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COLORED AMERICANS ARE WELCOMED INTO MEXICAN REPUBLIC Glade Historical Society LIFTING LIFT TOO $2.00 a Year 5c a Copy COLORED EUROPEAN PRESS CALLS ATTENTION TO U. S. LYNCHINGS Widely Known Belgian, French and Czechoslovakian Newspapers Print Comments on America's Shameful Record. NOTES PETITION TO SENATE New York, July 28—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announces receipt of clippings from a large number of Belgian, French and Czechoslovakian newspapers in which are printed accounts of lynchings in America. The number includes such widely known papers as L'Independence Beige of Brussels, L'Echo du Soir, Le Neptune of Antwerp, Narodni Listy and Tribuna of Czechoslovakia and many others. The accounts read: "The movement against lynching is spreading and the recent murder of three Negroes by an excited mob (in Texas) has called public attention to this matter in a very decided manner. A memorial bearing the signatures of three hundred American citizens demanding a vote on the proposed law against lynching has just been addressed to the Senate. Among the signatories are governors of states, archbishops and clergymen, and the mayors of New York, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore and Pittsburg. "Since 1889, 3443 lynchings have taken place in the United States; women to the number of 64 have been lynching victims. Last year 64 persons were lynched, four of the victims being burned at the stake." The memorial referred to is the one which was prepared by the N. A. A. C. P. and to which were secured the signature of 24 governors, 38 mayors of large cities, two ex-attorney-generals of the United States, three archbishops, leading churchmen, state supreme court justices, college presidents, well-known newspaper men and magazine editors and many other prominent citizens in all walks of life. The memorial asked prompt enactment of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill and was presented to the Senate at the request of the Association by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican leader of the Senate, on May 6th. TULSA HOTEL SERVANTS MUST BE LICENSED Commission Passes Ordinance Giving Full Control to Police of Oklahoma City. Tulsa, Okla., July 25—Under the terms of an ordinance passed by the mayor and commissioners Friday, all porters, hellhops, waiters, janitors, elevator operators, chambermaids, or other servants in Tulsa hotels must be licensed and identified before they may accept local employment. A fine of $20 is provided for any person that takes one of these positions or for any employer who hires one without license and identification. The ordinance designates the above named employees and then includes a broader sweep by qualifying that "any employee or servant a hotel a hotel duties bring them in contact or require them to act as messengers for or to render service to the guests of the hotel at their rooms" shall be included. All employee regulated by the terms of this ordinance must be finger-printed, photographed and given a physical description as additional identification. They must be over 18 years old, must have been residents of Tulsa for at least 30 days prior to the date of employment, must not be addicted to the use of liquor, drugs or opiates, and must not have been convicted of a felony. The license fee is $5 a year, payable semi-annually. All of the larger hotel owners favored the adoption of this ordinance. EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. PHILLIP THE DEACON The annual parish and Sunday school picnic was held last Thursday afternoon at Elmwood park. It was one of the most largely attendel in the history of the congregation. Young and old had a most delightful time. Despite the hot weather there was a large attendance at Sunday school and the morning services Sunday. The services next Sunday at the usual hours, 7:30, 10 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. THE MONITOR COLORED LAD SHOT BY DRINK-CRAZED SOUTHERN STUDENT Murder Follows Inability of Youth to Purchase Moonshine for Group of White Students of Georgia University. CARSON IS HELD FOR MURDER Athens, Ga., July 28.—A craving for cheap "moonshine", coupled with a typical cracker attitude, have resulted in the arrest of Briggs Carson (white) of Tifton, University of Georgia's summer school, charged with the death of young Benjamin White. Carson is alleged to have shot the White boy early last Sunday morning after the youth, who had been sent out after liquor, had failed to return with the same. Held "Wild Party" at School. According to the testimony given at the coroner's inquest, following the student's arrest, young Carson and four other students, residing at the Kappa Alpha chapter house summoned White last Saturday night and, giving him some money, urged that he procure them some whisky, in order, they stated, to continue a "wild stag party" they were giving in the room of one of the students. At an early hour Sunday morning, when the youth failed to make his appearance, the drunk-crazed youths, started out towards his home in an automobile. They met him coming down the road near his home. Alarmed over their condition, and the vile three ats and epithets hurled at him, the youth started to run. Carson drew a gun and fired one shot, the bullet lodging in his back between the shoulder blades. The serious accident sobered the youths, who rushed the wounded lad to a local hospital, where he died about 10 o'clock. Held on Murder Charge. Carson was arrested at the fraternity chapter house and held in the county jail, where a charge of murder was sworn out for him. University officials refused to make any comment over the affair. VIRGIN ISLANDERS PROTEST PROHIBITION Commissioners Complain that United States Policy Is Forcing New Insular Possessions Into Bankruptcy. BAY RUM INDUSTRY RUINED Washington, D. C., July 28—The Prohibition Amendment is interfering with the manufacture of bay rum in the Virgin Islands, and a commission of three arrived here last week to protest. The commission is composed of Conrad Cornerio, member of the Island legislative body; George Moorehead, President of the Labor Union of the island of St. Thomas, and Adolph Sixto, an elected delegate. The Virgin Islanders protest against the strictness of the health regulations made by the Naval Governor of the Islands. These regulations operate to bar Spanish vessels, the commission says, and consequently the trade of the island of St. Thomas has been crippled. The great bay rum industry of the island of St. Croix is being ruined because the importation of alcohol has been forbidden unless it is denatured. The Prohibition Amendment says nothing about enforcement in the Virgin Islands, the commission contends. In addition to these things, the Islanders wish to complain about the state of bankruptcy into which the Islands are falling, and also about the property qualification for voters which is so high that it disqualifies most of the colored natives. N. A. A. C. P. MEETING The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People met last Sunday afternoon at Grove M. E. church. After the regular routine of business had been disposed of the merits and demerits of the boxing law passed by the last legislature were discussed at length. It was decided to write a letter to Governor McKelvie asking for an audience on the matter at some time in the near future. The Hospital Association, sponsored by the Rev. Jefferson Davis and others, was endorsed by the local branch. Quite a number were out and a decided improvement in attendance and interest is noticeable. The meeting next Sunday will be held at Mt. Moriah Baptist church, Twenty-fourth and Ohio streets, at 4:00 p. m. Come and bring someone with you. A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor THE FAITH OF AN AMERICAN NEGRO An Address by Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Delivered as One of the Three Commencement Parts at Harvard University Commencement Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 1893. Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution. "The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, 25 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 638." "A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with refreshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in amore private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. 358; N. W. 718." KELLY MILLER TO SPEAK AT PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH Professor Kelly Miller of Howard University will speak at Pilgrim Baptist church, Tuesday evening, August 8th, under the auspices of the Men's club of the church of St. Philip the Deacon. Professor Miller's subject will be, "The Next Step in the Race Problem". As it is desired to give this distinguished educator a large audience and to have many children as well adults see and hear him, the admission has been placed at 35 cents, all children, from twelve years old and under, accompanied by adults, being admitted free. THE FAITH An Address by M. One of the Harvard Since their emancipation from slavery the masses of American Negroes have lived by the strength of a simple but deeply moving faith. They have believed in the law and providence of a just and holy God; they have believed in the principles of democracy and in the righteous purpose of the Federal Government; and they have believed in the disposition of the American people as a whole and in the long run to be fair in all their dealings. In spite of disfranchisement and peonage, mob violence and public contempt, they have kept this faith and have allowed themselves to hope with the optimism of Booker T. Washington that in proportion as they grew in intelligence, wealth and self-respect they should win the confidence and esteem of their fellow white Americans, and should gradually acquire the responsibilities and privileges of full American citizenship. In recent years, and especially since the Great War, this simple faith has suffered a widespread disintegration. When the United States Government set forth its war aims, called upon Negro soldiers to stand by the colors, and Negro civilians, men, women and children, to devote their labor and earnings to the cause, and when the war shortage of labor permitted a quarter million Negroes to leave the former slave States for the better conditions of the North, the entire Negro people experienced a profound sense of spiritual release. For the first time since emancipation they found themselves comparatively free to sell their labor on the open market for a living wage, found themselves launched on a great world enterprise with a chance to vote in a real and decisive way, and, best of all, in the heat of the struggle they found themselves bound with Nebras Chapter Thirteen OMAHA, NEBRASKA, JULY 28, 1922 WELCOMED PEERLESS QUARTETTE AND GLEE CLUB GIVE CONCERT The Peerless Quartette and Glee Club assisted by Mme. Lena Mays Curry gave a delightful program at Pilgrim Baptist church, Tuesday night. There was a large and appreciative audience present. Opening remarks were made by W. K. Flemming. The musical numbers by the quartette and glee club were "Listen to the Lambs" and "Little David" by Fenner; "Great Camp Meeting" by Cross; "Sinner, Give Up Your Heart," by N. C. Smith; "Little Boy Blue," "Cohunkus and Cobunkus" by Scott; "My Lord's A'Rit- OF AN AMERICAN Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Three Commencement and University Commence When they stood on the height of this exalted experience and looked down on their pre-war poverty, impotence, and spiritual isolation, they realized as never before the depth of the harm they had suffered, and there arose in them a mighty hope that in some way the war would work a change in their situation. For a time indeed it seemed that their hope would be realized. For when the former slave States saw their labor leaving for the North, they began to reflect upon the treatment they had been accustomed to give the Negro, and they decided that it was radically wrong. Newspapers and public orators everywhere expressed this change of sentiment, set forth the wrongs in detail, and urged immediate improvement. And immediate improvement came. Better educational facilities were provided here and there, words of appreciation for the worth and spirit of the Negro as a citizen began to be uttered, and public committees arose to inquire into his grievances and to lay out programs for setting these grievances right. The colored people in these states had never experienced such collective good-will, and many of them were so grateful and happy that they actually prayed for the prolongation of the war. At the close of the war, however, the Negro's hopes were suddenly dashed to the ground. Southern newspapers began at once to tell the Negro soldiers that the war was over and the sooner they forgot it the better. "Pull off your uniform," they said, "find the place you had before the war, and stay in it." "Act like a Negro should act," said one newspaper, "work like a Negro should work, talk like a Negro should talk, study like a Negro should aska Civil Right of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska ing" by Cross; and "Watermeton on the Vine," by Scott. Mine. Cure sang "Homeland" by Strauss. H. J. Pinkett gave a recitation, and remarks by the Rev. Wm. Franklin closed the program. Mrs. C. H. Singleton was the pianist. FORMER OMAHAN Junius Jones, whom many old Omahans will pleasantly remember as a boy and youth here, died last week at his home in Los Angeles, after a protracted illness. His sister, Mrs. Minnie Mason, returned this week from attending his funeral. ICAN NEGRO Jenson Delivered as sent Parts at encement study. Dismiss all ideas of independence, or of being lifted up to the plane of the white man. Understand the necessity of keeping a Negro's place." In connection with such admonitions there came the great collective attacks on Negro life and property in Washington, Chicago, Omaha, Elaine, and Tulsa. There came also the increased boldness of lynchers who advertised their purpose in advance and had their photographs taken around the burning bodies of their victims. There came vain appeals by the colored people to the President of the United States and to the houses of Congress. And finally there came the reorganization and rapid growth of the Ku Klux Klan. The swift succession and frank brutality of all this was more than the Negro people could bear. Their simple faith and hope broke down. Multitudes took weapons in their hands and fought back violence with bloody resistance. "If we must die," they said, "it is well that we die fighting." And the Negro American world, looking on their deed with no light of hope to see by, said: "It is self-defense; it is the law of nature, of man, and of God; and it is well." From those terrible days until this day the Negro's faith in the righteous purpose of the Federal Government has sagged. Some have laid the blame on the parties in power. Some have laid it elsewhere. But all the colored people, in every section of the United States, believe that there is something wrong, and not accidentally wrong, at the very heart of the Government. Some of our young men are giving up the Christian religion, thinking that their fathers were fools to have believed it so long. One group among us repudiates entirely the simple faith of former days. It would put no (Continued on Page 2.) Vol. VIII—No. 4—Whole Number 368 --- Martin E. Gibbs Wins Attix Prize for the Highest General Average in Chemistry at Temple University. ALSO WINS FRATERNITY MEDAL Philadelphia, July 28.—At the thirty-sixth annual commencement of Temple University, on June 15, Martin E. Gibbs, colored, distinguished himself by winning two prizes in the school of pharmacy, in a class of 125 students, and receiving honorable mention for third prize. First prize, the Dr. James C. Attix prize for the highest general average in chemistry. The Sigma Epsilon Phi Fraternity medal for the second highest average in all branches of the senior year. The Dr. John R. Minehart gold medal for the highest general average for the senior year, honorable mention. for the short year, honorable mention. The remarkable phase of this high honor to which Martin E. Gibbs attained is that these prizes were won in a class of white students, there being only eleven colored students in this class of 125. Therefore there cannot be given too much credit to this young men, of whom the entire race should be proud. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH O. J. Burekhardt. Pastor All services Sunday were well attended and great interest was manifested. This was especially true of the Sunday school and the League in which the young people are active. The pastor preached in the morning from Ephesians 3, 11 and in the evening the Rev. Mr. Blake of Council Bluffs, a young man of promise brought a helpful message. Many strangers were present. Next Sunday the pastor will preach in the morning from Hosea 14:9 and in the evening the Rev. P. M. Harris will be the speaker. Conference is drawing near and conference funds and dues are needed. NATIVE AFRICAN WINS FIRST HONORS G. M. Thompson of Sierra Leone is the First Full Blooded West African to Secure Honor at Bar Finals. MAKES ADDRESS FOR CLASS (Associated Negro Press.) London, Eng., July 26—Mr. G. M. C. Thompson (holder of a Certificate of Honor awarded Easter term, 1919), M. A., B. C. I. (Durham), and LL. B. (London), was called to the Bar at the Inns of Court last week, and in virtue of the honor he had won was called upon to make the customary speech to the Benchers. As already known the young barrister is the son of Mr. Max Thompson of Sierra Leone and as the Sunday Times said, "it was an impressive example of the solidarity of the British Empire that at the call to the Bar of students of the Inner Temple, the leader and spokesman of the young barristers was Mr. Thompson, who belongs to a family of Freetown, who, on behalf of his brethren of all shades and color, made a speech acknowledging the honor conferred upon them by the Benchers of the Inm." Mr. Thompson was educated at Durham University (Fourah Bay College), and won his Bachelor of Arts and Licentiate in Theology, at the age of 19. On taking up the law, he proceeded to the further degrees in his University Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law in 1915. He was not long in establishing a record for West Africans in passing successfully in his first term at the Inns of Courts all the subjects in the first part of the Bar exams, and was placed alone in the first-class honors list in Constitutional Law and Legal History. Mr. Thompson appeared to enjoy facing law examiners, for he set himself to secure the Bachelor of Laws in the University of London, and his efforts resulted in placing him in the second-class honors list. Finally, he has been rewarded with a first-class honor at the Bar Final, an attainment never hitherto reached by a full blooded West African. BISHOP JONES TO VISIT OMAHA The Rev. T. S. Saunders, pastor of Grove M. E. church, and his congregation are making preparations for the visit here August 11 of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Jones, former editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate of New Orleans. Bishop Jones is one of the outstanding religious leaders of the race and Omaha is to be congratulated upon the privilege of hav- GROWING _____ THANK YOU MEXICO INVITES AMERICAN NEGROES TO BECOME CITIZENS "We Want Best Element of Your People to Become Interwoven in Mexico's Commercial and Social Life," Says Obregon. GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OFFER Mexico's Possibilities for Commercial, Industrial and Agricultural Development Are Mexico City, July 28.—His Excellency the President of the Republic recently told a commission of Negroes who sought lands for colonization, that the laws of Mexico are very liberal and do not recognize the doctrine of Race supremacy, and because of this fact it was judged that there would be no serious obstacles in the way of permitting the colonization of colored people. The commission to which we refer came representing the Negroes who now reside for the most part in the Southern States of the American Union and who on the whole desire to immigrate to our country in order to obtain their rights which are now denied them where they now live. General Obregon received the commissioners who explained their desire to colonize in our country, sharing the National burden of Mexico and not solely for personal gain, and likewise sharing the wealth and prosperity of our country. The President told the commissioners that "we want the best element of your people to come and become interwoven with the commercial and social life of our people. We will see to it that you are afforded every opportunity of being a man and that our government will give you respect and protection." "Mexico offers the greatest possibilities and future to any people on the face of the earth. We are inviting the American Negro to come and cast his lot with us not because we know that he is ill treated and unjustly dealt with in his native land but because we believe that in the development of the commerce, agriculture and trade in our own country that he will be fair enough to take some and leave some and not try to take all as other Americans have done in years past. We are willing to give you opportunity, justice and protection and help you develop your own resources for our mutual benefit and in return we ask only your loyalty to the commercial, agricultural and social upbuilding of Mexico." RED OAK TO HOLD CELEBRATION An Elaborate Program Has Been Prepared and a Large Attendance Is Anticipated. (Special to the Monitor.) Red Oak, Iowa, July 28—This enterprise and progressive little city is making elaborate preparations for its first emancipation celebration which is to be held here next Tuesday, August 1st. Prominent white citizens are cooperating with the local committee, consisting of Thomas Dunn, C. W. Chappell, Oscar Davis, John McGhee, W. A. Brown and John Cooper, to make the affair a success. Dan Desdaes famous band from Omaha, has been engaged and will render one of its popular programs. A large chorus will sing. Rev. John Albert Williams, of Omaha, is to be the orator of the day. There will be games and amusements of various kinds including a baseball game between Red Oak and Clarinda teams. As Red Oak is so easily accessible a record breaking attendance is anticipated. ELECTS OFFICERS The Evergreen Club met at the home of Mrs. William Price, 2007 North Twenty-seventh avenue, Monday night and elected the following officers: Clifton Moses, president; Walter Scott, vice-president; Pharron Robinson, secretary; Edward Dunn, assistant secretary; Walter O'Neal, treasurer; Kenneth Bolling and Bernice Payne, critics. The meeting opened at 8:45. Ice cream was served. LARGEST MEMBERSHIP IN JURISDICTION Carnation tent, Maids and Pages, of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, has the honor of having the largest membership of any tent in the Kansas-Nebraska jurisdiction. Its enrollment numbers 130. Eva Brown is queen mother and she is justly proud of this flourishing organization of young people. THE MONITOR Published every Friday at Omaha, Nebraska hw. the. Monitor. Publisher. Company. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.50 B MONTHS; 7 Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address The Monitor, 204 Kaffir Block, Omaa Telephone Atlantic 1322; Webster 4243 ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 b MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address The Monitor, 204 Kaffir Block, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322; Webster 4243 ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the Unite and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizen United States and of the State wherein they re state shall make or enforce any law which shall al privileges or immunities of citizens of the United S shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty erty without due process of law, nor deny to an within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the l 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. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION FIRST IN SERVICE A Correspondent, whose letter is published in this issue, asks if we do not think it would mean much to us as a race if our people would become law-abiding concerning this "moonshine stuff." We certainly do. Law-breaking is law-breaking. And while t is true that only a comparatively few of our people belong to the law-breaking class even that few is too many. Were we simply judged for our individual acts, as individuals, the acts of the lawless few would not heavily affect us, but inasmuch as the entire race is condemned for the acts of the few, it makes the situation more serious. As to what can be done to stop it, is a puzzling question. The most effective way would be to convince those who transgress the law that it is to their best interests, physically, mentally, morally and FINANCIALLY, to cease their transgressions. This undoubtedly would be the best way. Moral suasion, though slow, is the most effective agency in effecting permanent reforms. Force, in our opinion, seldom accomplishes permanent results. Each one, therefore, should use his influence to try to get some individual to see the harm he is doing himself, his race and the community, in either dealing in or using this moonshine stuff. But some individuals cannot be reached this way. It therefore becomes necessary to apply force, the force of the law. If the authorities will honestly enforce the law, and punish without fear or favor, those who violate the law in this moonshine business, there will be a radical lessening of the evil. That it can be completely eradicated no sane person will for a moment contend, but that it can be materially lessened no one can doubt. But, as a matter of fact, there must be scores of places in this city, where this moonshine stuff is sold, with the knowledge and consent of somebody in authority, city, county, state or federal, perhaps all four. Every now and then, a moral spasm is flung, and some little fellow is arrested for "Illegal possession, etc.", while apparently "the higher ups", whoever they may be, and for whom the small fry are the catspats continue to violate the law with impunity. The arrest, conviction and adequate punishment of some one or two of the "higher ups", who encourage and promise "protection" to subordinate offenders, would go a long way towards suppressing traffic in this "moonshine stuff", which is far more damaging to body and soul, than was the stuff, despite its many abuses, sold over the bar in pre-prohibition days. CONCERNING LETTERS FROM OUR READERS THE MONITOR is very pleased to notice that some of our readers are beginning to send letters to us for publication under "Letters From Our Readers" department. This can be made a very useful, instructive and interesting department. We hope that our readers will send us their views and opinions on timely topics. Letters should not exceed 300 words in length. The shorter they are the better. Write on one side of paper and always sign name and address for the Editor's information, even though you may prefer not to have your name published. The best way, however, is to have the letter published over your own signature. CREED, CONDUCT AND COLOR RECENTLY a great religious convention met in Omaha. It was the International Convention of the Walther League, a young peoples' Lutheran society corresponding to the Epworth League, the B. Y. P. U. and similar organizations among other religious bodies. Now colored Lutherans are as scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth and yet that earnest body of Christian folk came near splitting INSTITUTION OF THE STATES. Not to Be Abridged. Naturalized in the United States, on thereof, are citizens of the state wherein they reside. No any law which shall abridge the citizens of the United States; nor person of life, liberty, or prop- law, nor deny to any person final protection of the laws. over the question of admitting colored delegates o the floor of the International Convention. It issued, as many of these cases do, in the abject capitulation of Christian fraternity to sectional prejudice. And yet, many of our sincere white friends wonder why so many of our thoughtful young men and women, are growing skeptical concerning the genuineness of the average white man's Christianity. It is to be wondered at when creed and conduct so frequently shun each other whenever the brother in black is even remotely concerned? INSTRUCTION NEEDED THERE are hundreds of our people in the northern and western states, most of them recent migrants from the south, where they did not have the privilege of voting, who need to be instructed how to mark their ballot in order that they may vote intelligently. This does not apply only to colored voters, by any means, but to many foreign-born citizens as well; and, strange as it may seem, many of our better educated men and women need instruction along this line. The modern ballot is quite complicated. The Monitor therefore suggests that our people be gathered into small classes and taught how to mark their ballots; and, moreover, in this connection, that they be taught the principles of government and their duty as good citizens to vote for men and measures which they honestly believe will innure to the best interests of all citizens. This is a work which is sadly needed. We need an intelligent, honest and interested electorate. These classes should be held in lodge rooms, churches and civic centers. It is not too early to begin such classes now. A WRONG IMPRESSION AGENTLEMAN told us the other day that he was under the impression that all the colored people of Omaha were so under the control of certain white political bosses that whatever those bosses said colored voters had to do. Can you beat this for invincible ignorance concerning the thousands of independent, self-respecting, industrious colored citizens of Omaha, who are under obligations to no boss? This gentleman was sincere. It gave us pleasure to enlighten him, and he thanked us for the information we gave him. WHAT IS MORE ODIOUS WHAT is more odious than a lazy hulk of masculinity, called by courtesy a man, but not deserving the name, who will loaf nine-tenths of his time and permit his wife to support him? Such cumbersers of the earth ought to be compelled by the authorities to work or go to jail. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Good crowds greeted the pastor, both morning and night last Sunday. He came back much refreshed from a ten-day rest and preached excellent sermons. Next Sunday an old fashioned basket dinner and open air sermons will be held at Miller park at 10:30 a. m. Dr. L. K. Williams of Chicago will preach at both services. In the evening he will preach the twelfth anniversary sermon of Pastor Botts. We are sorry to state at this writing that the much beloved wife of our pastor is ill at her home. We hope for her speedy recovery. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our heartfelt thanks to our many friends for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our darling little boy, Wilbur, who left us for the Father's many manions. MR. and MRS. WILSAUR J. ALLEN 2214 Frace Street, Omaha. Mr. Geo. Owens returned home from Topeka, Kans., last Friday, where he went as a representative to the annual session of G. N. O. O. F. from Regal lodge, Lincoln. Rev. H. W. Botts returned home last Saturday after about ten days' auto trip through Missouri in company with his brother, Dr. W. F. Botts of Omaha. They report having met many old friends and a pleasant trip. Mrs. Lew Holmes and daughter, Maxime, are visiting relatives in Des Moines, Ia. Rev. Ulyses Hickman of Hiawatha, Kans., was in the city the past week. Mrs. Lester Holmes is taking a needed recreation in Denver, Colo. Mr. P. L. Moore is reported not improving so good as was expected. Mrs. Maude Gates went to Kansas City, Mo., last week where she is visiting friends. At the A. M. E. church last Sunday: Sunday school at 9:30, Rev. J. B. Smith preached at 11 o'clock; at night, Rev. Ulysses Hickman delivered a sermon, and it is said he is improving in his manner of speech. The children and a few grown-ups enjoyed the A. M. E. church Sunday school picnic in Antelope park last Thursday evening. Mrs. Dena Horner of St. Joseph, Mo., is visiting at the home of Mrs. O. J. Burckhardt. The little Misses Sylvia and Adelaide Newton of Beatrice are visiting their cousin, Miss Florence Reid here. Mt. Zion Baptist church has been taken down to the foundation and workmen are fast progressing toward erecting a new and better building. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Miller of Superior, Arizona, are in the city visiting relatives and friends and are the guests of Mrs. Lillian Miller. Mrs. Yoland Smiley underwent an operation at the St. Elizabeth hospital Friday and is improving. Mr. Earl S. Gross of Omaha was in the city over Sunday at the bedside of his sister, Mrs. Smiley. Mrs. Lillian Miller entertained at a family dinner Sunday afternoon in honor of her sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller. Covers were laid for twelve. Professor and Mrs. W. R. B. Alexander entertained a few of their friends last Monday evening at their residence, 313 South Eleventh street, in behalf of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller of Superior, Arizona. Mrs. Gertrude Bush is able to be out again after some illness. The babe is doing fine. Rev. H. W. Botts and his congregation of Mt. Zion Baptist church held their first services in the Third Christian church last Sunday, and indeed it was a rousing beginning. The Sunday school was almost on time at 10 a. m., the singing was good. The pastor preached as he never did before, all expressed themselves as being lifted up in the Spirit of righteousness. The services will continue here until the completion of our building at 1201 F street. Rev. C. W. Wilson leaves this week for his home in Kansas. We are proud to observe that a number of our race are striving to buy homes. The Sphinx This column is open to the readers of this paper, and THE SPHINX will answer all questions to the best of its ability. No attention will be given to letters asking for Medical or Legal advice. Address all communications: THE SPHINX, 60 The Monitor, Box 1204, Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Sphinx: Please give me your advice on a question I am unable to decide for myself. I am nearly thirty years old, many years, but having had very little education and no one to help me, have had to work hard and have been able to save but little. I can see nothing but a long life of hard work ahead for me unless I marry. A man whom I have known for a number of years and respect very much, but do not love, has asked me to marry him. He could give me a good home and all the comforts of life and I know he would be good to me. Do you think I should accept him or take the chance of someone coming into my life that I could love? TROUBLED. To Troubled-While they say that respect is akin to love, it does not always prove out that way in all cases. Some marriages founded on that basis have proved very successful, while others have not. Personally I do not believe in loveless marriages. You say you have very little education. Why not spend an hour or so in the evening and try to improve yourself so that you will be capable of a greater earning capacity. You are young enough to wait a while longer before getting married. Keep your independence as long as you can. After you find some one you really love you will have trouble enough. trust in God, no trust in democracy, and would entertain no hope for betterment under the present form of government. It belives that the United States Government is through and through controlled by selfish capitalists who have no fundamental goodwill for Negroes or for any sort of laborers whatever. In their publications and on the platform the members of this group urge the colored man to seek his salvation by alliance with the revolutionary labor movement of America and the world. Another and larger group among us believes in religion and believes in the principles of democracy, but not in the white man's religion and not in the white man's democracy. It believes that the creed of the former slave states is the tacit creed of the whole nation, and that the Negro may never expect to acquire economic, political and spiritual liberty in America. This group has held congresses with representatives from the entire Negro world, to lay the foundations of a black empire, a black religion, and a black culture; it has organized the provisional Republic of Africa, set going a multitude of economic enterprises, instituted branches of its organization wherever Negroes are to be found, and binds them together with a newspaper ably edited in two languages. Whatever one may think of these radical movements and their destiny, one thing is certain: they are home-grown fruits, with roots deep sprung in a world of black American suffering. Their power lies in the appeal which they make to the Negro to find a way out of his trouble by new and self-reliant paths. The larger masses of the colored people do not belong to these more radical movements. They retain their belief in the Christian God, they love their country, and hope to work out their salvation within its bounds. But they are completely disillusioned. They see themselves surrounded on every hand by a sentiment of antagonism which does not intend to be fair. They see themselves partly reduced to peonage, shut out from labor unions, forced to an inferior status before the courts, made subjects of public contempt, lynched and mobbed with impunity, and deprived of the ballot, their only means of social defense. They see this antagonistic sentiment consolidated in the places of power in the former slave states and growing by leaps and bounds in the north and west. They know that it is gradually reducing them to an economic, political and social caste. And they are now no longer able to believe with Dr. Booker T. Washington, or with any other man, that their own efforts after intelligence, wealth, and self-respect can in any wise avail to deliver them from these conditions unless they have the protection of a just and beneficent public policy in keeping with American ideals. With one voice, therefore, from pulpit and from press and from the humblest walks of life, they are sending up a cry of pain and petition such as is heard today among the citizens of no other civilized nation in the world. They are asking for the protection of life, for the security of property, for the liberation of their peons, for the freedom to sell their labor on the open market, for a human being's chance in the courts, for a better system of public education, and for the boon of the ballot. They ask, in short, for public equality under the protection of the Federal Government. Their request is sustained by every sentiment of humanity and by every holy ideal for which this nation stands. The time has come when the elemental justice called for in this petition should be embodied in a public policy initiated by the Federal Government: and continuously supervised by a commission of that Government representing the faith and will of the whole American people. The Negro people of America have been with us here for three hundred years. They have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials until now they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty to the nation that has been a thing of beauty to behold. Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them. We are now sufficiently far removed from the Civil War and its animosities to see that such elemental justice may be given to the Negro with entire good-will and helpfulness toward the former slave states. We have already had one long attempt to build a wealth and culture on the backs of slaves. We found that it was a very costly experiment, paid for at last with the blood of our best sons. There are some among our citizens who would turn their backs on history and repeat that experiment, and to their terrible heresy they would convert our entire great community. By every sacred bond of love for them we must not yield, and we, must no longer leave them alone with their experiment. The faith of our whole nation must be brought to their support until such time as it is clear to them that their former slaves can be made both fully free and yet their faithful friends. WHEN YOU ARE BOOSTING FOR THE MONITOR YOU ARE BOOSTING YOUR OWN CAUSE. THE MONITOR LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Short, timely letters are invited. We prefer that writers sign their names, but in all cases letters signed with a nom de plume or as a Reader. The letters are accompanied by the name and address of the author for the editor's information. SHOWS HIS APPRECIATION My dear Editor: I was reading your paper this week and I am so well pleased with it that I could not help thanking you. It makes me think way back, from where we have come and what we had to put up with. I pray to God that you may all stand together to withstand all who are against us. I am sending you a dollar for the paper. Let me hear from you when you get it. Be sure to send me the paper. George Manuel, 2703 Avenue C. Council Bluffs, July 20, 1922. (Thank you, Mr. Manuel—Ed.) AREN'T MOST ROMAN CATHOLICS WHITE? Editor Monitor: As I've been thinking over the KU KLUX KLAN'S slogan of "White Supremacy" and their opposition to Jews, Negroes, Orientals and Roman Catholics, it has occurred to me that they are off on their calculations. Aren't most Roman Catholics white? How can they then the K. K. maintain white supremacy, when they exclude from their select company the millions of Roman Catholics, who are at least supposed to be white? Perhays I cannot understand this because I am Only a Woman. Omaha, Neb., July 23, 1922. COMMENDS MONITOR Editor Monitor: Please accept my thanks for the striking editorial, "Have Not Forgotten" in this week's issue. Your editorials are always good and you are giving us a splendid paper. I truly hope that this race of ours will take notice. It has been said that we need a Moses to lead us. I can see that quality in you, but you cannot fight the good fight alone even in your own city. You should have the support of everyone especially of our group. There should be a Monitor in each race man's home in Omaha. I also read with pleasure the report of the past year's work of our N. A. A. C. P. As a member I am going to double my efforts in every way and just a little more emphasis from our leaders will help greatly. And, Mr. Editor, don't you think it would mean much to us as a race if our people would become law-abiding concerning this moonshine stuff? Omaha is full of moonshine and whoever drinks it or deals in it is a lawbreaker. It is cursing many a man, and ruining many families. There are homes which you least suspect suffering from this evil. Can't something be done to stop it? I hope what I have said may start some of our people thinking. King Admires Shakespeare King Admirer Shakespeare. The king of Slam is one of the outspoken admirers of Shakespeare. This was learned through the recent anniversary celebrations at Stratford, when a letter was received by the chairman of the trustees of Shakespeare's birthplace, written by the king's secretary, who says that the king is translating Shakespeare's works into Slamese. The secretary sent on behalf of the king a check for $500 as a personal contribution to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and $250 for the memorial theater fund. He says that his majesty is an ardent admirer of the British national poet and is doing his utmost to induce the Slamese to study him. MISS LAWSON LOOKS LIKE SURE WINNER With our popularity contest drawing to a close, it looks like Miss Lawson is a sure winner. There, of course, may be some surprises in store. This week 450 votes were sent in for Miss Williams, none for other contentants who are evidently planning a surprise. Contest ends July 31st. It is not yet too late to win. Please remember this: A contestant sending in a NEW YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION for ONE DOLLAR CASH, will be credited with 250 votes for each subscription sent in; or a SIX MONTHS' TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR FIFTY CENTS CASH, will be credited with 100 votes for each subscription sent in. Subscription blanks may be secured at The Monitor office, 414 South 13th street, or at 1119 North 21st street. Win a prize and earn a liberal commission for New Subscribers. Bertha Lawson, 2624 North Twenty-fifth street, 1482 votes. Dorothy Williams, 1119 No. 21st street, 1118 votes. Lovetta Busch, 5219 South 29th street, 85 votes. Audrey Truheart, 1443 So. 17th street, 22 votes. Cerela Tucker, 2508 M. Street, So. Side, 15 votes. Ireta Walker, 1926 So. 14th Street, 9 votes. Otis Watson, 2925 Grant street, 9 votes. WANTED—A good reliable barber. Good, steady job. A guarantee to a good man, or will sell one half interest in a three-chair business. Tailor shop in connection. Both departments doing good business. D. 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Carlson SHOES 1514 N. 24th St. "Same Location 31 Years (Cor. Alley) Lambert, Shotwell & Shotwell ATTORNEYS Omaha National Bank Bldg. Phone AT Sante Aft. Notary Public in Office and Counselor N. W. WARE Attorney at Law Practicing in Both State and Fed- eral Courts 111 South 14th St. Omaha, Neb. Phones—Office Web. 5036—Res. Web. 5406 From Early Morn Until Late at Night "Taxi at Your Service" NORTH END EXPRESS CO. A. F. ALLEN, Prop. Trucks for Either Light or Heavy Hauling We Haul Anything, Anywhere 2010 N. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. Peoples' Gro. Store P. E. Anderson, Prop. 2530 Lake Street STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES Fresh and Cured Meats The Best of Everything at Reasonable Prices. We Sell SKINNER'S the highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti, Egg Noodles and other Macaroni' Products. New and Second Hand FURNITURE We Rent and Sell Real Estate Notary Public S. W. Mills Furniture Co. 421 No. 24 St. We Thank You. Web 0148 GEORGE C. TUCKER Barber Shop NEW LOCATION: 5303 South 28th St. EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS H. WEISS THE UP-TO-DATE Grocery and Meat Market EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS Solicits Your Patronage 2601 HAMILTON STREET Phone Webster 7165 We SKINNER'S the highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti and Egg Noodles CENTRAL HOTEL 1916 Cuming Street PHONE JACKSON 2466 Mrs. Mary Jackson, Prop. — NEAT, CLEAN ROOMS — On Car Line to Any Part of City Why Not Let Us Do Your SHOE REPAIR WORK Best material, reasonable prices. ALL WORK GUARANTEED BENJAMIN & THOMAS Phone Web, 5084-1415 No. 24th JENSEN'S FAMILY WET WASH FLAT WORK and ROUGH DRY LAUNDRY 2316 No. 24th St. Web. 1029 W. K. Flemming Artistic Printer Phone Web. 5621 1425 N. 24th St. Burdette Grocery 2116 North 24th St. PHONE WEBSTER 0515 Full Line of Staple and Fancy GROCERIES Fresh and Canned Meats We SKINNER'S Sell the highest grade Macaroni Spaghetti and Egg Noodles. LIES ALWAYS Grocery Co. Fries and Vegetables WINNER'S ade Macaroni, noodles and ni Products. ELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1098 Local and Personal Happenings WE PRINT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS Omaha Shriner Excursion and Picnic AT BENNINGTON, NEBR. Monday, July 31st $1.50 ROUND TRIP Trains leaving Union Station at 7:55 and 11:30 a. m. and 1:50 p. m. COMMITTEE: J. S. Flemister W. C. Saunders S. L. Barrett Nate Hunter Thomas Scott Hear Kelly Miller, August 8th. Mrs. Patsy Gregg, mother of Mrs. Chas. Seymour, 2626 Maple street, left last Saturday for a month's visit in Missouri and Kansas. For Rent—Two neatly furnished rooms. Gentlemen preferred. 812 North Twenty-third street. Atlantic 4534. —indf. Mrs. Delcia Marcy, evangelist from Chicago, Ill., enroute to Helena, Montana, was the guest of her cousin, Mrs. W. P. Wade, last week. Silas Johnson, the well-known undertaker, who has been seriously ill for several weeks, is somewhat improved. REAL ESTATE, Rentals and Fire Insurance. Phone G. B. ROBBINS, Jackson 2842 or Webster 5108.—Adv. 7-7-23. Mrs. Pansy Roberts, who has been quite ill at the University hospital, is steadily improving. Lyla Johnson came home Monday from the Mercy Hospital where she has been undergoing treatment and is much better. Mrs. Mae Wisdom, formerly of Omaha but now a resident of Kansas City, Mo., and who has been the guest of her husband, Robert Wisdom and Mr. J. H. Broomfield, has returned home. Holst Pharmacy for drugs 2705 Cuming street, Harney 681--Adv. Mrs. Louis King was called to Denver Tuesday morning by the illness of her husband who is in the hospital there suffering from an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Wilbur J. Allen is reported quite seriously ill at her home, 2214 Grace street. FOR RENT—Furnished apartments of two and three rooms....2130 North Twenty-eighth Street....Webster 4983. Edward Howard who was detained at home by illness for the past three weeks, has been able to resume his run on the Union Pacific. Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, widow of the late John Wright, is reported seriously ill at her residence on Ohio street. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms; also furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Call Web. 3222. Mrs. Wade. 2634 Hamilton St. (2 mo.) Mrs. Mary Estill and her daughter, Willa, who is a successful teacher in Lincoln school, Fayette, Mo., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Payne, 2867 Cass St. Mrs. Estill is Mr. Payne's sister. Modern furnished rooms at 926 No. 27th Ave., one-half block from Cuming St. car line.-Mrs. Clay Anderson. Phone Harney 7228. Call mornings. Mrs. Melvin Jones and daughter Anabel of Wichita, Kans., came to Omaha on a business and pleasure trip last week, being the guests of their relatives, Mrs. Rice and Miss Sadie Nickens of North Twenty-seventh street. They were summoned home by a telegram Sunday announcing the serious illness of Mrs. Jones' mother, Mrs. Julia Jones, for many years a resident of this city. A. P Scruggs, Lawyer, 2310 No. 22nd St. Webster 0419.—Adv. F. L. Barnett, representing Zaha Temple No. 52 will leave August 2 to attend the Shriner's conclave at Washington, D. C. He will be joined at Chicago by his brother, Alfred S. Barnett, who will accompany him on the trip. They will visit Cincinnati, New York and Baltimore before returning home. Wanted—Wide awake boys to sell The Monitor every Saturday. Live boys can make money by selling Monitors. Phone Webster 4243. Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Dobson of Sioux City, Iowa, motored to Omaha Sunday and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Peebles. They returned to Sioux City Monday. FOR RENT—Two well furnished rooms with use of kitchen. One room for gentlemen preferred—Web. 5272. 1823 North 23d Street—Mrs. Drake. The Douglas Republican League will hold its regular bimonthly meeting next Friday night in St. Philip's guild rooms. Milton L. Hunter, prominent in Union Labor circles, has been on the sick list this week. First-Class Modern Furnished Rooms —1702 No. 26th St. Web. 4769. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Erwin. James G. Jewell left Tuesday night for Chicago on a business trip, expecting to be absent from the city for a week. Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Peebles and Bill will motor over to Sioux City, Iowa, Sunday. For Rent—Neatly furnished front room for man and wife or gentleman. 2429 Lake St. Webster 1521. The Rev. John Albert Williams has accepted the invitation of the Sioux City, Iowa, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people to deliver an address at its August 4th celebration. Mrs. T. P. Mahammit expects to leave soon for a visit with friends at Denver, Colorado. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms with use of kitchen. On Dodge and North Twenty-fourth street car lines. Webster 5954. 5-4t The Rev. E. G. McDonald, the new pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist church, arrived in the city Thursday to enter upon his passionate. Be sure to hear Kelly Miller on "The Next Step in the Race Problem," at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Tuesday August 8th. Mrs. John Albert Williams expects to leave the latter part of next week for Minneapolis, Minn., to visit her mother, Mrs. E. I. Gamble, her sister, Mrs. S. A. Steele, and other relatives. Her daughter Catherine will return with her. FOR RENT—Neatly furnished room for man and wife or single lady. 2630 Hamilton St. Mrs. Smith, Web. 2759. Mrs. Ruth Coleman, cousin of Mrs. Belle Taylor, left last Friday for her home in St. Paul, Minn. after a delightful visit here. E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust Bldg, Jackson 3841 or Harney 2156. Mrs. Beulah Johnson of 2717 North Twenty-eighth Avenue, who has been ill, is reported better. Walter W. Bell, 2421 Franklin St., was detained at his home two days this week by sickness. Mrs. W. W. Peebles, accompanied by Mrs. Joseph LaCour and Mrs. Josiah Brown, expect to leave next week for an auto trip to Denver and Colorado Springs. Mrs. Adeline Moore who was taken ill Monday is somewhat better. The Society Bulletin, a new publication that is being put out by the various fraternal organizations of the city, will make its first appearance this week. Mr. Milton L. Hunter is at the helm and he plans to have additional help as occasion demands. If you enjoy playing bridge, whist, eating ice cream and cake, and lending a hand to relieve the suffering of your city, be suer and attend the entertainment at St. Benedict Community Home tonight. Plenty of cold drinks. Mr. Willie Truelove, of Waxahichie, Tex., arrived in the city yesterday and intends to make this his home. Mr. Truelove is a florist and has been in the business in his native state fourteen years. Many subscriptions are falling due at this time. Please pay them promptly and continue to receive The Monitor which in every well regulated home is considered a household necessity. Mrs. Albertina Pickens, who two weeks ago underwent an operation at University Hospital, is at her home again, 2324 North Twenty-second St., where she is steadily improving. Charles Alexander, en route from California to his home in Chicago, was an Omaha visitor Sunday. 电话 Mr. E. F. Haynes, 202 North Twenty-seventh street, died last Friday night at the University hospital. Mr Haynes had been ill for about three weeks. He leaves a widow, four children, ranging in ages from two weeks to five years, and a brother and sister to mourn his departure. READ THE MONITOR FOR GENERAL AND LOCAL RACE NEWS. Twenty-sixth and Seward Streets. Russell Taylor, Pastor. A goodly congregation assembled and listened attentively to the sermon on "Predestination", as taught and believed by Presbyterians. The pastor tried to make it clear that Presbyterians accept that doctrine only because to their way of thinking it is clearly set forth in the Holy Scriptures. It was also shown that practically the articles of faith of all reformed churches contained a statement of this doctrine. Next Sunday at 11 a.m. the pastor will, by request, present some thoughts on the divorce evil and related subjects. The choirs of St. Paul's and Pilgrim Baptist church are rehearsing weekly the cantata, "The Nazarene", which they will present in August at the Pilgrim Baptist church. Sunday evening at 8 o'clock the pastor will continue his expository thoughts on the Gospel according to KELLY Augus Pilgrim Bap Hear ELLY MILL August 8th AT rim Baptist Chu ADMISSION, 35 CENTS—CHILDREN, Under TON, 35 CENTS—CHILDREN, Under 16 The Brandeis Store Our First Annual August Furniture Sale Sinks Monday July 1 THE CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE MON OF AUGUST Great Buying Opportunity Those who must count the cost of furnis- ture-will reductions are offered on e- nature in the department which occupies Floor from a bath stool to a stately Ita- lice. Our Cosmopolitan Stock ites appropriate furniture for the unprete- nty apartment and for all kinds and size of dignified mansion on the hill. Reduci- tions prices on such standard makes as Kai- ging room pieces and Simmons and Engi- ning. Brandeis Price on a policy of "small profits and many s ason anywhere. Prices are plainly marke- and all furniture sold, if desired, ON E PLAN. ADMISSION, 35 CENTS—CHILDREN, Under 12, FREE The Brandeis Store Our First Annual August Furniture Sale Begins Monday July 31st AND CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST A Great Buying Opportunity —for those who must count the cost of furnishing their homes. Worth-while reductions are offered on every stock of furniture in the department which occupies our entire Seventh Floor from a bath stool to a stately Italian dining room suite. —provides appropriate furniture for the unpretentious cottage, the tiny apartment and for all kinds and sizes of homes up to the dignified mansion on the hill. Reductions include lowered prices on such standard makes as Karpen overstuffed living room pieces and Simmons and England beds and bedding. Brandeis Prices —based on a policy of "small profits and many sales" court comparison anywhere. Prices are plainly marked on every article, and all furniture sold, if desired, ON EASY PAYMENT PLAN. --- St. Mark, the theme being, "Jesus Prays; He Cleanses the Leper", 1:35-45. At 7:15 the Christian Endeavor will be led by Elbert Taylor. Topic, "Lessons from Great Missionaries". Act 8:4-17. MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Twenty-fourth and Ohio Streets. Rev. J. D. Davis, Acting Pastor. Sunday school, 9:30; morning services, 11:00; B. Y. P. U., 6:00; evening services, 8:00. Services were well attended in the morning. Rev. F. J. Bryant, Y. M. C. A. secretary, preached a touching sermon. The Sunday school is doing well, having gained three new scholars. The Sunday school enjoyed the annual picnic at Elmwood park Thursday, July 27th. Next Sunday our newly chosen pastor, Rev. E. G. McDonald from Hannibal, Mo., will favor us with his presence. The Swastika Art club of Mt. Moriah church will hold its annual annual bazaar July 28th and 29th. On the 29th they will serve a chicken dinner. Every one is cordially invited. The B. Y. P. U. will have a get-together social Sunday, July '0th, after their 6 o'clock meeting. For news when it is news, you must read the Monitor. Hear MILLER ust 8th AT baptist Church Hear andeis Store First Annual August Future Sale Sunday July 31st THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AUGUST Buying Opportunity ount the cost of furnishing their actions are offered on every stock treatment which occupies our entire stool to a stately Italian dining ismopolitan stock furniture for the unpretentious cot- and for all kinds and sizes of homes on the hill. 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The list of member of votes they one of these coupons so this, so get busy lady receiving the ent, absolutely free. HIS CONTEST, and afternoon of that date er will be published 1922. --- ```markdown ``` IRAK a New-Old State The Water Front at Bagdad. (Prepared by the National Geographic So- ntary Washington, D.C.) cley, Washington, D. C.) Irak, the new Arab state, of which Emir Fesal recently was proclaimed provisional king, under British mandate, strikes a new note to many ears; but despite its unfamiliar name it is a land whose influence upon the history of the human race it would scarcely be possible to overestimate. For Irak is none other than Mesopotamia, that between the-rivers strip of land which is believed by many to have been the original home of the human race—the Garden of Eden. There in the dim and midsyms ages before history began, men first attempted to form themselves into organized communities, there the Hebrew race found its origin, and thence their first leader, Abraham, went out in search of the land which he should afterward receive for an inheritance. It is a long and comparatively narrow stretch of country, running up from the Persian Gulf toward the Taurus mountains and that lofty tableland which we now know as Armenia. On its northern and northeastern side it is bordered by a fringe of mountains, gradually sloping up toward the great northern ranges. On the southern and southwestern side it fades away into the great Arabian desert. Its Two Famous Rivers. Far up in the tableland of Armenia, about 800 miles in a straight line from the gulf, rise two great rivers—the Tigria and the Euphrates. The former breaks through the mountain wall of the tableland on its eastern flank and flows in a southeastern direction throughout almost its entire course. The latter breaks through on the western flank and flows at first westward, as though making for the Mediterranean. It then turns south and flows directly southward for awhile; then sweeps around in a great bend to the southeast and follows a course gradually converging upon that of its sister stream. Finally, near the sea, the two unite and issue as one river into the Persian Gulf. The land traversed by these two rivers has, like the sister riverland of Egypt, been from time immemorial one of the great historic centers of human development. It divides into two portions of fairly equal length. For the first 400 miles the country gradually descends in a gentle slope from the mountains, forming an irregular triangle between the two rivers, within which the land becomes less and less billy, as it sinks southward, till, as it nears the Euphrates, it becomes a broad steppe, which, beyond the river, rolls off into the desert. This portion is strictly the land called by the Greeks "Mesopotamia." The second division is totally different in character. It is simply a great delta, like that of the Nile—afiat, alluvial plain, which has been entirely formed of the slit brought down from the mountains by the two great rivers. The process of land making is still going on, and the waters of the Persian Gulf are being pushed back at the rate of about 72 feet per annum. What this slow process may achieve in many centuries is evidenced by the fact that we know that the ancient town of Eridu was, about 3000 B. C., an important seaport on the Persian Gulf. It is now 125 miles from the sea. Control of Waters Necessary. Both lands were entirely dependent for their habitability and fertility on the rivers which traversed them. In Mesopotamia the Tigris and the Euphrates have for long stretches channeled deep into the soil and flow below the level of the land. In the lower district-Babylonia—the ordinary level of the rivers is frequently above that of the surrounding plain; so that inundations are of frequent occurrence, and large tracts of the country are now unhealthy marshland. In both cases, therefore, though for opposite reasons, the hand of man was needed to make the rivers helpful. In Mesopotamia the water was controlled by dikes-and dams, which held it up until it was raised to the level of the land, over which it was then distributed by canals. In Babylonia the surplus water was drawn off directly by a great canal system, the banks of whose ancient arteries still stretch in formidable ridges across the plain. Under the system of irrigation both lands were astonishingly fertile. Even today it can be seen that only well-directed work is needed to bring back the ancient fertility. After the spring rains, the Mesopotamian slopes are clothed with rich verdure and are gay with flowers. But of old, these lands were the wonder of the world for their richness. Of Babylonia the Greek historian Herodotus, wrote 2,350 years ago; "This territory is of all that we know the best by far for producing grain; as to trees, it does not even attempt to bear them, either fig or vine or olive; but for producing grain it is so good that it returns as much as two hundred fold for the average, and when it bears at its best, it produces three hundred fold." You had, then, a land which, in constant human occupation and with constant and organized attention to the details of irrigation, was capable of almost anything; but at the same time it was a land which, left to itself, went back quickly to wilderness. The parching heat of summer withered everything on the Mesopotamian uplands; the low levels of Babylonia very speedily became marsh if the waters were not regulated. So, the hand of man being withdrawn or checked, both Mesopotamia and Babylonia went back to the state in which they were originally, and in which we see them now. They became great barren wastes. There are few things more remarkable than the way in which this land which had once been supreme in the history of the world, and which for centuries was one of the great molding forces of human history, passed almost entirely out of the thought and memory of civilized man. We know it, of course, from our Bibles. The name of Nineveh, "that great city," and the story of Nebuchadnezzar's pride, as he looked round upon palace and temple and tower, and said: "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built?" These things are part of our earliest and unforgettable impressions of history. Vanished From Memory. The men who wrote the history and the prophecy of the Old Testament did so when these lands were living, and at the height of their glory. Then came down midnight. So utterly had the local habitation and the name of these great cities vanished from the memory of man that 400 years before Christ, when Xenophon and the Ten Thousand marched through the land after the battle of Cunaxa, they passed the ruins of Nineveh and never knew of them, and encamped beside the ruins of Kailah, another of the mighty cities of Assyria, and spoke of them as "an ancient city named Larissa." The Young Turks, who came into power in the political upheaval of 1908, made an effort to reclaim the lost garden spot, but did not make any great headway. All activities stopped, of course, with the outbreak of the World war. But since the British occupied Bagdad in 1917, the work begun by the Young Turks has been pushed much farther. Many acres have been drained and dams and canals have been constructed. Bagdad has been connected by rail with Baarra, the port near the Persian Gulf; and a line has been extended in the opposite direction from Bagdad, up the Tigris half-way to Mosul. It is planned under the new Arab state of Iraq and the British mandate to continue the great engineering work that will be needed to rejuvenate Mesopotamia's ancient irrigation system. But there is much to be done before the "Garden of Eden" will bloom again. HAS MANY SULPHUR SPRINGS Oklahoma Has Wonderful Supply of Sparkling Water Impregnated With Health-Giving Minerals. In southern Oklahoma not far from the Texas boundary, a group of 30 healing springs, all of cold sparkling water, were set apart by congress in 1904 under the title of the Platt national park. Most of them are sulphur springs; others are impregnated with bromides and other mineral salts. Many thousands yearly visit the bordering city of Sulphur to drink these waters; many camp in or near the reservation; the bottled waters bring relief to thousands at home. All these Platt springs, like those at Hot Springs, Ark., were known to the Indians many generations before the coming of the white settler. According to a Chickasaw legend, two warriors competed for the hand of Deerfoot, a chieftain's daughter. Both were killed by jumping off a cliff. Then Deerfoot also jumped and killed herself. The chief on the hilltop cried so many briny tears that, according to Indian tradition, they filtered down through the cliff and mingled with the spring water, to which they imparted remedial qualities. THE DEVIL-FISH IN DEMAND Delicacy, Dried and Fresh, in All Sizes, Never Missing From the Stores of Manhattan. The devilfish tribe, big and small, dried and fresh, are never missing from the stores of the Italian, Greek, Spanish, Turko and Mongol colonies of Manhattan. They range in size from the small squid to the giant cuttlefish. The cuttlefish can also always be obtained, from one year's end to another, pickled and canned in its own ink. Sun-dried oysters are always obtainable at Mongol stores throughout the country. They never use canned oysters. The bivalves are sold on rattan, and circled (after drying) for hanging up in stores. Lobsters' tails, sum-dried, are a great delicacy with the Greeks, and are imported regularly. A caviar is imported from the Hellenes and all along the Asia Minor seaboard. It is the roe of the basra which is salted down, mild-cured and sum-dried to a firm compactness which makes the article almost as hard as wood. Then it is steeped in and given an effective coating of beeswax. This will preserve it for years and the slightly fragrant beeswax film will hold its faint honeylike odor for as long. This is the real original Turkish kaylar. Birds That Fell Trees A bird's nest as big as a house! It sounds a tall order, and you might think that only some kind of super-ostrich could make it. As a matter of fact, it is built by a little fellow no bigger than a canary. South African society birds like company. They live in large colonies, all the members of which build in the same tree. Each pair constructs a nest of mud, joining its walls to those of its next-door neighbors. As the colonies are several thousand strong, the bird town soon reaches a very respectable size. The following season the colony occupies the same tree, building new nests on top of the old ones. The tree creaks and groans, but the society birds take no notice. Sometimes the huge mass of nests comes crashing down, and the air is filled with dust, feathers, and frightened squeaks. But often the tree itself is weighed down by the industrious colonizers, until eventually it collapses beneath the weight of their homes. Curious Mediterranean Fish. A creature which has a beak like a parrot, cheek pouches like those of a monkey, and cheeks cut like a cow inhabits the warm waters of the Mediterranean. It browses on the weeds that flourish on the sea floor. Its upper and lower jaws have become hardened into a sharp curved beak, which is just the tool required for lopping off tough seaweed. Each piece snipped off by the beak is passed into one of the two curious pouches which adorn the cheeks, and there it remains until the parrot fish feels that it has collected enough for a good meal. It then chews the cud by means of the splendid set of teeth, which nature has placed not in its mouth, but in its throat. A Runaway Perambulator A runaway perambulator caused the death of a baby boy at Dalston, England, recently. It had been left for a moment outside a barber's shop by the mother, while she went to attend to her other child, whose hair was being cut. In her absence, the perambulator, owing to the wind, ran to the curb and overturned. The baby was thrown out at the moment when a horse-drawn van was passing. A wheel of the vehicle passed over the child's head, killing John instantly. His Intention. "Me and wife had a little jower last night," related Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge, "and when I got the best of the argument she 'lowed that yunrafter she'd suffer in silence. I aim to watch her a day or so, and if she don't kick back I reckon I'll invite all the married men on the ridge to gather around and enjoy the spectacle."—Kansas City Star. THE MONITOR BEAUTY'S BIDDING By ALICE J. FORSYTH ©. 1922, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Wednesday night, just before I went to bed, the big idea came, like an unexpected gift of real gold. I was leaning on my elbows listening to Eva Herrick dissertating about her favorite cold cream, and what Madame So-and-So had told her was the proper way to rub the stuff in. Three of us, hard workers, lodged in the upper attic room of the Fletcher's boarding house on Beacon Hill. It hadn't taken much ingenuity to make it a sort of paradise to return to each evening. We had each managed to acquire a comfy chair, and in these we were severally reposing preparatory to seeking sleep. Eva declared that proper attention to one's looks meant a terrible lot to the working woman, who got too little out-of-door exercise to keep the natural pink in her cheeks. She looked at me critically for a few moments, her hand poised in the act of the proper upward rub under the right eye. "Say, Belle, how do you do it? It is right down mean of you to have such wonderful color, and me here talking so fast about acquiring it. Look at her, Nell!" I lunged forward until my face came opposite the cheval glass, and looked at myself. We all looked hard. We all agreed that I was mighty lucky. And then things began to buzz in my head. I had worked pretty hard at the office that day, and nothing had gone just right, besides which I could not see that it was getting me anywhere. Jim Bryant, a clever young clerk, had been shouting around all day about a chap's getting out on his own, and not working for a salary, even if he took to farming something the other fellow had abandoned. It is strange how easy this money making sounds when you hear the other fellow talking about it. "Make the most of your collateral," Jim Bryant had said. "Size up your assets." Now, if I do say it it shouldn't, my only assets are my beaux yeas, as Madame So-and So would call them. Well, why not? I smiled a slow, cheerful grin, and somehow the girls knew that I had hit the nail on the head. That's the way it started, my business of creating beauty for others. The following Sunday morning's papers blazoned an awfully cute advertisement, and from then on, our delightful nest in the attic became my place of business. And I was busy, too, strange as it, may seem, but the strangest part of all was getting used to the name of Mile. Pretty. Mrs. Gibson came first, with a reputation as a professional beauty to preserve, though her soul perish. Then little Betty Enderhurst, fagged from last night's late supper dance, rushed in and demanded to be made ready for a dinner that night, where she was to meet somebody "quite special." She looked at me enviously and sighed, and I knew just what was in her heart, and did my best for her. But why go over the list? Everybody knows what the right kind of an advertisement will do. There were eight the first day, not so bad for a beginning. It took a heap of tact. I finally got Mrs. Gibson to leave off wearing pink shades and to wear only blues. Little Betty had to be told that haste and too much enthusiasm are fatiguing and only make one look flustered. I helped her cultivate a very delightful repose. I congratulated myself on a very genuine success, deserved because. I had put my heart into my work. All my visitors thought our room quite unusual and exactly what they had thought so often a beauty parlor should be like. They did not suspect that on several occasions two girls were hidden behind the big screen, getting pointers, and almost choking with laughter. Jim Bryant's married sister had been over-doing hospitality that winter, and Mrs. Gibson brought her to me, without previous notification, Grace Bryant, who had sometimes called at our office to steal Jimmy for a tea dance or to help entertain some girl visitors, recognized me at once, as was natural, since I am, as I said before, not altogether ugly. Her ideas, like those of my ancestors, were along a narrow plane. Mrs. Gibson never came again, but whenever I saw her, she was wearing a becoming shade of blue. I wondered if she thanked me down deep in her heart. While Betty Enderhurst got the reputation for outdoing the Baltimore belles in their lazy ease of manner, I stood on the edge of failure, watching my fine, fat bank account slipping slowly away into the haze of ruin. Then again I awoke to the possibilities of even this situation, inspired to a real flight. Yes, I've taken two attractive rooms, now. They are hung in ash green and silver. Chevalier has an order for a beautiful golden wig to fit Eva Herrick's dull brown locks, and Eva is splendidly ready to be my assistant. She's got the key to fit the golden lock, if you'll forgive the pun. My own wig is the smartest white affair you ever saw, and my name is — Oh, well, my name is equally smart. And if you want to be beautiful and successful and radiantly happy, just look me up. Bonjour, mesdames! NO MIRRORS IN BARBER SHOP Tonsorial Pariors for Bobbing Miliyad's Hair Are Now Without Looking Glasses. Speaking of the play of Hamlet without the Dane, what do you think of the mirroirless barber shop? Surely as an aggrieved thing, revolutionary and rather alarming, almost a contradiction in terms. Yet it has arrived. It flourishes. It proves itself an answer to a need of the hour. But not for men. No, not! The barber shop without mirrors is for the bobbling of women's hair, remarks the New York Sun. It seems that women are too emotional to watch the amputation of "woman's crowning glory" without raising a fuss interfering with the work of the hair surgeon. They twitter and fidget, and get excited and give directions, and make the operator so nervous that he is sometimes prevented from turning out what he considers a neat job. The idea of mirrorless surgery for the mutilation of female heads seems to have originated up Boston way. When the bobbing craze first struck New York barber shops were fitted up for women with a special eye to abundant and brilliant illumination of mirrors. Indeed, the mirror, woman's firmest friend, was banked upon as the supreme attraction in the new style of shearing parlor. But it was found the reflection of the victim after her tresses received their first slash was so unnerving to her, and stimulated her to so many criticisms, warnings and minute instructions that it was soon seen to go. And now milady must learn to take her shearing like a sheep. TO MAR ST. MICHEL'S BEAUTY Slitting Up of the Bay Is Causing Much Anxiety to the People of Normandy. The steady slitting up of the Bay of St. Michel is a cause of much anxiety to the good people of Normandy. It threatens to spoil the beauty of the famous Mont St. Michel's, which at present is linked to the mainland only by an artificial causeway. Formerly the Mont, which in the course of the centuries has been by turns a Drulical shrine, a Benedictine abbey, and a state prison, and which, since its restoration by Violet-le-Duc, is jealously preserved as an historical monument, was as inaccessible at high tide, except by boat, as its Cornish counterpart, St. Michael's Mount still is. But the causeway enabled a light railway to run to the very foot of the Mont, and this causeway is stated by experts to be one of the great causes of the slitting up, which it is predicted, will eventually make the Mont just part of the ordinary constine. Electric-Lighted Handbag The latest novelty from London—not Paris—is a lady's handbag equipped interiorly with an electric light. Just as if it was necessary for a woman to need a light to empty her purse! Nevertheless, the novelty handbag is about the cutest thing to arrive this season from the other side. One that was a gift to a young matron was the sensation of a section of the lower floor in a theater, Raymond G. Carroll recently wrote from New York to the Philadelphia Ledger. She opened the handbag, a function which automatically flooded the inside of the bag with light from a tiny electric bulb, located about half an inch below the clasp, and fed from a miniature storage battery covered with oil skin, fastened at the bottom of the bag. Tangled Tongues. Spoonerisms, like the poor, we have always with us. Two new and rather good ones came to our attention recently. The other day a Chicago woman, testifying against her husband in her divorce suit, declared: "He leds me, his awful wife, a lawful life." There was a loud titter in the court, and blushing with embarrassment she hastened to correct herself. The other concerns a young woman who was dining at a strange house. On the table was a dish of boiled onions, and when her hostess was serving these and remarked that, of course, she liked them, the young woman remarked enthusiastically: "Oh, yes, indeed; if there is one vegetable I like it is oiled bulbons." Just think if her hostess' husband had been a chiropodist—Boston Transcript. Took a Long Journey. Last fall an inhabitant of Ostheim, Alsace, captured a swallow nesting under the gable of the roof. He released it with the following message attached on parchment: "During the summer of 1921 I lived with a farmer at Ostheim. He would be glad to learn where I have spent the winter when I return." The bird returned recently to its Alsatian house, bearing the following inscription: "I have been staying with a shoemaker, Joseph Bady, on the Island of Martinique, who salutes my present host." Surprising. "Gosh-all-beeswax!" exclaimed the country cousin. "Who in the fightin' world would ever believe there was such a lot of folks in Kay See?" "But you must remember," returned the city cousin. "that Kansas City has nearly four hundred thousand inhabitants." "Yes, but, great governor, who'd have expected to see 'em all on Twelfth street at once."—Kansas City Star. Western University THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE MID-WEST The location is ideal, near Kansas City. The buildings are modern brick structures, steam-heated and electric-lighted. The following courses are offered: ACADEMIC. NORMAL FULL FOUR YEARS COLLEGE COMMERCIAL (With practical experience) MUSICAL (Piano, Voice, Band, C COOKING, SEWING, MILL ORING, AGRICULTUR AUTO-MECHANICS, ING, STEAM and EI and RADIO (Teaching own sets, including cryi ing transformers, by c MILITARY TRAINING (Jun Officer. MECHANICAL DRAWING, STOCK and POULTRY Scale (Incubation)—W fowls in the runs and FEDERAL VOCATIONAL T All departments are exe DENTS RECEIVED BELL SCHOOL GRADE. School Opens September 4, 19 Information OUR YEARS COLLEGIATE, With Degree SOCIAL— with practical experience in student's ba C A L — no, Voice, Band, Orchestra, Violin) SEWING, MILLINERY, CARPENT ING, AGRICULTURE, STEAM-LAU- BO-MECHANICS, BLACKSMITHING, STEAM and ELECTRICAL ENGINE RADIO (Teaching students how to sets, including crystal, vacuum tube and transformers, by doing the actual work TRAINING (Junior R. O. T. C.) By cer. CICAL DRAWING, CHINA PAINTING CK and POULTRY RAISING on an ease (Incubation)—With more than 4,00 s in the runs and hatchery. VOCATIONAL TWO YEARS' COURS departments are excellently equipped. RECEIVED BELOW FIRST YEAR GRADE. 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