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SOUTH SEEK SOLUTION GROWING, THANK YOU! $3.00 a Year. 10c a Copy Notable Gathering of Leading White Educators, Ministers and Business Men to Seriously Consider Improving Race Conditions Throughout the Sunny Southland. JUSTICE IN COURTS RIGHTLY DEMANDED Frankly Face Questions of Inadequate Support of Education and Charge By Colored People of Glaring Injustice in Courts of Section. Meeting Part of General Movement. BLUERIDGE, N. C., Sept. 2.—That the South is beginning to recognize that something must be done to stay the northward trend of its Negro citizenship and that there are white people of this section who are animated by the desire to see justice done to the race is shown by the many gatherings which are being held throughout the South for serious consideration of the "race problem." Many of these gatherings are joint conferences, where thoughtful members of both races meet to talk over matters. This undoubtedly is the wiser way. Other gatherings are confined to white people where they discuss their relations to the black folk. One of the most notable of these gatherings assembled here last week and discussed every phase of social, economic and industrial life of the Negro. Leading educators, ministers and laymen were in attendance. Among the chief topics discussed were, justice in the courts and inadequate support of schools for Negroes. It was admitted by several speakers that it is practically impossible for Negroes to secure anything like justice in Southern courts and it was urged that efforts be made to correct this. Facts were disclosed showing that in many cases money raised by taxation from Negroes in counties of every state in the South is being used to educate white children, while no schools are provided for the colored children. That this is another glaring injustice which the white people of the South must remove was the unanimous sentiment of those here present. The topic upon which there was a divided sentiment was the one touching the Negro's political rights; but over here there was a notable advance up to the part of some who are wise enough to see that the ballot cannot be withheld from the intelligent Negro of the South if he is to remain there. The meeting here is a part of a general movement throughout the South which is being sponsored by far-sighted and justice-loving white men and women who frankly admit that the Negro has many just grounds of grievances and are determined to do what they can to remove them. While this group is vastly in the minority it is animated with a high purpose, dominated by intelligence and rapidly growing. KATE RICHARDS O'HARE GREETED BY GREAT CROWD Audience Packs Swedish Auditorium to Hear Stirring Speech By Idol of Socialists Recently Released From Federal Prison. Hundreds Unable to Gain Admittance. Tells Experience. Kindness of Colored Prisoners Removes Inherited Prejudice. The meeting at the Swedish Auditorium last Thursday evening was a record breaker in points of attendance and enthusiasm. The main speaker was Kate Richards O'Hare, idol of the socialists, and recently released federal prisoner. While Mrs. O'Hare has aged considerably since her last appearance here, she has lost none of her "punch" in putting it over and driving the point home so that the most biased will be compelled to admire her delivery whether they agree with her politics or not. The meeting was the occasion of the socialists state convention and was presided over by Frank P. O'Hare, husband of Mrs. O'Hare. Mr. (Continued on Page Three.) (Continued on page three) THE MONITOR INTELLIGENCE CONTEST No. 2 Prize for perfect answer.....$5.00 Prize for 95 per cent of answers. 3.00 Prize for 90 per cent of answers. 2.00 1. What is the population of your home city? 2. Who is the president of France? 3. From what office did President Wilson come when elected president 4. Locate Moscow, Calro, Constantinople, Capetown. 5. Who invented the cotton gin? 6. Who was vice president during McKinley's second term? 7. Who was the democratic candidate opposing Mr. W. H. Taft for president in his first campaign? 8. Which is the largest city in the world? 9. Where is the University of Edenburgh? 10. Name the largest school in this country from a standpoint of students. Rules: Be as brief as possible. No answer will be accepted unless accompanied with coupon containing questions. All answers must be in the Monitor office not later than one week after date of issue on which same appear. SERVED THIRTY-TWO YEARS; RETIRED Some Interesting Facts About R. W. Freeman, Veteran Mall Carrier, Who Has Been Pensioned. Recently several employees of the Omaha postoffice were retired under the provisions of the pension bill. Among these was R. W. Freeman, who had served as a letter carrier for thirty-two years with the remarkable record of never having been late or missed a day, his vacations not counting, through sickness during all these years. So punctual was he that one day when the office clock stopped, the superintendent saw Freeman coming in and started the clock and the time was correct. Mr. Freeman's modest career is interesting and shows what determination can accomplish. He was born of slave parents, Jefferson Freeman and Mary Walton Freeman at Lexington, Mo., January 1, 1851, and for fourteen years was a slave. The boy was anxious to receive an education. This opportunity, however, was denied him until he was 24 years old, when he went to Knox Academy, affiliated with Knox College at Galesburg, Ill. Impossible as it may seem he subsisted on 5 cents a day for several weeks. How did he do it? He bought 5 cents worth of oatmeal, which he cooked. One of the professors gave him milk and his food was oatmeal and milk. Nourishing, indeed, but lacking in variety. Among those who were fellow students of Freeman at that time, although they were in the college department and he in the academy, were men who are now prominent in Omaha affairs. To mention only a few there was John L. Kennedy, C. C. George and Charles Martin. Mr. Freeman was appointed as a substitute carrier in the Omaha post-office July 17, 1887, and received his regular appointment February 15, 1888. He was retired two weeks ago after thirty-two years service. Naturally, he is a man of exemplary character and a citizen of whom Omaha has reason to be proud. MANUFACTURING PROSPERITY IN NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 2.—North Carolina's state departments of education and of health have issued a little pamphlet for the use of Negro citizens which is worth the attention of anyone interested in Southern welfare. Through these departments the state is promoting Negro community leagues whose main objects are better health, better schools, better farms and homes, and the union of all classes of Negroes in each community to promote these ends. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920 WHY THE NEGRO IS A REPUBLICAN By Major John R. Lynch, U. S. A., Retired. Major Lynch was formerly a sapii, and under one of the repu of the Treasury. Later he was ap and after several years of disting hired with the rank of major. B republican national convention tha has written a number of books o Negro race. Major Lynch was formerly a member of Congress from Mississippi, and under one of the republican administrations was Auditor of the Treasury. Later he was appointed as paymaster in the army, and after several years of distinguished and efficient service, was retired with the rank of major. He was temporary chairman of the republican national convention that nominated James G. Blaine, and has written a number of books of fine interest to the history of the Negro race. MAJOR JOHN R. LYNCH Under our system of government the exercises of civil and political rights by all classes and groups of American citizens should be guaranteed at all times and in all sections of the country, and this should not be contingent upon the result of the national election] In other words, conditions should be such that no one class, race or group of American citizens should find it necessary to act as a solid body with one political party. This was the contemplation of the framers of the Constitution, but those just and honorable forefathers could not foresee the contingency where a political party would be dependent for its very existence upon racial and sectional hatred. child and are zealous part the extreme orotic part upon racial tenure, has narrow in s All of the this campaign the mind of of the Leag structure, of lations, vita and prosper nation, the would broad point of view his value The inherent disposition of the democratic party to either practice or condone peonage, disfranchisement, segregation and other discriminations and reprisals against the constitutional liberties and lives of colored people, has left these people no other alternative but to ally themselves with the republican party, that has even stood for liberty, freedom of thought and equal opportunity to all American citizens, without regard to race, creed or condition. The Democrats themselves, occupying representation in congress, electing presidents, declaring and conducting war, shedding rivers of blood and mountains of treasure, while they are in a minority as to the great body of American people, are themselves responsible for the fact that the Negro cannot be anything else than a Republican. I will not hark back to the well known fact that our race found its freedom in the hands of a republican president. I will not remind the younger generations of my race that every right and privilege of citizenship that we now enjoy emenated from the republican party, and every right and privilege of citizenship that has been taken away from us has been taken away by the democratic party. These facts are known even to a little member of Congress from Missis- publican administrations was Auditor appointed as paymaster in the army, finished and efficient service, was re- was temporary chairman of the that nominated James G. Blaine, and of fine interest to the history of the child and are never denied by the most zealous partisan. But I do charge that the extreme narrowness of the Democratic party, depending as it does upon racial hatred for its national tenure, has made the Negro himself narrow in self-defense. All of the big questions at issue in this campaign are made secondary in the mind of the Negro. The questions of the League of Nations, of reconstruction, of currency, of industrial relations, vital as they are to the life and prosperity and progress of the nation, the consideration of which would broaden the colored American's point of view and raise the standard of his value to the body politic, are forced to the background because he has been bitterly taught that the election of any democrat to the presidency means the abridgement of his rights, the conscription of his labor, the humiliation of his hopes for advancement. "Self-preservation is the first law of nature," and the Negro, like all human beings, is a child of nature. He enters the campaign handicapped for the consideration of the great issues, knowing full well that he and all of his kind must "hang together" against his life-long enemy the democratic party, or the democratic party, unchallenged for half a century of reprisals against a struggling Negro race, will see to it that he "hang separately." While Woodrow Wilson, Candidate Cox and their parisical partisans are sniffling and sobbing about making the world safe for democracy, the Negro, sorely beset by these same hypocrisy, must confine his interest, his vote and his endeavors to make the country that he has bled to preserve, safe for himself. Woodrow Wilson is a great dreamer of dreams and has "let dreams be his master," while Cox, upon whose shoulders this great dreamer's mantle has fallen, is such a nightmare of cross purposes upon all questions at issue that he cannot even dream successfully. Vol. VI. No. 10 (Whole No. 270) --- The wrongs and injustices of the colored American were brought to the attention of the two major parties at their national conventions. By the democrats they were entirely ignored, while the republicans, true to the traditions of the party, condemned and promised to remedy them. Senator Harding, the party's choice for president, has since materially enlarged upon the platform declaration. His straightforward utterances upon these important and vital points cannot be otherwise than gratifying to the friends of equal civil and political rights, and to those who believe in justice and fair play and a square deal to all. He takes a strong stand in favor of having lynch law suppressed through the machinery of federal government. He is equally outspoken when he declares that the colored Americans should be guaranteed the enjoyment of all their rights. This covers the entire ground, for if the colored man is guaranteed all of his rights there will be no further cause for complaint. We firmly believe that this will be the settled administration. At any rate the colored American is justified in believing this will be done, for the republican party has done for the Negro all that has been done. Senator Harding also said: "I believe in law enforcement. If I am elected I mean to be a constitutional president, and it is impossible to ignore the constitution, inthinkable to evade the law, and our every committal is to orderly government." DR. PEEBLES HONORED BY AMERICAN LEGION Unanimously Elected Alternate Delegation By State Convention to National Convention of American Legion at Cleveland. The state convention of the American Legion met at Hastings Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. It was largely attended, much important and forward-looking busi- Dr. Wm. W. Peebles ness was dispatched and the spirit manifested throughout was admirable. Roosevelt Post was represented by Dr. W. W. Peebles and Rufus C. Long, who were shown every courtesy. The names of both delegates were presented at some time in the convention for some position. Mr. Long failed of election by a narrow margin. When it came to the election of delegates and alternates to the National Convention which meets in Cleveland late in September, the quota of this district being only three, Dr. Peebles was unanimously elected first alternate. He was also chosen as a member of the committee on special business. REDS STRIKE SOUTH TO MENACE PERSIA Washington, D. C., Sept. 2.—Soviet Russia has followed up its successes against Poland with a thrust into southwestern Asia, and its forces already are threatening the Persian capitol of Teheran. This rather unexpected move is believed by some officials and diplomats here to be directed against British and French domain in the near east and Asia. LIFTING. LIFT, TOO! WILL ENTERTAIN THE GRAND LODGE Manhattanites Are Making Elaborate Preparations For Taking Care of York Rite Masons Who Will Hold 58rd Grand Communication Here Next Week. Busy Program Outlined For Four Days' Session. Will Be Welcomed By Mayor of City. Grand Matron Cummings Will Preside Over Grand Court. (Special to The Monitor.) MANHATTAN, Kans., Sept. 2—This busy and enterprising city is making elaborate preparations to entertain the Most Worthy King Solo- Rev. J. A. Broadnax. mon Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ancient York Masons, National Compact, which opens its fifty-third grand communication here next Tuesday. The general committee of arrangements of which William Cavens is chairman, William Wesley, secretary, and William H. Taylor, treasurer, has been actively at work to see that nothing is left undone to make the meeting a success. The women who are on the general committee have not been idle. They have done their full share also. Indeed, the whisper has gone round that the men have been kept quite busy to keep up with the activity of their Masonic sisters, who have been making preparations for the entertainment of the Grand Court which meets here at the same time. The Grand Lodge will be called to order at 10:30 Tuesday morning at Peak's hall, Fourth and Houston streets, by the Rev. J. A. Broadnax of Omaha, the popular Grand Master, who will preside at all sessions; and the Grand Court, by Mrs. D. F. Cummings of Kansas City, Kans., the highly esteemed Grand Matron. A joint session will be held at 8 o'clock at night, at which an address of welcome will be given by Mayor V. V. Akin, to which the Rev. J. F. Griffin of Kansas City, Kans., will respond. Other addresses of welcome and responses on behalf of the Grand Court and Masonic fraternity will be made by Mrs. D. F. Cummings of Kansas City, Kans.; Mrs. Nora Buffington of Topeka, the Rev. W. M. Dickerson of Topeka and William Wesley of Manhattan. Wednesday morning and afternoon will be devoted to routine business. and in the evening a public reception will be given in honor of the grand officers and delegates, at which an appropriate program will be rendered under the direction of Mrs. Robert Pryor. Thursday will be devoted to routine business, the hearing of the addresses of the Grand Master and Grand Matron and the election of officers. At night memorial services will be held in Shepherd's chapel, Tenth and Yuma streets, with sermon by the Rev. Dr. J. F. Griffin. Friday's session will be devoted to closing business, a grand street parade at 3 p.m. and public installation of officers at 8 o'clock. As the growth of the order in this jurisdiction has been large during the past year it is anticipated that this meeting of the Grand Lodge will reach the high-water mark. 2 EXPLANATORY NOTE Early this spring a Negro, Joe Lockwood, charged with the usual crime, was lynched in Lexington, Ky. There is no doubt that he was mentally unsound and had been so for years. About the same time, four foreigners, Milane, Cassidy, McLaughlin and Useof were apprehended in a northern state, tried for a heinous crime and condemned to death. On the very day they were to be executed, one of them, McLaughlin, was adjudged of unsound mind, and on that account the quartet was granted a reprieve. Four men reprieved At minute hope is gone! Four men snatched from death's grim grasp When all was ready for their demise! Hitherto all hope had fled. Counsel, friend and relative All in vain had plead. Milano, Cassidy, McLaughlin, Usefof, all Await the dreary, dreadful call! But lo! Through the hall Footsteps fall. A double tread is heard. He who bears the tray On which their last meal lay Scarcely to the door approaches Ere hard by stands The warden glad: A message in his hands, "Two weeks or more Your lease on life shall be," Speaks he to these—the one and three But why this change? What unseen, unknown force At last prevails O'er governor, court and all? "McLaughlin, imbecile of mind is he, Therefore, ye shall all reprieved be." List ye gods! Rouse ye shades! Shades of Dixie's mobic victims! Do I sleep or do I wake! Surely there is some mistake! Or perhaps the law distinctions make. There was a man, Lockwood, his name, Who for an awful crime was blamed. His, a different race be sure, Yet unto him the laws assure All protection, simple, pure. His crime, if true, was great, Too heinous, too awful to relate, But his mind, oh can it be, Such fearful criminality, Is wrought in realms of sanity? Yet as we count this race's crimes In all the annals of the states, Nor mob, nor court, this E'er yet has-said: "Because he's imbecile of mind, This Negro shall of guilt be free." Joe Lockwood, of Kentucky, he, Whose friends nor once, nor twice Before the courts of justice plead That because of mind unsound He for safety be confined Yet to these pleas no heed was given, No law for Negro imbeciles To crime inclined, No schools nor sanitariums built To clear this race of inherent guilt, In all the realm of Dixie. Oh South, to Judgment come! Make clean the inner vessel! Cleanse the fountain's source! In vain with torch and noose you fight! The crimes you charge come not of light! They come of sincursed, mental night. Ope the windows! Fling wide the doors— Give them light, oh, give them light! —Russel Taylor. COLORED COMMERCIAL CLUB BULLETIN Rooms 2420 Lake St., Web. 1882 Not long ago questionnaires were sent by the Labor Bureau to all the manufacturers, wholesalers, stores, laundries, hotels and packing houses asing what positions were open to colored people. The response was exceedingly gratifying. We have heard of many new openings for our people in places where hitherto they have not been employed. If you wish to learn of these openings, come to the Bureau to register. You may be able to better condition by receiving more and shorter hours. Opportunity is knocking. Do not let it pass. Come to see the Commissioner who is always willing to help you. Center, Texas, Sept. 2—Another lynching occurred in Texas late Monday, August 1, when a mob of more than 1,000 men stormed the county jail, wrecked the steel cell and took out Lige Daniels, charged with the murder of a white woman, and hanged him to a limb of an-oak tree in the courthouse yard. Goodness. The world is not suffering for new ideas so much as for the brave and faithful living of some very old ideas. Truth, justice, honor, and unselfishness are not new, but they are all too rare in our common daily intercourse. We can better do without genius than without goodness. The cultivated heart is better. INDIAN RUINS of OAXACA ```markdown ``` Sculpture at Monte Alban, Oaxaca. HUNDREDS of places throughout the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, are to be found what they call "Pueblos Viejos" (old villages), some close to the site of the new villages and others in the wild country, far away from all habitations. In these ruins traces can be seen of houses, temples, fortresses and tombs. In some places graves only are seen to mark the place of a former civilization, and these consist of mounds, some of which are built to a considerable height, writes a correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor. Among the ruins well known on account of their state of preservation and importance can be mentioned the ruins of Mitla, those at Monte Alban, at Gulengula and at Achlutua. The famous ruins of Mitla are the best preserved on account of the dry climate of the country in which they are situated. They are among the most elaborately ornamented ruins in Mexico, and on the walls are found about fifteen different designs made with mosaics known as greques. The figures are all geometrical and are found mostly in panels on both inside and outside of the walls of the rooms. Features of Mitta Ruins. The original name of these ruins was Lyoban, and they were later on called by the Mexicans "Mictlan" which means "the place of the dead." The place is now in the center of the Zapotec country, and the Zapotec language is spoken by the inhabitants of the village close to the ruins. One of the chambers contains six huge monoliths, each being about 12 feet high and 7 feet in circumference, which have no carvings. The most beautiful room is known as the Hall of Mosaics. Its four sides are covered with designs. Paintings were found on some of the walls, but these have mostly disappeared. Close to the ruins a pyramidal mound is to be seen and about two miles distant is a fort of great interest. The grecques or arabesques found at Mitla give it a distinctive character, and in no other part of the republic are there any ruins like them. When the Spaniards conquered Mexico, Mitla was still an important place. The ruins of Monte Alban are situated on the outskirts of the city of Oaxaca and seem to belong to a much older civilization than those of Mitla. In fact, Monte Alban was in ruins when Mitla was at its height of prosperity. The ruins cover an area of about two miles in length by a third of a mile in width. On every side are remains of temples, foundations, terraces, walls, and graves, but these places have not been explored and are covered with debris. Some fine stones with carvings are still standing and many have been removed to the National Museum of Mexico City. The sculptures indicate that the Maya civilization must have extended to this part of the country. Fort at Gulengula. Port at Gulengula. The ruins of Gulengula on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec show the existence of a big fort which was used in the battles between the Mexicans and the Zapotecs. This fort was built on the top of a mountain, and contains two pyramids of stones, having stairways leading up to the tops. Remains of temples, chambers, trenches, and terraces can also be distinguished. The ruins at Achitua consist of courts, walls, mounds, and terraces. Achitua was the sacred city of the great Mixtec nation, their country being called Mixtecapam before the Spaniard arrived in Mexico. An extraordinary number of pieces of pottery is found, everywhere in this village, which is still inhabited by the Mixtec Indians, of Mixtecos. In the graves they have been opened in these different ruins have been found a great variety of stone and clay idols, ornaments made of gold, copper, jade, shell, obsidian, and stone. Beautiful specimens of painted pottery have also been found, and some of the finest samples of Mexican ceramic art come from the tombs of Oaxaca. The Indian tribes inhabiting the state of Oaxaca are the Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Mijes, Culicatecs, Mazatecs, Mexicans, Amusgos, Triques, Chatinos, Chinantecs, Huaves, Zoques and Chontales. Of these the Zapotecs and Mixtecs were the most important and they resisted the Spaniards long after the rest of the country had been conquered. The Huaves, Amusgos and Triques have nearly all disappeared. Each Tribe Has Its Dress. The Indians still use. In their native villages, a peculiar dress in each tribe, the most picturesque being that worn by the Tehuantepec (Zapotec) women. The Mazatec and Chinantec dresses are made with elaborate designs in red. The Indians weave their own cloth and use vegetable dyes and cochinel for coloring. In the mountain villages they still observe many of their ancient customs and they are very superstitious. The Mije Indians belong to one of the wildest tribes found in Mexico and few people enter their rugged country. When the Spaniards came to Mexico the Zapotecs had their own government; Zaachila was their capital and Costijoza their king. They had been at war with the Mexicans for many years, and with the aid of the Mixtecs had been able to resist the invasion of the Mexicans. The conquest of these tribes was mostly due to the influence of the Spanish monks, who went to the most remote parts of the country and lived with the Indians many years, learned their language and preached the Gospel to them. On market days and feast days in the city of Oaxaca many types of Indians can still be seen, with their own peculiar dresses, and many of them speak nothing but the language of their own tribes. In few parts of the republic can so many different types be seen together. PETS THAT SAVED PROPERTY Instances of Robbers Captured Through the Efforts of Small Dog, Monkey, and Parrot. A Parisian was recently attacked in a lonely street by an apache who was armed with a revolver. The villain fired once and missed, but ere he could fire again the citizen's terrier had him by the ear. The apache, shrieking with pain, dropped the gun, and the Parisian managed to secure him, according to London Answers. Recently, in the same city, a burglar entered the flat of a wealthy man, who had a pet monkey named Ernest. The burglar made up a valuable parcel while the monkey hid in a corner. Suddenly the monkey began to pelt the burglar with cups, plates, sancers, ash-trays and inkstand, in fact, with everything portable in its reach. The man made a dash for the beast with a heavy cane, but the monkey was much too quick for him and mounted to a high shelf. Climbing on a chair, the man was going to strike the monkey, when it flew at his face and man and monkey crashed to the floor. This roused the rest of the flat dwellers, who quickly secured the disturber of their peace, and now Ernest is the pet of the mansons. Quite recently a mansion in Surrey was raided and the burglarls were having quite a walk-over, as they thought. But presently the parrot woke up and began to make a few choice observations in such a loud and familiar tone that the robbers thought discretion the better part of valor and were decamping when caught. Wemyss of Wemyss Castle. Wemyss or Wemyss Castle. Wemyss castle, mentioned in a will case in the Scottish courts, includes in its modern structure parts of a thirteenth century building. Near by it is the ruin of Macduff's castle, a fifteenth-century erection. In spite of tradition, the latter has nothing to do with the MacDuff of immortal memory, nor can the family of Wemyss claim kin with that great thane. But the family does trace back on the same spot through seven generations, a pedigree vouchered for, by Sir William Fraser as one of the longest and purest in Scotland. A Wemyss of Wemyss castle entertained Edward I before Robert the Bruce won his victories; another, later, Mary, Queen of Scots, who to her ruin met Darnley under his roof. Why, of Course. Wife (sadly)—You don't love me any more. Husband—Most certainly I do. She—Then why do you rush off to the club? He—My dear, absence makes the heart grow fonder, you know. THE MONITOR THE BIG DEPARTMENT STORE where you save money It is easy to save if you prices are always lower. Here It is easy to save if you buy at this store. Prices are the lowest of the year—Our prices are always lower. Here is the proof. More proof at the store. With two pair long pants. Brown, gray and fancy mixture. $12.50 value for ..... $8.95 or Teddy Bears of fine muslin, also satin camisoles, values to $2.00; choice ..... $1.00 Wool finish, large size, $8.95 value, $5.95. Others at ..... $2.95 Electric Spark, 10 bars for 35c; Goblin soap, 6 bars for.....25c STAR STO JUST AROUND THE CORNER STAR STORE, 26th and Parker Streets (Berton Brailey in Leslie's Weekly). Go just around the corner, brothers and sisters; the fare is just as good and the price is lower. Are you tired of paying for sham and show—move just around the corner; it isn't so fashionable, but there's comfort and content there. Are you lonely and friendless—why, just around the corner are some people who are simply waiting for your ring at their bell. Are you bored by too many folks who aren't your kind, do you want seclusion and the quiet companionship of your own sort with whom you can be natural and homey and comfortable—their address is just around the corner; all you have to do is to hunt them up. You've plodded along poverty lane until you are weary and discouraged—yet if you push on a little further you'll find easy street is just around the corner. Opportunity lives in that block and her latchstring is always out, if you only have the energy to walk up her steps and find it. Three-quarters of our troubles are due to the fact that we go to the nearest place for whatever we want, instead of walking a few steps further and finding the shop just around the corner. Would you escape from the humdrum and the dull, the everlasting routine and the grind—you needn't go round the world, take a few steps off your worn and beaten track, your limited habitual path, and you'll meet adventure just around the corner. Just around the corner, if you have only the sense to venture so far, is the girl you've dreamed of and never met, the love that you think has passed you by—she is yours if you take her to the little church around the corner. And then, for the rest of your days, if you hope to hold to your happiness—seek always for what lies just around the corner—the kiss that is just around the corner from a quarrel, the understanding that is just around the corner from a misunderstanding; so shall you find life ever a joyous gamble and a fresh delight, and you shall go together down the long, long trail, until at last you turn fearlessly to meet the final adventure, which waits for all of us—just around the corner. (Written for The Monitor by Willis Hudspeth.) 'Tis not in popularity; The judgment of the throng may be Entrenched in custom's fallacies, Or governed by its prejudice. 'Tis not in service fettered tight By pseudo-standards of the right. A man may work and miss the goal Of true achievement of the soul. "'Tis not in title, not in rank, Nor wealth as great as London bank"; 'Tis not in learning's arrogance, Nor yet in "blissful ignorance." The one who always acts the man Impartially the best he can, Now matter how results are classed, May smile, triumphant, at the past. Lindsey had the little hen fast and was trying to bring her head close to the ground. "What might you be trying to do?" exclaimed her father coming upon the small girl in the yard. "I'm trying to make this hen say her prayers." "Well," said the parent sadly, "I hope she'll say: 'Now I lay me.'" 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OMAHA, NEBRASKA Buy Dentlo from your local dealer or from us. Address Kaffir Chemical Laboratories, Omaha, Neb. Dept. K. Agents wanted Everywhere, liberal terms. Write us for detailed information. --- KATE RICHARDS O'HARE GREETED BY GREAT CROWD (Continued From First Page.) O'Hare recounted the many difficulties he encountered in endeavoring to secure the pardon of Mrs. O'Hare and some of the struggles of the party with which he is identified. A campaign collection was taken up and over $500 in cash and pledges was received within a few minutes. Mrs. O'Hare, who is a tall woman of refined appearance with gray hair, was given an ovation as she was escorted to the platform. She spoke in part as follows: "Comrades and friends: I have paid the price and a very dear price for what I honestly believe to be right. I have just recently been released from the federal prison at Jefferson City, Mo., for the crime of believing that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States meant what they said. I was a pupil in the schools once and was taught that those precious documents meant exactly what they said. I was also a teacher in the schools, and am proud of the fact that the first teaching I ever did was in the state of Nebraska, and I too told my pupils that those documents meant what they said. I believed that the Declaration of Independence was so plain that even a lawyer could understand it. My father was a Campbellite preacher and he taught me that my teachers were teaching me right and I believed it. I believed that same thing three years ago, and I believe it just as much today as I did then. I have no apologies for having gone to prison and I have no regrets to offer for saying what I said unless it be that I did not say it louder. I said what I believed to be the teachings of Jesus. For saying those things, one day I found the prison doors open for me and I have no regrets for that, for there I found the greatest field for service in the world. I was transported back 100 years. I was a chattel slave. The only difference between my slavery and human slavery of a few decades ago was that the chattel slave of that time was sold to the highest bidder and I was sold to the lowest bidder. I found that I went back 2,000 years, and the day I entered the doors of the prison I ceased to be a citizen, and that I lost my name and was given a number. I had to sign all my letters with a number. I had all been sold just as black women had been sold 200 years ago. I also found that I was not treated as well as the black women had been treated at that time, for the U. S government peddles its women prisoners to the lowest bidders. Missouri being the lowest bidder is given the federal prisoners. I was placed in a sweatshop where I had to finish 88 pairs of unionalls a day or suffer the penalty. I found that firms in all parts of the country were using the convict-made goods as their own goods. I even sewed in labels for an Omaha firm as their product. I found that there were only two bath tubs for the entire institution, and I also found that women there were infected with that dreaded disease. syphilis. My first experience in going to take a bath was to meet an Indian girl who had been there nine years for murder. She was a product of bleak Alaska, and had been taught all the customs and traditions of the Indians. One of our pure American white men had wronged her and gave her that dreaded disease, and when she found it out she killed him, for which crime she was given a life sen- fence. I was told to bathe after she out of the bath tub and the pus was dripping from her open sores at the time. I told the woman in charge that if I had any scratch or pimple on my body I too would become infected with that loathsome disease, and asked that I be not required to bathe in the tub where the walls of it were covered with germs from this and other women afflicted with that dreaded disease. I was informed that that was all the United States government had provided for the use of women federal prisoners and I had to use it the same as the others. I was also told that if I did not use it there were means of compelling me to do so, and as I did not care to test the threat I went in and made a noise with the water, but did not bathe. That night I got a letter to my husband, and in ten days shower baths were installed. I found that the worn out and most diseased were placed in the kitchen where our food could become contaminated with all kinds of disease germs. Working at the rate I worked I would have made at present wages from $4.20 to $5.00 per day. I received 50 cents for the first three months, 75 cents for the next three months and $1 for every month thereafter. I found that I was compelled to scab on every woman working. And the only way you can be sure that you are not buying convict goods today is to be sure that all goods bear the union label. I would not have you believe that all of my stay there was unpleasant for it was not. The most daring and freely given aid came from the people that I had been taught were inferior and to be despised—the colored women. I remember when I was about to fail in my task, being not used to the work and not properly nourished, when one girl by the name of Bernice of St. Louis, Mo., who was a product of the underworld, kept watching me and she knew that I could not finish my task. She watched until the brutal, ignorant foreman was out of sight and she came over to my machine and took 16 pairs of her finished unionals and put them on my pile and took 16 of mine over to her machine, and she went to the "dungeon" for me. Then I thought that Jesus must have meant what He said when He said: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man will lay down his life for his friend." You see I am a southern woman and had been taught all the traditions of the south, but instances of this kind made me see and know that prejudice is wrong and sinful. I felt that even though Bernice was black she had a much whiter heart than a number of so-called 100 per cent Americans. I could not tell you all of my experiences for some of it is unettable and unwritable. I went to jail and prison because I was a salmon-pink socialist, but I came out a deep international red socialist. I told the judge that sentenced me that he could send me Us D entl Use De Kaffi THE MONITOR to prison, but he could not send the truth there. I know now that truth can be imprisoned. Then there was another girl there that made me know too that even though her skin was black her heart was whiter than a good many men in Washington. I was at a machine where it worked a hardship on me and she saw that I was failing, so she said to me: "Mrs. O'Hare, I have nothing and nobody to go back to out in the world, if I die here the world has not lost much, but you have your family and society needs you, so please exchange machines with me, because you cannot make it where you are and if you are sent to the 'hole' you will never live to leave here." The most touching of all was when my boy came to visit me. He came and they refused to let him see me, so he walked around until the sun was setting and he got on the side of teh building and with his cornet began to play airs I loved, first, "Lead Kindly Light," then "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," and finally "Home, Sweet Home." Then the 80-old women, products of all classes of society, the slums, the underworld, dope fiends, fell down and prayed that Mrs. O'Hare would be spared to return to her home and family. . . "Education is the cneep defense of nations," was uttered by the English statesman. Edmund Burke. The Pyorrhea Preventive Tooth Paste Regular Price 50 cents Dentlo is your guarantee of clean teeth which insures a healthy sweet smelling mouth. Dentlo acts as a destroying agent for the pathogenic bacteria present in the mouth. Dentlo prevents the formation of film on the teeth and gives them a pearly lustre. Dentlo keeps the mouth in an auseptic condition preventing acid mouth, the cause of many diseases of stomach and blood. 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The measurements and description of the perfect woman, as approved by a New York sculptor, follow: Height, 5 feet 7 inches; weight, 147 pounds; wrist, $6 \frac{1}{2}$ inches; bust 36 inches; waist, $24 \frac{1}{2}$ inches; hips, 42 inches; thigh, 22 inches; knee, 17 inches; calf, 15 inches; ankle, 8 inches; size of glove, $6 \frac{1}{4}$; size of shoe, $3 \frac{1}{2}$; color of hair, chestnut brown; color of eyes, hazel. Groceries, Meats d Fresh Fish 3 Webster 402 --- A. National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored Americans. ‘Published Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub- Ushing Company. Entered as Second-Ciass 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. Magree Penn, Associate’ Editor George H. W. Bullock, Adverdising Manager and Associate Editor. MM. Wright, Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.80 6 MONTHS, $1.00 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates, 75 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 20 Kaftir Block, Omaha, Neb. elephone Douglas 322%, ~ SOR CEN é = rey) maupepee Ral IN <7 OPee ye Pasuesy Zz fie 2 O, (ST 0 4 *PAIT ACCOMPLL ” HE ingstone at the inauguration o Washington. “Long live the hero o' the Revolutionary war, the idol o America, the father of his country the first president of the Unite States” The war-tired throng belov thundered forth their hearty response “It ig finished, long live the presi dent.” A dozen village church bells rang out their sonorous answer te these beautiful sentiments. In re- sponse to all, the modest, yet cour- ageous idol rose and with tearful eyes said, “My fellow countrymen: It is not finished, but just begun.” Within thirteen years thereafter the colonies were at war again, and were kept in conflict almost constantly un- ti] after the civil war of 1865. With the ratification by Tennessee of the 19th amendment, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the Na- tional Woman Suffrage Association, breathing a sigh of relief said: “Ten- nessee has triumphantly closed the sixty years of women’s struggle for the right to have their prayers count: ed on election day.” “It is *nished’ rejoined suffragists throughout the land. But while the din of their ex: ultations was still ringing in the ears of the people, Speaker Walker of the Tennessee house of representatives and leader of the opposition, predict: ed in the usual Southern tone, “Hell is going to break loose in Georgia {1 this amendment is ratified. This is now a white man’s country and we have a white man’s God.” So here we have it right from the gridiron- The Richmond, Va, Times-Dispatet consoles the Southern malcontents b3 pointing out that even though giving the ballot to colored women menaces the southern control and thereby fur: nishes a serious problem for the South, they could deal with it in the same “successful manner” as the3 did with the amendments following the civil war, referring of course t¢ the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments which have been very “successfully” annulled in that section. It goes or to assure them that despite these amendments “white supremacy was regained and maintained, and while conditions at times may become vexatious, there need be no fear of any other than Anglo-Saxon domina- tion.” What the Dispatch means is that the South will consider the constitn- tion a “scrap of paper” as it has done in the past: In the light of these facts, what can we expect from another demo- cratic administration but disregard for the rights of our group? This amendment adds about two million ballots to the colored voting strength in this country, the vast majority of which is in the south. If the policy of the democrats is carried out the amendment means nothing to us at all) The fear of the south, as pointed out by the Richmond Times- Dispatch, Hes in the expectation that both white and colored women will see to it that fairer treatment is ac- corded to the members of the colored race than the white men of the south have heretofore given because of women’s freedom from selfish polit- ical gains. Just as we expected, the democratic eandidate for the presidency has claimed the credit for the job. The facts in the case are that while onl; six democratic states have ratified the amendment, thirty republican states have done so. Women of our group, now that you have full suffrage, use your full righ in bringing about those reforms for which our people have long stood fr need- Let no chirping of the fay. birds’ sweet notes swerve you from your new responsibility and duty. EXCEEDED THE “SPEECH” LIMIT. ws it comes to verbal gymnas- , tles F. R., the democratic vice presidential candidate, has some speed. In fact he exceeded the speech limit the other day when in his Butte, Mont. speech he “spilled the beans” on the democratic motives in championing the Wilsonian league of nations: “As a matter of fact,” said he, “the United States has twelve votes in the assem- bly. Until last week (referring to the week ending Saturday, August 14th) I had two of them myself, and now Secretary Daniels has them.” “You know,’ continued he, “I have had some- ‘thing to do with ronning a couple a ttle republics myself. Facts are, I wrote Hayti’s constitution.” ‘The twelve votes to which F. R, re- fers are: Hayti, Cuba, Panama, Santo Domingo and all theCentral American countries. We are not very much impressed by what the “school-boy campaigner” had. to say on the league except the fact that it revealed the motives of the democrats to dominate and, through’ the league, boss the smaller countries of the Western hemisphere in the same manner in which it has and is bossing Hayti. This little republic is now crying for relief from the wrongs ad-| ministered to it by the presence there of American marines. Hayti is doubt- lessly one of the “couple a little repub- lies” which the former assistant secre- tary of the navy said he had until “last week been running.” We know just how Mr. Roosevelt has been running these republics, and because we do know this we dare not entrust to him the “running” of the vice presidency of this country. But the foreign countries as well as these “little republics” sent up a how | of vehement protest against this reve- lation of the democratic nominee, ask- | ‘ing the state department to explain the assertion and repudiate the amateur campaigner. They do not spare words to say that F. R. has exceeded the speech iimit: “We listen with interest for a voice from the White House. ‘This information, however, reveals further the arbitrary power the league. grants to bigger powers. The assist- ant secretary says the United States has already twelve votes in the assem- bly, claiming that he himself had two| of them until a week ago. How does an assistant cabinet member“manage to hold two votes in the league of na- tions of which this country is not even 4 member? Suppose it were a member, are we to infer by this that the votes of the little countries will be divided among various cabinet members so| that a mere assistant secretary of the navy has an allotment of two? How does this country get the votes of these nations? Surely not by their consent when they are now sending up their protests against the bold as- sertion. ‘We venture to ask, under these cir- cumstances, what does the speaker think would be the action of Great Britain in the numerous dependencies which she has and in all of those small countries over which she has influence? The league advocates would have us think that the league allows no arbitrary seizure of the suffrage of smal} nations but that un- der it they would enjoy “self-de- termination.” A great league is this, but the vice presidential candidate of the democrats will probably be kind enough to explain to the American people, for whose votes he is speak- ing, Just how it can be done- Until then we shall infer like foreign dip- lomats, that he “exceeded the speech Mimi.” KATE RICHARDS O'HARE, WE heard Kate Richards O’Hare speak recently. She is a fluenc speak- er. She has every indication of gen- tle breeding. Her's is an attractive personality and we can well under- stand why she wields such influence among the socialists, of which she is a shining light. The imprisonment which she endured for her convictions while {t whitened her hair, it did not break her spirit. Moreover, it opened for her an opportunity of service which not only enriched her spirit but broadened her sympathies. Her pris- on experiences were most fruitful of good for the colored race. Kindness shown her by two prisoners, who when she was ill, brooked punishment to save her, revealed the heart of THE MONITOR gold which lies within the bosom of our people even in those who have fallen into degradation and evil hab- its, melted her inherited and deep- seated race prejudice, and wherever this gifted and fearless speaker is heard she pleads for justice for this malinged and misrepresented people as well as for the proletariat of her own color: In this she is doing our race a notable service, for unfortu- nately racial prejudice is strongest, generally speaking, among the class who give her the largest audience. She is not afraid to speak the truth and today as of old, and ever shall be, “The truth shall make (men) free.” We believe that Mrs. O’Hare’s impris- onment has liberated forces of reform that will prove a benediction to this nation. | ONCE upon a time when any gath- ‘ering of the race assembled it was a foregone conclusion that, if election time were near, a resolution “unani- mously endorsing the. republican party and pledging support to the candidate” would be put across. But it is quite different now. Such a reso- lution was defeated at the national convention of the Federation of Col- cored Women a month ago, and a sim- ilar resolution was defeated at the annual convention of the National Ne- gro Business League held in Philadel- phia Jast week. Times have changed. ie Monitor takes pleasure in an- nouncing as a new feature of this progressive publication a department devoted to music, which we are quite sure will be interesting and instruc- tive to our readers generally and es- pecially to students of music, The department will be conducted by Clar- ence Desdunes, a musician of great promise, whom we desire at this time to introduce to our readers. He is the son of Dan Desdunes, the well-known band master of Omaha, and was born in New Orleans in 1896. He early showed an aptitude for musie and began studying the violin with Wil- liam Nickerson of New Orleans. One day he disappeared from home and was next heard of in Europe where he spent four years in leading a kind of Bohemian life and studying music. At the ontbreak of the world war he returned to the United States and served in the navy. About a year ago he came to Omaha, and became the pupil of Robert Cuscaden and subsequently of Miss Emily Cleve Here he is. His first article appears in this issue, He will conduet this department in his own way. He will always have something of interest to say. 5 ~ As there is so little said about the violin, I feel it my duty to say a few words, which will be of some benefit to’ the serious student and lover of the violin. 5 My first subject will be “Violin Mastery.” When I take the whole history of the violin into account I feel that the true inwardness of “Violin Mastery” is best expressed by a kind of three- fold group of great artists. First in order of romantic expres- THE UNIVERSAL CAR ius no longer necessary to go into the details describing the practical merits of the Ford car—everybody knows all about “The Universal Car.” How it goes and comes day after day and year after year at an operating expense so small that it’s wonderful. This adver- tisement is to urge prospective buyers to place orders without delay. Buy a Ford car when you can get one. 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Yet, speaking in a general way, I believe that these groups of attainment might be said to sum up what “Violin Mas- tery” really is composed of. And a “Violin Master” must be a violinist, a thinker, a poet, a human being. He must know life, love, hope, passion and despair. He must run the gamut of the emutions in order to express them all in his playing. “He must play his violin as Pan played his flute.” If art is to progress, the technical and mechanical element must not be neglected. A boy of eighteen cannot expect to express himself in the way a serious student of thirty can because the man who has actually lived can give voice to the emotions and express them through his medium, the violin. The black man has the brains a; well as the spiritual endowment neces- sary to understand and appreciate music in a high degree; he can point with pride to the musicians who em- phatically deserve to be called artists, and another quarter century of ar- tistie striving will bring them into the front ranks of artistic achieve- ment. Next week my subject will be “Good and Band Hands.” Mental Study. CLARENCE DESDUNES. Proverbs and Paragraphics po many are called, but few are chosen. Matthew 22:14, It's all right to aspire to control others, but have you begun with Num- ber One? The most valuable “system” is a 00d Nervous system. Good times for all can only be the product of good work by all. A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone,—Swift. a Our life is what our thoughts make it. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them,—-Shakespeare. PROMINENT TEXAS CITIZEN VISITS SON J. H. Riddle, Secretary of Odd Fel- lows’ Insurance Department of Tex- as and Arizona, Guest of Dr, R. C, N. Riddle. ¢ J. H. Riddle of Dennison, Tex., en route to New York to attend the meet- ing of the Biennial Moveable Com- mittee, came by the way of Omaha to visit his son, Dr. R. C. Riddle, whose guest he has been for the past week, Mr. Riddle, who is a very modest but affable man, is one of Texas’ foremost citizens. A gentle- man familiar with Texas said to The Monitor, “I want to tell you one thing Mr. Riddle modest unaffected and unassuming as he is, is one of Texas’ big men, Visit Texas, as I have, and you will find what I say is true.” a Of course Mr. Riddle would depre- cate this estimate of himself. His standing, however, may be gleaned from the fact that for many years he bas been the secretary of the Insur- ance department of the G. U. O. of 0. F. for the State of Texas and Arizona, and disburses over $200,000 a year, employing five clerks in his office to handle this business. 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Representative Harris' bill is a rara avis as such documents go and is as follows: "An Act to forever forbid the privilege of voting to certain persons: "Be it enacted by the General As "Be it enacted by the General As MOB "JUSTICE" And Senator Harding's Reference to Lynching. (By William Pickens.) In addition to its unlawfulness and its disorganizing effect on society, the chief distinction of a mob is its miscarriage of justice. When inflicting punishment it is much more apt to do wrong than right—if indeed it be proper to ever speak of a mob as doing "right." We mean that it is apt to punish those who are not guilty, or to punish the guilty out of all proportion to their actual guilt. Those who investigate after the mob gets through, are often appalled at the gross miscarriage of its "justice." There are two cases which are recent and sufficiently impressive to be still in the minds of all who read the newspapers: the burning of a Negro in Omaha, Neb., and the more recent hanging of three Negroes in Duluth, Minn. OMAHA—The Negro was burned, the courthouse burned and the mayor of the city hanged almost to death. The Negro was charged with assault upon a white woman. But NOW: it is conceded by the police of Omaha that the Negro did not assault the woman, and that not only had the Negro not assaulted her, but that she had not been assaulted at all. It seems that the woman had been hired by those who had been ousted from control of the city government to embarrass those who had recently been placed in charge of the police force—an effort of the "outs" to discredit the "ins." Those who concocted the scheme undoubtedly did not expect to hang the mayor or burn the courthouse, and perhaps did not even think that the Negro would be lynched or burned. But the mob thought the case was genuine; mobs are generally more sincere than those who inspire them. The mad populace was not on the "inside." In this case, as in many others, the mob was the unwitting tool of disgruntled and selfish men. DULUTH—Here six Negroes working for a circus are said to have assaulted one innocent white girl. The police jail was broken into, the Negroes were "tried" by the mob, and three of the prisoners "found guilty" and hanged. The prisoners had neither defense nor counsel, and the wonder of it is, how the other three were found guiltless. Then for the investigation: This "innocent" girl came home on an electric car immediately after that alleged horror, and neither he nor she showed any nervousness nor made any complaint to the other passengers. Her escort took her her home, where she went peacefully to bed and arose next morning—and still said nothing about it to her own parents. Her father heard of it first in a round-about way from the father of her escort. All this is impossible nonsense to people with brains and experience. No people could have so acted under the alleged circumstances. The girl would have needed an ambulance instead of an electric car. Well, this is what the investigator, a white man, found out: That some white man, doubtless the girl's escort, had been hanging around the circus camp late at night selling whiskey to the Negroes; that he had some woman "hustling" for him; that the Negroes "ganged him" and took his whiskey and drank it. He was doing an illegal business; he could not complain that his whiskey had been taken—but he could make that other appeal (rape) more effectively to the great American heart and the fierce American passion. And this is about all there was to it, inasmuch as the family physician says, according to Duluth papers, that the "innocent girl" was not assaulted at all. These two samples ought certainly to lend emphasis to Senator Harding's words when he says in his speech accepting the republican nomination for the presidency: "I believe the federal government should stamp out lynching and remove that stain from the fair name of America." It is to be hoped that Governor Cox sembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act, "Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person born on the continent of Africa, or descendants of persons born on the continent of Africa, since the year 1492 A. D., to vote or hold office in the state of Georgia. "Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws, parts of laws, usages and customs in conflict with this law be, and the same are hereby repealed." While Candidate Cox is gallivanting up and down the hustings striving to impress the colored American voter with his love for the race, his conferres and sympathizers are expressing their devotion in Georgia by legislative enactment like the foregoing. will take similar ground so that both great parties will stand avowed against this insidious attack upon our civilization. TEN DON'TS. DON'T loaf when you can work. For the idle mind is the devil's workshop. DON'T go and return to your work dirty and slovenly dressed. For it engenders disrespect. DON'T spit on the floors of public carriers, assembly halls and the sidewalks. For it breeds bad health. DON'T carry a frown when a smile is no heavier. For one's countenance is often adjusted by his habits. DON'T spend all your time watching your neighbor's garden. Spend more time weeding yours. DON'T let your back yard accumulate dirt and weeds. For this breeds disease. DON'T indulge in the use of foul language. Wholesome words are easier to pronounce. DON'T allow your liberty to be taken for license. Our liberty ceases where it interferes with our neighbor. DON'T spend fifty dollars when your income is forty-nine. Rather reverse the process. DON'T fail to identify yourself with some church in the city. No man more quickly goes wrong than he who remains away from church. WHAT DO WE WANT "Social and industrial unrest is sweeping over our country. It is a symptom of the times not to be ignored. The country is in upheaval. Efforts have been made to set race against race; labor against capital; employee against employer; farmer against tenant; the stronger against the weaker; men of high repute against men of low repute. We colored Americans have been compelled to bear more than our share of injustice and discrimination at a time when it would seem that, if ever before in the history of our country, we have proved our right to fair play, to a square deal. "Anti-racial outbreaks have stirred hostilities and done much to destroy former relations of good fellowship between the races. Present conditions, if not halted, may become dangerous and alarming. It is necessary, therefore, that the real leaders of both races should seek in every way possible to stabilize the present situation. The races are not hopelessly hostile toward each other. The situation is serious but not desperate. A healthy sentiment in favor of fair play is growing up on many sides. "What the Negro wants with all his heart, and what America will proudly concede him, I do believe, can be stated very easily: In substitution for lynchings he wants justice in the courts; he wants the privilege of serving on juries; the right to vote; the right to hold office, like other citizens. He wants better educational facilities, abolition of the "Jim Crow" car and of discrimination and segregation in the government service; the same military training and chance for promotion in the army that white men enjoy; destruction of the peonage system, an equal wage, better housing, better sanitary conditions and reforms in those penal institutions where men and women of his race have suffered grievous wrongs. That is the Negro problem, that is America's problem. Does it impose too much upon the greatest democracy in the world? I cannot believe that it does." A Bee or a Spider? "The honeybee makes her honey from the same nectar from which the hermit spider distilling one of the deadliest poisons known. The question is, how do you treat your opportunities? Do you distill them into success or failure?—F. H. Cheley in "Stories for Talks to Boys." THE MONITOR The Last Word. "The last word" is the most dangerous of infernal machines,— longglas Jerrold. Chinese Decorate Roof Ridge The roof ridge of a Chinese house is usually decorated with an elaborate plaster ornament in the form of a design, embodying the character "fu" signifying happiness. To prevent the ornament being damaged by birds the owner of the house sticks numerous ordinary sewing needles point outward into the soft plaster. Ways to Clean Books. Speaking of books, most family libraries are disfigured by one or two once-lovely volumes in unpractical bindings of pale silk or white leather, long since dimmed by grime. Art gun or a soft knaked eraser may clean them. If not, try fine powdered pumice tightly applied with a clean chamois. This is what picture dealers use to clean the margins of old prints. It toughens the surface less than rubber. SOUTH DEPARTURE A writer says it was probably a bagpipe instead of a fiddle that Nero played while Rome was burning, taking this position presumably on the fact that nearly all historians agree the music was rotten. It is for this reason we have stuck to the fiddle theory. Nero was a punk musician and walls of the bagpipe are sweetness itself compared to the sound of the violin in the hands of a wellmeaning amateur. Wastes Time on Trifles Wastes time on trifles. I have a friend, a most estimable man, who is so conscientious about doing little things to a complete finish that he never allows himself to neglect details of the most trifling nature. The result is that, although he is a tremendous worker, his energies are so exhausted on trifles that he has very little strength or time for important things that need his attention. —Orlison Swett Marden in Chicago Daily News. Skim Milk Good Food Some persons imagine that when the cream is taken from the top of milk the nourishment is withdrawn. Skim milk used to be regarded as scarcely better than water. 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If you catch any fish by either method it's a sign of success, in proportion to the manner of catching. To dream of a fish pond is a sign of good fortune; if a fish bone, of illness, of a fin, of poverty. To be surrounded by many lishermen signifies great good luck and remarkable success in your undertakings. (Chicago Herald and Examiner) The Dreams of Children. The dream carpets of little children are often very wonderful—bright, vivid, gay; but with so elusive a charm that sometimes it is not perceived by the less sensitive grown-up eyes. children live so much in the approval of older people, and spread theiraint and darling ideas so trustfully or daddy or mummy—and sometimesaddy or mummy, tired or obtuse orjust frankly amused, tramples muddy on the design that has filled thewhole of a childish heart. FRIEDMAN BROS. Shoes for the Family TIME TO THINK OF SCHOOL SHOES Family Shoe Store 1504 North 24th St. BEAUTIFUL HAIR AT EVERY AGE Fishing. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STOP PAYING RENT AND BUY A HOME OF YOUR OWN? Every day you delay means money in your landlord's pocket. We'll sell you a good home on easy monthly payments. NILE QUEEN QUALITY COUNTS. NILE QUEEN FREE! DeLuxe Beauty Book-write to day for a copy! Miss Velvet Brown: "My hair and skin are in wretched condition. What can you recommend?" Druggist: "Try NILE QUEEN preparations. They are the finest, purest, highest class articles for skin and hair on the market today. I absolutely recommend them and will give your money back if they are not as represented." Miss Olive Queen: "Really, Velvet, they are fine. I never use anything else, and all the girls are crazy about them." KASHMIR CHEMICAL COMPANY 312 SOUTH CLARK ST., CHICAGO The World's Finest Preparations For Hair and Skin. For Sale at all Drug Stores and Beauty Shops. With this Issue 10c per Copy $3^{00}$ a Year LYNCHING—THE NATION'S PET CRIME. The pet crime of the nation—LYNCHING—HAS REACHED ITS ZENITH. More than twenty years of continual protest on the part of the American Negroes, through the leaders, organizations and newspapers of the group, has at last found apostle-ship within the circles of power. Lynching was born, nourished and cherished in the South. The heilish power of its virile germs has been carried "with malice aforethought" into the remotest corners of the nation by the carefully "discriminating" news wires of the Associated Press and the painstaking propaganda of its writers. The baneful disease has demonstrated beyond contradiction its ability to thrive and flourish everywhere—yes, everywhere. It has blazed its way with sinister and jocular indifference through the "color line," through youth and age, through men and women of honor and innocence, through the sacred tissues of expectant mothers, and through the peaceful quiet of the country side, as well as the busy, bustling centers of the great city. To the low mean of the praying Negroes, their outstretched hands of righteous appeal, the soft but steady and mighty tread of the migrating tens of thousands to climes of protection and safety, have recently been added the roaring voice of the daily newspapers, North, South, East and West; the wails of anxiety of the white clergy and political leaders, and the unyielding bullets of equal and exact justice, under the general direction of the great commonwealth of North Carolina, and its fearless Governor, T. W. Bickett. WITH SUCH A COMBINATION OF EFFORT, LYNCH LAW HAS REACHED ITS CREST. I MUST GO. The most powerful instrumentality in the world is public sentiment. In the face of it, empires and kingdoms have crumbled to earth; human slavery has been abolished; bolshevism has marched westward with terrible possibilities, and with it, lynching must go. Without public sentiment definitely crystallized against lynching, there has been but meager possibility of success in throttling the onrush of these barbaric performances. Now that recent events have quickened the most pessimistic onlooker, the hour for action has come, and with unflinching unity of purpose, something worth while will happen for all time to come. It is very plain that our power in the premises, is unlimited. We now, today, must use every ounce of our ability and strength to back up the forces now in action. We must rise to the opportunity, and let there be nothing regarded as more important at this hour than settling this damnable business forever. There must be no flinching—and there will not—and there must be no equivocation. The blood of the innocent dead cries out for action; and unborn generations hold us to account. Certain proposals are made. They all look forward to a final settlement of the terrible evil. Some say let the state be supreme, ohters say let the nation. We say: Lynching must be stopped now. The respect for law must be supreme. If the state is not equal to the occasion, the nation must be. Lynching—the nation's pet crime—must be wiped from the face of the earth. It has cut the heart strings of humanity and startlingly rocked the foundations of American civilization. OBJECT TO COOLIDGE: Boston, Mass., Sept. 2.—Because many unions had refused to participate in a parade on labor day unless the Boston Central Labor Union withdrew its invitation to Governor Coolidge to review the marchers, the central body has voted unanimously to rescind its decision to have a parade. Members of the parade committee reported a strong sentiment among many unions against passing in review before the governor and against their being escorted by policemen who took the places of the members of the Policemen's union, who struck last September. ANOTHER BARGAIN STORE OPENS IN SOUTH OMAHA South Omaha continues to furnish big opportunities for the working man and woman, its latest addition being that of L. Lirstgarten's new bargain dry goods store at 2707 Q street. The management offers a full line of ladies', gents' and children's furnishings at the lowest possible prices. They invite public inspection. No Cause for Complaint. No Cause for Complaint. "Oh, my tooth aches dreadfully! I don't see why we can't be born without teeth." "I think, my dear, that if you will look up some authorities on that point you will find that most of us are." (©, 1920, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) "But, Jack, you wouldn't have me wear this gown to the convention, would you?" and his wife held up for his inspection the gown that had done duty for three seasons. "It is shabby and worn, besides being hopelessly out of date. I should think you would be ashamed of me," and she flung the gown from her with an angry gesture. "Ashamed of you? Never! Why, little girl, you always look well in my eyes. "You understand, of course," he added apologetically, carefully arranging his new top coat and light felt, "that a man is obliged to keep his clothes up to date, otherwise it might affect his business standing; besides, my golf dues must be paid today, and next week, as you know, my college chums arrive. There are six of them and the cost of their entertainment will be considerable. But cheer up, you will not suffer by comparison with those at the convention, take your husband's word for it." Mrs. Potter brushed away hot, angry tears as the door closed upon her husband. Since their marriage five years ago, she had patiently and cheerfully repressed her longing for pretty clothes and dainty articles of adornment that women love, but now that her husband was well established in his law practice and the comfortable house paid for, she began to realize that she was making all the sacrifices while her husband was reaping the advantage of them, and she resolved to check his selfishness even at the cost of humiliation to them both. After a week of rain the day of the convention dawned clear and unclouded. The sun shining upon the green sward was dazzling in its brightness, while the birds sang merrily from trees whose buds, full to bursting, preaged the crowning glory of springtime. Ruth Potter had hoped the day would be stormy so as to render her shabbiness less conspicuous, but as she opened the window and fingered in the warmth of the sun, the beauties of the morning awoke an answering chord in her heart and she was glad her wish was not granted. "There is one consolation," she reflected, as she dressed for the convention, "my things all match—shabby gown, ditto hat, ditto gloves, ditto shoes," and she laughed in spite of herself as she turned from her mirror. At the convention the program went off without a hitch until the business session, when a difference of opinion arose regarding a point of law. At the suggestion that the matter be settled by consulting a near-by authority, Mrs. Potter grasped the coveted opportunity and volunteered to procure the required information. She selected a committee to accompany her with great care, choosing those who were smartly and richly dressed as a foll to her own appearance. In her husband's office Jack and his friends were having a merry time over their cigars when Bert Morrow brought his feet to the floor with a bang. "By Jove!" he rudely interrupted, "what a group of stunning women! And, I say, you look at the shabby little mouse—why, if they aren't turning in here," and throwing away his cigar, he began smoothing his mustache excitedly. "The same old Bert," laughed Jack, when a timid tap arrested him. Upon opening the floor, Jack stared first with surprise, then with consternation that was almost alarm, at the picture which confronted him—a bevy of stylish but tastefully-dressed women forming a background for a shrinking little figure with a smiling but determined face and a shabby gown. Ruth Potter chuckled inwardly as her husband, visibly embarrassed, stammered through the introductions. Under the inspection of his fastidious friends, the contrast between his wife's apparel and that of her richly-dressed friends seemed to Jack nothing less than appalling. But to the wife it became ludicrous, and she was obliged to make use of her handkerchief to check her risibles as she noted down the words which her husband dictated in a strained, unnatural voice. At dinner the next day Ruth gave her husband a full account of the convention. "It was as you said, Jack, no one noticed my clothes. How foolish I was to care so much." Later in the evening, as Jack was enjoyling his cigar, he tossed a check-book into his wife's lap, remarking sheepishly, as he felt her grateful kiss upon his check: "Don't be afraid of overdrawing; I am good for it." Early English King Deposed. The first English monarch to suffer the indignity of judicial proceedings against himself was King Edward II, who was formally deposed in 1327. He had been left the kingdom in 1307, and faced difficulties. He could not even control the royal family. His cousin, the earl of Lancaster, conspired against him; he lost his chief minister, Gaveston, and his army was crushed at the battle of Bannockburn. After a series of high-handed political intrigues, in which religion played a prominent part, parliament was finally persuaded to file charges against the monarch. He was deposed and the government turned over to his son, the prince, who was but fourteen years old. LEGENDS OF OLD BELGIUM International Valley of the Meuse in Belgium. A SKED to pluck the prettiest flowers of our Belgian folklore, I stand blinded and besl- tate. What shall I choose in this bouquet, over rich in its mingling of brilliant colors and tender hues? Shall it be pearls of sacred mistletoe fallen beneath the Drulde's knife; illies grown in the shadow of convents and monasteries; roses reddened with the blood of tourneys and the carnage of battie; or, perchance, pale daisies of the fields sprung up unheeded amid the cow pasture? All equally are precious, writes Louis Lagasse de Locht in the London Times. Daughters of a fertile land seared in the course of ages by storms let loose from the four corners of the earth, are they not the expression, the poetry, the sap of love and hate, the very soul, in a word, of a people fashioned by martial blows and bathed in the sunshine of idealism? Every Belgian is thrilled by the past. It is his staff and bread of life. Hence his love of cavalcades, joyous entries and processions, the ever recurring delight of most of our villages. Great taste is often displayed in the ordering of these parades, in the building of the triumph—to which Rubens and Jordaens did not scorn to devote their talent. And it is as if the figures of legend and history which pass through our streets had stepped down from the canvas of old masterpieces to be closer to the caresses of the crowds. Sometimes the ceremony represents but an episode, a scene of chivalry or of mystery from the middle ages. In Bruges, suddenly awakened from its melancholy miracle of the holy blood, the triumphal escort of a prince consecrated to the conquest of the holy and moves in a rolling stream of glistening steel amid the glamor of rich silks and precious broideries, the flashing of arms and the embrazen peal of trumpets. Supreme Drama of All Time Supreme Drama of All Time. At Furnes, on the last Sunday in July, the procession of "penitents" renacts the supreme drama of all time. For weeks the city prepares for it. The actors' parts are more coveted than public honors; some are jealousy guarded as hereditary rights. Through the dense crowd, pressing ever closer and closer, the revered figures pass in procession. And the Christ appears, weighted down by his cross, a living and staggering Christ, scourged till the blood runs from him. A shiver of religious fervor passes over the faithful, "Mercy!" a penitent eries aloud in pain. Every window is a garden of tapers, candles and lights whose flames flicker in the wind blowing from the sea. Sacred chants mingle with the piping of reeds, the noise of rattles and the winding of horns. The crowd sobs and swains and wrings its hands and falls into prayer as, following the Crucified one, the penitents pass. The men in sackcloth and the women closely veiled do penance, and their naked, torn feet bleed on the stones of the road. Perchance beneath their cloaks of burlap noble indies, whose flaxen hair and white bodies are the love treasures of this sensuous and mystic Flanders, are paying the ransom of a kiss! Mons, the home of the guardian saint of the British army, is the theater every year of the famous Lumeon display which ends the procession of Ste. Waudru. At midday to the tolling of the great bell, otherwise heard only as-a war alarm, St. George gives battle to the dragon. After a deadly combat, the dragon, according to rite, crashes down in the dust, shot through the nostrils, and the devils are chastised by the brave followers of the victorious knight. Before entering the lists the fabled "beast" days the crowd with mighty blows of his tall. The people of Mons believe that a blow from the tail brings NDS of ELGIUM International good luck. What matter if it hurts? On occasion both municipal officials and clergy take part in the festivities, and frequently our ancient customs put them to unscout tests. Each year a procession leaves Grammont and goes to the Oudenberg. Prayers are said in public, after which loaves and fishes are distributed to the crowd, and the burgomaster offers the priest a silver loving cup filled with white wine in which tiny minnows are swimming. A wry face, a grave gulp and the career of a little fish ends in the pastoral stomach. And so it goes till every notable and every minnow has faced the same ordeal. At nightfall huge bonfires upon the surrounding hilltops light up the countryside. "Tis said that these customs date back to the worship of Ceres. "Three Entwined Ladies." The story of the warlike virtues and tragic deaths of the "three entwined ladies" is another jewel of Meuse folklore. In 1554 Bouvignes is furiously attacked by the king of France. The town is taken, but the valiant citadel of Crevecoeur still holds out. Assault after assault is repulsed. Alas, the defenders are now a bere hundred, including old men, women and children, then fifty, then ten-at last three young and beautiful women. "The Ladies of Crevecoeur" still hold out desperately. They are about to be taken. Rather than serve at a king's feast, they climb to the topmost ramparts and entwining their arms throw themselves into the Meuse, forevermore the gentle guardian of their womanly honor. Until this day the stream continues to weave its liquid blue shroud over their white bodies. Doubtless the folklore of Flanders differs from the Walloon traditions and customs. The latter are light and gay, the former rich in color and full of quiet beliefs. The Flemish kermes begins by prayer and the solemn warnings of priests who thunder from their pulpits—"Hell, mind ye, opens beneath the feet of blond maidens who trip the merry dance; beware for misfortune will surely visit the stable and weigh upon the head of the brawny yeoman too easily tempted by foaming beer and the smiles of women." But the last words of the priestly warning have scarce died away before the vestive board creaks beneath the good things of this earth, and ardent youth feels that it lives. As evening falls on the gay Sundays of August, ribald songs and old-time dances end these village fetes worthy of a Rubens or a Tentens. WHITTLING OUT OF FASHION Decline of Ancient and Honorable Pastime So Marked as to Have Been Noted. Come to think of it, there is some truth in the statement that whittling as a lazy or tired man's pastime, is going out of existence. A storekeeper says: "I used to set a 'box out in front of the store for the boys to set on, and the next day they'd be nothin' left of the box 'ceptin' a lot of whittin' littered like around the sidewalk. But now a box will last jest about all summer . . . No, whittin' ain't what it were!" At a railway station the agent remarked that whereas a waiting-room bench had a shorter life in the older days "than a two-bit harmonica," the present benches in the men's waiting room over which he had jurisdiction had lasted well on to 18 months. And at post office, blacksmith shop, livery stable and elsewhere the crowd no longer amuses itself with knife and soft wood. Perhaps men are too busy. The storekeeper referred to above has another theory. 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