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BROOKLYN NEGRO MAYOR LEAVES FORTUNE WOMEN IN REVOLT AGAINST JIM CROW ARRANGEMENTS Singers Refuse to Furnish Program and Hundreds of Spectators Withdraw from Washington Auditorium PROTEST SEGREGATION PLAN Convention of International Council of Women Marred by the Usual Exhibition of Race Prejudice (Special to The Monitor by Walter J. Singleton.) Washington, D. C. May 15.—The International Council of Women are in session at the Washington auditorium. On May 5th some two hundred singers were scheduled to appear. Mrs. Philip North Moore, president of the American branch of the council, had given a written guarantee that there should be no segregation. However, when it was found that the colored people had been consigned to one half of the balcony, Hallie Q. Brown, former member of the faculty of Wilberforce university, and until last August president of the National Association of Colored Women, appeared before the curtain and said: "This is a gathering of women of the world here, and color finds no place in it. We were told there would be no segregation, but there has been. If we can't have free equality, we won't participate in the program," whereon the colored people in the audience quietly left the auditorium. After the concert Miss Brown said she had heard rumors that there was to be segregation and had taken the matter up with Mrs. Moore, who had thereupon given Mary McLeed Behune, the new president of the National Association of Colored Women, a written statement that there would be no segregation. "I was appointed," said Miss Brown, "in 1923 to arrange the music of the colored group for May 5th at the International Council of Women to be held in Washington May 4 to 14. I came to Washington to attend the inauguration of President Coolidge, for I directed the colored women's political activities throughout the United States and felt we must represent them during the eventful week. At great expense to myself and others I remained in the city, except for a few weeks, gathering the singers from various organizations and cities to take part in the program. This being a great international movement, we had no idea that such a thing as segregation could enter into the arrangement. We had secured such noted characters as J. Henry Lewis and Dr. R. Nathaniel Dett, one of the noted composers of America; Professor Roy Tibbs of Howard university and other of note to participate in the music. Judge our surprise when we learned that there was to be segregation at the Capital of the United States, where we would least expect it, against a group of the nation's constituents, who have been faithful, loyal, and patriotic to this great government. We felt that we could not submit to this ostracism, and though we had 200 noted singers, with voices unsurpassed, to participate, when we found that segregation existed, we could not be humiliated in the eyes of the foreign women who had come to believe that America was the land of the free and the home of the brave." Mrs. Moore, president of the American branch, placed the blame on the ticket agency, and acknowledged that she had given a written agreement that there should be no segregation "on the advice of some of the best people of this city (Washington)." In an interview Mrs. Moore stated: "As far as the National Council was able to control it, there was no segregation. We did not intend that there should be any. The tickets were placed in the hands of an agency, and it, I presume, followed Washington custom. I am sorry the controversy has arisen." It is true, as Mrs. Moore added, that the official colored representatives of organizations, who are affiliated with the International council, were seated in the main body of the auditorium on an equal footing with the other members and without discrimination. It was a "vertical segregation" in the halcyon of holders of tickets of admission to the concert that brought about the refusal of the singers to appear. After the walk-out, there was considerable discussion in the lobby of the auditorium. A number of foreign delegates had joined the colored people in leaving the hall, expressing outspoken sympathy and indignation. One of them, an English woman, de- THE MONITOR WEALTHY NORTH CAROLINIAN RIDES ON URBAN BUS LINE The Three-mile Ride of Berry O'Kelly May Force Decision of Very Important Question in Tar Heel State MAY LIFT BAR AGAINST RACE Raleigh, N. C., May 15.—When Berry O'Kelly rode on the interurban bus line from this place to Method last week it was only a three-mile drive but broke all precedents in the state. Heretofore, interurban bus lines had refused to haul colored people. O'Kelly has several automobiles but he was in a hurry to get back to Method and insisted on riding in the bus. The driver at first refused to haul him but O'Kelly showed his ticket and at last won out. As a result of this ride the whole question has been agitated in the state as never before. Attorney General Brummit refused to give a definite opinion on the question as to whether commercial busses shall haul colored passengers in the future. W. T. Lee, chairman of the Public Service Commission said it was his opinion that the busses were probably common carriers and would probably have to carry colored passengers as well as white in the future. Colored People Barred Until O'Kelly's three-mile ride it had been practically impossible for colored people to use bus lines in the state. Had any ordinary man made an attempt at it he would probably have suffered violence. O'Kelly is, however, both wealthy and prominent. He practically owns the little town of Method, three miles from Raleigh and is one of the wealthiest men of the state. He was an intimate friend of the late Booker T. Washington and is said to be one of the three or four colored men who have ever been named on the Trustee Board at Tuskegee Institute. He founded a school in Method and has loaned money freely to both races. It is believed that he told the bus driver to accept him as fare or stay out of Method. ANTI-LODGE BILL KILLED Springfield, Ill., May 15.—(A. N. P.)—Chas. A. Griffin, one of Chicago's four colored assemblymen, succeeding in killing the Barbour bill which had passed the state senate. This bill would have made it impossible for any colored fraternal organization to function in the state if a white organization had the same name. APPOINTED TEACHER Jamaica, N. Y., May 15—Miss L. Vivian Harris of 60 South street, was recently appointed a teacher in the public schools. Miss Harris is the niece of Rev. and Mrs. R. A. McCarthy of the above address and well known in social and civic circles. WASHINGTON CITIZENS ADD TO TUSKEGEE-HAMPTON FUND Washington, D. C., May 15.—Kelly Miller, heading the joint committee of citizens working for the Hampton-Tuskegee endowment fund campaign, announced on April 28 that members of our group had subscribed $5,462. He expects to bring the amount to $10,000. Chief Justice Taft and Frederic Delano of the local committee have expressed their satisfaction with the results obtained. clared to the press representatives: "I should think you would be ashamed to have such a thing happen in your country!" The incident has caused widespread comment. The foreign delegates were, on the whole, rather angry over the incident. Among the most indignant delegates was Mrs. Henry Villard of New York, daughter of William Lloyd Garrison, the famous emancipator. "I did not think such an incident could happen before such an organization as this," said Mrs. Villard. "Here is the one great organization in the world which stands for absolute freedom from all prejudices which go to separate peoples and disturb the peace of nations. Yet we have this insult thrown at a great group of our people. "I do not blame the colored delegates for being angry. It is disgusting. I am very disappointed indeed in the failure of women to make any definite progress toward bringing about peace among men." OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1925 Venereal Diseases --- Destroyers of Public Health and Wealth Spring Fever Epidemic GONE FISHING KETNER GONE FISHING GONE FISHING (Copyright, W. N. U.) It is hard to measure the cost of venereal diseases in money. It is even more difficult to give an accurate idea of the damage they do when that damage is to be defined in terms of individual and national health. In a previous article of this series, it was said that the money cost of venereal diseases for six years ending with 1924 amounted to a minimum charge of $25 for every man, woman and child in the country. Any attempt to explain the cost in health, however, is hampered by the absence of such definite units of measurement as the recognized values represented by dollars and cents. And yet it may safely be said that injury to health is the worst effect of syphilis, gonorrhea and chancroid, for it is from this ill-health that the economic burdens of these diseases largely arise. We have noticed that the money cost of venereal disease falls without favor upon the sick and the well, the rich and the poor, the innocent and the guilty. So, too, do syphilis and gonorrhea take their toll in health from all who become infected and who, through ignorance or foolhardy bravado, neglect to put themselves under the care of a competent doctor or an official public clinic. In all cases venereal diseases will pave the way for physical degeneration and suffering, unless they are promptly checked by extended treatment under reputable medical or clinical care. The old notion that gonorrhea is no worse than a bad cold has been routed by an onslaught of facts. Gonorrhea may cause blindness or it may lead to gonorrheal rheumatism, which in turn may cause heart disease. Dr. John H. Stokes of the Mayo Clinic is responsible for the statement that one-third of the blindness in asylums, and one-half of the blindness dating from birth, is due to gonorrhea of the eye. An analysis of the statistics of the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind shows 1,020 cases of blindness admitted to the school in thirty years. Out of this total, 267 cases, or 26 per cent, were due to gonorrheal infection. It has been estimated that there are at least 20,000 cases of blindness from this cause in the United States. The MUSIC FOR THE SICK Washington, D. C., May 8. (Columbian Press Bureau)—Under the enthusiastic direction of Prof. George W. Cook, of Howard University, and Miss Anna S. Payne, of this city, a five thousand dollar fund is in the making, with which to purchase three hundred radio sets for the entertainment of patients at Freedmen's Hospital. Already, the sum of nearly one thousand dollars has been given by local churches, lodges and individual givers, and it is expected that Freedmen's sick will soon have their ills partially assuaged by music and mirth as broadcast by local and distant radio stations. By the United States Public Health Service III. The Cost in Health tragedy of it all is that most of these cases date from birth. Cold statistics cannot convey the immensity of the injustice. As Stokes says, "One has to see one of these little children rocking back and forth in a railed-inch chair, and watch the baby groping about on the floor, gurgling as it feels your shoe strings, really to know in the soul of him what gonorhea means." Much of the surgery performed on the reproductive organs of women is made necessary by gonorrhea. Often such women can never have children, and in some cases death or lifelong invalidism has been the result of such infection. The Indiana State Board of Health says, "Gonorrhea is directly responsible for a majority of the appallingly great number of abdominal operations on women, and for a very large percentage of all so-called female troubles. The woman is usually an innocent victim of the husband's earlier indiscretions and his incomplete cure. In men, gonorrhea causes sterility, rheumatism, heart disease, bladder trouble, stricture and other complications." And on the authority of Sir William Osler, "Gonorrhea is a disease of the first rank. It costs the country annually thousands of lives, 30 to 40 per cent of all congenital blindness, chronic pelvic mischief in women, and the unhappiness of sterile marriages." So much for gonorrhea—now for syphilis. According to a pamphlet issued by one of our state boards of health, it has been estimated that from eight to twelve per cent of all deaths are caused by syphilis. Most of these deaths are reported as stillbirths, heart diseases, apoplexy, paralysis, locomotor ataxia, insanity, diseases of the arteries, all of which may be caused by syphilis and some of which are invariably caused by it. The report of the New York State Hospital Commission shows that at present syphilis is the most prominent definite cause of mental diseases. Another authority estimates that 15 per cent of all first admissions to hos- PEPPER POT CLUB The Pepper Pot club met at the club's den at the residence of Mrs. Moss Tuesday, May 12. This was a social meeting so the evening was spent in card playing and dancing. The members have purchased arm bands. Miss Virginia Billingly and Mr. Norton Green, also members of this club, have been united in marriage. CARNEGIE MEDAL AWARDED TO BALTIMORE CITIZEN Baltimore, Md., May 15—William Cagle, 600 Wayne street, was among the fifteen awarded medals by the Carnegie hero fund commission, it was announced Saturday. pitials for the insane are traceable to syphilis. It is asserted that syphilis is the greatest single cause of heart disease, the leading recognized killer. Syphilis is responsible for nearly one-half of all abortions, miscarriages and stillbirths. A group of syphilitic women were under observation at a clinic in Toronto, Canada. Out of 192 pregnancies of these women there were 53 miscariages, 24 stillbirths, 42 deaths in early infancy and 36 syphilitic children—a total of 155 tragedies. Syphilis causes a degeneration of tissues, loathsome sores, a feeling of shame and despondency and a sense of uncleaniness. It cripples, maims and kills innocent wives and children as well as loose living men and women. Is it any wonder that a state board of health has said that "Syphilis and gonorrhea actually cause more suffering and death than smallpox, diphtheria, infantile paralysis and tuberculosis combined." In speaking of syphilis Dr. Stokes says, "It is a master disease, the peer, and indeed the superior of tuberculosis, the 'great white plague', in the range of its influence over the fate of mankind, present and future. There is not a tissue or a structure of the body that syphilis cannot affect nor is there an aspect of the entire science of medicine in which it will not be encountered. No lane is so long that it may not find syphilis at its turning. The disease has changed the destiny of mankind upon the face of the earth. If it should cease at this moment to be transmitted, its effects would not disappear within two and perhaps three generations. Few, indeed, of living human beings can boast an ancestry free from its remote effects." These articles have recounted the history and distribution of venereal diseases and have pointed out their cost in health and wealth. A large part of the loss occasioned by syphilis and gonorrhea is unnecessary, since these diseases are both preventable and curable. In the fourth and last installment of this series, venereal disease control measures will be described and outlined. We have looked the situation in the face; now we must turn to the remedy. William Cagle, employed by the Consolidated Gas and Electric company, descended into a gas-filled man hole last January and brought out his foreman, Roy Brunebrink, who was overcome. N. A. A. C. P. REQUESTS MEM- BRIER P DRINK CONFERENCE a conference of representatives of the various churches of the city is called to meet at the North Side "Y" Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Executive Committee of the N. A. A. C. P. to plan for the N. A. A. C. P. Membership Drive which will be held from June 1 to June 15. All churches are asked to send one or more representatives to this conference. WHOLE Number 514 NEGRO MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, ILLINOIS, LEAVES $500,000 Had Served as Chief Executive of Small Town for Six Years— Filled Other Important Positions WAS GRADUATE OF OBERLIN St. Louis, Mo., May 15.—Charles B. Jones, 64, for six years mayor of Brooklyn, Ill., died Sunday, on the eve of his inauguration into his fourth two-year term of office at the head of the village government. He was buried Tuesday afternoon, after funeral services at his late home. Interment was at Urbana, Ill. Mayor Jones leaves a widow, Mrs. Lily B. Jones, two brothers and a sister. Ill health, following a nervous breakdown a year ago, had gradually sapped his strength. His estate is valued at a half million dollars. Mayor Jones was a graduate of Oberlin college, Oberlin, Ohio. For 44 years a resident of Brooklyn, Mayor Jones has held nearly every important civic office in this town of nearly a 100 per cent race population. Of the 3,000 residents of Brooklyn only four families are white. The village has cast an electoral vote of 1,100, and in the last presidential election gave all but one of these votes to the republican candidate. Six years ago Charles B. Jones was elected mayor of Brooklyn. He has filled the office with an executive ability that has won him re-election three times. His death occurred just as he was about to be inaugurated into his fourth term of office. Twenty-six years ago he was made village supervisor, an office which he has filled continuously since then. He held it even when mayor. He was for many years principal of the public school in Brooklyn. WOMEN'S EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Washington, D. C., May 14. Forty-five members of the executive board of the National Association of Colored Women, meeting in Welfare Workers' hall, Twelfth street and Rhode island avenue, Saturday, voted a revision of the association's national constitution and the establishment of permanent business headquarters in this city. A paid secretary will be located here throughout the year. Subscription among the women present secured $5,520 as an initial payment on the new home of the association. The committee handling the $50,000 scholarship fund of which a large share was raised at the annual meeting of the association in Chicago last August, was enlarged by the addition of Mrs. Maggie Walker, banker of Richmond, Va., and Dr. Mary Waring of Chicago. From Twenty-two States Twenty-two states were represented in the gathering of women in the executive board meeting. Discussion of important educational and financial plans for the next two years occupied most of the sessions, which were adjourned on Monday. Plans for the next biennial meeting to be held in California in 1926, were discussed. Mrs. Mary McCloud Bethune, national president, opened the meeting with an address of welcome. Mrs. Jennie Porter Barrett, chairman of the executive board, presided. Routine business was carried through. It was voted to restrict the welcome addresses, entertainment and biennial meetings to two evenings. Tuskegee, Ala., May 15.—Dr. Robert R. Morton, principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute, has announced that the forty-fourth scholastic year of the institute would come to a close Thursday, May 21, when the annual commencement exercises will be held, at which the principal address will be delivered by Bishop George C. Clement of the A. M. E. Z. church, Louisville, Ky. The anniversary exercises will begin Sunday afternoon with the commencement sermon by the Right Rev. William G. McDowell, bishop-coadjutor of the diocese of Alabama, of the Protestant Episcopal church. THIRD SUCCESSIVE WINNER IN ORATORICAL CONTEST Battle Creek, Mich., May 15.—Miss Mary E. Butler, formerly of Chicago, who is now attending high school here, won the oratorial contest of the Battle Creek high school this year and was awarded a price of $20 in gold. This marks the third successive year a member of our group has won this honor. GROWING :: :: THANK YOU 4 Vol. X—No. 44 RTUNE DISPLAY DISPATCH IN GIVING DIPLOMA TO RACE DIPLOMAT Quick Action Shown in Appointment and Qualification of Wharton for Diplomatic Post in Liberia NOT ADMITTED TO SCHOOL Department of State Exempts Negro Attorney from Taking Prescribed Course for Foreign Service Washington, D. C., May 15.—Afro Bureau)—A flagrant case of discrimination on account of race by government officials has just leaked through the veil of secrecy behind which the State Department moves in all its activities. Negro Shifted To Africa It concerns the way in which Clifton R. Wharton, former Baltimore boy, was shunted off to Liberia in order that there would be no colored person to attend the Foreign Service School, which was opened on April 20, last, for the training of new appointees in the diplomatic and consular service. The President on May 24, 1924, approved an act of Congress which provided for the reorganization and improvement of the Foreign Service. This act authorized the President to prescribe certain rules and regulations for administering the Foreign Service. School for Diplomats Pursuant to the act of May 24, 1924 President Coolidge issued an executive order on June 7, 1924, which, among other things, provided for the establishment of a Foreign Service School for the instruction of new appointees. This executive order provided that new appointments to the Foreign Service shall be to the unclassified grade only, and no promotions to a higher grade shall be made except on the recommendation of the Foreign Service Personnel Board, with the approval of the Secretary of State, after the completion of one full term in the Foreign Service School. The executive order further provided that "the term of instruction in the Foreign Service School is one year, which shall be considered a period of probation during which the new appointees are to be judged as to their qualifications for advancement and assignment to duty." The Secretary of State was authorized by the executive order to prescribe the rules and regulations for the governing of the oireign Service School. Secretary Charles E. Hughes, on June 9, 1924, prescribed certain rules to govern the school. One of these rules provided that each Foreign Service pupil shall be assigned to one of the divisions or bureaus of the Department of State, where he will report for duty when not attending classes. Wharton Passes Exam Wharton Passes Exam In conformity with these provisions of the Act of May 24, 1924, and the executive order of June 7, 1924, an examination was held in January last. Out of a field of one hundred candidates, the first class consisting of nineteen young men and one young woman was chosen. Among the nineteen successful young men was a colored youth, Clifton R. Wharton, who had been serving as a law clerk in the State Department since August 16, 1924. His admission to the Foreign Service and prospective attendance of the Foreign Service School constituted a grave diplomatic problem. It had to be solved before the school was opened and the students learned the first principles of diplomacy. The faculty saw visions of political complications if the proper course were not taken. Secret Diplomacy The veteran diplomats of the department were called together in solemn and secret consultation. In fact, the consultations were so secret that the press was not even given an inking that a perplexing interracial problem was under consideration by the State Department. Out of the solemn conclaves a solution finally came. Mr. Wharton was graduated forthwith. Prior to the opening of the Foreign Service School and without taking a day of the year's required training, he was solemnly and officially declared a full-fledged diplomat, given the department's blessing as its first alumnus and sent to Africa. He was appointed secretary of the American legation at Monrovia, Liberia, March 21st and he and his wife sailed a week later. The Foreign Service School opened on April 20. It is "illy-white". THE MONITOR THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 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 WEbster 4243 ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 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. THE NEGRO'S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE A moment's thought will easily convince open-minded persons that the contribution of the Negro to American nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from the first the foundation of the American prosperity and the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply on the striving white men in Europe and America but also on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for two centuries. The military defense of this land has depended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American literature but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living, breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, "The Gift of Black Folk." PAGE TWO THE MAIL A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED OF COLORED PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY A MONITOR PUBLIC Entered as Second-Class Mail Matt Omaha, Nebraska, under THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAM W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.00 A WEEK Advertising Rates Fur Address, The Monitor, Poston Telephone W ARTICLE XIV, CON UNITED Citizenship Rights 1. All persons born or naked and subject to the jurisdiction United States and of the State state shall make or enforce any privileges or immunities of citi shall any state deprive any p erty without due process of within its jurisdiction the equ WOMEN ACT COURAGEOUSLY THE MONITOR heartily commends the stand taken by the representative women of our race in their protest against the segregation arrangements in the Washington auditorium last week in connection with the concert given for the International Council of Women. Realizing, as these far-sighted women did, the disposition of Americans to subject colored Americans to humiliating restrictions and wishing to save America's good name before the representatives of thirty-six nations participating in the convention, Miss Hallie Q. Brown, ex-president of the National Association of Colored Women, who had arranged, as requested, the splendid musical program by our race artists, and Mrs. Mary McCleod Bethune, the present president, went to Mrs. Moore, president of the American branch, courteously advising her of the sentiment of our people touching segregation. Mrs. Moore gave Mrs. Bethune, it is alleged, a written statement that there should be no segregation. When, however, it was discovered that the colored people were being confined to one-half of the balcony, Miss Hallie Q. Brown, stepping before the curtain told why the program would not be given. The singers declined to give the program, Spectators of our own group withdrew, and sympathizers among the white people also withdrew. It was a humiliating incident for America, which American prejudice invited and which our people tried to avert. It was, however, the kind of humiliation that the United States needs to have forced home to it the truth that self-respecting Americans of color are not going to tamely submit to the humiliation of being treated as pariahs and undersirable. We are either Americans or we are not. If we are Americans, and measure up to American standards in character, morals and conduct then we expect to be treated as such. The stand taken by the women in this incident at Washington is symptomatic of this attitude of our people. The sooner that America recognizes this fact the better it will be for the peace, happiness and prosperity of our country. It is folly to attempt to side-step so grave and important an issue. Our women took a courageous and right stand. NOT COMPLIMENTARY EVERY NOW AND THEN there is forced upon our attention evidence of truckling and cowardice upon the part of representatives of the federal government which makes it difficult for us to maintain any confidence in or semblance of respect for those in authority. The most recent is the case of Clifton R. Wharton, who qualified for admission to the diplomatic service and who under the rules of the service should have been admitted to the Foreign Service School for a course of instruction incident to receiving his diploma. Of twenty candidates who had qualified for admis- THE NEGRO'S CONTRIBU A moment's thought will persons that the contribution nationality as slave, freedman negligible. No element of Ar yet clearly woven itself into and acting as the American N explorers and helped in explore the first the foundation of the cause of the rapid growth economic importance. Moder sion Mr. Wharton was the only one of color. His admission to the school was deemed inexperient and he was given his diploma and sent at one to his post in Liberia. As some one has facetiously pointed out, "registration, matriculation, a full year's course of study, graduation and a diploma" in sixty seconds by this young Negro was some record. But it does not place the sincerity of government officials in a very happy light. We do not look upon this side-stepping by the State department as complimentary to those who should have the moral courage to stand for right and justice to all citizens. CAMP FIRE NEWS Is your girl a Camp Fire Girl? If not? Why not? What Camp Fire Is The fundamental idea of the Camp Fire is to foster the personal relation of the mother to her daughter to cultivate the closest intimacy between them and to magnify the home as the sacred center of their relation, its law opens seven roads, leading down long vistas of endeavor and opportunity, toward the goal of balanced, efficient young womanhood. The law is—Seek beauty, give service, pursue knowledge, be trustworthy, hold on to health, work, be happy. Miss Martha Roberts entertained her group at breakfast at Elmwood park Sunday morning. Miss Cleone Macklin is forming a group of girls from 11 to 14 years old. Mrs. Geo. Macklin has a group of girls from 13 to 17 years old. There are other guardians ready to start groups, so see that your daughter becomes a Camp Fire Girl before time to go to Camp Brewster this summer. ROOSEVELT POST AMERICAN LEGION TO HOLD CARNIVAL Roosevelt Post No. 30, American Legion, will hold a carnival from May 20 to May 31st at Twenty-fourth and Grant streets, for raising funds to help entertain the great national American Legion Convention to be held in Omaha in October. This convention will bring hundreds of thousands of legionaires and visitors to Omaha. Among them will be several hundred colored members and visitors. It will devolve upon the Theodore Roosevelt Post to do its share in helping to provide entertainment and hospitality for these visitors. They need money to do it. This carnival, offering many attractions, is to raise money for this purpose. It should be generously patronized. The committee on arrangements is Dr. J. A. Singleton, R. L. Williams and Frank Blackwell. COMING! "THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast Bang First Gun Fired For Funds AMERICAN LEGION CARNIVAL To raise funds for Legion National Convention here in October Help to entertain the boys who fought to make this country safe for democracy Given by ROOSEVELT POST NO. 30 at 24th and Grant Sts. May 21st to 31st Plenty of Fun Everybody Welcome COMMITTEE: DR. J. A. SINGLETON R. L. WILLIAMS FRANK BLACKWELL. LINCOLN NEWS Mrs. E. J. Griffin, 2040 N street, was hostess to the Progressive Twelve Wednesday afternoon. The club colors were featured in the table decorations. An elaborate luncheon was served, fourteen being present. The guests of honor were Mrs. Guy Wiley ,Mrs. Mary Edwards and Mrs. Anna Rhinehardt. A silver tea was given at the residence of Mrs. Guy Wiley, 1911 K street, Thursday afternoon from 3 to 6 for the benefit of Mt. Zion Baptist church. Mrs. Birdie Artis, manager. The musical and dramatic entertainment given last Thursday evening at Mt. Zion Baptist church was an expression of the high esteem and appreciation the citizens of Lincoln have for Mrs. Fannie Russell of Omaha. Dr. C. C. Harper of Dallas, Texas, will arrive in Lincoln about May 20th to conduct a series of revival meetings in Mt. Zion Baptist church, beginning May 20th and ending June 1st. It is said appropriate Mothers' Day services were held in all churches of the city. Mr. Pendleton Murray, formerly of Lincoln, died in Omaha last Wednesday after a siege of sickness. The body was brought to Lincoln to rest beside that of his wife, who passed away several years ago. He leaves as survivors five sons and two daughters, all of whom were present at the funeral. The funeral was held in Castle, Roper and Matthew's undertaking parlor, Rev. M. C. Knight of the A. M. E. church officiated. A large crowd of old friends paid last respects to the deceased. Word came to us recently of the death of Mr. John Huff at Hastings, Neb., last week. We remember Mr. Huff as having visited Lincoln several times at Masonic functions. Mrs. Huff is also well known here, having visited Lincoln on several occasions. Rev. J. B. Smith officiated at the funeral at Hastings Sunday. Funeral services were held Monday for Attorney John H. Lawson, who was stricken suddenly and succumbed to his illness last Thursday. Deceased leaves as survivors a wife, one son here, and a daughter who arrived from Hot Springs, Ark., Saturday. Rev. J. B. Smith officiated. Eight additions to Quinn Chapel Sunday, four children and four adults. All were baptized by Rev. M. C. Knight. Annual sermon for Daughters of Isis at Quinn Chapel next Sunday night. Mrs. Anna Christman entertained her friends at luncheon last Thursday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Ursula E. Hines of St. Joseph, Mo. Covers were laid for five. Mary Talbert club served a fine chicken dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Moore last Friday night. About fifty persons journeyed to Robbers' cave, a few miles south of the city Friday night, where the time was spent in a social way. This was an occasion of Mrs. Marie Copeland's club for the benefit of June rally. Islam Court No. 43, Daughters of Isis, was delighted with the visit of their Imperial Grand Commandress, Mrs. Ursula E. Hines, of St. Joseph, Mo., last Wednesday night, May 6th. After the lecture a hour was held and the Merry Makers served refreshments. THE MONITOR Children, parents and numbering 105 sat down to the first annual Quinn Chapel Sunday School banquet Friday evening at 8:30, in the dining room, which was decorated. Miss Cleo Ross presided as toastmistress. Twelve children using each letter of the word Sunday School as toasts, a welcome address and a witty speech by a freshman, Harved Adams, remarks by Rev. M. C. Knight, closed the program. A record breaking attendance and great enthusiasm featured the meeting of the association at their club rooms May 11. The whist tournament is on in full blast. It looks like youth has the edge on old age selling plates. Welcome back to our midst! Mr. N. Jefferson blew in from California Saturday for the season. Mr. H. L. Jackson spent Sunday, Mother's Day, in Council Bluffs attending the A. M. E. church. Mr. James Walker motored to Lincoln Sunday. Mr. J. W. Shields has accepted the position as headwaiter with the Alfred Jones' Catering So. at Linomina Beach. Mr. A. Chandler has resumed his old position as head bussman at the Brandeis Restaurants. Mr. Frank Clemons was on the sick list last week; but is able to be out again. Mr. Elder Scott, our eminent headwaiter, returned Monday, after a soujourn of a week in Kanass. Hurrah, Hurrah! The Lakoma Club opens the season Saturday, May 16, with M. B. Pace as chef and Mr. Benjamin Slaughter as headwaiter. You know me, Ben. And last but not least, "this way, please" are the words you hear as you now enter the great Brandeis Restaurants, coming from two old staff waiters, Mr. Fred Trusty and your honored Mr. John Woods, who were promoted to captainies. Efficiency, brains and little touch of diplomacy lead to promotion. We take off our hat to our friend Mr. Cal. Kennedy who was able to secure the position of headwaiter made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Scott of the Athletic Club. Don't orry, go to it, old boy, you have the backing of the association 100 per cent. Nuff said, boys. C. H. SPRIGGS, Correspondent. LIBEFTY DRUG CO., 1904 No. 24th street, WEBster 0386. Expert service at lowest prices. Purity given first consideration. DREAMLAND CAFE Opened Sunday, March 29, in the Jewel Building, 24th and Grant Streets. —SERVING— Ice cream, candies, soft drinks, sodas, and home cooked meals. THOMPSON & TAYLOR, Proprietors COMING! "THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast Now in Full Swing ANNIVERSARY SALE Piano New Grands Perfect Tone $446 and Guaranteed Regular Price $595 As a special inducement to attend our great anniversary sale, we have selected some of the greatest bargains ever offered in new and slightly used pianos. Every instrument is guaranteed first class condition. If you want a genuine bargain don't fail to see these instruments. $10 DOWN Don't let lack of funds keep you from this sale. If you want one of these instruments, we will see that terms are made to meet your convenience. New Guaranteed Players $366 Used Pease Upright A Big Bargain Phonographs Console Models Mahogany or walnut, play all records. We carry a complete stock of Victor, Brunswick, Columbia and Schmoller & Mueller Phonographs. Regular $125 values. Anniversary Sale Price $66.50 TERMS, $1.00 PER WEEK FREE! FREE! Beautiful 42-Piece Dinner Set to be given away free to every piano or phonograph purchaser during this sale. The piano must be $100.00 or more and the phonograph $66.50 or more for this free offer. Schmoiler & Mueller Annex 119 N. 16th St. Opposite Postoffice COMING! "THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast WANT A HOME? We Have It Among Recent Listings 5 Beautiful Residence Bungalows 3 New 5-room Cottages Small Payment Down—Balance Less Than Rent I can save you from $250 to $500 on a five or six-room bungalow built to your order anywhere you want it. C. W. WILLIAMS Real Estate 1520 1/2 North 24th Street WEbster 4882 FURNISHED APARTMENTS For rent—2 and 3 rooms. WE. 4983 2130 No. 28th Street EMERSON'S LAUNDRY The Laundry That Suits All 1301 No. 24th St Web. 0820 HILL-WILLIAMS DRUG COMPANY FOUNTAIN PENS—STATIONERY CIGARS and CANDY Eastman Kodaks and Supplies 2402 Cuming Street Also Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 2001 CUMING STREET TELEPHONE JACKSON 1098 THULL PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS PROMPTLY FILLED Time to Plant that Garden When you see a beautiful garden you will usually find the seed came from the old reliable— YOU CAN HAVE THE KIND OF JOB YOU ARE LOOKING FOR by listing your name and telephone number with ALFRED JONES Catering and Employment Office 1322 DODGE STREET AT. 9542 We Treat You Right STATE SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION N. W. Corner 19th and Douglas Streets Bankers Reserve Bldg. Prescriptions A GRADUATE REGISTERED PHARMACIST Is in charge of our Prescription Department at all times. Your safety is guaranteed when you leave your prescriptions at our store. To Avoid Pyorrhea Use DENTLO PYORRHEA PREVENTIVE TOOTH PASTE 25c--2 oz. Tube Manufactured by Kaffir Chemical Laboratories (A Race Enterprise) OMAHA, NEBRASKA ASK FOR IT AT DRUG STORES TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE Local and Personal Happenings WE PRINT THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust building, Jackson 3841 or Harney 2156. Mrs. Annie Norwood of Kansas City, Kansas, who was called to Omaha by the death of her grandmother, Mrs. George Hopkins, left for her home Tuesday night. Mrs. Mary Craigh of Sioux City, Ia., is the guest of her cousin, James Washington, 1423 North Twenty-first street. Mothers' Day program was given at the Spring Hill Baptist church Sunday night at which time a filled church enjoyed the splendid program which was rendered in solos papers, addresses and recitations on the occasion. Diamonds and jewelry loans, quick service, safe and reliable. Diamond Loan Co. N. W. corner 16th and Chicago. Adv. Mrs. Marie Lecoq, house keeper at the North Side, Branch of the Y. W. C. A., left Thursday night for her former home in New Orleans, Ia., on a month's vacation. Grand Musical at Pilgrim Baptist church Thursday evening, May 28.—Adv. Mrs. H. J. Ford, 2884 Ohio street, left Thursday funeral for Houston, Texas, to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs. A. B. Byers, who died Monday morning after a brief illness. DO YOU WANT TO WIN A PRIZE? DO YOU WANT TO WIN A PRIZE? To encourage civic pride and aid in the campaign for a more beautiful Omaha the Garden Club of the North Side Branch of the Y. W. C. A. will give two prizes for the best kept flower garden among our people. The contest begins May 15 and will close August 15. The first prize is $2.50 in gold and the second prize $1.00. Entrants must register at the North Side "Y", 22nd and Grant streets. La Viejo Banda club will give its second charity affair in an Apple Blossom tea at the residence of Mrs. Belle Taylor, 2859 Miami street, Wednesday, May 20, from 2 to 8 p. m. Mr. S. H. Dorsay has returned home from St. Joseph's hospital where he was a patient for a month and is much improved in health. A largely attended card party was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Peoples, 2604 North Thirtieth street, by the Phi Delta society. Mrs. Dollie Perez and Mrs. Lorena Burt entertained on Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 5 in honor of Mrs. Georgia Bass of Chicago, Ill., at the beautiful home of Mrs. Burt, 1452 So. 16th street. After a delightful afternoon of music and dancing with Mrs. Beulah Bates and Mr. George Watson at the piano, a sumptus luncheon was served. Among those present were Mesdames Georgia Bass, V. Truehart, M. H. Dancan, all of whom were lavish in their praise of the hostesses. Pionos, violins, saxaphones, mandolins at the all church musical at Pilgrim Bapst church May 28. -Adv. Mrs. Dana Murphy, who has been detained at her home, 2705 Corby street, for the past fortnight, is slowly improving and is able to be up and around the house. The Girls' Friendly Society of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon entertained their mothers at the rectory Monday night with a delightful musical and literary program, after which refreshments were served. All churches represented at the musical given by Mrs. J. Alice Stewart, May 28, at Pilgrim Baptist Church.-Adv. The Omaha Waiters Association has a whist tournament in progress. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the contest to the men having the greatest number of points. At present Kennedy and Williams are leading with 47 points. The Mayflower Prosperity and Healing society gave their Mothers' Day program Monday night at the home of the general manager, Mrs. G. B. Stewart, 311B Webster street. Mrs. Helen Carter was mistress of ceremonies. Remarks were made by Mrs. Harris and Mr. Carter. A largely attended meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of St. Philip's church was held last Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Smith, 3027 Manderson street. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Gordon of 2416 Binney street, will be pleased to learn that Mrs. Gordon, who has been an invalid for several years and who recently went to her old home at Jacksonville, Ill., where she is undergoing treatment at the New Home Sanitarium, is much improved. COMING! "THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast St. Philip's choir will take part in the United Ascension Day services of the Episcopal churches to be held next Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the Church of the Good Shepherd Twentieth and Ohio Sts. PENDLETON J. MURRAY DEAD Mr. Pendleton J. Murray died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Dichinson, 2423 North Twenty-seventh street; Wednesday evening, May 6, after a year's illness. The body was taken to Lincoln Saturday morning for burial. Deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Dickinson and Miss Margaret Murray, a senior in Tech high; five sons, James of Minneapolis, Minn.; Otis, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Pendleton Jr., Reuben and Eugent of Omaha; and several grandchildren. Mr. Murray was a skillful carpenter and was 69 years of age. Y.W.C.A. NORTH SIDE BRANCH 22nd and Grant Streets EDNA M. STRATTON, Executive Sec'y MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BANQUET The Girl Reserve department of the Y. W. C. A. held its third annual Mother and Daughter banquet Friday evening, May 8 at St. John's A. M. E. church. The church was appropriately decorated for the occasion. The tables were beauti- fully decorated with candles and "GR" standards. The standards were designed by Miss Frances Gordon, one of the young- est and most active club advisors. The entire floor space was in use in order to take care of the two hundred and sixteen guests who took part in the celebration. Mr. Charles Burnett, secretary of St. John's church, acted as head waiter. He had as his helpers a very efficient group of the younger set of men. To this group goes the honor of having given the quickest and best service of any banquet served at St. John's church. Miss Ernestine Singleton, past president of the high school girls glee club, acted as cheer leader. Miss Singleton is a very charming and vivacious young lady and performed her difficult task with much "pep", yet modestly. A very interesting program was rendered. Miss Albertine Johnson read a paper on "The Gleam". It explained how the Girl Reserve department was the "gleam" of the "Y" and how "myself, knowledge, spirit, health and service" were rays of light from the "gleam". Miss Cleon Macklin explained "myself"; Miss Melva McCaw explained "knowledge"; Miss Helen Williams explained "spirit"; Miss Mae Gustin explained "health"; Miss Maud Singleton explained "service". The girls club sang their club songs at different intervals during the program. Those catchy little songs kept a constant stream of laughter flowing through the room. "Sociability," the last song was indeed a surprise. The words of this song embody a wonderful lesson for anyone. Mrs. Belle Riley, the chairman of the Girl Reserve department, thanked those who assisted. She also introduced the chef, Mrs. Bragg, and thanked those who assisted in the kitchen. "The Gleam," the closing song made an effective scene. Each girl guest took the small candle at her place and lighted it from the large central candle as she sang. That light was the emblem of the bright path that every Girl Reserve should follow. U. B. F. and S. M. T.'s TAKE NOTICE Rev. C. A. Williams, pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church, also past grand secretary of the U. B. F. Grand Lodge, will deliver the thanksgiving sermon. Public is cordially invited. Brothers meet at U. B. F. hall, 2426 Grant street, at one o'clock. Sisters at the church at one o'clock. M. C. SANDS, District Deputy. REPAIRS FOR STOVES FURNACES AND BOILERS OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS 1206-8 Douglas Str. COMING! "THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast SPECIAL For Fifteen Days Only Ladies Shampoo, press and bob curl. $1.25 Our little shoppe, formerly Mmes. Sheleeey and Gray, has been completely reorganized for first-class service in everything pertaining to milady's beauty. We give facial massages, marcel waving; make human hair switches and transformations; bob hair any style. Only first class specialists on our staff. Service and satisfaction guaranteed. MRS GEO. HOPKINS SUMMONED Mrs. Violet Hopkins, beloved wife of George Hopkins, died at the family residence, 2801 Charles street, early Friday morning after a six weeks illness in her 57th year. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins were married May 12, 1020, and had resided in Omaha during that period having come here from Dallas, Tex. The funeral was held Tuesday at noon from Pilgrim Baptist church of which she was a member, the Rev. W. M. Franklin, officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. A. McArland, pastor of St. James Baptist church. Omaha Chapter O. E. S. and Golden Leaf Tabernacle took part in the obsequies. Interment was in Forest Lawn. Deceased is survived by her husband, four sons by a former marriage, Charles, Alva and Richard Curry, of Omaha, and William of Dallas, Tex., two daughters-in-law and one granddaughter, Mrs. Annie Norwood of Kansas City, Kans. CARD OF THANKS We desire to return cordial thanks to our many friends for their appreciated kindness and messages of sympathy expressed by word, act and beautiful flowers during the sickness and death of a loving wife and mother, and especially Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brooks, Waco, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hunt, Mesdames Davis and Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Waller, Mr. and Mrs. Rubenstein, Messrs. G. Hughus and S. Gaston, Princess Wahoochie, St. James' Baptist Church, Golden Leaf Tabernacle No. 91, Omaha Craft No. 1, U. S. Woodcraft; Pilgrim Mission Circle, Omaha Chapter O. E. S., Friends at Athletic Club, Mid-City Grocery and Meat Co., White Rose Court No 33, J. K. Perry, V. C. R. B., Waco, Tex. George Hopkins and Family, 2801 Charles Street. THE MADAM C. J. WALKER COMPANY OPENS SCHOOL The famous Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company of Indianapolis, Ind., has opened an attractive and well-appointed Beauty Culture School, 2416 Lake street, for teaching the Walker system. The school was opened by Mrs. P. Earline Osborne, of Kansas City, Mo., and formerly of Omaha, where her husband served as pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church for several years and Mrs. Osborne did excellent work among the young people of the city. Mrs. Osborne is now national organizer of the Madam C. J. Walker Company. The Omaha school is in charge of Mrs. Marjorie Stewart Joyner of Chicago, national instructress. The school has an enrollment of twenty and two classes are held daily. Students are rapidly enrolling. Nebraska's only "Really complete" seed store Apple Trees, each.....17 1/2 c 2 to 3 years old, 5 to 7 feet high; a genuine 75c value. Wealthy winsaps — missonie pipkins — Black Ben Davis, while they last. Seeds, flowers, trees, shrubs, fertilizers, chick- ens, feed, etc. BILZ SEED AND NURSERY CO. Howard at 16th St. AT. 8788 WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA bster. 4243 ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH Twenty-fifth and R Streets, So. Side, O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor. Mothers Day will long be remembered by those who attended Allen Chapel services. Our program was excellent and made up of some of the best talent of the city. The program came under heading of the trustee aid of which Mrs. Severe is president and F. McCoy, vice-president. Mrs. Ida Riddles was mistress of ceremonies. Those taking part in the program from the northside were Miss Bell Ryan, superintendent of public schools, Prof. Joseph Thomas, Prof. Oliver and Madam Reeves who came at the solicitation of Mrs. H. J. Kinney and all rendered splendid service. Miss Ryan's address was of a wholesome nature and helpful to all. Some of our home talent were also in evidence, Mrs. Sarah Jones, Lovetta Bush, Ethel and Elsie Carter, Della Jones, Valrie Johnson and Harvy Carter. The ushers were Miss Odessa Bradley and Gertrude Woods. The Allen Chapel Boosters will stage the Million Dollar Wedding at the Labor Temple at 25th and M streets, Thursday, May 20th. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to the many friends in Omaha and Lincoln for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our beloved father, Pendleton Murray. JAMES MURRAY, OTIS MURRAY, PENDLETON MURRAY, Jr. RUEBEN MURRAY, EUGENE MURRAY, Sons; GOLDIE DICKINSON, MARGARET MURRAY, Daughters "THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast Special Treatment for Bobbed Hair MRS. C. C. JOHNSON 1515 No. 26th St. Web. 1984 Try our WET WASH Service SOMETHING DIFFERENT and BETTER Your clothes will be properly assorted and washed. NO FADING NO SHRINKING Standard Laundry WEbster 6055 COMING! "THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast S C I A L Days Only Job curl.....$1.25 Only Mmes. Sheeley and Gray, ized for first-class service in ady's beauty. We give facial make human hair switches and style. Only first class spec- and satisfaction guaranteed. ey and Hogan Specialists Webster 2763 home or at our shoppe. Do You Take a Race Paper? Subscribe Now for The Monitor EPISCOPAL Church of St. Philip the Deacon 21st near Paul Rev. 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Here Are Some Bargains: 5 rooms, modern, paved street, near car line, $2,850; $250 cash; balance $27.50 per mo. 6 rooms, modern, garage for two cars, south front, paved street, $3,750; $300 cash, balance $30 per month. E. M. DAVIS REAL ESTATE We. 6178 1702 North 26th St. EAGLE MIKADO 174 THE MIKADO 174 The YELLOW PENCIL with the RED BAND EAGLE PENCIL CO. NEW YORK, U.S.A. No.174 MADE BY THE LAWRENCE PENCIL FACTORY IN THE WORLD J. F. Taylor Dairy Products SEASONS CHANGE, BUT OUR PRODUCTS NEVER IN SUMMER AS IN WINTER. A full line of fresh dairy products every day at lowest market prices. 2116 NORTH TWENTY-FOURTH STREET The Great Race Novel of the Day WALTER A thrilling story depicting South. Critical book reviewer piece. Should be read by E or White. $2.50 For Sale by The Monitor of the N Take a Race bscribe Now By WALTER F. 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Be fair to yourse $20 a month for fif given away and then Let us Design, Bu Help Me Keep O Jno. T. Arch MAKE YOUR DOLLAR HAVE MORE GENERAL $300 and balance like rent a brand alt, painted—in fact, completed by the own plan if desired. Completed, many in course of construc word in material, appliances and t built-in features and only $300 do organization in Omaha building l gro labor. Don't be mislead, for the yourself and stop paying high rents for fifteen years amounts to $5,580 and then may have to move. Design, Build and Finance a New Home Keep Omaha's Competet Help Employed T. McDonald MAKE YOUR DOLLARS HAVE MORE CENTS For only $300 and balance like rent a brand new home, designed, built, painted—in fact, completed by Negro labor—and to your own plan if desired. A few completed, many in course of construction. The last word in material, appliances and workmanship. All the latest built-in features and only $300 down. The only organization in Omaha building homes for Negroes with Negro labor. Don't be mislead, for there is no other at present. Be fair to yourself and stop paying high rents. Paying only $20 a month for fifteen years amounts to $5,586.19 you have given away and then may have to move. Let us Design, Build and Finance a New Home for You. Help Me Keep Omaha's Competent Colored Help Employed Architect and Builder In Ave. Teleph ter Built Homes for L 3809 Camden Ave. "Better B "Better Built Homes for Less" RAGE FOUR A CT S A B L E C A R E L E A N T R A N S L A T E N I T Y A A T H R I F T D V E I L K E Q C E R S E K N E S Y O R E E Y A K A T E R E T B E A R E V E R L M O P T E E O R B E S O R D E R T S I R E C H Y O N S M E D E D R E S L L E A S E D E M O L L I E N T A I D E R A S H M A S T K N E F VAN ABC RUS ATE E PAL ARE LEE PAD Now Vacant, Want Quick Sale 1623 North 23rd Street 2905 North 26th Street 1831 North 21st Street 3020 Franklin Street 2623 Grant Street 2802 North 28th Street 2610 Wirt Street 2621 Grant Street 2116 North 27th Avenue Can Arrange Terms to Suit Purchaser Many Other Good Homes to Select From A. J. DAVIS REAL ESTATE CO. Office Phone WEbster 2900 Res. WEbster 0839 Notary Public Office 2221. North 24th St. Jewell Building with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast H. J. Pinkett. Attorney NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, in the matter of the estate of Gertrude F. Hall, deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 1st day of June, 1925, and that if they fail to appear at said Court on the said 1st day of June, 1925, at 9 o'clock a.m. to contest said petition, the Court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to Mattie B. Gooden or some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 5-4-3t County Judge. Take notice that there is now pending in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, in an action there- The Week's Best Crossword Puzzle | I | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 11 | | | | | 12 | | | 13 | | | | | | | 14 | | | | 15 | | 16 | 17 | 18 | | | 19 | | | | 20 | | | | | 21 | | | | | | | 22 | | | | 23 | | 24 | | | 25 | | | | | | 26 | | | | | 27 | | 28 | 29 | | 30 | | | | 31 | 32 | | | | | 33 | | | 34 | | | 35 | 36 | | | | | | | 37 | | | | | | 38 | | | | | | | | 39 | | | 40 | | 41 | | | | | | | | | 42 | | | | 43 | 44 | | | 45 | | | 46 | | 47 | | | | | 48 | | | 49 | | | 50 | | 51 | | 52 | | | | 53 | | | | | | | | 54 | | | 55 | | 56 | | 57 | | | | | 58 | | 59 | | | | 60 | | | 61 | | | | | 62 | | 63 | | | | | 64 | | | | | | | | 65 | | | | | | (@, 1925, Western Newspaper Union.) 1—To pollute 2—Yellowls of eggs 11—To deter 12—Antennae (radio) 14—Deer 15—Marine boat 19—Expire 20—Smallest state in the Union (abbr.) 21—To face toward 22—Point of compass 23—Terminus 25—Small American monkey (pl.) 26—Energy (cant.) 27—Small weight 28—Church of Jesus word from which a religion was named 29—Ridges 33—Kind of marble 31—Dirty 37—Sensible 32—Dorm in southeast Asia 33—Wild animal 41—In that place 42—Rope 43—Before (poetie) 45—To tear 47—Pouch 48—In pieces 50—Number under eleven 52—Prefix meaning not 53—Thick 54—One of American continents (abbr.) 56—One 57—Hestitates 52—Fit 60—Fine parchment 52—Something supposed to bring good luck 54—Northern ridge of glacial drift 52—Half-witted (slang) in in which David Butler is plaintiff and Hattie Butler is defendant, the petition of said plaintiff, the object and prayer of which petition and action are to obtain in favor of said plaintiff and against said defendant an absolute decree of divorce on the grounds of willful desertion for more than two years last past. You are required to answer said petition on or before June 10, 1925. DAVID BUTLER,Plaintiff. By Ed. F. Moriarty, His Attorney. 41-5-825 To Cellie Miller, whose place of residence is unknown, and upon whom personal service of summons cannot be made, defendant. Take notice that on the thirtieth (30th) day of January, 1925, Clara Miller as plaintiff, filed her petition against you in the Fourth Judicial District of the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, Docket 218, Number 16. The object and prayer of which is to procure absolute divorce from you on the ground of DOLLARS THE GENTS Make rent a brand new home, completed by Negro labor— course of construction. appliances and workmanship. only $300 down. aha building homes for Ne- nislead, for there is no other aving high rents. Paying only counts to $5,586.19 you have move. ce a New Home for You. Competent Colored Employed Donald, Sr. Telephone KE. 5634 mes for Less" Horizontal W. G. Morgan Vertical. 1-Thither 3-III 2-Colored fluid 3-Northwestern state (abbr.) 4 Number under 14 5-Arithmetic 7-Correlative of either 8-Cover 9-Former German ruler 10-Slumber 11-Insects 12-Kneltshift boat 13-Particle 14-Hackneyed 17-Food of pungent taste and odor 18-Severe 26-Remuneration 19-Another time 20-Animal skin disease 21-Kind of willow 22-Gaze fixedly 23-Small mound 24-Dead ember 25-Toywear 41-Concise 26-Spearlike weapon (pl.) 27-Declaim 46-A tyrant 28-Blandly pleasing 29-Eve's husband 30-Limit 51-Trim, neat 31-Deer 57-Animal's coat 32-Performance 33-Note of musical scale 34-Thus Solution will appear in next issue extreme cruelty. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 23rd day of June, 1925. CARA MILLER. Per W. S. Morgan, Her Attorney 5t-8-5-25 H. J. Pinkett, Atty NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION In the County Court of Douglas Country, Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of John Bims, deceased: All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in said Court alleging that said deceased died leaving no last will and praying for administration upon his estate, and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said court on the 23rd day of May, 1925, and that if they fail to appear at said Court on the said 23rd day of May, 1925, at 9 o'clock A. M. to contest said petition, the Court may grant the same and grant administration of said estate to Hattie Bims on some other suitable person and proceed to a settlement thereof. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 5-1-3t Country Judge. LOOK HERE FIRST! LOOK!! LOOK!!! Classified Negro Business and Professional Directory These Firms Can Supply Your Needs and Respectfully Solicit Your Patronage THE MONITOR LOOK HE Classified Ne These Firms Can ARCHITECTS and BUILDERS JOHN T. McDONALD, Sr., Architect and Builder. 3809 Camden Ave. "Better Built Houses for Less." Ken. 5634. BARBER SHOPS CENTRAL BARBER SHOP, J. H. Russell, proprietor, 1924 Cuming St. at 20th. First class service. BAGGAGE AND HAULING J. A. GARDNER'S TRANSFER. Baggage, express, moving, light and heavy hauling. Reliable and competent. Six years in Omaha. 2622 Maple Street. Phone WEBster 4120. C. H. HALL, stand, 1405 No. 24th Baggage and express hauling to all parts of the city. Phones. Res. We. 1056; stand. We. 0530. BEAUTY PARLORS MRS. C. C. JOHNSON, 1515 North 26th street. WEBster 1984. Registered Mme. C. J. Walker's agent. MME. A. L. McMILLAN, 2525 Hamilton. We. 0348. Antiseptic hair grower for ladies who wish beautiful hair. Once tried, always used. Satisfaction guaranteed. MME. E. HACKLEY LAWSON, 2631 Lake street, We. 1655. Scalp treatments scientifically done. All kinds of human hair goeds made to order. Acme hair preparations and skin whitener for sale. MME. ANNA L. MITCHELL, 2860 Corby street, We. 7103. Buva System graduate. Scalp and beauty specialist. Comfortable, homelike parlors; all work guaranteed. MME. ZELLA SKINNER, Poro System. All work done by electricity. Violet Ray Treatments. Phone We. 6221, 2613 Hamilton Street. MADAM ANNA E. JONES TUBBS. Scalp and hair treatments. For good and quick results call WEBsther 5450, 1712 North 25th Street—Poro. MADAM A. J. AUSTIN, Beauty Culturist. Manufacturer of Denova hair preparations. Parlors 1411 No. 24th Street. Phone WEBsther 5122. Hours 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. MADAM CORA L. OWENS, Authorized agent of Mme. C. J. Walker Company. Gives scientific scalp treatments at the "Snow White Beauty Parlor", 2403 North 29th St. WEBsther 2361. MADAM Z. C. SNOWDEN. Scientific scalp treatment. Hair dressing and manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St. WEBster 6194. MESDAMES SHEELY AND GRAY BEAUTY PARLOR. Scientific hair and scalp treatments. French system. Hair oils and beauty preparations for sale. 1705 North 24th St. Phone WEBster 2763. MADAM WILLIE DIXON, 2426 Blondo street. WEBster 6153. Poro hairdressing, facial massage, Turkish baths. Home comforts. BILLIARD PARLORS THE FRIENDSHIP BILLIARD PAR- LOR. While on the troll stop in The place for the gentleman. Free English, prop.; Carl Frampton manager. 1818 North 24th Street. Phone Webster 0814. CARPENTERS YANCY W. LOGAN, carpenter and builder, 1628 North Twenty-second street. WebSter 0233. JESSE SNELL, carpenter and builder, 1920 North Thirty-sixth street, WE, 4630. COLORED COMMERCIAL CLUB. For Rent ROOMS FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms in modern home. WEbster 6834. FOR RENT—Partly modern furnished rooms in neighborhood of all houses. One block and a half from Armour's. 5219 South 29th street. MA. 6875. FOR SALE—Three-passenger Ford touring car in good condition. Price $65 cash. Phone WEbster 4026. R. A. Greene. FOR RENT—Nearly furnished rooms. 2536 Patrick avenue. Two blocks from car line. FOR RENT—Modern furnished rooms. Steam heat. Close in. On two car lines. Mrs. Anna Banks. 224 North Twentieth street. Jackson 4879. FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms in modern home. We. 6834. --- 1514% North Twenty-fourth street WEBster 1822. R. L. Williams, commissioner. Free employment bureau. General information. COAL DEALERS C. SOLOMON COAL AND ICE COAL At your service winter and summer. All kinds of good coal at prices to suit. Phones Webster 3901 and 4288. CONFECTIONERIES R. ROBINSON CONFECTIONERY, 2608 Seward Street. Pies and cakes baked to order daily. Ice cream, cold drinks and sodas. We. 3207. DRESSMAKING and SEWING MRS. ADDIE NELSON, 2631 Grant street, We. 4948. Plain and fancy sewing neatly done. Men's fancy shirts a specialty. MRS. W. H. JOHNSON, 2701 Corby Street. Plain and fancy sewing. Rates reasonable. WEbster 5034. MRS. A. BALDWIN. French system of fancy dressmaking and designing. 2910 North 26th Street. Phone WEbster 0532. MME. E. C. GREEN. High class dressmaking, and designing. Men's shirts a specialty. 2513 No. 26th street. We. 3318. MRS. C. E. REESE, 2858 Corby, We. 7103. Fashionable dressmaker and ladies' tailor. Most modern and up-to-date electrical appliances. DENTISTS DRS. SINGLETON & SINGLETON Dentists, 2411 North 24th Street Phone WEBstor 0256. DRUG STORES ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th Street. Two phones, WEbster 2770 and 2771. Well equipped to supply your needs. Prompt service. THE PEOPLES' DRUG STORE, 24th and Erskine Streets. We carry a full line. Prescriptions promptly filled. WEbster 6323. DRY GOODS MRS. H. J. CRAWFORD & SONS, 2208 No. 24th street. Ladies' and gents' furnishings. Children's ap- parel. We. 0184. FURNITURE S. W. MILLS FURNITURE CO., 1421 North 24th St. We sell new and second hand furniture. Call and see us before you purchase. We also buy second hand furniture. WEbster 0148 and 1664. GARAGES RED FRONT GARAGE, 2816 Cum Street, Arnold Black, Prop. Repairing a specialty. We. 3480. GROCERIES MONTGOMERY GROCERY, 2531 Lake street. We carry a full line of fresh groceries, meats, fruits and sundries. We. 0226. THE SMALL STORE, 2514 No. 27th Street. A. H. Massey, prop. A full line of groceries, cigars, candy and staple goods always on hand. WE. 6052. HERMANN & KILLINGSWORTH, Twenty-fourth and Willis avenue. A full line of groceries and fresh vegetable at lowest prices. Let us serve you. Webster 6915. HOTELS PATTON HOTEL, 1014, 1016, 1018 South 11th St. Known from coast to coast. Terms reasonable. N. P. Patton, proprietor. FOR RENT—3 and 4-room modern apartments, 1547-1551 North 17th St. References required. Call at 1549 North 17th St. or phone ATlantic 6863. FOR RENT—Strictly modern first- class rooms. 2524 Patrick avenue. Phone Webster 1888. —tf FOR RENT—Light housekeeping rooms. 1 block from car. All modern conveniences. 1712 North Twenty-fifth street. WEbster 5450—tf. FOR RENT—Two three-room houses in good order. One $22.50 and one $28. 3117 and 3119 and 3117 Webstes street. Call at 3202 Webster street. FOR RENT—4 rooms, upstairs. $16.50 per month. 2210 No. 26th St. N. Moore. FOR RENT—Neatly furnished three-room apartment. Price reasonable. 2507 Indiana avenue. Phone WEbster 1487. —2t-5-8-25 THE HOTEL CUMMINGS, 1916 Cuming St. Under new management Terms reasonable. D. G. Russell proprietor. THE WOODROW LAUNDRY, 2711 Charles St. WEbster 5579. Where satisfaction reigns supreme. Wet wash, rough dry, finished work and fine late curtains neatly done. LAWYERS W. B. BRYANT, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnam Sts. AT. 9344 or WE. 2502. W. G. MORGAN—Phones ATlantic 9344 and JAckson 0210. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Twenty years' experience. Practices in all courts, Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnams Sts. AT. 9344 or WE. 3180. D. H. OLIVER, LL. B. Lawyer. Graduate University of Nebraska. Practices in all courts. Jewell Bldg., 2221 No. 24th St. WEbster 0963 and WEBster 1209. NOAH W. WARE, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Practices in all courts. Bonds furnished reliable persons. 2731 Q St. (So. Side). MMarket 5354. Res. WEbster 6613. SCRUGGS & ADAMS, Lawyers. Large experience. Handle all law cases. 1516 $^{1}$ No. 24th St. WE. 3567. Scruggs' residence. KEnwood 2492; Adams' WEbster 4084. MATTRESS MAKERS C. W. ANDERSON, 3325 Emmett street. Webster 1358. Mattresses made over in new ticks, if necessary. MEDIUMS MADAM M. M. HALL. Medium and healer. Member of the State Spiritual Association of Nebraska. 2511 Corby Street. NOTIONS MRS. L. ABNER. Notions and arti- stic work. 1419 $ ^{1} $ North 24th St., near Charles Street. PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS A. F. PEOPLES. Painting and decorating, wall paper and glass. Plastering, cement and general work. Sherwin-Williams paints. 2419 Lake St. Phone WEbster 6366. PAYTON BUCKNER, Painting. Exterior and interior decorating and stippling. Old furniture and hard wood floors refinished. All work guaranteed. "If he says he will, he will." We. 1520. PLUMBERS NEBRASKA PLUMBING CO. J. F Allison, manager. Estimates furnished. 2522 Lake St. Phone WE 5846. PRINTERS FORD PRINTING COMPANY, Jewell building, 24th and Grant Sts For good printing see us. We. 1750 REAL ESTATE L. C. BROOMFIELD, Real estate. We buy, sell and rent homes. Office hours all hours. 2425 North 24th St. WEbster 1091. G. B. ROBBINS, Real estate and insurance. 20 Patterson Block, 1623 Farnam St. Office Phone JAckson 2842. FOR RENT—To couple wishing nice housekeeping apartment, two rooms furnished and private kitchen. Price reasonable. Web. 6975. 2216 No. 28th Ave. Miscellaneous FOR SALE—7-room modern house in good condition; ideal location, near 25th and Blondo Sts. Easy terms. Frank C. Best, 310 Peters Trust Building. At. 6135. FOR SALE—Packard twin-six touring car, first series, in excellent condition, all new tires and just reenamed. Has automatic windshield wiper, spotlights, heater and many other extras. Fine looking, easy riding and dependable. Cost $7,000 new. First $395 cash takes it. Call owner, Van Avery, ATlantic 2987 days, or WAlnut 7663 evening and Sunday. RESTAURANTS PEATS RESTAURANT, 1405 North 24th Street. Where those who desire good home cooking at reasonable prices go. WEBster 0530. McGILL & DAVIS CAFE, 2516 Q street. When in South Omaha visit us. Big meals from 25c up. MArket 2860. Try LITTLE WONDER CAFE. The cheapest place to eat in the city. Quick service. Lunches sent to any part of the city. 1820 No. 24th St. Phone WEBster 5357. KING TUTT'S CHICKEN HUT. Fancy barbecue. Best service in town. All kinds of sandwiches. Open every day from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. 2010 North 24th Street. P. Smith and C. Davis, proprietors. SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St. WEbster 5084. C. L. CURRY, SR., Cobbler. Shop in rear of 1520 North Twenty-sixth Street. Work called for and delivered. WEbster 3792. TAILORS J. H. HOLMES, the reliable tailor who gives satisfaction. Suits made to order. Cleaning and repairing, 2218 North 24th St. WEbster 3320. OMAHA DOLLAR CLEANERS 2510 No. 24th St. We. 3300. At your service. We clean and press men's suits, ladies' plain dresses and spring coats for $1.25, delivered any place in the city. Exclusive agents for Style-Center suits and tailor-made caps. M. LYNCH, Tailor and haberdasher, wants to ask a question: Why pay more for a misfit when you can have them made to fit? 1807 North 24th St. WEbster 2088. ROULETTE, Cleaners and hatters. Speciality cleaning and dyeing at reasonable prices. Suits made to your individual measurement. 2120 North 24th St. WEbster 1020. ECONOMY TAILORS. Chas. M. Simmons, proprietor. We cut, make and trim. Suits to order, $38 and up. 2 pants suits, $45 and up. All work guaranteed. 1313 Dodge St. Business, JA. 3423 Res. WE. 6370. KEEP-U-NEAT. Cleaning, Dyeing and repairing. Work called for and delivered. 1919 Cuming street. Jackson 1439. TAXIS GRANT STREET TAXI CO. 2420 North Twenty-fourth street. Stand phone WEBster 4458. Residence, Huey. WEBster 5104; Al. Gray, WEBster 2202. Five can ride as cheap as one. Taxi by hour or trip. UNDERTAKERS JONES & COMPANY, Undertakers. 24th and Grant Sts. WEbster 1100. Satisfactory service always. H. A. CHILES & CO., funeral directors and licensed embalmers. Courteous, efficient service in the last sad hour. 1839 North Twenty-fourth street. Phones, office WEbster 7133; residence WEbster 6349. COMING! "THE HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" THE CEDARS" with ANDREW S. BISHOP and a notable colored supporting cast ARGE LOOK—Fine Social Stationery. Two hundred sheets and fifty envelopes printed with your name and address. A dollar bill. Register Press. Hannibal, Mo. PHOROUGHLY worthy used furniture of every description is offered for sale at very reasonable prices in our warehouse, between the hours of 1 p. m. and 5 p. m. week days. 8th and Capitol Ave.—Orchard & Wilhelm Ce. BIG MONEY selling Everstrate to Colored people. Enormous demand. Sure prepere. Eston. 2500 Second Avenue, Dept. 150, Birmingham, Ala. G-SHOT FINEST PERFECTED REVOLVER Revolver for $2.00. Quick as a flash, safe, grip, protection overall and true marksmanship. Large size or skidder. $2 or $25 calibre all major types. Infantry or money back. BIG MONEY NO MONEY. Postponed on arrival. $6.40 pim vortex. Federal Mail Order Corp., 414 Broadway, New York, St. George. 6000