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GROWING, THANK YOU! $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy Negroes Physically Superior to Whites A Surprising Revelation Made by the Official Report of Doctor Brewer of the Medical Reserve Corps. ARMY APPLICANTS EXAMINED Colored Candidates Make the Better Showing Overthrowing Generally Accepted Conclusions as to Physical Condition of Two Races. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Figures recently given out for publication in the New York Medical Journal by Dr. Isaac W. Brewer of the Medical Reserve Corps, relative to the physical and mental condition of applicants for entrance into the regular army, put the Negro in a most favorable light. Statistics show that the Negro is less tubercular and less addicted to alcoholism than the Caucasian and besides he has less rejections for such defects as weakness of mind and flat feet. Dr. Brewer has compiled two tables showing the percentage of rejection among applicants for enlistment. The first shows the rejection rate per 1,500 among 153,705 white and 11,092 Colored applicants for entrance into the regular army from January 1, 1912, to December 31, 1915, as follows: Disease White Col. Total Heart Disease 91.3 75.0 90.2 Defects of hearing 87.2 41.9 84.2 Defects of vision 72.2 48.8 70.7 Flat feet 55.7 44.8 55.0 Alcoholism 34.1 7.8 32.4 Hernia 31.4 42.3 32.2 Diseases of organs of locomotion 29.4 19.7 28.7 Disease of the genitourinary system 25.4 23.2 25.2 Diseases of the respiratory system 25.2 15.7, 24.6 Underweight 22.3 17.0 21.9 Defective teeth 21.4 22.8 21.5 Diseases of the skin 20.4 21.0 20.5 Defects of development 19.5 17.2 19.4 Tuberculosis 19.2 12.8 18.8 Weakness of mind 15.2 7.2 14.8 Varicose veins 14.4 10.7 14.2 Diseases of the nervous system 13.7 8.1 13.4 General diseases 12.4 3.8 12.0 Curvative of the spine 9.6 12.1 9.9 Hemorrhoids 5.9 9.8 6.2 Diseases of the digestive system 6.1 7.2 6.2 Varioccele 4.8 7.2 6.2 Physical debility 4.5 2.2 4.3 Under weight 2.7 3.7 2.8 Diseases of the circulatory system 2.4 0.9 2.3 Overweight 0.3 0.0 0.3 Injuries 31.1 29.0 31.0 Dr. Brewer's comments on this table follows: "Venereal disease is the greatest cause for rejection and reports from the cantonments where the National Army has assembled indicate that a large number of the men had these disease when they arrived at the camp. It is probably true that venereal disease causes' the greatest amount of sickness in our country. We must face this squarely and bend our energies toward their eradication. Since we know the cause of these diseases and their mode of transmission, we shall eventually be able to prevent them. Heart disease stands second on the list, and this, too, is to a certain extent preventable. The same applies to defects of hearing and defects of vision, which are third and fourth on the list, but it should probably stand higher, as many with this defect in a moderate degree are passed into the service. Most of them are later discharged because the condition of their feet precludes their doing full duty. Contrary to the general opinion the Colored men seem to have this deformity in less degree than the whites." "Defective teeth stands twelfth on the list, but should occupy a much higher place if we classed here all who have cavities in their teeth. To pass the examining officer it is only necessary for a candidate to have two opposing molars on each side, and bicuspidis are counted as molars. My personal observation has been that very few men have perfect teeth. These facts should increase our efforts toward securing adequate dental treatment for school children. Tuberculosis is fifteenth on the list but it is probable that many who had that disease are rejected by the reciting parties because of poor physique or underweight and were never examined." THE MONITOR A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor - WHEN ALL YOU NEED TO JOIN THE RED CROSS IS "A HEART AND A DOLLAR" AND YOU CAN WEAR THE BUTTON ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CROWD-- OH-H-H-BOY! AIN'T IT A GR-R-R-RAND AND GLOR-R-RIOUS FEELIN'? TA TATH THA BRIGGOTS Red Cross Roll Call Colored Citizens Are Doing Their Share and Answering Most Cheerfully. "All you need is a heart and a dollar. Our people may sometimes be short on the dollars, but we are always long on hearts. That is why sorrow or suffering always appeals to us and we like to help. That is why our people are responding so generously to the Christmas roll call for membership in the Red Cross. No single group will have a better showing than ours. If you have not yet renewed your membership, do so by Saturday. Mrs. Dan Desdunes as captain of one of the large wards, is actively at work with her lieutenants. Fred C. Williams, who is chairman of the committee on our churches, has had active people appointed in the various congregations, and Miss Turner of Mount Moriah Baptist church says: "No church is going to beat Mount Moriah in its ratio of Red Cross members." Miss Lena Paul, who is in charge of the enrollment of St. Philip's Episcopal church, says, "Nothing less than 100 per cent enrollment will do for us." C. W. Dickerson is rounding up the lodges; Will Lewis the waiters and hotel boys, and Dr. L. E. Britt the professional and business men. Larry Peoples, who has just come back from Camp Lewis, where he was dangerously ill with pneumonia, says "I don't believe I'd ever have pulled through if it hadn't been for the tender and careful nursing of Red Cross nurses, God bless them!" HOSPITAL FOR HUNTINGTON Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 14.—The Barnett Hospital and Nurses' Training school, located in Huntington, W Va., was incorporated through the office of the secretary of state with an authorized capital of $5,000. AIN'T IT A GR-R-RAND AND GL-L-LORIOUS FEELIN'? NEGRO SOLDIERS ARE NEAREST TO THE RHINE When the Armistice Was Signed and Hostilities Ceased Colonel Hayward's Regiment Was Nearest German Territory. 92D IN THICKEST OF FIGHTING THE Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces, in its issue of November 15 graphically describes the fighting just before hostilities ceased. It has this to say of the attack before Vigneulles, where the Ninety-second division was engaged and gave a good account of itself: "Probably the hardest fighting being done by any Americans in the final hour was that which engaged the troops of the Twenty-eighth, Ninety-second, Eighty-first and Seventh divisions, with the Second American army, who launched a fire-eating ```markdown ``` THE RED CROSS IS CALLING BY REV. FRANCIS College of the Holy C BY REV. FRANCIS P. DONNELLY, S. J., College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. THE Red Cross is calling for millions of hands To float its fair standard o'er seas and o'er lands, Where wounded lie bleeding, where night time is nigh; Oh, heed their keen anguish and come lest they die. The eyes of the stricken, when shadowed with doom, Must see that bright beacon dawn red thro' the gloom. Then bring hope to many, kind hands of the world; The Red Cross is calling with standard unfurled. THE Red Cross is calling for millions of hearts, For love's tender feelings, for sympathy's arts, For hearts that have suffered and long understood, The bars of whose crosses are dyed with their blood. Ah! they will give service and whole sacrifice To close the wide gashes, to still the deep sighs. Then bring love to many, kind hearts of the world; The Red Cross is calling with standard unfurled. attack above Vigneulles just at dawn on the 11th. It was no mild thing, that last flare of the battle, and the order to cease firing did not reach the men in the front line until the last moment, when runners sped with it from fox hole to fox hole. "Then a quite startling thing occurred. The skyline of the crest ahead of them grew suddenly populous with dancing soldiers and, down the slope, all the way to the barbed wire, straight for the Americans, came the German troops. They came with out-stretched hands, car-to-car grins and souvenirs to swap for cigarettes, so well did they know the little weakness of their foe. They came to tell how pleased they were the fight had stopped, how glad they were the kaiser had departed for parts unknown, how fine it was to know they would have a republic at last in Germany. "No,' said one stubborn little Prussian, 'it's a kingdom we want.' "Whereat his own companions mob- Vol. IV. No. 25 (W.I. le No. 180) bed him and howled him down. "The farthest north at 11 o'clock on the front of the two armies was held at the extreme American left up Sedan way by the troops of the Seventy-seventh division. The farthest east—the nearest to the Rhine—was held by those Negro soldiers who need to make up the old New York Fifteenth and have long been brigaded with the French. They were in Alsace and their line ran through Thann and across the railway that leads to Colmar. NEGRO DIVISION WILL BE KEPT IN FRANCE Washington, D. C., Dac.17.—The assignment by General Pershing of the Ninety-second division (national army, Negroes) for convoy home has been cancelled. In making this announcement today the war department gives no explanation, but the assumption here is that the division has been selected as a reserve unit held to reinforce the American army of occupation in Germany. NEGRO STUDENT BEST SCHOLAR Made Honorary Member of Phi Beta Kappa for High Rank in Classes. Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 20.—James Scott, a Negro, Tuesday, December 10, was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity because of his attaining highest rank among men students of the Kansas, university in scholarship. Scott lives in Kansas City. FIRST COLORED BANK IN WEST VIRGINIA OPENED Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 7.—With a capitalization of $125,000 in cold cash, a million or more of good wishes of the entire community and under the most auspicious occasion, the Mutual Savings and Loan bank, the first and only race bank in the state, opened its doors to the public on December 2. LIFTING. LIFT, TOO! White Lieutenant Kills Sergeant Cowardly Officer Deliberately Murders Colored Soldier by Shooting Him in the Back for Slight Offense. MAJOR COMPELS CONFESSION Which Clears Up Murder Mystery Puzzling Military and Civil Authorities; Murderer Will Be Tried by Court-Martial. NOGALES, Ariz., Dec. 20.—Lieutenant Brandon Finney (white), connected with the Twenty-fifth United States infantry here, has confessed that he killed Sergeant William J. White (Colored), because the latter saluted him with a cigarette in his mouth. Sergeant White, of Company F, was shot in the back during the early part of November and his body placed near the plant of the Arizona Gas and Electric company. Mystery at first surrounded his death and it was not until Major Easton, who was with the lieutenant when he committed the cowardly act, informed him that if he did not confess to the crime he (Easton) would tell the whole story to Colonel Carnahan. Here is a version of the unfortunate affair: "The two officers met the Colored sergeant near the gas plant, the sergeant saluting, but at the time had a cigarette in his mouth. Lieutenant Finney began a vigorous reprimand and the sergeant walked on. This seems to have still further angered the lieutenant, who pulled his pistol and fired, after which both officers hurried away from the spot, going to camp. "At the time the shot was fired the soldier was on the sidewalk coming toward town, and it is believed that when the bullet struck him he became dazed and wandered into the vacant lot and laid down behind a large box, where his dead body was found." When Finney admitted that he committed the crime the civil authorities refused to put him in the local jail, declaring that they did not want it torn down. Later the lieutenant was taken to Douglas for incarceration. He will be given a trial by court-martial. PROMISES TO INVESTIGATE Mr. McAdoo Hears Protest Against Recent Railroad Order Limiting Employment of Colored Labor. By Walter J. Singleton, Special Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C.—W. G. McAdoo, head of the federal railroad administration, has promised the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that he would investigate the recent order of Regional Director Aishton of the Northwestern roads, requiring railroad managers not to extend employment to Negroes beyond the custom prevailing before the governmet assumed control of the roads. "I was not aware of the orer to which you refer, but I am looking into the matter and will advise you later." Mr. McAdoo said in a telegram to John R. Shillady of New York, secretary for the protesting association. The order of Regional Director Aishton, as quoted by the protestants, is sweeping. It requires that the employment of Colored people as firemen, hostlers, switchmen and brakemen beyond the present practice shall be no part of the policy of the managers, and concludes by saying that they shall not be employed in any service not heretofore open to them. MEETS CULTURED Native of Martinique, Prominent in Business and Speaks Several Languages Fluently. Detroit—In a recent letter from Madrid, Spain, Mr. Daniel T. Brantley relates the following incident: "A few days ago while in Lisbon at the hotel where I was stopping I met a black man (black as the proverbial ace), who was one of the most polished and affable gentlemen I have ever met, thoroughly informed on all the current topics of the day. This man, a native of Martinique, is the residential representative in Freetown. Africa, of a large corporation in England and was at that time on his way to London to make his yearly report and consult with the directors of his concern. The man could converse fluently in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese." The Monitor _ 304 Crounse Block Sixteenth Street : OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE SESSSESETISEESEEES ESS / ‘ : We have moved our office Down Town _ ; Right Into Heart of Business District 2 Why Not Make It an George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor of The Monitor, Visits the Display Rooms of the Nebraska Power Company and Writes of the Wonderfully Beautiful and Useful Things There to Be Found. SUGGESTIONS FOR USEFUL GIFTS Electrical Appliances Which Beautify the Home From the Parlor to the Kitchen, Lighten Labor and Make Life Worth Living. fd electrical Christmas! Sounds sort of new, doesn't it? We've heard of a dozen different kinds of Christmases, suggestive of gifts that we might interchange to carry out the spirit and meaning of that feast, but an electrical Christmas is really something novel. Let us tell you something about it. Have you ever visited the electrical shop on the southeast corner of Fif- teenth and Farnam streets? If not, surely you have stopped a moment in front of the display windows and marveled at the many wonderful things that may be used electrically — things that are beautiful and so use- ful? In fact, that is the chief char- acteristic of things electrical. ‘They so blend utility and beauty that it makes the electrical industry the dis- tinctive craft of the world. Suppose we make an imaginative examination of some of the things which we have all seen and things which we can all use. First, it seems almost natural that when we first think of electricity we think of light, and when we think of light we think of lamps. 'Is there any gift in all the world more practical and more pleasing than a beautiful lamp? It is something we all need and something that always adorns the home. As children we all became ac- quainted with Alladin’s wonderful lamp, but even his mystical posses- sion could not have been more won- derful than the lamps which the mys- terious goddess of electrical energy “has called forth: There a1> lamps here that might have graced Cleopa- tra’s boudoir and fitted well its Egyp- tian magnificence; lamps that might have lighted Belshazzar's feast; lamps that suggest the richness and speil of Persian beauty; lamps by which Sappho might have written her amorous poems and not have been dis- tinct from the simplicity and artistry of Grecian genius. There are lamps suggestive of Gothic strength which might have lighted the dim aisles of the cathedrals of the Middle Ages and lamps that would have harmonized with the elegance of the French Louis’ or the daintiness of Queen Ann’s reign. And, lastly, but not least, are lamps which look all-Amer- iean and with the infinite variety of American taste and American expres- sion. Lamps are for every room, parlor, drawing room, liberary, dining room ‘and even the kitchen, but- lamps: are not all that electrical craft has to of- fer. What dining room but would be made more beautiful and more rich with an electrical urn, an electrical toaster that will toast your bread on your table, so that you might reach for it while it is hot and warm and golden brown; an electrical chafing dish or an electric percolator? Why ‘not a samovar or a tea ball teapot? And so many more things to choose from! Just go in and look them over and if you cannot buy them all now you have the future always, and with the future comes realization. Or why not-an electrical sewing ma- chine? It is something that means more than utility. It means a saving of energy, the preservation of health and the addition of joy. No wife feels her home complete without a sewing machine and when it is an electrical one it makes sewing a pleasure and a delight. ‘Then there is a vacuum cleaner, ‘built to run by electricity. It is some- thing really worth while. Every home has beautiful rugs and the preserva- ‘tion of rugs is one thing that a wo- ‘man never forgets. Brooms are hard ‘upon rugs, hard upon the nap and too ‘often drives dust in, rather than ‘brushing it out. The vacuum lifts the dust out and leaves the weave clean and bright. Isn't it something ‘really worth while? And don't forget milady’s boudoir! ‘Electricity has not forgotten the per- petuation of womanly beauty. There are curling iron heaters and drying }eombe; electric hair dryers and vibra- ‘tors, They are not ormaments, ‘ut necessities, and every women recog- nizes them as necessities. Never over- look them. It is winter now and electric fans are packed away, but July and August will come again and you will long for @ breathing of fresh air and a current of cooling breeze. You might buy in December what you will need in sum- mer, and it will be deeply appreciated. Yet if you are more exacting and want something that can be used now look at the electric radiators that take the chill off rooms quickly. It is just the thing for bedrooms and for when you are almost ready to get up, be- cause no one ever sleeps sweetly in a warm room. And now for the kitchen! It almost seems that the electrical craft loved the kitchen above every other room, because it has done so much to make the kitchen beautiful, useful and iabor saving. You need no stove and sooty ‘coal in an electric kitchen. You can broil, steam, fry, boil and bake elec- |trically and what other ways can one ever prepare food? The fireless ‘cooker is a gem and just what you need when you want to go calling and return home to find dinner hot and ready to serve. And, say, don’t you love delicious, golden-brown waffles, spread with rich butter and honey? ‘They have a waffle iron here that heats in two minutes and turns waf- ‘fles out faster than you can eat them. "Wouldn't one of those make a dandy ‘gift? | And then the workroom. Wash day ‘used to mean drudge day and every "woman hated to see it come around. It ‘is different now. An electric washer ‘cleanses and purifies while you sit and read the latest novel or magazine. ‘And ironing day is always weleome. No waiting for irons to get hot; no THE MONITOR dropping of irons on tired feet or per- fect floors; no cooling irons that spoil the lovely effect of constam and reg- ulated heat. What woman but thanks the day when electricity stretched its hand into her laborious life and drag- ged out labor and left only pleasure and eagerness! We might go on and on and never finish, but we have said enough. We have tried to make you understand what we mean when we say, “Make it an electrical Christmas!” You might have been dubious when you began, but we know we have convert- ed you now. Don’t forget, because it is so worth while to remember. VIRGINIA HAS A LYNCHING The First in Culpepper County in Forty Years; It Was a Quiet, Or- derly Affair, Well Becoming the Dignity of a Sovereign State. Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 20.— News has been received here of a lynching in Culpepper county, the first to occur here for forty years. It occurred Sunday night, November 23. Allie Thompson, a Negro, was in jail on the charge of assaulting Mrs. Lelia Sisk of that county. Two men went to the jail and car- ried a.man bound in ropes. Jailors Tipson and Herndon believed the story that they had a man to be jailed. They opened the jail door and just then fifteen masked men stepped in and overpowered the jailors, took their keys, located Thompson in a cell and quietly carried him off. There was no disturbance, but at sunrise the body of Thompson was found dangling to a tree on the Rixey- ville road, three miles from Culpep- per. Coroner Chapman summoned a jury and held an inquest, but there was no evidence on which to base the identity of the men composing the lynching party. S COLORED STUDENTS SUBSCRIBE NEARLY $50,000 TO WAR FUND Washington, Dec. 20—Latest re- ports from all parts of the nation in- dicate that the Colored students of the United States have subscribed to the United War Work fund more than $45,000. Out of approximately 130 secondary and collegiate schools only about 100 have reported. The quota for Colored schools was $30,000, Mr. C. H. Tobias, secretary of the international committee, Y. M. C. A., was national director. Miss Catherine Lealtad represented the wgmen stu- dents. Mr. L. E. Graves, Atlanta, Ga., directed .the work of the southeastern department, and Mr. W. C. Craver, Washington, D. C., conducted the campaign among the Colored schools and colleges of the central and south- ern departments. The students of Texas subscribed nearly $4,000. The schools and col- leges of the southern and central de- partments, comprising thirty-three in- stitutions, gave approximately $10,- 000. A BOOK OF PAGEANTS A book of instructions for a patrio- tie pageant, compiled by Mme. E. Azalia Hackley, will be presented to the public January 1, that every city, ‘church and school may give these beautiful popular money-making en- tertainments. Mr. Tony Langston, 129 South State street, Chicago, dra- ‘matic editor of the Defender, is sole ‘agent.—Adv. USE WATER BOTTLE AS BUSTLE Woman Fined for Violating State Prohibition Law. Evansville, Ind—The wife of the Rev. Elijah Torrants, a Negro minis- ter here, was tried recently in the city court on a charge of violating the state prohibition law. Judge Ezra H. Ireland fined her $100 and costs, and sentenced her to jail for thirty days. When arrested recently by the police and searched at the central police station the woman was found to be wearing a hot water bottle filled with whisky as a bustle. BOYS COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS TIME ‘Thousands of Soldiers From Overseas “Have Already Sailed for United States and Some Have Landed. _ Washington. — Important elements ‘of eleven American army divisions now in France, in all 3,541 officers and 79,663 men, have been designated for early return home. A list of units ‘to sail soon issued recently by General March shows that while only three ‘divisions, the Thirty-ninth, Seventy- sixth and Eighty-seventh, have been designated in their entirety, major units from the Thirty-first, Thirty- fourth, Thirty-eighth, — Fortieth, Fighty-fourth, Highty-fifth, Eighty- ‘sixth and Eighty-eighth are also un- ‘der orders. The list shows also that the Ninety- ‘second division (Colored) has been designated for return and ordered to a base port from its front line posi- ‘tion. In the list appear as entire divisions ‘the ‘Thirty-ninth, the Seventy-sixth ‘and the Eighty-seventh. The other ‘troops comprise artillery units and army corps troops. ‘The following units comprise the Ninety-second division: 365th regi- ment of infantry, 266th regiment of ‘infantry, 50th machine gun bat- talion, 349th, 350th and 3b1st regi- ments of field artillery, 317th trench mortar battery, 317th regiment of en- gineers, 317th field signal battalion, headquarters troop and 349th machine | gun battalion. Other units of Colored troops who are also booked to return ‘at once are the 331st, 332d, 334th ‘regiments of field artillery. CAPTAIN MARSHALL RETURNS, Was Wounded Several Times While Fighting in France—Colored Sol- diers Fought Way Out of Trap. Washington, D. C.—The transport Sierra, bringing 1,586 back from the front arrived in New York December Sth. Among them another wounded fighter, Captain Napoleon B. Mar- shall, a Negro of the old 15th New York, and a lawyer practicing in that city before called to the colors. He was wounded several times and was elecated to a captaincy soon after he arrived in France. He said the men of his race made a splendid showing on the western front not only for bravery, but for the splendid head- work they showed in tight places. Fought Way From Trap “1 went out one day with a patrol of thirty-two men,” he said, “to size up the German artillery at a place south of Metz. We had gone too far across No Man’s Land and a heavy German patrol had worked between us and the American lines. We were in a trap. There seemed to be no way out of it. It was a case of annihila- tion or capture, and we wished neither. Suddenly we got the hunch that it was better to be killed fighting than to submit to capture, and we charged the enemy. I tell you those boys fought like devils; drove the Germans off; made a detour and got back with- ‘out losing a man.” NEGRO FARMERS BUYING ONLY PURE BRED CATTLE Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 20.—Dairy ex- tension forces in North Carolina, working through the local agent in Sampson county, have placed eighteen head of pure bred Jersey cows with Negro farmers. It js said to be the first organized effort to place pure bred animals for family use on Negro farms. These animals were part of a carload purchased by the dairy exten- sion men in Ohio. The Negroes paid an average of $100 a head for the Jer- seys. The cows were obtaived only from herds in which milk production and butter fat contents wure very high, and were much better individ- uals than are ordinarily brought in by traders. PRETENDS TO BE NEGRO Washington, D. C—“Prof.” Her- man Bernelot Moens, a well known character, said to be a native of Hol- land and who has been associating quite intimately with a number of We Wish You a Merry Christmas Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. JE—LZs. s ae RF boy vee 32 ino ) = on “\ Yy “GZ ~ rc a Sof oe 5 % : Ly ) . W Ming a 1 Gy AWS Se eee ie PELEAAS. 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Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money Res, Colfax 3881. Douglas 7150 AMOS P. SCRUGGS ‘Attorney-at-Law 13th and Farnam 1 Among the Churches Coo Sse esa ae A ZION BAPTIST CHURCH the church, December 26, 2 aitlicilie, in the T. D. C. hall. Rev, W. F. Botts, Pastor — Capacity audiences greeted the pas- tor both morning and evening last Sunday and he seemed to feel that he mst give a special reward for their coming, as he preached in the morn- ing as he has not done in a long time. In the evening, after a short baptis- mal sermon, several candidates put on Christ by baptism. The Sunday school is preparing for Christmas exereises under the direc- tion of Mesdames Kirtley and Mar- garet Moore. ‘The Mission Circle meets each Fri- day in the rest room of the church. ‘The Wide-Awake club was enter- tained this week by Mrs. Lavenia Rose, 1303 North Fiftieth avenue. Mother Howard, who has been in Kansas City for the past year, is here to spend the winter with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Howard, 2518 Ohio street. If You are a stranger in the city come out and make this your church home. A hearty welcome is extended to all. Regular services next Lord’s day. Mrs. Emma Toddy is the Red Cross chairman of this church. Please let all meet her courteously that our race may still hold its own in the pace ‘of patriotism. Rev. Mr. Mitchell, the newly eleeted missionary of the Negro Baptist As- sociation of Nebraska, left Monday for Oklahoma. He will return the first of the year, when it is hoped that the flu ban will be lifted every- where and he will be able to take up his duties in the state. The sick are: Mrs. L, Smith Davis, Sisters Starks and Whiteside. Mrs. Anna Lee is convalescing in St. Joseph's hospital, where she un- derwent an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Shelley Cook and Mrs. Bea- trice Kyle Baker will leave this week for Los Angeles, their former home, to spend the holidays. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rey. T. A. Taggart, Pastor Sunday school, 9:30 a, m.; preach- ing, 11 a. m.; Bible class, 8 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 5:80 p. m. Last Sunday morning Rev. Dr. Mitchell, the state evangelist, preach- ed a wonderful sermon. ‘Ten persons were added to the church and there are several candidates for baptism: ‘The Mission Circle meets Thursday afternoon at the T. D.C, hall, Twen- ty-ninth and T streets. Mrs. Melvinia Bailey has been con- fined to her home for some time. Mrs, Mollie Malone is on the mend. Mrs. Octavia Harris and son are yet ill, also Mrs. Lucille Price, Christmas morning and night, De- cember 25, services will be held. ‘The public is welcome. The ladies of the Mission Circle are preparing a bazaar for the benefit of A YOUNG WRITER OF VERSES Ruth Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jones, a junior in the Central High School, has decided tal- ent as a writer of verses. Here are two of } or short poems which she wrote “merely for fun” for one of her school chums. They fell into the hands of The Monitor man, who be- lieves the public should have them. THE JUNIOR RED CROSS ‘The cavalry is an army's arms, Reaching far out for its goal. ‘The cannon and guns are an army's loud voice; But the Junior Red Cross is the soul. ‘The infantry is an army’s legs, Seeing’s the aeroplane’s role, The people at home are the body strong, But the Junior Red Cross is the soul. Without shells and seeds, where’s the » carbon? Without carbon, what about masks? Without masks, how can our boys over there Perform their miraculous tasks? Victories great are the fruit of our work; , The buds are the many great deeds, Our mothers and fathers Red Cross is the tree; But the Junior Red Cross is the seeds. _ ONE MORE “LESS” We've helped Hoover make days meat- less; We also have made the times wheat- less; We've gone without sugar and candy and jam "Til even our Sundays are sweetless. We always bought bonds and bought thrift stamps To help make our country defeatless: We're knitting and canning and send. ing our boys, To make Kaiser Wilhelm conceitless THE MONITOR the church, December 26, 27 and 28, in the T. D.C. hall. ALLEN CHAPEL NEWS Rev, J. A. Broadnax, Pastor, The junior stewardess board meets with Mrs. Clark, Twenty-sixth and N streets. A chitterling supper Saturday at Mrs. Clark's, 8 p. m. Class meeting Friday night at the church. Mr. Carter, Z street, is up again from his recent sickness. Mr. Robert Severe is better from a touch of the flu, Mrs. Ward, Q street, is herself again after three weeks’ illness. Mrs. Hattie Gaines of De Soto, Mo., has received a letter from her hus- band, who is in France. She is all smiles. Mr. Miller and wife of Twenty-fifth ‘street joined the church, also Brother ‘Vantrice and Mr. Norman. The Monitor should be read by every family of our race. Why not subscribe aor? MOUNT MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES Rey. M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor. Last Sunday was a very enjoyable day in our church life. Rev. J. C. Mitchell, our state missionary, preach- ed at night and his message was well delivered and received. Services all day Sunday. Christmas sermon in the morning. All are wel- come. Sick on the list: Mrs, G. Hayes, Mrs. B. Williams, Miss A. Alexander, Mr. H. C. Watts. PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH The Rev. John Costello, Pastor, Sunday school at 10 o'clock; morn- ing service at 11; Young People’s Singing band at 3:30; evening service at 8. The Rev. Mr. Wilson preached Sun- day morning on the subject, “Not So.” In the evening the pastor preached on “Prayer.” There were two additions to the church Sunday. -Sick members are Mrs, Savannah Howard, Miss Gladys Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall. NEWS OF ST. JOHN'S AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH Sunday services were well attended and the collections totaled $137.40. The evangelistic services closed Friday night with twenty-eight addi- tions to the church, The Ladies’ Aid met Thursday afternoon in the church parlors. Mr. Felix’s name was inadvertently omitted last week from the list of stewards. But the whole world must be demo- cratic And we need a live wire squad, To remind Uncle Sam to “keep order at home, If we be respected abroad.” Our boys proved themselves to be flinchless; ‘They tried to make Germany inchless; But it is our duty to clean up at home And make the whole U. S. A. LYNCH- LESS. SOLVING NEGRO PROBLEM De. George E. Haynes Returns From Trip Through South in Interest of Better Racial Relations. (From the Office of the Director of Negro Economies.) Washington, D. C—Dr, George E. Haynes, director of Negro economics of the department of labor, has just completed a trip through the southern states, where he has heen aiding in the organization of committees to promote closer co-operation between the races and to stimulate among the Negroes in particular a spirit of co- operation that will show the value of their daily work to the nation. Negro workers’ advisory committees have been organized in a number of states, and in some places the organi- zation has proceeded as far as city and county units. White men and Negroes serve together on these com- mittees, and splendid results in meet. ing local problems of labor shortage have already been obtained. Among the meetings held those at Ocala and Lakeland, Florida, were largely attended by white resident: of those places. It was necessary to hold some of the meetings in the open air, because of the spread of influ: enza, and these were attended by many white persons who came in auto: mobiles. Our Women and Children teclas mange esoses ao spirit of our Christmas might be improved by these resolutions: I will not try to adjust the beauti- ful Christmas spirit to the perverted notions that result from pride in ap- pearances. I will not let my appreciation be governed by the price paid for a gift nor will I envy the person who can afford to give costly things. _ I will not let undue worry and anx- ‘ety cloud my Xmas. I will not hesi- tate betweén the giving of necessities and the giving of luxuries. I will make a fitness between my gifts and my means; if I possess abundance my Christmas shall not be to me a burden; if I be poor it shall ‘not be to me a problem. 1 will not make my gifts vain and formal things; presented to certain people because of an established cus- tom, but I shall give out of the full- ness of my heart. I will not make my Christmas a travesty, it shall be more simple, more genuine; it shall reflect fitness and fineness, good will and good cheer. LS. E. | ILL EFFECT OF MECHANICAL TOYS | The great advantage of most gen- juses was they had no advantages. ‘They were forced to do things for themselves and by doing them they learned. The curse of mechanical genius in its incipiency is the mechanical toy. | ‘A toy engine, complete and ready to run can never permanently interest a boy in engines. The miniature auto- mobile and motor boat surfeit the mechanical appetite and appeal to the curiosity, not to the imagination. Give a boy, with a mechanical in- clination, some tools, some material and watch him “go to it.” Granting the usual objections to a pocketknife, it is one of the best gifts in the world for a boy. A child must be given a renee to do something with its own hands, its own brains. Give it a chance to experiment and learn by its own mistakes and that, say what you will, is the only way we really learn anything in this world. LSE. We desire to express our grateful thanks to friends for their kindness during sickness and death of our niece, Marion Wright. Also to the Daughters of Bethel and friends for floral gifts. MRS. HATTIE KITCHEN, MRS. HAZEL TURNER, MRS. MAMIE SHELDON, 2614 North 17th St. , Se "Smoke John Ruskin se Cigar. Big- tae end Best~Ade. F. and A. A.. York Rite, St. Luke's Lodge, No. 14, “will meet the first, and third Monday ‘nights in the Knights of Pythias hall, Twenty-fourth and Charles streets. All’ members take notice. Wil- llam Bridges, W. M.; J, E. Johnson, sec- retary; H. C. Watts, treasurer. Gate City Lodge, No. 6674, G. U. O. of 0, F., meets the first and third Monday of each month at Petersen's hall, Twen- fourth and Burdette streets. W. H. Payne, N. G.; RL. Woodard, P. S., 4913 South ‘Twenty-sixth street. South 4459. Keystone Lodge, No. 4, K. of P.. Omaha, Neb. “Meetings first and third Thursdays of each month. H. A. Hazzard, C. C.; J. Hi, Glover, K. of R and 8. ‘Weeping Willow Lodges, No. 9596, G. 'U. 0. of 0. F., meets second and fourth ‘Thursdays of “each month at U. B. F. hall, Twenty-fourth and Charles ‘streets. ‘R. 8, Gaskins, N. G.; T. H. Gaskins, P. 8. International Order, No. 631, Colored Engineers and Portable Hoisting Engine- nen tects at 22351 Lake street first and third Wednesdays in each month. W. H. "P, Tansom, president; J. H. Headly, cor- responding secretary: J. H. Moss, record- ing secretary; 5. L. Bush, treasurer. ‘Faithful Lodge, No. 250, U. B. F., meets second and fourth Fridays in each’ month at Rescue hall. Visiting brethren wel- come, Earl Jones, W. M.; James Tubbs, ws. Lodge rooms at Twenty-fourth and Charles streets vacant two nights each ‘week. Persons wanting to rent same call | ae se ental agent. Wéebvater 1166. : NOTICE | If you have a house to sell or : rent list it with us. We will get results for you. Also call us for insurance. W. M. Franklin Dealer in Real Estate and In- surance. Notary Public. 2413 North 24th. Web. 4206, REMI SRD Established 1890 Cc. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents’ Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. CARD OF THANKS Special Sale on Clothing and Shoes Ladies’ Coats, $15.00 values, on sale. $ 6.90 Ladies’ Coats, $25.00 values, on sale____. , 498 Misses’ Coats, $12.50 values, on sale. _$ 7.50 Ladies’ Sweaters, $6.50 values, on sale... eae $ 3.95 Misses’ Sweaters, $5.00 values, on sale $$ 2.95 Silk Waists, $6.00 values, on sale 3.95 Silk Georgette Waists, $7.50 values, on sale. _...-$ 4.95 Holiday Gift Boxes, nuw on sale. Li = cps: Holiday Gift Boxes, now on sale aah fase Men’s $27.50 Suits, on sale__ ...--$19.95 Boys’ Suits and Overcoats, on sale_____. _$ 7.50 Shoes and Slippers, best assortment in the city, now on OND 6s iaiadeon -iistipaaininas aia ieaa ea J. Helphand Clothing Co. | 314-316 North 16th Street. . / H. DOLGOFF FURNITURE AND HARDWARE STOVES, RUGS, LINOLEUM Better Goods for Less Money. Credit if You Wish. OPEN EVENINGS 1839-47 N. 24th St. Phones—Webster 1607; Webster 4825 Hotel Cumi 1916 CUMING STREET OLEL CUMING comtortadic Rooms—Reasonable Rates Douglas 2466 D. G. 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STEAM HEATED ROOMS—HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER—BATHS By Day for One......2-..ccessceeeeeersceees eres 600, TSey $1.00 By Day for Two....0.cccccsccccessecss2s021.$91.00, $1.25, $1.50 BY Week vs...ccccsscscsiessisenscessseeseresse+se@00 10 $4.80 BILLIARD PARLOR IN CONNECTION FOR GENTLEMEN WHO CARE EASY WALKING DISTANCE TO HEART OF CITY Douglas 6332. Charles H. Warden, Proprieter. ——BUY THRIFT sTAMPS—— THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Nebraska and the Nation, with the desire to contribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and of the race. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice 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. Bert Patrick, Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative. MERRY CHRISTMAS! ONCE again it is our privilege and our happiness to wish all of our readers a Merry, Merry Christmas. We do not write this by rote and because it is the season for greetings, but because it rises sincerely from our heart. The happiness of our subscribers is always of moment to us and our aim ever is to further that happiness as much as it is within the power of journalism to do so. Happiness comes from within, but the material for it must come from without. Most of that material is, of necessity, mental and our readers know that The Monitor always cultivates the best of mental food. Our road sometimes looks dark, but the vision beyond is always glorious. Have hope, take courage and make happiness. If you haven't started, start this Christmas day and never stop. And again, we wish you a Merry, Merry Christmas. "THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN" IN the Literary Digest for December 11, and under the heading, "Shall We Take German Africa?" we read these words: "Self-determination doesn't seem to go south of Suez. The Africans are still considered a white man's burden, and as Germany steps out it is now suggested by some of the London papers that America step in and relieve Great Britain." Isn't that simply a lovely and delightful manifestation of generosity on the part of the London papers and shouldn't Uncle Sam try to break his neck gathering in these colonies which Great Britain "really doesn't want, doncher know?" Of course we have always had more or less suspicion that "self-determination" doesn't go south of Suez, but doesn't it rather strike you that if south of the Suez is such a momentous burden for the white man, that he would really want to turn it loose and apply "self-determination" there first of all? The white man, when judged by some of his acts would seem to have so much hypocrisy in his make-up, that he too often imagines that it is sincerity. This "white man's burden" stuff is a joke of too long standing. Read history with open mind and careful analysis and you will discover that the white man has never "assumed" a burden that didn't pay for itself over and over again in dollars and cents. England's "burden" in Africa has brought into her country a stream of gold that has enriched her beyond any nation of the world. She does not want to get rid of the "burden" and the suggestion that the United States take the German colonies is only a gentle feeler put out to have the United States say she doesn't want them and beg England to take them, sort of Gaston-and-Alphonsol-like. It is a shrewd bit of diplomacy. Of course, we blacks of America will have nothing to say about it and, probably, neither will the blacks of Africa, but don't try to spring that old joke again about "the white man's burden." It has gone to seed now. Those "burdens" are big investments that are paying handsome dividends and it will take more than words to make the white man turn them loose. WAITER PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE SOME students of the race have said that Negroes were born philosophers. Most certainly we believe it and we believe, too, that most of that philosophy is unconscious. The other day we had occasion to visit one of the large local hotels and while awaiting the manager, we heard one of our headwaiters say to a new man, "Serve slowly; don't take more dishes than you can carry, and help the waiter next to you all you can." Somehow those words didn't leave our mind and after turning them over and over, we thought, "Could any philosopher give better advice for the living of one's life than that? Could any race advisor, with all the rhetoric at his command, gather so much of truth in so few words?" "Serve slowly." Most excellent advice. Do we not all try to do things and expect, things too rapidly? To take life gradually, business calmly and cautiously, and to look toward the future hopefully and without too much anxiety; are these not the proper attitudes? "Don't take more dishes than you can carry!" These words are as thoughtful as Carnegie's. "Don't pile too many eggs in a basket," and that advice has become the motto of Wall street. The great fault with many of us is that we try to carry too many dishes and we stumble and smash them all. "And help the waiter next to you all you can." Isn't this the golden rule in different words? Help the fellow next to you and the fellow next you will help you and if we would all follow this bit of workaday wisdom, wouldn't life be sweeter and happier? We say it will. And so this headwaiter goes on and on, instructing new men every day. He isn't conscious of what one can make out of his words, but he is a real philosopher and if we would all remember them, we will find them full of meaning and helpfulness. "Serve slowly; don't take more dishes than you can carry, and help the waiter next you all you can." THE PHYSICAL SUPERIORITY OF THE NEGRO THE Monitor is indebted to the Detroit Leader for bringing to its notice a clipping from the New York Medical Journal, which is of more than passing notice. The entire article appears in another column and proves itself to have been written upon high authority. It most effectually establishes the physical superiority of the Negro and dissipates the current medical myths that the Negro is more liable to certain diseases than the white man, especially to tuberculosis, heart affections and flat feet. It is a most convincing table to bring to the notice of national insurance companies which bar Negroes upon the pretended basis of physical inferiority and to other companies which have in force discriminatory rates. It also is a most excellent thing for the Negro to know the particular physical disabilities to which he is addicted and thereby study the means of overcoming them. And equally as valuable is it to him to learn of his physical strength so that he may strive to preserve the low percentages. It is a most interesting and valuable article and we request all our readers to digest it thoroughly. WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat President Wilson, in his address to Congress calling for a declaration of war against Germany, said "The world must be made safe for democracy," and this phrase became the rallying cry of the peoples opposed to the central powers. The war is over. Autocracy has been dethroned and crushed. But has the world yet been made safe for democracy? A democracy is a government of and by the people. Whether the people rule direct or by representation is a matter of expediency. But in either case a democracy is a government, and a government is an established authority for the administration of law and order. The ideal democracy is one in which absolute justice reigns, in which all men are on terms of exact equality under the law, in which the doors of opportunity are closed to no one, in which there is no domination by class. That ideal is yet to be attained on earth, and it can never be attained or even approached except through the orderly processes, and with the reasonable restraints, of law, established and enforced by a government of the people, seeking ever to promote the happiness of the people, of all the people, in equal measure. There can be no happiness, individual or collective, without the protection of law, and there can be no law without a government to make it and the authority to enforce it. The infinite wisdom of the Creator found it necessary to establish laws for the control and restraint of the Universe. Wishing to give to all things, animate and inanimate, the largest possible measure of freedom he yet placed limitations upon freedom for its own sake. Freedom among men when unrestrained inevitably destroys itself by its excesses, and this is the application of God's law. Neither freedom nor equality can be established and maintained among men save by law, made and applied by constituted authority, and it is not by the removal of all restraints to freedom but by the creation and application THE MONITOR of laws wherein wisdom and justice and humanity strive for an equality of freedom, an equality of right and an equality of opportunity, that the perfect democracy is to be approached. That is the road that America, however, it may halt and stumble, is traveling, and that is the road upon which we would see all other peoples make their way to happiness. HARRY B. ZIMMAN A COMMISSIONER ON THE JOB Harry B. Zimman is one of the city commissioners who is working overtime on his job. He is due a great deal of credit for the successful ending of the recent street car strike, which tied up the city. Although he has been sending up no skyrockets or beating no tomtoms the people ought to appreciate the splendid service Mr. Zimman is giving them. He is maintaining the same good record he made when he was councilman and acting mayor several years ago. The Monitor hopes to see him mayor of Omaha some day. There is one thing we are still waiting for him to do, and that is to restore the Colored officers to the Colored fire company. Get busy on this job, too, Harry, please. Your stock is high with us and this will boost it higher. CHRISTMAS is that every once-in-a-while-time when friends and enemies throw open the throttle of their emotional mechanisms and flood their carburetors with the gas of love. It is a really nifty feast. Humanity needs some sort of celebration every now and then to remember that once in a while it is nice to put on the emergency brakes on their selfishness and give the growing pains of commercialism a chance to rest and recuperate. Of course there are always some slit-eyed simmons who say it's only a grand-stand performance to applaud the cardinal virtues of life, but even these must always grant that there are times when mankind should put on the polite reception stuff and forget the trap doors behind the plush curtains. There's no use keeping the exhaust valve open all the time. Throw out the switch on the rails of life once in a while and let the mile-a-minute limited of happiness take a side track so we can see what it looks like. This twin-six mental attitude of life needs some rest. This "peace on earth and good will toward men" salve is really something we should carry around with us perpetually, but we don't and it is good to remind us every twelve months that there is such dope in the world and that it will not hurt us any to try a sample. Now that we have passed you this plateful of philosophical hash, Solomon pauses to wish you all a Merry Christmas. He hopes Santa Claus will stumble at your door and leave his sack and that your Christmas table will groan with good things and that you won't need dyspepsia tablets or the doctor. He also hopes you will have egg nog, but when you gather the wherewith, avoid all symbols of blue suits with brass buttons. Christmas in jail is what Sherman said war was. WHAT THE PRESS SAYS JIM CROWISM UN- AMERICAN; STOP IT From the Madison (Wis.) Democrat Now that the railroads are being operated by the government the offensive jim crow car forthwith should be relegated to oblivion. It represents a spirit utterly un-American. As passenger and freight rates have been increased by a mere twist of the wrist, just as easily may this humiliating discrimination be brushed aside. In our national capital street cars are open to all alike. Why not all cars over the nation? Our Colored men abroad are nobly fighting on all fronts for civilization alongside white compatriots, and it is a great discredit to the nation that they should be the victims of unjust discrimination at home by the very government in whose care they are heroically battling. Not only should the contemptible jim crow car be banished but every other barrier prejudicial to any class of American citizens be wiped away. Freedom for the world is being saved on the fields of Europe; let us not fail in justice here. Obvious Observations ONCE more the cars are running and the schedules are on time, and I sure am more than tickled to rest these dogs of mine. How's that for Walt Mason stuff. What we want to know is, what has become of that guy named Winter? He is painted white, has icicles in his whiskers and every time he blows his breath the thermometer takes a tumble like humpty-dumpty. A president in Europe and running the U. S. A. by radio is a new stunt SKITS OF SOLOMON Christmas for rulers. If old Caesar could wake up and take an eyeful, he would look like Uncle Corntossel glimming the sights on Broadway. "Self-determination doesn't seem to go south of Suez," says the English papers. Well, it's their inning and pile the score up as high as possible. Someday the "south of Suez and the east of the Red Sea" might have an inning and get into the game, athletics record that dark skinned men can sure play ball. On this freedom of the seas noise, Unk Sam seems to be stepping on Johnnie Bull's toes and Johnnie doesn't like it a little bit. It begins to look like Germany messed up more pie than she dreamed of when Bill and Von Hindy started out to whip the world. It is good news to hear that Secretary Baker has ordered the boys from everywhere to keep their suits and overcoats. If he hadn't done so, there would have been many a man who would have resembled a cold storage rooster reclining in a butcher's window. One of our correspondents writes us from Over There that France is tailor made. It sure is fine to know that there is one good tailor in Europe, because there is going to be many a patch put on the map of Europe before the delegates get through at Versailles. Having bankrupted his medulla oblongata, ye scribe will now see how much worth of turkey two bits will buy. MOTON AND DUBOIS IN FRANCE PRESIDENT WILSON sent Principal R. R. Moton to France "to look after the morale of the Colored soldiers," if reports are reliable. On the same ship that carried Major Moton, Dr. Dubois also took passage. The two men are in France-one to look after the morale of the soldiers and the other to lobby at the peace conference. There is a deal of speculation as to the mission of Dr. Moton. There is a general belief that President Wilson sent Major Moton to France with an eye single to any emergency that may arise at the peace conference. The subtlety of our president as a politician cannot be denied. In many quarters the suspicion obtains that Major Moton was sent to France to be conveniently present in the event the Negro problem in America is brought to the attention of the members of the peace conference. Many subscribe to the theory that in the event President Wilson is asked too pointedly about the treatment the black American receives in the United States, he will call in Major Moton as a spokesman to tell how "well we get along together in the United States." Of course, Major Moton is the successor to Dr. Washington, who was known pretty generally in France and England. If he is called upon and introduced as the leader of the black Americans, whatever Major Moton should say would have peculiar significance. This view is shared by many of us. But it is just possible that we are not at all warranted in entertaining any such view. But "to look after the morale of the soldiers" seems to be a far-fetched purpose. Who looked after the morale of the soldiers when they went to France last year? Are they any less trained and disciplined now than they were then? Do they need a guardian now any more than they did then? We had no representative in France in 1917 to look after the morale of the boys. Why one now when they are coming home? These questions are natural ones, and will be asked by a great many citizens. These very questions give rise to the suspicions that President Wilson anticipated the need of Major Moton in France and sent him ahead so as to have him conveniently near if the need for him arose at the conference. Dr. Dubois went to be present at the conference. He desires to be heard on the question of the American Negro and his oppression in the United States. Just how he expects to be heard we are unable to say. He cannot do more than lobby for his cause, being without credentials from his country. But a wise lobbyist can do a great good for his cause. It is hoped that both gentlemen will take advantage of every opportunity to present to the peace conference the actual facts as they exist in this country. They must stand as firmly for their fellows in America as their fellows stood before the fire of the Hun for the cause of democracy. The Courier hopes the two men will rise to the solemnity of the occasion and with one accord present the truth, the whole truth and nothing less than the truth anent the actual situation in these United States. The reputed conservatism of the one properly blended with the reputed radicalism of the other ought to furnish a sane, intelligent, pointed and frank presentation of our cause. May God give the mthe wisdom, the zeal, the courage and the opportunity.—Pittsburgh Courier. Hermann's FRESHMAN CLOSETS FOR FASHIONABLE LADIES Xmas Gifts Meerschaum and Briar Pipes Cigarette and Cigar Holders Humidors. Xmas Packages of his favorite Smokers' Articles of All Kind Candies and a full assortment Ruskin, 7c; Beselin's Trade Mark 10c and 15c Cigars. H. BESELL THREE S 1405 Douglas St. Sanford Cigars "YOUR TRADE A Thas Gifts For M Chaum and Briar Pipes in Cases. 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Booker, Anglo-American baseball promoter, to arrange a bout for him with either Porky Flynn or Jim Savage. Johnson said that King Alfonso had given permission for the bout to be --- ON N & SONS SHIRT CO. A Store Where Most of Your Friends Trade. 16th Street held in the Royal gymnasium at Barcelona. He said he had been in training for some time, while acting as manager of the Royal gymnasium and was "in the pink of condition." He told Booker he would regard such a bout as opening the way for a return match with Jess Willard, Booker has undertaken to arrange the match for Johnson. THE MONITOR SENDS COPY OF “THE RAY PARKER'S FIRST STARS AND STRIPES” LETTER H¢ Sergeant Wynn D. McCullough Writes November 18, 1 Interesting Letter Telling of 92d| Dear Little Mother and Folks: Division's Splendid Services. Well, little Mawhy, we did ow eee and the kaiser’s dream ended w: U. S. Army Postal Service, abrupt bump. We did not ge' A. P, 0. 766, A.M. E. | action, as things went a littl . Nov. 20, 1918. My Dear Father Williams: I have contemplated writing you for some time, but the censor regula- tions and other strenuous duties have prevented me from doing so, Now that it is all over and peace is near 1 feel at liberty to write you. I'am enclosing you a copy of the “Stars and Stripes,” the official organ of the A. E. F. I would especially invite your attention to the several marked paragraphs. You will note that ref- erence is made to several picked units (of the A. E. F., among which you will | find the 92d division. | Here couched in one or two brief statements is the epic of the Ameri- ‘can Negroes’ contribution to the win- ning of the great war for democracy. Where the battle was the hardest there he was, and not only was he there, but when the armistice stayed his progress, he was of all America’s troops nearest to the Rhine. ‘Time and space will not permit me to write you of individual deeds of heroism, although I would like to do 80, but suffice it that I quote a few paragraphs from a memorandum re- cently issued by the corhmander of the (92d division, General C. C. Ballou, be- fore being transferred. Here is what he says: | “Five months ago today the 92d division larided in France. After sev- en weeks of training it took over a sector in the front line, and since that time some portion of the division has been practically continuously un- der fire, “It participated in’ the last battle of the war with creditable success, continually pressing the attack against highly. organized defensive works. It advanced successfully on the first day of the battle, attaining its objectives and capturing prison- ers. This in the face of determined opposition by an alert enemy, and against rifle, machine gun and artil- lery fire. The issue of the second day's battle was rendered indecisive by the order to cease firing at 11 a. m.—when the armistice became ef- fective, “The division commander, in taking leave of what he considers himself | justly entitled to regard as his di- _vision, feels that he has accomplished his mission. His work is done and will endure. ‘The results have not al- ways been brilliant, and many times were discouraging, yet a well organ- ized, well disciplined, and well trained | Colored division has been created and "commanded by him to include the last shot of the world war. May the fu- | ture conduct of every officer and man “be such as to relfect credit upon the ‘division and upon the Colored race.” I also invite your attention to the poem I have marked in the paper en- closed, it is the work of one of my comrades in the army postoffice. It was very favorably commented on by the A. E. F. The Monitor comes to me regularly for which I thank you, It is very in- teresting and newsy and all the boys like it. With best wishes to you and your family and inquiring friends, I am yours very truly, WYNN D. M’CULLOCH, Sat. A. P. 0. 766, The writer of the above interest- ing letter was No. 1 in the first se- lective draft. He felt proud of this fact and was eager to go. While anxious to be on the firing line he with three or four other Omaha boys were selected for the army postal service —Editor, HOW SUBSCRIBERS LIKE THE MONITOR CBT ITB IDI ODDIE > (ETI TTT TIT OIA DTS Topeka, Kas., Dec, 6, 1918. | St. Joseph, Mo,, Nov, 25, Rev. John Albert Williams, ‘The Monitor, Omaha, Neb. Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: Dear Sir; Enclosed please find check Enclosed please find money order| newal of my subscription for o1 for three dollars for The Monitor; one| ending November 8, 1919. You year for M. 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WESIN GROCERY CO. Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. 2005 Cuming St. Telephone Douglas 1098 2005 Cuming St Telephone Douglas 1098 Within the past ten years YOUR race has made greater Strides | toward literary achievement than in the CENTURIES that went before. | Become familiar with the work of RACE AUTHORS. ‘ The Boy You Love further proof of the rapid literary The Boy Your love tn the, training | prosress Of his Face. comp will mu s . You Have Seen With Your Own Eyes. a better man i{-he knows the ringing | You’ have seen with your own eves lines of “Fifty Years’ and the haunt- | tne ‘struggle of the Negro for educa- Ing pathos of “Black ‘and Unknown | tion, et eo ‘tite Mitel human Hae, Bards." You will find these in James | ‘hae s3’wiy you will appreciate and ‘eldon, Johnson's "Fifty Years and | want to read “Twenty-Five Years in Other Pooms. & the Black Belt.” by William J. Ed- the world have called the greatest | wards, the able founder and present poetical achievement of the Colored | head of Snow Hill Normal and In- Kitce. "Professor Brander Matthews of | Geta rantituter Professor Paul Columbia University has written a re- | Gustrial Inatitute, | Professor Paul J. markably fine introduction. written the introduction. From the Fields of Alabama Tender Haunting Lyrics ‘A boy came fresh from the fields ot | "ant there someone you'd like to Alabama‘ to ‘work his way ‘through '% | wend’ a ‘book provided you could tind session of the sumer school at Har- just the right book that would be a Yard,” A’fow roughly sorayied posms | message ax well as a book. Georgie Satgnt the. eye of ie professor.” ‘The | ouglas Johnivon hus written dust much result was a k of these verses. To- a book of tender, haunting lyrics in diay’ the author isin France, « cor- | “rhe Ticurt of a. Woman.” Why. hot val. in “a. 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Now’ in teones or ie People: the erities on the great metropolitan | a new book just from the press, the newspapers have acclaimed Joseph 8. | best of Mr.’ Johnson's poetry 1s Cotter's “The Band of Gideon,” not | brought together in permanent’ form only. book worthy of the best lit- | and will give pleasure to the hundreds eraty traditions of the day but also’ | of admirers. cf iis ‘work. There are other books, of course, and good books. It is impossible to mention all, and these are representative of the best. ‘They are beauti- fully bound and are as far above the ordinary book in book making as they,are in literary value, ie ‘That it may be easy for you to secure them we will take orders for them at the publisher's lowest NET prices, which are: Fifty Years and Other Poems, $1.25. From the Heart of a Folk, $1.00. ‘The Message of the Trees, $2.00. The Heart of a Woman, $1.25. Twenty-five Years in the Black Belt, $1.50. ‘The Band of Gideon, $1.00. Songs of My People, $1.00 Where the book is sent to a soldier or a sailor in a training camp there will be no charge for mailing. Otherwise, enclose ten cents for postage with every order to be sent by mail. DO YOUR BIT!!!—GIVE A BOOK TODAY!!! ; SEND ORDERS TO THE MONITOR. 4 RAY PARKER'S FIRST rs LETTER HOME Pee aes, See Dear Little Mother and Folks: Wel!, little Mawhy, we did our stuff and the kaiser’s dream ended with an abrupt bump. We did not get into action, as things went a little too swift. On Sunday, November 10, we were snoozing in the hay when, about four o'clock, our commanding officer awoke us and said: “Boys, make up light, pack, fill your canteens, oil up your guns, and get ready for the line, We are going in to stop things now.” We lit out at six a. m. and by noon we could hear the roar of the big guns just over the hills. But a dis- patch rider rode up and stopped us. He said that the boches were hauling it so fast that we couldn't catch up with them. Every road to the front was so choked with khaki that we simply had to look on. On Monday the armistice was signed, and that is the nearest thing to fighting I have done, But, mawsy, I shall never be the least bit sorry for the time I have spent in the army. I have found many things out that I never realized be- fore, and most of all I have had a chance to see provincial France, beau- tiful France. We are now close to German soil and in a country which the Germans held for four years. This chain of hills was used by the Huns for a recreation ground and they cer- tainly tried to make it a little para- dise for the soldier. Of course sol- diers do not look for flowry beds of case and chicken a la king served by nymphs of perennial beauty, but these ‘dudes came as near to it as possible. There are several ruined towns around here as business was rushing here- abouts, Yesterday was Sunday and I took a long hike exploring this place. ‘There is an amusement park about three blocks from our barracks that must have taken a year or two to build. Leading to it are six stairways, ‘cach about a mile long, leading up to ee different barracks, These stairs are made of trees about an inch in diameter and cut about a foot and a half long, and laid side by side. When you get down to the valley you enter a beautiful park built entirely of trees. ‘The drives and walks are all of concrete. They had theaters, cafes and dance halls, and the offi- cers had palaces strewn around that make things look as you dream Greece must have looked. They burned most of it when they had.to make a hurry- up getaway, but there is still enough left to give you an idea of what the whole had been. It is too bad that Uncle Sam had to interfere with Bill’s plans and make him mess everything up so, but it had to be did. Well, folks, I am writing under dif- ficulties. I never did shine as a pen- man and when I have to do the writ- ing stunt under difficulties, it's some job. We will soon be making tracks toward the Big Muddy, but don’t look for me until about spring. Adios, ‘for this time. I mean, au revoir. The other is Spanish and just now I am trying to be French. Love to all, RAY. MUSTERED OUT IN HOME STATE Camp Dix, N. J.—Instead of releas- ing at Camp Dix the thousands of Negro soldiers awaiting demobiliza- tion new orders of the war depart- ment received here direct that the troops here be returned by detach- ments to their home states, where at central points they will receive their discharge papers and final army pay. It is evident the new scheme will provide against the Southern Negroes becoming stranded in northern cities and insure a normal distribution of the Negroes to meet labor conditions in Southern states. St. Joseph, Mo., Nov, 26, 1918. ‘The Monitor, Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: Enclosed please find check for re- newal of my subscription for one year ending November 8, 1919. Your valu- able paper I read each week and really feel that I cannot be without it, Kindly remember me to Mr, Fred Williams, the gentleman who first brought this paper to me, Wishing you much business sue- cess, I beg to remain, Yours very truly, CHAS. ', PHELPS. 2223 Austin Ave., Chicago, Dee. 10. ‘The Monitor, Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir: I am sending in my sub- scription (renewal) for The Monitor. You don’t know how I enjoy it. When it arrives it is first aid, The other papers don't compare with it. Yours respectfully, GERTRUDE BROWN. Subscribe for The Monitor. WILL GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Western University, Kansas, Dec. 20.—The Misses Elsie Hills, Hazel Roulette and Messrs. Wilson, Green, Guiou, Taylor and Tommie Wilson, students of Western university, will go to Omaha to spend the Christmas holidays with their parents. LECTURE BY GEORGE WELLS PARKER Rain, the street car strike and fear of the flu ban interfered with the at- tendance at the lecture by George Wells Parker at Calvary Baptist church last Thursday night. The au- dience, numbering about seventy-five, was well repaid for their attendance. Mr, Parker was introduced by Mr. Fred C. Williams, who explained the objects of the Hamitie League of the World, an educational movement to awaken race pride. Mr. Parker held the undivided attention of his au- dience from start to finish as he mar- shaled an array of facts to prove that the African race has an honorable lineage and record. CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH ‘The Christmas services at St. Phil- ip’s Episcopal church will be: Holy Communion at 7 a. m.; matins and Encharist at 11 o'clock and communi- cants of the church are reminded that Christmas day is a day of holy obliga- tion, when all communicants are ex- pected to receive the Holy Com- munion, The Holy Communion will also be celebrated at 7 o'clock a. m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,which are St. Stephen's, St. John the Evan- gelist’s and Holy Innocents’ days. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the many friends, the members of Amaranth chapter of Magnolia court, Kensington club and the Davis club, who so kindly assisted us in caring for our brother in his last illness, until death claimed him. Also accept our thanks for the beauti- ful floral offerings.—Mr. Evans Cor- neal, Mr. and Mrs. A. T, Corneal, Mr, and Mrs. B. F, Corneal, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Young. DEATH OF MISS SARAH JEWELL Miss Sarah Jewell, a former resi- dent of Omaha, but recently of Chi- cago, died at the residence of _her brother, James G. Jewell, 2911 Lake street, Saturday morning after a pro- tracted illness. Miss Jewell came to Omaha a few months ago to visit her brother, hoping that the change would be beneficial to her health, Soon after coming she underwent a serious operation, from which she never recovered. ‘The funeral was held under the aus- pices of Shaffer chapter No. 42, 0. E. S., of which she was a member, from the residence Monday afternoon. ‘The Rev. W. C. Williams, pastor of St. John’s A, M. B, church, of which she was a devoted member for many years during her residence in Omaha, officiated, assisted by the Rev. John Albert Williams. Interment was in Forest Lawn cemetery. N. A. A.C, P. HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING ‘The local branch of the National A, A. C. P, held an interesting meeting Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at St. John’s A, M, E. church, A thoughtful paper on “The Educational Life” was read by Mrs. Della M. Stewart. An interesting discussion followed, par- ticipated in by Amos P. Scruggs, 8, L. Bush, Thomas Reese, the Rev. W. C. Williams and M. F. Singleton. It was unanimously decided to continue the Sunday afternoon forum of the asso- ciation each Sunday. Next Sunday afternoon it is expect- ed that the Rt. Rev. I, B, Scott, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, will be the speaker. The public is in- vited to attend these profitable meet- ings. : ‘The executive committee met at the home of the president, Rev. John Al- bert Williams, Tuesday night and re- elected the standing committees of the local branch. Authorization was given to extend an invitation to W. Ashbie Hawkins, president of the Bal- timore branch, who carried the fight on the Baltimore segregation ordi- nance through the courts of Mary- land, to stop over in Omaha for an address January 14, on his way to California. BISHOP SCOTT OMAHA VISITOR Bishop Scott of Nashville, Tenn., will preach at Grove Methodist church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Bishop Scott is one of the outstanding men of the Methédist Episcopal church. He was prior to his election to the epis- copacy president of Wiley university and editor of the Southwestern Chris- tian Advocate. Bishop Scott was for twelve years in charge of the work of the Methodist church in Africa, He is one of the two Colored bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, Ss ey ee ee ‘Then Attend the | LUNCHEON | By | DIAMOND SQUARE TEMPLE — 7 No. 511 { Residence of : Mrs. C. H. 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Call Webster (5639. 1809 North 23d st. | * Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern furnished rooms for man and wife or for men. 2417 Caldwell. Mrs. G. | Holmes. | Furnished rooms. Strictly modern. | 2705 Douglas street. Harney 6829. Mrs. I. Falls. ‘A neat furnished room in modem home for man and wife, 3702 North Twenty-third street. Webster 3727 9-21 Neatly furnished rooms in private family. Strictly modern. Webster 1196. 9-21-4t “First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric light. On Dodge and 24th st. car line. Mrs. Ann~ Banks, 924 North 20th st, Doug. 427.. Furnished Rooms—Neatly furnish- ed rooms in a strictly modern home; one-half block off car line. Tel, Web. | 4983, 1516 North 16th. ~ Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern furnished room for man and wife, Mrs, Hueston, 2805 Ohio. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. Call Webster 5639. Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern. W. Harvell. Webster 4760. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms, all modern. 2706 Parker st. Web. 1250. First-class modern furnished rooms. Mrs. L, M. Bentley Webster, s10z North Twenty-sixth street. Phone Webster 4769. “Neatly furnished rooms ina pre vate home. Modern except heat. Men only . Webster 1760. . Neatly furnished rooms, 1842 North 27th St. Call Webster 2812. "Two furnished rooms, 2415 Indiana avenue, Tyler 3399-W. ~ For Rent—Modern furnished rooms. 2220 North 28th Ave. Phone Wek- ster 2058. THE MONITOR Lincoln News Mrs. T. T. McWilliams entertained ‘a party of about twelve ladies at her home last Wednesday evening, com- ‘plimentary to Mrs. Josepha MeWil- liams, who departed Saturday for Washington, D. C., where she will “spend several weeks. "Mrs. V. B. Young departed Wednes- ‘day for St. Louis, where she will ‘spend the holidays with relatives. Miss Freda Cooley returned home last week to spend the holidays with her parents. Her school was closed much earlier this season on account of the flu epidemic. Mrs, J. W. Cooley left Friday even- ing for a few days’ visit in St. Joseph, Kansas City and Topeka, Miss Brevia Hill, who has been visit- ing at her home in Mississippi, re- turned last week to resume her school work here at the Union college. Chester Spicer and Sanford Falling motored to Sioux City via Omaha last Friday, returning home Monday. Mrs. Marshall Thomas, who has been confined to her bed for a week, is slowly recovering. An “All Nations’ Festival” will be given at Masonic hall December 25. A splendid program is being prepared, which will be a rare treat. Every one is cordially invited to attend. If you cee ane <iaieele send secne: Che Two Minus One AN AFRICAN SHORT STORY by Amarzan Negra shor. story wit The tropical moon shone down upon the cool, wide, open veranda, and upon |the bowed head resting on the wicker ‘madeira table. : _ ‘The night breeze filled the air with # fragrant odor of orange blossoms, whilst it fanned her crinkly hair and ‘played about her hot temples. He was out. But then—he was always out; and habit becomes second nature! Tonight, however, the loneliness seemed almost unbearable, As a rat gnaws a rope till it snaps asunder, so the tension on her heart strings, seemed to have reached its utmost limit, and—anything might happen. The air was full of the buzz of tropi- cal insects, and every now and again, a sharp squeal and a scuttle, told her only too plainly, that she had compan- ionship—of a sort. But how her heart yearned for some human solace, some understanding. soul; someone to whom she could let herself go—to whom she could give out the whole pent up force of years of unrequited love! Something fluttered to her feet. The wind had blown down her hus- band’s photograph, und had flung it across her path. Should she leave it |lying there? No! That was not the | place, for the man she had chosen— | then! | She was about to pick it up, when | she realized for the first time, that | she was not alone. | Tennis shoes are noiseless and the | tropical veranda generally devoid of locked doors. She took in at a glance the tall white-clad figure and the fine, black face, with its look of stern | resolution, and for a moment the hear | seemed to stop beating altogether Compassion would have been fur eas. | ier to face, than the rigid determina. tion depicted on every feature. “What | right have you here—after dinner’ | she demanded tremulously, | “Ten years ago you gave me the right to come and gat'will. Why not | now?” | Her thoughts flew back to theit brief courtship, when she remembere¢ what a gentleman he had been to her throughout. Why—oh why had she “dismissed him.” “Olla! answer my question!” he went on sterniy “Why can't I come to see you sometimes when—when you are alone?” For answer she stooped to pick uy the photo, but quick as lightning he intercepted her and would have torr it to shreds had she not prevented hirr by laying her throbbing hand on hii throbbing arm. “How dare you? How dare you’? she gasped. “Because I dare anything—for you sake! “I saw him just now, and—he hac | companionship! But you—you are al || ways alone.” “Olla!” he went on passionately “you are starving—literally starving Your lovely tender, womanly instincts are being shrivelled up, like erumple¢ rose petals before a merciless nort} wind! I have come tonight to suppl; | your need! Don't send me away— | hungry. Why waste any more though on him? Does he—does he—does hi || ever think about you?” “Two wrongs do not make a right!’ ;she murmured, faintly; but as sh {in your place. Don't miss the best treat of the season! Mrs. A. Harding has several beau- tiful articles on sale at her home for the benefit of the Old Folks’ Home. If you haven't selected your Christmas gifts, kindly call at her home and se- cure one. Benjamin Washington is on the sick list. Mrs. McCurley is also on the sick list. Mrs. Mary Payne, who has been ill for over a week, is much improved ee week. Mrs. William Woods and Mrs. Cicero Johnson entertained at a party in honor of Mrs. Felix Payne last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Mary Holmes entertained at breakfast last Wednesday morning complimentary to Mrs. Felix Payne. Mrs. Stella Cruse entertained at dinner Thursday evening in honor of Mrs. F. Payne. Mrs. Felix Payne, who has been visiting at the home of Mrs. Maude Gates, returned to her home in Kan- sas City Saturday. Mrs, Maude Gates, chairman of the local Red Cross, announces it will not meet next week and not until after the holidays. spoke, she was suddenly obsessed with an awful sense of fear. She, who had fought many and many a battle single handed; she who had faced unflinchingly dangers, which would have made most women quail, was now overwhelmed with fear —perhaps the worst fear of all—the fear of wrong doing. How she longed for the support of the strong manly arms, stretched out so invitingly towards her; how she yearned to pillow her weary head against his broad shoulder; to lose her feminine weakness, in his splendid muscular strength! He, watching her every movement, with eyes like two fiery lanterns shin- ing out of cavernous depths, noticed the visible signs of yielding. The drooping head, the tremulous mouth, the supple form, the irresolute atti- tude; and with one quick forward movement, he would have caught her to him, when—a shzill like ery rent the air, “Mamma! Mamma! I'm frightened! 1 want some comfort, please!” ‘The woman wavered—swayed by two conflicting forces—the desire to submerge her divinity in her human- ity, and—the desire to still be— di- vine! Slowly she regained her composure. “Got” she said simply. “My baby needs me!” The man stood rooted to the spot. “So do 1,” he thundered—a thousand times more than she does!” “No you are wrong! There are oth- er women in the world—so many! Not for me. “He was desperately angry, und ber calmness maddened him. “Oh, yes there are! Are you not a man, and are you not a black man? For you—there are other women in the world, but any little girl has— only one mother. Good bye! The moon shone down with renewed splendor upon the bowed head, an¢ tearleas eyes of the lonely woman on the veranda. CREOLENE. . 5 | ; 7 5 S ccaeechsnbckntcd etek sink atk Atk MEETS TEL TALE RELL EEE TEEELPETEEET! : ; Women’s Silk Hose, Pair $1.50 | 4 ‘ Early Purchase Accounts for Greatness of Value ; ‘ Th All pure thread Silk Hose, some silk to top with a ‘ \\| 9 double garter hem, others have lisle tops, very elastic DAN lea hile and full sized, all fashioned with high spliced heels, toes § ‘ f r and soles, in all the much wanted shades i — % : [ t Cordovan, Chestnut, Bronze, ; 2 \ ‘“s } Navy, Brown, Seal Brown, 4 as = Grays in All Shades § : a 9 Champagne and Evening Shades ; ; Fs 6 These Hose are of qualities you may be proud to j give to the most particular woman. j Silk Laced Clocked Hose , Misses’ and Children’s Hosiery j for women, in all the very latest styles and | Pure Thread Silk in heavy quality, fine colors for afternoon and evening wear. — ribbed, the Owen Osborne brand stamped $ Nothing smarter at the present time than | on every pair. We have them in all the 3 the all-over lace, the lace clock, or the lace dainty colors of pink, sky, white and black, boot hose, Per pair— ete. Prices, per pair— ‘ $1.95 and $3.75 79¢, $1.50 and $1.95 { ———Main Floor———_ § oaeeenenennneeenennmee te i A MERRY CHRISTMAS } i AND A : | HAPPY NEW YEAR } Payne Investment Company REAL ESTATE. RENTALS. FARM LANDS 332-43 Omaha National Bank Building. Douglas 1781. A Church Where o ss | All Are Welcome Nea | = Ney \: oe Services Nee) ah Sunday School, 10 a. m. ee ot Ea | Preaching, 11 ‘a. m., 8 p. m. ee League, 6:20 p. m. ; P AB.) Florence P. Leavitt Club, Mon- f : ] day afternoon = re “| Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Fe nine _ - W. H. M. S. Thursday Afternoon GROVE METHODIST CHURCH = }4es eee, ee Pa mca Bie. iy GRIFFIN G. LOGAN, nd and Seward Sts, Omaha, Neb. p,, GRIFFIN G LOGAN, cs ey ees: ! er | C HAIR GROWER saesennnas: | -y AGIC NING OL | = M cos STRAIGHTE! Fae | a a | : Tema co seme a ed a | ae | i | a “ | a oe y Ye | | LS aa. : | = Oe Bid : i se ; | . | “ile Fie oll Ber i oa a ; : = c ; TH F nae Vhet ef MME. JOHNSON A! ane mee ee preparati ucan see ise |e mderful hair preparation on ¢ eee F | ae saan A Gece Breaking : ear vpthehatratence om fain or ae ) Serene soe place wl te ce eaubat thas | off: making harsh, atl beld places never be Inapulatured oe | Grower grows hair on b isightening O io scalp teoatlegs ; acictids Grower ad Sessta n. Wealio do scalp treats orders, ptieih et ie raightening Oil, 35 iaczonpany ilo | by Me oo 50c. a postage. Money must ac ee esis | Magic Hair y filled; send 10c for p pares ae oP Hece Prone oer ything inth ices, / ailewiseee 211] Weary everthing inthe lato ce ea ae eres? Pulls, tran nbs (Or i lS a jl cee nlsticine at pall dass | 4 ee wc esi Send aes | ae Pee ee PF | civcrders do St., Omaha, Neb. es a ae Bagh 6 Blon ray eet | ee 2416 rts oer epee : 4 elas igie st «ae ' ie The place where a dollar goes a long way and where you have a long time to pay it in. Beautiful Neckwear. Exclusive silk and linen shirts. Hosiery, gloves, hats and shoes. FOR WOMEN: Exquisitely modeled suits and dresses. Waists. Choice Lingerie. Hosiery. Furs. Hats and Shoes of style and quality. You can find exactly the gift here that will delight, please and make happy. BEDDEO 1417 Douglas. 1 Practical Xmas Gifts AT Sensible Prices WOLF'S 1421 Douglas Street. HATS AND FURNISHINGS. A Few Happy Christmas Gift Suggestions Traveling Bags and Suit Cases A great variety for men and women. Everything from the highest grade Seal and Walrus down to the good Cowhide, and Fabrikoids, from— Toilet Traveling Sets Black, pebble leathers with fancy moire silk and leather lin- ings, and ivory or ebony fittings. Prices range from— $25 Down to $5 Brief Cases Used by salesmen, lawyers, clergymen and business men generally. Sealskin or black or brown cowhide. Ranging from— $16.50 Down to $3.75 Ladies' Hand Bags are always acceptable. This season's assortments are greater and leathers and linings more elaborate. Any price from— $10 Down to $1. Purses and Card Cases Always appreciated by a man because always useful. We have an assortment ranging from— $7.00 Down to 25c Freling & Steinle Omaha's Best Baggage Builders 1803 Farnam Street. ----BUY A HOME---- REAL ESTATE, RENTALS, FIRE AND TORNADO INSURANCE Telephones: Douglas 2842; Webster 5519. Events and Persons Mr. and Mrs. Olivia Roulette are purchasing a nice modern home at 2865 Ohio street. Sergeant Major E. W. Killingsworth has been honorably discharged from Camp Pike and arrived home Tuesday morning. He is again on the job at the popular barber shop of which he and B. F. Price are proprietors. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.-Adv. Mrs. Dora McDermond of Chicago, who was called to Omaha by the fatal illness of her sister, Miss Sarah P. Jewell, left for her home Wednesday night. Miss Ruth Seay, who is teaching at St. Joseph, is home for the holidays, the schools there having closed earlier on account of the flu. Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern. With or without board. 1516 North 16th. Tel. Webster 4983. Henry C. Smith, who has been attending the Federal Association School of Automobile Engineering, Chicago, is home to spend the holidays with his parents. He has been given a letter of recommendation from the president of the school, Mr. D. Sidaman, stating that he has made a fine student and will make good anywhere he is placed in a mechanical line. For moving, expressing and hauling call Douglas 7952. Penn and Sibley.—Adv. Thomas C. Hammonds, retired chief musician of the Tenth United States cavalry, is now making Omaha his home. He has purchased a nice lot adjoining that of his brother-in-law, S. L. Bush, at Forty-fifth and Burt streets, on which he will build a residence in the spring. Why not take a course in conversational French with R. L. Desdunes, 2215 North Twenty-fifth street? Phone Webster 3300.—Adv. Mrs. Joseph LaCour is recovering from a serious case of the flu. Robert T. Walker is rapidly recovering from his serious illness, but Mrs. Walker is still ill. Attend the Helpers' "crazy" social. Tons of fun.—Adv. Charles Paris of North Twenty-first street, an employee of the smelter, is down with the flu. He is at St. Catherine's hospital. W. G. Haynes has been detained at home for the past fortnight with sickness. Miss Madeline Roberts, who has been very ill and was given up by attending physicians, is now convalescent. It is claimed that the constant and careful attention of Mrs. Pearl Hieronymous, formerly Miss Pearl Duncan, is the cause of Miss Roberts' recovery. Mrs. Anna Bragg of The Monitor staff has been confined to her home with an attack of tonsilitis. Mrs. Thomas Simmons, William Bradley and wife, and Edward Adams, recent newcomers to Omaha, are expecting to spend the holidays in Florida. On December 29 George Wells Parker will deliver a lecture before the Omaha Philosophical society. The subject is, "The Basis for a Permanent Peace." Subscribers are asked to please bring in their subscriptions to The Monitor office, 304 Crounse block. The infant son of Mrs. John Brown, 2706 Burt street, died Monday morning. CHIROPODIST Corns Removed Without Pain Phone H. 4255, 1202 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. K. & M. Grocery Co. Successor to H. E. YOUNG We solicit your patronage. 2114-16 North 24th St. --BUY A 2811 OHIO STREET Six-room house, modern but heat; close to school and church; one block to car line. Price, $2,100. Very easy terms. G. B. R REAL ESTATE, RENTALS, FIRE Telephones: Douglas 2842; Web THE MONITOR News has reached Omaha that Lieutenant John Bundrant, who graduated at the officers' training camp at Des Moines last year, and who has recently been attending the school for chapleaus at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, received his commission as a chaplain last Thursday. Lieutenant Bundrant's friends are pleased that he has realized his long cherished ambition. A Street Car Incident Which Shows a Change of Sentiment Caused by the War. IT happened in "Ole Virginy." Down in Richmond one day last June—when "big Bertha" was bombarding Paris and sent the reverberations clear across the Atlantic—that this old Colored "mammy" boarded the street car, on which I was a passenger, waddled her way up front, leisurely placed her huge bundle in the seat, and sat down beside it. Soon the street car conductor came to her and said: "You'll have to move to the back of the car." She looked up at him and then out the window and said nothing. He repeated his statement sharply, harshly commandingly. Slowly and leisurely she replied: "I ain't gwine to move nowhere. Ise got two sons over yonder in dem Frances now fighting to make dis yeah world safe for democracy. Ise done bought dem stamps and one of dem bond things what yo' gets yo' money on way pretty soon, and Ise done paid ma nickel for dis yeah seat, and heah I sets, so go long wid you." Just at this juncture one of the white men who sat behind her said: "That's right, Auntie, don't you move you just sit still; I've got a son over there myself." Red of face, the conductor looked over the car. From the expression on many faces there were many who seemed to be of the same mind as the speaker. Grumbling his disgust the conductor walked back to his post; and the old Colored woman sat and calmly continued her gaze out the window. Mrs. H. W. Black and Mrs. Charles Solomon desire to thank the public through The Monitor for their generous donations for the coal fund of the N. W. C. A. Forty-five dollars were realized. Four tons of coal and a half ton of wood have been placed in the home. Mrs. C. H. Wilson of 1818 North Twentieth street, woh is ill with typhoid pneumonia is slowly improving. Wanted -Middle aged woman for general housework. No washing or ironing. Mrs. John Latenser, 3217 Poppleton avenue. Harney 1631. Colored Woman in Nevada Gets Profitable Influenza Case. Winnemucca, Nev.—Thirty dollars a day for waiting on a family was the wage at which a Colored woman was hired here by a Basque sheepman to go to his ranch near McDermitt, on the Oregon line, all the members of his family being ill of influenza. The sheepman had tried in vain to get help nearer home and, failing, came to Winnemucca. There were a number of cases of the disease here and that, together with the fact that many people are afraid of contracting influenza, made it difficult to find a woman to go. The Colored woman was offered $20 a day. She said it was worth $30, and without any further parleying the Basque man consented to pay it. NOTICE, COLORED ROMAN CATHOLICS All Colored Roman Catholics are requested to meet at 10 o'clock every Sunday morning at Sacred Heart Church, Twenty-second and Binney streets, for instruction. All other persons who desire instruction in the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church are invited.—Adv. "THE MONITOR IN THE HOME OF EVERY COLORED FAMILY IN OMAHA BY JANUARY FIRST." Help put it there. Is your neighbor a subscriber? 2417 Maple St.—5-room cottage, modern except heat, large rooms, floored attic; large lot on paved street; ½ block to 24th street car line; fine neighborhood; now vacant. Can move right in. See it today. Price $2,500. Very easy terms. OBBINS E AND TORNADO INSURANCE ster 5519. LIEUT. JOHN BUNDRANT By Madree Penn RED CROSS IS LIKE A SHIP OF RESCUE Always Travels in Troubled Waters and Answers Every Cry of Distress. REST OF WORLD IS TOO BUSY Christmas Roll Call Gives Every One a Chance to Take Part in Rebuilding Our Broken The American Red Cross is perhaps like nothing so much as a stanch and loyal ship in a storm. It goes its way with senses tuned to catch any cry for help. And when that cry comes, it drives instantly and without fear straight to the place of distress, in flood and fire and disaster. Just as the ship braves the perils of tumbling seas and hazardous rescue work. And, again, like the ship, it STANDS BY till those endangered are helped to safety. Meanwhile the rest of the world, busy with its own problems, hurries home during these times of storm and stress, and draws down the blinds. At least that is the way it has been in the past. But now comes the Christmas Roll Call. And it is a privilege, not a pest. It has no preferences. It plays no favorites. It makes no exceptions. It summons every man, woman and child in the country. It holds out to each one the blessed opportunity to ride on every Red Cross ship of mercy, to speed with every Red Cross train of relief that encircles the earth on their errands of mercy. The only way for anyone to escape the possibility of some time having to accept CHARITY from the Red Cross is to become ONE with the Red Cross. For terrible calamity may come to us all. The money wealth of the Belgians was as nothing when they were stripped of clothing and food. And that feeling of oneness with the organization that our men on the other side have had during the war was not merely a great, but was the GREATEST, factor in enabling the Red Cross to give the efficient aid that it did. Let us remember what Mrs. Margaret Laing, canteen worker in France, told about our boys who came out of the hospitals without money: "Sometimes they would be able to make up a few cents between them," she said, "and sometimes they did not have anything. They would hang behind those who could pay. And they would look at the food so wistfully that it made one fight back the tears. The only way we could get them to take what they needed and craved was by saying: 'You know, boys, this was all paid for by your own people at home.' Then immediately their attitude would change and they would say: 'Why, yes, my mother' or 'my sister gives to the Red Cross.' And then how they would pitch in." We are proud, we Americans. We do not want something for nothing. And here is our glorious opportunity to take the rest of our nation by the hand, and with all pride and dignity insure ourselves of our own help in time of adversity. This Christmas Roll Call gives everyone a chance to be a "Dollar Man." And most of us can be one right at home. For by joining the Red Cross now and paying the dollar we become as actively engaged in the great work as if we were giving all of our time to it. We are merely making our dollar substitute for those of us who are too busy to give all of our time to the Red Cross. Some of the great achievements of the Red Cross have been told over and over, until the facts may seem old to you. But on this occasion they are worth telling again. We should not forget, for instance, how the women of this nation, like our first Colonial mothers, turned suddenly into great manufacturers and made garments and supplies worth $50,000,000 last year. Nor let us forget how $111,000,000 was sent into the devastated countries during the time while men and women, giving their time for nothing, went with those dollars to see that they were used in the way they were most needed. And the American Red Cross sent medicines and anesthetics to the hospitals of France when they were almost unobtainable, so that our boys and their allies might have some relief from the torment of their wounds, and a chance at ultimate recovery. There are so many things to tell that it is impossible to spread the whole story in this limited space. But each worker will know. For the letters that have come from the boys in the camps "over here" and from the fields "over there" have been full of the reasons. Ask the mother of any boy who was imprisoned behind the cruel lines where food was scarce even for the enemy army, but who got his 20 pounds of biscuits, pork and beans, cocoa and other good, wholesome things, every week. The roofs are at hand everywhere. The reasons are manifest. Everyone should become a member of the widest, best and holiest crusade the world has ever known. Membership in the Red Cross should be more universal than taxes; as universal as the public school, public opinion, or our own public government. CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR MEN ```markdown ``` Pease--Black Company 1417 FARNAM STREET AN ODORLESS ALL-PURPOSE SOAP White Borax NAPTHA SOAP Coldly Soap Works U.S.A. An Exceptionally Fine COLD WATER SOAP WITH NO SALT OR SOFT NOT ON COLD WATER. White Borax NAPTHA SOAP Coldly Soap Works U.S.A. An Exceptionally Fine COLD WATER SOAP WITH NO SALT OR SOFT NOT ON COLD WATER. White Borax NAPTHA SOAP Coldly Soap Works U.S.A. An Exceptionally Fine COLD WATER SOAP WITH NO SALT OR SOFT NOT ON COLD WATER. Ask Your Grocer for 'WHITE BORAX NAPTHA' And You Will Have the Cleanest and Whitest Clothes in the Neighborhood. Millinery, Bungalow Aprons, Children's Dresses, Hosiery, Notions. 25 PER CENT UNDER DOWNTOWN PRICES THE CRUSADER The Greater Negro Magazine. Winning a welcome everywhere. You must have it. A Monthly. One Dollar a Year. 2299 Seventh Avenue, - - - - New York City THE CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT DOES DOUBLE DUTY Here's your chance to make your CHRISTMAS GIFTS do double duty please the one to whom they're given and give the boys in service the best of everything. Give WAR SAVINGS STAMPS for Christmas presents instead of cash both in your home and office. LET UNCLE SAM BE YOUR SANTA CLAUS THIS YEAR He's giving you life, love and liberty. Lend him assistance. Buy War Savings Stamps. It is such a little thing to do for your boy and mine----give twice at one price. at Bonner Springs, Kan. — and Ustreets. === ~—| Monitor, is quite ill with bronchitis. le Alma Upchurch, still at St.| Mr. William Carter of 2639 Z street |She hopes to be able to resume her 's hospital, is doing nicely. is quite sick at his home. work next week. ee IMT $1.00 $1.00 $100 = Note the extraordinary values we are offering! Better look this dis- = play over and take advantage early. Prices are positively cut in two! = This Sale is scheduled for two days, but it will be most advantageous tol = make your choice Monday = Wm. Rogers Guaranteed Silver Plated Ware. This = Regular Week's — Price Price = 6 Knives, hollow handle, and 6 Forks, beautiful Hampden pattern. $11.00 $7.75 = 6 Tablespoons, beautiful Hampden pattern $4.00 $2.50 = 6 Dessert Spoons, beautiful Hampden pattern. $ 3.50 $2.00 = 6 Teaspoons, beautiful Hampden pattern $1.75 $1.00 = OUR PROGRESSIVE ONE DOLLAR SALE—Please Note, Only: one of = these articles sold to each customer. This Week's Price = 1 Solid Gold Tie Clasp, plain or engraved. $1.00 a 1 Pair Gold Filled Cuff Buttons, plain or engraved $1.00 = 1 Regular Gent's Watch Chain, gold filled soldered links $1.00 = 1 Waldemar Gold Filled Chain, gold filled soldered links. $1.00 = 1 Gold Filled Pocket Knife, 2 blades. $1.00 = 1 Gold Filled Lavalliere, set with Rubies, Emeralds and Sapphires. $1.00 = 1 Baby Necklace and Locket, soldered chain. $1.00 = 1 Baby Solid Gold Seal Ring. $1.00 = 1 Genuine Leather Belt, Quadruple Silver Plated Buckle $1.00 = 1 Self-Filling Fountain Pen, Solid Gold Pen. $1.00 = 1 14-K. Gold Filled Stick Pin, with Sets. $1.00 = This = Regular Week's i Price Price = 1 Pair Cut Glass Creamer and Sugar, Marguerita design $ 3.75 $1.88, = 12-inch Cut Glass Salad Dish, Poppy design. $6.00 $3.00 = 9-inch Cut Glass Salad Dish, Poppy design $3.50 $1.75 = 12-inch Cut Glass Long Stem Flower Vase, Poppy design. $6.00 $3.00 = 11-inch Cut Glass Flower Basket, Poppy design $650 $3.25 = 14-inch Cut Glass Vase, Marguerita and Clover design. $ 7.50 $3.75 = 20-inch Cut Glass Serving Tray, Silver Mounted, Fern design. $12.00 $6.00 = 8-inch Cut Glass Berry Bowl, Poppy design $3.75 $1.88 = 7-inch Cut Glass Flower Basket, Poppy design. $3.50 $1.75 = 10-inch Cut Glass Celery Tray, Poppy design $2.75 $1.38 = SILVER DEPOSIT WARE = Goes On Sale Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ‘This = Regular Week's = Price Price = This Week's Price = Mayonnaise Bowl, with Spoon $250 $1.25 = Mayonnaise Gravy Bowl, with Spoon. $250 $1.25 = Sliced Lemon Dish, with Fork $2.50 $1.25 = Olive Dish, with Tongs. $ 2.50 $1.25, = Creamer and Sugar $3.00 $1.50 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Articles on the Dollar Sales Counter = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Cake Fork $1.00 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Cream Ladle. $1.00 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Cheese Scoop $1.00 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule”’Gravy Ladie. $1.00 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Pickle Fork. $1.00 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Cheese Knife $1.00 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Berry Spoon. $1.00 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Cold Meat Fork. $1.00 = Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Tea Strainer $1.00 i Pearl Handle Sterling Silver “Ferrule” Individual Salad Fork $1.00 = Three Special Values for Monday Only a Sterling Silver Thimble, good weight. 19¢ = Perfumed Lingerie Pins, 14-K. gold filled 19¢ = Sterling Silver and Abelone Hatpins, great value 19¢ = Sixteenth and Douglas Streets = Mail Orders Given Special Attention. Filled Same Day as Received. - HNUUVNVONUVOAUAUOUUAUU0U00O LULA sho stosfoateoatecteatectecteatoeteateatectoatestecteatesgooteateatectootoateetocteatesteeteeteezeeteefoegeegoass of & Delightful Christ Gifts : eli u ristmas Gitts ; Ves nur Dristmas\ sits 3 ete a ae a ee ee ee PS ee A ee ee rare ens OA Oe oe a . . ° é Delightful Christmas Gifts : ‘ err nt a , Only three more days for the Christmas Fancy Turkish Towels, of heavy quality, _ shopper, and those who have yet to do at 58g ee se saree wa ps oe the Christmas Slippers, of excellent quality, : Greater Store o: South maha, with its at $1.09 3 atest carey, of Christmas mercha~ Warner ros, Guaranteed Camisoles. A , ed assortment. The logical source for se- __P# lot to pick from at - , _ lection of gifts for everybody. SR ae eC Be The Philip's Department Store inscrip- SANTA CLAUS SAYS: a 4 tion is all any one need know in order to “BUY YOUR TOYS AT PHILIP'S " feel entirely satisfied regarding quality. STORE. *s / —__________ Flexible Flyers, specially priced for Christ- 4 | Handkerchiefs. We have those beautiful Miss at ore. | / men’s and women’s handkerchiefs, pure T0y-Planos, where you can play real music, ’ Irish linen, plain hemstitched, full size, .,'0F - oh i woo a pretty corner embroidery designs, plain Tinker Toys, large boxes. Special price..49¢ 3 + and fancy colored borders, and women’s Shoofly. Buy the baby a Shoofly. Tt will % '* Silk erepe de chine handkerchiefs, nov. entertain babies for hours. ‘These are 4 a ee ‘mov. finely painted, with two horses and 4 Se : - seats upholstered with fancy cretonne. , Women’s Silk Hose. Excellent values, due Price from ae $L75up , __ to early buying .....------- $1.25 Don’t forget! We have thousands of i ttticles to show men, women and children. %3 » STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL A call at this store 'will satisfy you that — 10 P. M. TILL CHRISTMAS _ you cannot do better anywhere else. 3 ee Philip’ ; Philip’s Dept. Store; THE FASTEST GROWING STORE IN OMAHA Our Motto: “Best Merchandise.” ' 4935-37-39 South Twenty-fourth Street, South Omaha. Tel. So. 1869 > | South Side Notes Mrs, Thomas Edwards is on the sick list, also her nephew of Denver, at her home, Thirty-fourth and U streets. Mr. Charles Powell of 5709 South Thirty-third street is down with an attack of influenza. Mrs. Belle Henderson returned home Tuesday night, after spending about three weeks with a very sick sister at Bonner Springs, Kan. Little Alma Upchurch, still at St. Joseph's hospital, is doing nicely. Mrs, Wilks Marrow, who has been down for more than three weeks, is still quite sick, although improving slowly. Mrs. Irvin and Mrs. William Vaughn are both on the sick list. Mrs. Lulu Thornton came home Sat- urday from Kansas City, where she was called by the death of her broth- in-law, Joseph Russell of that city. Mrs, Angie Arnold left Thursday for her home in South Dakota. She has been here several weeks visiting her mother, Mrs. Roberts of Thirtieth and U streets. Mr. William Carter of 2639 Z street is quite sick at his home. THE MONITOK /_ Mrs. Marie Denman arrived home ‘Saturday after spending about two weeks visiting her mother in Kansas. Cards are-out for the marriage of ‘Miss Mabel Jefferson to Mr. George “Adkins. "Mrs, Effie Pitts of Sixteenth and ‘Castelar streets is down with an at- ‘tack of influenza. MONITOR COLLECTOR ILL DES MOINES, IOWA Dr, W. H. Lowry, Correspondent. The Des Moines branch of the Na- tional Association for the Advance- ‘ment of Colored, People is arranging for the greatest emancipation day celebration ever held in Des Moines. ‘The meeting will be held in the audi- torium of St. Paul’s A. M. E. church, corner Twelfth and Crocker streets, on the evening of January 1, 1919. Governor W. L. Harding will be the principal speaker. Admission free, Mrs. S. L. Burt visited Camp Dodge Hostess house on Thursday. She was the guest of Miss Virginia Robinson and Mrs, May Dixon. ‘Musical and dramatic recital for the benefit of St. Paul's A. M. E. church will be given by Miss Aurora Brooks and Miss Edith Strothers Fri- day evening, December 27. Admis- sion, 15 cents. The W. C. T. U. is now preparing Christmas baskets for five destitute families. Rey. G. W. Robinson lead a surprise eae to the residence of Mrs. Lucy James, carrying provisions for the comforts of life. A beautiful quilt, bearing the names of the members of the party, was presented to Mrs. James. i Mrs. John Ford departed this life Sunday, December 8. She was a faith fl member of Corinthian Baptist church, The sympathy of the church ‘oes out to her bereaved ones. ‘The Corinthian choir is preparing to restee a cantata entitled, “The ‘Heavenly Vision.” This cantata is un- ‘der the direction of Prof. H. R. Graves and will be staged at the St. Paul A. M, E. church on a date during the ‘Christmas holidays. Rev. G. W. Robinson, pastor of Corinthian Baptist church, spent a few days in Keokuk, Ia., on business last week. The union service held last Sunday afternoon at Corinthian Baptist church was well attended. Societies from Union Baptist, Maple Street and Corinthian Baptist churches were rep- resented. Mesdames Woods, Shelton and Reynolds were elected city mis- sionaries. Little Elizabeth Graves is preparing to give a unique Christmas party to hey playmates. She is sending out in- vitations to thirty of her little friends with two additional destitute children who would not have been invited out. She is also looking up five poor chil- dren to remember for Christmas aside from her party. ‘The St. Paul church orchestra will make its first appearance at the A. M. E, church next Sunday morning. Mr, Luther Rivers, son of Mr. and ‘Mrs, A. M. Rivers, died December 9. ‘The members of the St. Paul A. M. E, church extend sympathy to the be- ‘reaved family. Rev. C. P, Jones left for Oceoia iast ‘Thursday to take charge of the A. M. E, mission chureh in that town. The officers of the missionary so- ciety of St. Paul's A. M. E. church were installed Sunday evening. The members of the Syndicate club are preparing to furnish their club- room at Aarmy club No, 2. Mr. Charles H. Smith of Oklahoma City and Miss Madola Migget of Deg Moines were married December 12. Rev. 8, L, Burt officiated. DEATHS. | December 8—Mrs. Mulvaney Ford, 1028 Twelfth street. | December $—Lennard Barbee, 2036 Lyon street. December 9—Luther B. Rivers, 1205 [Fifteenth street. December 11—Anna Lollis, Tuber- | cular farm, December 14—Mrs. Frankie Hous- ton, 1305 Locust street. PALESTINE, TEXAS A. G. Howard, Agent All the churches had good services Sunday. Rev. S. M. Bolden is on a three weeks’ vacation. Rev. J. J. Jordan preached at St. Paul’s M. E. chureh last Sunday to a large congregation. The sick list for last week includes Mrs. Malinda, Mrs, Zenobia Williams, Mrs. S. J. Stevens, Mrs. Annie King, Mrs, Lulu Carter, Mrs. Pernella Swan- son and little Armersten Govan. Also Corrine Mallard, Mabel Farris, Sier- lene McKinzie, Mr. Walsh Finley and Mr. Walter Ford, Mrs. Bessie Jenkin died last Friday and was buried by the popular under- taker, I. H. Bland. Miss Emma Paten was a visitor at the office today. BOYD = ssae SUN. DEC. 22 a Matinee 7 . Dr. W. L. Rowland of Bryan, Texas, was in town last week yn his way to Crockett. LA GRANGE, TEXAS H. L. Vincent, Agent Rev. G. L. Mills, P. C. of A. M. E. church here last conference year, re- turned from annual conference at Somerville last week, and Rev. T. C. East of the Halstead A. M. E, church, also. Both report a good session. We regret that the Rev. Mr. Mills was moved and assigned to the Buckhorn circuit. Rev. I. D. Coffey will fill the charge here instead of the Rev. Mr. Mills. Rev. S. A. Tillman, pastor Ebenezer Baptist church here, held regular ser- vices Sunday and Sunday night. To- tal collection from all sources, $32, Rev. LeD. Coffey, the new A. M. E. pastor, was on hand and held regular services at St. John A, M. E. church here Sunday. Rev. William White, P. C. of M. E. church here, preached at Ellinger Sunday. A great many young men are being discharged from the army and are re- turning home. It is impossible to mention the names of all of the boys. Mrs. Bertha James returned to Houston after several months visiting relatives here, Mrs. J. H. Hughes, Winchester, was in town Saturday on business. Prof. William Anderson, govern- ment employee, spent a few days in the city Saturday, The following precincts engaged in the war work campaign report the following: Winchester, $106.85; Rutersville, $23; La Grange, $70; Rabb’s Prairie, $31.85; Warda, $15.65; Holman, $52; Muldoon, $94; Warren- ton, $20.70; Colony, $46.80; Plum, $100; West Point, $32.85; Fayette- ville, $21; Biegel, $78; Round Top. $45.59; Zapp, $25.25; Primm, $13; Ois- tern, $11.65; Flatonia, $47; Schulen- burg, $80; Bluff, $60; Ellinger, in- complete, $6.25. The chairman takes this opportunity to thank the pre- cinct chairmen for their efforts. MAN AIDS FRIENDLESS “FLU” VICTIM; COSTS LIFE San Rafael, Cal., Dec. 20—Bailey Hall, San Rafael’s only male Colored resident, died a victim of influenza. Hall’s illness was contracted from a woman whom he had taken into his home when he found her on the street suffering from high fever and other symptoms of influenza, and- without friends to call upon. She was cared for by Hall and his wife until her death, Hall then fell a victim. He is survived by a widow and two children. For many years he had run a garbage wagon here. ALHAMBRA 24th and Parker. THE HOUSE OF COURTESY 24th and Parker Sts. 24th and Franklin Streets SATURDAY— Monroe Salisbury in “HUGON THE MIGHTY” SUNDAY— Constance Talmadge in “THE SHUTTLE” Also a Good Western Feature. Diamond 24th and Lake Sts. SUNDAY— 5 Reel Hart Picture 2 Reel Comedy and Vaude- ville Company of 7 People. “WOLVES OF KULTUR” Every Tuesday “HANDS UP” Every Friday DR. JAMES W. SCOTT Expert Masseur & Chiropodist N. E. Cor. 12th & Famam Sts. MELCHOR-- Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. OPEN FOR BUSINESS n= aaa Booker T. Washington HOTEL Nicely Furnished Steam Heated Rooms, With or Without Board. 523 North 15th St. Omaha, Neb. Phone Tyler 897 a E. A. NIELSEN UPHOLSTERING Cabinet Making, Furniture Re- pairing, Mattress Renovating Douglas 864. 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Athletic and baseball __ headquarters, Webster 1773. 2018 North 24th St. Charles W. South, Prop. BLACKSMITHS J. W, STAPLETON South 2571. 5825 South 23d St. DRUG STORES THE PEOPLE’S DRUG STORE Douglas 1446, 109 South 14th St, ADAMS HAIGHT DRUG CO., 24th and Lake; 24th and Fort, Omaha, Neb. COLORED NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FRANK DOUGLASS Shining Parlor. Webster 1388, 2414 North 24th St.