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Dean William Pickens Leaves Morgan College GROWING, THANK YOU! $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy DISCUSSION CRISIS OF NEGRO SPACE Neval H. Thomas Demands Justice and Civil Rights Under Government. (Special to The Monitor by Walter J. Singleton.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 4.—The Negro has been in this country as long as the Anglo-Saxon white man. He has helped in proportion to his numbers to make it the great and powerful nation that it is. He pays taxes, he obeys its laws, he sheds his blood to defend it. Yet the Negro is denied his civil rights almost everywhere in the land. He does not enjoy the liberty he has earned. The crisis has come to the Negro in the United States. He must demand his rights. He must fight for them. He must appeal for aid to the millions of white men in America who love justice enough to give the Negro his due. Foregoing is the gist of a speech entitled "Agitation the Social Lever of the World." made by Neval H. Thomas, teacher of Greek and Roman history in Dunbar high school, at a meeting in Plymouth Congregational church recently. Discusses President's Attitude. The attitude of President Wilson toward the civil status of the Negro citizen was sharply criticized by the the speaker, who described Postmaster General Burleson as the "ignorant autocrat of the post office department, said to have some interest in a pea-age farm in Texas," and he also excoriated Attorney General Palmer and Secretary of the Navy Daniels. "Discrimination is being practiced against the colored man in America today by everybody from President Wilson down," said Mr. Thomas. "We have got to agitate without thought of personal sacrifice in order to win justice. Remember, freemen throughout history have won no rights without fighting for them. "The business of lynching Negroes in this country has got to be stopped, and it is going to be stopped. We must win the rights to patronize the best restaurants, theaters and hotels and to enjoy the best transportation conveniences. Until we do we bear the stamp of inferior beings. And when you are considered an inferior man you invite lynchings." Quotes Senate Document. Reading from senate document No. 153, a communication sent to the capitol by the attorney general on the subject of Negro radicalism, the speaker criticized that official for considering as lawless those colored people who agitate, and for failing to prosecute the lawless mobs that lynch Negroes. "Remember the attorney general is your servant and mine. He wants to keep the Negro from hollering when he is kicked. "We Negroes have found a cure for mob violence against us. It is armed resistance. By that I do not mean armed aggression, but self-defense. We will meet mob law with the same vigor our black heroes displayed in storming the heights metz in the great war. Every man must make his home his castle and defend it with his life." It is the duty of the northern Negro to teach his southern brother to demand and secure his free use of the vote, Mr. Thomas asserted. The colored man of the south must be able to enjoy the best accommodations. Sees Attempt at Suppression. "The attorney general and the senate cannot suppress 12,000,000 people determined to get their civil rights," he went on to say. The declaration was rewarded with hearty applause. "Every time the authorities repress one man who agitates they make a thousand converts to the cause. They are deporting men for agitation, but they are not deporting their ideas. Bolshevism can't be suppressed with force, but it can be met successfully with true democracy." The speaker repeatedly paid grateful tribute to the French people for their attitude of fraternity toward the colored American soldier. He said America is the only one of twenty-seven nations represented at the peace table that draws the color line. "While Wilson preached democracy there," he declared, "our 300-odd representatives in the peace confer- THE MONITOR once knew that in America the Negro citizen was suffering under the cruelest autocracy that ever cursed the world." No Desire for Social Equality. "But we must make it clear to the world that we don't want social association. We want the white man to know that we have no desire to marry his daughter or visit him in his home. We want to co-operate with the white citizen in making America a real democracy. Just plain justice is all we ask." In conclusion the speaker bitterly assailed race segregation in the government departments. The exclusion of Negroes from the government navy and military academies was a target for red-hot rhetoric. "Yes, despite President Wilson's bombast on democracy," he finished, "we have none here." S. M. Kendrick presided, and made a brief address supporting the attitude of the principal speaker. LINCOLN LEAGUE WILL HOLD CONVENTION Representatives From Various Sections to Assemble in Illinois Metropolis Next Week. CHICAGO, ILL., Feb 4.—The convention of the Lincoln League of America which convenes here next week, February 11-12 is expected to bring together a brilliant galaxy of the most forceful men and women of the race. The league is composed of colored men who believe in their country and who, against disheartening odds, are doing their best to keep burning fires of faith in the honor of their countrymen. Without waving the red flag or speaking in the language of hate they have devoted themselves to the task of getting a hearing for the colored people of the United States at home. Among matters of importance to be discussed are the following: 1. Political parties and colored Americans. 2. The government and the colored American soldier. 3. Do we favor cutting down the representation of the disfranchising states? If so, when? If not, why not? 4. The American Federation of Labor and the Colored Worker. 5. Can the colored railroad worker hold what he has got when the railroads are returned to private ownership? If not, then what about that fact? 6. How can we best get the news to the American people that the Jim Crow car is eating away the heart of the American nation? 7. Is lynching to be the standard of law and order in the United States? If not, who will stop it; how and when? Ex-Governor P. B. S. Pinchback is honorary president; Roscoe C. Simmons is president, and Robert R. Church is chairman of the executive committee. JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CONSIDERING ANTI- LYNCHING MEASURES Those Favoring Making the Great American Pastime a Federal Offense Are Urged to Write Endorsing Proposed Legislation. New York, Feb. 4.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, announces that the judiciary committee of the house of representatives is considering three bills which would make lynching a federal offense. Captain Arthur B. Spingarn and James Weldon Johnson, representing the Association, as well as William Monroe Trotter of the Equal Rights League, argued for the bill at a hearing in Washington on January 29. Colored Americans throughout the United States are urged to write to Andrew J. Volstead, chairman of the house judiciary committee in Washington, D. C., endorsing the proposed legislation. FACE BLACK, BODY WHITE Toledo, Feb 3.—Mrs. Catherine White, aged 107, died here recently. She had twelve children, some of whom were white and some colored. Mrs. White's skin changed in later years, her body became white like a baby, but her face remained black. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 5, 1920 A NEGRO'S PRAYER By Dr. Richard Theodore Hamilton LORD God of hosts, we On bended knee we What more must Africa For manhood right The blessings of sweet Lord God of hosts We meekly come, and put Oh God of all, wha By force from Africa's We were enslaved Oh God of all, were se Upon the auction Whipped and driven to (Oh years of unr Lashed and scourged by Great God of host And then, oh Lord, oh When days were e There came the call, and "To arms, to arm And in that bitter civil We gave our all— And still we're pressed Oh God so just, we We fought, oh Lord, we In distant lands we For country, human race We sacrificed in the But here at home and We are denied, oh An even chance. We Father of all, wha Our civil rights we've As shown by dee In peace and war. N T' our country's Our share and o'er. A Lord God divine, Proscribed and lynched Oh God of love, we Jehovah, Lord, oh God We humbly pray We are oppressed, oh We would like other Oh help us, Lord. Much Much more to have Oh give us light and light Lord God of all, we The author of this beautiful cian of Dallas, Tex. It was p Century Magazine and subse It will be appreciated by Moni LORD God of hosts, incline thine ear— On bended knee we pray, Make clear What more must Africa's sons endure For manhood rights-to have secure The blessings of sweet liberty? Lord God of hosts divine, to Thee We meekly come, and plead, implore; Oh God of all, what more, what more? By force from Africa's shores we came, We were enslaved, and in Thy name, Oh God of all, were sold like chattel Upon the auction block-dumb cattle, Whipped and driven to till the soil— (Oh years of unrequited toil) Lashed and scourged till backs were sore! Great God of hosts, what more, what more? And then, oh Lord, oh God of might, When days were dark, were black as night, There came the call, as from afar, "To arms, to arms, 'tis freedom's war!" And in that bitter civil strife, We gave our all—love, labor, life; And still we're pressed, even as before— Oh God so just, what more, what more? We fought, oh Lord, that men be free, In distant lands across the sea; For country, human rights and law, We sacrificed in that great war; But here at home and not abroad, We are denied, oh God, our Lord, An even chance. We're sick and sore! Father of all, what more, what more? Our civil rights we've fairly won, As shown by deeds accomplish'd, done In peace and war. None can refute T' our country's good we contribute Our share and o'er. And even yet, Lord God divine, we are beset, Proscribed and lynched from shore to shore! Oh God of love, what more, what more? Jehovah, Lord, oh God divine, We humbly pray tifine ears incline— We are oppressed, oh hear our plea! We would like other men be free. Oh help us, Lord. Must we endure Much more to have our rights secure? Oh give us light and lead us o'er, Lord God of all, what more, what more? The author of this beautiful poem is a well-known physician of Dallas, Tex. It was published originally in the Half Century Magazine and subsequently in the Dallas Express. It will be appreciated by Monitor readers. SHARING BOUNTY OF FORMER SLAVE Reduced to Poverty and Wasted With Sickness, a Once Proud Mistress Is Charitably Provided for by Kind- Hearted Black Folk Who Would Not See Her Suffer. LYNCHBURG, VA., Feb. 4.—In a county not far from Lynchburg lies ill an aged white woman, the last of her family, who is being tenderly cared for during her last days by a former slave of her family and she is assured that she will lack for no attention the old people can give her and that this condition will not end as long as she lives. Decades ago the family of the now aged woman, who is alone in the world, was well-to-do and with the coming of the war the slaves belonging to the family became free. Like many others some of these settled around the old home and later became possessed of their own homes with sufficient land around them to make a living. The Good Samaritan in this case worked hard and prospered and when his former mistress was stricken with paralysis, and none was there to care for her, he took her there. Then a competent colored woman was hired at $7 a week to nurse the sick woman. The colored people see that the white woman lacks for nothing they can afford, for they have opportunity to repay kindnesses of an old family which the veteran ex-slave has not forgotten. Just recently the condition leaked out here when the colored nurse was given a short leave, during which she came to Lynchburg. When asked if she would not come here for domestic work, incidentally, she told the story in telling why she could not leave home, for she had promised the former slave to stay with the old mistress as long as she lived. You owe it to yourself to be somebody. incline thine ear— e pray, Make clear a's sons endure its-to have secure t liberty? divine, to Thee lead, implore; at more, what more? shores we came, and in Thy name, old like chattel block-dumb cattle, o till the soil— equithed toil) till backs were sore! is, what more, what more? God of might, dark, were black as night, s from afar, 'tis freedom's war!" il strife, love, labor, life; I, even as before— at more, what more? that men be free, across the sea; ights and law, hat great war; not abroad, God, our Lord, re sick and sore! at more, what more? fairly won, Is accomplish'd, done one can refute good we contribute and even yet, we are beset, I from shore to shore! what more, what more? divine, time ears incline— hear our plea! her men be free. st we endure we our rights secure? read us o'er, what more, what more? I poem is a well-known physi- blished originally in the Half equitly in the Dallas Express. for readers. SEATTLE HAS $100,000 CORPORATION Enterprising Citizens Launch Big Business Undertaking. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 4.—Enterprising citizens here realizing the opportunity for doing successful business in real estate and investments have organized the Attucks Realty and Investment company. The company has a capital stock of $100,000 fully paid in and its officers are: E. R. James, president Dr. B. F. Cooper, vice president; H. S. James, secretary; B F. Tutt, assistant secretary; S. H. Stone, treasurer, and C. R. Anderson, attorney. MRS. MARY B. TALBERT National president of the Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, who was a recent Omaha visitor. The organization of which Mrs. Talbert is the official head has a membership of more than 100,000. She is also a member of the National Executive Committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. World Democracy at Home for 1920 Slogan for the New Year Suggested at Emancipation Day Celebration, Should Be Frequently Sounded. FIGHT FOR ABOLITION OF JIM CROW CARS YONKERS, N. Y.—Feb. 4.—"World Democracy at Home" was offered as the slogan of the new year 1920 for all colored peoples, especially those of the U. S. A. by the National Equal Rights League through its national executive secretary, Wm. M. Trotter, who was the Emancipation Day orator at the celebration in the Messiah Baptist church, Rev. S. W. Smith, pastor. A fair opportunity to earn a living and a full and equal opportunity to enjoy the use of every place of accommodation, of service, of education, of recreation and amusement for the public without restriction for race was declared to be the determined and legitimate aim of colored Americans. This was in accord with the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln's Gettysburgh address, the federal constitution and President Wilson's world war aim declaration. For the third generation since the race has been performing the duties of citizenship declared the speaker, and when citizens are required to perform all the duties of citizenship without exceptions for race, then they are entitled to enjoy all the rights of citizenship without distinction or differentiation because of race. Abolition of Jim-Crow Cars. Secretary Trotter told how the Equal Rights League began the recent effort to have interstate Jim-crow cars abolished by an amendment to the railroad bill on November 11, 1919, when the League petitioned every northern member of the house of representatives, the branches, petitioning congressmen of their respective states. When the house defeated the Madden amendment, the League urged the entire race to bombard the senators to introduce and pass the same amendment to the senate railroad bill and to demand a hearing from the interstate commerce committee, Senator Cummins, chairman. The league petitioned every northern senator, sent its first vice president, its secretary and its national organizer to Washington, instigated the sending of a committee to see Senator Cummins, and worked hard. The league's executive secretary got resolutions petitioning senators passed at mass meetings in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. The Baltimore meeting and newly formed branch on December 1 telegraphed Senator France, who was the one that offered the Madden amendment in the senate. This also was defeated, republicans again deserting the race. Mr. Trotter urged that every race man and woman in the north write a protest to their representatives and senators and demand a new bill. The abolition of Jim-crow cars is the plan of the league and race folks in every community are requested to organzie branch leagues for a nation-wide crusade on congress to do away with segregation in interstate travel. Rev. J. G. Robinson, 631 Pine street, Philadelphia, is the national organizer. VIRGINIA EDITOR IS ARRESTED Alleged to Have Printed Pamphlets In His Plant Containing Liquor Recepies. Richmond, Feb. 3.—John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the Richmond Planet, was arrested Friday, January 23, for printing in his plant pamphlets containing formulas for the manufacture of beers, wines and liquors. He was released on $1,000 ball for a preliminary hearing Tuesday, January 27. QUAKER DECLARES AMERICA WORSE THAN GERMANY Philadelphia, Feb. 3. — Declaring that the white people of the U. S. treat Negroes worse than Germany treated Belgium, Dr. William I. Hill of Swarthmore college declared before the meeting of Friends that the problem before us today is whether a man can at the same time be an American and a Negro. LIFTING. LIFT, TOO! Vol. V. No. 31 (Whole No. 240) n College Noted Orator and Educator Resigns as Dean of Prominent Maryland Institution to Join Staff of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Will Devote His Time Largely to the Work of Organization—Brings to His Task Rich Experience Gained in Educational Field—Some Facts About the Man and His Career. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announces that William Pickens has resigned as dean of Morgan college to join the Association's staff and will devote his entire time to the organization of Negroes throughout the United States. No orator of the race is so well known to colored Americans as Mr. Pickens. Native of Anderson county, South Carolina, where he was born in 1881, he migrated to Arkansas with his parents in 1888 and entered the schools of North Little Rock in 1891. His oratorical ability was manifest at an early age as he was valedictorian of his class in the Union High School of Little Rock. During his career in Talladega college, Alabama, he led in all his studies and won a number of oratorical and literary prizes. Upon his being graduated from Talladega, Mr. Pickens entered Yale university in 1902 and here, in a class of 300 men, he captured one of that institutions most coveted honors, the Henry James Ten Eyck oratorical prize. He was also elected to America's foremost honorary society among college men, Phi Beta Kappa, and was graduated from Yale in the highest rank of his class, delivering the philosophical oration. From the time of his graduation from Yale, in 1904, until he joined the staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in 1920, Mr. Pickens devoted himself to teaching. He was teacher of languages at Talladega college and Professor of Greek and Sociology at Wiley university, Texas, becoming dean of Morgan college in 1915. In the year 1913 Mr. Pickens interrupted his academic career to travel extensively in Europe. With his election as vice president of Morgan college in 1918, Mr. Pickens established a record as the first of his race to hold that office and the office of dean also. The record of Mr. Pickens' service to his race is a long and varied one. He was a member of the Niagara Movement and with J. E. Spingarn he started the movement in Louisville, Ky., which resulted in the decision of the United States supreme court against segregation in American cities. When he became dean of Morgan college the plant consisted of one building on a fraction of an acre. He leaves it, after five years, with a dozen buildings and 84 acres in the city of Baltimore and with great promise of a bright future. During the war Mr. Pickens was instrumental, together with Major Spingarn, in originating the movement for a colored officers' training camp and the result was the first of such camps at Des Moines, Ia. He was in addition a member of the colored section of the Maryland Council of Defense. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announces that Mr. Pickens is to have the title of associate field secretary. FREDERICK (MD.) JUDGES APPOINT FIRST COLORED MAN ON JURY IN 25 YEARS Frederick, Md.—In the list of jurors drawn by Judges Umer and Glenn H. Worthington for the February term of the Frederick county court appears the name of Richard T. Bruce, a colored farmer, and at one time a teacher in the public schools. This is the first time in 25 years that a colored man has been selected for jury service in this county. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 3.—The oldest person discovered in this city is Mrs. Drusilla Bryant, whom a census taker has found to be 107 years old. She is colored. 2 DEMONSTRATORS OF THEIR SUPERIORITY Southern Hoodlums Shoot Up Home of Respectable and Unoffending Colored Citizens and Severely Injure Residents. SHERIFF MAKING INVESTIGATION Elberton, Ga., Jan. 22.—Six or eight unknown white men went to the house of Joe Jackson, colored, living on the farm of M. D. Moss, about six miles from Elberton, and shot all the window panes out, knocked the doors of the house down with an axe. Tom Guest, brother-in-law of Jackson, was sleeping in the house at the time and states he heard pistol shots and ran from the house in his night clothes. As he got about 30 yards from the house some one shot him in the back with a shotgun. He is in a critical condition and is not expected to live. Sam Jones, the uncle of Jackson, who is 65 years of age, was sleeping in a side room. Some members of the mob knocked the panel out of the door leading to his room and thrust a pistol through the hole in the door and shot him through the neck. He will recover. They can give no explanation as to why the mob attacked them and claim they do not know any of them. Bullet holes show some shots were fired from inside the house. The people here are very indignant over the occurrence and are determined to run down and punish the guilty persons. It is not known, however, whether they live in this county, in an adjoining county, or across the state line in South Carolina. Deputy Sheriff Jack Haley was on the scene shortly after the occurrence and obtained all facts possible. He is making a thorough investigation, and states he feels that he is on the track of the guilty ones and will be able to make arrests within a short while. BRITISH EMPIRE DIED IN 1914, SAYS SMUTS Aggressive Imperialism Is Dead, Says Manchester Guardian. London.—Discussing the future of the empire with special reference to the assertion of General Smuts that "the British empire ceased to exist in August, 1914." the Manchester Guardian says the statement is "startling but perfectly true as a direct means of driving home the fact that the changes wrought by the war in the status and relations of the dominions have rung the death-knell of such concerted aggressive imperialism as the South African Nationalists fear." The Guardian proceeds to argue that Downing street's authority in the dominions is now "reduced to a shadow" and adds: "In the new relationship on which the British people are embarking, the need for common counsel and advice will be even greater than before, but will be a conference between nations of equal status in a sisterhood." REQUEST GOVERNOR TO DENY EXTRADITION Petition Kansas Chief Executive Not to Return Hill, Accused Riot Leader, to Arkansas. New York, Feb. 3.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has announced that it had telegraphed Governor Allen of Kansas requesting that he postpone extradition from Kansas of Robert Hill, alleged leader of Negroes in the Arkansas race riots. "Hill cannot receive a fair trial in Arkansas," says the statement. "Juries from which colored men were excluded sentenced five colored men to death in a trial lasting only 45 minutes. Witnesses were not put on the stand in their behalf. Governor McCall of Massachusetts in 1918 denied extradition of John Johnson, Negro, to West Virginia on similar grounds." BLACK STAR LINE STEAMER SEIZED Yarmouth Attached Because of Al- leged Debt to Engineering Com- pany—Cargo Exempt. New York, Feb 3.—For the second time in a fortnight the steamship Yarmouth of the Black Star Line was labelled Thursday, January 22, in Brooklyn and attached by United States Marshall Power. The Yarmouth is the vessel that, loaded with whiskey valued at $2,000,-000, put back to port because she sprang a leak en route to Havana, Cuba. The Irvine Engineering Company brought a libel action against her, alleging a debt of $11,791. Marshal Power attached her at her dock at the foot of 27th street, Brooklyn. He has no power to touch the liquor aboard her, which she will be permitted to take out of port as soon as she is repaired. She cannot leave, though, until the debt alleged by the Irvine Engineering Company is paid or a suitable bond furnished. APPOINTED BY MAYOR ON BOARD OF EDUCATION Two Members Find Plausible Reasons for Resigning When Colored Man Becomes Member. Philadelphia, Feb. 3.—Dr. Clement T. Branch was appointed a member of the Camden (N. J.) Board of Education by Mayor Ellis Monday, January 19. E. E. Read, president of the board for many years, resigned that night. Harry C. Dole, a member eleven years, has now sent in his resignation to the mayor. Mr. Dole assigned his health and "other reasons" for resigning, and Mr. Read found business duties were pressing. Those who object to the appointment do so on the ground that the mayor had not consulted the members of the board, and the appointment was purely political. Dr. Branch being in politics. COLORED AMERICANS PROTEST SEDITION BILL New York, Feb. 4.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has announced that its representative would appear in Washington at the hearing on the Graham sedition bill to protest against the enactment of it. The following statement has been issued by the association: "One of the provisions of the bill is designed to exclude from the mails Negro publications protesting against the flagrant injustices to which the race is subjected. Liberty loving colored citizens, as well as white, are urged to see to it that this bill does not become a law." IOWA ELOCUTIONIST PLEASES AUDIENCE Helen R. Merritt, Dramatic Reader, Makes First Appearance Before Omaha Audience. Pleaseingly Supported by Local Talent. The discriminating audience which greeted Mrs. Helen Ricks Merritt, dramatic reader, of Iowa Falls, Ia., at Columbia hall, Tuesday night was delighted with the excellent program rendered. She captured her audience with her first number, "Billy Brad, Liar." by Ellis Parker Butler, and carried it with her through her concluding number, "The Barrier," by Mary Brecht Pulver. Her second number included "Little Brown Baby," by Paul Laurence Dunbar; "The Hair Pin," by Edmund Vance Cook, and "The Raggedy Man," by James Whitcomb Riley. Her rendition and interpretation of "Patsy," the pathetic story of the little crippled wail, by Kate Douglas Wiggins, was superb. "The Barrier" equally moved her audience. With a petite figure, a pleasing personality and a rich, well trained sympathetic voice which readily lends itself to pathos, in which she excels, or humor, Mrs. Merritt intelligently interprets her selections and delights her audience. Mrs. Merritt was pleasingly supported by local talent. As the opening number, Worthington Williams gave as violin selections Solveig's Song, Peer Gynt Suite No. IV, by Grieg and LeCygne; "The Swan," by Saint-Saens. He was accompanied by Mrs. William G. Haynes. Mrs. Estella McCov, who was in excellent voice, sang "Thou Art Risen, Thou Beloved," by S. Coleridge Taylor. Dr. John Andrew Singleton, whose fine tenor voice always pleases, sang "Her Eyes, Twin Pools." by Harry Burleigh; and Mrs. McCoy gave as a piano number, with her usual brilliance, "A Parisian Waltz." Mrs. James Hieronymous accompanied Mrs. McCoy and Mrs. McCoy accompanied Dr. Singleton. The recital was given under the auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon. FAIL TO SECURE JURY IN MOORE CASE As The Monitor goes to press it is reported that the case against J. Harry Moore, reporter on the Omaha Bee and indicted by the grand jury on the charge of arson in connection with the September riot, has been dismissed in Judge Troup's court through failure to secure a jury. Tuesday District Judge Troup overruled a motion to quash the indictment against Moore, on the ground that the special grand jury was irregularly drawn. Stanley Rosewater, attorney for Moore, said John W. Towle, foreman was incompetent to sit on the grand jury because he was a co-defendant in a pending lawsuit, and that Henry W. Dunn, former chief of police, was irregularly drawn, being pressed into service by Sheriff Mike Clark. Powerful influences have been brought to bear to prevent Moore's trial. Evidently some facts damaging to somebody would have been brought out. A chance for the kiddies to earn prize. Read Monitor Mother Goos offer on page six. THE MONITOR (Copyright, 1920, Western Newspaper Union) For good or bad the world was all before him—no man ever more solemnly realized that a parting and a startling was at his choice. He stood just outside an isolated dilapidated hut and faced the dawning day. Its roseate glow, the waking birds and gently sighing breeze wrought influences of thought and decision clear, comprehensive and abiding. His past had been blighting and the present uncertain. Only to the fathomless future could he look as to a new birth. He was nobody—worse than that, a discharged convict. His real name was a menace. He must lose it and begin anew, go back recklessly among the old avenues of crime, or divest himself of every vestige of his natural personality and assume a new identity. The specious forces of evil beckoned him to the companionship that had sent him to five years in the penitentiary, and he had paid his debt. Looking back two weeks, he saw himself freed from prison with time allowed for good behavior. Looking back a week, he saw himself entering this same deserted hut, seeking a night's shelter, to find within, lying on a bed of straw, a well favored young man about his own age. This latter tossed restlessly in fever and delirium, and from his ravings John Blake gathered that he was a person addicted to drink and drugs, had fallen by the wayside and his weakened vitality was fast oozing away. A human and new impulse had been born into John Blake the last two years of his imprisonment through the friendly ministration of the penitentiary chaplain. For three days and nights he acted as nurse and provider out of the little store he had earned in prison through overtime, securing food and medicine from the village nearby. The morning of the fourth day the invalid had died. His pillow had been an old valise, but it contained ed only a few articles of clothing and letters, and from these Blake gleaned that his name was Arthur Gride, and that his former home was in Canada. One of the letters was evidently from the uncle of Gride and it told the whole history of that blighted life. It ran: "You have forfeited the esteem of every friend and relative through your evil, dissipated ways. They and I have disowned you. I offer you one last chance. I inclose you a letter to an old friend. I have written him telling him of your frailties and past. He will give you work. If you make a man of yourself, he will be a stanch helper. If not, he will speedily send you about your business." The other letter was directed to "Adam Marshall" at a little city in a western state, and it simply introduced "Arthur Gride, whom I have already written you about." When the poor wanderer was dead Blake went to the village and told of his finding the man and of his caring for him. They buried him decently in the little country cemetery, and now, after passing a last lonely night at the hut, John Blake stood at the parting of the ways. Two months later, assuming the name of the dead man, Blake was installed at Leesville as an employee of Adam Marshall in the grain and feed business. The latter was old and infirm, but he gave the pretended nephew of his friend every chance to make good. Within a year the new Blake had completely won the confidence of his patron. When the latter died his family later engaged him as manager of the business. Trusted and beloved by everybody, a man among men, the new Arthur Gride became a citizen of importance. It was about this time that a young woman came to Leesville and after making many inquiries about Arthur Gride settled down into seclusion. One day when Blake left the city on a train she coverly followed him. It was the anniversary of the death of the real Arthur Gride, and the man who had assumed his identity went to the little settlement where he was buried. He placed a wreath upon his grave and sat lost in reverent thought. He looked up, puzzled and startled, as a shadow crossed the spot. The mysterious woman stood beside him. He recalled having seen her once or twice in Leesville. Her accusing face and manner made a really comely face appear dark and forbidding. "I have followed you day after day," she spoke, "to find the man you pretend to be. I am the sister of Arthur Gride. You are not he. Where is he?" "There," spoke John Blake, pointing to the grave. "His sister? Then you shall know all. I come here because of him. I have redeemed myself and have honored his name." Luela Gride sank to the ground, the tears falling fast, all save tenderness leaving her face as she listened to the story of the redeemed man. Then she told of how, after the death of her father and mother, the hard-hearted uncle had consented to tell her that her lost brother had become a man of importance at Leesville. In mutual sorrow for the poor unfortunate, those two inhaled their tears. Strangely brought together by a secret no one else should ever share, hand in hand they left the sacred spot, with a presage that thus they should journey through life together. By ALVAH J. GARTH SMISOR, Jeweler 24th and Lake Streets OMAHA Business Phone Residence Phone Webster 4620 Webster 4915 TAKE EGYPTIAN REGULATOR TEA FOR Consfilation and Stomach Disorders Price 25c. 50c. and $1.00. THE EGYPTIAN DRUG CO., 129 W. 31st St. New York (Free sample mailed upon request.) RACE BOOKS AND PERIODICALS Our Boys and Girls A weekly newspaper for our youth, $1.00 per year; 50c for 6 months. 54 West 140th St., New York City. The Negro in American History By Prof. John W. Cromwell, $1.40 and worth more. 1439 Swann St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 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HOT COFFEE Delicious Every Sunday Night Every Lady in Attendance Will Be Presented With a Souvenir NEBRASKA STATE HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. HOLD FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET The Nebraska State Health and Accident Insurance company bids fair to create a new precedent in the insurance world by the practice of its policy of absolute equality between all races in reference to rate of insurance, a square deal to its policy holders and equal opportunity for employment and advancement based upon ability and service rendered has successfully operated and although in existence for a very few months has built up a large clientele of satisfied policy holders and has secured an enviable record for promptness in paying all claims presented in during the present epidemic of influenza and sickness. The remarkable thing about this company is its real practice of democracy—race men are to be found on its board of directors, among its field men and agents. The following invitation was sent out: "Annual Banquet of Nebraska State Health and Accident Company of Omaha, Neb., given by the president, John E. von Dorn, in honor of the agents and field men held at South & Thompson Cafe, 418 North 24th street, Tuesday evening, February 3, at 8:30." In response to the above invitation the following persons gathered and partook of the delicious repast: H. Sheanin, M. Wright, L. A. Dillarson, Rev. John Maxwell, Rev. J. D. Crum, John W. Priest, Rev. Wm Franklin, Dr. M. Wiggins, Dr. D. W. Gooden, Dr. L. E. Britt, Dr. A. B. Madison, Dr. J. B. Hill, Nathan Keizelman, Miss Madree Penn, Mrs. Jesse Hale Male, Fred Williams, M. S. Davis, Mrs. M. S. Davis, John E. vow Dorn, J. D. Craft, M. Steen. MENU Head Lettuce, French Dressing Meats Milk Fed Chicken, Virginia Style Mashed Potatoes, Creamed Petit Pois Dessert Neapolitan Ice Cream and Nabisco Wafers Mr. M. Wright acted as toastmaster. The speeches were many, varied, constructive and entertaining. OMAHA RESIDENT FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS DIES Mrs. Florence Henry, widow of the late James Henry, and mother of Mrs. Paul Murray, died at the residence of her daughter, 2007 Parker street, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Henry, who was born in Texas and reared in Missouri, came to Omaha forty-five years ago and resided here continuously to the time of her death. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Paul Murray, a granddaughter, Mrs. Price Terrell, a great granddaughter, Ethel Margaret Terrell, and other relatives. The funeral will be held from St. Philip's Episcopal church today at 2 o'clock. THE ROUND TABLE CLUB ORGANIZES On last Monday evening at the Community hall the Round Table club organized with the following officers: Chairman, Mr. Isaac Bailey; secretary, Mr. W. H Robinson; treasurer, Mr. J. H. Broomfield. The next conference meeting of the Round Table club will be held at the Community hall at 8:30 o'clock Monday evening, February 16. N. A. A. C. P. TO HOLD MEMORIAL Memorial services will be held in honor of all members of the local branch who have died during the past year. The services will be held at St. John's A. M. E. church next Sunday afternoon at 3:30. All members and friends urged to attend. A. E. LOCAL NEWS. Mrs. Laura Robinson of Atchison, Kas., is in the city called here by the illness of sister Mrs. Susie Penn, Thirty-third and Spaulding streets. Miss Corinne Thomas, niece of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ricks, graduated from the Central high school on Thursday night in the high school auditorium. During her senior year she was directress of the Girls' Glee, also a member of the special committee of the Register. Miss Theas at the banquet of her class last Tuesday evening at the Blackstone hotel. Mr. W. C. Lewis, who has spent the past few days visiting Mrs. Alice Williams, 2218 North Twenty-ninth street, returned Monday to his home in San Francisco. Mrs. William C. Ricks entertained Friday at afternoon tea in honor of the graduation of her niece, Miss Corinne Thomas. COMMUNITY CENTER HAS DISTINGUISHED GUEST Field Secretary of the Community Service, Incorporated, Visits Omaha in Interest of Helping Keep Community Service in the Places Where Organized. On last Thursday at the Community Center about 75 of Omaha's representative citizens gathered to listen to Mr. Atwell make a splendid address, emphasizing in it what he considers the three greatest things that have come to us out of the war., i. e., Community service, the American Legion and government insurance. Preceding the speech of the evening Dr. Andrew Singleton led community singing. Later Mr. Twitchel, community song leader, led in songs and animated games which all present enjoyed. Upon the statement by community workers Moton, Root and Goddard as to the necessity for Omaha raising $600.00 to continue all its centers a month until definite arrangement for further work could be made, the Rev. John Albert Williams made a motion that the colored citizens pledge $150 of this amount. The motion carried and in a very short space of time not $150 but $237 had been raised. Polish up your brains on the emery wheel of study.—Worthington Williams. PALESTINE, TEXAS. All the churches had appropriate services Sunday. The Cartel Chapel C. M. church held their first quarterly conference last Sunday with full reports from all departments, and they paid the presiding elder in full. The St. Paul M. E. church held their first quarterly conference last Sunday and Monday night, with complete reports from all departments. They paid the district superintendent in full. The Rev. B. R. Booker was at his best at St. Paul's as this was his first quarter that he had at this point. The Rev. A. W. Keith was in full sway at the Mt. Vernon A. M. E. church and Rev. W. W. Cowen had a full house at Grant Chapel A. M. E. church. Rev. J. E. Ellis was in his pulpit at Pilgrim Rest Baptist church and Rev. Boler Davis of West Union Baptist church was on hand. Mr. C. A. Oliver of Harris, Texas, was a Palestine visitor last week. Mr. C. J. Moone of Marshall is visiting, here and was out to St Paul church Sunday to worship. Mr. Owen Manuel of Oak Wood was in the city recently. Mrs. Genever Stell and Mrs. Carell Jackson of Oakwood were here to see their sick sister-in-law, Mrs. L. M. Strain, who is very ill. Mr. Jesse Lee of Oakwood was in town last week. Mr. W. T. Butler, a traveling salesman for the Davis Drug Co. of Galveston, was in town last week. The surprise party given by members of St. Paul M. E. church to the pastor, Rev. S. M. Bolden, last Tuesday night, was a swell affair. He was delighted in the manner in which it was conducted, expressed his appreciation and invited them to come again. How Blue Laws Hit Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's venerable blue law enacted April 22, 1794, and entitled "An act for the prevention of vice and immorality and for other purposes," has survived all the assaults of those who would destroy it. The legislators of 1794 regarded it as being vastly more wicked to shoot a rabbit on Sunday than to drink a hot toddy. One of fender was tagged with a fine of $25 the other a shilling and a half. It was impossible under a strict enforcement of that law to operate a canal boat, a railroad train, a street railway car a cab or sell any commodity from a loaf of bread to a package of chewing gum. THE MONITOR Why Indian is Honored. On a hillock overlooking the town of Robbinsville, the county seat of Graham, one of the southwestern counties of North Carolina, is to be erected a memorial to the Cherokee Indian warrior Junaluska, "I tried, but failed." Junaluska was always referred to by the early white settlers as the "friendly Indian." He was born in the mountains of Cherokee county, North Carolina, in 1758. At the battle of Horse Shoe Bend, Gen. Andrew Jackson with his white troops had the Creek Indians hemmed in at the bend of the river. Junaluska, who had previously attached himself to Jackson's forces, intuitively grasped the situation and swam the river and cut loose the Creeks' canoes. Being unable to escape in their boats, the hostile Indians were surrounded by Jackson's men and decisively beaten. In recognition of Junaluska's exploit and signal assistance to the white men, the A GRAND BAL WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE N. W. C. February 2 Dreamland ADMISSION Refreshments Free. NEW YORK SIOUX CITY GO TO Orkin OMAHA'S LARGE FOR WOMEN'S CONANT HOTEL BLDG.. GOOD GROCERIES C. P. WESIN GRO Also Fresh Fruits and 2005 Caming St. CHANGE IN MONITOR ADVERTISING RATES OMAHA'S LARGEST STORE FOR Because of our keen appreciation of all our Monitor patrons, we have been loath to increase our prices until forced to do so. The increased cost of everything that enters into the making of a newspaper necessitates an increase in our advertising rates. Beginning with the first issue in February advertising rates will be as follows: Display advertising—75 cents per column inch for single insertions. Classified advertising—4 cents a word, or 20 cents per agate line. Time or space discounts furnished on request. Contracts can be made at the office, 304 Crounse block, or call Douglas 3224 and our representative will call on you. The Monitor is prepared to give its clientele in 1920 a larger circulation and better service than in 1919. Growing, thank you. Prompt Service All Parts of the City. Bus. Phone Web. 2095. Res. Har. 6073 2122 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. Have You Tried It Yet? Have You Tried It Yet? KAFFIR-KREAM TRADE MARK The face cream that is positively guaranteed to remove all grease, shine and perspiration. COOLING, HEALING, SATISFYING. Sold by Pope Drug Co., 13th and Farnam Sts.; Williamson's Drug Co., 2306 North 24th St.; Melchor Drug Co., 4826 South 24th St.; The People's Drug Store, 111 South 14th St.; Holtz Drug Store, 2702 Cuming St.; Toben Drug Co., 2402 N St.; Jones Culturel College, 1516 North 24th St.; Unitt-Docekal Drug Co., 1625 Farnam. Mrs. B. A. Bostic, 2124 Clarke St.; Mmes. South & Johnson, 2416 Blondo; Mme. C. C. Trent, 30th and Erskine; Mme. A. T. Austin, 4911 North 42d; Mrs. Clara Chiles, 2420 Lake St. WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE N. W. C. A. OrkinBros. WOMEN'S WEAR CONANT HOTEL BLDG.. SIXTEENTH ST. GO TO movement to place this memorial on the Graham county hillside has been undertaken. Why She Was Not Thankful. Father had got for himself a dose of iron, quinine and strychnine. He had poured it into half a glass of water and had gone after something to take the taste out of his mouth when he swallowed the medicine. While he was gone little seven-year-old June came into the kitchen after a drink of water. Of course she saw father's glass of medicine and thinking it was water took a good swallow. Father came back into the room just as she was spitting and trying to get that bitter taste away. "Was that your medicine?" she asked him. He nodded his head and then essayed a joke. "But you're welcome," he said. "No, I am not," she retorted. "I couldn't be, 'cause I'm not even thankful." O CALICO LL THE BENEFIT OF THE C. A. May 27th, at and Hall ON $1.00 Desdunes Orchestra OMAHA LINCOLN TO mBros. LARGEST STORE FOR S WEAR DG., SIXTEENTH ST. BRIES ALWAYS GROCERY CO. and Vegetables. Telephone Douglas 1998 OMAHA LINCOLN MRS. C. M. McFALL HAIR DRESSER The Denova System First class work guaranteed. Your patronage solicited. 2722 Franklin St. Webster 4555 S. W. MILLS REAL ESTATE CO. List your property with us. We will sell or rent for you. Notary Public. Office Phone Web. 148. 1421 N. 24th St., 24th & Charles AUGUST YOUNG PLUMBING SERVICE 730 West Broadway Phone 4623 Council Bluffs, Ia. Res. Colfax 3831. Office Doug. 7812 AMOS P. SCRUGGS LAWYER Real Estate, Insurance, Loans, Notary Public 220 South 13th Street. (Over Pope's Drug Store) 3 Home Sewing Department Students wishing to enter this department without having taken the Drafting and Designing Courses will be admitted at a fee of $1.00 per day. MRS. C. C. RIDLEY, 1006 Grace St. We Sell Kashmir Goods STARK'S PHARMACY 30th and Pinkney Streets Phone Webster 4225. NORTH END COAL & EXPRESS CO. Hauls Everything. 2010 No. 24th St. A. C. ALLEN, Prop. Phone Webster 5036 QUAKOR OIL Best for Golds, Catarrh, Gripe, Bronchitis. Was in great demand for use as a preventative during the epidemic of Spanish Influenza. Your dragonage or direct 25c. a bottle. THE QUAKOR OIL CO., 131 W. 31st St., New York FRESH EGGS Quality First Our Motto We are just as particular regarding the quality of foods we buy as we are about the way we serve them. Only the best products on the market are good enough for our patrons. And the most rigid rules of cleanliness are followed in preparing these products for the table. The Monarch Cafe CARNER & TRIMBLE, Props. 107 South 14th St. Phone Tyler 4119 OMAR WONDER FLOUR CREAM THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans. Published Every Thursday 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 Madree Penn, Associate Editors. Fred C. Williams, Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.00 6 MONTHS; 50c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates, 60 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 304 Crounse Block, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Douglas 3224. Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ARBITRARY PROCEEDINGS to be aggressors in wrong-doing, but No one who believes in fair play and representative government can approve of the exclusion of the five Socialists from the New York legislature. These men were duly electorates have the right to say who electroates have the right to say who their representatives shall be. This of course, presupposes that there shall be a free and untrammelled ballot and a fair count. Fraud or intimidation which interferes with the electors' vote, raises another question; but where voters have had a chance to register their will by their votes their choice must be respected. This is the foundation upon which representative government rests. There is no evidence to show, nor was it claimed there was, that these men were not duly and fairly elected by their respective constituencies. As we understand it, they had been indicted for no crime. They had been accused of disloyal utterances, or what was considered by some, disloyal utterances. But does not our law presume every man innocent or any alleged crime or misdemeanor until he is proven guilty? The action of the legislature presumes that these men are guilty of disloyalty for it has suspended them pending an investigation of their loyalty and fidelity to the federal constitution and the constitution of the state of New York. The fact that they were willing to take the oath of office seems to us sufficient guarantee of their fidelity. However, The Monitor takes the position, that in expelling these men the New York legislature exceeded its powers and directly violated constitutional principles of fife government which strikes a blow at the very foundation of representative government. We are interested in it because we see in it the establishment of a dangerous precedent. We stand unqualifiedly and uncompromisingly for the full constitutional rights of all classes of American citizens. Socialists have their rights and arbitrary denial of those rights ought not and will not meet popular approval. No matter how much one may be opposed to socialism or socialists, he must admit the action of expelling the five duly elected representatives of that party was an arbitrary proceeding, which the sober sense of the country must condemn and not condone. THE ANTI-SEDITION BILL. WE regret that we cannot agree with many of our friends and contemporaries in their opposition to the "Graham Sedition Bill," in some of its provisions. Attention has been specifically called to section 6 of the bill which reads as follows: "That every book, magazine, newspaper, document, handbill, poster or written pictorial, or printed matter. memorandum, sign, symbol, or communication of any form * * * * wherein and whereby an appeal is made to racial prejudice the intended or probable result of which appeal is to cause rioting or the resort to force and violence within the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is hereby declared to be unmailable, and the same shall not be deposited in any post office for mailing or be conveyed in the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier." It is contended that this section may be so construed as to bar from the mails nearly every Negro newspaper and magazine which is being published in the country today. This is not true. The average Negro newspaper does not make an appeal to racial prejudice. A great many exchanges reach our desk and while they are outspoken in their demand for a square deal they counsel self-restraint, forbearance and magnanimity. They breathe no gospel of hate. They urge their readers never ```markdown ``` to be aggressors in wrong-doing, but to act only when necessary in self defense. So the average newspaper or magazine would not be endangered. But upon the other hand, we believe that newspapers, magazines and other publications which have fostered race prejudice and caused rioting would be restrained from a repetition of the offense. We have long needed some measure that would grant us protection from the malicious propaganda which has created such adverse sentiment against us as a race by sensational headlines and other reprehensible methods. We believe the reputable race press, and we need no other kind, can well take its chances under this section, and that its benefits in suppressing vicious yellow journalism which engenders racial and religious distrust and hatred will more than counterbalance any strained interpretations that might be used to limit freedom on our side. We have more to gain than to lose from this provision. A COMPLIMENTARY CRITICISM THANY YOU! WE heard a rather complimentary criticism of The Monitor the other day. At least we so consider it. It was this: The Monitor publishes the good things our people do, but it seldom publishes any of the bad things. We think it ought to give more prominence to the bad things that our people do, than it does. We wonder why it doesn't? Our reply was: The daily newspapers give sufficient prominence to the bad things our people do, without the necessity of our doing so. They rarely give prominence to the good things, the constructive things our people are doing in any community. If, for example, Sam Jones builds a beautiful home or invents a labor-saving device, the impression is given, if any mention at all is made of it in the daily press, that Sam Jones is a white man. But if Sam Jones steals a chicken or gets into a fight, then front page prominence is given to the all-important fact that Sam Jones is a Negro. So while the average white daily emphasizes the bad, the destructive, the extraordinary side of our people's life, The Monitor conceives its task to be the emphasizing of the better, the ordinary, the constructive side. We think this to be the better way. We believe the time will come when the newspapers of the country will minimize the reports of crimes and the sordid and seamy side of life and emphasize the nobler things of life; when they will cease catering to the sensational. The Monitor, as a dependable and wide-awake newspaper, will publish news, when it is worth while news, and under this head may justly fall reports of the frailties of human nature, but these will never be given undue prominence. Now we shall continue to give prominence to the good things our do rather than to the bad things which they do, but which they ought not to do. PICKENS TAKES NEW JOB. THE Monitor congratulates both Dean Pickens and the N. A. A. C. P. upon his selection and acceptance as Associate Field Secretary of that great militant organization. We feel sure that he will address himself to the task of organization with the same zeal and effectiveness which have characterized his educational work. Whether he will be as happy in his new field of work as he was in the old time alone will determine. The N. A. A. C. P. needs strong and forceful personalities for the tremendous task before it and Dean Pickens fully measures up to the requirements. Talented, tactful and energetic he will never be found asleep at the switch. THE MONITOR LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS WHEN we couple these two names we are not thinking of the great emancipator and his political opponent, Stephen A. Douglas, but of his friend and co-anti-slavery worker, Frederick Douglas. February is the natal month of these two great Americans. The date of the former's birth is fixed as the twelfth day of this month; while the date of the birth of the latter, who was born a slave, is indefinitely stated as "somewhere about the middle of the month." This, however, is sufficient justification for celebrating the birth of these two great benefactors of our race and of humanity on the same day. In many sections joint memorial celebrations for these two will be held on February 12. Our people in Omaha are to hold such an anniversary meeting under the auspices of the Leonard Wood Republican Club at Grove Methodist Church. Such a meeting ought to bring out a record attendance, and from that meeting should go forth an influence that will help maintain and perpetuate the principles for which these men stood. ONE thing, among many, that the Chicago and Washington riots taught is that the Negro when attacked by white hoodlums is going to fight and not run. This has created such respect for him among hoodlums that, in several instances, they have wisely let him alone and refrained from making insulting remarks. This lesson has not been lost either upon the part of some of the other races whom unworthy representatives of the "superior race" seem to take delight in taunting and insulting. As illustrating this the following story is quite to the point: Recently in Chicago, two colored youths were passing down the street and a Chinaman came along behind them. They passed some white toughs. The colored boys were not molested, as has been the rule since August, 1919, but the Chinaman was greeted by the toughs with such remarks as these: "Hello, Chink—Rat-Eater—Slant-Eyes," etc. Whereupon, the Chinaman conceived an inspiration and said passionately as he shook his fist: "Me nigger, too! Me fight like nigger at Thirty-ninth street!" THE Monitor notes with great pleasure the increasing impetus of the boom for General Wood for the presidential nomination. Among many strong candidates, he is undoubtedly the strongest. The Monitor confidently predicts that he will show greater strength than any other candidate on the first ballot in the convention, if, indeed, he is not nominated by acclamation. We know it is early to make this prediction, but The Monitor believes in being first. Note our prophecy. THE attention of our readers is called to the important matter of war risk insurance. Many of our soldiers and sailors have permitted their policies to lapse, which is a most serious mistake. The government is making liberal offers to all ex-service men to renew their policies if they have lapsed and all should avail themselves of this splendid opportunity of protecting their dear ones. Ford THE UNIVERSAL CAR Ford service for owners of Ford cars, is one of the important elements of the great Ford organization. Ford owners can get real Ford service only by coming to the authorized Ford dealers, where there are at all times Ford workmen, genuine Ford materials and the standard low Ford prices. If you want to get all there is, and the best there is, in your Ford car come to us with it for the genuine Ford service. Prompt attention every time. SAMPLE-HART MOTOR CO. 100% Ford Service 18th and Burt Streets OMAHA "ME NIGGER, TOO!" WOOD FOR PRESIDENT WAR RISK INSURANCE. JOHN Mitchell, editor and banker of Richmond, Va., has been arrested for the alleged crime of allowing pamphlets containing directions for making whiskey to be printed in his office. John, there are some old Nebraska toppers who would be willing to pay your fine if they could get hold of some of those pamphlets. THE MONITOR'S PRESS DAY. THE Monitor goes to press Wednesday of each week at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. To insure publication in the current week's issue news items and articles must reach our office by Tuesday night. One form, that is to say, one chase, the iron frame in which one page of the type is "locked up" to go on the press is held open for emergency advertisements, the copy for which cannot be obtained before Wednesday morning, until noon Wednesday. Now and then we can get late news on that page, but ordinarily not. Copy, therefore, that reaches our office Wednesday later than 10 o'clock in the morning stands a slim chance of getting in that week's issue. Frequently copy reaches us Wednesday afternoon or Thursday and some irate individual calls up to know "Why isn't my item in this week's issue?" Too late, dear friends, that's all. Get your news in on time. LEADING EDITORIALS. THE MOTE AND BEAM. If congressmen and senators have not had their sense of humor soured or blasted by the strenuous duties of war-times and related responsibilities, they may get at least a pretentious smile from their predicament in connection with a proposed campaign against race intolerance. With appropriate dignity the senate has under consideration an investigation into race rioting, lynchings and kindred activities, with a view to ending violence and leading race prejudice away from its inspirations. But just when the proposal to give stern protection to Negroes in all their rights and privileges under the laws and constitution was doing as well as could be expected, the discovery was made that there is a spirit of "Jim Crowism" in the national capital which is second to none anywhere. This was disconcerting, since congressional dignity, hardened as it is, could not hope to stand up against the sneers of critics calling attention to the fact that congress itself, as guardian of the District of Columbia, has refused to recognize the privileges of Negro citizens. The discomfiture was not softened when, a few days ago, James Weldon Johnhorn, former United States consul in Nicaragua, now field secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was refused a luncheon in the restaurant of the Library of Congress. The superintendent of grounds and buildings confirmed the action, but when Senator Wadsworth was informed, promised to investigate. The point of the incident is that Mr. Johnson was waiting to be called to testify before the senate committee in charge of the Curtis resolution to investigate injustice to Negroes. Perhaps Negro hunters in the South may respectfully ask congress to remove the beam from its own authoritative eye before it finds too much fault with the mote so common south of the Mason and Dixon line. We Have a Complete Line of FLOWER,GRASS AND GARDEN Bulbs, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand Stewart's Seed Store 119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 H. LAZARUS SHOE REPAIRING 24201/2 Cuming Street Petersen & Michelsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. South 162 Liberty Drug Co. EVERYBODY'S DRUG STORE We Deliver Anywhere. Webster 386. Omaha, Neb. Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents' Furnishings 1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neh. PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE N. A. Patton, Proprietor 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. Telephone Douglas 4445 62 MODERN AND NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS MELCHOR -- Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4826 So. 24th St. Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in the Savings Department of the United States Nat'l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets F. WILBERG BAKERY Across from Alhambra Theatre The Best is None Too Good for Our Customers. Telephone Webster 673 C. H. MARQUARDT CASH MARKET Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc. 2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3834 Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke and Cure our own Hams and Bacon. Standard Laundry 24th, Near Lake Street Phone Webster 130 OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY THE OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE Just Call Douglas 3889 Autos Everywhere Empire Cleaners and Dyers 707 South 16th St. OMAR WONDER FLOUR For Accurate and Dependable Service See WILLIAMSON DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES, PRESCRIPTIONS A CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY OF OMAHA'S COLORED BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL FIRMS A. F. PEOPLES PAINTING PAPERHANGING AND DECORATING Estimates Furnished Free. All Work Guaranteed. 4827 ERSKINE STREET. PHONE WALNUT 2111. SILAS JOHNSON Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director 2518 Lake Street The place known for its quality service, and reasonable prices We spare no pains for our complete chapel service. Open day and night. Phone Webster 248. For Pierce-Arrow Limousine Service, Call CHAS. BOYD Webster 208 (After Midnight) Tyler 4119 Service With Class—Car Warm and Cozy. Repairing and Storing Orders Promptly Filled NORTH SIDE SECOND-HAND STORE R. B. RHODES Dealer in New and Second-Hand Furniture and Stoves. Household Goods Bought and Sold. Rental and Real Estate. 2522 Lake St. Webster 908 Subscribe for The Monitor ATTENTION! LISTEN! MEN OF OMAHA Are you interested in giving your wife one day's rest during the week with no dinner to get and no worrisome dishes to wash? If so, take advantage of SOUTH & THOMPSON'S delicious 50-cent Sunday Dinner. Regular Weekly Dinner. 35c. Phone Web. 4566 2418 No. 24th St. Allen Jones, Res. Phone W. 204 Andrew T. Reed, Res. Phone Red. 5210 JONES & REED FUNERAL PARLOR 2314 North 24th St. Web. 1100 Lady Attendant Phone Douglas 6335 Goods Called for and Delivered. ECONOMY TAILOR CHAS, M. SIMMONS, Prop. 25 Years in Tailoring Business 1313 Dodge St. Quality Service DR. P. W. SAWYER DENTIST 1614½ No. 24th St. Webster 3694 MISS ALICE MARSHALL Artistic Hairdresser Student of Madame J. C. Walker Parlor 1825 North 23d Street Phone Webster 2687. Satisfaction Guaranteed Open for Business the BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HOTEL Nicely Furnished Steam Heated Rooms, With or Without Board. 523 North 15th St. Omaha, Neb. Phone Tyler 897. Eureka Furniture Store Complete Line of New and Second Hand Furniture PRICES REASONABLE Call Us When You Have Any Furniture to Sell 1417 N. 24th St. Web. 4206 Great Lincoln and Douglas Memorial Celebration Lincoln's Birthday, Thursday, February 12th AT Everybody Come Out and Honor Memory of These Men Who Did So Much for Humanity and Our Race Events and Persons Events and Persons Mrs. Frank Camper, an old resident of Hastings, Neb., died at the home of her daughter, 514 South Tenth street. The body will be taken to Hastings for burial. She is survived by a husband, two daughters and four sons. Her daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Lucas and Mrs. Stella Hines, are both residents of this city. Have you joined the N. A. A. C. P. yet? Why not? Mr. Joe Scott, 2526 Lake street, who has been sick for ten days, is able to be out again. Mrs. Charles McAllister, 2520 Patrick avenue, is confined in bed with the flu. For special bargains in stocks, bonds and real estate see Fred Williams, Monitor office. Douglas 3224 Mr. William Montgomery, 2505 Patrick avenue, is ill at his home. Mr. Charles Sawiders of 2612 Patrick avenue, is out again after a slight attack of la gripe. North Side taxi, J. D. Lewis, proprietor. Two limousines with heat. Stand phone, Web. 1490; residence phone, Web. 949. Mrs. Daisy Williams, 2521 Patrick avenue, left Friday for St. Louis to attend her sick father. Wanted—Boys who are wide-awake and hustling, to sell Monitors. Apply at Monitor office, 304 Crownze block, opposite post office. Entrance 117$^{1}$ North Sixteenth street. The Shafer chapter No. 42 will meet Wednesday, February 11, at Masonic hall, Twenty-second and Cuming, at 8 p. m. Do you want to learn about the Episcopal church? Then, be sure to attend the vesper services given at St. Philip's church every Sunday afternoon at 5:30 and listen to the series of addresses on "What the Episcopal Church Stands for, Believes and Teaches." Services one hour long, Come out.—Adv. Mr. and Mrs. Rafferty returned Friday after a month's visit to his father, brother and other relatives at St. Louis and O'Fallin, Mo. For big bargains and safe investments see Fred C. Williams, Douglas 3224. Ellsworth P. Pryor was detained at home last week by an attack of the grip. Mrs. Pryor was also ill for several days. ```markdown ``` MONITOR Office, Douglas 3224. Here they are: One 4-room house; lot 22 by 132; $1300. One 5-room house; modern except heat; lot 33 by 132; $1750. One 9-room house; two story; lot 40 by 80; $1850. Mr. Homer Alexander, 2312 North Twenty-seventh avenue, has been home ill for last few days. Mr. Ben Slaughter is very much improved. Fashionable dressmaking. Call Mrs, L. Nickerson, 961 North Twenty-eighth avenue. Harney 5991.—4t Asa C. Oglesby, formerly of 2315 North Twenty-eighth avenue, has decided to a home owner and is purchasing a beautiful modern tenroom house at 2734 Blondo street. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lacey, 506 South Shirteenth street, are rejoicing over the birth of a fine son. Are you a member of the N. A. A. C. P.? If not, why not? Miss Vinnie Hieronymous, stenographer in The Monitor office, was detained at home last week by sickness. E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 640 Bee Bldg. Douglas 2841.—Adv. Mr. L. O. Gregory, proprietor of the popular candy kitchen, who was called to Keokuk by the illness of his mother, returned home Saturday morning. He left his mother much improved. Photos painted in oil colors by our method, beautiful and look alive. Send $1 with photo for sample. Describes color fully. We copy and enlarge all kinds of pictures. Satisfaction guaranteed. Representatives wanted. The Photo Color Studio, 2866 Saratoga street, Omaha, Neb. William Gray of Council Bluffs was a welcome visitor at The Monitor office Saturday. J. J. Friedman, Lawyer, 650 Omaha National Bank Bldg. Douglas 732 or Harney 3061.-Adv. Mrs. J. H. Smith of 1920 North Thirty-fourth street and president of the N. W. C. A. home, who has been ill for some time, is reported improving. Drs. Singleton & Singleton, dentists, 111 South 14th street. Quality and efficiency our motto. Have you started that little bank account yet? Yellow Yam Sweet Potatoes, 3 lbs., 25c; Buttermilk 15c gallon, at Finkenstein, 26th and Blondo. Miss McKinney, the efficient stenographer and office girl of Drs. Hutten, Singleton & Singleton, after a fortnight's illness is able to be at her duties again. Miss McKinney has been spoken of as "the girl with a smile in her voice." Send in your subscription for The Monitor, please. It is $2.00 a year, THE MONITOR is $2 a year, payable in ADVANCE. Several subscriptions are now due. Please drop into the office and pay, send the amount by check or post office order or phone Douglas 3224 and our collector will call. Do you regularly attend church services? If not, why not? Mrs. Louisa Bass, mother of Mrs. J. H. Russell, is ill. News has reached Omaha of the death at Cleveland, O., January 22, of Mrs. Kate Oliver Britton, who was a resident of this city for some time. Have you investigated the Kaffir Chemical Laboratories yet? Our present place of business is at 922-24 Douglas street, northwest corner of Tenth and Douglas. Drop in and see us.—Adv. Thelma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Shipton, Thirtieth and Corby streets, has been seriously ill for several days but is slowly improving. Harry Buford, well known police chauffeur and detective, was detained at home last week by "the 'flu,' the grip, or some other doggone thing," but he is back on his job. Fresh Chitterlings by the box, 11c, at Finkenstein, 26th and Blondo Sts. Webster 1902. Elaine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith, 3023 Manderson, who "hates awfully to miss school," has been compelled to lose several days because of illness. Elaine has a record for making "A's" in her school work. Mr. Ed Dorsey and family of Lincoln were called to the bedside of their grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, 2120 North Thirtieth street. Regular Friday night dances will be discontinued at Monarch Dance Hall until further notice. For rental of hall call Douglas 1446 and ask for Bob Robinson.—Adv. Ed F. Morearty, Lawyer, 640 Bee Bldg. Doug. 3841 or Har. 2156.—Adv. Little Miss Litta Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Lewis made A in all nine of her studies and has an idea that she must make A in all her studies and works hard toward that end. Little Miss Lewis is in the Fourth A grade. Subscribe for The Monitor. FINDS QMAHA THE PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY Eugene McGill, Energetic Texan, Finds Business Prosperity Here, And Is Glad He Came. Like many other residents of the south, who have become very much dissatisfied with conditions there, less than two years ago, Eugene McGill of Forth Worth, Texas, began looking about for some northern city to which he might remove himself and family. Through The Monitor he learned of [Picture of a man in a suit]. EUGENE McGILL, South Side Restaurant. Omaha, and decided that he would take his chances here. So in November, 1918, he landed in Omaha and located on the South Side. With a capital of $100 he opened a restaurant at 2526 Q street. By attending strictly to business and catering to the needs of his patrons his business rapidly grew. So successful has he been that from the earnings of his restaurant business he has been able to purchase for cash, and a considerable sum at that, the present building which he occupies at 2516 Q street. He is planning to buy other property on the South Side. He has associated with him in the business his stepson, William Davis. Mr. McGill is very well satisfied in coming to Omaha which he says offers splendid opportunities for industrious and law-abiding citizens. He is of the type which helps to contribute towards the building up of a substantial citizenry. We want your patronage. with Flinkenstein. PHI DELTA ELECTS OFFICERS The annual election of officers of the Phi Delta sorority was held Wednesday evening, January 28, at the residence of the Misses Jones, 2811 Caldwell street. The new officers elected were the Misses Merriam Gordon, president; Ethel Jones, vice president; Otis Watson, secretary; Cumia Watson, treasurer. GRAND MASTER HUNTER VISITS HASTINGS Nat Hunter, grand master of Nebraska, visited Marvin lodge No. 5, Hastings, Neb., Monday night on official business. He found the lodge of which W. M. Gates is worshipful master in excellent condition. Mr. Hunter was highly pleased with his visit and the cordial reception given him. CAMP FIRE NOTES Group Oiowasin met with Ione Brown Friday afternoon. A short but interesting program was rendered. Bertha Lewis read a page on health; Dorothy Williams recited a few lines from "Maecbeth," and Pauline Black sang a solo. Afterwards a dainty luncheon was served. CLARK HAS NO CONNECTION WITH MONARCH HALL I desire to make it known that I have no connection whatsoever with either Monarch or Dreamland Hall. BIG DEMAND FOR DRUMMERS Why not learn to drum under Holland's quick method of instruction? For terms see Holland Harrold, 2420 Patrick avenue. Webster 1528. See me also for drums and traps and repairs.—Adv. Feb. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank all friends who were so kind to us in the time of the sickness and death of our dear old father, George Ousley. We are grateful to those who sent such beautiful flowers. MORA DRAKE, Granddaughter. MARY BUCHANAN, Great Granddaughter. Patronize The Monitor advertisers. LINCOLN-DOUGLAS MEMORIAL CELEBRATION Under Auspices Leonard Wood Republican Club. An interesting program has been arranged for the Lincoln-Douglas memorial celebration next Thursday night at Grove Methodist Episcopal church under the auspices of the Leonard Wood Republican club. The speaker of the evening is the eloquent nephew of ex-Senator Burton of Ohio. The program is as follows: Invocation—Rev. W. F. Botts. Song, "America," Community Chorus Introductory Remarks — John W. Long, President. Address by Dr. L. E. Britt, Master of Ceremonies. Reading—Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech Mrs. Lulu Rountree. Reading—Emancipation Proclamation Miss Frankie B. Watkins. Tenor Solo—Selected—Dr. John A. Singleton. Address—"Lincoln. An Interpretation," Attorney Alley W. Lewis. Song—Community Chorus. An Address—"Frederick Douglas, Lincoln's Friend," Rev. T. A. Taggart. Poem—"Frederick Douglas"—Paul Laurence Dunbar, Miss Estella Andrews. Address—"Welcome to Women Electors." W. E. Alexander. Song—Community Chorus. Address—"Lincoln's Logical Successor." William M. Burton of Ohio. POLLYANNA DANCING SCHOOL TO GIVE RECITAL The Pollyanna Dancing School, which has been conducted so successfully under the direction of Mrs. Lizzie Buford, will give a dancing recital, Monday evening, February 16 at Columbia Hall. Admission 50 cents. Adv. N. W. C. A. The N. W. C. A. will meet at the home, 3029 Pinkney street, Wednesday, the 11th, at which time the election of officers will be held. All members are earnest requested to be present. Members of the association who have been sick: Mrs. John Perry, Mrs. Henry Moore, Mrs. Anna Bowler and Mrs. J. H. Smith. Kiddies' Korner By MADREE]PENN DADDY'S EVENING FAIRY TALE BY MARY GRAHAM BONNER by the AUTHOR "Let's go hunting," said O. Ocelot. "All right," said O. Ocelot. So they started off, their yellowish bodies and their black spots, their long tails and the stripes around their necks and backs making them look much like their distant cousins, the leopards. "We have another name," said O. Ocelot. "Have we?" said O. Ocelot. "It doesn't make much difference to me, for we can't eat another name." "Not unless we should eat ourselves," said O. Ocelot, "and that would not do." "No, that would not be pleasant," grinned O. Ocelot. "What is our other name, by the way?" "We are also called the tiger cats," said O. Ocelot. "And if we should eat tiger cats we would be eating eoclots and that would be very foolish." "Very," agreed O. Ocelot. "Of course," said O. Ocelot, "we are sometimes like tigers, and we are sometimes like cats, and we are decidedly of the enormous cat family." "Why do you say the enormous cat family?" asked O. Ocelot. "Cats aren't all enormous by any manner of means, and even then, the biggest members of the cat family aren't enormous, such as I've heard giraffes and elephants and camels were." "That's so," said O. Ocelot, "but I wasn't speaking about the size of the different members of the family. I meant that there were a great many THE CAT different cats and a great many of each special family, like the ordinary domestic cats, and the tiger family, and so forth. "There aren't so many of us as there are of some of the others, because we only live in a few places, and they THE RAVEN I am sure it has often seemed strange to you that Black Sheep should give the third bag of his wool to the boy in the lane just because he cried. But you will understand why when you hear this story, which began on a night when Jack Frost was busy making a blizzard, and Black loitered behind the flock watching the billions of pretty white flakes fall A mother and her child sit together in a cozy room, sharing a tender moment. The mother's warm smile and gentle touch convey a sense of love and comfort. The child's curious gaze and playful expression suggest a sense of wonder and curiosity. The room is filled with soft light, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. Blacky recognized it as the little boy who lived in the lane. The lost sheep turned about and followed the sound until he came to the boy's house. The door opened to Blacky's tap tap. Blacky saw that it was because he was poor the grate was fireless, and the wind howled outside making his house bitter cold, that the little boy cried so much. 1930 THE OCELOTS. "I Love the Night." can find us all out sooner or later, probably." "Don't they like us?" asked O. O. Ocelot. "Well," said O. Ocelot, "they aren't so very fond of us. You see, we go after the poultry farms, and that makes them mad. "We hunt at night, and so it is hard to get us, and that makes them mad. We will go great distances, too." "Ah, yes, the night time is the time for hunting," said O. O. Ocelot. "And I will go any distance for a good meal and a good, satisfactory night, killing lots of creatures. "How I do like birds, and rabbits, and mice, and rats of the wooded places. "Then, too, I like snakes, I really love snakes." "So do I," said O. Ocelot. "A good snake, a delicious, big one, is very fine for dinner, and then one can have it again for breakfast and for lunch and again for dinner." "Haven't some of our relatives gone to zoos?" asked O. Ocelot. "Yes, they have been caught and taken to the zoos, where they could be looked upon by boys and girls and men and women," said O. Ocelot. "How have they taken to zoo life?" "They've liked it, for, you know, we are rather bored if we are caught. We don't get as angry as folks might think." "But let us be off," said O. O. Ocelot. "for I feel an empty place in my tummy which could be filled nicely by a piece of snake or a chicken or two. I would feel better after a meal." "Yes," said O. Ocelot, "so would I. I must get my meals at night when all is dark, for I love the night time, and when it is bright and folks can see one, I like to hide away in the thick, dark woods, where I can't be seen, and where I can eat and sleep." "We must be off," said O. O. Ocelot. "Off for a night hunt," said O. Ocelot, "and may we meet only chickens and snakes and mice and rats, and no people! We don't mind if the chickens and snakes and mice and rats are found to be asleep, and we don't care if they don't speak to us when we speak to them. No, we're not going hunting for conversation or talking or chatting, no, no, indeed." How Sun Radiates Energy. The amount of energy that our own little planet earth receives from the sun is one and a half horsepower per square yard, or 230,000,000,000 horsepower for the whole earth. The amount of the solar energy that is intercepted by the earth must be infinitesimal compared to the total amount poured forth from the surface of the sun. It has been estimated, in fact, that all the planets together receive less than one one hundred millionth (.00000000001) of the total radiant energy of the sun $ ^{n} $ the form of light and heat, the remainder passing on to the stars beyond at the rate of 176,000 miles per second. The KITCHEN CABINET Happiness is the natural and the normal; it is one of the concomitants of righteousness, which means living in right relations with the laws of our being and the laws of the universe about us. No clear-thinking man or woman can be an apostle of despair. First pop the corn. Corn should be popped over a hot fire, but care should be taken not to scorch the grains. If a wire popper is used, hold it far enough from the heat to prevent burning. The right degree of heat should make good corn pop in about a minute and a half. Too strong heat will cause some of the kernels to pop sooner, but many will not pop at all. If corn pops well the bulk should be increased 20 times. Do not throw away the "old bachelors" (those that won't pop), but put them through the coffee mill or meat grinder and serve as a breakfast food; they give variety and are far superior to many breakfast foods. Well popped corn, with cream and sugar, makes a most appetizing breakfast dish. When served in this way they may be ground or served whole. As a garnish for corn soup a tablespoonful or two of well-bettered corn on top of the cupful of soup adds to its appearance as well as food value. For chocolate lovers the popcorn coated with chocolate is rellshed. Take two cupfuls of sugar, half a cupful of cornstarch, two squares of chocolate and a cupful of water. Cook until the sirup hardens when dropped in water. While hot, this sirup over four quarts of freshly popped corn and stir well to insure a uniform coating of the kernels. Sugared popcorn is another nice confection. Make a sirup by boiling together two cupfuls of sugar and one of water until the sirup hairs or hardens in cold water. Pour this sirup over six quarts of popped corn and stir until the grains are well coated. Popcorn Balls.—Take a pint of molasses, a pint of water, two tablespoonfuls of butter and a teaspoonful of vinegar. Cook till the sirup will harden in cold water; add half a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little water. Pour over four quarts of corn, stirring until all the kernels are covered, then press while hot into balls, with buttered hands. A handful of fluffy white kernels of well popped corn will add to many desserts or entrees. Nereie Maxwell A quaint and useful little novelty for a workbasket can be made with a tiny doll, half of a colored birthday candle and a quarter of a yard of baby ribbon. It represents a dressed doll, whose skirt of wax is meant to serve a familiar purpose in the workbasket. Melt the candle in a small tin and pour it while hot into a thimble. When the wax is almost hard, press the tiny doll into it, feet first, and hold it there until the wax hardens. Next, place the thimble in hot water for an instant, and pull until the molded wax comes out wrapped round the doll in the form of a skirt. To finish the trinket, cross the ribbon over the doll's waist and tie it at the back. 1910 THE MONITOR WAYS OF SERVING POPCORN. be taken not to scorch the grains. If a wire popper is used, hold it far enough from the heat to prevent burning. The right degree of heat should make good corn pop in about a minute and a half. Too strong heat will cause some of Trinket for the Workbasket. U.S. Feature Service Inc. N.V. When he wanted to go home the whole world about Blacky looked like a huge sheep herd, so soft and white it had become, but the real sheep were nowhere to be seen. Blacky was lost! Poor frightened little fellow. He started off in the direction that he thought his home was when a blast of wind coming from behind carried to his ears the sound of a child's crying. SIGDOR SCHORZ No.III Blacky fetched his third bag of wool for the little lad, saying: "I promise that you will never be cold if you will promise that every stormy, night, when the wind whistles and snow falls you will cry out loud so that, hearing you, we sheep will be guided home just as I was," and the lad promised. ALHAMBRA THURSDAY and FRIDAY— Pearl White in "THE BLACK SECRET" Theda Bara in "LA BELLE RUSSE" Comedy SATURDAY— Sessue Hayakawa in "THE DRAGON PAINTER" Pathe News. Comedy. SUNDAY— Jane Gray in "THE SPREADING DAWN" Pathe News. Billy West Comedy MONDAY and TUESDAY— Tom Mix in "THE ROUGH RIDER" Romance Mutt and Jeff Comedy "FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE" COMING MONDAY, FEB. 9 Wm. Farnum in "WOLVES OF THE NIGHT" Diamond Theatre THURSDAY— All-Star Cast in "THE UNCHASTENED WOMAN" FRIDAY— James J. Corbett in the "THE MIDNIGHT MAN" Helen Gibson in "THE RAILROAD MYSTERY" Comedy SATURDAY— Ruth Roland in the "ADVENTURES OF RUTH" All-Star Cast in "WHEN BARE-CAT WENT DRY" SUNDAY— Frank Maho in "LASKA DOWN BY THE RIO GRANDE" E. A. NIELSEN UPHOLSTERING Cabinet Making, Furniture Repairing, Mattress Renovating Douglas 864. 1917 Cuming St. 18th and Izard Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money Office Phone Res. Phone Webster 652 Webster 2047 Residence 3318 Emmett St. S. L. MOATTES TRANSFER CO. We Do All Kinds of Hauling Trunks Delivered to Any Part of the City. Stand, 2218 No. 24th St. OMAHA y Eleanor Schorer The House of Courtesy. 24th and Parker Sts. C. S. JOHNSON THATS ENOUGH—I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY EXCUSES - I TOLD YOU WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I CAUGHT YOU FIGHTING AGAIN WHEN WE GET HOME I'LL IMPRESS ON YOUR MIND THAT WHEN I SAY A THING I MEAN IT-!!! PLEASE POP-HONEST I DIDN'T START IT- IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JES ONE MORE CHANCE I'LL NEVER FIGHT SLONG AS I LIVE·HONEST?? 105 INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CO. The Beautiful Columbia Hall for Rent at Reduced Rates The place for dances, parties, recitals and general assemblies The very best order maintained. SODA FOUNTAIN IN CONNECTION TOBACCO, CIGARS AND CANDIES Box Office Open From 10 A.M. to 8 P.M. 2420 Lake Street For Information Call Webster 765 or Webster 2442. W. G. MACON, Manager. Look Kiddies, This Is for You! Two beautiful prizes offered boy or girl 10 years or younger. Cut out this and bind together. Color your pictures and hand in completed book at Monitor office. H. DOLGOFF FURNITURE AND HARDWARE STOVES, RUGS, LINOLEUM Better Goods for Less Money. Credit if You Wish. OPEN EVENINGS 1839-47 N. 24th St. Phones—Webster 1607; Webster 4825 ALHAMBRA GROCERY & MEAT CO. Pope Drug Co. Candies, Tobacco, Drugs, Rubber Goods and Sundries. PRESCRIPTIONS OUR SPECIALTY. I Grow Hair by the LaKeene Process MRS. CLARA WHITE 1424 No. 26th Street Strict Attention to Mall Orders. Agents Wanted. Write at Once. Telephone Douglas 2672 P Candi 13th and Far PLEASE POP- HONEST I DIDN'T START OUT. IF YOU'LL GIVE ME DES ONE MORE CHANCE ILL NEVER FIGHT SLONG AS I LIVE HONEST?? Hall for Rent Notes and general assemblies attained. CONNECTION CANDIES M. to 8 P. M. Street for Webster 2442. Logger. Is for You! BY BOOK for girl 10 years or together. Color your at Monitor office. COLORED BOOK OFF RUGS, LINOLEUM credit if You Wish. S 1607; Webster 4825 & MEAT CO. PRAMER BROS., Mgrs. One Door South of Alhambra Theater Everything to Eat Cleanliness and Courtesy Our Motto TRY US Call Webster 5021 Dr. L. E. Britt Upstairs Douglas 7812 g Co. foods and Sundries. SOCIALTY. Omaha, Nebraska tion Pills at of sorts, run down, unthrifty, wit colored wires. These are nothing diseases. 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A program will be rendered Sunday evening by the Sunbeam section of the B. Y. P. U., including children from 4 to 8 years of age. Come out and see what these small children can tell you about the Word of God. Mrs. Odessa Harris is teacher of this section. On account of an unforeseen happening, the Lord's Supper was deferred from last Sunday evening and will follow the 11 o'clock services Sunday, February 8. Strangers welcome at all services. COUNCIL BLUFFS Mr. S. Fields, one of the oldest deacons of the church passed away last Sunday morning, from the effects of an operation for gall stones. The date of the funeral has not been set as his relatives have not arrived from Texas. Mrs. V. S. Cooper, who has been the guest of the Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Jackson left for her home in Minneapolis Sunday night. The Missionary Society did quilting last week. Committee in charge Mesdames Kennard, Fountain and Jackson. The choir will give a Valentine party on the 14th and the young men of the church will give a Leap Year party February 26. Among the out-of-town visitors at church Sunday were Miss Hall of Brockfield, Mo., and Mr. H. L. Preston, of Omaha. The Coronation club will meet with Mrs. Martha Herndon, Twenty-first and Eighth avenue. The Mission Circle will meet with Mrs. Manual. OLD CITIZEN OF COUNCIL BLUFFS ANSWERS SUMMONS R. U. Roberson, an old resident of Council Bluffs, who was most highly respected by a large circle of friends, passed away last Friday night. He had been a member of Bethel A. M. E. church for twenty-seven years and a trustee for thirteen. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Susie Roberson, and one sister, Mrs. L. Anderson. Funeral services were held from the church, the Rev. M. R. Rhonenee officiating. The Rev. J. P. Jackson and the Rev. W. A. Moore delivered brief addresses. The Masonic fraternity was in charge. The body was taken to Kansas City for burial. A chance for the kiddies to earn a prize. Read Monitor Mother Goose offer on page six. "Gee whiz, Dad, look at those 'ads,'" "That's just what they are for, son." 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. 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. OF DIVINITY Real People's Mission Franklin Streets n.; Sunday school, 1:15 p. m. sing every Thursday 8 p. m. Pastor and G. O. P. BENEDICT THE MOOR (holic) Every month. BENEDICTION—8 p. m. faces to be held temporarily in Sacred Money Streets. Everybody welcome. BILLY, S. J., Pastor. CHURCH OF DIVINITY Inter-Denominational People's Mission 26th and Franklin Streets MASS--8 a. m., First Sunday in every month. BENEDICTION--8 p. m. Third Sunday in every month. Services to be held temporarily in Sacred Heart Chapel, Twenty-second and Binney Streets. Everybody welcome. REV. FRANCIS CASSILLY, S. J., Pastor. The Nation Wide campaign ends in an intensive week and drive for signatures to service and pledge cards Sunday, February 15. W. G. Haynes is chairman of St. Philip's committee and the captains are Sergeant Isaac Bailey, Henry W. Black, E. W. Pryor, Dr. W. W. Peebles, Dr. John A. Singleton, Thomas Reese, M. F. Singleton, Sergeant Philip Letcher, August Hicks and Dillard Crawford. Each one of these captains will appoint two lieutenants. Every communicant and member of the congregation is requested to attend services next Sunday morning and also Sunday morning, February 15. PLEASANT GREEN The services last Sunday were good, Two strong sermons were preached by the pastor. Three additions to the church were reported. Quite a number of sick remain on the roll. We pray for their speedy recovery. Mrs. L. Barker, 618 North Seventeenth street, will entertain the Mission Circle Monday at 2 o'clock. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH Rev. J. A. Broadnax, Pastor. Services were fairly well attended last Sunday. Rev. J. W. Stapelton preached as only he con at the 8 p. m. service. Juarterly meeting on the 1st and 17th of the month. The Rev. Mr. Rhonenee will preach at 3 p. m. The Rev. Mr. W. C. Williams of St. John's and their congregations will be present. A great meeting is looked for. Allen Endeavor will have a program next Sunday at 3 p. m. Rev. Harris and Mrs. Goode expect a good meeting and all are invited to be present. Those on the sick list are: Mr. A. Floyd, Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Broadnax, Mrs. Blue, Mr. Alston and Mr. Ward. MT MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH, Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor. The pastor preached a soul-stirring sermon at the evening service. Brothers A. Smith and D. M. Mathew were unanimously elected deacons and were fellowshipped Sunday night. Mr. Henry A. Ethridge, the Chicago tenor, will appear in song recital at Mt. Moriah church February 12. The Missionary Circle met with Mrs. Wade Thursday. Many were present, and a delicious luncheon was served. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith were dinner guests Wednesday at the home of Mrs. C. W. Woodson, 2516 Maple street. A delightful three-course dinner wsa served. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. Dr. W. F. Botts, Pastor. A good covenant meeting was enjoyed by those who worshipped with us last Sunday morning. At night, the pastor spoke on "The Triumph MARY S. HARRIS THE MONITOR RETURNED AFRICA MISSIONARY AT BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH The Rev. S. C. Crutcher, a missionary, who has recently returned from Africa and Europe, is conducting a revival at Bethel A. M. E. church of Council Bluffs of which the Rev. M. R. [Picture of a man in a suit with a high collar. He is looking slightly to the right. The background is plain black.]] Rhonenee is pastor. He is a world wide evangelist and the public is invited to attend the meetings. The pastor requests that all Christian people pray three times a day for a blessing upon the labors of the evangelist. The very inclement weather has been very severe on the poor on account of their not being able to get wood hauled from the country. Last Sunday was regular meeting day at Ebenezer Baptist church, but the cold weather prevented any services Rev. S. C. Smith, Rockdale, was in town, accompanied by Deacon John Marshall, West Point, attending to business for Mt. Nebo Baptist church. Last Monday evening Mrs. Sallie Williams Scott, wife of Mr. Charles Scott, died here at the home of her mother, Mrs. Nancy Hunt, after an illness of twelve weeks. She was buried here the following Wednesday evening from the St. James M. E. church, under auspices of the S. M. T. lodge, Rev. A. M. Mason, P. C., officiating. She was a faithful and and active member of both organizations, a graduate of La Grange city school, and a young Fayette county school teacher. She leaves a mother, father, brother, and many other relatives and friends to mourn her. The following out-of-town relatives attended the funeral: Mrs. Estelle Matthews, San Antonio; Misses Nettle Phearse, Hillsboro; Annie Smith, Smithville, and Mr. and Mrs. D'Orty Williams, Houston, and Messrs. Adel and John L. Phearse, Waco. Our sick: Mrs. Polly Smith, Mrs. Lovie Simpson. Mrs. Pauline Zachary and baby left last week for an indefinite stay in San Antonio at the home of her sister, Mrs. Estelle Matthews. Mrs. Cora Robinson and daughter, Mrs. Callie Palmer, mother and sister, respectively, of Mrs. Carthelia Allen, returned to their home in Marlin, after visiting here several days. ATCHISON, KANSAS, NEWS By Ralph V. Baylis, Correspondent and Agent If you desire your news to get in on time for publication each week get it in before Sunday night. Miss Edith Brown, who has been making her home in Kansas City, accompanied her aunt, Mrs. Mary Stone, who has been ill for two weeks, home. Later Mrs. Stone will go to Hot Springs. Rev. Matthew Kelly of Oskaloosa, Kas., preached at Ebenezer Baptist church Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson of St. Joe were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson. Mrs. Annabelle Moore and Mrs. Blanche Woods of Omaha arrived Saturday to visit their parents. Herbert Brown, of Kansas City, visited his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brown Sunday and was made a Mason. Rev. Mr. Webb, en route to Montana, preached for the Rev. Mr. Billups Sunday at Campbell chapel. Mrs. John Ingham of St. Joe was a week-end visitor. Mrs. Frank Wilson has gone to Indianapolis, Ind., to visit her daughter, Mrs. Black. Andrew Pettis, whose toe was amputated in November, is improving. Much sympathy has been extended him, because this being his senior year at the university his injury was received at a football game last year. Those on the sick list are: Mrs. Jerry Taylor, Mr. Lewis Letcher, Mr. Aaron Shackleford, Mrs. John Washington, Mr. John Baylis, Mrs. Minnie Whitney, Mr. John King, Mr. Buchanan and two sons. Best wishes are extended for their speedy recovery. Patronize The Monitor advertisers. LA GRANGE, TEXAS. SIOUX CITY, IOWA Rev. P. M. Lewis mistakenly announced that the second quarterly meeting would be held last Sunday and consequently large congregations were present at both services. Collections totaled $26. Quarterly meeting will be held February 15. K. A. Mitchell of North Riverside left January 30 for a month's visit to his siter in Chicago. Last Wednesday night love feast was held at Malone A. M. E.. At its close the congregation tendered their pastor and his wife a pleasant surprise in the way of articles for the larder and household. Rev. and Mrs. P. M. Ferris desire to tender thanks to all who so generously remembered them. Walter Williams, manager of the Marlin hotel shoe shining stand, is ill from a nervous breakdown. John Wilkinson and family, who have been under quarantine are all up and around with the exception of Mrs. Wilkinson, whose recovery is slow. The Sunday school of Malone A. M. E. church is growing rapidly under the superintendence of Mr. Jesse Boyd. Rev. P. M. Lewis baptized Henry Joseph Parker, Jr., at last Sunday morning services. Miss Laura Askew is very ill at her home at North Riverside. If you want the news read The Monitor, the best newspaper in the country. OLD ROSE SHANTUNG COS-TUME © Western Newspaper Union Of delicately colored, beautiful old rose Shantung silk is this charming "Palm Beach" outfit. The blouse is plum-colored satin brocaded with silver, while cords of silver emphasize the waistline of both the blouse and the coat. HOW TO CLEAN YOUR SILKS Remove Grease Spots by Holding Over Fire; French Chalk and Pressing Recommended. A good way to get grease spots from silk, writes a correspondent, is to hold the spotted part over a warm fire, not hot enough to burn the silk, but hot enough to melt the grease; put a piece of blotting paper over the spot and then put a warm iron on the blotter. A good method for cleaning black silk is this: Mix strong coffee and ammonia. Brush the silk thoroughly and then rub the liquid on with a soft cloth. Wind around a board to dry. French chalk will remove some spots from silk. Rub the chalk thoroughly in the garment and let it stay there for a day or so. Then brush it out with a velvet brush. Water spots can sometimes be removed by pressing the silk on the wrong side, with a piece of thin muslin between the iron and the silk. If silk has lost its body and stiffness follow the method of a renovator: Boll an old, clean kid glove in water and sponge the silk with the somewhat sticky liquid resulting. Whenever silk is pressed a sheet of tissue paper or a piece of thin muslin should be spread over the silk to prevent glazing. The silk should be placed with its right side toward the board, ironed on the wrong side. If You Want a Straw Hat. So used have we become to seeing straw hats in midwinter and furs in summer that we think nothing of it when the smart hat shops offer straw and sports things in midwinter as the only things entirely new. A new hat is of rose colored hemp, faced with rose georgette, and attractively embroidered in wooil and silk. "ON TO CALVARY" Slogan of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Its Great Financial Drive. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH The above is a cut of the Calvary Baptist church (white), 25th and Hamilton streets, erected in 1900. This building has been purchased by contract by the Pilgrim Rest Baptist church (colored) at a cost of $35,000. Fifteen thousand dollars of the purchase price is to be paid before entering the building. Eleven thousand dollars is to be raised by the congregation and friends by May 1st. We are therefore asking every reader of this paper and the public at large to give us your moral and financial support in the raising of this eleven thousand dollars. Below you will find a coupon which you will please fill in, sign and return with the amount you will give for this purpose. Please do not lay this aside, but give it your immediate attention. All contributions will be acknowledged in the columns of this paper. Watch this fund grow. Address all communications to REV. W. M. FRANKLIN, Pastor Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Residence Address, 1318 North 26th St., Omaha, Neb. Enclosed please find $.....as a donation on purchase price of Calvary Baptist Church, Omaha, Neb. Name ... 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Furnished room with twin beds, suitable for two gentiemen; one block from carline; rates reasonable. Call Webster 1888. Wanted—Colored woman as house- keeper with knowledge of poultry raising. Phone L. Knox, Calhoun. For Sale—Six-room house at southwest corner 25th and Parker. Don't bother tenant, but call or see J. J. Friedman, attorney Douglas 732 or Harney 3061. Price reasonable and easy terms. For Sale—Five-rooms, hot water heat, large lot, paved street, garage, 2628 Maple street. Robbins, Douglas 2842 or Webster 5519. For Rent—Fiverooms, $18. Inquire Robbins, Douglas 2842 or Webster 5519. Wanted: Name, address and phone number of sixty waiters and fifteen bus boys. Those interested in this matter, send in card with above information to The Monitor office, 304 Crounse block, or phone Douglas 3224. Agents Wanted—Men and women to solicit and collect for the Nebraska State Health & Accident Insurance Co., Northwest Corner 14th and Douglas St. Phone Douglas 5275. 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C.- Yesterday when the destructive forces of civilization were more intensely active than the constructive, we logically thought in terms of war. But, today, as the smoke of battle fades and the constructive forces again come into their own, we find the nation giving birth to institutions and ideas in keeping with the constructive tendencies of the hour. The fact that our old ship of state is drifting back to the shores of normality so well and so rapidly, indicates that we are pursuing a better course than nations usually follow, after they have been tossed about by the angry waves of war. Uncle Sam realized the need of some permanent institution to protect the interests of the men who protected him, and today, the Bureau of War Risk Insurance stands out conspicuously as that institution. It is safe to say the bureau has not only justified its establishment, but that it is justifying its continued existence. During the time when the flower of our nation was called to the colors, it was government insurance that gave to every commissioned officer and enlisted man greater protection for themselves and their dependents, and strengthened their courage as they went forth to battle. Thus, it is seen that war put the government into the life insurance business. It rightly assumed the war risk to which its soldiers exposed themselves in defense of the country. In proper discharge of that obligation it decided not to cancel the special relationship that the war set up. The machinery of government insurance now is running smoothly, and, as a means of rewarding valiant service rendered, Uncle Sam is allowing his war veterans to continue their government insurance. This insurance is offered at less than it costs the government to run the business. All deficiencies are met out of the funds in the treasury of the United States. Nearly $40,000,000,000 worth of War Risk Insurance was carried by the 4,539,048 service men during the war. This is a greater amount than the combined insurance written by all insurance companies in this country. Approximately $2,500,000,000 worth of this insurance was carried by the 402,387 colored service men who answered the nation's call to arms. Thousands of colored soldiers who little dreamed of being protected by insurance before the war, proudly made application for $10,000 of War Risk Insurance. That same protection is as necessary in time of peace, as it was in time of war. Life is always uncertain, and we should always be prepared to protect our dependents as best as we can. Regrettable as it may seem, a large per cent of our colored soldiers and sailors who again are in civilian life are allowing their War Risk Insurance policies to lapse. Since practically all of their beneficent are THE MONITOR within the colored race, think what it will mean to our economic development, if a considerable amount of this insurance is saved. Government insurance should be especially attractive to colored soldiers and sailors. It is a known fact, that ordinarily life insurance companies contend that the mortality rate among Negroes is higher than among white people; and for this reason, many refuse to insure colored persons, and those who do insure us charge higher rates than they do for whites. This fact should encourage former service men to hold on to their government insurance. When we speak of the advantages of government insurance we are not criticising the private companies, especially those of the race. They are offering the best policies they can under the law, at as reasonable rates as possible. Here are some facts concerning government insurance which every former service man should know and consider: By virtue of a recent ruling made by Secretary Glass of the United States treasury, lapsed policies may be reinstated without paying back premiums covering the period of lapsation. It is only necessary to pay the premiums for the first month in which the policy lapsed and for the month in which application is made for reinstatement. If the policy-holder is unable to keep the full amount of the War Risk Insurance he carried while in the service, he may reinstate any part of it from $1,000 up to $10,000 in multiples of $500. Reductions may be made in multiples of $500 to any amount, but not less than $1,000. The ordinary "term" insurance, that was carried by our service men during the war, may be carried at the same rate five years after the signing of peace. At any time before the expiration of five years, this war term insurance may be converted into one of the following: 5. Thirty-year Endowment. 6. Endowment maturing at age 62. The converted policies are from $10 to $12 cheaper a year on each $1,000 worth of insurance than policies offered by private companies, and no physical or medical examination is necessary for the conversion of policies. This is an important thing, because many of the ex-service men could not pass a rigid physical examination today. Government insurance policies contain a liberal disability clause. When the insured becomes totally and permanently disabled, either by accident or by natural illness, he does not have to pay any more premiums, and the government pays him the full monthly sum called for by his policy every month, no matter how long he may live. Furthermore, one insured by the government may engage in any occupation, no matter how hazardous, or may travel anywhere without affecting his insurance, providing he continues the payment of his premiums. Government insurance is non-taxable and non-assignable. It is pro- 1. Ordinary Life. 2. Twenty-payment Life. 3. Thirty-payment Life. 4. Twenty-year Endowment. tected from the claims of creditors. Moreover, neither the insured nor the beneficiary can ever pawn a government insurance policy and thereby lose the fruits of honest and noble sacrifice. The government has incorporated into every insurance policy issued, guaranteed values which are the full reserves without any deductions, the same to take effect after the policy has been in force one year. Cash surrender values and cash loan values, which have been provided, together with other usual features contained in the policies issued by life insurance companies, help to make these government policies of the highest value to the insured. Another feature of government life insurance is the provision for monthly installments to the beneficiaries, instead of the payment in a lump sum. This has been criticised by those who have not given it the proper consideration, but it is really one of the most important advantages of government insurance. Statistics show that of all insurance policies, more than 65 per cent is lost within six years after payment. Income insurance undoubtedly is the best kind for the beneficiaries of our colored service men, who, for the most part, are unaccustomed to handling large sums of money. Many would lose the money altogether by spending it foolishly, by unwise investments, or in other ways. However, this feature will in all probability, be changed very soon, in order to give the insured a chance to choose between the lump sum and the installment plan of payment. The opportunity which is now offered service men to continue their government insurance, is one that no soldier can afford to overlook. It is a rare opportunity and any good insurance man will admit it. Should you meet an insurance agent who speaks discouragingly concerning government insurance, you may be sure that he is either uninformed, or has a personal or selfish interest which he is hoping to serve. There are more than 50,000 insurance agents enrolled as boosters of Uncle Sam's insurance. It is indeed interesting to note the number of inquiries that are pouring into this office from women and children of the race who have been reached by our campaign of contact and who have some relative or loved one whose government insurance policy they are anxious to save. In the far southland, whence a very considerable number of our colored troops came, we know of a family that gave their bread-earners to Uncle Sam, all of whom went out upon the journey from which no mortal returns and are now closed in behind those gates from which no mortal ever escapes. Two of those three sons died in battle; they each carried $10,000 of government insurance which now pays their beneficiaries $115.00 every month. The third son returned from war unscarred and healthy. He returned to civil life and allowed his government insurance to lapse and, in all probability, would have lost his claim to this valuable protection had it not been for the women folk of the family who learned, by reading the papers that Uncle Sam was allowing his service men to reclaim their government insurance policies. Immediately, the mother and sisters began to urge the returned soldier of the family to have his war policy reinstated. The young man had only been reinstated two months when he was thrown from a horse and killed. Sad as it may be that all three erstwhile bread winners of this family are gone, under present conditions their dependents are receiving $172.50 each month by virtue of the government insurance that they prudently carried. This is a concrete illustration of the material advantage that government insurance offers. Let this become a lesson to all wives, sweethearts and other loved ones of our ex-service men. Get busv at once and urge him to save his government insurance. Finally, it is hoped that in years to come, the war risk policy will be a safeguard of every colored war veteran in America, just as it was a means of sustaining the civic fabric and morale of our colored citizens while their representatives helped safeguard the honor and integrity of the nation, and just as it is a safe- "THE TALK OF THE TOWN" SUIT With Extra Trousers FREE MADE TO YOUR MEASURE SATISEACTION GUARANTEED UNION $35 MADE Dundee WOOLEN MILLS 15TH & HARNEY ·NORTHWEST CORNER· He that shows passion tells the enemy where he may hit him.—Chinese Proverb. Be swift to hear and let thy life be sincere and with patience give answer. JOHN A. 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The Bureau of War Risk Insurance is offering this valuable protection to the American Jew; it is offering this valuable protection to the American Indian; it is offering it to the American Negro; it is offering this valuable protection to any and all other American soldiers and sailors who have served Old Glory in the recent war, regardless of whether they may have become battered and scarred in the most violent conflict that history records. God forbid that the American Negro refuse to take advantage of this generous offer. Discharged colored soldiers and sailors, their beneficiaries and friends are requested to write Lieut. J. Williams Clifford, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C. Such communications will receive prompt attention. A chance for the kiddies to earn a prize. Read Monitor Mother Goose offer on page six.