, featuring Noble M. Johnson in “The Trooper of Co. K,” a stupen- dous reproduction of the Carrizal fight at the Auditorium, October 26, 1916. —Advy. The Pleasant Hour Social club en- tertained at a dancing party Tues- day night at the Alamo, compliment- ary to Miss Amelia W, Singleton, who is to be married next Tuesday to Mr. Peter Madden of Chicago. Mrs. Volney Carter continues quite ill at her home, 2819 Miami street. When you are ready for your fall cleaning, call up Parker. Harney 5737. Agent for the French Way.—Adv. Mrs. L. A. Ervine left for Jersey City, N. J., Monday night. Miss Camille Simpson, who has been spending her vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reese, at 2723 Miami street, left Wednesday for Wilber- force university. Dan Desdunes’ Orchestra, Webster 710, 2516 Burdette St.—Adv. Mrs. L. J. Johnson, of Enid, Okla., grand secretary O. E. S. of Okla- homa jurisdiction, after a month’s pleasant visit with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Mc- Ghee of 2319 South Sixteenth street, will leave early next week for her home. Her husband is pastor of the Methodist church at Enid. A linen shower was given for Miss Amelia W. Singleton at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Peebles, 2416 Binney street last Fridty afternoon by Mis Lena M. Paul. It was a de- lightful affair and the honoree was the recipient of many beautiful gifts of linen. J. D, Lewis has purchased a fine new electric lighted and heated car and is ready to give prompt and effi- cient service. His advertisement ap- For Sale—Hard coal burner, $12.00. Webster 3084. Mr. and Mrs. Pearl S. Everhart, Ak-Sar-Ben guests of Mr. and Mrs. Doris Thornton, 2818 Miami, left Fri- day morning for their home in Red Oak, Iowa. | Burgess-Nash Company “EVERYBODY’S STORE” ' | Welcome Ak-Sar-Ben | Visitors TRIUMPH ye Lfa % rae ee 1a) | PURITY. J A 5 a We idee 1a EER AEE CR CEIEE dag (PHONE WEB.I260) —* ° jg] MAIL ORDERS SHIPPED- IMMEDIATELY x CHAS. 0) 77 eS aaa Assist Us In Preventing Accidents We appeal to passengers to exercise care in geting on and off street cars and when crossing streets on which cars are operated. Carelessness in this respect often results in serious accidents, Omaha @ Council Bluffs Street Railway Company Subscrib for The Monit $1.50 a year Fill out this blank. Send it with $1.50 to The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first Street, Omaha, Neb. Send The Monitor for One Year PAT ais epsina ries tots pain dons ankle cha pseesab eran snared aati iano tone evap onda a ah ans ada PRIMI Lissa tcc agsacstpshpcansianShieanperlnatoee sos iksoemandpetecissebecvasssnjasaluun taceeieupiilaie a scecs Pat ae ce ge ea a aa keer ear SSRI 355 chiceaoeih in cauaions mvt eyphac seu Goa cota haoe dad edi epsinnees Kes peuciuias betldamiacin seas coRnts susie 19-0 0ntn0s: 0-808 8B O OOOO OED OOOO: “OHOHOHOOnOOn On OOnP Onno Ono Orn onGinouitund Mr. Peter Madden and mother, of Chicago, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Singleton, 1428 North Twenty-second street. Neatly furnished rooms. Mrs. Helen Vaughn, 2805 Ohio street. Webster 4292 Hear Adams’ Saxaphone and Sing- ing Orchestra if you want good music. Webster 1528. Holland Harrold.~ Adv. Mrs. H. K. Hillon of Twenty-fifth and Maple street improves quite slowly. BATTER UP! Be y > y, 2ee2ZEE BE BN Rv y UibMea Wis FG ve SGT, bdsgujeeoi mies auc ME SG LEZEN oi BG, GORE ZZ) Co PECL 2B GS: & oo wr ENV BOBE BZ 2 NR Lae re La me \ (7 C) etch, x ye ZS St Sak BEINN Dd Se “4 LQNN Sy Zee ey, O° LO LEN rate -- 9) ee a ES = Ww = —_ a ip 1 es KVR ition Pre Yi Tae Y Tea FQN yy re Ss ae — Ap S —S £ * Re : TF, j Hy t Ezz if y ! hhh ar he SS 5 : Ci. > = SS a Gx ee SE ag ED, | = So SS SS eee Episode of a Halloween Party Myrtle wrote me to spend a week with her at their country place in Oc- tober. It is said that we women put the most important part of a letter in a postscript, and Myrtle certainly did so in this case, for in a space where she bad scarcely room to write them were the words, “Jimmie Atherton will be with us.” Myrtle devoted three pages of her letter in suggesting differeut costumes from which | might choose one to wear at a fancy dress Halloween par- ty she proposed to give for her guests. She advised me to bring my costume with me, for I could not get one in the country. I arrived three days before the party and was disappointed to find that Mr. Atherton would not be with us till Halloween. I cou!d scarcely wait for him. He had telephoned me that he expected to meet me at Myrtle’s house party and had given me to understand that all would be settled between us during our visit. Of course no one else than I could make out his meaning. though I can’t help but consider his saying anything over a phone to con- vey such a meaning evidence of the impatience of lovers, The three days I spent waiting for the arrival of my lover, and especially what I expected to hear from him, were the longest of my life. I fear 1 presented a bad appearance to the other guests moping by myself and, if I joined in their sports, showing plain- ly that my mind—indeed, my heart— was somewhere else. At any rate, Myrtle knew where my heart was if the others did not. During the day before the party we were all busy preparing our costumes, some of which must be constructed im- promptu. The men were very remiss about this. What women love to do in a matter of dress is a bore to a man, and several of Myrtle’s men guests had come either without a fancy dress or with a simple domino and mask. Myrtle insisted on every one repre- senting some historical character. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon Myrtle received a telegram from Jimmie—my By BARBARA PHIPPS —Greene in ivew 1 or« Evening Teiegram. Jimmie—that he could not get away in time for the Halloween party, but he would do the best he could. When Myrtle told me this my heart sank within me like lead. I dreaded joining in the evening's festivities with such a disappointment upon me. But what could I do? I must make the best of it and not render myself obnoxious by pining among a troup of merrymakers. I succeeded so poorly that Myrtle felt obliged to come to my rescue. About 10 o'clock, when the merrymaking was at its height, she said to me: “Gwen, go out into the grounds with a hand mirror and see if the man you are to marry does not look over your shoulder.” I was glad of an excuse to get away by myself. I didn’t care for a hand glass, but Myrtle had provided a num- ber of them for the occasion and thrust one into my band. Several of the girls had already gone forth on an errand similar to mine, each having taken a mirror. I strolled out, not into the darkness, for the moon was near the full, taking my way down the driveway that led from the house to the gate. Presently I stopped and raised the glass. I did this without being conscious of the act, for I knew already the man I would marry and had no idea of seeing his face in the glass. I moved the mirror to take in different places be- hind me and at last saw something | was not prepared for. One of our house party—as was evi- dent from her costume—was sitting on a bench in a recess among shrubbery, and beside her sat a man in ordinary business apparel. As I looked he sud- denly drew her toward him and gave her a bear hug. During this episode a cloud was passing over the moon, but as soon as it had rolled away there was light enough for me to see that the man in the case was my Jimmie Ather- ton. I moved noiselessly away and back to the house and on reaching it went to my room, where I spent half an hour getting myself in a condition to go downstairs. When I descended 1! found Mr, Atherton, who had not long before come in, having arrived by a jate train. He came up to me smiling, but I bowed to him ceremoniously and passed on. I nerved myself to show great gaye- ty for the rest of the evening, espe- cially before Mr. Atherton, and was glad when the festivities were over and I could hide my anguish in my room, When all was quiet Myrtle, who had observed that something was THE MONITOR. wrong with me, came in and asked what it was. When I told her a smile came to her lips, and she asked me what costume the girl Jimmie had hugged wore. I replied that 1 could not see it distfnctly, but it was crim- son. At this she burst into a laugh and said: “That gir) was Johnny Webster. He makes up admirably as a woman. He CUA | had gone out to spy on the girls who PRLS 5 Ap sks > 1 ae 5; a We were ee a hoping espn 1, to look over some girl's shoulder, anc ie while doing so Jimmie Atherton came SON up from the station. Johnny bailed i‘ : him, and the two sat down on a bench | for a few moments’ chat before coming | to the house.” a The next morning I was as good as 3 & pie to Jimmie. He tried hard to find out why I had treated him so coolly — the evening before, but I kept the se cret. When we left Myrtle’s home we were engaged. Jeems Henry Was Conjured. “Mars Jolin.’ excitedly exclaimed Aunt Tildy as she pantingly rushed into a fire engine house, “please, sub, phonograph to de car cleaners’ sempo- rium an’ notify Dan'] to emergrate home diurgently, kaze Jeems Henry sho’ done bin conjured! Dr. Cutter done already distracted two blood vul- tures from his ‘pendercitis, an’ I lef’ himn now prezaminatin’ de chile’s ante- bellum fur de germans ob de neuro- plumonia, which ef he's disinfected wid dey gotter ‘noculate him wid the ice coldiated quarantimes. But I b'lieves it’s conjuration.”—Richmond Times: Dispatch, “I spoke a few words with Mrs. Dubwaite this morning,” Mrs. Gadder said. “And what did you say?” Mr. Gad- der asked, “Oh, I raved about her gown and told her how well she was looking.” “My!” “If I am not invited to the old frump’s next reception it won't be my fault.”—Birmingham Age-Herald. MONSTER BLUE WHALES. The Most Gigantic Creatures Thie World Has Ever Known. It has been said that the first duty of a whale fs to be large. The blue whale is then the most successful whale, for it is the largest creature which has ever existed on the earth or in its waters. Even those extinct giant rep- tiles, the dinosaurs, which splashed along the borders of the inland seas of Wyoming and Montana 3,000,000 years ago, could not approach a blue whale either in lengrh or weight. In 1903 a blue whale was weighed in sections at Newfoundland. The animal was seventy-eight feet long, thirty-five feet around the shoulders, the head was nineteen feet in length and the tail sixteen feet from tip to tip. The total weight was sixty-three tons. The flesh weighed forty tons, the blub- ber eight tons, the blood, viscera and baleen seven tons and the bones eight tons. Exaggerated accounts of the size of blue whales are current even in repu- table books on natural history, but the largest specimen which has yet been actually measured and recorded is 187 feet long, stranded a few years ago upon the coast of New Zealand. It must have weighed at least seventy- five tons. Whales are able to attain such an enormous size because their bodies are supported by the water in which they live. A bird is limited to the weight which its wings can bear up in the air. A land animal if it becomes too large cannot hold its body off the ground or readily move about and is doomed to certain destruction. But a whale has to face none of these problems and can grow without restraint. _ Because whales live in a supporting medium their young are of enormous size at birth, in some instances the calf being almost half the length of its mother. I once took a twenty-five foot baby, which weighed about eight tons, from an eighty-five foot blue whale.— Roy Chapman Andrews in New York Independent. Feminine Diplomacy. ee ae ee a IMPERIAL DYE & CLEANING WORKS Dry Cleaners, Garment and Fancy Dyers Phone Tyler 1022 1516 Vinton St. GEO. F, KRAUSE, Prop. neneneneneuendntuense-8utnstuOrO@u@nGr@ner@rernenend qrenenenentnenenenenentneenentrenereeneroran eer TAKE YOUR MEALS AT The Best Place in the City : A, Marshall, Prop. 1210 Dodge Street ! Open 6:30 a. m. to 9p. m ba eneneneneneneneenenenenenvenenenanenenenenenenerd perenecenenientn entender entree entntreneetren Vv. F. KUNCL MEAT MARKET The Oldest Market in the City | Tel. Doug. 1198 1244 S. 13th St. ie Wa eer crs PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE! N. A. Patton, Proprietor 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. : ‘Telephone Douglas 4445 62 MODERN AND NEATLY } FURNISHED ROOMS beeen e atten be et 8eert enone tnsr tren ertr a ee aaa Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department , 3 of the A United States Nat'l Bank | 16th and Farnam Streets ‘ eee eee ened (retorted teed bnentGn en etreneieenen OG GET ONE OF OUR POCKET SAVINGS BANKS Ten Cents Added to Your First. Deposit of $3.00. AMERICAN STATE BANK | 18th and Farnam. $ $1.00 Opens a Saving Account. | 4 9 Harding’s THE CREAM OF ALL ICE CREAMS aide aoe sa entrant ontrtntn tn tntndtntrtnOntuteiontr nt SMOKE THE BEST 5c CIGAR More Sickness and Accident Insurance for Less Money _ Old line protection. No assess- -ments. No medical examination. Everything guaranteed. GET ACQUAINTED WITH LUKE A. HUGHES. Continental Casualty Co. 334 Brandeis Theater Bldg. Douglas 3726. ~ MORRIS YOST The Vinton Street Jeweler ; 1717 VINTON STREET EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING | C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard_ Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. $5.50 Johnson Special Lump $5.50 Best for the Money FOR QUALITY GROCERIES AND MEATS Try Us 16th and Cuming Douglas 1034 NR ee ee Sa ee CO-OPERATIVE EFFICIENCY. What our race needs most at this time is co-operative efficiency. What is meant by this is the ability and disposition to do team work in the accomplishment of great tasks. The race has many brilliant examples of individual success. One man or one woman has been remarkably successful in some given field. These individuals have been pointed out as examples of what the race can do, and the race has been given credit as a whole for the genius and progressive spirit of these successful individuals. The serious side of this is that it has been almost impossible thus far to work these strong, progressive characters into a great co-operative effort for the accomplishment of some monumental undertaking that would bring credit to the race. A combination of thrift, business ability and capital is sadly needed for the employment of our youth on a large scale. Our schools are sending out well-prepared young men and women each year, and there is nothing adequate being done in a co-operative way to give encouragement and support to these young people. One man may run a skiff, an express wagon, a small store or a farm, but to run a river packet, a transportation line a department store or a factory requires a combination of capital and business ability on a large scale. One of the essentials in co-operative work is confidence—confidence in the ability and integrity of your associates and confidence in the final outcome of the enterprise. It often becomes necessary for an associate in business to yield or subordinate his opinion. This is done by frequent conferences and the interchange of opinions. When there is suspicion and an eagerness for immediate results, business enterprises among us often fail. The power of initiation should be cultivated. It is not enough to be able to find fault with a plan proposed by another. This is the principal virtue some business associates possess. Let there be more co-operation and a more genuine loyalty. The race cannot succeed without these.—National Beacon Light, Memphis, Tenn. WHY NEWSPAPER MEN BECOME MILLIONAIRES A child is born in the neighborhood, the attending physician gets $10. The editor gives the loud lunged youngster and the happy parents a send off and gets $0. When it is christened the minister gets $10 and the editor $00. It grows up and marries. The editor publishes another long-winded, flowery article and tells a dozen lies about the "beautiful and accomplished bride;" the minister gets $10 and a piece of cake and the editor gets $000. In the course of time it dies. The doctor gets $25 to $100; the undertaker gets from $50 to $100; the editor publishes a notice of the death and and obituary two columns long, lodge and society resolutions, a lot of pretty poetry and a free card of thanks gets $0,000. No wonder so many editors get rich.—Exchange. NEGROES BOYCOTT WHITE UNDERTAKERS A campaign urging the Colored people of Topeka, Kans., to boycott white undertakers has been conducted for several weeks through the columns of the Topeka Plaindealer. As a result, it is reported one organization with Colored membership has voted that its members leave word that Colored undertakers be called to take charge of their bodies. THE MONITOR. VOTE FOR MICHAEL CLARK I want all voting men To hear this kind remark, When I vote for Sheriff I'll vote for Michael Clark. He is a trusty good road-officer, I am sustained in this remark, And all of our boys in November Will vote for Michael Clark. He's a man that's not cranky, I've oft heard this remark, He's a man that is very careful Not to do things in the dark. He never uses coarse expressions To the crew on the car, When he has to call them down He's careful not to go too far. He never acts the critic In a sharp and cutting way, He says a prestige gained policy Is by guarding what you say. To get the best a-going, I'll drop this kind remark, When you vote or Sheriff, Be sure to vote for Michael Clark. By W. B. Wykoff, A Pioneer Motorman. BROWN CREEPER (Certhia familiaris americana) A Range: Breeds from Nebraska, Indiana, North Carolina (mountains), and Massachusetts north to southern Canada, also in the mountains of the western United States, north to Alaska, south to Nicaragua; winters over most of its range. Habits and economic status: Rarely indeed is the creeper seen at rest. It appears to spend its life in an incessant scramble over the trunks and branches of trees, from which it gets all its food. It is protectively colored so as to be practically invisible to its enemies and, though delicately built, possesses amazingly strong claws and feet. Its tiny eyes are sharp enough to detect insects so small that most other species pass them by, and altogether the creeper fills a unique place in the ranks of our insect destroyers. The food consists of minute insects and insects' eggs, also cocoons of tineid moths, small wasps, ants, and bugs, especially scales and plant lice, with some small caterpillars. As the creeper remains in the United States throughout the year, it naturally secures hibernating insects and insects' eggs, as well as spiders and spiders' eggs missed by the summer birds. On its bill of fare we find no product of husbandry nor any useful insects. ARE YOU SATISFIED with your Dry Cleaner? If not, try the ROYAL DRY CLEANERS BEST WORK AND SERVICE NONE BETTER Call Us First PHONE DOUGLAS 1811 24th St., 1 block north of Cuming Street HENRI H. CLAIBORNE NOTARY PUBLIC Justice of the Peace Tel. Red 7401 Res. Doug. 6188 512-13 Paxton Blk. We recommend the State Furniture Co. Corner 14th and Dodge Sts. as the most reliable, accommodating and economical furniture store to buy from. Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Shoes and Gents' Furnishings 1514 No.24th St. Omaha, Neb. Fresh and Smoked Meats We dress our own Poultry Doug. 1602 2215 Cuming St. 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 Webster 515 2114-16 N. 24th St. LET LIVY HAVE IT Have what? Your order for your fall and winter suit or overcoat. My tailoring will fit you. My price fits your purse. My quality woolens are the best. My service is phompt. My guarantee covers all. What more can I promise? My success depends on satisfying you. H. LIVINGSTON MERCHANT TAILOR Douglas 7501 103 So. 14th St. OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE Our Motto—"Prompt Delivery" J. H. BROWN & SON COAL AND FEED Phone Web. 7797 2705 Lake St. J. E. WAGEN A. Why Not the Best? Ask Your Grocer for the Advo Brand Canned Goods Teas, Coffees and Other Foods; then you will know that you get the Purest and Best. Always Ask For the Advo Brand HOLSUM AND KLEEN MAID Why Buy Inferior When The Best COSTS NO MORE? JAY BURNS BAKING CO. Farms, Ranches and City Property for Sale and Exchange. To rent, sell buy or exchange Real Estate see or call Morgan 912 North 20th St., Omaha. Phone Douglas 4379. Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 Orrie S. Hulse C. H. T. Riepen Harney 595 Harney 5564 HULSE & RIEPEN Funeral Directors Doug. 1226 701 So. 16th St. THE BEST HATS---$2.00 COOK HAT CO. 14th and Farnam Sts. OMAHA TRANSFER CO. "The Only Way" BAGGAGE Checked to Destination YES-ICE CREAM any style, for any occasion J. A. DALZELL Quality First 1824 Cuming St. Tel. Doug. 816 Doug. 1446 Midway, Doug. 1491 or 3459 5 A. M. to 3 P. M. Residence, Web. 7661 FOR SAFETY and SERVICE Call JOE LEWIS -- TAXI AUTO SERVICE Day and Night Enclosed Winter Car Heated and Electric Lighted Special Prices --- 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 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 and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager Joseph LaCour, Jr., Lincoln Representative, 821 S St., Lincoln SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 50 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. 8 THOSE DEM. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS Friend, have you ocntrIBUTED your mite to the democratic campaign fund? If not, come through, brother, come through. They need it. Of course, we don't just understand why they need it, but we take their word for it. For four years they have been fattening at the public trough. Their gross appropriations make G. O. P. appropriations look like pernicious anemia. Their pork barrel constructions make the Pyramids of Gizeh resemble headstones in a graveyard; and administration kin has been provided for all the way from wives, sons and daughters to third cousins of the great uncles on the paternal side. It seems that through four years of such glorious hustling the democrats should have enough loose change to take all the European loans, but it appears that they haven't. It must have been salted. Anyway the same old gag is going to be put over on the dear public. "Please help us. The crool corporations won't give us a dime and we're still broke." We would like to express our real opinions of this smooth game, but we are inclined to be charitable goops. They really need it. After next March it will be a mighty long day before a harvest comes again and they might as well glean the field. They even say pennies are welcome. So come across, brother. Get your name on the front page. It will help feed many a poor democrat winter after next. A BABY IN THE HOUSE You married women with a home, have you a baby in the house? If not, get one, even though you have to adopt one. Trouble never weighs heavily where a baby lives and baby dimples will catch and glorify all the tears of grief. You may have the love of a husband, family and friends, but the depths of your heart will never be touched until you know the love of a baby. No weird musician ever hung notes upon a staff that chord sweeter than a baby's rippling laugh; no burst of sunshine after storm ever scattered so many clouds as the magic of a baby's smile. Get a baby! And then that youth of yours which seems slipping away will reach back to childhood's garden of dreams, whose beauty and sweetness will enchant away the runes of creeping age and fill your years with mystic essence of joy. God wrought the world, God wrought the seas, He wrought the lands and all the rest; But when He wrought the baby form He knew He wrought his best. It is reported that a Colored man was sent to jail for sixty days because he was working to elect a democratic police judge. If they jail newspapers, The Monitor will expect arrest soon. THE MONITOR. MONITOR the civic, social and religious interests vicinity, with the desire to contribute building of the community. Every Saturday. October July 2, 1915, at the Post Office at 3, 1879. MILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. A Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors ing Editor and Business Manager representative, 821 S St., Lincoln TUES, $1.50 PER YEAR Events an inch per issue. With Twenty-first street, Omaha. Webster 4243. The democrats promised to lower the high cost of living. Have they done it? President Wilson declared he wanted only one term. Was he honest? The democrats promised economy and have almost wrecked the treasury. Are they to be trusted? Wilson ignored the advice of the ambassador to Mexico and brought ruin to that country and great trouble to us. Is he to be pitied? Wilson has proven a child in diplomacy; is there any chance for him to prove a genius when European peace brings it's mighty questions for solution? Labor frightened the President into wage legislation; may not others frighten him into something worse? The people asked for reasonable preparedness and Wilson switched from pacifism to a militarism that mocks Germany. Will you stand for it? The democrats promised prosperity. Where is it? Are the democrats statesmen, or are they merely politicians, grafters and victims of nepotism? Are the army, navy and river and harbor bills, good legislation, or are they gigantic steals? Wilson has made the United States the laughng stock of the world. Isn't world respect worth while? Wilson's peace has cost this country more lives than the war with Spain. Shall it continue? Never since Wilson has been president has the country felt secure. Is it not time to put another captain at the helm; one whom time has tried, whom experience has made wise, whose hand is steady, and whose brain is clear? R. Horton, the Democratic candidate for Public Defender, or some of his friends, has printed hundreds of cards with Will N. Johnson's picture upon them and spread them broadcast over Omaha, so that the voters may know that Will N., whom his friends call Bill., is a Colored man. Thanks, Mr. Horton. We are not ashamed of his handsome face, his winning personality, his mental ability, his success on the gridiron and of his glorious vistory in the primaries. In all of which particulars he has you beaten, Mr. Horton. We are going to elect him. Of course, we know the motive behind your action, but we should worry. You have only made us more determined and also made more determined the hosts of white friends who helped put Bill over with such a handsome majority. Bill has made many a goal and is going to make a few more. The grandstand is with him. An auto stops when the gas gives out. So does a newspaper. QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO GET BUSY. Last week a business man whom we solicited for an ad said to us: "You seem to have great faith in your paper as a business getter. Now, I tell you what I'll do. I haven't much Colored trade, but I will give you an ad and for every Colored person who makes a purchase at my store, I will credit you with ten percent of the purchase. If The Monitor helps me, I am game enough to help The Monitor in a way worth while." It would not be fair for us to name his place of business, but we ask our subscribers to note every ad we carry and when they wish anything in that particular line, call in person or phone and mention The Monitor. The above is a bona fide fact and was not given as a bluff. So it is up to you to back us up when we say that Colored people are ready and willing to patronize those who treat them right and give them a square deal. OBVIOUS OBSERVATIONS The days of cussing are over. Twenty-fourth street is almost paved. The democrats promised to lower the high cost of living. How much were beans this morning? Doesn't a man usually buy a box of cigars when a new baby comes? As Socrates said: One purchase from an advertiser doesn't make him rich, just as one bedbug doesn't make a commercial hotel. The skating rink has opened. The floor has received several hard bumps, although none were serious enough to call in the doctor. Whatever else you do, don't forget and leave your money and smile under the pillow of mornings. You will need both all day. Only remember that you are a man or a woman. Nothing else counts. Bert Williams has become a real philosopher. We will publish some of his wisdom soon. Did you see Desdunes boys this week! Whoopee! Wow!! Hurray!!! Some class, Irene, some class! Grow with growing Omaha. Don't forget to tie a can to prohibition. Let every voter know that Bill Johnson is Colored and that we have got to elect him. We know the ladies will help without asking. Old man Winter is headed in this direction, so be ready to give him a warm reception. Who said the Ak-Sar-Ben gala days were things of the past? What will be your costume at the Grand Masque tonight, Geraldine? Remember your prayers and our advertisers. The Washington Eagle screamed so loudly about departmental segregation that the State, War and Navy Departments have rescinded all prejudicial rules. Hooray for the Eagle! Bert Williams, America's greatest comedian, is trying his hand on photoplay writing. IT'S UP TO YOU NEWS NUGGETS Senator Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, has again proven himself a friend of the race by flaying the Carroway anti-enlistment bill on the senate floor recently. It may be that the Colored men who say they are going to vote for Wilson have brains, but we would have to dissect their craniums before we believe it. Billy Johnson, of the original Cole and Johnson "Red Moon Company," fell from a bannister of his home, crushing his skull. He died soon after. The scales indicate that The Monitor is increasing in weight constantly. Thank you. The Democrats call the Maine vote a "victory." Maybe so, but we know of doctors who call an operation a wonderful success after the operatee rests under a bank of flowery anchors and gates ajar. "Cities of the second class cannot have separate schools for Negroes," says the Kansas Supreme Court. Physicians attending Howard P. Drew, the fast Colored runner, declare that his paralysis will leave him crippled for life. Don't forget our advertisers. If it weren't for them you wouldn't enjoy The Monitor so much. Garretson, the great labor leader who forced through the eight hour law, said in a recent interview, "The law will help many of our Colored brothers of the South who never had a chance." The law may be unconstitutional, but it has proven that some hearts beat warm for brotherhood. Frisco says she wants more Colored waiters. Good, but, by the way, it is such a long way from Omaha's little State Street. "Thank you for advertising in The Monitor." Say that to your dealer, for it means much. Business is increasing, thank you. Have you noticed our Amusement Column? Brighten life by going to the movies. Many more ads in the claissified column. Is your neighborhood ad there? The business of 10,000 Colored people means a great deal. Give it to those who appreciate it enough to advertise for it. OUR CONTRIBUTION ACKNOWLEDGED Roy Nash, Secretary, 70 Fifth Ave., New York. September 27, 1916. Rev. John Albert Williams, 1119 No. 21st Street, Omaha, Neb. My Dear Mr. Williams: In the absence of Mr. Nash I am acknowledging receipt of your check for thirteen dollars as a contribution to the anti-lynching fund, secured through the columns of The Monitor. All of those whose names you sent have received receipts. In behalf of the Board of Directors allow me to thank you for your effort in our behalf. We have already passed the $10,000 mark. Very truly yours. R. G. Randolph, Stenographer. ¢ 9 7 CO Ce, » abetting ( ( ; ( (i bees oat ee \ yeah elma Isa ee (al re TR ae f heh \. Ca ae <5 Ines S 1 5 RE E me rae i e Se oe ee se eee * >» as: ( EO & en bp Re 2) Y + Ran Be tee — NS Bing fc cate Bt (SERS cen oe ee S5G5E age ie E Rens hE ECRa Pern a co Beep jer (et le ee fn in ii Hh é Be ay : = =r pel te “plats ae NEW FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. Now Nearly Ready for Occupancy. THE VALUE OF COLORED ADVERTISING Have you ever thought before of the monetary value of advertising among Colored people as a class? If not, permit us to open your eyes to a fertile field of advertising that you have too long neglected. Thousands of Colored men in this city and country are waiters and every waiter is a salesman. In hotels and on dining cars 99 per cent of guests are open to suggestions as to what they shall eat and drink. Some of us have been waiters and we know. Whenever the Domino Sugar man gets on a dining car he slips each waiter a dollar and whispers, “Heavy on the sugar, boy; heavy on the sugar.” Why? Because he knows that the waiter is a business maker. We can say it without one word of exaggeration that the Colored waiters of the United States sell more of certain lines of foodstuffs than any single method of advertising extant. The Colored caterer is also a most important factor. His trade is fol- lowed among the wealthy and he has all to say as to what his guests shall eat. The Colored paper means more to him than any other publication out- side of his cook books and trade periodicals. Isn’t he a very important man to reach? The Colored club steward is another man to consider. In nearly every city of size the Colored steward is a fixture. The stewards of commercial and social clubs with their thousands of members are of value to the mer- chant. A steward would sooner patronize a firm who is willing to advertise with his people than go elsewhere when prices are the same. Isn’t it logical? Then there is the Colored cook who does practically all the choosing for the family table. The mistress may not care whether Bing’s Beans or Pape’s Pickles are bought, but the Colored cook is going to ask for the brand adver- tised in the race paper which he or she reads. Another class to be reckoned with is the servant class. In the matter of buying and favoring one brand of goods to another, or one dealer to an- other, their powegiof suggestion is a value to be reckoned with. They, too, are reached by the Colored weekly. And lastly, but not least, come the Colored people themselves. What- ever may be their faults and their virtues, three things are certain: Colored people will eat, dress and furnish their homes. The ten thousand readers of The Monitor spend millions of dollars annually for merchandise of all kinds and they are fast realizing that the firm that advertises in their race paper is more courteous, more obliging and more anxious for their business than the firm that doesn’t. THAT IS WHY WE SAY THAT COLORED ADVERTISING PAYS— Think it over. Colored advertising pays better than any kind of class advertising on earth because there are more of that class and because they are placed in a position to be of value to the advertiser. SOUTH SIDE. (Mrs. Lulu Thornton, Correspondent) Over four hundred visitors attended the dedication of the Bethel Baptist Church Sunday, at which Rev. Thomas Taggart officiated. s.any new names were added to the church roll, Mrs. Mary Fulgrum and Mr. Walter Denman were quietly married Tues- day evening. Rev. Thomas Taggart will preach the annual sermon of the Daughters of Jerusalem Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Toussaint Dramatic Club will THE MONITOR. present “The Way of the World” soon, Andrew Reed and Miss Stella Jeffer- son will take the stellar roles. Mrs. J. Lee, who has been quite ill, is able to be out again. Mrs. Alyce Tapps of 5628 South 33d St., entertained at dinner for Under- taker and Mrs. Jones and Mrs, Jones’ mother Sunday atfernoon at 3 P. M. at her home. Little Milton McGawegf of 29th and T St., was killed by being horridly crushed by a heavy truck belonging to the Nicholas Oil Co. The little boy 6 years of age was on his way from school when the accident occurred. His funeral was held Thursday afternoon. Mr. Elmer Washington was called to Kansas City by the severe illness and death of his brother Homer Washington, who was one of Kansas City’s professional ball players. Mr. Washington’s former home was Oma- ha, at 6704 South 26th St., South Side. He leaves a grandmother and one brother to mourn his demise. He was buried Sunday. Mrs. Marie Gray who underwent a serious operation some time ago was removed from the hospital to her home 4422 South 24th St. and is doing nicely. Rev. J. H. Nichols who attended A. M. E. Conference which convened in Wichita, Kansas, last week, has been sent back to the Allen Chapel A.M. E. church. During the last con- ference year the church under the leadership of Rey. Mr. Nichols had the best report in the history of the church. A move is on foot to rebuild the church. We are more than glad that he was sent back to us so that he might perfect this plan and we heartily weleome him back. Phone your news to The Monitor, Vebster 4248. ° ° Reliable South Side Merchants Se eS | {°eO ttt Onn eres Ser Oro OnourGur On enOuGude STANEK’S PHARMACY ; ;HORSE SHOEING Henry Stanek, Prop. i| ee re eee pee PRESCRIPTION EXPERT i| J. W. STAPLETON Cor. 24th and L Sts. Tel. So. sist | $5825 So. 23d St. Tel. South 2571 ane OOOO OO OO T OOOO OOOO OOOO Oe Oe Ger Grrr GG en Ge ‘THE BEST 18 NOT 100 GOOD} | } Gunsmith ree" Locksmith FOR YOU |} The Novelty Repair Co. You'll find it at | [High Grade genlery, and Barber . es FLYNN’S Grinding and Roaaire of All Kinds | Bicycle Repairing a Specialty. | Priced Right in Your Favor —$ | $ 4809 South 24th St. Tel South 1404 MELCHOR-- Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. been en nent e tet 8s Ot tron enttn orn Oetded $88 tn eed tO Os ooo O dn Gn OOH Bg Wall Paper, Paints and Glass, Picture Framing FRED PARKS Painting and Paper Hanging Tel. South 101 4622 So, 24th St. be OOO OOO OOOO OOO ice t tetaeae noes epee tenet Forrest & Meany Drug Co. ; PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS | N. E. Corner 24th and N Sts., South Omaha. + Phones, South 501-502 j Millinery Neidl’s, aan and K Sts, Telephone South 1495. — "THE OLD RELIABLE” i : te Beer es W*.J. SWOBODA RETAIL DEALER a ~ «PHONE DOUGLAS 222. OMAHA NEB. 9 MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH INCREASES PASTOR’S SALARY. The people of Mt. Moriah Baptist have not been sleeping at the gate, so that they see work and worth. As a guarantee of this fact, in the regular business last Friday night, on the strength of a recommendation made by joint session of Deacon and Trustee Board there was a substantial raise on the pastor’s salary. The meeting was one of the best in all its nature held in the church. Members taken in for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1916, twenty; and money $447.53. LITERARY NOTES The Revell Publishing Co. has just issued The Life and Times of Booker T. Washington, by B. F, Riley. It bears with emphasis upon the fact that Mr. Washington’s labors were as much service to the white man as to the Negro. Funk & Wagnalls, New York, have just published a volume upon the Life of Coleridge Taylor. Phone your news to The Monitor. We are always glad to talk to you. Webster 4243. ° Side Merchants | ae ee ee TC ee Se mee yee ee oe eee Wagon Repairing, General Black- smithing. J. W. STAPLETON 5825 So. 23d St. Tel. South 2571 OOOO OOO OO OOO Se Gunsmith Locksmith : The Novelty Repair Co. High Grade Cutlery and Barber Supplies Grinding and Repairs of All Kinds Bicycle Repairing a Specialty. # 4809 South 24th St. Tel South 1404 OOO OOOO: Oe OO OOO Orn Owens Pet 9 988 8nd tnitues Otride ouster oe denh EAT DINNER SUNDAY ihn Little King Hotel Prices, 15¢ and Up Mrs. E. Embree, Prop. | 4832 South 26th Street. | Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 § $0 0888888 Onto On onder {888 OOOO Oirw HOO tnd tn en ertnoed Send your Cleaning, Dyeing, Press- ing, Tailoring and Repairing to THE PEKIN Shoes made and repaired Work Called for and Delivered 2813 Q St. 5206 S. 30th St. Phone S. 2058, Frank Pierson, Prop. F088 OOOOH Ono OHH On Grn eu Ge seed Complete Line of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. Repair Work My Specialty CHAS. BELOHLAVEK Jeweler and Watchmaker 2412 N Street