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"BEHOLD! I BRING YOU GLAD TIDINGS OF JOY!" LIFTING FT TOO State Historical Society HENRY O. TANNER PAINTINGS ARE ON EXHIBITION HERE Opportunity for Our People to See Masterpieces of the Famous Colored American Painter. ARTIST'S RANK ESTAALISHED Director of Omaha Society of Fine Arts Plans Complimentary Testimony to Tanner's Our people should avail themselves of the rare privilege of seeing the paintings of the famous American painter, Henry O. Tanner, son of the late Bishop Henry M. Tanner, Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. These paintings have been brought here by the Omaha Society of Fine Arts, and are on exhibition at the public library, Nineteenth and Harney streets, where they may be seen until nine o'clock week days and also Sunday afternoons. The paintings will be here until New Year's Day. They include "Christ at the Home of Lazarus," "The Return of the Holy Women," "The Miraculous Haul of Fishes," "The Flight Into Egypt," and other famous pictures. There is also on exhibition the painting of the well-known Australian artist, Hayley Lever. Lovers of art will enjoy this exhibit, which its free and designed to cultivate the artistic taste of Omaha citizens. The Society of Fine Arts in furnishing these free exhibits of famous masterpieces are doing excellent work for the cultural life of our city. Speaking of Tanner, Mr. Maurice Block, director of the Omaha Society of Fine Arts, said: "Tanner's place as an eminent American artist is well established. Of course he won recognition in Europe before he was appreciated by his own country. I have traveled extensively and do not hesitate to say that there is no really worth while and representative collection in America that is considered complete unless it has a Tanner picture." ADDRESSES STUDENTS OMAHA UNIVERSITY Mrs. Grace Morris Hutten Speaks Before Spanish Class on Porto Rico and Sings Spanish Songs. Mrs. Grace M. Hutten, commissioner of the Colored Commercial Club, who has been a teacher in Porto Rico, recently favored the Spanish class of the University of Omaha with Spanish songs and an interesting address on Porto Rico which elicited favorable commendation from faculty and students. Miss Zoaya, teacher of Spanish at the university, accompanied Mrs. Hutten on the piano and Mrs. Gus Stromberg played the guitar. Mrs. Hutten described the customs and habits of the Porto Ricans and told of a thrilling experience during an earthquake. She spoke of the beauty of the country and the hospitable character of the natives. Mrs. Hutten advises the study of Spanish, saying that there is much commercial activity between the United States and Latin-American countries and therefore an increasing demand for Americans who are able to write and speak the Spanish language fluently. Mrs. Hutten is highly accomplished in this language. COLORED COCMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS At a recent meeting the Colored Commercial Club elected its board of directors, numbering fifteen, and other officers, for the ensuing year. The directors chosen were the following: T. P. Mahammitt, A. F. Peoples, W. G. Haynes, Dan Desunes, Craig Morris, L. E. Britt, D. W. Gooden, R. C. Riddle, Alfred Jones, Russel Taylor, A. C. Edwards, H. J. Pinkett, C. H. Spriggs, Nate Hunter and John Albert Williams. The following officers were elected: Nate Hunter, president; W. G. Haynes, vice-president; Dr. Craig Morris, secretary; Dan Desunes, treasurer. E. W. Pryor, former president, becomes chairman of the executive committee. A PROSPECTIVE SCHOOL For some time the pastor of the St. Paul church has had under consideration the opening of a school in the church building with the purpose of serving anyone and especially those of more advanced years in obtaining a practical knowledge of the common branches of education. While this THE MONITOR will mean very much extra work for him, yet he is willing to give the time and talent necessary for carrying on such a work should there be enough interest shown to satisfy the sacrifice necessarily made in such an adventure. We shall be glad to hear from any who should like to take advantage of such a school and if the applications for such, or the interest indicated be sufficient, steps will be taken toward the opening of the school. FOR MRS. R. T. WALKER The members of the Dames Club and their husbands gathered at the home of Mrs. M. E. Overall last Thursday night to bid good-bye and God-speed to Mrs. R. T. Walker, organizer of the club, and her husband, who after a residence of seventeen years in this city left Saturday for New York to make their future home there. Remarks appropriate to the occasion were made by Mesdames M. E. Overall, A. L. Hawkins, Kate Wilson, Messrs. A. L. Wilson, S. H. Dorsey and Drs. Britt and Hawkins. As a token of appreciation the club presented Mrs. Walker a beautiful set of hand embroidered silver cases. A delicious repast was served. 16-YEAR-OLD COLORED STUDENT WINS 1st PRIZE Elmer Simms Campbell Given Prize for Best Cartoon in Competition With 1,2000 Cintestants for Coveted Honor. BOY IS FORMER PRIZE WINNER Chicago, Ill., Dec. 22.—Elmer Simms Campbell, sixteen-year-old son of Mrs. Elisabeth Campbell of St. Louis, Mo., a senior in the Englewood high school of this city, was awarded the highest honor as cartoonist at the Third Annual Convention of the Central Interscholastic Press Association held under the aupies of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, December 1st and 2nd. Campbell's unprecedented honor is better appreciated when it is known that over 1,200 high school magazines, representing all sections of the United States, entered the contest and that over 600 ediors of school papers were present. Campbell's prize cartoon drawn in commemoration of Armistice Day under the caption, "Four Years Ago—Peace", pictures an American soldier with bowed head resting upon his crossed hands holding a shovel, and kneeling over the grave of his departed comrade while on the wooden cross which marks his final resting place hangs his trench hat. From the heavens above the noble spirit of the dead hero looks down upon his sorrowing friend and soothes and sustains his with, "We're won, Buddy." The Chicago Daily American, Dec. 8th, said, "Campbell of Englewood high school was awarded first prize for having drawn the best serious cartoon of the year of any high school student in the country. Upon its first appearance in the "E" Weekly, the weekly organ of the Englewood high school, the cartoon elicited the highest commendation of the faculty of the school. The Dean of the girls said: "I do not refer to the excellence of the drawing, and it was excellent, but rather to the conception, the idea, which to me was most appealing." Principal J. E. Armstrong of Englewood high school said: "It brought tears to the eyes of many people and that is best proof of its merit." The last issue of the "E" Weekly, on which Campbell is a staff artist, says in a block at the top: "We're for you, Campbell, All-American Prep Cartoonist." Campbell very early showed a deft aptitude for cartoon work although tenderly discouraged by his mother. He has been a student of the Englewood school for the past two years in which time he has taken special correspondence course in cartooning at the Federal School in Minneapolis, Minn. At the latter school exhibit at the Minnesota State fair last October he won third prize for his comic cartoon. Campbell has won the highest distinction ever accorded a Negro boy in this line. He plans to enter the University of Chicago next year. HUNT FOR YOUR NAME Each week the name of some paid-up subscriber is inserted in one of the "ads" appearing in The Monitor. If that subscriber finds his or her name and will bring his copy of the paper to The Monitor office before the following Friday he will be paid One Dollar. A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922. WOMEN OF SOUTH- ERN M. E. CHURCH DENOUNCE LYNCHING Call Upon State Authorities to Make Good Their Claim That They Are Competent to Abolish America's Shame. REPRESENT THIRTEEN STATES Place Responsibility Upon Each State of Removing This Hideous Blot From Our Civilization. (By the Associated Negro Press) Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 22—Pointing out that the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill had been defeated, a group of prominent white women connected with the Southern Methodist Church, have issued a vigorous address to the public calling upon the authorities in the South, the citizenship, the pulpit and the press for their united support for the complete suppression of Lynching. Women were present, representing thirteen states. Each pledged to serve in an official capacity and take an active part in a persistent campaign for law enforcement and for the passage of anti-lynching laws in the Southern States. Mrs. Robt. R. Moton of Tuskegee Institute, Mrs. John Hope of Atlanta, and Mrs. Jennie Porter Barrett of Peake, Va., were present. The statement issued by the Southern Methodist women after a three days' conference on Christian principles in race relations follows: "Whereas, the defeat of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which provided for the Federal control of lynching, has thrown the whole responsibility back upon each State for removing this hideous crime, therefore, "Be it resolved, that we, the Commission on Race Relations of the Women's Missionary Council, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the conference social service superintendents and other officers in conference at Atlanta, Ga., December 4-6, 1922, do now demand of the authorities of the several States that they make good their claim proving their competency to abolish mob violence and lynching. "That we assume our responsibility as citizens for the protection of human life and hereby call upon all the people of all the states, upon the pulpit and upon the press to join in an insistent and persistent agitation against this barbarous practice. "That we formulate plans for an organized movement in behalf of adequate state laws and law enforcement." St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 22.—All St. Louis awaits with growing delight the coming of the representative colored students from the leading colleges and universities of the United States for the annual conclave of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to be held at St. Louis, Mo., December 27th to 31st, inclusive. The annual convention of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, with a membership of over 2,500 and with 44 chapters stretching from Harvard University at Cambridge, Mass., to the University of California at Berkeley, and including such schools as Cornell, Columbia, Yale, Howard, Lincoln, the University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Union University, Moorehouse College, West Virginia Collegiate Institute, Wilberforce University, the University of Iowa, Chicago University, Denver University, and practically every leading institution of learning in America, has now become the meeting place of the flower of the Negro college men and a place where discussion is had by these men of the problems confronting the Negro of today. It was out of a convention of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity that sprang the idea of the "Go to High School, Go to College" movement which has done so much to arouse great interest in education and which received commendation and approval on all hands. According to information received by the national secretary of the fraternity, Norman L. McGhee of Washington, D. C., not less than 500 members of the Alpha Phi Alpha are expected to take advantage of the reduced rates recently granted by the railroads of the country to the members of the fraternity who attend the St. Louis convention. Pilgrimage to Lovejoy's Monument. This year the program for the convention includes, in addition to the business sessions, a pilgrimage on Saturday, December 30th, to the monument erected to the memory of the noted abolitionist, Lovejoy at Alton, Illinois, and a public session to be held on Sunday afternoon, December 31st, at the Poro College building. Addresses will be delivered at the public session by Dr. E. P. Roberts of New York City and Mr. Aaron A. Malone of St. Louis. The social side of the convention program provides for a smoker and symposium on the evening of the opening day, Wednesday, December 27th, at the Pine Street Branch Y. M. C. A.; an informal reception by the entertaining chapter, Epsilon Lambda, on Thursday evening at the Pythian Temple; a formal reception by the Gamma and Omega chapters of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority given in honor of the visiting delegates on Friday evening; the annual fraternity dance, and the annual fraternity banquet. The Ladies Aid Society of Bethel M. E. Church are especially thankful to Mr. C. Wilkinson, editor of the New Era, for the printing bill of the cantata story of Ruth. Mrs. Margaret Brown, the President; Mrs. Mamie Dodson, Secretary.—Adv. The image provided does not contain any text or recognizable content. It appears to be a blank or unmarked area with no visible details. THE MASTER THE REV. L. K. WILLIAMS, D. D. Pastor of Mt. Olivet Church, Chicago, who was elect National Negro Baptist Association at St. Louis He is well-known in Omaha. DEMORALIZING EFFECT OF TEACHING RACE PREJUDICE AT T Full Text of the Thoughtful Address Delivered December 8th, Before the Women's Convention the National Baptist Convention in the Fir Church, St. Louis, Missouri, by Senor Wilkinson of Omaha, Nebraska SPEAKER IS GIVEN AN OVATION AT CLOS Pastor of Mt. Olivet Church, Chicago, who was elected president of the National Negro Baptist Association at St. Louis last week. He is well-known in Omaha. DEMORALIZING EFFECT OF TEACHING RACE PREJUDICE AT THE FIRESIDE Full Text of the Thoughtful Address Delivered Friday Night, December 8th, Before the Women's Convention Auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention in the First Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, by Senora Mae Wilkinson of Omaha, Nebraska. SPEAKER IS GIVEN AN OVATION AT CLOSE OF ADDRESS St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 22.—Among the many outstanding features of the great National Baptist convention which recently closed its sessions here were the sessions of the Women's Auxiliary convention. The work of race women in religious and social uplift loomed large. Many able addresses were given by some of the foremost women of the land, but no address during the whole convention was more enthusiastically received or made a deeper impression upon the immense audiences before whom they were delivered than the address of Mrs. M. H. Wilkinson of Omaha, Nebraska, whose topic was "The Demoralizing Effect of Teaching Race Prejudice at the Fireside". Mrs. Wilkinson said: The origin of the Negro is definitely known. Some very wise men have endeavored to assign the race to a separate creation and deny its kindred with Adam and Eve, but historical records prove the Negro as ancient as the most ancient races. History, traced from the flood, makes the three sons of Noah—Ham, Shem and Japheth—the progenitors of the three primitive races of the earth. The Mongolian descended from INSURANCE CO. PROMPTLY RELIEVES VICTIMS OF FIRE Bankers' Insurance Company Comes Into Favor by the Promptness With Which It Pays Fire Claims. STRENGTHEN RACE BUSINESS Prompt Action Raises Status of Race by Increasing Respect for Business Enterprises of Group. (By the Associated Negro Press) Durham, N. C., Dec. 22—The Bankers' Fire Insurance Company scored decisively last week. It was the two million dollar Newbern fire that gave this strong Negro company its chance to jump overnight into the business limelight of this section of the country. Less than 48 hours after the big conflagration the representatives of THE NEW YORK TIMES who, who was elected president of the nation at St. Louis last week.OWN in Omaha. OF TEACHING JUDICE AT THE FIRESIDE Address Delivered Friday Night, men's Convention Auxiliary toention in the First Baptist Missouri, by Senora Mae Omaha, Nebraska. ION AT CLOSE OF ADDRESS Shem and settled in southern and eastern Asia. The Caucasian descended from Japheth and settled in Europe. The Ethiopian descended from Ham and settled in Africa and adjacent countries. "God hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth," thus saith the scriptures. This is termed the doctrine of monogenism. There is a new doctrine called poligenism that teaches that the different races of men have absolutely different origin, that they are different in blood and that all men are not brothers. To my mind this is one of the greatest breeders of race prejudice. The world seems unwilling to accept the doctrine of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of men. The belief in the superiority of blood and the wicked ambition for race supremacy have filled the earth with hatred, oppression and opposition. Retrospecting a taint of race prejudice can be seen in the early history of races. We read where Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married. As a retribution Miriam was trick- (Continued on Page Four) Whole Number 389 Vol. VIII—No. 25 the Bankers' were on the scene and adjusting the claims and making arrangements for immediate settlement of losses. This was a record business achievement and has made a profound impression throughout the State of North Carolina. One of the interesting features of the situation is the fact that the prompt action of the Negro company caused a hardship to other companies facing the payment of big claims due to the fire calamity. So acute was the dilemma in which these others found themselves that they called upon the Bankers' to call a temporary halt in its speed campaign so as to give their brother business companies a chance to catch up with them. The request was complied with but not until the Negro Company had paid out something more than $20,000 in claims. This action was not a deliberate attempt to cause other insurance concerns embarrassment but for the simple reason that a large number of colored people were big losers in the fire which covered forty blocks and destroyed more than 1,200 homes, and needed immediate help. This humane attitude of the Bankers' Fire Insurance Company has done much to improve the position of the colored business men here. Aside from the effect the company's action has had on the general business world of this State it does the greater thing of increasing the respect which the colored folks themselves had held toward their own business enterprises. A big business gain is the sum of the total gain for teh race. FOUR LYNCHINGS IN EIGHT DAYS----DECEMBER 4 to 12 One Lynching Every Two Days Is the Record in This Country Since Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill Failed to Pass RESTS SQUARELY ON SENATORS New York, Dec. 22—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, has made public an "Open Letter to Every United States Senator" setting forth that four lynchings have occurred in the eight days from Monday, December 4, when the Senate dropped the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, to Dec. 12. The letter charges the Southern Senators with being directly responsible for "the outbreak of barbarism, anarchy and degenerate bestiality" which followed the abandonment of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, and expresses the hope that there will prove to be sufficient statemanship in the Congress of the United States to cope with this threat to civilization. The letter follows: An Open Letter to Every Senator of the United States Sir: From December 4, the day the United States Senate abandoned the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, to December 12, there have been four lynchings in this country, one for each two days, one of the victims being publicly tortured and burned at the stake. This outbreak of barbarism, anarchy and degenerate bestiality and the blood of the victims rest upon the heads of those Southern Senators who have obstructed even discussion of the measure designed to remedy this very condition. And the responsibility rests equally with the Republican majority who surrendered with hardly a struggle to the lynching tactics of the Democrats. The failure of the United States Senate to consider this measure could be interpreted only as a license to mobs to lynch unmolested. Every United States Senator knows that in more than thirty years the states have failed to check lynching or to punish lynchers. Every United States Senator knows that in failing to stand firm for federal protection and guarantee of trial by law to United States citizens within their own country he was acquiescing in the continuing and increasingly brutal rule of the mob in America. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People had hoped there would prove to be in the Congress of the United States sufficient statesmanship to make a stand against this threat to civilization itself and to cope with the actual situation rather than quibble about the fiction of reserving to the states a right which they have shown themselves unwilling or unable to exercise. In behalf of twelve million colored citizens I write to ask you what you propose to do to end this intolerable situation. Yours respectfully, JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, Secretary, N. A. A. C. P. NEGRO CULTURE HAS INFLUDNCED PAST CIVILIZATION Howard University Provides Courses on Civilization of Ancient Africa Which Helps Status of Race INFLUENCE IS FAR REACHING Only School in America and One of Few in World Offering Definitely Outlined Courses in This Specific Field. Washington, D. C., Dec. 22.—For several years past the authorities of Howard university have recognized the need and possibility of a more extensive study than is at present being given to the history of the Negro peoples of the world. For quite some time beginning with the establishment of the Moorland Foundation and through it the acquisition of Negro Americana the study of American Negro life and history has constituted an important part of the work of the university, but until now it has not been able to extend this study in any intensive way into its African beginnings. The authorities, however, now take pleasure in announcing a program designed to meet, in part at least, this important need. During the winter and spring quarters of this year three definitely outlined courses dealing with Negro civilizations in Ancient and Medieval Africa will be established and given as an integral part of the work of the School of Liberal Arts. These courses, which will be under the general supervision of the History Department will be directed by Mr. William Leo Hansberry, a graduate and graduate student of Harvard university. Mr. Hansberry is a young man of African descent and has devoted considerable time both in and out of college to investigations in this field. The following is an official statement of the scope and general nature of the courses to be offered: History 12: Negro Peoples in Civilizations of the Prehistoric and Ancient World. This course is a provisional survey of the part played by Negro peoples in the origin, development and distribution of the higher cultures and civilizations of man in the prehistoric and early ancient world. It is based in the main upon authenticated archaeological discoveries and documentary evidence bearing upon the relation of Negro peoples (a) to the palasolithic and neolithic cultures of Africa and Europe; (b) their position and influence in the civilizations of predynastic and early dynastic Egypt; and (c) their relations to the prehistoric and early historic civilizations in the regions of the Aegian sea and western Asia, including Arabia and India. History 13: Negro Civilizations in East Central Africa from the Eighth Century B. C. Until the End of the Sixteenth Century. This course is a continuation of History 12. It aims to give a general acquaintance with the Negro civilizations in the Egyptian Sudan and Abyssinia from the Ethiopian conquest of Egypt in he eighth century B. C. until the coming of western European influence in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Special attention will be given to the origin and development of the distinctive features of the civilizations of these countries before the coming of Christianity, and the effect of Christianity and Islam respectively upon their subsequent history. History 14: Negro Civilizations in West Central Africa from A. D. 1000 to the End of the Eighteenth Century. This course will be a survey of the political and cultural conditions in the three great Negro states of the Western Sudan—the Kingdom of Ghana, the Mellestine and the Songhay empire—from about the year 1000 A.D. until the end of the eighteenth century. Special attention will be given, (a) to the distinctive character of the social institutions and the material culture of these countries previous to the coming of Islam; (b) the influence of Islam upon these institutions and this culture, and (c) the effect, direct and indirect, of western civilization upon the civilizations of this part of Africa. In addition, the cultural status of the Negro peoples of these countries during this period will be critically compared with that of their contemporaries in the Teutonic countries of Europe. Change of Opinion Coming. As a result of archaeological discoveries and ethnological studies in various parts of the world and capes (Continued on Page Four) THE M A National Weekly Newspaper M of Colored Published Every Friday s Monitor Publi Entered as Second-Class Mail M Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted Primarily to the Interests of Colored Americans. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 2, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, 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 United 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 arty without due process of law, nor deny to any 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 ASSOCIATED MILITARY MILITARY FIRE FIRST IN SERVICE CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS is the happiest day of all the year. Joy is its dominant note. Unkindness, selfishness, ill-will, ahtred, variance, strife cannot flourish in the atmosphere of Christmas and Christmas HAS its atmosphere which it is absolutely impossible to escape. All feel it. We may try to be Scrooges, but somehow we all become converted into Cheeeblees and voice the prayer of Tiny Tim, "God bless us every one!" What is the magic power of Christ-mastide? Whence comes it? Surely it is not the spirit of the world with all its sin and grief and sorrow and sordid selfishness. No. The sweet influence of this holy season is from above. It springs from Heaven's choice Gift, the Wondrous Gift of Love. "For"—and note this well—"God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Christmas stresses the two great facts of LOVE and LIFE. First, then, the Love of God, so pure and changeless, and then the Life of God so strong and free. Both of these are God's gifts to men. To all men, for all are His children, whom He would have grow into the fulness of His likeness and manifest His character in all their dealings one with another. And it was to accomplish this very thing that the wondrous event which Christendom commemorates with so much joy and gladness at this time came to pass, the Birth of Jesus Christ, one of the best authenticated facts of history. If Christ were not born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king then Christmas is absolutely meaningless. But where is there one in Christendom, whose sanity cannot be doubted, who would surrender this great truth and account Coffe STRICT Coffee 'Supreme' STRICTLY OMAHA PRODUCT Winner of Gold Medal Trans- Mississippi Exposition 1898 ADVO THREE POUNDS GOLD MEDAL COFFEE McCORD-BRADY CO. COFFEE ROASTERS OMAHA.NEB. Omaha's Leading Coffee for Thirty-five Years The Kind Used by Those Who Desire Quality Excellence at a Moderate Price McCord-Brady COFFEE ROASTERS Omaha, Neb. Page Two 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. it but a vain delusion? Who would willingly give up the joy and sacred and uplifting influences of this season? Well, this joy is founded upon an historis fact, the Incarnation of the only-begotten son of God, as theologians learnedly call it, but which the heart of the humble accept as the manifestation of God's great love for man. And so as we plan our gifts for those we love, let us not forget that we give these gifts because God gave us the greatest gift he could: His only Son, "Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary and was made man", that man might have power to live worthily as God's child here, so that when his probation here is ended he may enjoy everlasting life for which Infinite Love and life created him. PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS ONE THING suggests another. Men- tion of the Telephone company again brings to our mind certain indisputable facts to which we called attention a few years ago without any satisfactory results because the matter was not systematically and persistently followed up. As a matter of fact, we never fight hard enough for what we are justly entitled to. we give up too quickly. it is only the never-say-die spirit that wins. Our demands should never be unjust or extravagant; but reasonable and just Convinced of this we should go out to win and never give up until we do win. All this is incidental to what we started out to say and that is the usual non-employment of our people by public service corporations. Because it serves our purpose, we will take the Telephone company which has approximately 1,700 employees. By a rather striking coincidence this number represents about the number e 'Sup of telephones upon which the colored people of Omaha pay monthly rental. In our opinion the number is above rather than under this figure. We have good reasons to believe that the number is above 2,000. But we will be conservative and say the number is 1,500. The monthly rental on this number of phones at the low average of $3,00 a month would aggregate $4,500 a month or $54,000 a year. This is an exceedingly low estimate of the amount of money paid yearly into the Telephone company here by our people. Despite this among the nearly 1,700 company employees our people have TWO representatives, a janitor at the Webster exchange and a garage attendant. We simply ask is this fair or just? And what is true of the Telephone company and nonemployment of our people is equally true of such public service corporations as the Nebraska Power Company and the city owned public utilities, gas and water companies. We speak subject to correction, and will verify our facts subsequently, but our present opinion is that among the thousands of employees of these public service corporations into which our people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, there are not ten colored persons employed. Again we ask is this fair? Inasmuchas it is customary to turn over a new leaf and to make resolutions of amendment at the beginning of the New Year, the Monitor respectfully suggests that W. Tyler Belt of the Telephone company, J. E. Davidson of the Nebraska Power Company and R. Beecher Howell of the Metropolitan Utilities District include among their New Year's plans for the corporations of which they are the executive heads the employment in any positions they may be competent to fill of a just and reasonable proportion of the colored citizens of Omaha, who are of necessity liberal patrons of all these corporations. We are asking nothing unreasonable or unfair. A CORRECTION OUR ATTENTION has been courteously called to an error in our editorial of last week captioned "Telephone Graft". We stated that the minimum tariff charge between Omaha and the South Side was ten cents, including the five cents federal tax. This is an error. The minimum charge is five cents, not ten. The federal tax of five cents is only charged when the tariff to the South Side totals fifteen cents. Otherwise the facts as stated in the editorial are true. We gladly make this correction as it is never our intention to misrepresent facts when discussing institutions, policies, persons or principles, but only and always to state the truth. If errors are called to our attention we will always be glad to correct them. SIOUX CITY NEWS The A. M. E. Church program for Christmas will be a cantata, "The Christ Child", under the leadership of Mrs. H. C. Boyd. Christmas week activities at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church: Monday—Sunday school program; Tuesday—Brotherhood literary program; Wednesday—Ladies' aid supper and program; Thursday—B. Y. P. U. vocal and oratory contest; Friday—Dramatic club will present "The Home"; Sunday—Year's round up at 2:00 p. m., papers and music will be a part of the feature. Mr. Birt Lambert and Miss Belle reme' THE MONITOR Couch were united in marriage Monday evening in South Sioux City, Nebr. Mrs. C. Roberts is ill at her home, 212 West Sixth street, but as yet is not confined to her bed. A new enterprise has been added to the list of the progressive one with the opening of the Manhattan Tailor Ship, owned by Messrs. Morris and Anderson at 610 West Seventh street. Mr. Raymond Boyd left for Omaha, Nebr., where he will enter the services of the postoffice of that city. The N. A. A. C. P. held a mass meeting Sunday, December 17th, at Mt. Olive church, Ninth and Morgan Sts. The meeting was well attended and the business session proved to be a very successful one. The subject for discussion was, "What We Owe Our Mothers". Mr. Grant and family are leaving Wednesday for Kansas stopping at different points as they journey and will on reaching Kansas City spend the holidays there. Rev. Mr. Crushon who arrived in this city Sunday afternoon will preach at A. M. E. church Wednesday evening and Mt. Olive Baptist church Thursday. On Friday he leaves for his home in Des Moines, Ia. MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH Services were well attended both morning and night last Sunday. The pastor returned Wednesday from St. Louis but had a severe cold. Sunday School meets at 9:30 a. m., Mrs. D. W. Gooden, superintendent. B. Y. P. U. meets at 5:30. Mission Society meets every Thursday at 2:00 p. m. Mrs. Wade is president. The Brotherhood meets every Monday night at 8. The Christmas tree will be held on Monday night. The church is doing nicely under the leadership of Dr. E. H. McDonald. Everybody is welcome. We extend to Our Many Friends our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year S. LEWIS 24th and Parker Sts. THE PALACE CLOTHING CO. Extends to its Many Colored Patrons our Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. WE extend to our many friends and customers our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Crosstown Furn. Co. 1609 No. 24th St. WE extend to our many friends and customers our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. C. J. CARLSON 1514 No. 24th St. and 24th and Ames Ave. WE extend to our many friends and customers our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Rialto Music House, 2 1512 No. 24th St. WE extend to our many friends and customers our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. David R. Cohen Jeweler and Optometrist 1412 No. 24th St. y-second, 4 rooms, city y-second, 4 rooms, city COMPANY, Realtors open to 9 P. M.) So. 18th-Arthur Bldg. Complimentary Tes- Before Buy YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS PROBATE NOTICE Notice is hereby given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the executor of said estate, before me, County Court, on the 26th day of January, 1923, and on the 26th day of March, 1922, at 9 o'clock each day of the month of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to receive from the 23rd day of December, 1922. BRYCE CRAWFORD, County Judge 41-11-24-'22. THE B A AB the For the home that is ness all year 'round for just one year or time goes on, it devel Pay Not Begin Paym Select and pay for down on the phone and we will send i you may desire. T days. Think of it- days from the day Choose Mo This offer applies or small, and on o the model adapted model in either wa have them all. THE BRANDE A Victu A Bruns the Gift of For the home that is without a phonograph, m ness all year 'round than a phonograph—give for just one year or so many days—but for the time goes on, it develops more and more frienda Pay Nothing Down Begin Payment in 30 Days Select and pay for a few records—pay nothing down on the phonograph—select any mod and we will send it to your home at any time you may desire. Then begin payments in 30 days. Think of it—nothing to pay for third days from the day the purchase is made. Choose Model You Wish This offer applies on any model, either large or small, and on our floors you will find just the model adapted to your home. Choose an model in either walnut, oak or mahogany—w have them all. A Victrola A Brunswick the Gift of Gifts For the home that is without a phonograph, no gift could bring more happiness all year 'round than a phonograph—given to one—enjoyed by all—not for just one year or so many days—but for the rest of a natural life—and as time goes on, it develops more and more friends. Only a Few Days Left The demand for the Brunswick makes it yours now, before model you desire is—or, if you live out The demand for the popular Victrola an Brunswick makes it important that you selel yours now, before our stock of the particular model you desire is exhausted. Come down no—or, if you live out of town, writee at once. NoMatter Where YouLive Any responsible person this offer. No matter at once if you cannot Order Now You'll Great Ordering Any responsible person can take advantage of this offer. No matter where you live, write at once if you cannot call. Order Now! Don't Delay You'll Greatly Benefit by Ordering RIGHT NOW The Mode There is a Victrola or a Brunswur monize with the furnishings of There is a Victrola or a Brunswick designed to harmonize with the furnishings of your home. No matter what finish your furniture may be, we have a phonograph in a finish to match. The models range in price from $25.00 to $750. Established by the late Silas Johnson 2518 Lake Street Continuing the same considerate efficient service John Albert Williams, Executor THE MONITOR continues to hold its rank as one of the leading race newspapers of the country. It has helped put Omaha on the map among our group. For reliable local and general news we invite comparison. Before Buying YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS be sure to examine the splendid stock of CHINA, CUT GLASS, MEN'S FURNISHINGS and WOMEN'S AND CHILD- DREN'S APPAREL For Sale by Mrs. H. J. Crawford 1712 North 24th Street Victro brunsw Gift of G without a phonograph, no gift cou- than a phonograph—given to one— no many days—but for the rest of a ups more and more friends. thing Down! ent in 30 Days few records—pay nothing graph—select any model to your home at any time when begin payments in 30 nothing to pay for thirty the purchase is made. del You Wish on any model, either large or floors you will find just to your home. Choose any out, oak or mahogany—we e popular Victrola and important that you select our stock of the particular exhausted. Come down now of town, writee at once. son can take advantage of er where you live, write us t call. Don't Delay! utly Benefit by RIGHT NOW The Models Victrola or a Brunswick design the furnishings of your home Phonograph Department—Main Floor—West The most welcome of all gifts at this time of the year, Local and Personal Happenings WE PRINT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt has returned home from the Nicholas Senn hospital much improved, but is still under the physician's care. USE DENTLO—The premier pyerrhea preventive tooth paste. 25 cents for two ounce tube. Miss Inez Battles was hostess at a small party at her home, 3122 Burdette street, Tuesday evening. A delightful evening was spent in games and dancing. Patronize Monitor advertisers and be sure to tell them that you saw their ad in the Monitor. The Smarter Set Society was entertained at a social evening by Miss Ireta Walker at her home, 1711 South Eighteenth street, Saturday night. Whist and dancing were the evening's diversions. Dainty refreshments were served., each guest receiving a Christmas novelty. FOR RENT — Neatly furnished rooms. Strictly modern. One block from Twenty-fourth and Dodge street car lines. Webster 5652. Mrs. Luella McCullough,2430 Patrick avenue, who has been a patient at the Paxton Memorial hospital for the past two weeks, is reported to be improving. Neatly Furnished Rooms for light housekeeping. Call Webster 4432 after 5:30 P. M. A fine daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wade Green, 2863 Ohio street, Sunday night. Mother and child are doing well. FOR RENT—Furnished room for gentleman in strictly modern home. 2310 North 22nd street. Webster 1105. Mrs. Rose Cheatham who has been seriously ill at the University hospital is much improved and hopes to be able to go home soon. BE A DETECTIVE—Excellent opportunity; good pay; travel. Write C. T. Ludwig, 1436 Westever Bldg, Kansas City, Mo. Richard Payne, 2208 North Thirtieth street, who had a paralytic stroke last week, is getting on quite well. William Bath whose arm was broken some six weeks ago in the Union Pacific round house in Council Bluffs, where he is employed, hopes to be able to resume work within the next two weeks. Mrs. Sherman Bruton, 2720 Maple street, has been detained at home for the past two weeks with illness. Mrs. John Wesley Bell was confined to her home, 813 North Twenty-third street, several days last week by sickness. Prepare for Hereafter By Keeping Warm Now COAL ALL KINDS Reasonable Prices Charles Solomon 2530 Lake St. Web. 2019 Residence Web. 4238 We extend to our many our best w A MERRY A HAPPY Bernstein Big L 1806 North A CHRISTMAS --- --- DE LUXE HALL Eighteenth Between Do ALL DAY, MONDAY Beginning with Matinee, 2 8:30 p. m. t Admiss PROF. S. TURNER'S A us NORTH END AMUSE Formerly Brandeis Waiter J. M. GARNER C. E. BROWNING, Secretar Eighteenth Between Dodge and Douglas Streets ALL DAY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25th Beginning with Matinee, 2:00 p. m. to 5:30; Evening, 8:30 p. m. to 2:00 a. m. Admission, 35 c PROF. S. TURNER'S SPECIAL ORCHESTRA Auspices NORTH END AMUSEMENT COMPANY Formerly Brandeis Waiters Arrangement Committee. J. M. GARNETT, Chairman. C. E. BROWNING, Secretary. R. C. COLE, Treasurer. SUIT and EXTRA PANTS to order Reduced from $55 $40 Other Grades at $45, $50 and Up. A Similar Reduction on Overcats. This is less than the original price of suit alone. An extra pair of pants doubles the life of a suit. A few sample garments made in our own work shop for sale at attractive prices. They are better and cheaper than ready-mades. Warren Brooks—108 So. 28th Ave. Grand Special Offer: Fine Blue Serge Suit, $40; Worth $60 MacCARTHY-WILSON TAILORING CO. Big Daylight Tailor Store. S. E. Corner 15th and Harney Sts. Wanted—Wide awake boys to sell The Monitor every Saturday. Live boys can make money by selling Monitors. Phone Webster 4248. Miss Inez Cox who has been a patient at the University hospital for several months is steadily improving. Miss Gladys E. Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper E. Brown, 2883 Miami street, a sophomore at the Nebraska State University, Lincoln, is expected home this week to spend the Christmas vacation. Mrs. Crowell of Salt Lake City, Utah, after a two weeks' visit with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Bruton, left for her home Saturday night. The Rev. E. H. McDonald, pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist church, who has been ill since his return from St. Louis, is much better. The Rev. Griffin G. Logan, D. D., general superintendent of the Topeka district of the Methodist Episcopal church, spent the first of the week here with his family. He left for Topeka Tuesday, but expects to be home for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. James Wicks, formerly of El Reno, Okla., but now of Minneapolis, Minn., are visiting Mrs. Wicks' mother, Mrs. H. Smith, 2210 Seward street, for the holidays. Mrs. John W. Gatus of 2731 Caldwell street, who has has been confined to her home for the past week by illness, is much better. W. L. Myers, funeral director and embalmer for the Western Funeral Home, left Friday for Hannibal, Mo., to spend the holidays with his family, who will probably return to Omaha with him, where they expect to make their home. Mrs. J. F. Smith expects to return soon to her home, 3021 Manderson street, from the University hospital where she has been a patient for the past three weeks. FOR SALE at Massey & Coopers—All the leading colored artists' records at fifty-five cents each. Webster 6668. —Adv. The Five Hundred Club of which Mrs. John A. Singleton is president will hold its next meeting next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. George H. Bullock, 2516 Maple street. The North End Amusement Company expects a record-breaking attendance at Christmas matinee and evening dance at the DeLuxe Hall on Christmas day. The Christmas services at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon will be the Midnight Mass, starting on the stroke of 12 Sunday night, Christmas Eve, holy communion at 8 a. m. and 11 a. m. Christmas day. Mesdames H. R. Roberts and James G. Jewell will spend Xmas in Lincoln, the guests of the Burckhardt and Jenquence families. The Board of Management of the Y. W. C. A. presented Mrs. R. T. Walker a beautiful "Y" pin as a token of appreciation of her work among them. The House Committee of the "Y" of which she was chairman gave her a sterling silver Eversharp pencil. Friends and Customers wishes for CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR Little Dept. Store 24th Street Dodge and Douglas Streets Y, DECEMBER 25th 1:00 p. m. to 5:30; Evening, to 2:00 a.m. ion, 35c SPECIAL ORCHESTRA pices SEMENT COMPANY s Arrangement Committee. ETT, Chairman. y. R. C. COLE, Treasurer. M. TOM SENNA Whose Bag of Tricks with the Greenwich Village Revue will keep you laughing until next Christmas week. Matinee daily. Merry-Making Without Stint Will Hold the Boards All Week. "The. Greenwich. Village. Revue" next week's attraction at the popular Gayetey theatre promises to exemplify most elaborately to what a degree of perfection modern burlesque has been developed this season. The general trend toward bigger, better and cleaner entertainment in the offerings of the Columbia Amusement Company playing this theatre, has been most gratifying and no better example of this development can be found than in this Joe Hurtig offering. When Mr. Hurtig launched this organization he offered it such general excellence in both company and production that it soon earned the reputation of being one of the best of its kind on the road; even surpassed the former excellent productions made by this progressive manager. The book and music, lyrics and comedy situations were all written especially by skilled artisans. Sam Morris was the author, additional scenes by Tom Senna and Frank Wakefield being interpolated. To introduce twenty chorus beauties a dozen numbers have been provided with as many changes of costumes in beautiful texture and design. "The Greewich Village Revue" may be confidently recommended to the ladies as an entertainment that is clean and enjoyable, with an exhibition of sartorial splendors that really amount to a fashion show. Pretty manikins sing and dance, whirling and cavorting as the daring color-combinations are displayed in radiant array. Reports that precede the show indicate a costume showing of uncommon beauty and novelty. In the matter of principal players Joe Hurtig has designated Tom Senna and Ray Read, comedians, to be the featured ones. Miss Jenny Hilson, Ingeneue, and Margaret White, a sprightly soubrette, will appear to advantage in their dainty contributions of song and dance. Working with the comedians and offering individual efforts of artistic class, Johnnie Bohlman will add to the laughs and will strengthen the general effect of the presentation. Ladies' matinee at 2:15 daily. Sunday's matinee and the grand holiday matinee Christmas day will sart at three o'clock. ST. PAUL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Twenty-sixth and Seward Sts. Russell Taylor, Pastor. The anniversary celebration which began Wednesday evening of this week will continue through Tuesday evening of next week. Monday evening the Sunday School children will have a short program and receive their Christmas treat. On Tuesday evening, Dr. Frank H. Ridgely, one of the professors in our Theological Seminary, will be present with several others and give an address on the program laid out for the Church during the closing months of the Church year. There will also be some special music and a luncheon by the ladies of the church. Services Sunday will be as follows: Morning topic, "The Abiding Christ." Evening Christian Endeavor, 7:30 P. M., "How to Have Christmas All the Year." Luke 2:3-20. Miss Theodocia Taylor, Leader. RUSSEL TAYLOR. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms also furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Call Web. 3222. Mrs. Wade, 2634 Hamilton Street. 1 lantic 1322 or THE NEW YORK TIMES ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 25th and R St. Market 3475. O. J. Burekhardt. Pastor. We are arranging to celebrate Christmas Sunday in the way of a sermon at 11 a. m. Subject, "God's Gift to Man." At 7:30 the Sunday School will give an elaborate program at the close of which we are going to commemorate the birth of the Christ by giving out gifts from the tree. We trust all parents may be present and bring the gifts for their children and friends and put them on the tree at the church. We are expecting our friends upon this occasion. Yesterday was unusually quiet. The services were good but not very well attended, especially in the evening: Rev. J. A. Harris preached. Mother Helm is yet confined to her room and bed. Continue to pray for her. BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH TENDERS PASTOR REC Bethel Methodist church which has recently taken possession of its attractive and well-appointed property on Franklin street, tendered its pastor, the Rev. Frederick Divers and wife, a reception last Thursday night in the church parlor. An interesting program was given under the direction of Mrs. William Ransom, mistress of ceremonies. This consisted of the invocation by the Rev. Russell Taylor; an instrumental solo by Miss Dorothy Wright; welcome address by Mrs. A. C. Wilkinson; address by the Rev. W. F. Botts, vocal by Miss Darlene Duvall, cornet solo by Mrs. Juliet L. Roulette, reading by Mrs. Lulu Thornton, vocal solo by Rufus Long, a violin solo by Master Forest Perkins and a brief address of appreciation by the Rev. Frederick Divers. Refreshments were served by the women of the church and a delightful evening was spent by members of the congregation and invited guests. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Wm. Franklin. Pastor Rev. Wm. Franklin, Pastor. Despite the inclement weather there was a good attendance throughout the day last Sunday to great the pastor upon his return from the National Baptist Convention and of which he gave an interesting report. His sermon topic was "Christ the Healer or Men". Rev. J. B. Phillips of Atchison, Kans., preached at night, from the text, "There is but a step between me and death." Two persons were added to th church. There will be special services Sunday and Christmas Day, with tree and program Monday night. The "bring one" campaign continues for two weeks more. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE Special Christmas Eve services will be held at the North End "Y", Twenty-second and Grant streets, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The program will consist of Christmas carols by the Girl Resevers and a Christmas story by Mrs. Grace M. Hutten. You are welcome to spend an hour with us. The Hospitality Committee will serve you. MRS. RUSSEL TAYLOR, Religious Chairman Bishop Shayler is expected to be the special preacher Sunday afternoon at the 5 o'clock vesper service at St. Philip's Episcopal church. 4243 MORNING GLORY By MILDRED WHITE Copyright, 1883, Western Newspaper Union It was a little shack in the wood. Stanley came upon it gratefully. I think it was the morning glories about the shabby doorway which first drew his attention. They were such fresh, dewy morning glories. He was wondering wearily if he would be obliged to eat by the dusty roadside the uninviting lunch his village host had put up for him, when a short walk brought him to a small wooded place and the unexpected morning-glory-draped door. The young civil engineer entered. He felt all at once miraculously returned to the days of his childhood, and a participant in the olden tale of "The Three Bears." For before him, in the crude room, stood a neat willow rocker, near byly, on a pine table, was placed a blue bowl, filled with cold, foamy milk; beside the milk two tempting fruit rolls. The place was silent, in desolation. "Someone," remarked the young man whimistically, "has, indeed, been here." Nevertheless, the temptation to remain in enjoyment of the restful shelter was great. Stanley sank with a happy sigh into the willow chair. "Fellow who puts up here wouldn't mind," he told himself. Then his gaze was attracted to the walls of the cabin, where, again astonishingly, various remembered gay prints accosted him. Here were the three bears pictured, here Goldylocks—Alice, in her Wonderland. The civil engineer shook his head. "It's too many for me," he murmured perplexed. "Or am I in some kid's camp in the woods? That's it, for sure." His eyes were on the cold, foaming milk. "My, that road had been hot and dusty—" "Til it make it up to them later," Stanley satisfied himself—and drank the milk. Thereupon, lulled by the swaying morning glories, Stanley Evers, dignified and respected in his profession, fell sound aleep. It must have been hours afterward that he awoke to see—her. She was like a morning glory herself. Her frock was the same dainty blue, and there was a sweet freshness about her—indescribable. Her eyes, as she raised them coolly, questioningly, were soft and dewy, too. "I hope," stammered the young man, "that I do not intrude?" "If you do not," answered his unwilling hostess, "I wonder what you call it?" Stanley stared. "I-I also drank the milk," he confessed. The young woman looked up from the page she was reading. "So I see," she said. He grinned. "It must have been the effect of those bear pictures on the wall," he explained, "sort of living illustration of the old story. Added to which—I came in from the road thirsty and weary to oblivion. But I'll make it all up to the kids. This place sort of puzzled me, until I reflected that it was probably a small camp for children. Whose children are they?" The young woman smiled. "Why, they are my children," she said. "Yours?" Stanley's tone was unbelieving. Also, it had a tinge of quick disappointment. "Children here now?" he asked her confusedly. "Oh, they come and go, as I bring them," she airily replied. It was necessary for Stanley to pass her bowed head as he went disconsolately through the doorway. Looking up, impulsively, and, as it seemed, mischieved, she handed to him a letter. Scarcely realizing, he read the opening line: "Dear Morning Glory: "Don't you let us hear from you again soon, please? We miss you so." "Morning Glory?" he repeated vaguely. The woman nodded. "They call me that," she said, "my children—everywhere." "Everywhere?" Stanley swung about on his heel. She nodded again and a dimple popped out in her cheek. "I think it was the morning glories about the shack door that gave me the idea of my pen-name when I began to write children's stories," she informed him. "I found this ideally isolated spot one day when we were motoring. I have not been writing for a time and it seems that my children—all over the world—miss me. Isn't that a dear little letter?" Gracefully she arose to dismiss him. "And you were quite welcome to the bread and milk. Mr. Stanley Evers, of whom I have heard such worthy things. Also, I shall be away from the solitude for a time, and you are at liberty to make yourself at home in the cabin as it please you." "If you'll add a little personal companionship later to all that generosity," he said humbly, "T'll be awfully obliged." Softly, with his browned fingers, Stanley touched a drooping purple flower. "I—I always was fond of morning glories," he said awkwardly. "I think they beckoned me here this morning." "To eat my bread and milk?" the young woman seriously questioned. "To meet you," Stanley bravely replied. "It was fate." "Well, perhaps," agreed Morning Glory as she smiled. Don't sneer at the man who fails, but remember that he at least dared to try. Hope is the mainspring of efficiency. A nation is no better than its home life, and its home life is no better than that nation's womanhood. We are so busy keeping the wolf from our door until we haven't time to let in the Angel. Pharmacy ake Ste. Webster 0000 Reid--Duffy Pharmacy 24th and Lake Sts. Free Delivery Webster 0000 New and Second Hanc FURNITURE We Rent and Sell Real Estate Notary Public S. W. Mills Furniture Co. 421 No. 24 St. We Thank You. Web. 0148 Grocery and Meat Co. 1812 North 24th Street Phone Webster 5021 Alaska Fish Co. SKINNERS the highest grade Macaroni Spaghetti and Egg Noodles J. Eskelson FANCY GROCERIES 1837 No. 24th St. Phone Webster 0456 We SKINNER'S the highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti and Egg Noodles. GEORGE C. TUCKER Barber Shop NEW LOCATION: 5303 South 28th St. EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS PATRICK PHARMACY 24th and Seward St. 16 Years Same Location Particular Attention to Prescriptions REPAIRS FOR STOVES FURNACES AND BOILERS OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORK 1206-8 Douglas S Phone Atlantic 252 LION COAL CO. LION LUMPS.....$10.50 LION NUT.....$10.00 COLORADO SMOKELESS.....$10.50 SCREENINGS.....$6.00 FREE DELIVERY PHONE WEBSTER 2605 with one treatment for the small sum of 65c call WEBSTER 4474 OMAHA FISH CO. LE BRON & GRAY ELECTRICAL WORKS Expert Electrical Engineers the highest grede Maceroni, the spaghetti and Egg Noodles. MELCHOR--Druggist The Old Reliable Tel. South 807 4828 No. 246h St. B. E. Mormarty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust Bldg, Jackson 8041 or Mormey 2156. Furnace and Stove Repairing Plumbing, Heating and Tin Work We carry tail line of repairs 1419 No. 24th St. E. J. STELL Webster 3760 Lambert, Shetwell & Shotwell ATTORNEYS Omaha National Bank Bldg. Burdette Grocery 2116 North 24th St. PHONE WEBSTER 0515 Full Line of Staple and Fancy GROCERIES Fresh and Canned Meats We Sel. SKINNER'S the highest grade Macaroni Spaghetti and Egg Noodles. 1114 North 24th St. Telephone Webster 6512 LIVE FISH DAILY GROCERIES and FRUITS Free Delivery the highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti and Egg Noodles. We Have a Complete Line of FLOWER, GRASS AND GARDEN Seeds Bulba, Hardy Perennials, Poultry Supplies Fresh cut flowers always on hand Stewart's Seed Store 119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office Phone Douglas 977 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. A NEW DISCOVERY for ZERO WEATHER Get that heating stove and save enough on the price to buy the feed for it for two months. Rush right down to CROSSTOWN FURNITURE CO. 1607-09 North 24th St. Motors, Generators, Electric Elevators Repairs, Armature Winding, Electric Wiring For news when it is news, you must read the Monitor. Page Three WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA Alhambra PROMPT DELIVERY QUALITY GROCERIES AND MEATS All Kinds of Fruits and Vegetables Successor to F. HAGELIN & Co. OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS 1206-8 Douglas St. Phone Atlantic 2524 GIRLS!! If You Desire a BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION M. TURNER 1702 North 24th St. PHONE WEBSTER 2092 FISH—GROCERIES VEGETABLES—FRUITS DELICATESEN Suggestions for Christmas DO YOUR SHOPPING EARLY We recommend the following articles for gifts: Ladies' extra fine quality handkerchiefs, gentlemen's all linen handkerchiefs, latest styles in men's ties, ladies' corduroy kimonas—finest thing out for this cold/weather—ladies' and men's high grade sweaters, ladies' and men's silk hose. Come In and See Them and Make Your Selection Early Suspenders, Garters, Arm Bands, all put up in handsome Xmas boxes. Bernstein's BIG LITTLE Department Store 1806 North 24th Street MOSAIC TEMPLARS OF AMERICA A Business Organized May 22, 1883, by Negroes and for Negroes—Has Been Officered and Controlled by Negroes from the date of its birth—Managed on Sound Business Principles. OPERATING IN 26 STATES, SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND WEST INDIES Solvency 85% According to Last Valuation Report INSURANCE IN FORCE DECEMBER 31, 1921.....$39,944,500.00 MORE THAN $100,000.00 ON TIME DEPOSITS IN VARIOUS BANKS FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS (Farm and City Real Estate).....$293,814.06 WE HAVE ERECTED, OR IN PROCESS OF ERECTION, TEMPLE BUILDINGS IN EIGHT STATES WITH A TOTAL VALUATION OF $280,000.00 WE HAVE MADE NO EXTRA ASSESSMENTS IN OUR ENDOWMENT DEPART- MENT SINCE OUR ORGANIZATION, MAY 22, 1883 Issues a $300.00 Three Year Graded Policy—Furnishes a $50.00 Burial and a $50.00 Monument for a Rate of Less Thau $15.00 Per Year ISSUES ALSO AN ADEQUATE RATE POLICY OF FROM $300.00 TO $1,000.00 TO PERSONS OF 16 TO 50 YEARS OF AGE—PAYMENT OF RATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGE OF APPLICANT AND AMOUNT OF INSURANCE WANTED The above sets forth cold and stubborn facts concerning this wonderful organization a little less than 40 years old. An achievement much to be praised and honored by race-loving colored people. Those colored people who are not identified with this organization have now a wonderful opportunity to do so. Our GREAT MEMBERSHIP DRIVE is NOW ON, admitting applicants from 16 to 60 years of age and upon the submission of a Certificate of Medical Examination until December 24, 1922, for a JOINING FEE OF $1.00. S. J. ELLIOTT, N. G. M. Write A. E. BUSH, Acting N. G. S. and T., SCIPIO A. JONES, Gen. Chairman Campaign Committee Write A. T. BUSH, Acting N. G. S. and T., Box No. 921, Little Rock, Ark., for full particulars if interested Page Four (Continued from Page One) cially in Africa there is coming about a remarkable change of opinion in many circles regarding the part played by Negro peoples in the great civilizations of the past. From year to year evidence continues to accumulate which seems to show that the earliest cultures and civilizations of Egypt, southern Europe and western Asia were to a great extent the products of Negro and Negroid peoples. In addition to this it now seems certain, as has been intimated in the courses outlined, that until comparatively recent time the Negro peoples of central Africa maintained civilizations of their own which may be favorably compared with some of the better known civilizations of the world, and especially so with the cultures of their contemporaries in England and Germany. So far as it has been possible to ascertain there are but very few schools in America or the world that are making at present time any noticeable effort to disseminate facts of this nature. This may be due in part to the inertia resulting from the traditional feeling as to the inexpediency Suggestions for DO YOUR SHOP We recommend the follow extra fine quality handkerchie kerchiefs, latest styles in men onas—fineest thing out for the men's high grade sweaters, la Come In and See Them and Suspenders, Garters, Arm some Xmas boxes. Bernstein's BIG LITTLE I 1806 North Jewelry Sale 25 to 35% Reduction 2000 POPULAR RINGS 150 beautiful diamond rings, fine jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware and cut glass. KRYPTOK GLASSES make a fine Xmas Gift—See us and see better. of popularizing such information, but there is no doubt that the difficulty of access to adequate source materials and the lack of trained teachers for such studies are also largely responsible for this condition. The authorities of Howard University, in keeping with their determination to make the institution an agency for genuine social good, have under advisement plans looking forward to the elimination of these difficulties in the near future; the effort outlined above being but the initial step in this direction. It is believed that in fostering a program of this kind the university can do much to clear up many of the misconceptions about Negro peoples of the past and the present, and in this way to serve the nation and the world well by facilitating understanding and mutual respect among black men and white, thereby preparing the way for a closer national unity and a wider and more genuine international good will. ADDRESS OF MRS. WILKINSON (Continued from Page One) en with the leprosy. Again we notice how the great Apostle Peter was prej judiced against the gentiles in regard to the Gospel until God gave him the ties for Christmas SHOPPING EARLY following articles for gifts: Ladies' merchiefs, gentlemen's all linen hand- men men's ties, ladies' corduroy kim- for this cold weather—ladies' and ers, ladies' and men's silk hose. and Make Your Selection Early , Arm Bands, all put up in hand- TLE Department Store North 24th Street Louisville City Police ESTABLISHED WATCHES OPTICIAN Larsen Jewelry Store 204½ No.46 St. Phone D 6105 ESTABLISHED 1907 Omaha Nebraska North of Post Office AIC TEMP great vision; then he spoke out with boldness: "Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respector of persons; but in every nation he that fearte Him and worketh righteousness is accepted with Him." It is pleasant to notice, by these incidents that God has shown His displeasure at the manifestation of race prejudice. @ A race is but an aggregation of its individual members. Since the beginning the races have been grouped in families and each family has had what is known as a home—which should be the greatest and the dearest spot on earth. Fireside teaching is always more impressive and lasting because the teacher of the home has the virgin page of the mind on which to begin their work. Usually the first impression is indelible. There is always a great degree of regard for and confidence in what is taught in the home. It is a mold in which citizens are made for the good or detriment of society. Thus the home becomes the chief factor in determining the character of the community, the race and nation. It is the bulwark of civilization. What is civilization? One says, "It is the humanization of man into society of the true law of human nature." Another says, "It is the lifting up of man mentally, morally and socially." How is this done? Through the greatest thing in man—the mind. It is the mind that causes actions for good or for evil. The simple everyday thought—the product of the mind—is a great creative power, unlimited in its scope, inevitable in its influence in molding characters, in shaping destinies of races and in the grouping of societies. No man lives in opposition to his thoughts. A man's thoughts are the seed and his life the fruit of his thoughts. As the thought so is the speech; then follows the long train of actions which must determine whether we are an asset or liability to those with whom we are identified. A home whose atmosphere is saturated with unwholesome thought and speech is a menace to civilization; as a part, it is infective of the whole, especially if it be the contaminating thought, race prejudice—more cruel in its operation than the loathsome disease—leprosy—more unreasonable and uncontrolable than a mad man or a forest fire. The thought seed, race prejudice, is a poisonous seed, demoralizing in its very nature. Such seed sown brings forth a great crop of evil fruit. A man's thoughts are not allowed to be THE MONITOR long to himself exclusively. He has a greater and graver responsibility set upon him than that which pertains to his own existence. He is transmitting them to others—to his children, to his friends, to his neighbors, to his community—for their happiness or onhappiness. By experience and observation we find that the thought seed "race prejudice" like other seed does not flourish in every country alike, even in our country it grows stronger and bears larger fruit in a certain soil and locality. There it is carefully nourished, its fruit is greatly admired, being the chief product of the land. Its seeds are scattered lavishy—a few of the fruits that grow from the seed thought "race prejudice" are hatred, selfishness, lying, segregation lawlessness, injustice, mob violence, lynchings, murder, arrogance and jim-crowism. God be praised, it is the law inevitable and unalterable that persons, races and nations shall reap the fruit of their thoughts, whether constructive or destructive, whether they bring weal or woe; reap the fruit of their thoughts whether they bring fame or shame. Thoughts that are sown around the fireside manifest themselves publicly in words and deeds. The signs of discrimination that are seen in public places were first thoughts rambling through the chambers of the brain and thoroughly discussed around the fireside. Such homes send out vipers instead of good citizens to sting and poison communities, institutions and governments. Race prejudice is demoralizing in its effect because it is destructive and not constructive. It is partial and treacherous. It delights in the suffering and humiliation of its victims; it is of the devil and where it exists righteousness is dethroned, it fills the hearts of men with foolish pride that undermines their influence and power for good. The fruit of race prejudice is diseased and weakens any constituency. It robs men of reason, saps out their manhood and makes them cowards to hide their identity and to lurk and work in the dark, to assault the helpless and the unborn. It is Christless, tehrefore human and barbarous. It measures virtue and manhood by color and race minimizing and despising all else but its own. It is more demoralizing in its scope than the liquor or white slave traffic, because its victims have no choice. They cannot escape, they are sought, pursued and forced. It has a seat in high places and dictates to the rulers of the land. But the laws of God cannot be bribed nor fooled. The unchanging law of retribution cries: 'Woe unto the race or nation from whom such offenses come!' Woe unto them who have defied God's laws and betrayed their trust as their brothers' keeper. Behold, the innocent blood of thy brother crieft from the stake unto God for vengeance, while millions of hearts in desperation are pleading for a day of justice and righteousness. Oh, race prejudice! "Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. He that soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption." LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Mr. C. Brewer is visiting his mother and friends in Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. C. W. Allen left last week for his home in End, Okla. Rev. J. H. McAlister returned home from Salina, Kans., last Friday where he attended his quarterly conference. Rev. J. H. McAlister announces that he will preach a special Christmas sermon next Sunday morning and other exercises during the day. Rev. I. B. Smith preached for Rev. J. H. McAlister at the Newman church last Sunday morning. Rev. H. W. Botts and Mrs. E. J. Griffin returned from St. Louis, Mo., last Wednesday where they attended the National Baptist convention. They report a big attendance and a successful session. We were especially proud that a western man in the person of Dr. L. C. Williams of Chicago was elected president of the convention. Rev. H. W. Botts was an Omaha visitor Tuesday. The Utopian Art club will hold their annual meeting at the home of Mrs. Ella Black's on Thursday night, January 4, 1922. Mr. John L. Wright is reported as not doing so well at the State hospital the past week. Mr. and Mrs. John Beard have returned to the city from Sheldon, Ia, to remain. Services at the A. M. E. church were nicely attended last Sunday. Rev. W. A. McClendon preached morning and night. The Sunday school and A. C. E. society had nice services. The Ladies' Aid society gave a supper at the A. M. E. church last Friday which was successful. At Mt. Zion Baptist church last Sunday services were especially interesting. The pastor having just returned from the National Convention had plenty of news, some of which he gave out, but reserved a bit for next Sunday. He gave the church an interesting sermon. Dr. Collins, state Sunday school worker, spoke in the evening to the B. Y. P. U. and to the church. The regular supper will be at the parsonage Saturday night. The Christmas tree and exercises for the children will be at the church Monday night, December 25th. The several suppers given in the past week for the benefit of Mt. Zion building fund have all been successful. Rev. Riley Bell is conducting serv- Chris C. Stitte was indisposed the past week. Rev. Mr. Burt returned to his home in Hastings last Tuesday. Lawrence Ashford is able to be out again after his recent accident. Lebanon Lodge No. 3 will hold their St. John celebration Tuesday night, December 26th. All master masons, visiting master masons and families are invited to attend. To the readers who have scanned my writing during the year I wish you one and all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Yours. Neglected Wife to Collect Stamps. Charging that he neglected her to pursue his hobby of collecting postage stamps, Mrs. Etta M. Wilson of Chicago is suing for a separate maintenance from William Wilson. Wilson is president of a stamp company and is said to have an income of $7,500 a year. First-Class Modern Furnished Rooms —1702 No. 26th St. Web. 4769. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Erwin. EMERSON'S LAUNDRY The Laundry That Suits All 1301 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 3421 N. 30th St. Web. 3458 THE STORE OF GOOD QUALITY AND LOW PRICES Why Not Let Us Do Your SHOE REPAIR WORK Best material, reasonable prices, ALL WORK GUARANTEED BENJAMIN & THOMAS Phone Web. 5084 - 1415 No. 24th JONES & CO. FUNERAL PARLOR 2314 North 24th St. Web. 1100 Lady Attendant Phone ATlantic 5104 Notary Public in Office Corporation Practicing in Both State and Federal Courts 111 South 14th St. Omaha, Neb. F.Mittleman & Son 2624 North 30th St. Phone Webster 0171 GROCERIES and MEATS Vegetables in Season FREE DELIVERY If Our Goods Don't Please You, Your Money Back We Sell SKINNER'S the highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti, Egg Noodles and other Macaroni Products. Phone 881 Phone 881 CALL L YELLOW CAB COMPANY for SAFETY and SERVICE to all alike Council Bluffs, Iowa Star Grocery and Meat Market No. 2 N. W. Corner 30th and Pratt Sts. THE STORE OF COURTESY AND SERVICE the highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti and Egg Noodles HIGHEST QUALITY GROCERIES and MEATS All Kinds of Fruit and Vegetables in Season Open Until 9 P. M. Every Evening. All Day Sunday. 2820 Cuming Street PHONE HARNEY 4515 We Sell SKINNY'S the highest grade Manicure Spaghetti, Egg Noodles and other Manicure Products. A good six-room house on Caldwell St., has garage for two cars, paving is all paid. Asking $300 down and $25 per month. We will submit a proposition as low as $100 down. $2100 Six-room house, all modern but the furnace and bath tub, handy to the Howard Kennedy school. Might even sell this one also as low as $100 cash. This property is in good condition, varnished woodwork. Let us hear from you. COAL AT PO We are the Exclusive Dealer Grade COLORADO Smokeless—Sootless— PER TON, $10 Genuine Franklin County PER TON, $11 Thoroughly Rescreened Consumers Coa “DEALERS IN ATLANTIC 9146—Our New Omaha Tru Manufact TRU TRAVELING BAGS AND CO AND LEATHER AL AT LOWEST POSSIBLE Resive Dealers in Omaha Grade Coal ADO LUMBER Bootless—Rescreened FOR TON, DELIVERY $10.50 In County, Illinois— FOR TON, DELIVERY $11.00 Screened at Yards Cars Coal & S Tellers IN GOOD O LEATHER NOVE Our New Number Trunk Manufacturers of TRUNKS AND CASES, LA LEATHER NOVE WY, DRUG FREE DELIVERY * Sts. TOL POOL 44th Street—Phone CO, CANDIES and AS. W. SOUTH, H THE STATE FU edge Streets BRUNSWICK PROCERIES Lesin Gro Fruits and NER'S the Ma EGG ET TELEPHON J. Gle COAL AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES We are the Exclusive Dealers in Omaha for This High Grade Coal COLORADO LUMP COAL Smokeless—Sootless—Rescreened at the Yard PER TON, DELIVERED $10.50 Genuine Franklin County, Illinois—Small Egg Size PER TON, DELIVERED $11.00 Thoroughly Rescreened at Yards Before Delivery Consumers Coal & Supply Co. “DEALERS IN GOOD COAL” ATLANTIC 9146—Our New Number—ATLANTIC 9146 Omaha Trunk Factory TRAVELING BAGS AND CASES, LADIES' HANDBAGS AND LEATHER NOVELTIES I. LEVY, D FREE DE 2 4th and Decatur Sts. I. LEVY, DRUGGIST FREE DELIVERY 2 4th and Decatur Sts. Web. 3100 CAPITOL POOL HALL 2018 North 24th Street—Phone Webster 1773 CIGARS, TOBACCO, CANDIES and SOFT DRINKS CHAS. W. SOUTH, Prop. PATRONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Streets Tel. JACKSON 1317 Headquarters for BRUNSWICK Phonographs and Records C. P. Wesin Grocery Co. 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