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GROWING, THANK YOU! $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy "Jim-Crowed On Ship" Says Officer The Treatment Accorded Brave Black Heroes on Their Return to the Land Which Went Into War for an Ideal. IS THIS TO BE REWARD? Segregated on the Olympia by "Southern Commander," Who Dodges Issue When Men Make Manly Protest—Colors Lost, the Charge. By Philip A. Payne. NEW YORK—Negro officers of the 365th infantry, Chicago's Negro draft regiment, who returned from France today, charged they had been "Jim Crowed" on the transport Olympic and that a brigadier general and colonel, ranking officers aboard the ship, had refused to rescind an order segregating them from the white officers. Their charges, made in writing and presented to newspaper men by a Negro Y. M. C. A. secretary, acting on behalf of the officers, were substantiated by Negro officers of the 350th Field Artillery, the 367th Infantry and the 317th Sanitary Train, the other Negro units on the transport. Officers Refused Justice. They said Brig. Gen. Charles Gaerhardt, commanding all troops on the Olympic, and Col. George H. McMaster of the 365th Infantry, were "southerners of the old school, with all the old traditions, and refused to see justice done the Negro officers." British naval officers commanding the Olympic, told a delegation of the protesting Negro officers the segregation order had been issued to them by their white commander. Twelve Negro officers of the 365th and the other organizations gathered in the cabin of the regimental chaplain while the Y. M. C. A. secretary gave a copy of the charges to reporters. The "Y." man said he was acting for the officers who feared court-martial proceedings if their names were used. They substantiated his statement. "Fair Play Denied." Their specific charges were. That Negro officers of the 365th Infantry, 317th Sanitary Train, 367th Infantry and 350th F. A. were grouped together, irrespective of rank, in a separate dining room on board the Olympic, while white lieutenants, captains and field officers of the same organization, with nurses of enlisted men's rank, Y. M. C. A. secretaries and field clerks were seated in the main dining room with passengers. That the demand of the Negro officers for fair play in letters to Commander General Charles Gearhardt resulted in his dodging the issue by saying the Negro officers go the same service as was given in the main dining room. That feeling among the officers is aggravated by the fact that the regimental flag and colors of the 365th Infantry were lost. The Negro officers say this is the result of negligence and lack of regard for their flag. Negro Captain in Tears. With tears rolling down his cheeks, a Negro captain said if the regiment paraded in Chicago it would march without its colors. "These colors which were paid for by the pennies of little Negro children in Chicago and formally presented to the regiment at the Coliseum, were taken away from us after hostilities ended to be salvaged," he said. Every Negro officer and enlisted man in this regiment—and many of them have been cited for bravery—burns with indignation because of this added insult." Scores of enlisted men verified the statement made by the captain.—Chicago Herald-Examiner. MRS. ASTOR THROWS KISSES TO NEW YORK'S FIFTEENTH New York.—Bullet-dented "tin" helmets crowned the woolly heads of Col. Bill Hayward's "hell fighters," New York's old Fifteenth (Colored) regiment, as they marched up Fifth avenue the other day amid the plaudits of great throngs of white and Colored people. Mrs. Vincent Astor thrust her head through a window of her home and treated all and sundry who might care to look to the sight of the wife of one of the world's richest men showering kisses with both hands to the dusky heroes who had done so much to uphold the honor of America and the freedom of the world. THE MONITOR SEEKING TO SAVE SNOWDEN'S LIFE Remarkable Effort Being Exerted by Members of Both Races in Maryland to Save Convicted Negro From Execution. (By Associated Negro Press.) Baltimore, Md., March 6—The city and the whole state are aroused over the refusal of Governor Harrington to commute the sentence of John Snowden to life imprisonment. Snowden was convicted of the murder of Lottie Brandon, white, a year ago. The case was appealed and the decision of the lower court sustained. Final appeal was made to the United States supreme court this week, on the ground that Snowden was not tried by a "jury of his peers," that is that there were no colored men on the grand jury or the trial jury. It is also alleged in the appeal to the highest court of the land, that excitement and race prejudice were so rampant at the trial that the proper form of indictment and passing of sentence were not gone through by the court. Should this case be passed favorably by the supreme court, Colored people will no longer be barred from service on coroner's and petit juries in the state. Late Monday the governor was visited by representatives from the jury, which passed sentence on Snowden, and presented a petition signed by eleven of them praying commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment. Petition was also presented by sixty white business men of Annapolis where the crime was committed. Four hundred persons, mostly white, filled every available space in the governor's private office and urged that Snowden's life be spared. No such demonstration in behalf of a Colored man convicted of crime has been witnessed before in the history of the state. The governor remained obdurate in his refusal to commute the sentence, and it is said that he is influenced in his decision by his southern wife. White and Colored people so far have raised more than $3,000 in fighting this case through the supreme court. The conviction is state wide that the woman's husband committed the crime. TO PROTECT COLORED GIRLS Memphis, Tenn.—The association for the protection of Colored girls is pushing a vigorous campaign for $5,000 in the Memphis territory to be raised this month. This is a movement in harmony with similar plans by the federal government to safeguard the health and morals of the cities. ONE REAL GEN. IN DEMOCRACY Washington, D. C.—Gen. H. L. Scott must be given credit for recommending to the war department the admission of Colored women into the Red Cross as nurses, both at home and abroad. Under General Scott a number of military officers in command of Colored troops were court-martialed for calling soldiers "N——" UNION PACIFIC PRAISES COLORED OPERATOR Omaha, Neb.—Alexander Travis, employed recently as an operator by the Union Pacific and placed in charge of the Lane Cut-Off station, is reported by the railroad to be a most efficient man Mr Travis came Omaha several months ago, having been employed on the Big Four as operator for several years. FIRST NEGRO TO SIT ON JURY Milwaukee, Wis.—The first case of a Colored man sitting on a jury in Milwaukee circuit court occurred recently when Lawson Forde, 724 Winebago street, was selected as a venireman in a case being tried in Judge Turner's court. According to the deputies and judges of the court it was the first time to their knowledge that a Colored man had sat in a jury box in that city. COLORED GIRL APPOINTED For the first time in the history of Illinois a young Colored woman, Miss Lillian M. Hunt of Chicago, has been appointed one of the clerks and stenographers of the Fifty-first General Assembly of Illinois. There are about seven other ladies holding such positions, but they are white. LEADERSHIP AND RACE BUILD College and University Training Eloquently the Head of Howard University as an Essent the Important Task of Efficient Leadership Among Race. MUST GUIDE OWN PE President Durkee Outlines a Broad Program for Culture for Negro Race---Essence of His sive Program for a "Greater Howard U sity"---Thoughtful Men Approve Pol OMAHA, NEBRASKA, MARCH 8, 1919 LEADERSHIP AND RACE BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND RACE BUILDING College and University Training Eloquently Urged by Head of Howard University as an Essentail for the Important Task of Efficient Leadership Among Race. MUST GUIDE OWN PEOPLE President Durkee Outlines a Broad Program for Higher Culture for Negro Race---Essence of His Progressive Program for a "Greater Howard University"---Thoughtful Men Approve Policy. (Special to The Monitor by R. W. Thompson.) WASHINGTON, D.C.-At the session of the Conference on War Problems of Negro Labor, held last Monday at Carnegie Public Library, under call of Dr. George E. Haynes, director of Negro Economics, Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, the new and forward-looking president of Howard University, in discussing the general topic of "Education and Negro Workers," delivered the following address, which has been generally accepted and indorsed as the essence of the progressive program adopted by Dr. Durkee in his announced plan for a "Greater Howard University." Dr. Durkee, being introduced, spoke in part as follows: If a pure heart be the portal of vision, then surely a cultivated mind is the compendium of wisdom. When I try, as I often do, to come into that state of vacuity possessed by those who have no education whatever, or that state possessed by those who have just learning enough to make them egostistical, then I realize, as in no other way, what a college and university training really means. Not that I would declare all those people, or only those people, educated who pass through the courses offered by our higher institutions of learning. Many a father and mother, receiving a boy back from graduation, has been forced to say with sadness of Aaron, "I put in my gold and there came out this calf!" All I am saying is that for one to have an increasing appreciation of his world, of his place in that world, and how to make that world yield him health, happiness and peace, he must have a brain and a soul ever enlarging by the acquiring of knowledge gained by others and by exploration into that great unknown mental world which stretches away beyond us to measureless horizons. You will see at once that by education I mean not certain acquired facts, but a continually enriched mind fed by constant streams of incoming truth. I am not, therefore, thinking of a mere human animal simply taught how to gain its food, clothing and shelter in an easier way, but of an immortal being growing into larger immortality while that being eats and drinks and wears clothing and lives in a house of greater comforts and conveniences than did those of the generation before him. The first kind of being is of the earth, earthy. The second possesses both earth and heaven. "That has the world here, Should he need the next? Let the world mind him. This throws himself on God And unperplexed, Seeking shall find Him." Such trained men have, through all history, been the leaders of the human race. The heights we have climbed have been climbed because such a leader has gone before crying, "Exselsior, Excelsior." The battles we have won have been won because such a leader has shouted "The sword of the Lord and of Gideon." The salvations we have gained have been gained because such a leader has "given his life a ransom for many." Let us make no mistake in this late date of history. Every race that fulfills its destiny must be led to that destiny by its own leaders who can see. Such is the word of history! Who disputes it? Today we are talking of the Negro race and its leaders. Who are they? The ignorant, the stultified, the half-trained? To ask is answer. Who are the white people who give their lives to assist the Colored people to advance? The ignorant, the stunted, the half-trained? To ask is to an- --- SKA, MARCH 8, 1919 UP AND E BUILDING Inning Eloquently Urged by University as an Essentail for Mask of Efficient Among Race. OWN PEOPLE A Broad Program for Higher -Essence of His Progres- eater Howard Univer- len Approve Policy. swer. If the white race is led by its most highly trained, so will the Colored race be led. Who shall the economic leaders of the Colored race be? Why, the most highly trained men and women of the Colored race. I resent more keenly than my words may express, the assumption that trained white men must always lead untrained Colored men. The assumption is a base travesty on facts. Why, we have at Howard University a dozen Colored educators who are the peers of any white educators in America, and the only reason they are not drawing the large salaries their genius entitled them to, is merely because they are Colored men and thus have not the wide field for advancement. First, I take it, a leader must know what his task is. A real leader has a definite job. God save us from more of this pretended, aimless leadership. The university trained Colored man knows what his job is, better than does the university trained white man. His is the task of building a race. I marvel what these leaders have done in fifty years—these preachers, teachers, business men, seers. Fred Douglass shouted loud as he took the road of the new freedom. Coleridge Taylor played the marching song. Paul Laurence Dunbar sang to cheer the weary road. Tanner painted the glories which all eyes should see, and the whole race has saved itself by its laughter and its singing. Not just to teach his people to eat and drink and be merry and save some money is the task of the Colored leader of today, but to love righteousness and hate iniquity and to do unto others as he would have them do to him. Then, the leader must possess the necessary knowledge and skill to accomplish his task. Only a banker can successfully run a bank. A blacksmith cannot do it. Train Colored men for blacksmiths only, and where shall their bankers be? One of the alarming things about the race today is that their savings have outgrown their banking facilities. Here are, for instance, in Washington, 100,000 Colored people, but they are not living like 100,000. Where are the Colored colleges which are teaching them in commerce and finance? Not one in this great race of nearly thirty million! Only last week did the trustees of Howard University vote to take up their eighth grade commercial school into a university course of commerce and finance. If the race shall come to its rightful place in American and world democracy, it must have its broad-visioned economic leaders. I notice that the Colored men of refinement and wealth have no serious complaints against their white neighbors of refinement and wealth. Again, the leader must have the view-point and spirit and blood of those he leads. I never can be a Frenchman even though I live in France all the rest of my days. I haven't the French blood, the French nervous system, the French outlook on life. The Anglo-Saxon is fundamentally different from the Frenchman. I never can fully appreciate a woman's standpoint of life. I have lived with a lady for these many years, now, but I do not know a woman! Of course I am more and more convinced that a woman does not and cannot know a man! But there is more to the thought than the laughter. Man will ever look out on life from the masculine standpoint and because he never can be a woman, he, therefore, can never see through a woman's eyes. The same is true of a white man and a Colored man. God made the difference for His own purpose and (Continued on Page 2) Vol. IV. No. 36 (Whole No. 1.) RACE CONGRESS A FLUKE Monitor Receives Direct Word From Paris That the Pan-African Congress Is Failure. Paris, France.—(Special to The Monitor by Paris Correspondent.)—There has been held here a sort of gathering calling itself the Pan-African congress, but the remarkable part of the congress is to be found in the fact that these people are talking about Africa, of which they know nothing whatever and they have never tried to get into touch with those people who really have some information to give them. In the session there sits a delegate from Hayti (her minister to Paris), a Liberian, a few West Indians and Dr. DuBois of United States. Africa is wholly unrepresented and the real grievances of the Africans are not even known, let alone being discussed. The native races of South and West Africa have sent a memorial to the colonial office praying that the British plenipotentionaries at the peace congress may be pleased to support any resolution having for its object the removal of race restrictions, while Monsieur Diagne, the black French deputy, is looking after the interests of the French African colonies. Otherwise there is no body or congress concerning itself with the African questions. "MAKE AMERICA SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY" This Will Be Slogan of Race for Political Aspirants at Next National Election. (By Associated Negro Press.) Chicago, Ill., March 6.—Two years from the fourth of March, the next president of the United States will be inaugurated, who will he be? That's the question everyone is beginning to ask. Senator Cummings of Iowa; Senator Harding of Ohio; Senator Watson of Indiana; Gov. Lowden of Illinois, and former Gov. Whitman of New York, are among the republicans who have been mentioned. One of the great slogans of the coming campaign is to be: "Make America Safe for Democracy," and the 12,000,000 Negroes of the country are keenly on the alert to see that real business, and not sidestepping, will be the order of the day, if the activities of organizations and returned soldiers may be taken as a criterion. APPOINTED TO STATE AUDITOR Denver, Colo.-Elbert Robinson, popularly known and highly respected citizen, graduate of East Denver high and Denver university, received an appointment last Monday to the state auditor's department. Mr. Robinson, one of our deserving young men, is a Denverite with a pleasing and attractive personality, and his educational accomplishments, backed up by the environment in which he moves will, we hope, help to establish that prestige on his chief that may tend to the opening of other positions for our people. EL PASO, TEX, DAILY AGAINST LYNCHING Houston, Tex., March 6.—The better element of people in Texas are beginning to take note of the infamy attached to this state by the lynching records of recent years. The El Paso Times, white, in a lengthy editorial deplores the condition of things, and says the "legislature should submit to the people a proposition so to amend the constitution that a lyncher shall be debarred from holding any public office of honor, trust or profit." This state, with others, is very much alarmed at the Negro migration that is starting this spring from the south. OMAHA OVERSEAS OFFICERS ARRIVE New York, Feb. 28.—(Associated Press.)—Several Colored overseas officers belonging to Omaha arrived in New York today. The list includes Lieutenants Madison, Johnson and Pinkett. ALBANY N. Y. TO PRESENT FINE HOME TO JOHNSON Albany, N. Y.-An appeal, backed by the leading Colored residents of Albany, was made Tuesday for funds to erect a home in Albany for Private Henry Johnson, hero of the world war, and Mrs. Johnson. LIFTING. LIFT, TOO! Thompson Renominated at Primary Chicago Mayor, Who Was Criticized and Opposed by Influential Newspapers for Alleged Lukewarm Patriotism, Receives 59,000 Majority. POLITICAL CONTEST PRESAGED Chicago Tribune Concedes That the Determining Factor in Future Elections Will Be the Negro Vote—The Second Ward Controls Absolutely City Elections. (By the Associated Negro Press.) CHICAGO, ILL., March 6.—The primary election in Chicago, resulting in the nomination of Mayor William Hale Thompson, on the republican ticket, and Robert M. Sweitzer, on the democratic ticket, promises Chicagoans, and the nation, the most interesting political contest ever held in an American municipality. It is a well known fact that the republicans of Chicago are placed in a rather embarrassing position, particularly that group who have fought the present mayor and his administration. All through the campaign it was publicly stated that the national republican committee, through Chas. Will Hays, of Indiana, desired to have Judge Olson nominated as the harmony candidate, particularly because, it was stated, that Mayor Thompson had been lukewarm in his demonstration of patriotism during the war. All the great daily newspapers opposed Thompson, and particularly the Tribune and the Daily News, which are Chicago's chief dailies. Notwithstanding, Thompson won out by more than 59,000 votes. Even now there is no general disposition to "bury the hatchet" and support him, and there is expected to be "big doings" politically within the next week. In it all, the Negro voters of Chicago are "regardless of how distasteful it may seem to some," quoting the Tribune—the "ace in the hole," speaking in one figure; and the "stellar attraction" admits that the nationally famous Second ward, in Chicago controls absolutely city elections. There is more politics to the square inch played in that ward, than in any other section of the city. Every candidate gives the most respectful consideration to the voters therein, and the next mayor, will have to thank the voters of that ward for his election. But there is going to be something doing in Negro politics in Chicago, henceforward. The nomination of Alderman Louis B. Anderson, present official, for a second term, defeating former Aldreman Oscar DePriest, who was ousted from the council on bribery charges, afterward cleared in one trial, but still under pending indictments, has only served to stir up interest among the younger generation of voters, returned soldiers and women. The returned soldiers, who seem to have selected as spokesman Capt. Lewis E. Johnson, a hero of the French battlefields, declare that the time has come for the men who "bared their breasts to the enemy fire should have some say in political matters, and that those who have been living at the public trough for years and years, and enriching themselves, must step down and out." The boys have all been demobilized, and they have had several conferences regarding their plans for the future, and it is certain that their decisions will have wonderful effect on results. NOT A BLACK NURSE IN FRANCE Don't let it be said by the great American historians in the coming years that only the American white women served as nurses in the great conflict. Put in a paragraph that the Colored woman wanted to go, but we wouldn't let her. But, thank God, she was there, anhow; over 300 went as white, and our historians will give their names and photos after the war is over. SENTENCE 15 WHO TRIED TO LYNCH NEGRO IN JAIL Winston-Salem, N. C.-Fifteen of the sixteen men tried for breaking into the city jail November 17 and attempting to seize Russell High, a Negro, who had attacked a white woman, were found guilty today by a jury in the Surrey county court and sentenced to terms ranging from fourteen months to six years on the county roads. Bruce Grit's Column Antar, the Arab Poet hf 2 (Continued From Last Week.) Immediately on war being declared by Great Britain Sir Frederick Lugard, governor general of Nigeria, had concentrated three columns composed of men of the Nigerian regiment of the West African Frontier Force near the frontier. These columns entered Camerons on the 25th of August. The most northerly column started from Maidugari, under the command of Captain R. W. Fox, marched on Mora 110 miles to the southeast, and endeavored to carry it by assault. The attempt failed, Mora being placed on a commanding eminence in very rugged and difficult country, almost impregnable to direct attack, well fortified and provisioned and ably and resolutely defended by its commandant, Hauptmann (Captain) von Raben. The attackers then established a watch until the French reinforcement arrived. Another assault was delivered and failed. Several positions were carried by Colonel Brisset's troops in night attacks, but were recovered by counter attacks, the fighting being so severe that the Germans asked for an armistice to bury their dead. Colonel Brisset and Captain Fox then decided to divide their forces, the Nigerians remaining to blockade Mora, while their allies advanced to Marua, a large Muhammadan town about 15 miles further south. Driving before him a German force advancing to the relief of Mora, Colonel Brisset attacked the town. Although the attack was not successful the Germans abandoned the position during the night and retired to Garua, a large town on the Benue near the Nigerian frontier, and 160 miles southwest of Marua. As the operations at Mora had no decisive effect on the result of the conflict, which was fought out on another area, it may be stated here that the blockade was maintained until August, 1915, when Brigadier General Cunliffe again ordered an assault. The Nigerian troops attacked with desperate and determined courage against almost insuperable natural obstacles. General Cunliffe thus describes the position: "Mora mountain has a base perimeter of about thirty miles, it rises precipitously to a height of 1.700 feet, and its sides, which are so steep as to be accessible only in a few places to men using both hands and feet, are covered with huge boulders, affording excellent cover to the defenders." From a hill called Ouatchke, the summit of which is of nearly cqual height, but separated from Mora mountain by a deep valley 600 yards wide, three Paper delivered by Syed M. Ehsan El-Bakry, native Arabian, before the Societe Internationale De Philologie, Sciences Et Beaux Arts, and reprinted from the Philomath, official organ and journal of the Societe. Arabic is the richest language in poetry in the world. Every Arab, literate or illiterate, is a poet of some sort. There are three schools of Arabic poetry. The first school is that of the poets of the "Gahilieh," which literally means the "time of ignorance," that is to say, the period preceding Islam. The second school is that of the poets of "Sadr-ul-Islam," that is to say, the period of Islamic power and civilization, which extends from the beginning of the 7th century to the end of the 12th century. The third school is that of the modern poets, who are chiefly Egyptians and Syrians. Antar belonged to the first school, which was composed of Bedouin warriors whose only occupation was fighting. It was during this period of "Gahillich" that the greatest Arab poets appeared. Never before, nor after, had poetry a greater hold over a people. Every year all Arabs of importance met at the principal market, "Suk Ikaz" to recite their poems and compete to win the envied prize of poet laureate. They even worshipped poetry, and the greatest seven poems that were ever written were hung at the Kaaba, the Holy Temple at Mecca, to be worshipped by the thousand of pilgrims who came thither every year. One of the proudest poets who possessed the honour of having one of his poems hung in the Kaaba was the one whose life and works we will now consider. Antar was born about the year 498 of the Christian era, in Najd in Arabia. His mother was a black slave whose dark colour Antar inherited. He used to be taunted for his colour, but he always had a clever and proud answer which silenced his enemies. Here is a literal translation of a few lines of some of the poems he wrote on this subject: "They, these narrow-minded fools, separate attacks were launched. The third succeeded in gaining a foothold on the summit only to find its progress stopped by a redoubt. An assault with the bayonet on this work by the Nigerian regiment was stopped within 60 yards of the defenses, but these indomitable troops held the position they had gained for forty-eight hours without food or water which it was impossible to supply them, and the general, was obliged to order them to retire, which they did only in obedience to their orders. In consequence of the development of the course of the operations in otter parts of the country, General Cunliffe's force was now recalled for service on the coast, troops equal in numbers to the original investing force being left to maintain a blockade. This was maintained until all the other German forces having been defeated, Hauptmann von Raben was called upon to surrender on honorable terms upon he accepted, and capitulated with his whole force on the 18th of February, 1916. The operations so far described had been conducted in the eastern extremities of the interior country, but the decisive struggle took place in the western portion and near the coast. These operations were under the command of Major General Charles Dobell, K. C. B., inspector general of the West African frontier force, composed entirely of natives of West Africa under British officers. The base of operations was Duala, the chief port of Cameroons and the starting point of a railway. It is always necessary to bear in mind the vast area of the country involved in these operations. It forms a great triangle with Duala at its apex. The northern side from Duala to Kusseri is 650 miles long; the southern side, from Duala is 600 miles long; while the base, from Kusseri to Bonga, measures 900 miles. The western half of this vast area is covered by the forest described above, through which the advancing forces had to hew their own path, and which afforded a skillful and determined enemy constant opportunities for surprise attacks on forces necessarily extended in a thin line over a great length of road. All the troops engaged on both sides, though for convenience spoken of as British, French or German, were black men, natives of the west coast, drilled and trained in the European discipline and provided with arms of precision. Whether fighting for the Germans or the allies, they equally proved their courage, and the high military capacity and value of the African. taunt me for the blackness of my skin; though had it not been for the blackness of the night, there would have been no dawn. If my skin is black, still my heart and deeds are white, and I am always giving freely to the needy." "What silly fools they be, and how they wisdom lack, Who say, in scorn, to me, 'Antar, thy skin is black.' Know not they that the dawn, with its inspiring light, Would not exist at all, but for the darksome night? Tis blackness of the night, when it doth pass away, That brings in view the light that heralds in the day. My skin indeed is black, my heart and deeds are white. and deeds are white, For ever I assist the needy in their plight; When scorners me assail, as often is their whim, I say, 'God made me black, the blame then lay on Him.' At first his father would not own him because his mother was a slave, and treated him like a slave. But one another tribe attacked the "Beni Abs"—Antar's tribe—and defeated them, capturing a great number of men and women and cattle. Whilst this was going on Antar remained sitting by himself some little distance from the scene of the combat, taking no part in the fray. His father cried to him, "Why are you not fighting, Antar?" "Because the duty of a slave is to look after the cattle and not fight, which is duty of a free man," Antar replied. His father was touched by his answer, and replied: "Fight, my son, and you shall be free." On hearing this Antar saliled forth with the remaining tribesmen, and thanks to his great strength and personal courage he completely defeated the enemy and freed the captives. From that time he became famous and was considered the greatest warrior of the time. He admirably shows the change in his position from a slave to that of a protector of his people in some lines of his poetry: "In the past I used to look after their camels; but now, whenever there is trouble, I am the guardian of those who own those camels." As Dr. Leon has well expressed it: "In olden days I was a slave, whom no one did regard. They scorned me then, and deem'd me fit their camels but to guard: It then came out to guar- Not so today; when trouble comes they haste to me and say, 'Brave Antar, come, thou noble one, protect us in the fray.'" His people were always grateful to him, and treated him in a very un- generous way. Still, whenever they needed the aid of his sword he never refused it to them, thus setting an excellent example of the patriotic and generous feelings of the true Arab. Some of his poems on this subject are interesting. "I served a people to whom I stood in relationship, and expected them to help me in my need as I had helped them in theirs, but they are ungrateful, like the scorpions. When there is peace and they do not require my services they call me 'Thou son of a slave.' But whenever there is any fighting to be done I become 'The noble son of a noble father.' If it was not for the love I bear in my heart I would never humiliate myself to such people, as they are not worth it, nor would a lion like me bow to a gang of foxes like them. They will always remember me whenever the hoofs of enemy horsemen are treading on their soil. They could not forget me, for the very sword or spear must remind them of my deeds and the terror of my blows." LEADERSHIP AND RACE BUILDING (Continued From First Page.) will. The difference instantly shows in the power of song. Where the white man closes his book in song, there the Colored man just begins. It shows itself in that marvelous thought transference. More and more do I marvel at the power. Therefore, Colored men must be trained in all the broad cultures, if they shall elad their race to that broad position God designs it to take. And lastly, the leader must have the vision to see the completed task ere the first attack is launched. Of course I am all the while thinking of building a race along the lines of its own genius. Were I to counsel the training of only economic leaders, and did I have the power to confine all training to such, I should be ringing the curtain down and the lights out for the race. But, thank God, the race possesses those native springs of divinity which will give forth life to her preachers, her teachers, her authors, her singers, as well as to her material leaders. In every 1,000 young men and women, white or Colored, there are a large percentage who will stay on the lower levels. They are fitted by nature and disposition to be the hewers of wood and drawers of water. There is a small percentage who will become moderately skilled in the trades and gain possession of a much larger percent of property than will the first. There is yet a much smaller percentage who will climb to strong positions of leadership among their fellows. These are the exceptional men and women without a college or university training, and those who have such training. There yet remain of the 1,000, whether white or Colored, one or two who can trained to become outstanding leaders of their generation. Keeping this thought in mind, let me say that I, of course, believe in common school education for all. There can be no safety for the human race otherwise. I also believe, most emphatically, in special training for those who can become the farmers, the blacksmiths, the workers in wood and iron. But I earnestly believe in all the training and culture possible for those exceptional young men and women who are fitted by God for the highest cultures, that they may become the prophets of their times. I affirm that any system of schools saying to students of any race, "Thus far shalt thou go and no further," is flaring a lie in the face of God. I affirm that any system of schools cultivating each student to his best capabilities and constantly calling the brightest and best to the highest reaches of culture is in harmony with the truth of God. I affirm that only as every system of schools and every leader of the Colored race shall follow this age-old wisdom of man, and this ordination of God, shall they be true to the race they lead, the generation they mould, and the God they serve. Will help those who will try to help themselves. Will advance any person, who hasn't the required cash payment up to one hundred dollars without any interest if you will buy from this firm. Homes in all parts of the city at your own terms. See Nimrod Johnson, agent, Webster 1302. BUY A HOME Smoke John Ruskin cigar. Miss Brooks stood on the threshold of the little village school vigorously ringing the rusty old bell. Many schoolma'sams had stood on that same threshold ringing that same rusty bell but somehow this one seemed different from the rest. And somehow the clanging of the bell seemed clearer than ever. The ringing of the bell ceased, the long line of children passed into the building and the schoolhouse door was closed. It was very evident that the long days in the little school were not ones of drudgery. The teacher, who was little more than a girl herself, was dearly loved by all the children. As she began the day's work no one would have surmised that in her heart there was trouble. "It really did seem strange about Ed. It could not be true. Dick was mistaken. He—" A suppressed giggle interrupted her wandering thoughts. With great dignity she asked a very modest little girl, who proudly wore two tight braids down her back, the cause of the disturbance. "Excuse me, please," the girl spoke timidly, "but we had this lesson two days ago."* "Excuse me, too," was all she sald, as she reassigned the lesson. The clock carefully ticked away the minutes and the hands gradually crept along their daily journey. Then a ruler fell on the floor with a sounding thud! A little red-headed fellow in the front seat was working very industriously, with his desk covered with papers and opened books, but the tell-tale ruler lay in the aisle beside him. "Jimmy!" "Er, yes'm, Miss Brooks; did you mean me?" And he struggled desperately to return her look with innocency. "Pick it up!" she said slowly, forcing back a smile. With great surprise he leaned over and picked up the offending article and placed it thoughtfully in his desk. All went well for a while after the ruler was safely deposited out of sight until Jimmy suddenly thought of the lovely, big cud of gum he had stuck under his desk. "How good it would taste!" he thought, but he knew how stern "she" was on chewing in school—he had tried it before. He studied the clock with a sigh, for there were 15 minutes more! At last he could stand it no longer, and the gum was suddenly and slyly transferred from the desk to his mouth. "How good it was!" And he gave it a few good chews. "Jimmy!" came in low tones from the other side of the room. "Er, yes'm," he replied, jumping to his feet, "I'll take—" "Put it in the basket and crawl in under my desk. Stay there until the bell rings." At last the closing bell rang and the children filed out of the building, but Miss Brooks did not notice that Jimmy did not appear. With a sigh she sat down at her desk and drew out part of a newspaper clipping which told of the engagement of Lleut. Edward Smith to a beautiful "society belle." All of the article was not there, but Dick had assured her that it was true and that Ed had not treated her fair. Just then Dick himself entered the room. "Where shall we go this evening?" he asked cheerfully. "Are you sure this is true about Ed?" she asked him again. "How can you doubt it? Forget about him and we will have a good time together." She shook her head. "I guess I will not go tonight. Somehow I do not believe that is true about him." Suddenly Jimmy opened his eyes. Who said Ed? Why, Ed was his special friend and was coming home from the army this very day! He scrambled out from under the desk, rubbing his eyes. "Why, I've been asleep and I promised to meet Ed right after school." "Ed?" she asked in surprise, after overcoming the shock of the unexpected third party. The boy's face fell. "It was to be a surprise to you," he stammered. Just then Dick picked up his whip, which he had laid on a chair, and disappeared through the door, for he had suddenly spied a tall soldier hastening up the road with one arm carried stiffly in a sling. He had just barely left when the soldier entered. "Ruth." She looked with surprise and joy at the newcomer. A few minutes later she passed her worn clipping to Ed slowly. His face clouded as he read, but it immediately cleared when he realized its significance, and the cause of the strange disappearance of his old rival whom he had just caught a glimpse of down the road. "This is another Ed Smith, who lives in town," he assured her. "I know him. Don't worry about me." No more explanations were neces sary and Miss Brooks" "problem" was settled very satisfactorily. At a signal from Ed, Jimmy scampered from the building, but he saw what happened later when he glee fully climbed up on the roof and peeked in at the cracked window. Copyright 1983 by the McClure News (Copyright, 1919, by the McClure News paper syndicate.) The Fashion Cafe 1314 North Twenty-Fourth Street. Music Every night; Dancing if you like; A nice place, run right. The Warden Hotel For Sale On Account of Other Business. If You Mean Business CALL WEBSTER 2736. CRISPUS ATTUCKS CHAPTER SPRINGS SURPRISE The Crispus Attucks chapter of the Red Cross, accompanied by their husbands, descended upon the home of Lieut. Edward Turner Tuesday evening and captured the lieutenant and his patriotic wife by a surprise party. Mrs. Turner has been one of the most faithful members of the Red Cross since the organization of the chapter. As Lieut. Turner was the first of our officers to return from overseas this surprise was planed as a mark of appreciation for him and also in recognition of the faithful services of Mrs. Turner. The chapter presented Lieutenant Turner with a pair of gold cuff buttons, Mrs. John A. Smith making the presentation speech. Lieutenant Andrew Reed, another Omaha boy, who made good in the trenches, fortunately arrived in time to attend the party. Lieuts. Turner and Reed, Fr. Williams and J. R. Lemma were called upon for speeches. The evening was spent in games, viewing war relics and listening to war news. Mrs. Bailey, president of the chapter, said that the Red Cross was simply waiting for the return of the majority of our boys from overseas to give them an enthusiastic reception. ENTERTAINMENT FOR 365TH INFANTRY People of "Windy City" Plan Great Reception for Brave Fighters En Route to Demobilization Camp. (By the Associated Negro Press.) Chicago, Ill., March 6.—Preparations are being made for the entertainment of the 365th Infantry of the A. E. F., who have arrived in the United States, and who will come through here on their way to Camp Grant for demobilization. The regiment is made up largely of Chicago draftees, and was in much real fighting in France. However, they have reached our glorious shores with a good measure of soreness and disgust. In the first place it is claimed that their regimental flag, which was presented to the boys before they left Chicago, in a great public demonstration at the Coliseum by Editor Robert S. Abbot, of the Chicago Defender, had been ordered placed in the "junk heap." This to many seems unbelievable, but the fact is declared on affidavit by the Y. M. C. A. secretary and chapain of the regiment. Added to this situation is the fact that for the first time, in cross-ocean transportation the commissioned officers of the 365th regiment were "jim crowed" by the commanding officer of the vessels soldiers, Brig. Gen. Gearhardt. The men were made to eat in separate dining rooms, and were in every way made to feel the very opposite of the democracy for which they had but recently been fighting. Protests have been sent to the senators and representatives at Washington, and it is expected that some action will be taken. PAY FOR YOUR PAPER The really cheap man or woman is the one who takes a paper, reads it and then runs when the collector calls to ask them to pay for it. Do you patronize The Monitor advertisers? When you fail to get your paper, don't holler. It must be that you owe something and haven't paid. It takes some folks a long time to learn that a newspaper isn't existing upon air. LODGE DIRECTORY Keystone Lodge, No. 4, K. of P. Omaha, Neb. Meetings first and third Thursdays of each month. M. H. Hazzard, C. C.; J. H. Glover, K. of R. and S. A FIREMAN'S RISK Fred Gillin, otherwise known as Sam Gilinsky, who has considerable insight on the fire department, put one over on the boys at No. 9 the other morning, when he and the boys were going to an early morning fire one cold day. Of course he drives the big hose truck (which is nothing to brag about), but as I was saying on his way to the fire he froze his third leg (which is wooden), and he could not drive it back, so the captain (Dunn, otherwise known as the skipper of the janitors at the barn), had John Casey, alias Gum Shoe Johnnie, drive it back. When the boys got back, Bryan, the engineer, and Butler, his assistant, got busy to fire the boiler to unfreeze Gilinsky's leg. They sat him by the big stove and went off to finish the job of cleaning the truck (which is their duty), and they forgot all about Sam until his leg was half burnt off. Now the poor fellow has to wear a crutch. (Too bad Sam, the boys will buy you another.) Walter Martin, formerly on the wet wagon of the Luxus plant, is an all-round card shark. He was playing pinochle the other night and forgot what trumps were, and tried to take the skipper's trick, but Chuncy McCoy (the ladies man and partner of the skipper, wouldn't let him.) Some player Walter. Sr. Captain Charles, living near the hog yards, has a fliver, known as a Ford. He takes good care of the tin can, for sometimes it runs and sometimes it don't run at all. He tried to sell it two months ago but nobody will buy. (The only way to get rid of it Charlie is to leave it stand out at your front door and move away.) Charlie had to donate $3 for a wheel license (Class 3, 1919), but don't know where to put it. (Never mind Charlie, hang it on the seat of your pants where everybody will see it.) John Casey, alias Gub Shoe Johnbie, was upstairs shaving when the bell hit he came near breaking his neck through the swinging doors getting downstairs. Here he was his head in one room and the rest of his body in another. (Poor judgment, Johnnie, be careful next time. FURNITURE SALE If you want to sell your furniture, don't give it away; sell it at a private sale; cost is small. Just call Nimrod Johnson, agent. Webster 1302. RACE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS Our Boys and Girls A weekly newspaper for our youth, $1.00 per year; 50c for 6 months. 54 West 140th St., New York City. The Negro in American History By Prof. John W. Cromwell, $1.40 and worth more. 1439 Swann St., N. W., Washington, D. C. The Negro Soldier By John E. Bruce "Grit". The glorious record of America's black heroes, 25 cents (no stamps.) 2709 Madison Ave., New York City. The Children of the Sun By George Wells Parker. Proves the African the Greatest Race in History. 25 cents (no stamps.) Hamitic League of the World, 933 North 27th St. Omaha, Neb. The Crusader Magazine The Greatest Negro Magazine of America. $1.00 per year and cheap at that. 2299 Seventh Ave., New York City. Automobile and Open Horse Drawn Hearses Day and Night Allen Jones and Company FUNERAL HOME Lady Attendant Calls answered promptly anywhere Web. 1100 and Web. 204 Licensed Embalmer. ALHAMBRA The House of Courtesy. 24th and Parker Sts. THURSDAY— Pearl White in "THE LIGHTNING RAIDER" Jack Gardner in "THE GIFT OF GAB" FRIDAY— Alma Reuben's in "RESTLESS SOULS" Comedy SATURDAY— Pauline Frederick in "MRS. DOURE'S DEFENSE" Pathe News. Comedy. SUNDAY Chas. Ray in "A NINE O'CLOCK TOWN" Pathe News. Sunshine Comedy. MONDAY and TUESDAY— Gladys Brockwell in "THE STRANGE WOMAN" Mutt and Jeff Comedy. Diamond Theatre SATURDAY— HARRY CAREY Will Be Here at This Thea- ter Himself. See This Famous Movie Star. Franklin Theatre HARRY CAREY Here Himself; Also One of His Pictures Will Be Shown SUNDAY— Clara Kimball Young in 'SAVAGE WOMAN.' Men's Furnishings We have the climax in Spring Showings. SHIRTS NECKWEAR UNDERWEAR HATS 1421 Douglas 1420 Douglas 306 South 16th FOR FIRST CLASS JAZZ MUSIC CALL, WEBSTER 4296 J. FRANK TERRY Will furnish any combination of instruments from 4 to 15 pieces, featuring Chas. Harrold, the senational trap drummer. Prices Reasonable. 3521 Blondo St. Omaha, Neb. MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. K. & M. GROCERY CO. We solicit your patronage. 2114-16 North 24th St. Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. The Southern Grill Is the Place for Barbacued Meats 1504 N. 24th St. R. C. MORREAU, Prop. EUREKA Furniture Store Complete Line of New and Sec- ond Hand Furniture PRICES REASONABLE Call Us When You Have Any Furniture to Sell 1413 N. 24th St. Web 4206 Events and Persons Lodge rooms at 24th and Charles streets, vacant two nights each week. Persons wanting to rent same call W. P. Wade, rental agent, Webster 1805. The N. W. C. A. auxiliary Sewing Bee will be entertained by Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Lawry at the residence of Mrs. Lawry, 114 North 43d street, on March 12, at 2 p. m. Furnished Rooms—Strictly modern. With or without board. 1516 North 16th. Tel. Webster 4983. Houses for sale in all parts of the city. Tel. Douglas 2842 and Web. 5519. Mother Sylvester, who has been quite ill at her home, is improving. The N. W. C. A. held their annual election of officers February 26, at the home. The following officers were elected. Mrs. A. Bowler, president; Mrs. Perry, vice president; Mrs. Black, secretary; Mrs. Martha Smith, treasurer; Mrs. Nat Hunter, corresponding secretary. Buy some of your groceries and meats from us. H. R. Robbins & Co., 1411 North Twenty-fourth street, Webster 241.—Adv. Wanted—A first-class barber; good wages guaranteed. Write at once to W. A. Covington, Atchison, Kas. Mrs. Mollie Malone of 32d and U streets, who has been sick for many months, died last Wednesday, February 26, and was buried Saturday March 1, from Bethel Baptist church, from which she was a member. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Allen of 49th and W streets are rejoicing over the arrival of a fine baby girl born to them Tuesday. Little Alma Upchurch is home again from the hospital and is improving rapidly this time. Mrs. Bessie Johnson of 2720 Drexel, who has been sick some time with enlarged glands of her left arm is able to be up. The famous O. N. E. club will give their first spring entertainment, the grandest affair of the season, March 20, at the U. B. F. hall, 24th and Parker streets. Music by Perkins' Jazz band. Admission 50 cents.—Adv. 4t Mr. D. Chinn and Mrs. Taylor of Sioux City, Ia., nieces of Mrs. Malone were here to attend the funeral. Mrs. P. Nelson, who has been sick for some time, left for New Orleans, her home Sunday. She expects to undergo an operation while there. Mrs. Wm. Carrick of 5706 South 28th, who has been sick for about two weeks is some better. Mrs. Myrtle Garner, who is seriously ill and has been for about two weeks with a severe case of tonsilitis, is reported a little better. Mrs. Alice Nelson of 2410 P street was brought home Monday, March 3 from Swedish Mission hospital. She is doing nicely. E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 640 Bee Building, Douglas 3841—Ady. Little Ester Payne of 2721 R street, died last Saturday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Payne. She was 3 years old. Funeral services were held from the family home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. T. A. Taggart officiating. T. J. Elliott and wife of Duluth, Minn., arrived in the city Thursday and are stopping with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Paris of 1631 North 21st. Mrs. Paris and Mrs. Elliott are sisters. Furnished rooms handy to Blackstone hotel. Mrs. Allen, 511 South 33d street, rear. Viola Hibbler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hibbler, was married last Wednesday to Clarence Wright. M. F. Singleton returned Sunday from a visit to Chicago. Miss Corrine Thomas, who has been quite ill at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Ricks, is improving slowly. Lieut. Clyde G. Brannon arrived in Omaha Monday. He looks every inch a soldier. He left for his home in Fremont Wednesday. Rev. Robert Edwing of Denver, who has been visiting his sisters, Mrs. J. Shelton and Mrs. Ollie Hurston, left Friday for his home. Wm. Thirklee is very ill at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. John Saunders, 2404 North Twenty-fifth street. The Helpers' Club met Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. P. T. Mahamitt and elected officers for the ensuing year. All the officers were reeled-lect. They are: Mrs. W. S. Metcalfe, president; Mrs. S. B. Canty, vice president; Mrs. A. D. James, secretary; Mrs. J. D. Lewis, treasurer, and Mrs. McDaniels, assistant secretary. FOR RENT Five-room cottage, modern except heat, $20; vacant about April 1. Nimrod Johnson, agent, Webster 1302. Will help you buy a home on easy payments. Money advanced on your first payment. Just call Webster 1302. THE MONITOR Mr. James A. Clark entertained at a stag dinner Monday night at his residence, 3015 Franklin street, complimentary to Lieut. Edward Turner. The menu was a most tempting one. Covers were laid for six. Lieut. Andrew Reed has returned from France looking fine and mighty glad to be back home. MOVES IN OWN HOME Mrs. John Drewey, 938 North 27th street, will move in her beautiful home at 2217 North 27th avenue about April 1. The home is modern, with heat. The deal was made by Nimrod Johnson Investment Co. NIMROD JOHNSON Notary Public. Webster 1302. Governor McKelvie has asked for two regiments of Nebraska National Guards. At least one battalion of these regiments should be Colored. Omaha can easily furnish one battalion of splendid well trained Colored soldiers, many of whom are returning from overseas, and others who have been at the several cantonments. Omaha can furnish, too, a full complement of officers. Membership in the Nebraska National guards will continue the beneficial results of the training that these men have received and help them in their good citizenship. Let Nebraska fall in line with New York, Connecticut, Illinois, and other states and muster into the National guard a Colored battalion, if not a regiment. If you want to sell your real estate or personal property just call Nimrod Johnson, agent, Webster 1302. He can get buyers for anything you have. MISS MITCHELL GOES TO CINCINNATI Miss Bessie I. Mitchell of Wilberforce, O., war community service worker, who was assigned to Omaha, has been transferred to Cincinnati, O. There was an erroneous impression that Miss Mitchell had been assigned here as a social settlement worker, but her work is of a different kind entirely. She was transferred to Cincinnati because there is a camp there. While in Omaha Miss Mitchell made her home at St. Phillip's recory. She left last Saturday for Cincinnati. BEAUTIFUL HOME AT BARGAIN Arranged for two families; will rent the year round for $45; can be bought on small cash payment, and $30 per month; property all clear; 12 rooms, two-story frame. Nimrod Johnson, agent. A PROPOSED Y. M. C. A. Preliminary steps have been taken towards securing for Omaha a branch of the Y. M. C. A. for young men of our race. This is something that Omaha sorely needs. Painter and decorator. We use only skilled laborers; paints at wholesale price. Webster 1302. Among the Churches MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor A crowded audience attended the covenant and communion service Sunday, with additions to the church. Many visitors were present. On Tuesday night the Silver Leaf club met with Mrs. M. Pettie, 2626 Franklin. The Mission Circle will meet with Mrs. Whiley, 1835 North 23d street, Thursday, March 6. Rev. M. H. Wilkinson will lecture at Grove M. E. church at 8 p. m. Subject, "Why, When, Whom to Marry," Friday, March 7. Rev. Rogers, field missionary, will lecture at Mt. Moriah. The Junior Progressive club elected officers two weeks ago. Mrs. J. Burk now president; Mrs. H. Fields, expresident, turned $40 over to the church Sunday night. Monday, March 17, there will be a banquet at the church, 50 cents a plate. A program will be rendered. The sick of the church are improving nicely. Strangers are welcome to all services. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev Thomas A. Taggart, Pastor Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preaching at 11 o'clock a. m.; Bible class, 3:30 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 5 o'clock; preaching at 8 p. m. sharp. The pastor preached a very excellent sermon Sunday afternoon and QUICK. SALE NIMROD JOHNSON NIMROD JOHNSON General contractors and jobbers in all lines of work. Webster 1302. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES Special services in commemoration of the Rev. G. G. Logan's twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination are being held at Grove Methodist Episcopal church. Last Sunday the services and exercises were well attended throughout the day. Morning and evening the sermon was delivered by the Rev. Dr. J. C. Sherrill of Chattanooga, Tenn., and addresses were given by Mrs. Shinrock and Judge Charles E. Foster, respectively. At 3:30 in the afternoon an excellent program of music by Perkins' orchestra, a solo by Mrs. King, remarks by Dr. Logan, Sr. Sherrill and a ringing address on "Good Citizenship," by Mayor Smith, were the chief features. The Rev. John Albert Williams was invited to act as chairman and introduced the speakers. THE N. A. A. C. P. FORUM The N. A. A. C. P. forum will meet next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at St. John's A. M. E. church. An address will be given by Ailey W. Lewis and a quartette will furnish music. The Phi Delta Sorority held their regular meeting and annual initiation at the residence of Miss Merriam Gordon, 3116 Corby street, Wednesday evening, February 26. The new candidates who were initiated into the mystic works of the sorority were the Misses Ray Lee Middleton and Iola Brown. Do the Phi Deltas really have initiations? Ask Miss Middleton. SURPRISE PASTOR; PRESENT PURSE St. Philip's Congregation Remember Their Priest's Birthday Anni- Friday, February 28, was the fifth-third birthday anniversary of the Rev. John Albert Williams, pastor of St. Philip's Episcopal church. As Episcopalians are taught to observe "all Fridays in the year as days of abstinence," which includes social functions and festivities, the congregation planned to celebrate the event on Thursday night. Despite the fact that the weather was very cold, a large number assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hicks shortly after 8 o'clock, from which rendezvous they descended in a body on the rectory, taking Father Williams completely by surprise. They brought with them a large birthday cake, decorated with the appropriate number of candles, and other refreshments. After a pleasant evening spent in games and music refreshments were served and Mrs. James G. Jewell, president of the Woman's Auxiliary, the organization which had planned the affair, in a neat speech presented the pastor with a purse of $55 as a gift from the congregation,* "one dollar for each of your fifty-three years and two to grow on." In all parts of the city on terms to suit all. Nimrod Johnson Investment Co. Webster 1302. night to a large and appreciative audience. The sick of the church are doing nicely. Mrs. Estella Andrews will entertain the Mission Circle at her home on 5422 South 27th street. The State Missionary will preach Wednesday night at 8 p. m. Mrs. Mollie Malone, who has been sick for the past two years, died Wednesday at 7:30 a. m. at the home of her son, Shepard W. Young, 5626 South 33d street. Funeral was from the Bethel Baptist church Saturday 2 p. m., March 1, of which she was a member. The remains were laid to rest in Laurel Hill cemetery. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. J. B. Broadman, Pastor Very good services Sunday at Allen A. M. E. church. The congregation not as large as we hope for, but the meetings were satisfactorily spiritually and financially. Rev. J. C. Mitchell preached at 11 o'clock. All enjoyed the sermon. Sunday school at 1 was good and yet on the increase. The pastor preached at 8 p. m. The pastor is expecting his choir and members to be at Grace M. E. Sunday, the 9th at 3 p. m., where Dr. Logan is pastor. They are yet talking up the $1,000 rally at Alien A. M. E. church the first Sunday in May. Collections for the day, $47.05. On the sick list—Mrs. Gaugh, Mr. Conway, Mr. George Hatcher and O. J. 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The Kiddies' Korner MADRE PENN JAPANESE FOLK LORE There was once an old woman who laughed at everything. She was a very old woman, but she seemed young. That was because she laughed so much, for the God of laughter made all the lines in her face pleasant lines. She laughed at rain, she laughed at drought, she laughed at poverty. She had never had a chance to laugh at wealth for she was very, very poor. She made rice dumplings to sell, and so she was called by the people about her the "Laughing Dumplings." Her name was really Sanja. Sanja had but one wish. She never prayed to Turojin (God of good fortune) for good fortune, or to any of the gods for wealth; but she wished above all things to make the finest rice dumplings in all the city. She tried and tried, and each time she made them better than the last; but she never made them quite perfect, and so she was never quite satisfied. She never had quite all the rice she wanted to work with; for she was so poor that each grain seemed to her as dear as a piece of money to a miser. But still she tried and still she laughed. One day she sat in her kitchen making dumplings with her usual care. Her little house stood at the top of a hill quite outside of the city, and as she worked and patted with her paddle, one of the finest of her dumplings, it slipped and rolled right out of the door and down the hill. "Dear, dear!" she cried, "that will never, never do! I can't afford to lose that dumpling. Perhaps I can catch it." So she sprang up and ran after it as fast as her feet would carry her. But the dumpling had a good start, and she could not catch it. She saw it ahead of her and suddenly it bounced down a hole in the ground. She ran after it and before she knew it she slipped into the hole and dropped through. "A-a-a-a-i!" she cried, "where am I going?" She did not stop falling until her breath was almost gone. Then suddenly she found herself in a place she had never seen before. The trees and flowers look strange, and she felt a little frightened and very much alone. But as she looked about her her heart grew lighter, for she saw a statue of Tizu and him she well knew. So she bowed to him and said, "good morning, my Lord Tizu. Have you seen a rice dumpling fall this way?" "Good morning," answered Tizu, with his very sweet smile. "Yes, I saw a dumpling and it went past here, down the hill, skipping as if it had legs." "Oh, thank you very much; then I must skip after," said Sanja. "Not so," answered Tizu, "do not go down there. An oni (ogre) lives down there, and he may do you harm." "But I must have my dumpling," laughed the old woman; and she ran on in the direction the dumpling had taken. (To Be Continued.) Grackle Length, twelve inches. Shorter by at least three inches than the other grackles with trough-shaped tails, Black, with purplish, bluish, and bronze reflections. Range: Breeds throughout the United States west to Texas, Colorado, and Montana, and in southern Canada; winters in the southern half of the breeding range. Habits and economic status: This blackbird is a beautiful species, and is well known from its habit of congregating in city parks and nesting there year after year. Like other species which habitually assemble in great flocks, it is capable of inflicting much damage on any crop it attacks, and where it is harmful a judicious reduction of numbers is probably sound policy. It shares with the crow and blue jay the evil habit of pillaging the nests of small birds of eggs and young. Nevertheless it does much good by destroying insect peats, especially white grubs, weevils, grasshoppers, and caterpillars. Among the caterpillars are army worms and other cutworms. When blackbirds gather in large flocks, as in the Mississippi valley, they may greatly damage grain, either when first sown or when in the milk. In winter they subsist mostly on weed seed and waste grain. THE CHEERFUL CHERUB A boy I know just calls me names, Such naughty words I wouldn't say I'm glad that I'm too proud to fight Because I'm scared to, anyway. R.M.CANN OUR NEW HOME SHINE ON, Copyright, 1918, by Arnol SHINE ON, E' Copyright, 1918, by Arnold J. SHINE ON, ETERNAL LIGHT ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Shine on, Eternal Light To greet our souls this day; Dispel the gloominess of night And drive our doubts away. II. Our longing eyes prepare When war and strife shall cease. To view the morn soon to appear, The "New Era" of Peace. III. Thy glorious church, O God, No kingdom can remove, Made without hands, this blest abode, The Harbinger of Love. ORGANIZE NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY Tuskegee, Ala., March 6.—During a recent meeting of the A. & M. College presidents at Tuskegee Institute there was organized the National Historical society. The purpose of this organization is to collect for perpetuation in the archives of all the states of the union historical facts relating and pertaining to Negro soldiers who participated in the late war, and such other facts as may illustrate the progress, loyalty and achievements of Negroes. LIVING CHILDREN St. Louis.—B. B. Banks, a Negro, who lives in Benton, St. Louis county, says he is the father of 40 children. Banks asserts that all his "babies" are alive. He says he has six sons in France. Banks was discovered in division No. 5 of the circuit court, where he was a plaintiff in an action against the Clover Leaf Casualty company, seeking judgment of $500 for alleged personal injuries sufered while employed at a steel plant. "I've been married three times," Banks said. "By my first wife I had 18 children. She's dead. My second wife had no children. I divorced her. I had 22 children by my third wife." ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Tune Hamiltonia. ON, ETERNAL 8, by Arnold J. Ford, 38 W. 131st St. VII. Shine on, Eternal Light, Thy penetrating ray Shall turn the hour of darkest night Into Eternal Day. JUST? KIDS—Thoughtful Advice! SAY MOM! YUH WANTA BE SURE DAD SAYS HIS PRAYERS TO- NIGHT — I HEARD HIM HIT HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER AN! HE NEEDS IT MORE! ME AN ROVER! INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CO. 1910 AINT SAYIN' NOTHIN' MOM - BUT LOOK IT WHERE SIS' HAS GOT HER HANDS! DIDN'T YOU SAY FOLKS WHAT DID THAT WOULD SMOKE N'SWEAR N'NEVER MOUNT TO NOTHIN? DIDN'T YUH?? 49 INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CO. IV Of all the gifts that flow From Thy great throne above, We ask Thee on our hearts bestow The gift of "Perfect Love." V. My soul the Light receives And dares the Truth to prove, Not in blind ignorance believes, But knows that God is Love. VI. Come Love, and give new birth To man's destructive mind, Spread where confusion reigns on earth Good-will to all mankind. SAY MOM! YUH WANTA SURE DAD SAYS HIS PRAYER MIGHT — I HEARD HIM H FINGER WITH A HAMMER HE NEEDS IT MORE! 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Patton, Proprietor 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. Telephone Douglas 4445 62 MODERN AND NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS THE WASHINGTON - DOUGLAS INVESTMENT CO. BONDS, INVESTMENTS RENTALS AND FARM LANDS Phone Webster 4206. 1413 North 24th St. W. T. SHACKELFORD COAL COMPANY Our Motto: "Service First" Webster 202 13th and Grace Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets We Have a Complete Line of FLOWER, GRASS AND GARDEN Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand Stewart's Seed Store 119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 F. WILBERG BAKERY Across from Alhambra Theatre The Best in Good for Our Customers. Telephone Webster 673 C. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oystern, etc. 2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3834 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 DMAHA PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE --- Lincoln News MRS. SARAH WALKER. The Davis Woman's club met at the home of Mrs. T. W. Coleman, 2002 U street, February 25, 1919. After the usual form of business luncheon was served; ice cream in fruit forms was a feature of the luncheon. The visitors were Mrs. Phanie Tyner of Springfield, Mo., sister of Mrs. McWilliams and Mrs. Mrs. Lillian Richards of Toronto, Canada, a daughter of Mrs. McWilliams, and also a charter member of the Davis Woman's club. Adjournment was next in order to meet with Mrs. Gertrude Haynes, treasurer, March 4, 1919, at the home of Mrs. Stanley, 1211 Plum street. The L. L. S. Kensington club met Monday, March 24 with Mrs. Mable Galbraith. Mr. Paul L. Moore met with a serious accident last Tuesday of having one of his legs broken in two places and also one arm fractured while he was at work at the Burlington yards in Havelock. Although his injury is of a very serious nature he is doing as well as can be expected. It is only to be hoped that he will not lose his limb. Mr. Nelson, who underwent a serious operation last Friday, is doing as well as could be expected. Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Nelson were held Monday afternoon at the A. M. E. church. Rev. O. J. Burkhardt officiating. Misses Mary and Martha Burdon received an unexpected surprise last week when they received a telegram from their brother, Franklin Burdon, telling them that he had arrived safely in New York and expected to be home All the churches had good services on Sunday. The Grant Chapel A. M. E. church had a concert on last Monday night and reported a good success. The Farmers and Citizens Savings had their annual meeting here last week and the town was full of the stockholders and some of them made good talks. The Farmers Congress had their annual meeting in connection with the bask's meeting and both were largely attended. The farmers made some lively speeches on the matter of farming. The Farmers and Citizens bank is in good shape and is here to stay. Its foundation is built on the solid rock and it has behind it some good men that are able to carry things to success. The Rev. G. W. Carter went to Buffalo last week to hold his quarterly conference and returned home on Monday and reported good success. Rev. F. F. Washington of the A. M. E. church went to Jacksonville today to hold his quarterly conference. Mr. Rivers Walton died on last Thursday. He was one of the oldest citizens in this town and was well respected by everybody that knew him. His funeral was held at the Grant chapel A. M. E. church, of which he was a member, and it was largely attended. Appropriate resolutions were read and a fine talk was made by ex-Governor T. M. Campbell. Mrs. Ann Hall is on the sick list. We have something new under the sun. We have a Negro garage, Messrs. F. V. Bloodso and Dixson have opened a garage known as the Bloodso & Dixson garage. If your car gets out of order you can drive it in their place and have your work done. They guarantee all work turned out by them. Give them a trial and be convinced. Sam Sanaford died today after a short illness, and will be buried tomorrow. Mrs. Octavie Shropshire is visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs. Squar, and her aunt, Fannie Howard. Rev. William A. Keith was a visitor to the office today. Rev. D. J. Crawford went to Oakwood last Saturday to fill his pulpit, and returned Monday and says it was the best meeting that they had had this year, both financially and spiritually. Lawyer S. J. Willimson is as busy as a bee these days. The soldier boys are still coming in. George Bleakney came in today, and some come in on every train. We hope to have all of them back in a short time. LA GRANGE, TEXAS H. L. Vincent, Agent Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Poole a fine baby girl, and to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee, a fine baby. Revs, S. J. Vick, S. C. Smith, H. J. Wormley, G. A. Drisdale passed through the city last week. Mr. Culberson Gates, Rabb's Prairie, was married last Sunday morning to Miss Edna Ligon of Plum Community. Rev. J. H. Napier officiated. Dr. Russell Ferrill. Houston, spent PALESTINE, TEX. A. G. Howard, Agent. in a few days. Mr. Burdon is with the 92d division, 317th ammunition train. Complimentary to Mrs. John May of Sheridan, Wyo., Miss Marion Hemphill of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Harry Miller, one of the club members, who is leaving Lincoln to open an art studio in Denver, the Optimistic Set gave a Japanese tea at the lovely home of the president, Mrs. Lewis Holmes, 2300 Orchard street. The reception rooms were gorgeously decorated with oriental colors, Japanese lantersn and spring blossoms, while fragrant incense was breathed over all by grinning Buddahs enshrined in various nooks. Much amusement was created by a wild animal contest after which tea, salad, ices and cakes were served by the club hostesses, who were festively garbed in gay kimonos. Mr. and Mrs. Rasburn Curtis of Sioux City, Ia., spent the week-end in Lincoln, as the guest of Mrs. Curtis's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Sam McCowan. They left for their home Tuesday morning, March 4, 1919. Mrs. Jennie Fleming of Detroit, Mich., arrived in the city Sunday evening to spend several days as guest of her sister, Mrs. I. I. McWilliams, 733 North 13th street. On account of a misunderstanding it was stated in last week's issue that the N. A. A. C. P. would give a demonstration on March 3 at the Temple theater. This mistake was much regretted on the part of the reporter. It is uncertain, however, as to just when it will be given, but the next announcement will be correct. a few hours in the city last week visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson have returned from a short stay in Cuero. Rev. I. D. Coffee held services at the St. John's A. M. church here last Sunday and Sunday night. Rev. J. H. Napier held services at Rabb's Prairie M. E. church Sunday night. Rev. S. A. Tillman being absent Rev. Earnest Poole preached a short sermon and a good service of covenant meeting was held. Mrs. Dr. V. D. Carson, Forrest City, Ark., worshiped at Ebenezer Sunday. Sick—Mrs. Ella Phearse, Julie King, Rev. J. H. Naper delivered a series of sermons at St. James M. E. church last week. BUYING OR SELLING If you want to get in or out of business see Nimrod Johnson. Webster 1302. Washington, D. C., March 5.—On February 14, Senator Norris of Nebraska brought to the attention of the senate an article appearing in the Washington Post, condemning the army court martial and informing senators of the abuses which have been practiced during the recent war. The Houston hanging of Colored soldiers was mentioned in the report as follows: Men Executed Without Appeal. While the controversy was raging in the war department over the extent of the judge advocate general's authority, men were actually being executed without the slightset opportunity for an appeal for clemency. As an instance of this, Gen. Ansell cited the case of the Houston riots. Negro troops were tried in several groups. The first group of 15 was tried and executed in a few hours after sentence of death had been passed. No notice of the action of the court-martial was given to the judge advocate general's office. The general was asked for a comparison between the American court-martial methods and those of the armies of other nations. He declared they were much harsher than those of Great Britain and France; in fact, he said, they were harsher than any except the armies of Russia, Prussia and Spain. He called the methods "intolerably severe." AFRICAN TIMES AND ORIENT REVIEW A monthly Review of Africa and the Orient, $1.50 per year. Monitor office or 158 Fleet street, London, E. C. 4, England. MADE MEMBER OF Buffalo, N. Y—Rev. Edmund T. Bennet, rector of St. Philip's Episcopal church and editor of the Enterprise, has been made a member of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce. He has also been appointed by the mayor to serve upon the committee welcoming home all the overseas soldiers. THE MONITOR RED CROSS GIFTS $400,000,000 RED CROSS GIFTS $400,000,000 War Council on Retirement Announces Cash and Supplies Contributed. WORKERS WILL "CARRY ON." Five Big Societies in World Wide Plane. H. P. Davison Heads International American Red Cross Commission. Dr. Livingston Farrand Permanent Leader of Peace Organization. Washington.—(Special.)—Henry P. Davison as chairman issues the following statement on behalf of the War Council of the American Red Cross: "To the American People: "The War Council of the American Red Cross appointed by President Wilson on May 10, 1917, to carry on the work of the American Red Cross during the war, at their request and by vote of the Central Committee, ceased at midnight. February 28. "I immediately the armistice was signed the War Council instituted studies to determine when the strictly war work of the organization would have been sufficiently matured to enable the direction of affairs to be resumed by the permanent staff. Henry P. Davison, being in Paris when the armistice was signed, summoned a conference there of the heads of all the Red Cross Commissions in Europe to canvass the situation. After considering all the factors it was concluded to make the transition on March 1. The very fortunate choice of Dr. Livingston Farrand as the new chairman of the Central Committee, and thereby the permanent chief executive of the Red Cross, makes possible the consummation of this plan under the most favorable conditions. Accounts Audited by War Department. "Detailed reports to Congress and a complete audit of its accounts by the War Department will constitute the final record of Red Cross activity during the war. Although it has been the rule to make public all expenditures when authorized and to give detailed information relative to all work undertaken, the War Council in turning over its responsibilities to Dr. Farrand and his associates desire to give a brief resume of Red Cross war time activities to the American people, to whom the Red Cross belong, and whose generous contributions have made possible all that has been accomplished. "During the past nearly twenty-one months the American people have given in cash and supplies to the American Red Cross more than $400,000,000. No value can be placed upon the contributions of service which have been given without stint and oftentimes at great sacrifice by millions of our people. "The effort of the American Red Cross in this war has constituted by far the largest voluntary gifts of money, of hand and heart, ever contributed purely for the relief of human suffering. Through the Red Cross the heart and spirit of the whole American people have been mobilized to take care of our own, to relieve the misery incident to the war, and also to reveal to the world the supreme ideals of our national life. "Everyone who has had any part in this war effort of the Red Cross is entitled to congratulate himself. No thanks from anyone could be equal in value to the self satisfaction every one should feel for the part taken. Fully 8,000,000 American women have exerted themselves in Red Cross service. Has Over 17,000,000 Adult Members. "When we entered the war the American Red Cross had about 500,000 members. Today, as the result of the recent Christmas membership Roll Call, there are upwards of 17,000,000 full paid members outside of the members of the junior Red Cross, numbering perhaps 9,000,000 school children additional. "The chief effort of the Red Cross during the war has been to care for our men in service and to aid our army and navy wherever the Red Cross may be called on to assist. As to this phase of the work Surgeon General Ireland of the U. S. Army recently said: "The Red Cross has been an enterprise as vast as the war itself. From the beginning it has done those things which the Army Medical Corps wanted done, but could not do itself." "The Red Cross endeavor in France has naturally been upon an exceptionally large scale where service has been rendered to the American Army and to the French Army and the French people as well, the latter particularly during the trying period when the Allied World was waiting for the American Army to arise in force and power. Hospital emergency service for our army in France has greatly diminished, but the Red Cross is still being called upon for service upon a large scale in the great base hospitals, where thousands of American sick and wounded are still receiving attention. At these hospitals the Red Cross supplies huts and facilities for the amusement and recreation of the men as they become convalescent. Our Army of Occupation in Germany was followed with Medical units prepared to render the same emergency aid and supply service which was the primary business of the Red Cross during hostilities. The Army Vanteen service along the lines of travel has actually increased since the armistice actually increased since the armistice. "As for work among the French people, now that hostilities have ceased, the French themselves naturally prefer as far as possible to provide for their own. It has accordingly been determined that the guiding principle of Red Cross policy in France henceforth shall be to have punctilious regard to its every responsibility, but to direct its efforts primarily to assist French relief societies. The liberated and devastated regions of France have been divided by the government into small districts, each officially assigned to a designated French relief organization. "The American Red Cross work in France was initiated by a commission of eighteen men who landed on French shores June 13, 1917. Since then some 9,000 persons have been upon the rolls in France, of whom 7,000 were actively engaged when the armistice was signed. An Indication of the present scale of the work will be obtained from the fact that the services of 6,000 persons are still required. "Our American Expeditionary Force having largely evacuated England, the activities of the Red Cross Commission there are naturally upon a diminishing scale period. Active operations are still in progress in Archangel and Siberia. "The work in Italy has been almost entirely on behalf of the civilian population of that country. In the critical hours of Italy's struggle the American people, through their Red Cross, sent a practical message of sympathy and relief, for which the government and people of Italy have never ceased to express their gratitude. Supplies and Personnel to Near East. "The occasion for such concentration of effort in Italy, England, Belgium and even in France having naturally and normally diminished, it has been possible to divert supplies and personnel in large measure to the aid of those people in the Near East who have hitherto been inaccessible to outside assistance, but whose sufferings have been upon an appalling scale. The needs of these peoples are so vast that government alone can meet them, but the American Red Cross is making an effort to relieve immediately the more acute distress. "An extensive group of American workers has been dispatched to carry vitally needed supplies, and to work this winter in the various Balkan countries. In order to co-ordinate their activities, a Balkan commission has been established, with headquarters at Rome, Italy, from which point alone all the Balkan centers can be reached promptly. "A commission has just reached Poland with doctors and nurses, medical supplies, and food for sick children and invalids. An American Red Cross Commission has also been appointed to aid in relieving the suffering of Russian prisoners still confined in German prison camps. "An important commission is still working in Palestine. Through the war special co-operation has been given to the Armenian and Syrian Relief Commission, which was the only agency able to carry relief in the interior of Turkish dominions. Red Cross Will Continue. Red Cross Will Continue. "Red Cross effort is thus far flung. It will continue to be so. But the movement represented by this work has likewise assumed an intimate place in the daily life of our people at home. The army of workers which has been recruited and trained during the war must not be demobilized. All our experience in the war shows clearly that there is an unlimited field for service of the kind which can be performed with peculiar effectiveness by the Red Cross. What its future tasks may be it is yet impossible to forecast. We know that so long as there is an American army in the field the Red Cross will have a special function to perform. "Nothing could be of greater importance to the American Red Cross than the plans just set in motion by the five great Red Cross societies of the world to develop a program of extended activities in the interest of humanity. The conception involves not alone efforts to relieve human suffering, but to prevent it; not alone a movement by the people of an individual nation, but an attempt to arouse all people to a sense of their responsibility for the welfare of their fellow beings throughout the world. It is a program both ideal and practical. Ideal in that its supreme aim is nothing less than veritable "Pence on earth good will to men," and practical in that it seeks to take means and measures which are actually available and make them effective in meeting without delay the crisis which is daily recurrent in the lives of all peoples. "For accomplishing its mission in the years of peace which must lie ahead of us the Red Cross will require the ablest possible leadership, and must enjoy the continued support, sympathy, and participation in its work of the whole American people. It is particularly fortunate that such a man as Dr. Livingston Farrand should have been selected as the permanent head of the organization. The unstinted fashion in which all our people gave of themselves throughout the war is the best assurance that our Red Cross will continue to receive that co-operation which will make its work a source of pride and inspiration to every American." Mr. Davison, as chairman of the International Commission of the American Red Cross, has undertaken to represent the American Red Cross in the preparation of the program for extended Red Cross activities, and will spend the next several months in Europe in consultation with other Red Cross societies for that purpose. 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Every great daily in the east and west has taken up the cause of cheering the good will, and this beginning has been taken up by the organizations and people generally. The big effort is to see that something of a lasting nature comes out of all the era of good will that is now being manifested. A measure has been introduced in the legislature of New York to definitely make all of the officers of the Fifteenth Regiment of New York national guard Negroes, and to make all those who fought in France eligible for commissions. To this is added an appropriation for a permanent armory and club house. Butter Nut to Coffee Delicious QUALITY 1st PRICE LAST. Butter Nut Coffee DELICIOUS GRADE NUT TRUSTED & GUARANTEED TRUSTY & GUARANTEED CO. A COFFEE DELICIOUS AS A NUT DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money Res. Colfax 3831. Douglas 7150 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney-at-Law 13th and Farnam Classified Advertising RATES—1½ cents a word for single insertions; 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement taken for less than 15 cents. Cash should accompany advertisement. Wanted—A Colored dressmaker. Call Webster 2177. 1107 North Nineteenth street. Wanted—A middle aged woman as a housekeeper. R. S. Dixon, 2812 Harney street. 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. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Furnished rooms for rent, 980 North 25th Ave. Douglas 6077. Modern furnished rooms. Gentlemen preferred. Webster 1975. 2320 North 28th Ave. Mch 15. First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric light. On Dodge and 24th st. car line. Mrs. Ann Banks, 924 North 20th st. Doug. 4376. First-class modern furnished rooms Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, 1702 North Twenty-sixth street. Phone Webster 4769. For Rent—Unfurnished room for light housekeeping. Hutten Flats, 1107 North 19th street. Webster 2177. Mrs. T. L. Hawthorne. Furnished rooms in packing house district. 2715 Q street (rear). Mrs. M. Irving. For Rent—Two furnished rooms. Mrs. W. H. Middleton, 2866 Maple street. Webster 1489. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. INGALLS' EULOGY OF GR-SS Brilliant Piece of Writing by Famous Kansan Will Forever Hold Place in Literature. "Lying in the sunshine among the buttercups and dandelions of May, scarcely higher in intelligence than the minute tenants of that mimic wilderness, our earliest recollections are of grass, and when the fitful fever is ended and the foolish wrangle of the market and the forum is closed, grass heals over the scar which our descent into the bosom of earth has made and the carpet of the infant becomes the blanket of the dead. Grass is the forgiveness of nature—her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass, and carnage is forgotten. Streets abandoned by traffic become grass-grown like rural lanes and are obliterated. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. Beleaguered by the unlucky hosts of winter, it withdraws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality and emerges upon the first solicitation of spring. Sown by the winds, by the wandering birds, propagated by the subtle agriculture of the elements which are its ministers and servants, it softens the rude outline of the world. It bears no blazonry of bloom to charm the senses with fragrance or splendor, but its homely hue is more enthancing than the lily or the rose. It yields no fruit in earth or air, and yet, should its harvest fall for a single year, famine would depopulate the world." This classic by John J. Ingalls, was first printed in the Duluth Herald, says the Kansas Magazine, when Senator Ingalls was one of its owners. "CARAVAN KITCHENS" TO STAY Introduced as Wartime Measure in England, They Have Demonstrated Their Usefulness. One of the most successful wartime experiments has been the caravan kitchen, says a London (Eng.) dispatch. Owing to the fact that so many mothers had to leave their families of young children to fend for themselves while they went out to work to make ends meet, Miss Horsborough conceived the idea of catering to the needs of these children by means of a caravan kitchen. Assisted by three or four other women, she paraded the poorer quarters of London, cooking en route all kinds of toothsome and nourishing dishes. The kiddies came running out with their plates at the blowing of a tin trumpet, and were served with a piping hot and appetizing dinner in return for a trifling sum of money, which had been left with them for this purpose by mother. The fame of the caravan kitchen soon spread abroad, and within a short space of time was paying its way, 33,000 dinners a week being served in one district alone. So successful has been this traveling caterer it is likely the work will be continued on a larger scale, and become a permanent institution, instead of a wartime measure. Bird Welcome on Board Ship. Weary of wing and starved, a thin linnet alighted aboard the four-mast edchooner Sophie Christenson 1,000 miles from San Francisco, according to Capt. Bob McCarron. A trump steamer was hull down on the horizon when the linnet reached the schooner, and one of the theories as to its long flight was that the bird had been a pet on the vessel and yearning for land, had sought to fly to the far-away shore. Aboard the schooner is a canary and as though by instinct, the linnet flew to the cage of the canary, perching precariously while the schooner heaved and tossed. Captain McCarron opened the door of the cage and the linnet soon recovered. The canary welcomed the linnet and they are now chums. Black Fox Industry. The number of foxes in the rancher of Prince Edward island at the beginning of the pelting season in 1917 was approximately 10,000. From December 1, 1917, to January 31, 1918, 2,500 foxes were killed and their skins marked. Raising ranch-bred foxes is an industry that is being carried on extensively in all the Canadian provinces, in at least a dozen of the northernmost of the United States, and beginning in Japan and Norway, lying in much the same climatic belt adapted to domesticating the black fox under the most favorable conditions. Wedding-Ring Custom to Stay. Jewelers say that the war-time custom in England of brides buying their own wedding rings has come to stay. It had to be done when the bride groom only reached England an hour or two before the wedding, and now the custom has too many advantages to be given up quickly, for obviously girl knows better than any man the size of ring that she requires.—Edinburgh Scotsman. Lemon Tree Bears Oranges. From the Journal of Heredity we learn of a rather novel case of a lemon on tree which proceeded to produce oranges. The tree, supposedly of the ordinary Italian lemon variety, was transplanted to Egypt. When it bore fruit it was noticed that the lemons were more spherical than lemons usually are and bore an orange-colored stripe. One branch bore a large fruit which was unmistakably an orange. THE MONITOR I hold it, that a man is more a man, For having met the world and fought it square He most can value sweetness of content Who first has quaffed the bitter of despair, Tis better far to strive and know defeat While youthful hopes arise to win or die; For faith and courage vanish with the years, And neath the ruins of our souls we lie. Behold yon sapling against the stormy wind— It bends in meekness, yet doth hold its own, Each hostile gale but serves the better end— Embeds it firmly in the native loam. There is a power which holds man to the earth, Though soar he may unknown realms of Thought, Instilled within each breast ere human birth— Things undefined, Ne'er could nor will be taught. I hold it, that a man is more a man, For having met the world and fought it square, Each one can do whate'er he wills to do, Success is wealth to which mankind is heir. Forge to the front! Nor count the journey made Till you shall stand above, supreme and unafraid! EVA A. JESSIE, Muskogee, Okla. MICHIGAN ONCE HAD SLAVES Only in 1836 Did Human Chattels Become Unprofitable to Their Owners in That State. Few Detroiters of the present generation know that Michigan was once a slave territory, or that the city of Detroit, for a period of nearly one hundred years, included a considerable number of slaves in its population, observes the Detroit News. The early French settlers lived largely by trading with the Indians. At first they bought furs only, but each spring the Indians of Michigan would make war raids into territory south and west, and they would bring back captives whom they sometimes killed by torture, but later they found it more profitable to self them to the white settlers as slaves. Most of these Indian slaves were from the Pawnee tribe. Later negro slaves were bought in the East, principally in the state of New York. When the British took possession in 1760 they found quite a number of slaves, Indians and negro, and they continued the practice. The census of the district in 1773 showed 46 men and 39 women slaves in a community that numbered less that 300 adult white men. In 1872 there were 179 slaves in Detroit. The ordinance of 1787 forbade slavery in the Northwest territory, but Detroiters paid no attention to this Constitutional act. There were enough negroes in Detroit in 1807, slave and free, to enable Governor Hull to organize a company of colored militia. In 1818 the assessor for Wayne county made slaves taxable property, and this proved a discouragement to slave holding. By 1832 there were only 32 slaves left in Michigan territory, and in 1836 the last one had been manumitted. Less than 20 years later Michigan, having found slaveholding unprofitable, became ardently abolitionist, and Detroit was converted into a terminal of the "underground railway," through which runaway slaves from the South found their way to freedom in Canada. ANIMAL HEROES IN WARFARE Some Praise Should Be Spared for the Dumb Brutes Who Gave Their Lives for Liberty. There was one factor for victory in the war which we overlook in passing out the praise and medals. To the dumb animals who bore much of battle's brunt, to the horses, mules and dogs, great credit is due. Patient, plodding, brave, obedient creatures of faithfulness! Wondrous fine the steed of officer, but equally grand the sturdy haulers of caisson and gun carriage! Butt of limitless jokes, the longered, lean-legged, tuft-tailed army mule has glorified himself. Endless the supply trains he tugged fagging distances, across shell swept spots and through fierce fire. The Red Cross dog, too, and the sledge dogs in the Alps have been canine heroes, leaping into the jaws of death on missions of mercy or pulling precious packsleds among mountain peaks and passes. Perpetual pasture would be a just reward for our four-footed fighters, with freedom from further work. To Fido, allot choice bones to gnaw and if you'd make his home dog heaven rid the world of fleas for these, the "dogs of war." At the entrance of this Paradise park or preserve, place a shaft to record for posterity a tribute to the war's 42,311 animal dead.—Toledo News-Bee. --- MY CREED A NEW SPIRIT IN THE MOVIES Negro Men, Women and Children, Being Featured in Some of the Great Releases. ARE you a movie fan? If so, haven't you noticed a new spirit in the movies, a spirit that is so vastly different from the old? It is queer that the editors of the country have not taken notice of this most encouraging sign. A few years ago when the Birth of a Nation was going up and down the country, every Negro newspaper was giving column after column of news matter bitterly denouncing that play and fighting for its suppression. Lately there seems to have come over the movie business a new spirit and we notice that play after play is featuring Negro men, women and children, in most pleasing light. Why doesn't our press say something about it? True we have many wrongs that should be righted and it is up to us to keep constantly on the job to right them, but why make our readers feel as though the whole world is against us? It isn't so. Even taking the world as we find it, there are always some things that deserve commendation and a word or two of mention, and we feel that these should be mentioned along with the rest. Quite recently there was released a new big reel called, Cairmen of the Klondike. It tells the story of the discovery of gold in Alaska and the great rush to the frozen regions. In this picture there is a Negro who takes rather an important role. He is a gold seeker like the rest. He leaves Seattle as a waiter and works his way. When the crowd arrives at their destination and finds that all the claims in a particular region have been staked, it is he who keeps up their spirits and the moment that there comes word of another big A Million Eyes Turned Upon it Daily AGENTS EVERYWHERE MADAM C.J.WALKERS WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER SUPREME IN REPUTATION MADAM C.J.WALKERS WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER SALVE THE MAJOR FACTOR OF MANUFACTURE OF HAIR GROWER IS THE BRAIN OF THE MANUFACTURER SOLD EVERYWHERE IN U.S.A. WE BELT THE GLOBE A Preparation that will do exactly as recommended ONCE A USER ALWAYS A USER Mme C.J. Walker 640 North West el. Indianapolis, Indiana. Great opportunity for Agents Write for terms The Monitor Office ```markdown ``` We have moved our office Down Town Right Into Heart of Business District strike, it is he who waves his hand to the crowd and leads them on. He strikes it rich and later on when two white men are looking over the stakes and one of them recognizes the Negro's name, he says to the other with a laugh, "This belongs to the big dark spot who came up with us on the boat." Later the big dark spot shows up in Juneau in a big fur coat and a silk hat, with oodles of money. He enters the great bar room and yells out, "Come on, you big bunch of camels and name your pizen!" Straightway the surging crowd of men and women rush him to the bar, shouting and congratulating him upon his luck. Every movie fan knows Baby Marie Osborne and knows that Baby Marie always plays opposite a little Colored chap who is about as funny as boys can come, but now there enters a new child actress, Mary McAllister, and here again Colored actors take part. Among the tenement crowd which Mary picks up and carries to her mansion to dine is one little Colored girl and when they are all gathered about the table eating ice cream and cake, none shows their appreciation any more than the little Colored girl who decorates her entire face with ice cream. In the same picture, Mary turns a trick on her nurse and after the entire household starts after her, she runs into the kitchen and into the arms of the Colored cook, who grabs a rolling pin and cries out, "Don't you dare tech this poor innocent little child!" True there isn't anything innocent in the trouble Mary has caused, but the household retreats in confusion before the rolling pin and Mary remains in the cook's lap with her arms about her black protector's neck. Another very commendable picture is the great war film, "The Greatest Thing in the World," just recently released. In this picture both black and white soldiers are shown and in one scene two soldiers, one black and one white, get caught in a pocket. The white soldier is wounded and as he cries for water, the black soldier raises his canteen to the wounded man's lips. Suddenly a bullet hits and mortally wounds the black soldier. He lays dying and in his delirium calls upon his mother to kiss his lips. The white soldier listens and as he sees the light of life flicker out of his companion's eyes, he leans over and kisses him tenderly upon the lips and the black soldier dies in the thought that his mother has really kissed him. And so we might continue on and recall many, many such scenes from the movies, but let these suffice. What we want to call attention to is the fact that there is a new spirit animating the movies and that it is contributing much to the amelioration of prejudice. Who is responsible for this and what is the motive behind it? We are not sure that we are correct in our conclusions, but we would have our readers remember that the movie industry is largely controlled by Jews in this country and we have an idea that the Jews are responsible for these subtle shafts against race prejudice. As to the motive, we can find but one and that is the desire to make ridiculous racial prejudice and to show up a feeling of fellowship among all races. There can be on idea for financial gain, because in portions of the country the picture houses do not cater to Colored business and others would rather not. Yet Colored characters are in the plays and in nearly every instance are playing commendable parts. Think it over. Do we owe this gradual change to the Jews of America?