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GROWING, THANK YOU! $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy MAJOR MOTON TELLS OF VISIT TO FRANCE Says Our Boys Win Lasting Fame Despite Defamation and Accusations of Whispering Gallery. Uncovers Apparent Plan of White Officers to Besmirch the Record of Our Soldiers and Degrade Our Officers. By Robert R. Moton, Principal Tuskegee Institute. DURING the late summer and early fall of 1918, there were a great many rumors in and out of official circles in this country to the effect that morally the Negro soldier in France had failed, and that the statement sometimes made that "the Negro is controlled by brutal instincts," was justified. The report was current in France that the committing of the "unmentionable crime" was very common, and according to the rumors, Negro officers, as well as privates, in all branches and grades of the service, were guilty of this crime. How the Rumor Spread. A letter that I saw written by a lady overseas to another lady in the United States, stated that the writer had been told by the colonel of a certain unit, whose guest she was, that he would not feel it safe for her to walk, even with him through this camp of Negro soldiers. Another letter from a high official in a very important position with the overseas Negro troops, written unofficially to a very prominent official on this side, stated, that, in the 92d division alone, there had recently been at least thirty cases of the "unmentionable crime." Another rumor, equally as malignant and damaging, was to the effect that the fighting units which were commanded by Negro officers had been a failure. In other words, "the whispering gallery," which was most active in France on most phases of life overseas, said that the 92d division, in which Negroes in America took special pride, with good reason, had failed utterly; that, whenever they had been engaged, the Negro officers had gone to pieces; that in some cases the men had to pull themselves together after their officers had shown "the white feather," etc. At the request of the president and secretary of war, I went to France with authority to go anywhere and get any information from any source, so far as the American Expeditionary Force was concerned. Meets Dr. DuBois. It so happened that I went on the steamer assigned to the newspaper correspondents—a steamer which was one of the convoy ships for the president's party—on which Dr. W. E. B. DeBois, editor of the "Crisis," was a passenger. Mr. Lester A. Walton, of the New York Age; Mr. Nathan Hunt of Tuskegee together with Dr. DeBois and myself, in the same very comfortable stateroom. We had many frank but pleasant talks, both on the ship and in Paris, where we had opposite rooms in the same hotel. The subject that we discussed most often was, of course, some phase of the Negro question, always with a view, so far as our judgment went, to help the situation. I purposely planned to have with me on the trip out from Paris two Colored and two white men—one white newspaper man, Clyde R. Miller, of the Cleveland Plaindealer, and Lester A. Walton, of the New York Age. I also asked to go with me, Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of the United States Bureau of Education and Phelps-Stokes Foundation, and Mr. Nathan Hunt. of Tuskegee Institute. I realized that the mission was a delicate one, and that questions which I might ask, and things which I would say might be misunderstood or misinterpreted. My purpose, however, was to get at the facts and to allay untruthful rumors. In order to ascertain the facts, I made extended inquiries of those with whom I came in contact, from the highest official down. I asked many questions with reference to the conduct and character of the Colored soldiers as compared with the white soldiers. When I reached the generad headquarters of the American forces, I found that two days before my arrival a young white soldier had been sentenced to be hanged for the "unmentionable crime," but, because of his good record in every other way, the THE MONITOR sentence was finally commuted to life imprisonment. The opinion at General headquarters was that the crime to which I have referred was no more prevalent among Negro soldiers than among white soldiers, or any soldiers. From Chaumont we went immediately to Morbache, the headquarters of the 92d division. I asked the commanding general of the 92d division about the prevalence of the crime in question. He said it was very prevalent, and that there had been a great many cases over which he was very much disturbed. This statement was substantiated by conversation with two of his staff officers, who were present. I courteously asked if he would mind having one of the aides get the record. I said that I thought general statements were often very damaging, and, that, inasmuch as the reputation of a race was at stake, I was very anxious to get facts in order to make an accurate report, and if possible stop the rumors which were becoming more and more prevalent in France, especially in American circles, including army officers, Young Men's Christian Association, Knights of Columbus, Red Cross and other organizations. When the records were brought in and examined, only seven cases charged could be found. Of those charged, only two had been found guilty and convicted, and one of the two convictions had been "turned down" by general headquarters. Afterwards I saw the judge advocate of the 92d division, who told me that there had been eleven cases charged. Two of them were men who did not belong to the 92d division, but to other organizations. Out of the eleven only three had been finally approved as guilty by general headquarters, and one sentence out of three had been reduced from life imprisonment to taking half the man's pay for twelve months. (Continued on Second Page.) EPISCOPAL MINISTER USES CUSS WORD Some Recent Practices of Democracy in Detroit Cause the Rev. Robert W. Bagnall to Use Rather Strong Language, Which Is Quite Excusable Under the Circumstances. (By Associated Negro Press.) DETROIT, MICH., May 8.—According to Rev. R. W. Bagnall, an Episcopal minister, that "true democracy" has not arrived, that has been so much preached about in recent years. This happened recently in Detroit, according to Rev. Fr. Bagnall: "Get out of here and go in the gallery where you belong. "This is the greeting which a Negro lieutenant, wearing decorations for bravery and two wound stripes, received when he started to go down stairs in one of our Detroit theaters. 'It's a damned poor sort of gratitude we are getting for fighting for democracy,' he said with bitterness. A Negro corporal with a croix de guerre on his breast, and a limp which he got when he took a machine gun unaided in the Argonne, arrived in Detroit hungry. He went into a restaurant and a foreigner who was in charge came up to him with a sneer and said "We don't serve niggers in here." "Daily things of this sort occur in Detroit." It seems, however, that Michigan has a better element among the whites who are determined that better things shall come to pass, for the legislature has just passed the civil rights bill which will make this kind of treatment very expensive in Henry Ford's state. AMERICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN SOLDIERS CLASH London, May 8.—In a clash at the Winchester repatriation camp between Americans and South African black soldiers, more than a score of Americans were injured, according to a local dispatch. The camp is used by Americans who served in the British army, and ill feeling between the Americans and the British blacks have existed for some time. The American whites have sought to use some of their strong arm methods of "keeping the blacks in their place," and their conduct became intolerable to the loyal Britishers. The Britishers pounced upon the Americans with sticks, and things were quite lively for awhile, until the troops and police took a hand. It is believed, however, that the uppish Americans have learned their lesson, and they will hereafter leave the native sons severely alone. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, MAY 10, 1919 National Conference Opposes Lynching Delegates From Various Sections of Country Unanimous in Demanding Drastic Action For Removal of America's Disgrace. DEMAND CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF EVIL Launch Educational and Publicity Campaign to Arouse Conscience of American People; Stirring Speeches By Prominent Speakers Disclose Intense Earnestness. NEW YORK, May 7.—The first national conference on lynching, in response to a call signed by more than 120 of the country's most representative citizens, opened with a great mass meeting in Carnegie hall Monday night. Moorfield Storey, the eminent Boston jurist, national president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and chairman of the conference, presided. Delegates from various sections were in attendance. Telegrams and messages were received from several who were unable to attend, endorsing the movement and pledging moral and financial support. Among these was a ringing message from Omaha, which aroused enthusiasm. Stirring addresses were made by the Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, former justice of the United States supreme court; the Hon. Emmett O'Neal, former governor of Alabama; General John H. Sherburne, who commanded the 167th field artillery, Ninety-second division, in France; Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary president of the National Woman's Suffrage association, and James Weldon Johnson, field secretary of the N. A. A. C. P. The Monitor hopes to publish full reports of these ringing addresses in subsequent issues. Much interest attached to the speech of the Hon. Emmett O'Neal, former governor of Alabama, who spoke as the representative of the new, better and awakening "South, which fully endorses this movement to suppress the evils of lynch law." He said in part: Former Governor of Alabama. "The United States today stands solitary and alone among the civilized nations of the world that tolerates the cruelty, savagery and infamy of mob violence. "It is no longer confined to any state or section. It is not peculiar to the South alone. The record of race riots and mob violence in the North during the last decade shows that neither section can point at the other finger of scorn. It is folly to make comparisons between sections, for we all admit that the curse of lynching has grown until it has become a national evil, a blot on our national life and a shameful reproach to our civilization. It is a horrible wrong, for which the whole country must bear its just share of responsibility. "The mob is but a wild beast, and when it puts to death an individual it at the same time lynches the law and brings shame and dishonor upon the state. The country which now, under the full blaze of the civilization of the twentieth century, encourages or permits lynching, either openly or tacitly, and refuses to visit the death penalty on the lyncher when his guilt is established by that full measure of proof the law requires, is but inviting a spirit of lawlessness which makes life and property insecure, checks all investment and immigration and threatens the very existence of orderly government. "Lynch law is but a relic of savagery and barbarism most unworthy of a self-governing people, and America can only prove her loyalty to the true spirit of democracy by creating a public sentiment so strong and overwhelming as to end forever this hideous reproach to our civilization. We boast that we have made democracy safe in the world, but all our labors would be largely in vain if we were unable to make life and property safe against mob violence in the country which proudly claims to be the very citadel of democracy and free government. Best Sentiment Endorses Movement. "I bring you this message tonight: The thoughtful, intelligent and dominating sentiment of the South fully endorses this movement to suppress the evils of lynch law. "We of the New South are determined to purge our section of the taint of lawlessness and to make it what it was in the past—a section where the law is supreme; where life and liberty and property are safe and secure under the protection of wise and just laws impartially administered; a section where two separate and distinct races, dwelling side by side in peace and concord, from whose hearts have been purged all hate and prejudice, will go forward in amity, in sympathy and mutual co-operation to work out their mutual destinies and to solve justly the mighty problems of the future." Johnson Presents Startling Statistics James Weldon Johnson clearly refuted the widely-quoted accusation that the lynching of Negroes in the South and the crime of rape go together in his carefully prepared address, in which he gave statistics which made the startling revelation that in the single county of New York, which is only a part of New York City, there were more indictments for rape in the first degree for one year than there were lynchings of Negroes in the whole country on the charge of rape in five years. Mr. Johnson said: False Impression Prevalent. "The impression has been fostered in this country that the lynching of Negroes in the South and the crime of rape go together. When Negroes have protested against lynching Southern newspapers have called upon them to condemn the crime which leads to lynching. Such editorial sentiments are intended to foster in the mind of the public at large the idea that rape and the lynching of Negroes in the South bear the relation of cause and effect. New York versus Whole Country. "In the single county of New York, which is only a part of New York City, there were more indictments for rape in the first degree in one year than there were lynchings of Negroes in the whole country on the charge of rape in the last five years. "In the five-year period, 1914 to 1918, 325 Negroes were lynched in the United States and only twenty-eight of these were charged with rape. In 1917, in New York county, the grand jury indicted thirty-seven persons for rape in the first degree. This is nine more than the total number of Negroes lynched on the charge of rape in the entire United States during the five-year period, which includes 1917, and within thirteen of the total number of charges of alleged attacks of every character upon women, including rape. Cannot Lead Moral Forces. "I ask not only black Americans, but white Americans, are you not ashamed of lynching? Do you not hang your head in humiliation to think that this is the only civilized country in the world—no, more than that, the only spot on earth where a human being may be tortured with hot irons and then burned alive? The nation is today striving to lead the moral forces of the world in the support of the weak against the strong. Well, I'll tell you it can't do it until it conquer and crushes out this monster in its own midst. "A great deal has been said about the atrocities committed during this terrible war by Huns and Turks; but there are millions of intelligent Americans who do not know, who are not concerned with the fact that every year atrocities are committed in this enlightened land that would cause envy in the heart of the most benighted Turk." Want Congressional Action. Tuesday morning the conference formally organized for business and discussed constructive measures to prevent lynching, which was continued in the afternoon sessions. The measures proposed and adopted include a proposal to make lynching a federal offense, congressional investigation of the lynching evil in the United States, and as an educational campaign for arousing public sentiment against the evil, investigation of every lynching by a trained staff and the wiest publicity in press and periodicals, in pulpit, on rostrum and by pamphlets. Important representative committees were appointed to press the work of the conference. Another inspiring mass meeting was held Tuesday night in the Ethical Culture hall, at which Desha Breckenridge, editor of the Lexington (Ky.) Herald, presided, and addresses were made by former Congressman Martin W. Littleton, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Dean William Pickens of Morgan college, Moorfield Storey and others. Vol. IV. No. 45 (Whole No. 200) FORGOT HE WAS NOT IN DEMOCRATIC FRANCE Returned American Soldier Beaten Into Insensibility With Baseball Bat Because He Wanted to Purchase Soda Water. (By Associated Negro Press.) Atlanta, Ga., May 8.—That there is going to be a show-down for "equal rights" and a consequent clash of races in the event of them not being granted is more and more apparent from day to day. Benjamin Herne, a returned soldier from France, went into a drug store to make some purchases. On his way out, possibly thinking of the delightful surroundings of France and forgetting that he was in the hate-clime of Georgia, he stopped at a soda fountain and asked for a refreshing drink. Forgetting all Biblical admonitions with reference to "if thine brother ask you for a drink," one Powell, a white clerk, seized a ball bat from beneath the counter and proceeded to pound it against the soldier's head. Herne was picked up insensible, taken to Grady hospital and later to his quarters at Camp Gordon. Powell was arrested for "disorderly conduct." One daily newspaper of Macon, telling of the story, says: "While this is the first police court case growing directly out of an attempt on the part of returned Negro soldiers to force 'race equality,' so far as is known, it has not been passed unnoticed for several weeks by patrons of street cars, people in railway stations and other public places in Atlanta, that here is a marked difference in the deportment, the attitude and the general bearing toward the white race on the part of the Negro soldier as he was prior to 'going across' and the Negro soldier who has come back from abroad." WOUND WHITE ROWDIES WHO TERRORIZE RESIDENTS (By Associated Negro Press.) Philadelphia, May 8.—Serious fighting near Twenty-fifth and Pine streets between Negro tenants newly moved into the district and a gang that has long terroried residents resulted this morning in the serious wounding of nine white men by the residents. Seventy-five whites and about forty of our people participated in the fight, which began when a mob broke open the doors at 2455 Pine street, of a Race of Citients who has always lived uprightly in the community, and tried to eject his family. The citizen, George Graham, moved there about a week ago. A number of the men were arrested. JUDGE OFFERS $5,000 REWARD FOR PRISONER (By Associated Negro Press.) Easton, Md., May 8.-Judge Adkins of this county has offered a reward of $5,000 for any man or group of men who would bring Isaiah Fountain charged with assault, into court uninjured. He instructed the sheriff to swear in every man in the county as a deputy to "Protest this prisoner even to the point of death, so the honor of this county may be vindicated." MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ENLIST FEW VOTES (By Associated Negro Press). Raleigh, N. C., May 8.—The effort of the race people to get in on the municipal elections in this city was defeated by themselves, aided and abbed by Col. J. H. Young, an old time, shrewd white politician who is regarded as an adept in handling our people. There were 582 of our registered voters, and the highest number of votes received did not amount to 200, which plainly indicates that the others remained away from the polls. The daily newspapers frankly state that if the entire number had voted together, there would have been "something doing." WANT ENTIRE DIVISION AND COLORED OFFICERS (By Associated Negro Press.) Boston, Mass., May 8.—A meeting was held in Tremont Temple, under the auspices of the National Association of Colored People, to advocate the creation of a division of Colored troops with all Colored officers, as part of the American army. Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Major J. E. Spingarn, and Chas. Edward Russell, who was on the Russian commission, were the speakers. Dr. S. M. Crothers, presided. LIFTING. LIFT, TOO! COLORED MUSICIANS CAPTURE WINDY CITY Three Great Organizations Play Simultaneously For Immense Audiences Which Give Players an Ovation; Marvelous Musical Awakening. FUTURE BRIGHT FOR MUSICIANS Music Having Important Part In Raising Status of Race, Opinion of Many Leading Artists; Directors Cook, Europe, Jones and Soloist Sissle Distinguish Themselves. (By Associated Negro Press.) CHICAGO, May 8.—Chicago has had a marvelous awakening during the last week, and the awakening is having a most favorable effect. On Monday night there was an occurrence which a year ago even would have been regarded as a "pipe dream." Three great musical aggregations of our people, two of whom had been across the seas and thrilled the people of England and France, were playing their soul-stirring music within gunshot of each other, so to speak, right down in Chicago's great "loop" district. The first, the New York Syncopated orchestra, under the direction of Will Marion Cook, was playing its third engagement of the season in the famous Orchestra hall before an audience of 3,000, more than 1,000 people being unable to purchase 'seats. The second, the wonderful band of Lieutenant James Reese Europe at the great Auditorium, which seats 5,000 people, and the third the band of the 365th infantry, under Sergeant Albert Jones, playing off Michigan boulevard at the magnificent and spectacular Victory arch, illuminated at night with 3,000,000 candle-power lights. Chicago has literally gone "music mad" over the offerings of these rare and pioneering musical aggregations. Even when the 365th band marches through the downtown streets thousands of people follow it all the way. The audiences listening to the concerts are mixed, and the very elite of Chicago white society are ever present in boxes and other parts of the audience, where there is no discrimination in securing seats. "This effort, though very expensive, is having the most wonderful effect in helping our race," said Will Marion Cook, to the Associated Negro Press. "We are showing the white people that we have arrived and are capable of doing equally as well as any, if given an opportunity." Every daily newspaper critic in Chicago has said, without any strings, that the Colored musical organizations have it "all over the whites" when it comes to presenting the race has not only the technique, but the soul and inborn love for music which are not equalled by any others. Lieutenant Europe said to the Associated Negro Press: "Our efforts will be more and more appreciated as time goes on. People who never before had any serious opinions concerning us have awakened to a realization that we are human, as all others. "There is a great future in the musical world, greater than ever before. The war has brought out the fact forcibly that music has its great place in the life of the nation. To the young people I send out the word, Prepare! But prepare efficiently and with serious intentions." Lieutenant Noble Sissle, the soloist of the Europe band, distinguished himself in the marvelous selections, composed by Mr. Europe and himself, "Patrol of No Man's Land." Lieutenant Sissle is about to issue a booklet entitled, "Thirteen Commandments," a poetical review of the second battle of the Marne, "all of which he saw and part of which he was." SPECIAL TRAIN FOR TUSKEGEE COMMENCEMENT (By Associated Negro Press.) Chicago, May 8.—Special arrangements are complete for taking a special train to Tuskegee institute during the commencement. This will be one of the most interesting trips ever undertaken, and the party will make a side stop at Nashville on the return. Deelegrations from Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Kansas City will join the party, which is being made up from Chicago. Those interested in making the trip are invited to write Phil A. Jones, business manager, The Chicago Defender, 3129 State street, or Claude A. Barnett, director The Associated Negro Press, 312 South Clark street, Chicago. 2 The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel H. B. Cassell, President of Liberia College, Monrovia, West Africa, Speaks to Large Audiences and Makes Many Friends for the Little Republic. The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel H. B. Cassell arrived in Omaha Saturday from Chicago, where he filled many engagements planned for him by Prof Frederick Starr of Chicago university, who had visited Liberia and is deeply interested in the country. Dr. Cassell, who is a priest of the Episcopal church, is president of Liberia college. He is a Christian gentleman of broad culture and a man of most winsome and attractive personality. He is an easy, fluent and eloquent speaker, whose sincerity and great earnestness captivates those to whom he speaks. He is a man of faith and vision and has a real message for our race. Being anxious to speak to as many of our people as possible, while here a program was arranged by which he was enabled to get into touch with several different groups of our own people, as well as speaking before people of the other race. Most of his audiences have been white audiences, therefore he appreciated the opportunity of speaking to Colored people. Sunday morning Dr. Cassell spoke in Trinity cathedral to a large congregation, wheer he made a most favorable impression. Sunday afternoon he delivered a most inspiring message to the N. A. A. C. P. forum in Grove M. E. church. Sunday night he preached at St. Philip's church; Monday night he addressed a large audience in Bethel Baptist church, South Side; Tuesday night he spoke before a large congregation in St. John's A. M. E. church; Wednesday afternoon he addressed the members of the Woman's auxiliary in Jacobs Memorial Hall; Wednesday night he spoke at Zion Baptist church and Thursday night at a joint meeting of the Masonic lodges, to which fraternity he belongs, at Rescue Hall. He adapted his message to each audience, the keynote of each, however, being Liberia's God-given place in the family of Christian nations. He removes many misunderstanding about Liberia; shows how resisting absorption by England on the one hand and France on the other Liberia has had to struggle for her very existence. She has, however, stood for the highest moral and Christian ideals. Liberia needs industrial and economic development and offers a splendid field for the right class of emigrants from this country. Dr. Cassell believes firmly that Liberia is the place where the man of African descent, be he in the United States or elsewhere, is to work out his destiny. This, of course, calls for trained and efficient leadership, which can be secured only through the highest, best and most thorough education. This is the work that Liberia college is doing. Hence the imperative need of supporting such institutions and fully equipping them. Dr. Cassell will speak before the annual meeting of the junior auxiliary, which supports a scholarship in the girls' graded school at Bromley, Liberia, Saturday afternoon, and Saturday night he will address a joint meeting of the U. B. F. fraternity in their hall, leaving late Saturday night for Kansas City. Dr. Cassell has been delighted with his visit to Omaha, where he has made many warm friends not only for himself, but for Liberia. COLORED GIRL WOUNDED BY INFERNAL MACHINE Maid in Home of Senator Hardwick of Georgia Loses Both Hands in Unwrapping Package Sent Employer—Mrs. Harding Also Injured. Atlanta, Ga., May 8—The old saying that "A Negro is in everything," had a tragic realization here when the explosion of an infernal machine, sent to the home of former Senator Hardwick, resulted in the serious injury of his wife, and their Colored maid. The package, coming through the mail, was opened by the Colored maid, on the request of Mrs. Hardwick. It was supposed to contain pencils. When the wrappings were removed, the machine exploded. Both hands of the maid were blown off, and Mrs. Hardwick was injured over the face and body. The senator believes it was an attempt by bolsheviki to get rid of him because of his attitude on certain questions while he was in the senate. BOUGHT HOMES A few of our many buyers who are satisfied: Mr. John W. Smith bought 2728 Burdette street. Nimrod Johnson, Webster 1302. Things are happening that make even a preacher swear. PREDICTS GREAT INFLUX OF JAPANESE AND CHINAMEN Immigration Secretary Believes That Within the Next Fifty Years One Hundred Million Orientals Will Have Become Residents of United States. (By Associated Negro Press.) Chicago, May 8.—Abraham Bowers, white, immigration secretary of the Y. M. C. A., stated in an address recently that an average of 2,000,000 foreigners will come to this country, in a short time, annually, for a period of fifty years, when there will be 100,000,000, practically all Japanese and Chinese. He stated that the matter will be looked at economically, only. The country will need laborers, and European countries, because of the war's devastation, will be unable to supply them. He continued, "Only Japan and China can furnish the answer to the labor problems. Therefore, they are bound to come, coolies and all, and they will come unrestrictedly. And I believe they will intermarry with our people as other immigrants are doing. Japanese and Chinese frequently marry our university girls now. They will over-ride racial prejudice, literacy tests and every other obstacle." PLEADS FOR FAIRER TREATMENT FOR RACE Mrs. Daisy Buckley, One of the National Secretaries of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, Speaks at First Methodist. Mrs. Daisy M. Buckley, a national secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church, spoke before more than 300 women in session at the First Methodist church Wednesday night, and made a most impressive and impassioned plea for fairest treatment of the American Negro. "Two hundred and forty years of slavery have tended to make the Negro what he is. But even so it was his effort, his muscle and his labor that transformed the southern swamp lands into gorgeous plantations. The white men of the south reaped the results of the Negro's toil while the Negro himself sunk deeper into ignorance and despair. "We emphasize the destructive forces of the Negro's nature, but the constructive forces are but barely touched. "The black race is not an inferior race. It is handicapped by unjust treatment and inferior treatment. "Africa must be saved by the Africans, and China can be redeemed only by the Chinamen." Mrs. Buckley is a graduate of one of the missionary schools at Camden, S. C. She is a nationally known figure in the field of missionary work. Events and Persons Miss Inez Gordon and Mrs. Grace Cisco of Beatrice, were the week-end guests of Mrs. H. W. Black and their uncle, Lieut. H. J. Pinkett. Mrs. H. W. Black entertained a number of young people informally Saturday in honor of her guests. Luther Risiner of Hastings, Neb., came up to attend the Crispus Attucks auxiliary's recetpion last Friday. He returned home Sunday. Miss Madeline Roberts took Miss Inez Gordon and Mrs. Grace Cisco of Beatrice for an auto and sight-seeing trip Sunday afternoon. Mr. Berry Thompson of Minneapolis, who was called to Omaha Sunday by the death of his sister, Mrs. Lola Cumber, left for home Thursday. Eugene Thomas has purchased a Ford touring car. John H. Broomfield is spending most of his time these days on his farm near Florence. Mrs. Daisy M. Buckley, one of the national secretaries of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church, was the guest of Mrs. J. H. Hutten this week. The funeral of Rodney Halston, the returned soldier who was asphyxiated at the Patton hotel, was buried from the Silas Johnson Western Funeral home last Sunday. Ralston had no known relatives and was penniless. The Red Cross was interested in the case and defrayed the expenses of the funeral. Interment was at Mt. Hope. Rev. John Albert Williams officiated. Six returned soldiers served as pall-bearers. Any King Would Do. "I can trace my descent in a direct line from one of the early kings of England," she said, "Which one?" he asked. "I don't recall the name. What kings did England have?"—Springfield (Ohio) News. Home Made Cakes Webster 5660 THE MONITOR MAJOR MOTOR TELLS OF VISIT TO FRANCE (Continued From First Page.) In other fighting units, as well as Bordeaux, St. Nazarine and Brest, where many of the service of supply troops were located, and at many other places, I made the same investigations. I interviewed American and French commanding officers, I talked as well with scores of American and French officials of lower rank. When the records were taken, as was the case with the 92d division, the number of cases charged were very few. I likewise spent much time with members of the peace conference, and with Americans engaged in various branches of war activities in an effort to disprove and set at rest this awful slander upon the Negro race. I spared no pains or effort to do this, and it would appear from subsequent investigations on this side of the water and from reports which have come to me from overseas, that the momentum of these damaging rumors had perceptibly lessened. Negro Officers and Their Critics. There was apparently no doubt in anybody's mind in France, as far as I was able to find out, among the French or Americans as to the qualities of the American Negro as a soldier, when led by white officers. There was also little question about the fighting record of the four regiments, the 369th, 370th, 371st and 372d which had been brigaded with French divisions—but when it came to the 92d division, there was a subtle and persistent rumor in Paris and in other places in France, as far as my travels, observations, and investigations went—substantiating the rumor which was also prevalent in America—only in France it was much more generally accepted as true; namely, that the Negro officers "had been practically a failure," and that it was a mistake to have ever attempted to have a division with Negroes as officers. I took a great deal of pains and care, as did also the gentlemen with me, to run down every tumor. We spent much time in and out Paris ferreting out every statement that came from the "Whispering gallery." Finally found that, so far as the 92d division was concerned, only a very small portion of a single battalion, of a single regiment had failed. Later, in talking with the highest American military official in France, regarding his story of the failure of Negro officers, he said that the possibilities were that any officer, white or black, under the same adverse circumstances that these men faced, would have failed, as the very few did. About a dozen officers of the battalion were sent before a board for trial for having shown cowardice. They were not, however, all found guilty; and to offset this, some of the other Colored officers of the regiment for conspicuous bravery in the same engagement were promoted and decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross. It would appear that this small part of a battalion whose failure was so widely reported, had never before been under fire, and had been taken from a quiet sector and brought forward with the expectation that they would not be put into the fighting for several weeks; but it so hapened that the Germans were much stronger than the French behind which this unit was placed. When the French troops were badly cut to pieces, the Negro unit in question had to go into the fighting within twenty-four hours after reaching the front, which was much earlier than expected. In connection with this alleged failure, there are also some other very important considerations that will later probably be brought out officially. It was gratifying to find that the commanding general, who knew all phases of the affair, did not take this failure anything like as seriously as the rumor about it seemed to warrant. The facts in the case in no sense justified the common report. In talking with the commanding general at Le Mans, I referred to the fact that something like fifteen Negro officers had been sent back as "inefficient." He said to me: "If it is any comfort to you, I will tell you this: we sent back through Blois to America in six months, an average of one thousand white officers a month, who failed in one way or the other in this awful struggle. I hope, Dr. Moton," he added, "that you won't lose your faith in my race because of that, and certainly I am not going to lose my faith in your race because of the record of a few Colored officers who failed." We talked with Colonel House, Ray Stannard Baker, Capt. Walter Lippman, and leading Y. M. C. A. workers, and many, many others. Everybody assured me that they, so far as they were able, would stop the slanderous rumors concerning our Negro soldiers, and were glad to get the facts. I spoke to white officers in a number of places—at one place, to two hundred of them, and candidly stated the facts in the case, I raised the question, if they did not think it was a good and fair thing to stop this rumor of the "whispering gallery," which was defaming a race, which might cut down the efficiency of the Negro troops, and was, of course, putting America in a bad light before the world. Many of the difficulties and troubles among the officers and men of the 92d division, as well as in other Colored units, could have been avoided, if we had had at general headquarters in France, a Colored man to have rendered the same wise, dignified and efficient help, such as M. Emmett J. Scott, secretary of Tuskegee institute, had so splendidly rendered in the war department at Washington, to both races and to the nation. President John Hope of Morehouse college, Atlanta, Georgia, who under many trying conditions has done fine overseas work in connection with the Y. M. C. A., felt this need very much. General Pershing would have gladly had such a man if it had occurred to any of us to suggest it. Commanding Officers Open to Sug- gestions In almost every instance I found the commanding officers open to suggestions regarding relieving the needless embarrassment of the Colored soldiers. I found in the service of supplies that Colored stevedores were working twelve and sixteen hours a day and sometimes more, which made it impossible for the Y. M., C. A. to do any effective work along educational lines with the thousands of Colored soldiers in the service of supplies. I took this matter up with the commanding general, and within three days, orders had been given to reduce the time of work to eight hours. At several places the quarters of the Colored men seemed unfortunately located. In many of these places, changes were soon made. I took up with care, also, the matter of excluding Colored women from France, going to the source of the trouble, or at least where it started. Here again, I found that there seemed to be no justification for wholesale exclusion of the women of our race from overseas service. This I took up with proper authorities, military and otherwise, and before I left, arrangements had been made to send for more of our Colored women, and men also, and some have already gone over. The best Y. M. C. A. hut I saw, from every point of view, was the one where Mrs. W. A. Hunton, Mrs. J. L. Curtis and Miss Katherine Johnson were located. There was here a very fine spirit of co-operation between the white and Colored workers. Mr. Wallace, the manager of the district, whom I later met in Paris, was loud in his praise of Secretary Nichols, Secretary Whiting, Chaplain Oveltrea and other Colored workers. Three fifty-foot lots and small house in East Omaha. Excellent for raising hogs and chickens. Inquire Monitor office. Nimrod Johnson Investment Co.. 2314 North 27th street, Webster 1302. Read good books and newspapers. Snow's College of Dressmaking By all means take advantage of this offer while it is open to you. This is your opportunity to obtain a training in Dressmaking a profession that will make you independent. An opportunity you cannot afford to neglect. Do not let any reasonable sacrifice stand between you and its benefits. Direct Action DIRECT ACTION NATIONAL STOVE CO LAS VEGAS 819 0810 $1 00 Cash a Week Puts a Direct Action Gas Range In your home. Guaranteed to cut your gas bill fully one-third. Prices moderate. UNION Outfitting Company 16th and Jackson Streets. FOR $350 Friday, May 9th A lucky dao for you if you want a beautiful new hat, and ladies delight in hats Omaha's Leading Barber Shop THE BAR Alamo Barber Shop and Billiard Parlor. We Lead Others Follow. KILLINGSWORTH & PRICE, Props. Phone Web. 5784. 2416 North 24th Street. 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The out a call for volunteers. “100,000 Members by its rousing answer came: “We Are Coming, Father Abra- Tenth Anniversary” is our slogan. When the Associa- ham, Ten Million Strong!” = = == == tion holds its Tenth Annual Conference in Cleveland, Be Among the Members Whose Names Will Soon Be _ Published on This Page : | Rev. John Albert Williams, President Mrs. Jessie Hale Moss, Secretary | THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans. Published Every Saturday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Publishing Company. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Neb., under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors. George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.00 6 MONTHS; 60c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates, 60 cents an Inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 304 Crouse Block, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Webster 4243. FOR anything worth having, one must pay the price, and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice—no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.—John Burrows. THE CRISIS UNDER THE BAN THE postal authorities in New York held from the mails the May issue of the Crisis. As we go to press we have not learned whether it has been released or not. We hope it has. Justice has nothing to fear from the truth. Dr. Dubois has returned from France with his soul burning with indignation at the treatment accorded our brave Colored soldiers at the hands of some American officers, and he has told the story. Perhaps his language in reporting the truth, and he has but reported the truth, as the stories of returning men verify, might be considered intemperate. He has dared to call a spade a spade. This seems to have brought down upon him the wrath of those in authority and the Crisis has been placed under the ban. His language has not been as temperate as that of Dr. Moton, whom the administration sent over to France to investigate certain rumors that had been set afloat to discredit our soldiers. But, surely, Dr. Moton's allusion to "the whispering gallery" breathes the same righteous indignation which Dr. Dubois more vehemently expresses. If Dr. Dubois has misrepresented the facts, the administration ought to be able to disprove them. The May Crisis simply tells the truth and all efforts to suppress it will prove futile. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT the democratic party has made a mess of everything that it has touched is becoming the opinion, not only of men of other parties, but among many of the leading democrats themselves. That this party will be overwhelmingly defeated at the next national election is a foregone conclusion, and there is a feeling that its death will be final. We do not believe, however, that the fault lays with democracy in the north. It is really the south that has muddled things. That they would muddle things was to be expected. The southern men into whose hands came the control of the government knew nothing at all about government. They were recruited from the clay banks, the backwoods and plantations, and were ignorant at their very best. The height of their experience, as a general rule, was limited by handling country political newspapers, working convicts and trading cotton. They never had the chance to learn anything about political economy and when they were suddenly thrust into power, they lost their pungy mental balances. The south has been in the saddle and for the last time. It has shown itself criminal, ignorant and vicious, and the north will not forgot. The country is doing the best possible to tolerate a situation that cannot be bettered, but when the chance comes again to vote we venture the guess that there will be even states in the south that will repudiate the rule of such men as now attempt to run such a country as the United States. CONGRATULATIONS. CHESTER THE MONITOR has just received the initial number of the Call, an attractive, well-edited weekly newspaper published at Kansas City, Mo. Chester A. Franklin, a brilliant, well trained newspaper man, and a practical printer, is the editor. Moreover, he is fearless, honest, level-headed and sincere. We predict for the Call a well merited, successful and influential career. Its first editorial, captioned, "Leadership Is Judged by Results, Not by Intentions," shows that the publication has a definite message for its readers and knows how to deliver it. Congratulations, Chester, on the Call, and may abundant success attend it. THE PEACE CONFERENCE—SO FAR THE peace conference assembled at Versailles would be a comedy, were it not so tragic. A year ago the allies heralded across the world a multitude of ideals for which they said they were fighting and now that the war is over, all are forgotten. The promised "freedom of the seas" slumbers beneath the waves and Britannia has made more secure her hold upon them; "open covenants of peace openly arrived at" were strangled the moment the doors of the conference opened; "economic equality" has been made to mean that each nation may do as she pleases in the grab for world trade and commerce; the "mandatory system" is but a camoflage to secure the spoilers in their colonial greed; the rights of nearly all nationalities have been violated and buried in the dust of injustices; the voices of the wronged, who shed their blood and gave their treasure in the dream that their wrongs might be righted, are forgotten and each nation is permitted to continue injustice as it may desire. But why enumerate? Can Wilson, Lloyd George and Clemenceau, look on Flanders fields and tell the dead that they have kept the faith? Can they go home and tell their peoples that their ideals are realized? Can they hope to have history record their names as men of honor? But the masses are always fools! They seem content to be driven like cattle and die like cattle—for what? They know not; neither do they care. They are charmed with a bauble and tickled with a straw. They are the dupes of privilege—the toys of greed. Will they never learn that theirs is the earth and theirs to rule it? LIBERIA'S MESSAGE THE Rev. N. H. B. Cassell has delivered Liberia's message to the Afro-American people of Omaha, and we can say with one accord that this little country of our brothers across the seas has certainly sent us a gentleman eminently fitted to present it. We have found Rev. Dr. Cassell a scholar, a thinker and an ideal Christian gentleman, and it will cause many a man and woman to have a higher appreciation of Africa which can produce men of such caliber. Long ago was the statement made that "as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is," and to understand his message one must be able to appreciate the Liberian point of view. In America we are trained in the Anglo-Saxon method of thinking and the basis of this thought is that the white race is the superior and all others inferior. Liberia has a different orientation. The Liberian holds that the African race is the superior race and their vision of the future is an African vision. In that country a black man may aspire to the highest honors of statehood. He knows no color prejudice, no proscription, no disfranchisement, no lynching. He has every opportunity to hold and appreciate an ideal, and no ideal can ever be a complete ideal that is hedged about with limitations. This is why Rev. Dr. Cassell's addresses are so stimulating to the Afro-American. It brings him into touch with a new spirit and a new hope. It causes him to realize that there is at least one spot on earth where the man with a black skin can work out his own destiny and work it out with a pride in the realization that he can write a lie to the assertion of the Anglo-Saxon that he is an inferior. We are glad to have heard Liberia's message. We shall consider it deeply and, in time, we believe that Liberia will find that this message has not been delivered in vain. GOING INTO BUSINESS QUITE often of late we have heard several persons say that they we saved a little money and are looking around for chances to go into some kind of business. The idea is a fine one and we encourage it. There are plenty of avenues open for new business and now is the time to take advantage of them. But in starting a new business, start something where competition is not keen. For instance, a men's haberdashery would be a most promising venture. Or why not a notion store, a butcher shop, a shoe store, a ladies' tailoring establishment, a millinery shop, a music store? These are businesses that would pay and pay well. Consider them? THE MONITOR WE note that Japan got Ky Choo without any trouble. Well, we opine that the allies didn't want to take a chance on her picking up her bonnet and going home. Burleson sure played a mean trick by holding The Crisis up in New York. Old Burly made all his dough working convict Negro labor in the state of Texas and he should at least have a streak of gratitude instead of a streak of yellow. The bomb plot certainly woke up the country to the fact that there are a lot of dissatisfied folk up New York way. Mr. Woody says he is going to keep both his big feet on the fourteen points, but when the allies get through with them (we mean the points) they will be as blunt as the end of a broken chisel. We certainly were glad to see the sun and hope it will decide to stick around indefinitely. If the allies don't adopt the League of Nations and Germany doesn't sign the peace treaty, who will the joke be on? If there is a single Colored citizen in this burg who doesn't know plenty about Liberia, it isn't our fault. The World-Herald says that Flume is the only port the Jugo-Slavs have on the coast, while the New York Tribune and the geography say that there are plenty of other ports running around loose. Whose right? Thanking you for this evidence of kind appreciation and interest, we will now oil up the typewriter so it will make less noise. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH PATRICK? WHICH Patrick? Judge Robert W. Patrick of the municipal court. He rendered a most astounding decision the other day that does him no credit. Nor do we believe his decision will stand either the test of law or of common sense. A woman was denied ice cream in a drug store upon the ground that Colored people were not served in that place. She was refused solely on the ground of color. Judge Patrick decided that because the law does not specifically specify drug stores therefore the law was not violated. He held that refusal by a restaurant, cafe, etc., came within the provision of the law, but not by a drug store. What a detestible quibble! No one could have made us believe that Robert W. Patrick could be induced to stoop to such quackery and pettifogging as this. The revelation fills us with the keenest regret. THE St. Paul Appeal significantly asks why when American Negroes asked passports to attend a Pan-African congress in France our state department refused them; but when Irish-Americans requested passports to attend a meeting to demand Irish rights, the request was readily granted, although the Irish question is entrenching upon Britain's domestic policy? This does look a little queer, doesn't it? And yet people wonder why American Negroes claim that now and then they are handed a raw deal. Never mind, keep your head, for right will ultimately triumph. HOW ABOUT THAT PLAYGROUND WHEN are we going to have that public playground in Omaha's most congested neighborhood? Locate it where it may serve the children of Kellom school district. If this is done it will remove one of our city's blighted spots within less than a mile of the heart of the city and provide a recreational center which is much needed. Commissioners, how about that playground? The May Crisis is First War History number, with an edition of 100., 000 copies. The cover is Lorenzo Harris' drawing of the Negro soldier's valor, done in colors. The leading article is "Documents of the War," collected by Dr. W.E. Burghardt DuBois in France. There is also a circumstantial account of the lynchings at Shubuta, Miss. There are pictures of the Pan-African congress, Red Cross nurses at Camp Grant and of Needham Roberts. The June Crisis will contain a supplement with a complete history of the Negro soldier in the world war. The lieutenants in the V victory loan with Mrs. Isaac Bailey as captain, did faithful work and secured in all $1,650 worth of bonds. Miss Madeline Roberts leads with $1,000 worth. Mrs. F. J. Smith secured $400, Mrs. J. A. Williams $100, and Mesdames R. T. Walker, W. Bridges and E. R. West $50 each. In their canvass of the districts assigned they found many had subscribed through their places of business or employment. Obvious Observations A LITTLE QUEER THE MAY CRISIS WOMEN RAISE $1,650 SKITS OF SOLOMON The Chin THAT projecting piece of scenery on the human facial map known as the chin is a symbol of civilization, that is, it is supposed to be. When the hefty spade artists dug up the Heidelburg and Piltnow jaws it was discovered that the bones forming the chin then and now have changed much considerable and that it apparently decided to change as man has tried to climb up the ladder of refinement. Several other vertebrates have chins, for example, the elephant, but they are not such apparent chins as should make them proud and anxious to enter any chinery contests. Today the chin has become the sine qua non of human beauty, whatever that means, and the Beau Brummel cold cream doll who is short on chin specifications doesn't have much chance for competition with Apollo Belvidere and Veny of Milos. There was a time when a man thought more of a lot of alfalfa growing on his mug and streaming down his frontal fortifications than he did of his chin, but somehow whiskers have gone out of a lot of style around urban centers. Scientists say that the chin never got a start in the world until man lost his huge lower canine teeth, although the world isn't quite satisfied yet that man had these dental additions. None have ever been found who had, except made up wild men who travel with circuses. The chin is much sought after by prize fighters and if it receives a good right swing its possessor is apt to take a visit into the stellar world and see more stars than are named and numbered in a book of astronomy. For this reason scientists also asservate that the guy with the least chin is the one most apt to cop the belt. It is also whispered that the more perfect the jaw the more perfect the speech and that this is the reason why the French Italian and Irish talk better than Englishman and Germans. RETURNING SOLDIERS We are returning from the war! The Crisis and tens of thousands of black men were drafted into a great struggle. For bleeding France and what she means and has meant and will mean to us and humanity and against the threat of German race arrogance, we fought gladly and to the last drop of blood; for America and her highest ideals, we fought in far-off hope; for the dominant southern oligarchy entrenched in Washington, we fought in bitter resignation. For the America that represents and gloats in lynching, disfranchisement, caste, brutality and devilish insult—for this, in the hateful upturning and mixing of things, we were forced by vindictive fate to fight, also. But today we return! We return from the slavery of uniform which the world's madness demanded us to don to the freedom of civil garb. We stand again to look America squarely in the face and call a spade a spade. We sine: This country of ours, despite all its better souls have done and dreamed, is yet a shameful land. It lynches. And lynching is barbarism of a degree of contemptible nastiness unparalleled in human history. Yet for fifty years we have lynched two Negroes a week, and we have kept this up right through the war. It disfranchises its own citizens. Disfranchisement is the deliberate theft and robbery of the only protection of poor against rich and black against white. The land that disfranchises its citiens and calls itself a democracy lies and knows it lies. It encourages ignorance. It has never really tried to educate the Negro. A dominant minority does not want Negroes educated. It wants servants, dogs, prostitutes and monkeys. And when this land allows a reactionary group by its stolen political power to force as many black folk into these categories as it possibly can, it cries in contemptible hypocrisy: "They threaten us with degeneracy; they cannot be educated." It steals from us. It organizes industry to cheat us. It cheats us out of our land; it cheats us out of our labor. It confiscates our savings. It reduces our wages. It raises our rent. It steals our profit. It taxes us without representation. It keeps up consistently and universally poor, and then feeds us on charity and dredes our poverty. It insults us. It has organized a nation-wide and latterly a world-wide propaganda of deliberate and continuous insult and defamation of black blood wherever found. It decrees that it shall not be possible in travel nor residence, work nor play, education nor instruction for a black man to exist without tacit or open acknowledgment of his inferiority to the lowest white. And it looks upon any attempt to question or even discuss this dogma as arrogance, unwarranted assumption and treason. This is the country to which we soldiers of democracy return. This is the fatherland for which we fought! But it is our fatherland. It was right for us to fight. Under similar circumstances we would fight again. But The Beautiful Thing About the FORD CAR is its 100% simplicity of operation, 100% per cent economy, and 100% service. That's why we've adopted the slogan 100% Ford Service. We strive to maintain the Ford standard all the time, in all ways, in all departments. We sell Ford Motor Cars and Fordsom Farm Tractors. Parlors 2314 North 24th Street. Phone Webster 1100. Expert Licensed Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Auto and Horse Drawn Vehicles. 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Phone Tyler 897. 6 Kiddies' Korner Madree Penn The Turning of the Babies in the Bed Woman's sho' a cur'ous critter, An' dey aint no doubting dat. She's a mess o' funny capahs f'om Huh slippahs to huh hat. Ef you tries to un'erstan huh, an' You fails, des' up an' say: "D' aint a bit o' use to try to Un'erstan' a woman's way." I don' mean to be complain', but I's jes' a-settin' down Some o' my own observations, W'en I cas' my eye eroun., Ef you ax me fu' to prove it, I ken do it mighty fine Fu' dey aint no bettah, 'zample Den dis v'ye wife o' mine. In de vey' heat o' midnight, w'en I's sleepin' good an' soun', I kin yehay a so't o' rustlin' an' Somebody movin' roun'. An' I say, "Lize, what you doin'?"? But she frown an' shek huh haid, "Hush yo' mouth, I'm only t'nin' Of de chillun in de bed. "Don' you know a chile gits restless, Layin' all de night one way? An' you got to kind o' 'range him Sev'al times befo' de day? So de little necks won't worry, an' De little backs won't break. Don' you tink case chillun' chillun' Dey aint got no pain an' ache." So she shakes 'em, an' she twists 'em, An' she tu'n's 'em 'roun' erbout. 'Twell I don' see how de chillun Evah keeps f'om hollohin' out. Den she lif's 'em up head down-'ards, So's dey won't git livah-grown. But dey snoozes des' ez peaceful Ez a liza'd on a stone. We'n hit's mos' nigh time fu' Wakin on de dawn o' judgment day, Seems lak I kin yehah ol' Gab'iel Lay his trumpet down an' say, "Who dat walkin' 'roun so easy, Down on earf ermong de dead?"— "T will be Lizy up a-tu'nin' of de Chillun in de bed." Paul Lawrence Dunbar. IT SURE IS Say, Pete, did you ever stop to think, ez how when yer are a'laying all nice in bed jest a 'sleeping ter beat the band 'n its cool 'n' der rain is all a drizzling down n'everything, yer maw she comes upstairs, she does, 'n keeps yelling at yer, telling yer, its time to git up, 'n go to school! Gosh! don't y hate to turnover! What's the use of getting up enyhow when that ole teacher's going to have a jogerfy test 'n yer don't know whether dem Caterpillar mountains ez in Maine or Kansas. 'N yer gotta git up 'n go to school 'n wear rubbers. 'Nn yer flunk the test, 'n the teacher keep yer after school, 'n yer get all wet a'coming home 'n yer maw never sez a thing erout that, when, ef yer hadda got wet a'goin' a'fishing she'd a raised Cane. Gosh! Pete when yer git to thinkin' aint life the dickens! SPRING A—TRAGEDY Fish, hook, brook. Ding, dong: School bell! Doggone! THANKS TO OMAHA'S MINISTERS I wish to thank all of the Colored ministers of the city who made it possible to afford Dr. N. H. B. Cassell the privilege of presenting his message to our people in Omaha and regret only that his stay was so short as to make it impossible for him to have been the guest at all of our churches. Doctor Cassell was very pleased with the spirit of the race in Omaha and appreciated their generous donations for Liberian education. GEORGE WELLS PARKER. DEATH OF MRS. LOLA CUMBER Mrs. Lola Thompson Cumber, aged 28, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Frank Shropshire, 1118 North Seventeenth street, early Sunday morning after a protracted illness. Mrs. Cumber, who was a daughter of the late Grant and Mary Ellen Thompson, was born and reared in Omaha. After her marriage she resided for a time in Denver, later going to Minneapolis, where her husband died two years ago. The funeral was held from St. Philip's Episcopal church Tuesday afternoon. Interment was at Forest Lawn. Rev. John Albert Williams officiated. Pay your debts and keep your credit good. --- Freling & Steinle 1803 Farnam St. DO YOU NEED A TRUNK?—Buy it from the factory and save money. This trunk well built with good corners, locks and hinges; fiber covered, $17.00. The Tabernacle Baptist church was filled Sunday morning. The pastor, Rev. J. P. Jackson, preached a baptismal sermon from Roman 6:3-4. At 4 p. m. they held their baptismal services at First Baptist church, corner of 6th street and First avenue and again the church was crowded, it being a mixed congregation who fully enjoyed the sermon. There were five converts to receive baptism. The church will have a three hundred dollar rally which will start May 25 to June 1, which has been named the Nail Driving Rally, with three contesting parties, the red, white and blue. The young people of the church organized a new club which was named the Pastor Coronation club and elected the following officers: Miss Mable Hawkin, president; Miss Betty Feeling, clerk; Miss Hawkin, treasurer; Mrs. Morton, superintendent; Rev. J. P. Jackson, chairman. The Rev. J. P. Jackson will preach for the Rev. W. F. Botts, pastor of Zion Baptist church, next Sunday morning, May 4, and will also preach for Rev. Broadnax Wednesday evening this week. The Mission Circle will meet with Mrs. Jordon at 2:30 Friday afternoon. The Palm club will meet at Mrs. Francis Lee's, 1919 Avenue C, Thursday afternoon. The sick are much better at this writing. We wish to extend our welcome to the many strangers who have came to Council Bluffs to live. Uncle Jeff Perkin met with a painful accident at his home, while driving a peg in the ground the ax slipped and struck his ankle and he was unable to be around for ten days. Mr. Ernest Wade went to Kansas City, Mo., to see his daughter, whom he had not seen for ten years. Mr. George Manual Sr. of Guthrie, Okla., came back to Council Bluffs to make his home with his son, George Jr., 1415 West Broadway. Mrs. Teal underwent an operation at Jennie Edmundson hospital and is doing as well as can be expected. Mr. Haney has bought a home between 26th and 27th on Second avenue. Mr. Hill also bought a home on Second avenue. Corporal Arthur Grady arrived home from Camp Funston last Thursday morning for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Fred Stone. Mr. Jake Foupaint is slowly recovering his strength after a bad illness, and we are glad to see him at church again, for we missed him so. Bethel A. M. E. Church, Ave. A and 16th Street. Rev. Matthew R. Rhonenee. Pastor. Sunday was trustee day and general class day. Morning services were good and the love of God was in the temple, and a well filled house at night. The collection for the day was $62.12. We are making ready for our big rally May 25, the last Sunday in May, 1919, for our new church building. The Pastor Aid meets at the parsonage Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 with sixteen members present. Visitors present one, Mrs. H. L. Bolden of Kansas City, Kas., she addressed the society and gave us some very helpful remarks, and also our presiding elder, the Rev. Mr. J. H. Ferribe, D. D., of the Des Moines district. The Bethel A. M. E. Church Aid met at the residence of Mrs. A. A. Green, 1108 South 8th street, Friday afternoon at 2:30, with eighteen members present. Two visitors were present, Rev. W. M. Moore and Mrs H. L. Bolden. The remarks by both of them and the light refreshments that the hostess served were enjoyed by all. The initial entertainment given at the eBthel A. M. e. church Wednesday night by the Morning and Night choir, was a grand success. An excellent program was rendered by some of the local talent of the church, after which refreshments were served in the basement. Thirty-one dollars and eight cents was cleared on the entertainment. The Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Bolden, pastor of the C. M. E. church of Kansas City, Kas., spent the past week in THE MONITOR JUST KIDS—Ambitions. AIN'T IT GRAND TER BE A PLICE MAN N'WEAR BRASS BUTTONS N'LEAD ALL THE PARADES NTHING - I'M GONNA BE A COP JES AS SOON AS I GET FAT ENOUGH of the Pas- neir regular which the pre- brief remarks, l. AS. old his town family to to remain. aptist church wright bap- ay a. m. at ices himself Joe to assist am left for INTERNATIONAL our city, the guests of his sister, Mrs. Grace Cave. The members of the church aid are working hard and looking to their bazaar, which will be the 21st and 22d of May, 1919. Meals will be served at the church and a program will be rendered each night. Last Sunday, April the 27th, was quarterly meeting. The presiding elder, J. H. Ferribee, D. D., with us and preached a soul stirring sermon to a well filled house at 3 p. m.; and the Rev. J. H. Daniels of South Omaha, Neb., preached in place of the Rev. J. A. Broadnax and members of Mr. Broadnax's church were present. Rev. W. C. Williams and his congregation were also present. Sunday night the ladies of the Pastor's Aid rendered their regular monthly program, after which the presiding elder made some brief remarks, which were enjoyed by all. Robert Duncan has sold his town property, removing his family to Graham county, Kansas, to remain. The pool at Ebenezer Baptist church is completed. Rev. Cartwright baptized six converts Sunday a. m. at 10:30. After brief services himself and members went to St. Joe to assist Rev. Herring in his rally. Mrs. Goldie Cunningham left for Kansas City Monday a. m. to accept a position as stenographer for a law firm. The sudden and sad death of Mrs. Cleaver Arnett cast a gloom of sadness over the entire city Monday morningg, when the news came from a Topeka hospital where she had gone to undergo an operation for appendicitis. Seemingly well when last seen by her many friends just a day or two before leaving home. The funeral was held Thursday at the A. M. E. church, Rev. Billups officiated. The Daughters of Tabernacle had charge of the funeral. She leaves a husband, father, mother, a brother and three children to mourn for her, besides all of whom were acquainted with her. Miss Lulu Valuetz of Omaha is visiting her mother. Mrs. Henry Moore of Omaha was in the city a few days last week to visit her sister, Mrs. Rosy Carr of California, at the residence of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Nelson. heir parents, on. of Camel, Ia.. father. and wife will Des Moines, are home. Will Ousley and wife of Camel, Ia., are visiting Mr. Ousley's father. Henry Clay Wiley and wife will leave in a few days for Des Moines, Ia., to make it their future home. Mrs. Minnie Whitney returned Sunday from Cape Girard, Mo., visiting Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Hill. She speaks highly of her visit which she says'was a source of constant pleasure. Rev. Hill was former pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church here. Joseph Lewis, an old respected citizen died Sunday after a lingering illness. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, No. 11, and was buried under auspices of that body. He had lived in Atchison fifty years and was well known and liked by everyone. The funeral was held Friday at the A. M. 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Dr. Britt Upstairs Douglas 7812 and 7150 Drug Co. Rubber Goods and Sundries. OUR SPECIALTY. LGOFF WARE STOVES, RUGS, LINOLEUM ney. Credit if You Wish. VENINGS -Webster 1607; Webster 4825 Our Gifts. Omaha, Nebraska Among the Churches wife left Friday night for St. Louis, Mo., after delivering his final message. A special offering of $113 was given him. Baptismal sermon was preached in the afternoon of Sunday by the pastor after which many were baptized Monday night. A very delightful church wedding took place at 8:30 at which time Rev. F. L. Goodlett, member of the Mt. Moriah Baptist church, was united in marriage by the pastor to Miss Mary Davis, a member of Bethel Baptist, South Side. It was one of the loveliest occasions the church has seen for many years. Mr. Roy Hilton was best man; Miss Aline Davis was bridesmaid. It was a ring affair. The Junior Progressive club will give a social May 17 at Mr. George Smith's, 2534 Hamilton street. Refreshments of the season will be served. The sick of the church are doing nicely. Visitors are welcome to all services. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. W. F. Botts, Pastor Last Sunday was fasting day and prayer services were held from 6:30 to 7:30 a. m. Good crowds were in attendance all day and the collections, both public and the systematic pledge giving were very gratifying. We are repeating our special appeal to every member and friend in the city. Give as you never gave before. Ten thousand dollars must be raised and only two more Sundays remain to raise the above amount. THERE'S A MESSAGE FOR YOU AT Bethel Baptist Church 29th and T Sts., South Side SERVICES Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. Song service, 10:45 a. m. Preaching services, 11 a. m.; 8 p. m. Rev. Thomas A. Taggart, Pastor. 2120 North 27th St. A. M.E. CHURCH ALLEN CHAPEL A. M.E. CHURCH 5233 South 25th Street ICES Sunday school, 1 p. m.; preaching, 8 p. m. nights. Preaching, 11 a. m.; Sunday school, 1 p. m.; Allen Endeavor, 7 p. m.; preaching, 8 p. m. Class meetings Friday nights. J. A. BROADNAX, P. C. Phone South 3475. leasant Green Baptist Church Twenty-second and Paul Streets Pleasant Green Baptist Church REV. JOHN COSTELLO, PASTOR. VICES ing service and preaching, 11 a. m.; service and preaching, 8 o'clock. ht; class meeting Friday, night. day afternoon at 3:30. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; morning service and preaching, 11 a. m.; B. Y. P. U., 5:30 p. m.; evening service and preaching, 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting, Wednesday night; class meeting Friday, night. Women's Missionary Society, Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church 26th and Franklin Streets REV. WILLIAM FRANKLIN. Pastor VICES ing service and preaching, 11 a. m. service and preaching, 8 p. m. right; Women's Missionary Society, Sunday School, 10 a. m.; morning service and preaching, 11 a. m. B. Y. P. U., 6 p. m.; evening service and preaching, 8 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night; Women's Missionary Society, 1st and 3d Sunday, 4 p. m. A Church Where All Are Welcome GROVE METHODIST CHURCH and Seward Sts., Omaha, Neb. Sunday School, 10 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m., 8 p. m. League, 6:30 p. m. Florence P. Leavitt Club, Monday afternoon. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Evening. W. H. M. S. Thursday Afternoon Ladies' Aid, Friday afternoon. REV. F. L. DEAS, Pastor Residence 2202 Clark St. Church of St. Philip the Deacon (EPISCOPAL) Twenty-first Between Nicholas and Paul Sts. REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, PRIEST Sunday services, 7:30, 10 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. COME. YOU ARE WELCOME. --- ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. J. A. Broadnax, Pastor We went over the top last Sunday in our rally. We desired $1,000 and raised $1,038.28. We kindly thank all our friends who donated and adme it a success. Robert Severe underwent an operation at St. Joseph's hospital about three weeks ago and will soon be out. Saturday afternoon the Sunday school children were given a party by Mrs. E. Howard in the guild rooms. Sunday morning a good sized congregation was present. Sunday night at 8 o'clock the church was comfortably filled. The Rev. Dr. Cassell preached a helpful sermon on "The Conversion of the Ethiopian Enuch." The Rev. Oliver H. Cleveland, vicar of St. John's read the lessons. The offering was devoted to educational work in Liberia. The congregational meeting which was to have been held at the close of the service Sunday morning was postponed until next Sunday. MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor The Mt. Moriah Baptist church has closed a very successful revival meeting and up to last Sunday thirty-seven had been added and nearly half this number for baptism. Rev. Harris and [Picture of a man in a suit and tie, with a portrait of a building in the background]. 2629 Caldwell Street. SERVICES GROVE METHODIST CHURCH 22nd and Seward Sts., Omaha, Neb. (EPISCOPAL) Webster 6035. 041312001234 THE MONITOR Efforts are being put forth each night by the various auxiliaries. Everyone is asked to report from time to time that all may be done in a systematic way. oG over the top. Rev. W. H. Franklin of Pilgrim Rest Baptist church will speak next Tuesday night under the auspices of the B. Y. P. U. Come and hear him. Mother Howard is convalescing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. Howard, at 2518 Ohio, after an operation on her foot at the Swedish Mission hospital. The Wide Awake 24 will meet in the rest room of the church Friday, May 23. Let everyone remember the rally, May 18. Regular services next Lord's day. Those who are not regular subscribers to the Monitor may purchase same at this church each Sunday. ST. JOHN'S A. M.E. CHURCH NEWS Rev. W, C. Williams, Pastor Large audiences filled the auditorium at both morning and evening services. A number of persons were added to the church. The collection for the week was $356.49. Sunday was missionary day and splendid programs were rendered by both the Sunday school and the kindergarten. On last Tuesday night class No. 7 tendered their leader, Mr. Guy Franklin a very agreeable birthday surprise, After enjoying plenty of refreshments they presented the honor guest with a large comfortable rocking chair. Mr. Franklin expressed himself as being very grateful and determined to do more for the uplift of his class. The Rev. Cassell, a native of Africa, spoke to a large audience last Tuesday night following class. Sunday will be quarterly conference. Everybody welcome. The O. N. E. club had a very enthusiastic meeting on last Monday at the residence of Miss Corrine Thomas. A large number of members were present. They are making preparations to entertain the State Federation in June. RACE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS 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. 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The chief regarded him with withering scorn. "Allow me," he said, "to draw your attention to the fact that at present we are looking not for the assassin, but for clues"— Judge. ONE THOUSAND MEMBERS WANTED FOR THE N. A. A. C. P. Now is the time for us to GET TOGETHER Let your DOLLAR do its duty towards getting for you and your children the things that God intended you to have. This is the only organization working persistently and consistently to Abolish Lynching, Discrimination and Jim Crowism in Political and Civil Life. Isn't $1.00 a year little enough to see Justice Done? NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT OF COL-ORED PEOPLE. Omaha, Neb., Branch. TO HOME BUYERS Going Ahead Too Fast AN AIR ROMANCE By CAROL GAY. The little brown cottage had four occupants, a stout and comely matron whom the neighbors called Mother M—— and her three daughters, Esther, Elspeth and Jean. They were one and all, tall and most divinely fair. Theirs was the straight, virile beauty in the wilds, clear-eyed and goddess-like. And they were one and all deliciously youthful. In fact Esther was twenty-one, Elspeth twenty, and Jean seventeen, thick braids still down her back. Esther was the tallest and the most beautiful. Elspeth was slim and always clad in black, in memory of a lover, warkilled, with tender gray eyes, overflowing always with love and kindliness; wide, smiling red lips; poor girl, she had taught those lips to mille again, with steady, patient resolution, and a coronet of glossy chestnut braids. And Jean! Jean, her starry eyes forever aglow, was the brightest ray of Mother M——'s halo. Each Sunday eve as Esther departed after her week-end visit, stiff and starched, with a full valise, Jean would gaze at her with wistfulness and whisper: "Oh, you are so fortunate, Essie. It was on Monday. Jean would never forget that epoch-making date! It was stormy and Esther had concluded not to set forth until Tuesday. Old Widow W——' was ill of lumbago, with not a soul to care for her. "Prepare a basket, and we will go to her at once. No help indeed! "Twas Widow W—— made my wedding gown. I'll pay her in full for all her kindliness," declared the kindly Mother M——, as she tied on her bonnet. And Jean, eager for the trip, obeyed with alacrity. The widow made comfortable, and her mother securely installed in the humble abode. Jean resumed her ulster and catching up her empty basket sped toward home. Not a hundred feet from the widow's cottage, Jean, peering through the thick fog, discerned an unfamiliar object on the ground. She drew nearer. An enormous eagle? No, an airplane! Jean observed it fascinatedly. It was polished on one wing. The rest was shattered. Then Jean stepped back in wide-eyed horror. A still, straight form beneath! The man was not dead, no! "But he was badly injured," said Doctor B—as he bent over the boyish white face on the pillow. "Lucky that the girl happened along and called you, mother, else the lad might have died." Jean, encouraged by his manner, asked in a small, frightened voice, if the patient could be moved to her own home; explaining that there was scare room for the widow and her attendant, much less for the aviator and Jean, in the small cottage. "We will see, we will see. Perhaps when he is better," smiled the doctor, and that ended it. Jean ran home to tell her sisters the news, while Mother M—hovered capably between the two patients. Saturday. The aviator had been ill for nearly a month. Esther arrived today for her weekly visit and John R—for that was the young man's name, was to be moved to the M—dwelling, there to convalesce. At last he was sitting there in the shabby old armchair, smiling up at her with his funny, quirky grin. "A penny for your thoughts, little maid," he said at last. Jean laughed suddenly, and patted his hand. "They were of you and Esther, dear eagleman." But his mind was far as he gazed out of the little window. Esther came and with her a strange spirit of shattered peace that puzzled and disturbed her youngest sister. Poor little maiden, running to the sweet shelter of the crowding mists, fighting back the sobs as she spoke to the eerie white shadows that followed her ever and anon: "But I love him, I love him. Why? I found him here in the valley. You brought him to me. Do not take him away! I love him!" That day and the day after Esther was constantly at his side, smiling, talking, attending him, her blue eyes kindled at last. And Jean, miserable little Jean, lay sobbing in the cheerless loft. But it is given to him who hath. So it was restored to her who had found and cherished, Jean, bidding farewell to her sister Monday morning at the turn of the stone-bordered path, said listlessly: "Sister, how soon will you and the eagleman be married?" Esther stared and laughed. "You mean John? Why, the boy is only twenty-one. You silly little sister! Why do you flush and start so, Jean." Jean paused solemnly. "Because Love and Adventure have swooped upon me from the West. Good-by, Essie." Then she ran into the house. John was sitting disconsolately by the window. He brightened as he heard her soft footstep, and turning saw her eager face. "Jean, darling!" How naturally it came from his lips. But she looked surprised. He laughed, boyishly, happily. "Didn't you know? I think the eagle has found his mate. What does she say, Jeannie?" Jean buried her head in his blankets. "His mate says—'yes,'" she whispered. pered. (Copyright 1919, by the McClure Newspa per, Syndicate.) Saved to Some Effect. I. Greenville, N. H., a man who believes in saving coppers and nickels paid his taxes with $119.55 in buffalo nickels, $11.80 in old-style nickels, $6 in Lincoln cents and Indian-head cents. Buying a buggy, nearly new, at auction, he paid for it in coppers, and he also paid $27 in cents for a purchase made away from home. Statistics gathered in Italy throw throw some light on the question on the relative frequency of earthquakes by day and by night. It has been alleged that the supposed greater frequency of nocturnal quakes is only apparent, being due to the fact that quiet conditions at night make the shocks more readily perceptible. It appears, however, that considering only those shocks which were so intense that they could not have escaped notice at any hour, 865 occurred during the 12 night hours. DUNBUR N'T QU DON'T DON'T QUIT FINISH IT Two million men It cost us a lot but it's worth me them back. THEY FINISH If they had not men would be These men saved BUY AND BRING Men's SHIRTS a Specialty million men were sent us a lot to get the worth much more ck. FINISHED THE it had not, two mil- lion would be on the w en saved us lives an JY W.S. War Savin BRING THEM H S GREE Two million men were sent abroad. It cost us a lot to get them over but it's worth much more to have them back. 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When on the South Side EAT AT 2517 Q St. South 4470 MRS. J. O. LELAND, Prop. Smoke John Ruskin or Cigar. Biggest and Best.—Adv. The Balancer of The Universe A Drama of the Race Conflict in Four Acts by B. Harrison Peyton CHARACTERS Mauricio Crispin, a dancer from the Argentine, age 25 years. La Corusca, Senora Crispin, his Argentine mother, age 42. Agnes, their American guest and dancing pupil, age 22. Mrs. Vincent Widener, a woman 'ournalist, age 35. Period: Present. Place: Providencia, a city on the Pacific coast. SCENE III The Blazing Disruption. Agnes: Your regret, I assure you, senora, however great it may be. Oh! but she's gone—like a whirlwind! Crispin: Yes. And you were about to say? Agnes: Merely that her regret can by no possibility exceed my own. But for us, too, senor, the hour of parting is come, and all too soon! Crispin: Permit me. Still, the parting won't be really final, I trust, senorita. Surely it'll be simply hasta la vista; for will you not return to our home in a few weeks—or months the most? Agnes: No, senor; it's very unlikely that I'll ever come back here, and certainly not, if dear Godfrey doesn't recover by some marvel. But hand me the coat, please. Crispin: What, senorita! you won't return to finish you: schooling in la Malaguena, nor avail yourself of the extra lessons I've promised you? Agnes: In saddest truth, 'twil be quite impossible. Nevertheless, ours has been a most fortunate acquaintance senor. Indeed, such a thoroughly schoolfellow like comradeship as my mind shall preserve sacredly as long as memory lasts, just as the mind treasures enshrined the pleasures and playmates of one's childhood. Crispin: But think once more of madre; how can you forsake her, too, all at once and so absolutely? Senorita, only consider what store she sets by you as a pupil; and if you never come here again, what poignant disappointment hers will be. Agnes: I give you my word, senor, no one has a fuller realization than I have of my indebtedness to Senora Crispin. In the brief while of my abode here, your mother has won my sincerest esteem, and attached herself to me a great deal more closely than you probably imagine. And I must saw that you especially, with the best will in the world, have rendered me services so generous and innumerable that I feel grateful beyond measure, and cannot take leave of you, senor, without begging that you will let me make some poor attempt to thank you for them. Crispin: Rather is it I who owe you an unlimited gratitude, senorita. But if you insist I've actually inspired in you—some feeling of thankfulness—I ask no greater proof of it than you'll promise to return to us as our guest and pupil sometime in the future, in order that I may go on serving you to the best of my modest ability as I've served you in the past. Agnes: I can only repeat, senor, what you desire is for me hardly feasible. Crispin: But, Senorita Agnes, you talk of going out of life entirely, all of a sudden and for all time. Has it never occurred to you of what vital import that possibly may be to me? Agnes. Precious little Godfrey's immensely more to me than a mere nunil, senor, and yet isn't it almost certain he'll be taken out of my life forever—and—irrecoverably? Crispin: Senorita. Agnes: Yes, senor. Crispin: You purpose to undertake that long, racking, desolate journey to Shadow City alone, with no one—not even a mere acquaintance—to attend you—to come to your aid in case of need? Agnes: 'Tis indeed regrettable I'm without even a maid, senor; and of course, pressing theatrical engagements won't permit the senora to go with me. Besides herself, I have no friend of my own sex here in Providencia. Crispin: It's nearly four days' travel at the shortest; unnerved and heart-stricken by the anguish of suspense as you are, before the journeys' over, senitoria, you'll be in severe need of someone to sustain you. Agnes: I shall be constrained to endure the trip, senor, with the very best fortitude at my command. Crispin: But, senorita, the truth is, I can't suffer you to support the heavy ordeal of such a journey all by yourself! Surely you'll permit me to—to accompany you, to be—er—to you on your travels the same companion as I've been here? Agnes: You! Senor, it it, it's unthinkable! it's unthinkable! How can you ask that of me, senor? Crispin: I forewarn you, 'twill be an exhausting journey, cruelly hard! THE MONITOR attended, and make my support the constant hope and desire to enfold baby Godfrey in these arms once again before there comes that last closing of his eyes. Crispin: Do you doubt your anxiety regarding your little brother troubles my spirit nigh as much as it does your own? Agnes: Not for an instant. But, senor, how can you so soon forget your former Colored intimate? Crispin: High-minded, brave hearted, matchless Anthony!—unhonored, reviled martyr to the cause of liberty! Why do you assume I've forgotten him, senorita? Agnes: He possessed a very strong hold on your affections—didn't he senor? Crispin: I knew him just four years; he was somewhat older than I but in that short space, he became so much like a brother to me as if our mothers hrd been one—and when he was shot down like— Agnes: Oh, senor! the senora herself has described to me all her own bitter stress of grief—and yours! But, if I may venture to mention again him whom you abhor for having killed your friend, why are you not mindful his home is in Shadow City? Crispin: You think I should be afraid to cross Terry Whiteside's path—afraid 'twill provoke just such another mortal conflict as occurred between Anthony and him? Senorita, I desire to go with you in spite of that rather unlikely possibility. Agnes: Yet you refused to go to Shadow City to dance la Malaguena for the representative's little son, crippled and bedridden! Crispin: Precisely. Didn't he by his infernal malice, not only cause the death of scores on scores of others, but bring about the injury of his own child as well—like a swashbuckler who strikes and is heart-wounded by the recoil of his own weapon? Indeed, Whiteside represents to my mind, senorita, such inhuman and atrocious iniquities that the mere mention of his name sets my teeth on edge—my very veins to seething with fury—revolts my whole being! Agnes: One might sooner doubt one's own feelings than the bitter intensity of your hate, senor! Crispin: The representative's a murderer, senorita, an evil creature, ten thousand times a monster! May the heavenpowers forbid he and I should ever meet! But, at the same time, I ask you, does the disdainful bell-fighter ever hesitate to enter the vino, even though he knows the blood-thirsty, man-killing animal is there awaiting him? Agnes: If the two of you indeed should encounter, senor, you, you'd'd youd' give full rein to all your—reckless desire for vengeance? Crispin: Terry Whiteside slew my loved comrade with much the saree blood-lust as that with which the ferocious beast of the wild slavs its prey! Some men might be tempted, senorita, to meet the murderer eye to eye—front to front—as the enraged and rampant bull, in his terrific onrush, is met by the matador with outthrust sword! No, rather they'd be tempted to fling themselves upon him, fasten their hands like steel on his throat—and throttle him relentlessly—just as one would any other violent and dangerous maniac. But as to me, I simply bear in mind—"whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad!" Agnes: Senor Cris-Crispin! Senor Crispin! you've no—any—er—the slightest pity for his children—his innocent young son—his—? Crispin: His wretched children can't help but be the infant father! Minina, don't forget there's a goddess who mets out the universal and eternal laws—counterbalances, any disturbance of the proper and equitable order of things! Righteous Heaven! how the ancient Greeks feared her whom they named Nemesis, who governed with the measuring rod and bridle; punished with the sword and the scourge; and enforced justice with the swiftness of wings, the wheel; with the vigilance of the flying griffins harnessed to her chariot! Ah, senorita! it's a Nemesic decree—"visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children!" Whiteside's—his son, his daughter—inevitably must have inherited his madness of race prejudice and hatred, or caught it as by contagion! Agnes: For the holy Savior's sake, senor! can't you perceive your expressed feeling—is more than sufficient reason why you shouldn't go with me? Crispin: You torment yourself with needless fears, senorita. The chance that I shall come into personal contact with Whiteside is in fact very remote. Agnes: Senor, on the contrary, I assure you that, if you accompany me to Shadow City, you'll certainly meet him! Crispin: Why are you so absolutely positive of that? Agnes: Because, senor, the fact is his family and I dwell very close to tether in Shrdow City; my acquaintance with his daughter is so especially intimate that I may truly call her a bosom friend! Crispin: Incredible! You've never given us the least reason to believe that you—you—and the Whitesides—! Agnes. It has never before been necessary, senor. But it gives me a shuddery horror to hear you talk the way you do. I must hasten to my oorn. Won't you kindly let me pass? Crispin: Now I understand your attitude! Senorita, you've got to listen to me! Agnes: Why do you persist, Senor Crispin? Crispin: I won't—I won't permit you to go away without my having given utterance in plain words to that which my every action must've already told you over and over again! Agnes: What's the good of saying anything further? The insurmountable obstacles, senor! Crispin: Senorita, they tell me the quickest, surest course to the heart's curture of love is the way of pity! Indeed, the instant you first appeared love—you were like some gentle, virgin sister of sorrow!—my heart gathered you into its enfolding sympathy! When the tempest breaks along the surface of a calm sea—breaks with swiftly increasing violence—the ripples leap—gather volume—are upheaved into enormous billows; and so the first feeling of commiseration has heightened and accumulated within me—into an overpowering, limitless love! I say, love! senorita, love! Agnes: Oh! Senor Crispin, you'll A Million Eyes Turned Upon it Daily MADAM C.J.WALKERS WONDERFUL HAIR GROWER SUPREME IN REPUTATION SOLD EVERYWHERE IN U.S.A. A Preparation that will do exactly as recommended ONCE A USER ALWAYS A USER Mme C.J.Walker 640 North West at. Indianapolis, Indiana. Great opportunity for Agents Write for terms OUR NEW HOME PENDLETON AVE. ST. FERDINAND AVE. 25,000 MORE PORO AGENTS WANTED Equipped with the Very Latest Apparatus for Teaching the Poro System of Scalp and Hair Culture and all Branches of Beauty Culture Terms Moderate Diplomas Given Write Today for Further Information Dent. A-22 "PORO" COLLEGE Poro Corner St. Louis, Mo. drive me frantic, with terror, with pain! Crispin: But your manner—how can you imagine I've been totally blind to your manner? Then, too—oh! think, senorita! how we two would dance together, with el torero so importantly wooing la Malaguena! How can you go on pretending you never perceive I was really wooing you, with all the buoyant forces, dashing eagerness, inescapableness of the wind? And while you floated before me, as lightsome and graceful—seemingly as softy and glorious—as an illuminated cloud at sunset, surely you, too, thrilled with the consciousness that our two souls were intermingling, even as the harmonies themselves, in that music which animated your whole figure, and by which I felt myself uplifted! Agnes: You don't know how your every word wounds me! Senor Crispin, I tell you, you'll drive me frantic with pain, with chagrin! Crispin: Won't you, senorita, won't you marry me? Agnes: Senor, it's just as though you entered a fiery iron into my heart—really 'tis! Oh! you don't want to marry me—not me! I'm—Great heavens! why do you talk thus to me of love and marriage and happiness when little Godfrey's dying thousands of miles away? Crispin: Senorita Gorland, I don't mean to be selfish. You will, I pray, be good enough to forgive me. All the same, senorita, my love constrains me to assure you you shouldn't go out of my life altogether, no matter what the circumstances are! 1916 CUMING STREET Comfortable Rooms—Reasonable Rates D. G. Russell, Proprietor Agnes: Senor! Crispin: Had you granted me your consent, senorita. I should've escorted you safely to your father's door without ever once mentioning my love. But since you refuse me your— Agnes: Can it be your purpose to—to fol-follow me against my will? Crispin: I can only say such is my determination—indeed, my unalterable determination! I shall go to Shadow City in spite of the terrible memory of the panic—in spite of Terry Whiteside—in spite of everything! Agnes: I've but the one recourse, Senor Crispin, of appealing yet further to your pity. You don't realize you can't realize—how much I suffer at this moment! I entreat you, don't continue thus to wring my tortured heart! Now that we've come to the parting of the ways, pray let me go alone, though disconsolate and never to return—alone—alone, senor! but without striking you to the heart and dragging you over the precipice to share an abyss of torment along with me! Oh! you mustn't—you shan't follow me to Shadow City! (Continued Next Week.) A monthly Review of Africa and the Orient, $1.50 per year. Monitor office or 158 Fleet street, London, E. C. 4, England. PROBATE NOTICE In the Matter of the Estate of Fred Glitter Descared ter Decased. Notice is hereby given: that the creditors of the deceased will meet the administratrix of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 26th day of June, 1919, and on the 26th day of August, 1919, at 9 o'clock A. M., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examinations, and allowing them the months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 24th day of May, 1919. BRYCE CRAWFORD County Judge