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Growing, Thank You! Fair Treatment For Soldiers Secretary Baker Writes Open Letter to Scott to Correct Certain False Impressions. THE SERVICE BATTALIONS Thousands of White Draftees Have Been Assigned to This Important Arm of the Service. (Special to The Monitor.) Washington, D. C., Dec. 7.—Some eighty-three thousand, six hundred (83,600) Negroes have been drafted for service in the National Army to be sent overseas. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, in working out his plans for the training of these men, has met with many difficulties. First of all, he has had to contend with those friends of the Negro who have felt that it was Secretary Baker's special duty at this time to attempt to solve or settle the so-called race question in America. Second, Negro leaders from all parts of the country have importuned the War Department in various and sunny directions, while the peculiar southern situation, where the masses of the Negroes live, has had to be taken into account. Because of these difficulties, the Secretary of War called to his aid, on October 1st, 1917, as Special Assistant in the War Department, a representative of the Negro Race, Emmett J. Scott, who, for eighteen years, was Secretary to the late Booker T. Washington, and also Secretary of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, in Alabama. Mr. Scott has a wide acquaintance among members of his own race, and with leading members of the white race in the South, as well as with other leaders of thought and public opinion in the North. He has sought to relieve the Secretary of War, as much as possible, of the burdensome details growing out of controversies, involving racial relationships, caused or occasioned by the presence of white and Colored draftees together in many of the cantonments. Lately, there has been a certain amount of misgiving and unrest among the Colored people of the country who have been led to feel, by reason of reports of alleged mistreatment of Colored men in cantonments, that there is a disposition on the part of the War Department to deal unfairly with Colored draftees in National Army cantonments and in National Guard camps. For the purpose of allaying these suspicions and correcting certain false impressions which have been made and circulated, the Secretary of War has addressed an open letter to his Colored Aide, stating his attitude and the policy of the War Department with reference to these Colored soldiers. The letter, dated November 30th, 1917, follows: WAR DEPARTMENT Washington, November 30, 1917. Memorandum For Mr. Emmet J. Scott, Special Assistant, War Department. Referring to various telegrams and letters of protest received at the Department, to which you have called my attention, concerning certain alleged discriminations against Colored draftees, I wish to say that a full investigation of the matters complained of has been ordered. As you know, it has been my policy to discourage discrimination against any person by reason of their race. This policy has been adopted not merely as an act of justice to all races that go to make up the American people, but also to safeguard the very institutions which we are now at the greatest sacrifice, engaged in defending, and which any racial disorders must endanger. At the same time, there is no intention on the part of the War Department to undertake at this time to settle the so-called Race Question. In this hour of national emergency and need, white and Colored men alike are being called to defend Our Country's honor. In the very nature of the case, some must fight in the trenches, while others must serve in other capacities behind the firing line. I very much regret what seems to be a certain amount of overworked hysteria on the part of some of the complainants who seem to think that only Colored drafttees are being assigned to duty in Service Battalions, whereas thousands of white drafttees already have been, and many of them necessarily will be, assigned to duty in such Service Battalions. Some of the complaints or charges A National Weekly Nel Reed Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans of discrimination seem all the more unwarranted, in view of the fact that there is far less hazard to the life of the soldier connected with the Service Battalion than is true in the case of the soldier who faces shot and shell on the firing line. Furthermore, the attitude of the War Department toward Colored soldiers is clearly shown by the following facts: More than 626 of the 1250 Colored men who completed the course at the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, have been commissioned as officers in the United States Army; nearly 100 Colored physicians and surgeons have received commissions as officers in the Medical Reserve Corps, and a full fighting force of 30,000 Colored soldiers, including representatives in practically every branch of military service, will constitute the 92nd Division, to be detailed for duty in France under General Pershing. The relations between the Colored and white men, in the camps containing both, have been worked out on a very satisfactory basis, and little or no trouble seems likely to arise. All of my reports indicate that the Colored men are accepting this as an opportunity to serve and not an occasion for creating discord or trouble, and white men and officers are passing over the question of race difference in a helpful spirit. What we need in this emergency is the help of right-thinking people in the cities and towns around the camps, and we are getting that co-operation so generally that our course seems free from embarrassment, if German propagandists, who want to make discord by stirring up sensitive feelings, are simply not allowed to do their work. As a matter of fact, the Colored people and the white people in this country have lived together now for a good many years and have established relationships in the several parts of the country which are more or less well recognized and acquiesced in. Gradually the Colored people are acquiring education in the industrial arts, and are rendering themselves more and more useful in our civilization, and more and more entitled to our respect. On the other hand, the white people are coming more generally to realize the value of the good citizens among the Colored people through their industrial importance and their eager desire to learn and qualify themselves for usefulness in the country, and this has brought about a growth of good feeling marred, it is true, here and there, by such incidents as that at Houston and that at East St. Louis, which grew out of sad misunderstandings, and were perhaps contributed to, in at least one of these instances, by the malicious activities of people who would rejoice to see any embarrassment come to us as a sign of weakness against our enemy. Therefore unrest among the Colored people and suspicion of the Government on their part are, by all means, to be discouraged at a time like this. We are bending all our energies to the building up of an army to defeat the enemy of democracy and freedom, and the army we are building contains both white and Colored men. We are expecting that they will all do their duty, and when they have done it they will be alike entitled to the gratitude of their Country. (Signed) NEWTON D. BAKER, Secretary of War. SOUTHERN TROOPS TO FORM MACHINE GUN SQUAI Camp Upton, N. Y.—Another increment of troops arrived, consisting of 500 Colored recruits, sent here from the South, to be assigned to the machine gun battalion of the 184th Colored Brigade, which has its headquarters at Camp Upton. CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY EMPLOYS COLORED WOMEN The Cudahy Packing Company is trying the experiment of employing Colored women in departments of their extensive plant where formerly men, or white women have been exclusively employed. A large number of women were put to work this week. MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL TEACHES FRENCH Washington, D. C.-Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, wife of Judge Robert H. Terrell, is teaching French at Howard University. Howard lost seven of its teaching force recently, due to the war, among them being the French teacher and Mrs. Terrell was prevailed upon to take the French classes. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 8, 1917. A Wee Voice from Dixie Mrs. J. H. Hutten Gives Monitor Readers an Interesting Account of Impressions on Southern Trip. Rome, Ga., Dec. 6.—Nature has given a hue of gold to its fields, its forests and its gardens at the closing of its autumnal year. One catches a glimpse of such beauty and likens it unto the shifting scenes of a kaleidoscope when passing through the South at this time. Dame Nature makes us wonder if in making such beauteous transformation in plant life, what must have prompted her to transform the human coloring and comingle it to such an extent as in the man of color? "There are voices in Dixie too faint to hear. seen; Far away in a land filled with prejudice air Dwell many with happy daydreams." The Journey Starts. I left my home in Omaha on October 17 to visit some points South and East. Dr. L. E. Britt took my companion, his colleague and me to the station there in his car. At 5:30 the train arrived that started this journey to Sumter, S. C., which was made in three days. The mode of travel was the same until we reached the Queen City—Cincinnati. There the Negro is forced to acknowledge the color of his skin. A coach named and attached is provided for his special use. Name compounded, perhaps, from "Jim," Uncle Sam's soldier-boy, and Crow, from his lovely bird of flight—"Jim Crow." It travels, however, and nearest the strongest power that conveys. Interesting Scenes. Each state through which we passed presented sights new and interesting. The most unusual for me were those at Hot Springs, N. C., where a view of the interned German soldiers was obtained, and that at Columbia, S. C., where the boys of color and his white comrade at Camp Jackson shouldered arms under training with an army road as the only dividing line. Many cities showed signs of advancement, made noticeable through the homes of the Negroes, his farm lands, his business enterprises and, Red Cross Christmas Membership Drive The Red Cross wants 15,000,000 members in the United States. A national campaign or drive to secure these members will be made during the period from December 17 to 25, inclusive. Douglas county's quota is 40,000. We must get this many members during the period above mentioned. The cost of membership is $1.00. With Red Cross monthly magazine for one year, the fee is $2.00. The membership issued during this drive will be termed p Christmas membership and will be good for 1918. Heretofore Red Cross membership drives have been carried on at different times in the year in different sections of the country. Practically all of the members in Douglas county joined for one year, since May or June, 1917. In view of the fact that the Red Cross has decided to hereafter make membership campaigns only at Christmas time each year, these members will be asked to allow the unexpired portion of their membership to lapse and buy a Christmas membership good for 1918. Hence, every man, woman and child in Douglas county is a prospect for a new membership. A special Christmas button will be given each new member joining for 1918. A service flag, with a large red cross in the center, will be given with each membership, so that it may be lung in the window at home or in the member's place of business. Small crosses will eb furnished for additional members in the same family or same business, so that they may be pasted on the flag, and in that way the total number of members in the family or firm indicated. It is expected that this flag will be conspicuously displayed in the windows of each home or place of business and on above all, the hearty co-operation of his white neighbor. Historic Sumter Reached. Sumter reached, I spent three weeks there among my relatives and friends, after which a few days in the old school at Orangeburg, S. C. There at Claflin were a few landmarks remaining from the devastation made by fire prior to my visit. An associate teacher here and there to recall auld lang syne and the many days of an attempted imparting to the young shoots within those walls. Homes of Culture. Sumter and Orangeburg are alike in their possession of citizens of color owning property of value, and with culture and refinement visible in their homes; a business air of many and a little of that Northern grit manifested. "What will this war mean to us?" seemed the silent thought engraven upon each face. The fleeting Time warmed that to Georgia there must be haste made, for Thanksgiving is near. November 19 I left for Rome, Ga., and reached this city the following morning at 8:30, and thence to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hutten. This home of beauty, with its surroundings, showed early savings and the commingling of an aesthetic taste common to both its inmates there. The city is drained by the Coosa river and its three branches, making its scenery grand. On an elevation overlooking the city is Myrtle Hill cemetery, where the remains of Mrs. Wilson, the President's former wife, rest. Making Progress The Negro here is progressing, yet their business enterprises are of slow growth. The societies among the women have combined pleasure and work in such a way one does not exist without the other. Embroidery, intricate, plain and neat, is a result. Schools are good, with an average salary of $45 to each. I shall say some more about Rome on the return trip which must bring out the South as a field for future development and the cause of the exodus and the remedy. Christmas eve, a candle or electric light placed behind it so as to illuminate it to the outside world. The head of each house is asked to buy a $2.00 membership for himself so that the magazine may be received in each home during 1918, and he will be asked to buy a $1.00 membership for each member of his household. This campaign is not being carried on so much for the money as it is for the moral support that will come from a membership of 15,000,000 in the United States. It is not only the dollar that the Red Cross wants, but it is the moral and other support that it will get from these new members. MADAM S. J. WALKER COMPLETES $250,000 MANSION AT IRVINGTON, NEW YORK Madam Sarah J. Walker, accredited the world's wealthiest Negress, and formerly a resident of Denver, Colorado, has just completed a home on the banks of the Hudson, at Irvington, costing her $250,000, exclusive of furniture and fixtures. She is now moving from her New York City home which cost $50,000, having given same to her daughter as a present, to her mansion. This palace completed after eight months of work by a large gang of men, contains many wonders that vie with the residences of many of the nation's financiers, and is the finest building of its kind in the neighborhood. The beautiful edifice is a three-story structure and basement with roof of red tile in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture, being 113 feet long and sixty feet wide and standing in the center of a four and one-half acre plot. It is fireproof and has thirty-four rooms. In the basement are gymnasiums, baths, kitchen and pantry, servants' dining room, power room for an organ and storage vaults for valuables. The main entrance on the north side leads to a marble room, whence a marble stairway leads to the floor above. On the first floor are the library and conservatory. A living room twenty-one by thirty-two feet, furnished in Italian style, a Louis XV dining room with a hand-painted ceiling. Adjoining two drawing rooms is an $8,000 organ which may be played automatically or by hand. The second floor contains bedrooms, bathrooms, showers, dressing rooms, sleeping porches and rest rooms. On the third floor are servants' quarters to accommodate eight servants. Plans for furnishing the house add many thousands of dollars to the quarter of a million expended in building this mansion. From humble circumstances and poor surroundings, with a mental depth that time has proven what this wonderful woman possesses, another lesson is given to the world that Nature's claim to the climbing of Ambition's ladder knows no racial discrimination: and THE COLORADO STATESMAN, out of the fullness of its admiration for such a member of our race offers its congratulations over such an achievement, and its best wishes for long life and happiness with greater business success for Madam Walker.—The Colorado Statesman. STRAUSS ENTERTAINED COLORED SOLDIERS New York.—Nathan Strauss, who is campaigning to raise $1,000,000 in this country for welfare work among the Jews in national service, entertained fifty Colored soldiers from Camp Upton at his home here on Thanksgiving. Some days ago Mr. Strauss received an invitation from the Rocky Mountain Club to be host at one of forty tables for ten soldiers each for Thanksgiving dinner at the club. He went to the club and handed the following letter to Herbert Wall, the secretary: "Already before receipt of your communication I had made up my mind to entertain some of 'our boys' in my home at Thanksgiving. And, as I suspect, that the Colored soldiers and sailors may not be so well remembered for this occasion, I choose them as my preferred guests. "The bravery and patriotism they displayed whenever our democracy was imperilled entitles them to the highest degree of respect and admiration. "Will you assign to me not more than fifty, nor less than forty, for this, our national Thanksgiving Day, to be at my residence, No. 27 West Seventy-second street, at 1 o'clock." When seen at his home recently, Mr. Strauss said: "I felt the Colored men are fighting just the same as the white men. It occurred to me they might be overlooked. I always am on the side of the under dog, and I am going to have these boys as my guests and will be glad to entertain them." DELAWARE AND NEW YIRK TROOPS TO FORM ARTILLERY Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J.—Colored troops from New York and Delaware, who are now assembled here will be formed into the 349th Artillery and those from New Jersey will be formed into the 350th. The boys are being well cared for. NIAGARA FALLS SENDS FIVE DRAFTEES TO DIX Niagara Falls, N. Y.—The Colored population here is comparatively small, but there is no lack of patriotism. Five young Colored men, James Marsh, Allen Curtis, Wilson Gibson, Eugene Ellis and Ray Montgomery, have gone as the first contingent from here to Camp Dix. On the night before their departure a reception was tendered them by their friends in Brown's hall artistically decorated for the occasion. The committee in charge of the function included Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Brown, Mrs. Arthur A. Johnson, Miss S. M. Brown, and Mrs. James Notes. Patriotic addresses, music and a banquet were important features. The boys left in the best of spirits, taking as their motto the words of Sergeant Carney, hero of Fort Wagner, "Boys, the old flag never touched the gorund." (Mrs. Charles A. Brown, chairman of the committee, is a sister of Mrs. R. T. Walker, of Omaha.) Mr. Bryant Peebles, an ex-slave, seventy-seven years old, living in Barlow Bend, Ala., owns four thousand acres of land which he recently refused to sell for $100.000, even though he is illiterate. He has eighty head of horses and mules, one hundred head of cattle, and a gin and grist mill.—The Crisis. Lifting Lift, Too! Promotion of Negro Thrift Report by Chairman of Committee on the Work Shows Large Aggregate of Holdings of Colored Race in United States. Atlantic City, N. J.—"The time is rapidly approaching, if not actually at hand, when the Negro, ever friendly and never militant toward his friends, always faithful and never traitorous toward the Government, be it Democratic or Republican, will be valued at his true worth, not only by the South, but by the North, not only by the East, but by the West," asserts John Mitchell, Jr., chairman of the special thrift committee for work among Colored people in his report to the savings bank section of the bankers' convention. According to the United States census reports for 1910, there were 9,827,763 Negroes in this country, of whom 1,912,431 reside in the northern and western states, the others in the South. "Granting that the exodus northward and westward assumed huge proportions," the report says, "it is safe to say that the difference will not exceed 100,000. The bulk of the population will remain where it is. Farseeing southerners are already diplomatically making changes industrially and commercially in the southland, both as to wages and living conditions, in order to check this immigration. "They have been calling into consultation some of the ablest Colored leaders in that section of the country with the view of finding a remedy to cause cessation of the unrest. The value of the property of the Colored people in this country has been estimated to be $700,000,000. Add to it the deposits in the banks of the country and it will be found to be much more than that. The value of the farm products, such as corn, wheat, oats, rye, rice, hay, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cotton, cottonseed, etc., will *total $600,000,000 per annum.* "If the present acreage owned by the Colored people were divided up, it would give each man, woman and child two and one-half acres. It seems then that the wisdom of extending the blessing of this thrift movement directly to the Colored people is apparent. "Meetings have been held and an interest awakened, to the end that millions of dollars are being saved through the savings department of banking institutions, and through the medium of savings clubs. Southern white people have for many years encouraged the saving habit among the Colored people in their respective localities. They have sold them homesteads on long-time payments and extended the time for settlement, when the pressure of home expenses became too great. They have also encouraged the education of the Colored children in progressive communities, realizing that no one thing, not even the family tie, steadies a Colored man so much as the saving habit. The wealth of the Colored people is in the southland. How to make him a more thrifty citizen—how to reach the demands of the thousands of thriftless 'neer do wells' is the great problem." WILBERFORCE IS THE RECIPIENT OF LARGE GIFT Wilberforce, O.—It is announced that Wilberforce University has come into possession of $30,000 from the Avery estate of Pittsburgh, for endowment purposes. This generous benefaction came through the efforts of Dr. Scarborough, president of the university, who expects to make the endowment fund $100,000 before stopping. PAYING FOR LIBERTY BONDS PAYING FOR LIBERTY BONDS On November 15, which was the date on which the first installment on Liberty Loan Bonds was due, approximately $2,400,000,000 was paid in, although less than a third of that amount was due. In other words, nearly two-thirds of the aggregate subscriptions to the Second Liberty Loan have been paid in full, the purchasers not availing themselves of the right to wait until December 15 and January 15 to make their payments. 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Telephone Webster 4243. A Prayer for the Flag A Prayer for the Flag By The Rt. Rev. Arthur L. Williams, S. T. D., Bishop of Nebraska. "Oh, Lord God Almighty, Who alone art the Giver of victory, bless, we pray Thee this Flag, which is the outward and visible symbol of the liberties of our beloved country. We ask that this our Nation's Flag, wherever it is carried, may never be associated with oppression or tyranny, or unfurled in a base or ignoble cause. May the principles of a free people and a free government, represented by it, be victorious in the world-wide war now raging, and may the day come when Peace shall be forever established and the Righteousness which exalteth a nation prevail upon the earth. These and all other things, for us and the whole world, we ask in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen." HAS HE CAUGHT THE VISION? to aid the people of this country in the Has President Wilson in the heaviness which has weighed upon his mind and heart in this great world war caught the vision which will exalt him above the blighting miasma of his birth, training and sympathy. Let us hope so, for many of us believed that he was too large a man to be dwarfed by race prejudice and that explains why so many thousands of Colored Americans voted for him when he first became a candidate for the presidency. His sponsoring and encouraging of segregation in the government services and like disabilities to which our people were subjected were a sore and grievous disappointment to those who looked for better things. Then came our country's entrance into the war and still we were treated as a thing apart from our national life. And yet we remained loyal and hopeful. Our loyalty and hopefulness have been rewarded by brightening skies. Now comes the President in his Buffalo speech of November 12 and tersely tells what he believes to be the final test of American democracy. Note these significant words: "We are all of the same clay and spirit, and we can get together if we desire to get together. Therefore, my counsel to you is this: Let us show ourselves Americans by showing that we do not want to go off in separate camps or groups by ourselves, but that we want to co-operate with all other classes and all other groups in a common enterprise, which is to release the spirit of the world from bondage. I would be willing to set that up as the final test of an American. That is the meaning of democracy." These are significant words. We do not believe that they are merely high-sounding phrases void of meaning. We believe that in the travail of soul which has come to Woodrow Wilson in these days, he has caught the vision of what true democracy is and in that vision must be included not white men, or black men, or yellow men, but simply MEN, measured not by accident of birth or race or color, but by the fidelity with which they each fulfil their God-appointed task in their appointed sphere or station. Has President Wilson caught this vision? "A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER" The recent great patriotic demonstration at Richmond, Va., in which white and Colored citizens heartily joined, has inspired the following optimistic editorial in the Richmond Planet: "Some people seem never to tire in saying that the Southern white people are the best friends of the Colored people. This war against the Teutonic allies has brought to these same people the full realization of the fact that the Colored people are the best friends of the Southern white people. "The semblance of trouble has brought into the limelight the all-pervading devotion of this much maligned race of people and the well-spring of human sympathy flowed uninterruptedly along the streets of this city on Friday and Saturday of last week. "We thank God that it is so. Thousands of the flower of our race are offering their services to the national government in general and to the Southerners in particular. Men, women and children are inquiring as to what they can do to avert disaster and to aid the people of this country in the great struggle. "Colored people are loyal. They do not need emblems or flags to indicate their position upon great questions. A Colored man's face is his flag. We have been deeply touched by the evidences of general esteem and solicitation on the part of the best white people in Virginia. "We shall never forget it. The people who have had an antipathy towards us are being side-tracked and silenced. We feel like calling to our people who have gone north to seek better wages and more congenial surroundings: "Come back home. Conditions have changed. The feeling of antipathy towards us has given way to expressions of general sympathy. Colored folks, come back home!" RED CROSS CHRISTMAS MEMBERSHIP We want the Colored people of Omaha and Douglas county to roll up a membership of 1,000 in the American Red Cross by Christmas eve. The Red Cross is asking for a Christmas membership of 15,000,000. Douglas county's quota is 40,000. The membership costs $1.00. The campaign will be pushed from December 17 to DECEMBER 25. Every church, lodge, society, organization and family is to be canvassed for membership. The Rev. John Albert Williams has been appointed organizing chairman to direct the campaign among the Colored people. By Monday of next week it is planned to have everything in order to push the campaign in co-operation with the general committee, composed of the following well-known business men: Henry Doorley, J. E. Davidson, S. S. Caldwell, W. A. Schall and W. A. Pixley. James Clark, head waiter of the University Club, has been appointed chairman of committee on hotel and railway men; Nate Hunter is chairman of the committee on fraternal organizations; Dr. L. E. Britt, chairman of committee on business and professional men; Joseph B. LaCour, chairman of committee on churches. Each chairman will appoint such men and women as he deems necessary to reach every one within the group assigned. The drive will be made for one thousand Colored members of the Red Cross. There will be a meeting in connection with the Red Cross campaign tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the U. B. F. Hall, Twenty-fourth and Charles streets, to which the public is invited. MEN WHO WERE AND MEN WHO WERE AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN (Special to The Monitor, by Fred C. Williams.) Someone once said "Over night makes a change." I agree with them. Finding myself in Kansas City, wandering idly along popular East 18th street, I stopped at a corner, why, I don't know. Just out of curiosity, I guess. After standing a while I attempted to move on yet my progress is arrested by some strange force and I return to my old position against the wall and find that I now have a company, another idler like myself. He is talking, yes, this is 18th and — street, in answer to my question, where the Old A——L——Club once was. Instantly everything around me seems to be alive. I find myself looking up at the windows waiting for the once innumerable bright lights to flash out, the well trained orchestra to strike up, to hear the voices of one wards of pleasure seekers get out and enter the wide open doorway along the brightly illuminated hall up the stirs to the floors above where only so-called pleasure, is dispensed and vice reigns supreme. Out of that dense crowd my eyes followed the form of a man, tall, well built, of a strong and attractive personality, one who could be singled out of a crowd anywhere. As he moved along among the crowd, giving a smile here and a nod over there, a hand shake to another, his quick and intelligent eye seemingly taking notice of everything that came in the range of his vision as he passed along. The United States is now at war. A large part of our country's human energy is taken away from the farms, factories and industries of peace, and until the war ends all their energies will be devoted to fighting. A great portion of our productive energy is being turned into the creation of implements of destruction. Many of our products are now being devoted to purposes of war. Destruction instead of construction is the object of a great portion of the country's energy. I studied his face and remembered him as the man who had once made a great intelligent, impressive, and forceful plea for the rights of his people in the city where he was an acknowledged factor in things political. Some one said, "Mr. Blank, the proprietor, would you care to meet him?" As much of the human energy and productive capacity of the Nation are now being devoted to the purposes of war, so should the proper amount of the money of the United States be so devoted. He who offers his life for his country is offering the greatest possible sacrifice, but the American men and women who support the Government with their money are doing their part. A car rumbled heavily along 18th street and the noise of its passing created a ghostly and hollow sound against the rattling windows of the empty building, and as I turned my ear to catch the echo as it sounded against the doorway, my companion was saving "yes, he is gone." Gone.—It brought me back to earth and I remembered that I was listening to a story, the answer to a question I had asked, the whereabouts of the proprietor of this once famous resort. Gone: It seemed to tell so much. Gone, the glimmer and glory of this once brilliant palace of pleasure. Gone—this once paying and lucrative business. Gone—all of his wealth, power, prestige, both political and business. Gone, all of his friends and associates. Gone—also this once strong, forceful and aggressive leader and politician to a quiet and benevolent institution provided by the state for men who, in the crisis of their career suddenly straighten! bend! snap! relax and fail to straighten again, then sit idly day by day, counting their fingers or drumming with their finger tips upon their front teenth and gazing idly through the barred windows or doorways into space beyond, seemingly not seeing or noting anything or anyone immediately surrounding them. Yes, gone—and all because a little minister began a crusade and reared his banner upon which was written the motto: "Right only shall prevail." The multitude, or rather the citizens of the immediate vicinity who are decent, respectable and church-going people, arose en mass and demanded that the law take cognizance, and it did. The exise board by a negative vote to an application for the renewal of a license to this famous resort and its strong aggressive and one time resourceful leader, politician and proprietor, to the career of both spell finis. This war is going to be financed largely out of the savings of the American people during the war. It is not too great a sacrifice to make for one's country in time of war to deny one's self luxuries, to cut down unnecessary expenses, to lead quieter and busier lives. Not only will the money thus saved and used to buy Liberty Loan Bonds help the United States but the diminished consumption of food and other articles will do much to relieve the country from the strain of war. The less the people use the less strain there is upon the productive capacity of the Nation and the more can be devoted to winning the war; the more the people save the more liberal financial support can they give the Government. This is the people's war, and it is to be financed by the American people, not by the rich and not by the poor, but by the rich and the poor, the capitalist and the wage earner, the miner and the farmer and the manufacturer. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon will hold a sale of useful and fancy articles in the Guild Rooms Thursday, December 13th, afternoon and evening. The articles offered for sale will be of good value and at reasonable prices, and will be very suitable for Christmas presents. The ladies in charge will be pleased to wait on all patrons who come, but there will be no importuning, urging or nagging people to buy. The liberal patronage of the public is respectfully invited. —Adv. For dressmaking, call Miss Alexander. 2413 N. 29th st. Web. 3927. of the pub- Adv. A Victrola For the whole Family This Christmas increase the happiness of by the year 'round. Records bring into your music, exactly as rendered and entertainers. They are ding the young folks home ing a period of enjoyment down-ups. VR family! Stop in today tors and Victrolas, $10 to Wilhelm Co. The one gift that will increase the every member of the family the year The Victrola and Victor Records be home the whole world of music, exact by the greatest artists and entertain the unfailing means of holding the you and of making every evening a period and recreation for the grown-ups. Make this true for YOUR family! for a demonstration. Victors and Vi $400. Easy terms. Orchard & Wilh The one gift that will increase the happiness of every member of the family the year 'round. The Victrola and Victor Records bring into your home the whole world of music, exactly as rendered by the greatest artists and entertainers. They are the unfailing means of holding the young folks home and of making every evening a period of enjoyment and recreation for the grown-ups. Make this true for YOUR family! Stop in today for a demonstration. Victors and Victrolas, $10 to $400. Easy terms. VISIT OUR STORE AND SEE OUR New Fall Suits and O at the following prices: $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00 We are agents for Marcus Ruben's Wair Outfits. PALACE CLOTHING S. E. Corner 14th and Douglas SEE OUR DISPLAY OF and Overcoats wing prices: $8.00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 Ruben's Waiters and Cooks' fits. OTHING CO. and Douglas Streets. at the following prices: $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 We are agents for Marcus Ruben's Waiters and Cooks' Outfits. 7 Thompson, Belden & Co. The Fashion Center for Women Established 1886 --- Why We Prohibit Telephone Attachments This company is responsible phone service and hence for necessary and troublesome ap or lines. For this reason our telephone devices, except those furnished attached to our telephone Inst company is responsible for giving effie ervice and hence forbids the attachment and troublesome appliances to its in s reason our telephone contracts provide except those furnished by the company to our telephone instruments or wires. This company is responsible for giving efficient telephone service and hence forbids the attachment of unnecessary and troublesome appliances to its instruments or lines. For this reason our telephone contracts provide that no devices, except those furnished by the company, shall be attached to our telephone instruments or wires. BREEDA TELEPHONE COMPANY BREEDA TELEPHONE BREEDA TELEPHONE MAIL SYSTEM BREEDA TELEPHONE & RADIOWAY Obee-Hunter Undertaking Company LICENSED EMBALMERS Funeral Home N. W. Corner 27th and Parker Sts. N. nder. na. PHONE WEBTER 816 Pes. PH OWN WORK and Guarantee It to be the B Had and at the Most Reasonable Prices. For Cash or Secured Insurance. Auto, Hearse, 7-Passenger Car, Robe and Casket, Dead Wagon, Carriage, Embal- WAKEFIELD, MGR. SOUTH OMAHA BR 4430 South 16th St. Phone South 2614 Not Get Mr. Wakefield, Call Main Office, All Answered Promptly. Why Not Give U Service Bring Us to our Door in firm chapel Ward parlors in the city. Prey for family. If you need advice or a f ring, and ring again, until you get us. Web get the parlors, call Hunter's residence. Credit Cheerfully Extended to All Worthy. g to the Masons, K. of P.'s, U. B. F.'s and WE DO OUR OWN WORK and Guarara Had and at the Most For Cash or Secu Crops Cloth Casket, Auto Hearse, 7-Pass Crops Cloth Casket, Dead Wagoe J. H. WAKEFIELD, MGR. S. 4430 South 16th St. If You Cannot Get Mr. Wakefield, Council Bluffs Calls Answered Promptly Our Fast Auto Service Will Bring Largest and finest chapel and parish and casket factory for family. If you Always open. Ring, and ring again, u If you cannot get the parrons, call R Credit Cheerfully Exten We belong to the Masons, K. of GROVE METHODIST CHURCH 22nd and Seward Sts., Omaha, Neb. Stop, Look Look and L Tackey B Stop, Look and Listen A Tackey Ball GIVEN BY THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB Wednesday Evening December 12th The Tackiest One Wins First Prize COME ONE, COME ALL, AND HAVE A GOOD TIME Eat Chitterlings, 15 Cents an Order. Dancing Until 1 A. M. Perkins' Saxaphone Jazz Band Will Entertain. ALAMO HALL Admission 30c. Hotel Cuming Douglas 2466 1916 CUMING STREET Comfortable Rooms—Reasonable Rates D. G. Russell, Proprietor G. WADE OBEE Oldest Colored Under taker in Omaha. for giving efficient tele- dials the attachment of un- liances to its instruments contracts provide that no by the company, shall be ments or wires. W. Corner Maker Sts. NAT. HUNTER Secy. Treas. BSTER 816 Res. 2212 N. 28th Ave. Phone Web. 4740 Free It to be the Best That Can be reasonable Prices. and Insurance. Ginger Car, Robe and Embalming, $75 Carriage, Embalming, $50 UTHOR OMAHA BRANCH Phone South 2614 Call Main Office, Webster 816. Why Not Give Us Your Business, to Your Door in 30 Minutes. in the city. Free auto to parlers need advice or a friend, call on us. If you get us, Webster 816. Interior, Webster 4740. Ped. to All Worthy. P.'s, U. B. F.'s and Tabors. A Church Where All Are Welcome Services Sunday School, Ia. m. Preaching, 1 a. m. b. p. m. League, 6:30 p. m. Florence P. Leavitt Club, Mon- W. H. M. S. Thursday Afternoon Ladies' Aid, Friday Afternoon. GRIFFIN G. LOGAN, Res. 1628 N. 22nd. Web. 5003 ? Events and Persons Pearl Murdock, 4716 South 27th St. died November 30, 1917. Interment at Graceland Park cemetery December 2, 1917. Jones and Chiles in charge of funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Shelton, of 29th and Pinkney streets, were entertained for Thanksgiving dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jones, 2427 Ohio Street. "The Fruit of His Folly." When? December 17.—Adv. T. J. Cameron is quite ill with pneumonia in Mercy Hospiet, Denver. Saturday evening William Shelton and Miss Janie Cook were married at the residence of Rev. J. Costello, pastor of Pleasant Green Baptist Church, and Monday evening the same minister united in marriage Louis J. Mounteen and Mrs. Nancy Bryant. See special offer in Obee-Hunter Undertaking Co.'s ad. Pleasant Green Baptist Church will have baptizing Sunday afternoon at 2 c'clock in Carter Lake. Miss Catherine Merritt, who is attending Western University, expects to return home within a few days to spend her vacation with her parents. Mrs. Luther Dillard, of North 24th avenue, has been confined to her home for several days by a serious attack of la gripe. P. W. Jefferson left Tuesday night for a few days visit with his brother at Grenby, Mo. Plain sewing done. Children's clothes a speciality. Mrs. L. Johnson, Webster 1621.—Adv. Mrs. Sam Walker celebrated her thirty-eighth birthday anniversary November 28 at her home with a party. Among the many beautiful gifts received were a cut-glass fruit bowl from Mrs. L. N. James, a cut glass celery dish from Mesdames H. A. Chiles, E. P. Johnson and M. C. Sands; an olive dish from Dr. C. H. Singleton; pickle dish from Dr. L. E. Britt, and a beautiful silk sweater from her husband. The birthday cake lighted with the appropriate number of candles, was cut by P. H. Jenkins. Ladies tailoring and dressmaking, Mrs. E. M. January, 2310 N. 25th St. Webster 1483.—Adv. The Negro Civic and Industrial League will hold an important meeting Tuesday night in St. Philip's Guild rooms. Public invited. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Newland, of Atchison, Kans., paid a week end visit to their sons, Mr. J. O. D. Newland and Mr. A. J. Newland. Buy your Christmas presents at St. Philip's sale next Thursday.—Adv. Hair growing and hair preservation, scalp treatment, manicuring and massage. Smith, Chiles & Wheeler, 2414 North 24th. Webster 3024.—Adv. The women of the Crisp Attucks Auxiliary have collected $75.30 to date for Xmas packets for our drafted soldiers. $100.00 is needed for this work, and during the week the ladies are going to make an effort to raise the balance. Any one so desiring may send contributions to Mrs. Isaac Bailey, 2816 Pratt street. Phone Colfax 3798. Mrs. J. H. Smith is visiting at Columbia, Mo., this week. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. J. R. Lemme and Virginia M. Dawson were married Wednesday night at the residence of C. C. Galloway, 2004 North Twenty-seventh street, by the Rev. G. G. Logan. For Rent—Furnished room in modern home to one lady. Webster 3466. 1414 North Twenty-sixth street. Mrs. John H. Thompson, of Chicago, Ill., who is the guest of Mrs. G. D. Gordon, 3916 North 21st street, was entertained by her hostess at a knitting Kensington Wednesday afternoon. O. N. E. Club will meet December 14th, Friday evening, at Tabernacle Hall. All members requested to be present, business of importance. W. A. Covington, of Atchison, Kan., a successful business man of that thriving little city and correspondent for The Monitor, arrived in Omaha Sunday for a visit with his mother. He left for home Tuesday night. Attend the musicale next Monday, December 12, at the residence of Mrs. Nate Hunter, 2212 North Twenty-eighth avenue, given by the Hayden Knitting Club for the benefit of our soldiers at Camp Funston. Mrs. L. E. Britt, chairman.—Adv. Roy Pettiford returned Saturday morning from a pleasant week's vacation spent in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Grace Hutten, who went to Camp Funston Wednesday to visit her brother, Elmer Morris, returned Sunday morning well pleased with all she saw and heard. The men look well and are happy and contented. Mrs. Kirkland, of 2113 North 27th street, who has been very ill, is improving and is able to be up. Mrs. Lillian Gully, of Chicago, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Irving-Gray, of 2610 Seward street. Joseph B. LaCour went to Lincoln Thanksgiving day to see the Nebraska-Syracuse football game. bronize Monitor ad- d them why.—Mention th S. Baskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and adv. Pedestrian amme, concerning whom the Monitor has received many inquiries as to his whereabouts, has returned to Omaha. He got as far as Chicago on his transcontinental hike. That was about 490 miles farther than his friends expected him to go when he started out. The last report The Monitor had from him, until his un- expected return last week, was from Des Moines in September. Peaceful Temple No. 358, wishes to thank the public for their loyal support Tuesday evening, December 4, at their first public entertainment. It was a success from every point of view. The quilt was drawn by Raymond Davis, 79 being the lucky number. Cora L. Owens, W. P. Lonzetta Biddieux, secretary. Mr. and Mrs. Bridgewater entertained at an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner. Covers were laid for twelve. Mrs. Thomas Wheeler and Miss Camille Simpson went to Camp Funston to spend Thanksgiving with Earl Wheeler. They enjoyed the trip and found the boys looking well. En route home they stopped over in Kansas City, where they were the guests of Mrs. W. T. Osborne Saturday and Sunday. Miss Liota Gooden, of Macon, Mo. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Glover. BARBERS WHO ARE BARBERS Mr. W. M. Brunner, back at the old stand with P. H. Jenkins, asks the patronage of his old customers. I am here to stay. As long as I am in Omaha I will be at this old stand. Come down and look me over; I still have a good one for you. Mr. J. T. Thompson, back from Clairmore Springs, feeling fine, back on the job with P. H. Jenkins, asks the patronage of all his customers. The shop is working now at full strength; five barbers who know their biz. No waiting. Our work stands for itself. Everything strictly first class. All the barbers are first class hair cutters; we also straighten your hair in twenty minutes. FRED HOUSTON, W. M. BRUNNER, WILLIE BRUCE, J. T. THOMPSON, P. H. JENKINS, Proprietor, 1313 Dodge Street, Omaha.—Adv. TO THE DUSKY WARRIORS Shine on, ye stars of Ethiopia, till your brilliancy blazes a girdle around the earth as bright as the noonday sun, whose effulgence may be seen and whose influence be felt from the icy crags at the North Pole to the frozen plains of the Antarctic. My brothers, you are being weighed in the balance. Never before has the test been so severe or the scale so gigantic. Much of the destiny of the Negro as a race is placed in your hands. The eyes of the world are upon you. May the conduct of you, both as officers and privates, on or off duty, be such that not only we, your brothers, but the whole nation, can point to you with pride. We know, as protectors of the Stars and Stripes, no race has shown more loyalty and your bravery and fortitude on the battlefield is unparalleled. You have faced the foe with smiles on your faces, given up your lives with your faces to the front. No American Negro troopers have ever been known to shirk a duty or disobey an order on the field of battle. He has given quarter, but has never asked it. Now, may the result of this test of your efficiency, both morally and physically, be of the highest standard. You must not, you will not, be found wanting in this, the supreme test. God speed you, my brothers! Our hearts are with you. W. S. WILKINSON. Fairbury, Neb. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH NOTES St. John continues to grow numerically and financially. Rev. W. C. Williams preaches the plain traight gospel truth earnestly and fearlessly. Thanksgiving services were well attended. The literary and musical concert in the evening, under the management of Mrs. Eliza Turner, was a decided success. The amount taken in for the day being $75.77. Sunday was $1.00 rally. Rev. W. C. Williams preached the morning sermon. At night the choir rendered a sacred program which was high class and a musical treat. The amount realized for the day was $260.77. The rally will be continued. There was 7 additions to the Church. The Penny Club meets the first Monday of each month. Ladies Aid regularly Thursday. The Willing Workers every two weeks at church. The new Usher Board gave a house social at the residence of Mrs. S. K. Brownlow on Tuesday eve. Friday afternoon, November 30, Willing Workers met in lecture room for their public installation, being a new feature, it was quite impressive. The following officers were installed: Mr. Russel Reed, of St. Louis, Mo., will make his home with his sister, Mrs. R. B. Rhodes, 2122 North 24th street. CARD OF THANKS Mr. John Norman wishes to thank the many friends who so willingly and cheerfully lent their aid to lessen his sorrow caused by the recent loss of his wife. The body of Mrs. Norman, who died in Chicago, Ill., was accompanied home by two sisters and a brother, and the funeral held from Zion Baptist Church November 26. The large crowd in attendance and the beautiful floral offerings proved the esteem in which Sister Norman was held by all who knew her. The ceremonies were in charge of the Household of Ruth and Ivy Leaf Court. No. 438. The faithful discharge of her duties toward Zion Baptist Church and the above mentioned societies will ever be held in grateful remembrance, but we express the hope that even so great a loss to earth will be overruled for good by Him who doeth all things well. May the living be taught by Sister Norman's life to "So live, that when the summers "So live, that when thy summons comes, To join that innumerable caravan That moves from this to realms where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go, not like the quarry slave at night, scourged to his dungeon, But sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust; Approach thy grave, like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him, And lies down to pleasant dreams." MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday was big in its entirety in connection with the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church along all lines. At night the right had of fellowship was given to 22. It was the largest communion service witnessed for many months Another candidate was baptized after the morning covenant and there is to be another next Sunday morning. A splendid dinner was served the pastor and family Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. G. Smith, 2534 Hamilton St. Mrs. A. L. Foreman, mother-in-law of the pastor, left Wednesday night to visit her other daughter, children and husband at Philadelphia, Pa. REPORT OF CHARITY BALL The committee in charge of the Charity Ball desires to make the following report, and acknowledge the following donations: RECEIPTS Door ..... $ 48.80 Tickets ..... 137.50 Donation, Desdunes Orchestra. ..... 3.00 Donation, Miss Davis through Miss Lutie Bryant ..... 4.00 Refreshments ..... 20.25 Total ..... $213.55 EXPENSES Hall ..... $50.00 Music ..... 12.00 Punch ..... 3.75 Advertising ..... 6.50 Total ..... $72.25 Balance cleared from Ball ..... $141.30 DONATIONS M. L. Wilson, Placards. "The Monitor," Advertising, $3.50. Tuchman Bros., Grocers, Fruit, Sugar, Butter. A Friend, Sandwiches, Coffee, Doughnuts. Andrew Harrold, Services as Floor Manager. The committee is grateful to the public for their liberal patronage, and wishes to thank all those making donations of any sort, also the friends both in and out of the N. W. C. A. who so kindly sold tickets, or in any way assisted in making the Charity Ball of 1917 a grand success. Cecelia W. Jewell, Chairman, Kate Wilson, Secretary. The Ideal Gift EFFECTIVE INEXPENSIVE A BUTTERS' PHOTOGRAPH OF YOURSELF Butters' Studio Webster 6701 1306 No. 24th St. THE HAIR FORMULATED 1900 "PORO" HAIR GROWER MADE ONLY BY Mrs Amelia Tumbo Malone MISSOURI ST LOUIS FOR DANDRUFF, FALLING HAIR, ITCHING SCALP, GIVING THE BEAUTY, COLOR AND ABUNDANT GROWTH. THIS STYLE OF ROW ADOPTED JUNE 1910 NET WT. 1 OZ. PRICE 50 CENTS Try our scientific method of treating the scalp. We positively grow hair or money refunded. Electric storage of scalp and fee. System traught. Sterilized equipment. Steam heated booths. All work private. JONES PORO CULTURE COLLEGE Anna Evans Jones 1516 North 24th St. Webster 5450 Harney 5100 OUR POLICY is always to give you the best value at the price. You will always find us reliable. Ours have ginger, style and quality. $2.50 We also carry Stetson's MEN'S FURNISHINGS 1403 Douglas St. The Bell Hotel 514 South 13th St. NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS Steam Heated Strictly Modern Douglas 3707 Come and See The Two Johns, John Smith and John Wood, Supported by Omaha's Best Talent The Fruit of His Folly A Five-Act Drama TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 At Zion Baptist Church Under Auspices of The Wide Awake Twenty-four. Admission 25 Cents. If you are interested in new or second hand MAXWELL CARS at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES let me fill your order. I'll treat you right. MIDWEST MOTOR & SALES CORP. ROBERT PERRY, Colored Salesman. For any information call DOUGLAS 8685 3 P. M. to 12 M. Monarch Pool Hall Douglas 3724, 1148 12 M. to 4 A. M. Douglas 1491, 2491 4 A. M. to P. M. Residence, Webster, 7661 JOE LEWIS--TAXI AUTO EXPRESS Service Day and Night Please Phone All Express Orders to Webster 7661. Neatly Furnished Rooms Modern Conveniences With or Without Board Telephones, Doug. 9458, Doug. 8703 The Booker T. Washington Hotel Mrs. Laura Cuerington, Propr. In Connection with THE WASHINGTON CAFE 1719-21 Cuming Street Omaha Liberty Drug Co. EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE B. Robinson, Manager 1904 No. 24th St. At Parker. Prescriptions Called for and Delivered Free. Webster 386 Omaha, Neb. Toyland Is Open SANTA CLAUS HEADQUARTERS IN THIS BIG BASEMENT TOYLAND The most wonderful stock of the best of all Toys at very moderate prices. Santa Claus will be here to greet all little boys and girls on Saturday and present them with a nice little gift. Brandeis Stores Everybody Should Avail Themselves of the Advantages of Early Christmas Shopping This Year Take Advantage of Complete Stocks of Merchandise Good Store Service Comfortable Travel Shop E Also, be careful when bo cars, and when crossing Omaha & Coun Railway Wa Profit Cons DURING NOVEM IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS We are conscripting all you visit our sales you s Diamonds, Watches, Gold A $100 Liberty Bond has A $50 Liberty Bond has a Watch Sunday papers for sales. BRODEGAA be careful when boarding and alight ars, and when crossing streets on which Smaha & Council Bluff Railway Compan Watch Our Profit Conscripting DURING NOVEMBER AND DEC T WILL BE CHRISTMAS AS USUAL, T we are conscripting all profit this seas visit our sales you save from 10 to 10 diamonds, Watches, Gold Jewelry, Silverwa $100 Liberty Bond has a cash value at o $50 Liberty Bond has a cash value at our watch Sunday papers for details of our pre RODEGAARD BR Also, be careful when boarding and alighting from street cars, and when crossing streets on which cars operate. IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS AS USUAL, THANK YOU! We are conscripting all profit this season, and when you visit our sales you save from 10 to 20 per cent on Diamonds, Watches, Gold Jewelry, Silverware, or Cut Glass. A $100 Liberty Bond has a cash value at our store of $105. A $50 Liberty Bond has a cash value at our store of $52.50. Watch Sunday papers for detils of our profit conscripting sales BRODEGAARD BROS. CO. 16th and Douglas Streets. Dunham MAKERS $1 SUITS AND OVER REPAIRING, CLE 118 South 15th Street. Rex Theatre d Gavin and His Tango Girls GLORY BE TO PETER Dunham & Du MAKERS OF THE BEST --- Dunham & Dunham SUITS AND OVERCOATS IN THE REPAIRING, CLEANING AND P South 15th Street. SUITS AND OVERCOATS IN THE WORLD REPAIRING, CLEANING AND PRESSING All New Songs and Dances Every Afternoon and Evening 1316 Douglas Street G. B. ROBBINS REAL ESTATE FIRE INSURANCE 523 Farnam St. Web. 551 REAL ESTATE FIRE INSURANCE Carnam St. Web. 5519 Agent for the Walker The Walker Diplo Phone 2304 N. 25th g and alighting from street sets on which cars operate. Eil Bluffs Street Company Our Scripting Sales AND DECEMBER IS USUAL, THANK YOU! fit this season, and when from 10 to 20 per cent on ery, Silverware, or Cut Glass. sh value at our store of $105. value at our store of $52.50. als of our profit conscripting D BROS. CO. & Dunham THE BEST .00 ITS IN THE WORLD ING AND PRESSING Omaha, Neb. $15.00 ALAMU CREAM GARDEN Open Every Evening Cabaret Entertainment Special Dance Every Monday and Thursday Evening. De Luxe Matinee Every Sunday Afternoon KILLINGSWORTH BROS. Webster 2861 Proprietors MADAME HENDERSON HAIRDRESSER and MANICURIST Agent for the Celebrated Madame Walker Preparations The Walker Method Taught. Diplomas Granted. Phone Webster 1489 2304 N. 25th St. Omaha, Neb. --- IN THE DAY IN THE WEEK IN THE SEASON