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Omahan's Mother is Killed in Tornado OMAHA PHYSICIAN ENJOYING TRIP AND WORK AT BERLIN UNIVERSITY LIFTING LI TOO State Historical Omaha OMAHA PHYSICIAN AND WORK AT E Berlin Germany, Sept. 14, 1927 Father J. A. Williams, Editor Monitor. Having ben a constant reader of The Monitor, through Herbert Wiggins, Jr., every Saturday, I miss "my" paper. This being so, I wish also to be remembered by Ye Editor and readers. Concerning my stay at the University of Berlin, it is needless to say, I DO miss my many friends and patients. However, I feel sure I am being more than compensated. Most of my time is spent in the hospital, I go on Saturdays and Sundays I go constantly from early 'til late — very late, to see, viz: The Reichstag, a wonderful structure, looking towards the Konigspatz, a square with many monuments and the very tall "Column of Victory" of 1871 in the middle. The statue in this column, as well as the dome of the Reichstag, are gilded, and in the sunlight they resemble real gold. The palace of Kaiser William I. The Zenghane or armory. The museums. Some of the building are more than 600 years old. The Aquarium and Zoo, the most wonderful thing I have ever seen. In the Zoo park there are a number of Arabians and Africans. GENERAL ORGANIZER OF PULLMAN PORTERS GIVES TWO ADDRESSES A. Phillip Randolph and A. V. Totter Heard by Good-Sized Audiences Sunday Afternoon and Monday Night Despite the torrential downpour of rain Sunday afternoon a large audience was present in St. John's A. M. E. church to hear A. Philip Randolph, general organizer, and A. V. Totten, general field agent of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, tell the story and present status of the Pullman porters' fight for economic freedom and a living wage. Those who attended were fully repaid by the candid and lucid data of facts which the speakers placed before them. Mr. Totten stressed the fact that the Pullman Porters' fight is one that affects the entire race. An increase of $25 a month only, and the Brotherhood is asking more than this, in the wages of the 12,000 porters, would mean an increase of $3,600,-000 per annum in income to the race, the helpfulness of which is apparent. Mr. Randolph defended the thesis that the laborer is worthy of his hire and should have a living wage. He contended that $T2 a month is not a living wage, and that the tipping system which compels the porter to depend upon the gratuities of the passengers for the balance of his living is fundamentally wrong in principle, is indefinite, uncertain, inadequate, and undemocratic. He outlined the successful efforts for the organization of the porters in order that they might bring their grievances before the United States Labor Board. The Pullman Company having refused mediation and arbitration, the next step is to show an emergency, which will bring it before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Pullman porter is discriminated against by the company in the matter of the hours of employment as well as in wages. These evils can only be corrected by organization. Monday night, another audience heard these speakers, and a citizens' committee was organized to co-operate with the local representative of the Brotherhood, Bennie Smith, and the national organization, in creating a public opinion favoring the demands of the Brotherhood for a living wage and better working conditions. Memphis, Tenn. — A devastating fire, which is believed to have been started by the spark from a chimney, threatened to wipe out a colored settlement on the outskirts of the city recently. Twelve houses were destroyed by the flames and damages amounted to nearly $20,000. THE MONITOR It is very interesting to see them do their Mohammaden ceremonies, using the camels, etc. Before I return I hope to visit Tripoli and Alexandria, North Africa. Mine Vaterland? (Or was I there when I was in Ireland?) At any rate, to be sure I shall see Africa. Also Jerusalem, Damascus, Athens, Naples and Rome. Sunday, I heard the German preacher at the Dome, a very beautiful edifice, a good second for the Abbey, seating (Dome) about four thousand, and about half that number standing in the aisles, which, by the way, was "my seat," since most of the pews were paid for annually. Now the text: "Die witive klene gabe" (the widow's mite). At first I was able to keep up, but when he waxed eloquent in his "mother tongue" he shot constantly over my head for more than twenty minutes. However, when the excess energy was spent and he came down, I got on again, which pleased me muchly. Am unable to say all, but do think I have said enough. I wish for you and family as much health and happiness as I could for myself. Yours. WESLEY JONES. M. D. ABYSSINIA ASKS FOR LEGATION Plea Made for U. S. Help and Co-Operation. A Diplomatic Representative Will Be Washington, D. C.—The United States will have a diplomatic representative in Abyssinia, it was stated at the State Department, following the call of Dr. C. Martin, personal representative of Ras Tafari, prince regent of Abyssinia, at the White House. Since 1913 American affairs in Abyssinia have been in the hands of the British Minister although previously the United States was represented in the capitol by a consular commissioner. Dr. Martin presented to President Coolidge a gold shield, such as are worn by Abyssinian warriors. Although the president was unable to accept the gift personally, he expressed his appreciation, and the shield will be kept with other decorations and gifts made by foreign governments to United States officials in the archives of the State Department. A plea was made by Dr. Martin for the help and co-operation of the United States. Last year the State Department asked for an appropriation to reestablish a legation at Addis Abeba, but the request was not approved by the House Committee on Foreign Relations. This year, if the appropriation is not granted, the State Department will send one of its representatives as charge d'affairs, an act which does not require a special appropriation-from congress. MOB STORMS FLORIDA JAIL TO SEIZE NEGRO Fort Myers, Fla.—A mob of several hundred white men, women and children stormed the Lee County jail here recently in an effort to seize and lynch Will Johnson, who was locked up in the jail as a suspect in connection with an attack upon a 50-year-old white woman. The iron spike fence that surrounds the jail is all that prevented the mob from carrying out its plans. HAITIAN JOURNALISTS ARRESTED FOR SEDITION Port au Prince, Haiti—Three Haitian journalists were arrested here recently for the publication of sensational articles charging that the United States was negotiating secretly with the Haitian government for the establishment of a powerful naval and military base at Gonaives and the District of Artibonite. OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1927 EDITORIAL Believing, as we do, in the authorities of this city to be fath at a loss to understand their reported to them Friday of the made upon two colored girls ear who represented themselves as one of these two young women, or who is married and highly respe aged 14, also a respectable gie teenth and Douglas street abo car to take them home, when i resented themselves as officers doing out so late. Mrs. Wrightians coming from their work to go home. The men forced to Thirteenth street and turning out near Carter Lake where th Up to the present time nothing We are wondering why. Such vestigated and every effort in parties. We cannot but believe that groes had been guilty of a like have been rounded up and he this time. Believing, as we do, in the general disposition of the police authorities of this city to be fair towards our people, we are at a loss to understand their apparent inactivity in the case reported to them Friday of the attack alleged to have been made upon two colored girls early Friday morning by five men who represented themselves as officers. According to the story of these two young women, one Mrs. Viola Wright, aged 26, who is married and highly respected, and the other Pearl Irvin, aged 14, also a respectable girl, they were standing on Sixteenth and Douglas street about 2 a. m., waiting for a street car to take them home, when five men drove up in a car, represented themselves as officers and demanded what they were doing out so late. Mrs. Wright replied that they were musicians coming from their work and waiting for the street car to go home. The men forced the girls in the car, drove east to Thirteenth street and turning north on Tirteenth, took them out near Carter Lake where they assaulted and robbed them. Up to the present time nothing much has been one about it. We are wondering why. Such a crime ought to be rigidly investigated and every effort made to apprehend the guilty parties. We cannot but believe that had it been charged that Negroes had been guilty of a like crime several "suspects," would have been rounded up and held for investigation long before this time. CONFERENCE MAKES CHANGES IN OMAHA METHODIST CHURCHES New Pastors to be Assigned to Bethel and Allen Chapel—Grant, Adams and Kidd Elected Delegates to General Conference The Nebraska Conference of the A. M. E. church, which met in Kansas City last week, has made changes in two pastorates here. The Rev. Thomas W. Kidd, pastor of Bethel, and the Rev. S. D. Rhone, pastor of Allen Chapel, South Side, have been transferred to the Southwest Missouri Conference. Appointments for these two churches have not yet been made. The Rev. John H. Grant, pastor of St. John's, and the Rev. John Adams, presiding elder, have been returned to their former posts here. In the spirited contest for General Conference delegates, Omaha fared well. The following were elected to the General Conference, which meets in Chicago next year: The Rev. W. T. Osborne, Kansas City; the Rev. John H. Grant, the Rev. John Adams and the Rev. T. W. Kidd of Omaha, and the Rev. Dr. Isaacson, Kansas City. ADMITS HE ACCUSED NEGRO TO SAVE SELF Washington, D. C. — Grilled by headquarters detectives after he had reported that he was held up by three "Negroes" and robbed of $330 at the point of a pistol, George W. Sullivan, white, 1620 Wisconsin avenue northwest, changed his story recently and admitted that the holdup report was "faked" to cover a debt he owed, according to police. Sullivan, in his original report, gave a minute description of each of the three men he said had robbed him, outlining in detail their approximate ages, weights and manner of dress. He said the holdup took place at Thirty-third and U streets northwest and that the men escaped in an automobile. TWO-HEADED CHILD Americus, Ga.—Medical authorities here were baffled by the birth of a freak child to a Negro mother here recently. The child was born dead. The baby had two perfectly formed heads and four arms while the other parts of its body were perfectly formed. Hundreds of persons viewed the body which has been preserved for study by medical men. COLORED AMERICAN WAS FIRST TO USE U. S. BANK New York City—A colored American was the first depositor in the first bank to be established in the United States, it was revealed in an article in the current issue of the Savings Bank Journal. Carcis Roberts, a servant in the household of the early French settler, Condy Raguet, one of the founders of the Philadelphia Saving Fund society, is the man whose first silver dollar started that society on the road to deposit more than $200,000,000. general disposition of the police fair towards our people, we are apparent inactivity in the case the attack alleged to have been early Friday morning by five men officers. According to the story Mrs. Viola Wright, aged 26, suspected, and the other Pearl Irvin, girl, they were standing on Six-ut 2 a. m., waiting for a street five men drove up in a car, repulsed and demanded what they were right replied that they were music and waiting for the street car the girls in the car, drove east ng north on Tirteenth, took them they assaulted and robbed them. much has been one about it. in a crime ought to be rigidly imade to apprehend the guilty it had it been charged that New crime several "suspects," would held for investigation long before PRESIDENT NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION AN OMAHA VISITOR Rev. L. K. Williams, Pastor of the Largest Negro Church in America, Welcomed by a Large Congregation at Zion Tuesday night at a special service, the Rev. L. K. Williams, pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist church, Chicago, which claims a membership of 11,000, said to be the largest Negro congregation in America, and president of the National Baptist convention, preached in Zion Baptist church to a large congregation. His text was, "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem." He drew many important lessons, stressing among them the steadfastness of purpose, self-discipline and self-denial necessary for progress in the Christian religion, either individually of collectively. He urged the congregation of Zion to use their best efforts in clearing their debt of $50,000 on their property. The Rev. Dr. Young, white, former state secretary of the Baptist Association, followed Dr. Williams in an excellent address in which he spoke of the progress made by the Negro race and believed it was due to their genius for religion. He is speaking at Zion for the next two weeks in the financial drive. ENLARGED ENROLLMENT OF COLORED STUDENTS AT STATE UNIVERSITY Lincoln, Neb.—(Special to The Monitor)—There are fifty Negro students now enrolled at the State University here, the largest in its history. Year by year the number is increasing. Of those enrolled, the largest number is from Nebraska, which has a total of 24, divided as follows: Lincoln 15, Omaha 7, Broken Bow and Beatrice 1 each. Tulsa, Okla., has 6, Kansas City, Mo., 4. Kansas has 4, South Dakota 2, Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado, Iowa and New York, 1 each. Oklahoma contingent is increased by one from Sand Spring. The Omaha students are the Misses Evelyn and Inez Battles, Teresa Liverpool, Ione Pinkett, and Messrs. John and Harold Adams and Marcellus Ritchie. JESSE BINGA HONORED Chicago, Ill.—Jesse Binga, banker and community builder, was given a testimonial and banquet recently at the Vincennes hotel and several hundred of the most prominent citizens of the city attended. It was given in honor of Mr. Binga being elected chairman of the board of directors of the Liberty Life Insurance company of Illinois. Miss Lillian S. Dixon, the charming niece of Mrs. D. W. Gooden, after spending four pleasant weeks with Dr. and Mrs. Gooden, left Wednesday night for her home in Nashville, Tenn., to continue her school work. Miss Dixon's wonderful personality won for her a host of friends. She was honored guest at a large number of social affairs. Vol. XIII—No. 13 MRS. SAYBERT HANGER'S MOTHER AND SISTER KILLED IN TORNADO St. Louis, Mo.—Six square miles of fine residence and business section of this city was devastated by a tornado Thursday afternoon. Over 5,000 homes were destroyed, 70 persons were found among the dead, several hundred persons were injured and the property loss is estimated at $75,000,000. Many fine residences of Negro citizens were in the path of the tornado and were destroyed. Among these was the residence of Mrs. E. J. Williams, 4038 West Belle, which was totally destroyed, Mrs. Williams instantly killed, and her daughter, Mrs. Susie Hartgraves so seriously injured that she died on her way to the hospital. Others in the house were also seriously injured. Mrs. Williams was the mother and Mrs. Hartgraves a sister of Mrs. Saybert Hanger of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Hanger, who was Ione D. Williams, a popular school teacher, were married in All Saints church, St. Louis, June 29, this year, and during her brief residence here she has made many warm friends who deeply sympathize with her in this great bereavement. CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP THE DEACON The services at the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, Sunday, October 2, the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, will be as follows: Holy communion, 7:30 a. m.; Church School, 10 a. m.; morning prayer, 11; evening prayer at 8 o'clock. It is expected that one of the bishops or clergy here for the consecration of Bishop Casady will preach at the evening service. Specific announcement of this will be made later. MRS. MAMIE MOORE IS DEAD The funeral of Mrs. Mamie Moore, aged 33 years, of 425 North Thirteenth street, who died September 25, was held Wednesday at 2 p. m. Rev. T. E. Orville officiated and interment was in Prospect Hill. Deceased is survived by her husband, J. W. Moore, two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Cannon of Little Rock, Ark., and Mrs. Cynthia Stroud of Kansas City, Mo., two brothers, Rev. C. A. Miller of Denver, Colo., and Frank Miller of Omaha, and a foster sister, Mrs. Delmar Blakemore of Omaha. The Rev. C. A. Miller and a niece, Miss Ethel Poe, of Little Rock, were here for the funeral. NEGRO SHOWN ADVANCING BY LIFE INSURANCE STATISTICS One life insurance company in New York has on its books as holders of policies a fifth of the total Negro population of the United States, and its statistical expert, Dr. Louis I. Dublin, has just issued a notable report on the present state of health and expectation of life among colored people, which shows that the race as a whole is progressing in health matters about as fast as the white population. To those who think of the Negro as shiftless and unprogressive and who see in his presence only a problem, this report from the pen of Dr. Dublin may be commended for careful study. His conclusion and prophecy is that achievements of the Negro in America "will be recognized not only as the greatest experiment in racial adjustment ever undertaken by man, but as the most encouraging and gratifying episode in our national life." The Congregational fellowship has had a hand in the education of at least a million Negroes and may perhaps feel some gratification at the results shown.—The Congregationalist. Memphis, Tenn.—The case of Elgin Lewis and Aubrey Payne, white taxi drivers, who are charged with attacking two prominent race women of Murfreesboro, Tenn., has been set for early in October. The N. A. A. C. P. is prosecuting the case. Mr. J. A. Martin, official of the association, is heading the fight to imprison the men. GROWING THANK YOU Whole Number 635 ornado GRAND JURY INDICTS EX-KLAN CHIEF FOR FLOGGING CRIMES Ex-Klan Chief and Attorney Held in Beating of Race Farmer and Taking Away His Birmingham, Ala.—A heavy blow was dealt by the Jefferson county special grand jury recently in the investigation of floggings when ten whites were indicted and five held under bonds of $100,000 on charges of participating in recent floggings in Jefferson county, W. J. Worthington, ex-klan official, was indicted in connection with the flogging of Arthur Hitt, Louis C. Albright, Worthington's white attorney, was also indicted in the Hitt case. To Stand Trial Worthington made bond totaling $30,000, on a charge of kidnapping, and two on charges of bribery. Albright had $25,000 bond reduced to $5,000 in habeas corpus proceedings recently. Worthington and Albright are both expected to have their cases set for the last of this month or during October, at which time most of those indicted are expected to stand trial. Klan Head's Scheme Hitt's case came to light last month, when he reported that he had been severely beaten by a band of masked whites. He stated that he later sold his farm for a price far below its actual value. The deeds to the land were traced up and found to be in possession of Worthington. In the investigation it was charged that Worthington led the masked gang in its attack on Hitt and then offered witnesses money to refrain from testifying in the case. Albright was accuse of being an aid to Worthington. The other men were indicted in connection with the flogging of John Bolton and Jeff Calloway, whites. The Bolton Case The Bolton case is that of John Lowell Bolton, who lived three and a half miles north of Tarrant City, who charges that he was flogged twice. The second time, he says, he returned to find his home a mass of flames. The Calloway case is that of Jeff Calloway, Oncoma youth, who was taken from Antioch church to a secluded spot in the woods in Jefferson county and flogged. WOMAN IS HELD IN ATTACK CASE Authorities Refuse to Believe "Negroes" Committed Crime Hammonton, N. J.—The story of Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl, 32, white, in which she said that two colored highwaymen attacked her and her husband while they were driving on a lonely road, slaying her husband and assaulting her, has been discredited by the police. The slaying occurred recently and the Lilliendahl woman was held by authorities here and questioned for many hours, but was unshaken. According to the woman's story, she and her husband, Dr. A. William Lilliendahl, 62, had taken their son to school and were returning home, when two "colored" gunmen jumped on the running board of their car. The gunmen were said to have shot the doctor through the head when he showed resistance and then ordered the woman to drive the car while into an off road where they assaulted her. Rings and other valuables the woman said the robbers took were found near the scene of the alleged attack. A note was also found, which it is said was written by a man, signed by a nickname and addressed to the woman, requesting a loan of $1,500 from her and suggesting that she obtain the money from her husband. Desire to secure insurance money was seen as a possible motive in the slaying. The woman was released on a $30,000 bond and held as a witness in the death of her husband. THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY 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. THE REV, JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS Editor W. W. MOSLEY, Lincoln, Neb. Associate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 PER YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS. The postal regulations require that for newspapers to be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid in advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed for renewals. At the expiration of this period, where subscriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stopped. If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the publication. 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Those, therefore, wh-The Monitor must see to it paid, as the law requires, in-ing sent to all those who owe and unless your subscription to cut off your paper which to do. We, as publishers, MUST pay the penalty. BAD SYMPTOMS Where will America land and how long will she hold her place among the nations if the spirit manifested by several hundred pupils in Emerson High School, Gary, Indiana, shall be permitted to triumph and prevail? Because 18 Negro students had been assigned to the Emerson High School, which wants to be aristocratic and exclusive, and Nordic—several hundred students have gone on a strike, demanding the exclusion of the Negro students. There have been six Negro students attending Emerson and the additional 18 has raised the number to 24. When it is known that the total enrollment of the school is around 1,600, it will be readily seen that 24 is a very infinitesimal part of the whole. The spirit shown by the striking white pupils is no credit to them and is a reflection upon their intelligence and ethical standards. Fortunately the superintendent and school authorities of Gary are reported as being firm in their decision that they and not the pupils are running the schools. It is to be hoped that the school authorities will not yield, for a vital and far-reaching principle, transcending the rights of the Negro pupils, is at stake and that is justice, freedom and righteousness, the pillars upon which the republic rests. Incidents of this kind are bad symptoms which demand eradication or cure. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE There are those who are always finding fault with young people, and contend that they are headed toward damnation. This, however, is nothing new. One has but to read literature of a few centuries—yes centuries, back to find that the same dire forebodings concerning the youth of those ancient times were very much the same as those of today. Our young people are just as wholesome and sensible as we older folk were in our day. Young people need sympathy and understanding and not so much absurd and destructive criticism. NOT THE ONLY ONES It is quite customary for Negroes to think that they are the only ones who labor under a great handicap and are the victims of discrimination. This is not true. Other minority groups have just cause to complain against discrimination, too. No race or individual has a monopoly of evil things or of good things. In the final analysis the affairs of classes and people strike a rather fair average. LINCOLN, NEB. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clark of California were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Graves. Rev. H. W. Botts visited in St. Joseph, Mo., a few days this week. Beginning Sunday, October 2, is the forty-seventh anniversary of Mount Zion Baptist church. There will be preaching and a good program during the day, which will con- SUNDAY SERVICES 7:30 a. m. Holy Communion 10 a. m. Sunday School 11 a. m. Sung Eucharist With Sermon 8 p. m. Service and Sermon The Church With a Welcome and a Message, Come tinue each night during the week. On Sunday, October 9, the seventh anniversary of Rev. H. W. Bott's pastorate of Mount Zion Baptist will be celebrated by a program and sermon by Rev. J. H. Jackson of Omaha. The final termination of the rally will be on Sunday night. Rev. T. J. Story of Nashville, Tenn., filled the pulpit Sunday at Quinn chapel A. M. E. in the absence of the pastor, who has gone to attend the annual conference. Services were held as usual at Mount Zion Baptist church Sunday. In spite of the rainy weather, a fair crowd was on hand and enjoyed two most excellent sermons by the pastor. The Sunday School and Young People's society meetings were fairly attended. Mrs. Katherine Moore met with a painful accident last week. In some manner, the crank of an automobile struck her on the nose, which was broken by the blow, while a man was fixing her tire. She is reported doing fairly well. Mr. K. H. Brewer and Mrs. Ollie Ray spent several days in Kansas City, Mo., last week, visiting his mother and friends. They went by auto. SHERIFF PRESENTED WITH MEDAL FOR RESISTING MOB Tampa, Fla.—In recognition of his determined and successful stand against the mobs which attacked the Hillsborough county jail on May 30 and 31, Sheriff L. M. Hiers was recently honored by his fellow citizens by the public presentation of a handsome medal commemorating his fidelity. The presentation was made at the county court house by Mayor Perry G. Wall in the presence of a large assemblage, including many officials and other prominent citizens. Mayor Wall paid a high tribute to the determination, courage, and resourcefulness manifested by the sheriff in his defense of the jail against the frenzied mobs bent on lynching B. F. THE MONITOR Levins, confessed slayer of the family of Herman Merrill. The medal awarded Sheriff Hiers is a handsome bronze, picturing a heroic figure standing with drawn sword before a classic temple of justice, while roundabout is the inscription, "In Defense of Law and Civilization." Engraved on the reverse side are the words, "To Sheriff L. M. Hiers, for notable service, May 30, 31, 1927." The medal was designed by one of America's leading sculptors for the Southern Commission on Inter-racial Co-operation for presentation to sheriffs and other officers who protect prisoners from theatening mobs. Up to the present it has been awarded in about a dozen cases. The commission of award is composed of Governor John W. Martin of Florida, ex-Governor Hugh M. Dorsey of Georgia, George B. Dealy, proprietor of the Dallas News, Marshall Ballard, proprietor of the New Orleans Item, and Mrs. J. H. McCoy, president of the Athens Female college, Athens, Ala. Y. W. C. A. NOTES On Tuesday afternoon, September 27, 1927, at 4:30 o'clock, the Doll contest, sponsored by Mrs. S. B. Canty, chairman of the House Committee, was brought to a satisfactory close. There were ten little girl contestants, and after the awarding of the prizes by Mrs. Ada Smith, it was found that each little girl was the recipient of a prize. To little Mary Heddy Wiggins went the first prize of a beautiful colored doll. Miss Charlotte Redd ran a close second and received a By-lo doll. All of the girls did commendable work. The Night School of the North Side Branch "Y" will open Monday, October 3, at 7:30 p. m. This year promises to be one of importance and results. A competent corps of teachers is being obtained and there will be three divisions, primary, intermediate, and grammar. In conjunction with the Night School, a class in public speaking will be offered. On the nights of Monday and Wednesday of each week, the classes will be in session. Mrs. E. W. Johnson, formerly principal of Long Night School, will supervise. Classes in public speaking and Night School will be taught free of charge. Register now! Just a word in regard to other classes opened at the North Side Branch. Art Class and Dressmaking each carry eight lessons for $2.75. The Art Class will meet on Tuesday and Thursday nights, starting Tuesday, October 4. The Dressmaking class will meet on Friday nights at 7:30 p. m. For those who love to sing, a choral club will be organized for ten weeks at $2.00, meeting on Tuesday nights. Also a Gym class for women and girls on Friday night at 7:30 for the small cost of $1.50 for ten weeks. All interested in any of the above classes phone Webster 1539, and all information will be gladly given. The annual fall opening of the North Side Branch was held on Thursday evening, September 29, at the "Y" building, at which time a very interesting program was given in order to bring before the public the different phases of the work at the North Side Branch. All classes and organizations were demonstrated. A delightful evening was spent. Refreshments were served. The Athletic Gems held their regular meetin $ \frac{1}{2} $ Tuesday at 4:30 p. m. There were several new members present with the regular members. Plans are being made for the most elaborate Hallowe'en party yet given in the history of the club. Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector AN OPEN LETTER To the Many Readers of the Monitor: I have authorized my old friend, Rev. Dr. G. H. Schleh, to say to the many readers of The Monitor that I am glad for the privilege of membership in the American League of Good Will, and urge the colored people of this city and everywhere to ally themselves with the beneficient movement that bids fair to become a distinct blessing to the colored people. This organization, the American League of Good Will, is far above the narrowness of sect, denomination, creed or color, and the originators and large charter membership list promise a nation-wide movement for brotherhood and sisterhood, the one thing needed above all else in the United States. Today's issue of The World-Herald contains an enlightening letter contributed by Major General George B. Duncan, president of the American League of Good Will. I advise you to read it. The Monitor of a few weeks ago contained a splendid editorial by its brainy editor, Father John Albert Williams. The organization should have ten thousand members. Let us work toward that end, and avail ourselves of this splendid opportunity to become part and parcel of a nationwide movement for the "good spirit" promised by the angels of Bethlehem long ago. DAN DESDUNES, LETTERS FROM OUR READERS Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 21, 1927 To the Editor of the Omaha Monitor: While I do enjoy the glorious "sunshine" and the inhaling of the "odor of the beautiful flowers" of this wonderful city, there is nothing more "refreshing and interesting" than the Monitor which came to my notice, of the 16th inst. So full of news. But regret to note the passing of our old friend and loyal citizen, Mr. J. H. Roomfield. With best wishes for the Editor, and may the Monitor ever exist until it has reached the zenith of its ambition in the journalistic field, I am very truly yours. J. W. SHIELDS. 549 Ceres Avenue. 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White Bread, Whole Wh Bran, Raisin and Whole Wheat Nut a 24th and Lake—24th and Ames—1806 Farnam Our BREADS are tasty and flaky and keep moist for the lunch and table. White Bread, Whole Wheat, Rye, Graham, Bran, Raisin and Whole Wheat Nut and Raisin. 10-cent Loaf, 3 for 25c 15-cent Loaf, 2 for 25c The school kiddies enjoy Cookies, In Coffee Cakes in their lunches. We have reasonably priced. Special for Saturday: Suet Filled Layer Cakes, Iced. Chocolate, Cherry mel and Cocoanut. 25 cents each. Parker House Rolls, 2 dozen for 25 School kiddies enjoy Cookies, Individual Cakes in their lunches. We have a large priced. I for Saturday: Suet Filled Coffee Cake Cakes, Iced. Chocolate, Cherry, Pineapple, Cocoanut. 25 cents each. House Rolls, 2 dozen for 25 cents. The school kiddies enjoy Cookies, Individual Cakes and Coffee Cakes in their lunches. We have a large variety reasonably priced. Special for Saturday: Suet Filled Coffee Cake, White Layer Cakes, Iced. Chocolate, Cherry, Pineapple, Carmel and Cocoanut. 25 cents each. Parker House Rolls, 2 dozen for 25 cents. HAVE YOU INSURANCE? IF NOT. SEE HICKS 435-37-39 Keeline Building, -39 Keeline Building, Atlanti 435-37-39 Keeline Building, Atlantic 3623 Residence 3012 Miami Street, Webster 6426 Let us figure your repair or lumber bill. Re-screen, reroof or re-paint, or anything in the repairing line. Let us figure on your storm windows. See us about our ready-built garages with our sectional reinforced concrete foundation. H. GROSS LUMBER & WRECKING CO. 2102 Nicholas Street WEbster 2234 EDHOLM & SHERMAN Ed. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust Building, Jackson 3841 or Harney 2156. Mrs. William Murphy was hostess at a very prettily appointed luncheon followed by cards, last Thursday afternoon, in honor of her sister, Mrs. Maco England, who was her guest for a week. Covers were placed for eight. Mrs. I. Bailey, 2816 Pratt street, was called to Akron, Ohio, Monday morning by the serious illness of her son, Robert Terrell. Mrs. Ellnora Britton was called to Leavenworth, Kan., by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Fannie Chase. Mrs. H. O. Wood, 3220 Pinkney street, and Mrs. Fannie Walker, spent the week-end in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., and report having a very pleasant time. Jesse Stone and his Blue Serenaders, 12 pieces, will play at Dreamland Hall, Monday evening, October 3rd. The Eureka Art Class will open at the residence of Mrs. Lulu Rountree, Jr., 1121 North Nineteenth street, Wednesday, October 5, Weldon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Solomon, has entered the Iowa State University in Iowa City, Ia. Jesse Stone and his Blue Serenaders, 12 pieces, will play at Dreamland Hall, Monday evening, October 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wade entertained Saturday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Anderson of St. Louis, Mo. Other guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harris and Dr. and Mrs. Hawkins of Omaha. A pleasant evening was spent and delicious refreshments were served. Mrs. Maco England has returned to her home in Tulsa, Okla., after a pleasant week's visit with her sister, Mrs. William Murphy, and her mother, Mrs. Dodson. Jesse Stone and his Blue Serenaders, 12 pieces, will play at Dreamland Hall, Monday evening, October 3rd. FOR RENT—Two six room houses, modern except heat, water paid, storm doors and windows. $20 to responsible persons. Web. 3622. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for kindness and sympathy shown during the accident and death of our beloved husband and brother, J. H. Fletcher, also for the beautiful floral offerings.—Mrs. Dollie Fletcher and Mrs. Mary Hayward. CONC Desdun TECHNICAL HIG Monday, N CONCERT by Desdunes Band TECHNICAL HIGH AUDITORIUM Monday, Night Oct. 17 A. Sol Miss Irene Cochran Enter Mr. Dan Morton This Band has just play at the Nebra Admission Adults DAN DESDUNES, Dir. Soloists Miss Irene Cochran Mr. Levi Broomfield Entertainers Mr. Dan Morton Mr. Samson Brown This Band has just played to 350,000 people at the Nebraska State Fair. Admission Adults 50c Children 25c DAN DESDUNES, Dir. WM. LEWIS, Mgr. --- LINCOLN NEWS On Friday evening, Semper Fidelis, a literary club of the University of Nebraska, held its re-organization meeting at the residence of Mrs. O. W. Ferguson. Millard Woods was elected president and Teresa J. Asken secretary. About forty students enjoyed an impromptu program followed by a social hour. Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority pledged the following University of Nebraska girls at a pledging tea at the residence of Mrs. O. W. Ferguson: Teresa J. Askew, Sheridan, Wyo. Evelyn Battles, Omaha. Inez Battles, Omaha. Maxine Holmes, Lincoln. Berdina Monette, Loup City, N. D. Glenna Fae Roan, Coffeyville, Kan. Leona Sayers, Rising City, Kan. On Saturday evening the active members entertained the pledges at a slumber party at the home of Mrs. O. W. Ferguson. On Sunday morning they enjoyed a waffle breakfast with members of Eta Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity as guests Mrs. Louis Holmes, a patroness of Delta, assisted in chaperoning the parties. H. J. PINKETT, Attorney PROBATE NOTICE In the matter of the estate of Henry Hunter, deceased. Notice is hereby given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 1st day of December, 1927, and on the 1st day of February, 1928, at 9 o'clock a. m., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 29th day of October, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4t-9-30-27 County Judge. CHAS. F. DAVIS, Attorney PROBATE NOTICE In the matter of the estate of George G. Johnson, deceased. Notice is hereby given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, before me, County Judge of Douglas County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room, in said County, on the 1st day of December, 1927, and on the 1st day of February, 1928, at 9 o'clock, a. m., each day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for creditors to present their claims, from the 29th day of October, 1927. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4t-9-30-27 County Judge. CERT es Band H AUDITORIUM ght Oct. 17 oists Mr. Levi Broomfield tainers Mr. Samson Brown payed to 350,000 people aska State Fair. 50c Children 25c WM. LEWIS, Mgr. THE MONITOR OLD CITIZEN DIES The funeral of Mrs. Lulu Hayden, aged 65, of 2813 North Twenty-seventh street, who died September 24, was held from the Joseph D. Lewis Mortuary Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. D. J. Burkhardt officiating. Interment was at Prospect Hill. Mrs. Hayden had been a resident of Omaha for forty years. She is survived by her daughter, Miss Mrytle Hayden. In the Matter of the Adoption of Ethel Margaret Robinson, Minor. To all perons interested in said matter: You are hereby notified that on the 23rd day of September, 1927, a petition wah filed in said Court by John William True and Ruth May True, husband and wife, residents of Douglas County, Nebraska, praying for the adoption of said minor; that a hearing will be had on said petition for adoption before said Court on the 12th day of November, 1927, at 9 o'clock a. m., at the County Court Room of Douglas County, Nebraska, and unless you appear at said time and place and contest said petition, the court may grant the prayer of said petition, whereby said minor shall be adopted by John William True and Ruth May True. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4t-9-30-27 County Judge. or as a Livelihood If you wanted your son to be a tailor, would you ask a tailor to give him one lesson a week and then let him practice for one-half or one full hour daily on making clothes? Music is a more profound and difficult study than tailoring. A great many people earn their livelihood through music, just as a great number earn their livelihood by tailoring. If you want your boy to reach that livelihood earning stage, then he will have to work about six hours a day and take at least one lesson daily. However, if your aim is merely to have him study music as a form of culture, just as one would study French, Latin, Spanish, drawing, etc., within the day's work, devoting a fraction of the day's study to each, then, of course, he will derive a great deal of beneficial and worthwhile knowledge from them all, but very little real and lasting knowledge from any particular one.—Musical Observer. The Name of London The name London is the subject of much discussion among philologists of Great Britain. One theory is that it means "the fort by the lake," from the Welsh "llyn," lake, and "din," a fortified place. Another is that it is derived from the Norse word "Lund" (diminutive "Lunden"), a sacred grove. There is a town in Yorkshire called Lund, after Lund in Scandinavia, at one time one of the chief commercial cities in Sweden. Its merchants traded with Britain in Roman times. It is thought that Lund in Yorkshire, Lund in Sweden, and Lunden, or London, were probably the sites of sacred groves, where the priests of the Bronze age offered human sacrifices to the sun god.-Boston Transcript. Rark Vital Part of Tree The stem of a tree, also called trunk and bole, is the main axis extending from the roots to the crown, or to the tip in case of an unbranched stem. Tree stems range from long to short, straight to crooked and from erect to prostrate. An examination of a cross-section of a stem will show bark, wood and pith, says the American Tree Association. In the central part of the stem is the pith. About it is the wood, which in many trees can be divided into the darker heartwood and the lighter sapwood. Between the wood and the bark is a thin layer known as the cambium. This is the most vital part of a tree, for it is here that all new wood and bark are made up. British Coal Abundant For her size, Great Britain has more and better coal than any other country in the world. The coal seams, lying one below another to an unknown depth, not infrequently cropping out at the surface, are proof that tropical conditions once prevailed in the latitude of these islands. The district which is now Great Britain was connected in primeval times with the continent, and the coal of England doubtless runs under the channel and the southern part of the North sea, continuing in the coal fields of northern France, Belgium and Flanders. Baseball's Origin Baseball was known in various forms in the East for years before it received organized recognition, but its birthplace is a matter of dispute. Philadelphia takes the credit as far back as 1833, and New York claims that its Washington club, organized in 1843, was the first exponent of the actual game. Baseball as a national game really came into existence in 1858, with the formation of a National Association of Baseball Players, including the clubs of New York and vicinity. LEGAL NOTICE Music as a Pastime The Gulf stream flows out of the Gulf of Mexico between the coast of Florida and the Bahamas, and then northeastwardly along the American coast. Its width, in the narrowest portion, is about fifty miles, and its depth some 2,000 feet. After it has passed between the Bermudas and the coast of Carolina it is divided into several streams, about 100 fathoms deep and altogether 150 miles wide. Its temperature up to this point is several degrees warmer than that of the surrounding ocean. Beyond the 40th parallel of north latitude and the meridian 60 degrees west, the Gulf stream can no longer be distinguished from the rest of the ocean drift by temperature, motion, color, saltiness or otherwise. It has no further separate existence, but is lost in the general drift of warm water from the southwestern Atlantic toward Europe—a general phenomenon having little or nothing to do with the Gulf stream proper. Combination More Than In a sketch of John Hay by Charles F. Thwing, president emeritus of Western Reserve university, included in his book, "Guides, Philosophers and Friends," is this Lincoln story told to Doctor Thwing by Hay: "I know that most of the anecdotes told about Lincoln are apocryphal," said Mr. Hay, "but this one is true. In the campaign which led, as it proved, to his election, I was out with Mr. Lincoln on the 'stump.'" "We had a reception given to us in one of the cities of our campaign. In the line there came up a man who, getting close to Mr. Lincoln, said: "Mr. Lincoln, down our way, in Buffalo, we kind o' think if we can have you and God we can pull the old thing through." "Getting close, himself, to the man, Mr. Lincoln replied: "I kind o' think you are more than half right!" —Kansas City Star. To the Biggest Shoe S If you are in need of SHOES $5,000 cash and therefore this special brands, such as Selz, Friedman-Shoe whole family at bargain prices. Ladies' and Girls' Oxfords, Strap and Pumps—In patents, satins, kid, spike, Cuban, military and le all sizes. Values up to $6. Com buy two or three pairs. Save ma lars. To the Biggest Shoe Sale Economy Shoe Store Ever Held If you are in need of SHOES be sure to visit our store for real bargains. We need $5,000 cash and therefore this special event. 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To show how far money would go a thousand years before Christ, it is only necessary to mention that a fat ox could be bought for $1 or less; that a bushel of wheat would bring 12 cents in the market; that a day's wage was from 12 to 20 cents.—New York Times. How Vanderbilt Earned Cornellius Vanderbilt, later to be the commodore, was a strong, big, healthy boy who worked on the farm and tended his father's boat. He was a great lover of horses and when he was six years old raced bareback with other boys. He played truant to go sailing and swimming and gallivanting across the countryside and sometimes he talked of running away to sea. On May 1, 1810, he sought $100 from his mother, to buy himself a harbor boat, a piragna, and become a boatman. She promised him the money if he would plow and plant a certain rocky eight-acre field by May 27, his sixteenth birthday. He persuaded the neighborhood boys to help him and on the morning of his birthday he got the $100. 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Special: 5½ to 8.....$1.45 8½ to 11.....$1.95 Fill 9 Evenings HE OMY TER Three Blocks North of Cuming Home Phone Web. 0248 Funeral Home all times to meet the nomically as well entifically PAGE FOUR Aristotle Clever in Alexander the Great met defeat when he tried to obtain ownership and exclusive control of the writings of Aristotle. During the philosopher's second sojourn in Athens he gave instruction to the youthful world conquerer and prepared a number of compositions especially for his royal pupil's instruction. A little later Alexander wrote the following letter to Aristotle: "You have not treated me fairly in including with your published works the papers prepared for my instruction. For if the scholarly writings by which I was educated become the common property of the world, in what manner shall I be distinguished above ordinary mortals? I would rather be noteworthy through possession of the highest knowledge than by means of the power in my possession." To which Aristotle ingeniously replied: "It is true that through zeal of admiring friends these lectures, originally prepared for thy instruction have been given out to the world, but in the full sense of the term they have not been published. For in their present form they can only be understood when accompanied by the interpretation of the author and such interpretation has been given only to you."—Kansas City Star. If any reader should find one of his window panes perforated by a perfectly round hole, without apparent cause, the first question he should ask is, Has there been a thunderstorm in this neighborhood recently? If the answer is in the affirmative, he may conclude that Jupiter Tonans, the lord of the thunderbolts, in playful mood has sent one of them through the glass. In ordinary English, the pane has been struck by lightning. That is what probably happened to the plate-glass window of a New York building recently. A minute hole appeared mysteriously in the glass. Three employees were at work inside the window, and all three heard a distinct report. Particles of glass fell on one of them. Search failed to reveal any bullet or other object that might have caused the hole. It seems to have been due to one of the mysterious pranks of lightning. Disraeli's Birthplace The late Lord Beaconsfield was always very vague in his mind as to where he had been born, but at one time he firmly believed it to be the house at the southwest corner of Bloomsbury square and Hart street. Actually, says Mr Charles G. Harper in "A Literary Man's London," he did not go to live in that house until he was some twelve years of age, and today a bronze tablet on the house testifies to that. Yet when he was the prime minister he visited this Bloomsbury square house, and sat pondering "in the room in which he was born!" Another anecdote Mr. Harper has to tell is of Disraell when he was nearing his end. When his sovereign wished to call and bid him farewell he refused, because he said. "She only wants me to give a message to the Prince Consort!" Motors Lift Bridge Most railroad bridges of the lift type in the United States are operated by electric motors served by a power system. However, the Pennsylvania railroad has a bridge across the Cheesapeake and Delaware canal that has no easy access to central station power, so a gasoline engine generator set was installed to supply the lift motors with energy. A 110-kilowatt gas engine set serves the two 120 horse-power motors. The lift span of the bridge, carrying two tracks, weighs 700 tons and is raised to a level that clears the water by 90 feet. If a boat approaches the bridge can be lifted to its top position in 90 seconds. Iguana's Accomplishments In northern Australia the iguana is seen quite often. This is a very versatile reptile that "can run like a horse, can swim and dive, shin up a tree, digs its burrow, and, when necessary, can fight like a demon." The iguana may go down its hole to sleep for months, it can go foodless for weeks; at other times it will eat or swallow anything. Mr. Terry says that snakes, old socks, or even an unopened tin of jam are alike to it, when its throat can gulp down such tasty morsels. Love Story "You love me, don't you?" he said, looking into her beautiful face. A loving look was in her eyes as she snuggled her head on his shoulder. He slipped his hand into his pocket and drew out a little box. Opening it, he withdrew a sparkling cube of sugar. He slipped it into her awaiting mouth, and with a low whinny she gulloped off to the pasture.—Path finder. Voiced Her Desire One day while four-year-old Helen and her father were out walking, he took her into an ice cream parlor. He thought she had decided to have a chocolate soda; so, when the waitress appeared, he said: "Helen, tell the lady what you want." Imagine his surprise when Helen innocently replied: Old Roman Fountain Kome has the reputation of being the city which possesses the largest number of artistic and monumental fountains, which all help to give her a most attractive aspect. But certainly very few people in Rome, writes a correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor, could tell you which is the oldest of all, and guides often miss pointing it out to the tourists and other foreign visitors. At the foot of the road leading to the Coliseum there lies the so-called Meta Sudans, a fountain whose name is probably derived from its conical shape, similar to the "metaee" of the circus. The fountain is believed to have been erected or embellished by the Emperor Domitian, and it was reproduced on the special medal struck on the occasion of the formal opening of the Coliseum. The water issued from numerous small holes in a bronze globe at the top and fell in a veil into a large circular basin, lined throughout with marble. This fountain is mentioned by the philosopher Seneca in one of his epistles, when he complains of the noise which was made by a showman who blew his trumpet close to the fountain. Town of Olden Days The big increase in the surplus of English women, as indicated in recent census returns, has robbed Gretna Green (Scotland) of hopes of staging a comeback. The good old days of romance are gone forever, aver the townsfolk. Daughters were far more scarce a hundred years or so ago than now when parents so rarely try to shoot any young sports who purloul them. Gretna Green did most of its rushing marriage business between 1754 and 1856. One of the popular paintings is that of romantic passengers in a post-chuse hurrying to the town on the boundary line between England and Scotland and showing the pursuing father's vehicle in a ditch with the wheel broken down. This picture is more in demand than the village blacksmith himself who used to lend a helping hand to parties bent on clandestine marriage to avoid the English law. Ancient Topography The road followed by the dead on their way to the Elysian fields, based on the actual topography of the Nile valley, is depicted on one of the earliest maps known. In a lecture before the Royal Dutch Geographical society, Dr. F. C. Wieder said that the first map makers of whom there is any record were the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians. The way to Elysium was pictured on a sarcophagus of the old empire of Egypt now in Berlin. A plan of the Nubian gold mines, he continued, is preserved on a papyrus of the Fourteenth century before Christ. Road maps made into a household necessity by the automobile had precursors in the clay tablets into which the Babylonians baked charts of their roads 50 centuries ago, according to the Dutch scientist. Careless Letter Writers Post office employees in congress may be pardoned if their estimate of the public's intelligence is somewhat low. Letters still come addressed to Mark Hanna and Boise Penrose, former senators and now dead several years. Uncle Joe Cannon's mail is quite heavy yet. Senators and members of the house are mixed up indiscriminately by letter writers. So many letters are received for members of state legislatures who should have been addressed at their state capitals that a membership roll of all legislatures is kept on hand for assistance in forwarding such mail to the proper address. Why are letter writers so careless?—Exchange. Selected Big One Albert, age six, was very fond of squeezing tooth paste from the tube. His mother warned him not to take too much. One morning he said: "How much may I take, mother?" "Oh, a little," she replied, "about as big as a bean." Then Albert pinched the tube and out shot the paste. "Oh, oh!" exclaimed his mother. "Not so much. I said as big as a bean." "Yes," said Albert, "this is a string bean."—Youth's Companion. Leather Centuries Old Pieces of leather believed to be six centuries old, dug up in excavating for the foundation of a new building in the city of London, were still in serviceable condition and were used by the workmen to repair their shoes. The find was made in a heap about ten yards square of waste and manufactured leather in a layer of black mud, which apparently had been the dump of a medieval leather worker, deposited in the Fourteenth or Fifteenth century. The wet earth had preserved the material. Most Children on Farms More than half the farm population of the United States, 50.4 per cent to be exact, is made up of persons under twenty-one. In the cities only 37.5 per cent of the people are less than twenty-one. Which is as it should be, for the country is the place to raise children. And farm-raised boys and girls are the life-blood of all large cities.—Capper's Weekly. THE MONITOR The history of the motor car began over 230 years ago, when Street, an English inventor, first utilized oil as a motive power. It was not until 1870 that a really practical petrol engine appeared. It was the work of Julius Hock, of Vienna. The next name connected with the progress of the motor car is the most important of all—that of Gottlieb Daimler. In 1833 Daimler made the first small, high-speed petrol engine, all previous engines had been huge, dumy and slow-moving. Two years later he installed his engine in a motor-bicycle, and at the same time fitted boats with motors and can them at Paris. The boats attracted the attention on Levassor, another famous pioneer, who at once saw the immense possibilities in Dalinler's invention. He bought the French patents from the inventor. Levassor invented a system of transmission—a method of taking the power from the engine to the wheels—and with a few small improvements this system is in use today. A ten-year-old girl had moved from Indianapolis to a farm in southern Indiana where the language of the Hoosier schoolmaster sometimes still exists in reality. Many of the school children's expressions were like Greek to her and called for translation by her schoolmates or mother. One day she inquired of a schoolmate why Imogene was out of school. "She's got a risin' on her head," was the reply. "What's that?" "Why, it a raisin," was the explanatory answer. Repeating the conversation to her mother she learned that Imogene had a boil or abscess on her head.—Indianapolis News. In a lesson in parsing a sentence the word "courting" came to a young miss of fourteen to parse. She commenced hesitatingly, but got on well enough until she had to tell what it agreed with. Here she stopped short. But as the teacher said, "Very well; what does courting agree with?" Ellen blushed and held down her head. "Ellen, don't you know what courting agrees with?" "Ye-ye—yes, ma'am." "Well, Ellen, why don't you parsue that word? What does it agree with? Blushing still more and stammering, Ellen at last replied, "It agrees with all the girls, ma'am." Plenty of Ignorance The uneducated have to pass through life with crippled powers; they have not a fair chance of contending in that struggle for existence upon which all have to embark who are obliged to earn their own livelihood. Few, if any, industrial operations are so entirely mechanical that a man will perform them equally well whether his mental powers have been developed or have been permitted to remain dormant. Ignorance take away a considerable part of the power of a man to acquire the means of living—Henry Fawcett. Reply Not Recorded Mildred, age five, having been born on a day far removed from the dawn,ages, had never seen a man with beard. One day an uncle who possessed a crop of rather short whiskers came to visit them. After the first matulations had been given, Mildred captured at her newly found kinsman with intense interest. Evidently arriving at no satisfactory conclusion, she asked: "Who kind of fur is that on your face—or rabbit?" Start of Honeymoon The honeymoon journey is stated have had its birth in the reign of George II. of England, declares Ga Logic. It became, declares an authority on wedding customs, "a recognizebrid institution in the aristocratic world in the earlier days of George II's reign. Many years passed before modest gentlefolk in the middle rank of life presumed to imitate their beers in respect to this convenient custom." If you are ever in doubt as to whether an acquaintance would prove a good companion, there is one infallible sign by which you can make sure of the matter. When you talk to him notice whether he tells you first of something he likes or dislikes. If he is prone to air his dislikes you may be sure he will not prove a very cheerful companion. His mind is destructive. He is more concerned with pulling to pieces than with building up. Such a person has a tendency to shut up one's mind or put it on its guard against impulses and innovations. He has a sensitive nature that withdraws itself into its shell on the least impact of the common things about him. One will get nothing from him but grumblings and animadversions. The person on the other hand who quickly makes you acquainted with what he likes is one who will prove a fine stimulating companion. He is ardent, curious, adventuring. He will communicate his own enthusiasm and awaken in those he meets tastes and sympathies and ideas. He is a builder, a creator, a doer. Such men of infinite likes are to be cultivated. Succession of Ideas Perfectly Plain "What's that?" It Does "Ye-ye—yes. ma'am." Character Shown in SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reas- onable prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St., Webster 5084 TO SEE YOU Miss Etta Green is the authorized Monitor collector. She has your bill. Please pay when she calls. She is coming to see you. Be prepared to pay something on account if you cannot pay all. Please do not put her off. Many subscriptions are now long past due. It will be greatly appreciated if you will either bring your money to the office or be prepared to pay when our collector calls. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA FOR RENT—Nearly furnished rooms. Strictly modern. Kitchen privileges. Harney car line. Web. 6613. FOR RENT—Front room and kitchenette. Web. 5188. 1204 North Twenty-fifth street. FOR RENT—Furnished room, modern. Two gentlemen preferred. Web. 0162. 2909 North Twenty-eighth street. FOR RENT—Furnished apartment or furnished room in strictly modern home. Webster 4162. 2310 North Twenty-Second Street. FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnished rooms. Near carline. Reasonable. WEbster 1053. FOR RENT—Homelike furnished rooms. 919 North 26th street. Tel. Harney 1904. Subscribe for THE MONITOR Omaha’s Old Reliable Race Weekly $2.00 a Year TO SEE YOU PLEASE PAY uurnished room in mod- with kitchen privileges. e preferred. Call WE. uurnished rooms, 22nd Webster 0257. uurnished rooms. All mod- 960. nearly furnished room time, kitchen privileges. 4-T. J. A. GARDNER'S T gage, express, me heavy hauling. Re- petent. Six years. Maple Street. Pho C. H. HALL, stand. Baggage and expr parts of the city. WE. 7100; Res., W Harry Brown, Exp Trunks and Baggage c your moving and hauli UNDERTAKERS & COMPANY, Under and Grant Sts. WEbsts factory service always. COMPANY, Undertakers nt Sts. WEbster 1100 service always. DRUG ST PAINTERS AND PAPER HANGERS PEOPLES. Painting and wall paper and glass ing, cement and general twin-Williams paints. St. Phone Webster 63 HERSON'S LAUNDRY The Laundry That Suits A No. 24th St. Web. 3. Painting and decor paper and glass. Plas- tant and general work. plams paints. 2419 one Webster 6366. THE PEOPLES' DR and Erskine Street full line. Prescri- filled. WEbster 63 BEAUTY P N. W. WARE 1208 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska Phones Webster 6613-Atlantic 8192. --- 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, 1403 No. 24th. Baggage and express hauling to all parts of the city. Phones, stand, WE. 7100; Res., WE. 1056. Harry Brown, Express and Transfer. Trunks and Baggage checked. Try us for your moving and hauling. Also, coal and ice for sale at all times. Phone Webster 2973. 2013 Grace street. 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. BEAUTY PARLORS MADAM Z. C. SNOWDEN. Scientific scalp treatment. Hair dressing and manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th St. WEbster 6194. --- HOTELS