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Negro Disfranchisement Distorts Power LIFTING LIFTING URBAN LEAGUE REPORT SAYS EMPLOYMENT BETTER Lansing Opens Shops to Negroes. Worcester and Tampa Lose. T. Arnold Hill, director of the industrial relations department of the National Urban league, has issued the following bulletin on employment conditions for May: Unemployment is vanishing. Industrial commentators say so and employment tabulations show it. The gauge the Urban league uses is likewise to be depended upon. When Negroes are called back to jobs vacated during business depressions it is a very certain index that others have already been re-employed. This has been happening in all parts of the country where the labor of Negroes was used before business got bad; and there is also evidence that they are again finding opportunities in lines of work new to them. Out in Minneapolis the Ford assembling plant is adding a few colored men. Detroit, where production of automobiles is at one of the highest points in the history of the industry, reports that "most men have work or can find it." In Springfield, Ill., where the Urban league placed 33 per cent more men in May than in April there is said to be "much unemployment yet, but times are better." From Los Angeles comes the report that a gain of 8 per cent was made in jobs filled by one office. Conditions here were relieved by the emigration of families to Central California to chop cotton. In Winston-Salem the tobacco factories have added workers and in Boston 25 colored men, members of local No. 46 of the Compressed Air and Foundation Workers' union were employed on the new Sears-Roebuck company building. From Harrisburg, where conditions have been continuously below par for a year or more employment showed a "marked advance in May and Negro men were greatly benefited." New Jobs Elevator girls and waiters were put to work at the Mill House, one of the most popular hotels in Columbus, Ohio; a firm in Kansas City, Mo., accepted a colored girl for its office; and a company in the loop district of Chicago employed its first colored stenographer. Temporarily three radio employees were placed in the government's signal corps plant in Chicago. In this city also 21 men and women were employed at selling. These were students of a school in salesmanship conducted by the Chicago Urban league from which 39 were graduated in May. This encouraging report comes from Lansing, Mich., "Our largest automobile plant, which a few years ago would not hire Negroes except as janitors, is gradually increasing the number in their employ and placing them indiscriminately about the plant." Baltimore gave temporary employment to 150 Negroes in the city's street cleaning department. It was thought to be a political gesture, but 75 were still at work in May with indications that they would have permanent employment. In Philadelphia, St. Louis, Hot Springs, Ark, Fort Wayne, Charlotte, N. C., Newark, Jackson, Mich., and Cleveland, the building trades and street repair occupations used large numbers of Negro men. Union Labor The calling off of the threatened Pullman porter strike with the cooperation of President Green of the American Federation of Labor, was the most significant relationship between Negro workers and the organized labor movement. While Boston tolerates restrictions against Negro union members, on a construction job there colored union men are at work. In Springfield, Ill., colored union miners and hod carriers are said to be dropping away from the union. In a Brooklyn plant employing 70 pressers, all union pressers struck, none of the colored pressers were members, but some went out with the strikers. The union agreed to waive THE MONITOR NEBRASKA'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS the joining fees and all the seventeen colored pressers went into the union. In some cases wages increased from $25 to $40 per week. Losses Sustained A force of 600 men brought from the south to Worcester, Mass., suffered curtailment when labor troubles arose. Our correspondent reports as follows: "There is a project to build a huge reservoir along the Ware river; this water supply will be part of the metropolitan water system to be connected with the West Boylston reservoir by a tunnel. A Philadelphia contractor brought 600 Negroes from Georgia, but about a month ago a Massachusetts contractor took over the work. He was not favorable to employing Negroes, and on complaint that there had been trouble in the community with the men, he has taken on the white men who have applied for work, and let an equivalent number of Negroes go. As I understand it, this letting off process has covered a period of a month, and there are still many Negroes employed." Although Tampa, Florida, shows signs of increased business activities, Negroes are not getting their old jobs back, according to the following, "Negroes of Spanish descent are often experienced cigar makers. Some of them claim that after eight months of unemployment factories are opening but they are refused employment until white Spanish people, Italians and other fairer people are employed." PRESENTS PUPILS IN PIANO RECITAL Miss Elaine Smith presented her pupils in a well prepared program at St. Benedict's Community House, Wednesday evening. Miss Smith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith, 3027 Manderson street, and has been giving piano lessons at St. Benedict's for about a year. She is a pupil of Mrs. Florentine F. Pinkston. The following program was rendered: "Sweeping Day" ..... Bilbro Bridea Guston "Night Wind" ..... Ballard Juanita Cole "Wicked Witch" ..... Ellen Richardson "In An Old Garden" ..... Wonich Modessa Richards "Gayety Polka" ..... Fearis "L'Arabesque" ..... Burgmuller Dorothy Scott "Charges of the Uhlans" ..... Duet Mae Guston and Teacher "Witching Moonlight" ..... Ballard "Rose of the Orient" ..... Anthony Elizabeth Hunter "La Ballade" ..... Burgmuller "Fluttering Leaves" ..... Kolling Maxine Harrold "The Gypsies" ..... Burgmuller "Tender Thoughts" ..... Anthony Dorothy Spraingers "Dancing Moonbeams" ..... Anthony Alice Spialek Pauline Harbin STATE FEDERATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S CLUBS CLOSES GOOD SESSION The 23rd annual convention of the Nebraska State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, which was in session Tuesday and Wednesday at Claire Chapel M. E. church, Twenty-second and Miami streets, came to a close Wednesday evening, at which time the newly elected officers were installed and an address was given by Dr. A. H. Higgs, pastor of the church. The newly elected officers are Ada Holmes, Lincoln, president; Gertrude Shackleford, Omaha, vice-president; Rhiwa Harrold, Omaha, secretary; and Daisy Gordon, Beatrice, treasurer. The organization has a membership of over 200 in about twenty local clubs. It now owns a large modern home in Lincoln, which it plans to remodel for a dormitory for colored university co-eds as soon as sufficient funds are available. An ad appearing in The Monitor three weeks ago for an up-to-date barber secured for Mrs. Turner, 1002 South Thirteenth street, Mr. W. Robert B. Alexander, who has accepted the management of the barber shop at the above number. Advertize in The Monitor to get results. nchisemen EDITORIAL Colored patrons of a local there was an agreement upon a number of Commerce" that colored occupy seats on the first floor got this information. There is merce," but there was a "Coaches that's what they mean in merce." It so happens that wive Committee of that club of activity and we can therefore seance to its transactions. No su to the club and no such agree say nothing of being assented presented it would have been as to any such unmanly and co false. But even though the men pusilanimous enough to have there anyone in his senses big could have any binding force Omaha? Could such an "agric "Chambers of Commerce," constitutional law of this sovereign would for a moment entertain individual is so influential, no may willy nilly set aside the law. So, this silly stuff certain justify their violation of the law though it were true it could h those who voluntarily made them as a kind of "gentlemen representative body they could Nebraska's Civil Rights Bill cut, unequivocal provisions to all rights of all citizens of this state Here lies the way of amity, the law: Sec. 1. Civil Rights of this state shall be entitled to all the accommodations, advantage of inns, restaurants, public theaters and other places of the conditions and limitation plicable alike to every person Sec. 2. Penalty for Vi Any person who shall viola denying to any person, except able to all persons, the full emmodations, advantages, facili in the foregoing section, or bnials, shall for each offense demeanor, and be fined in a five dollars, nor more than of the costs of the prosecution Colored patrons of a local theater have been told that there was an agreement upon the part of the "Colored Chamber of Commerce" that colored people would not attempt to occupy seats on the first floor. We do not know where they got this information. There is no "Colored Chamber of Commerce," but there was a "Colored Commercial Club." Perhaps that's what they mean by "Colored Chamber of Commerce." It so happens that we were a member of the Executive Committee of that club during the entire period of its activity and we can therefore speak with authority with reference to its transactions. No such proposal was ever presented to the club and no such agreement was even discussed to say nothing of being assented to. Had such a proposal been presented it would have been voted down. So the statement as to any such unmanly and cowardly agreement is absolutely false. But even though the membership of that club had been pusilanimous enough to have signed such an agreement, is there anyone in his senses big enough fool to believe that it could have any binding force upon the Negro citizenry of Omaha? Could such an "agreement" signed by a thousand "Chambers of Commerce," colored or white, nullify the constitutional law of this sovereign state? None but an imbecile would for a moment entertain such a silly contention. No individual is so influential, no organization so powerful that it may willy nilly set aside the law. So, this silly stuff certain theaters are hatching up to justify their violation of the law is absolutely false, and even though it were true it could have no binding force outside of those who voluntarily made this agreement, and only upon them as a kind of "gentlemen's agreement." Not being a representative body they could only speak for themselves. Nebraska's Civil Rights Bill stands, with its definite, clear-cut, unequivocal provisions to protect and safeguard the civil rights of all citizens of this state. Let all live within the law. Here lies the way of amity, good-will and safety. This is the law: Sec. 1. Civil Rights of Persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theaters and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. Sec. 2. Penalty for Violating of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by abiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution. THE NEGRO AT KANSAS CITY By Kelly Miller There were fifty Negro delegates and ten alternates at the recent republican convention. A goodly proportion came from northern districts. Their interests were mainly segregated and racial. The dominant issues of prohibition and farm relief did not arouse their emotions, nor stir their enthusiasm. After the manner of the southern plan, the Negro representatives were shut into themselves by domiciliary segregation. The great Methodist Episcopal conference had met in the same city several weeks previous. The colored contingency was similarly disposed of. Neither politics nor religion runs as deep as the color line. The Negro is learning painfully the purpose of the Nordic to set a social separatrix which shall operate as effectively as the decimal point in arithmetic. The basic question is, what power has he to alter or affect that purpose? It operates with baleful effectiveness alike in education, religion, politics and social procedure. All of our bombardment does not seem to budge it. The Negro delegates did not seem to figure in any effective way in the general procedure of the convention. In the main, they were lined up on the winning side long in advance. The Afro-American has an instinct for picking the winner and getting on the band wagon. The Negro continget held its own racial caucus. It constituted only five per cent of the enrollment of the convention. The chief concern of the colored political leaders was to secure the insertion of a plank insisting upon the enforcement of the 14th and 15th amendments. The colored troops fought nobly, but to no avail. They were not even able to have these amendments bracketed with the 18th, whose enforcement was especially stressed as a party policy. But true to the verbal traditions of the party, some slight reference must needs be made to the Negro and his claims. Cerebus must have his sop. The insertion of the splinter of a plank on lynching --- ment Di real theater have been told that the part of the "Colored Cham-ud people would not attempt to enter. We do not know where they no "Colored Chamber of Com-ored Commercial Club." Peroy "Colored Chamber of Com-ored were a member of the Execu-during the entire period of its speak with authority with refer-arch proposal was ever presentedement was even discussed to ito. Had such a proposal been voted down. So the statement awardly agreement is absolutely membership of that club had been signed such an agreement, is enough fool to believe that it be upon the Negro citizenry ofement" signed by a thousand colored or white, nullify the con- state? None but an imbecile in such a silly contention. No organization so powerful that it law. In theaters are hatching up to law is absolutely false, and even have no binding force outside of this agreement, and only upon one's agreement." Not being a only speak for themselves. All stands, with its definite, clear-protect and safeguard the civilite. Let all live within the law. Good-will and safety. This is Persons. All persons within a full and equal enjoyment of ages, facilities and privileges conveyances, barber shops, amusement; subject only to its established by law and apon. isolating of Preceding Section. State the foregoing section by not for reasons of law applica-joyment of any of the accom-ities, or privileges enumerated by abiding or inciting such de- be deemed guilty of a mis-ny sum not less than twenty-one hundred dollars, and pay was only a complimentary gesture. It serves to remind the race that the G. O. P. has not altogether forgotten the black ally who was formerly held in such high regard and esteem. The insertion will not be without indirect benefit. It serves to keep afresh in the mind of the American people the enormity of the evil of lynching. I do not believe that a single Negro will be deceived thereby. It will certainly not be stressed as a campaign issue. A colored delegate was assigned to make one of the four or five minute addresses seconding the namination of Secretary Hoover. This he did creditably. I believe that this is the only place where a Negro functioned conspicuously in the proceedings. The race undoubtedly impressed less influence upon the Kansas City convention than upon any like session since enfranchisement. We can hardly believe that in 1884, Hon. John R. Lynch was chosen temporary chairman. As late as 1912, the late Henry Lincoln Johnson held the fate of the convention in the hollow of his hand. It was the emphatic and unswerving attitude of this bold black leader that determined the issue between Roosevelt and Taft, which put the G. O. P. out of luck for the ensuing eight years. What a swift descent from the political heights of those days to the low level of today But there is a darker semblance yet. The Negro was all but eliminated as a dominant force in any of the states. Walter Cohen, the little pelican war horse was dethroned in favor of white leadership. He was personally allowed to retain his seat as a delegate merely to save the regnant party from the odium of throwing out a leading colored man without courtesy or consideration. Ben Davis lost the committeemanship in Georgia. Perry Howard alone survives, but even his temporary success has no assurance of permanency. The slightest shift in the exigencies of the situation would have relegated him to the company of his forlorn defeated brethren. Throughout the south the lily whites are in the as- Vol XIII—No. 52 cendancy. In Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Texas, where the voice of the Negro delegates used to be heard at national conventions, alas, they are heard no more. The Negro politician has given up the ghost, without expectation, if not without hope of resurrection. The race owes ex-President Harding an unrecognized debt of political gratitude. All had once before been lost to the Negro. When Judson Lyon was thrown off the national committee by Lincoln Johnson, there was not a single Negro representative left in that august body. Lincoln Johnson fought his way to chieftainship. But when President Harding seized the reins of power, he decided to turn over to Negro control the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. The national committeeship in that state belonged to Cohen, who by abnegation gave it to the very white man who has brought about his unhorsing. Such is political gratitude. But the outstanding fact remains, the Negro has been practically eliminated from trusteeship of the G. O. P. He is now holding on only by a tenuous thread which the scissors of political fate are ready to clip. There is little likelihood that this power will be restored. The great republican party is a practical body and, excepting the Roman Catholic Church, is the most efficient organization on earth. It has no sentiment that will stand in the way of efficiency. It desires to build up a functioning republican party in every state of the union. Nowhere has this yet been accomplished under Negro leadership, certainly not since the days of Wright Cuney of Texas. The party in such states as North Carolina, Virginia, Florida and Texas thrives much more vigorously under white sponsorship. Negro leaders for the most part seem satisfied to traffic in delegates rather than build strong local organizations which will induce every republican to vote in local as well as national elections, even under restrictions by revised constitutions. Theodore Roosevelt in his progressive campaign, adopted the policy of placing in power in the southern states the men who could best command the situation, regardless of race. But he found that they were mostly white men of local standing, courage and influence and wealth. It is needless for the would-be Negro leader to hark back to the sentimentality of a bygone age. In politics as elsewhere, it is a case of the survival of the fittest. The loss in the south is partially offset by gains in the north. The vital difference is that the northern delegate must needs speak with a dictated voice. He is in the hopeless minority in every state and must follow the fortune of party bosses. There is little or no latitude for racial independence. And so, now we face the coming campaign with eyes wide open. There must be devised an entirely new set of reasons and arguments for racial support of Hoover and the G. O. P. Appeal to Lincoln and Sumner and Grant will not sway Negro votes as it did aforetime. Extravagant prophecy of what the new administration is going to do for the Negro has been done to death in previous campaigns with sad disillusionment. Only the simple will bite at that bait. Denunciation of the democrats and dread of southern fire eaters, if Smith succeeds, will no longer frighten the simple. The southern fire eaters eat as much fire under republican as under democratic national authority. There are sufficient sound reasons and good sense why the Negro should, in this campaign, prefer the republican to the democratic party, why Hoover should be chosen rather than Smith. But the Negro spellbinder must learn its spell and potency. The one which he has used for the past 40 years has lost its spell and potency. —June 21, 1928. Washington, D. C. Miss Mary Belle Bryant of Chicago, Ill., has been the house guest of Mrs. R. D. Allen, 2715 Hamilton, and Mrs. Lizzie Buford, 2227 Miami street, the past three weeks. GROWING THANK YOU 52 Whole Number 673 Power SOUTH TO STAY "SOLID" SAYS A NEGRO LEADER Will Vote for Smith, or Any Other Democrat, Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois Believes. GOES TO RACE CONVENTION (From The World-Herald) “The solid south’ will vote for Al Smith—or any other democrat nominated. Of this I am as confident as I am sitting here,” declared Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois of New York, editor of “The Crisis,” and said by many to have accomplished more than any man of his race in the forcing of recognition of the intellectual power of the Negro. Dr. Du Bois was one of 50 men and women traveling in three special cars that passed through Omaha Saturday afternoon en route to the nineteenth annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to be held in Los Angeles, June 27 through July 3. Also of the party was James Weldon Johnson, writer, musician, composer of national note, and secretary of the association, who served as U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua; William Pickens, field secretary and colored orator, and Charles Waddell Chestnut, of Cleveland, novelist and short story writer who is to receive the fourteenth annual award of the Spingarn medal, given for the highest achievement of an American Negro. It is to be given him for his "pioneer work as a literary artist depicting the lift and struggle of Americans of Negro descent and for his long and useful career as a scholar, worker and freeman of one of America's greatest cities." Dr. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson have been awarded the medal in previous years. No Chance for New Party Others included Harry E. Davis, civil service commissioner of Cleveland, and Arthur B. Spingarn of New York, chairman of the national organization's legal committee and both members of its board of directors. "There is no possibility of a third party today, no matter how some may consider the crying need," continued Dr. Du Bois. "The disfranchisement of the white man as well as the Negro, in the south, and even today in the north, makes it impossible. The powerful influences that dominate the voting power of the individual in both parties are at work. If they don't vote the way the wind blows—they don't vote at all! "Smith will be nominated, or his party will fail. The people of the south are not going to make the to-do that is looked for. They will act silently, vote for Smith if he is nominated, and if by any chance he is not, for the democrat that is. A great increase in population in the south has been marked by no increase in voting power. As for the Negro of the south, take Louisiana for example, where today actual figures show that but eight hundred Negroes are registered out of a Negro population of three-quarters of a million." Negroes Favor Smith To Dr. Du Bois' remarks James Weldon Johnson nodded a second and said: "The south is dominated by representatives of its wealth, the average white, like the Negro, as a matter of personal welfare, follows the dictates of party domination." Both say there will never be a change, "until a real democracy is realized and an appeal made to the intelligence of all the people." There is a great deal of sympathy for Smith throughout the land on the part of the colored people, members of the party declared. Politics, anti-lynching laws, segregation and such will be discussed at the coming convention in Los Angeles. The opening convention session will be addressed by Dr. Du Bois whose topic will be "The Presidential Election, Black Votes and Democracy in the United States." Some five hundred persons from all parts of the country will be in attendance there, (Continued on Page Three) A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY 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. Those, therefore, who desire to continue receiving The Monitor must see to it that their subscriptions are paid, as the law requires, in advance. 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At the expiration subscriptions are not renewed. If this is not done, post publication. Those, therefore, receiving The Monitor mustions are paid, as the law requires are being sent to all lector will call—and unless we will be compelled to course, we do not want to do. We, as publishers, MUST pay the penalty. Among the gifts which God has bestowed upon us and for all of which we are profoundly grateful, is a sense of humor. It enables us to get a great enjoyment out of life. It softens the force of what many might consider hard knocks and keeps us from growing cynical or pessimistic. We honestly believe that a keen sense of humor contributes to longevity. At any rate, we are grateful for the saving grace of humor. You no doubt may think it foolish when we tell you that we were really amused as well as gratified by the nomination of Senator Curtis for the vice presidency by the republican party. We were amused at the emphasis placed upon his Indian ancestry. Spellbinders did not "view with alarm," but "pointed with pride" to the fact that his grandmother was an Indian squaw and that he "was born in a wigwam" and that from this lowly birth and humble conditions he had risen to the commanding place of usefulness which he has so long occupied in the supreme council of "the greatest nation on the earth." To us, think us silly if you please, it is all the same to us, but this laudation of his Indian blood and ancestry touched our sense of humor, when we recalled that it was but a few short years ago that the same breed of men, the Nordic or caucasian, if you please, was damning the Indian, treating him with cruelty and contempt, robbing him of his lands and trying to exterminate him, that was now recognizing his worth and acclaiming him. It really amused us; but it also gratified us to know that Indian blood had not disqualified him, and we read in his triumph a prophecy of the coming day, when men of the same breed who now look with scorn and contempt upon the man in whose veins flow the rich red blood of African ancestry will Church recognize ability and high achievement with the same pride, granting it to be sincere, with which they have acclaimed the republican nominee for the office of vice-president. African blood flows in the veins of many Americans today who occupy high positions in the land, but it is not known—generally; but the day will come when it will be regarded with the same pride with which men and women now speak of their Indian blood and ancestry. Dream on, little black, even though born in rude log cabin. Your day will dawn. Be ready in mind and heart when your day shall come, as come it will. After all there is only one blood and that is rich, red blood. And what does it matter, if we only be true to that which is highest, noblest and best? Love and faith win in the end. "Kind hearts are more than And simple faith than Norman blood." "A SWELL DRESSER" A SWELL DRESSER It seems to be the height of the ambition of many of our race to be known as "a swell dresser." So long as they can dress swell that's all they seem to care for. Where a neat working suit and a best suit, or "suit for nice," as it is sometimes put, serves the average mechanic and ordinary business man, who does not go in much for society, of the other group many of our people of a corresponding or even lower grade of compensation, wages or income, must have from three to six changes, or he is not "a swell dresser." Where the wives and daughters of the other group may be satisfied with three or four gowns, those of ours must have ten or twelve with shoes, hats, gloves, etc., to match. For people of our economic status we believe this to be a grave mistake. Not that we do not want to see our people dress neatly and look nice, for we do. Pride in one's personal appearance is perfectly right and proper and is an indication of self respect, but this laudable desire for being properly and neatly clad is no excuse for the extravagance in expenditure for dress which is a weakness displayed by so many moderate wage earners among us. gro race in the Eman They have to be prom professions ture, banki estimated t on the gong $50,000 have been identical a As illustrative of what we mean: A bell boy in a certain club told one of his fellow employees, who is a man drawing a much larger salary and who is a property owner and comparatively well to do, as our people go, that he had bought some "dandy silk socks at a bargain, only $1.25 a pair, and it is a chance you ought not let slip. You ought to buy some." The gentleman replied that he could not afford to wear those kind of socks, and that he, the bell boy, should be buying 35 cent socks, and putting the difference between $1.25 and 35 cents in a savings account, wisely adding, "If you do that, son, the time will come when you may be able to afford $1.25 socks, but that time is not now." Now, far too many of us are like this bell boy. We must have $1.25 silk socks when our income calls for 25 or 35 cent cotton or lisle hose. Too many of us want to be known as "a swell dresser." Our ambition ought to be higher than this. It ought to be for getting ahead mentally, materially and spiritually. Those who pride themselves on being "a swell dresser," as a rule, never amount to anything more than this. "SOUND METHODS" OF ADVANCEMENT ASS'N GET PRAISE FROM COOLIDGE Los Angeles, Cal., June 28—President Coolidge, in a message of greeting to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, read last night at the opening mass meeting of the association's 19th annual conference, commended the "sound methods" used in securing the Negro's constitutional rights, and expressed his hope for the increasing success of the association in promoting its "worthy objects." The message of greeting from President Coolidge, in full, addressed to James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the association, is as follows: "My dear Mr. Johnson: Thank you for informing me of the coming annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as I am glad each year to express my regard for the aims and achievements of your organization. You have used sound methods in securing for the Negro the rights to which he is entitled under the constitution. At the same time you have promoted the cause of tolerance among all races and creeds. "As opportunities have increased, so have the colored people shown their ability and energy in taking advantage of them. May I reiterate here, what I said in my annual message to congress in December: 'History does not anywhere record so much progress made in the same length of time as that which has been accomplished by the Ne- gro race in the United States since the Emancipation proclamation. They have come up from slavery to be prominent in education, the professions, art, science, agriculture, banking, and commerce. It is estimated that 50,000 of them are on the government pay rolls, drawing $50,000,000 each year. They have been the recipients of presidential apopintments and their professional ability has arisen to a sufficiently high plane so that they have been intrusted with the entire management and control of the great Veterans' hospital at Tuskegee, where their conduct has taken high rank. They have shown that they have been worthy of all the encouragement which they have received. Nevertheless, they are too often subjected to thoughtless and inconsiderate treatment, unworthy alike of the white or colored races. They have especially been made the target of the foul crime of lynching. For several years these acts of unlawful violence had been diminishing. In the last year they have shown an increase. Every principle of order and law and liberty is opposed to this crime. The congress should enact any legislation it can under the constitution to provide for its elimination. "May your association have increasing success in promoting its worthy objects." Very truly yours, (Signed) CALVIN COOLIDGE. 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Lynch, chairman. GEORGE STARNES George is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Starnes, who live at 5307 South Twenty-eighth street. He entered the West Side school in September, 1922, when he was five years old. Since entering school George has been promoted four different times before the end of the semester. He has never attended summer school, but has completed his grade school work within six school years, finishing in the June class Friday. George has the distinction of being the youngest member of his class with the highest grades. His report card shows an average of five and one-half A's for each school year, finishing with 11 A's to his credit this term. He is also a member of the baseball team of the Cultural Center. He is 11 years old and has won the red and black seals for high grade writing. George omitted the following grades: 1B, 3A, 5B, and 7A. He shows talent for music, particularly the violin, which he has been studying since his entrance in school, and the piano, which he has been studying for one year. Although eleven years old, George has great ambition and plans for the future. He expects to enter South High school in the fall. Announcement In answer to the many telephone calls of inquiry and to those who may still be under the impression, this is to announce that Miss Estella Troy Robertson and Mr. Leroy Newland were not married Saturday night. They only celebrated with a pair of newlyweds, who were Miss Leola Oliver and Mr. James Hollins, who were married Saturday night, and who are at home to their friends, at 1908 North Twenty-fifth street. PERSONALS © | Fourth of July at Dreamland Due to the fact that all the local orchestras will be out of town July 4th with Desdunes’ band, the annual Fourth of July ball at Dreamland hall will be given on Tuesday evening, July 3. Ed. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Pe- ters Trust Building, JAckson 3841 or HArmey 2156. —— Mrs. Otis Shipman and ee Madeline, left Thursday morning for Cokato, Minn., where they will spend the summer. Sell your property through me. My plan brings the buyers. Richard E. Wilson, Real Estate 206 North Thirty-seventh street, Harney. 4956. —Adv, Miss Alice Hunter returned Mon- day evening from a pleasant week’s vacation spent visiting in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Anna Singleton, who has been quite ill at the home of Mrs. Lacoq, 2117 Maple street, is somewhat im- proved. Mrs. W. H. Robinson, formerly of Omaha, but now residing in Chicago, has been the house guest of Mrs. Edgar A. Lee, 2417 Maple street, the past three weeks. FOR RENT—Room with kitchenette. Modern. 2429 Lake street. Mr. Thomas Payne, 2867 Cass street, has been confined to his home the past week with a nervous break- down. Return of the Rinky Dinks at the Grotto Saturday and Sunday nights, June 30 and July 1. Return of Miss Iola Burton at the Grotto Saturday and Sunday, June 30 and July 1, Adams’ New Novelty orchestra re- turned Monday morning from a suc- cessful tour which took them into Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and ‘Metesies, Return of the Rinky Dinks to the Grotto Saturday and Sunday nights, June 30 and July 1, Carey’s De Luxe Coffee. Buy it by the five pound lots. Forty-five cents per pound. Better than the best. Cheaper than the rest. Make us prove it. Carey’s Naborhood Gro- cery., Open Sunday. 2302 North ‘Twenty-seventh street. Webster 6089. Father John Albert Williams is spending a few days with the bishop of the diocese and other clergy at Central City, Nebraska. Midnight ramble and breakfast fall Tuesday night, July 3rd, at Dream- land. E Among the 318 pupils graduated from the Central High school, Satur- day evening, June 16, were the fol- lowing race students: Alger L. Adams, Ralph W. Adams, Lucille Me- Caw, Henry Grayson, Leeta Lewis, Lucy Mae Stams, and Margaret Dal- las, an honor pupil. We congratulate these young pupils upon the gradua- tion and wish for them much success in their fotare life. CLASSIFIED LEADING MANUFACTURER has in your vicinity three players, two up- rights, and one grand piano that will sell cheap rather than ship back, on terms of $2.00 a week to reliable party. Write P. 0. Box 855, Chicago, Ill,, Dept. G. M. G. W. Robert B. Alexander, of Lin- c6ln, a registered, up-to-date barber, has accepted the management of our barber shop at 1002 South Thirteenth street. Men, ladies and children served. Work guaranteed. Neat and clean.—Adv. This is to announce the purchase of the grocery store and meat market at 2806 North Twenty-sixth street, where we will be pleased to serve the public, with a full line of staple prod; ucts, meats, poultry dressed to order. Prices low, quality high, Give us a trial. Wm. T. Adams, proprietor, Alyne Burnett, Grace Adams. Web- ster 5917.—Adv. Y. W.C. A. NOTES On last Wednesday, eight of the Y. W. C. A, ladies from the North Side branch responded to invitations to attend a finance meeting and 1 o’clock luncheon at Camp Brewster of the Central Y. M. ©. A, Those of our group attending were Mes- dames McGee and Greenfield, chair- men, and the following committee of Jadies: Mesdames Leland, J. D. Thornton, Ardina Watson, Nora Mi- rus, and Mrs. Stovall. A real treat was enjoyed by the ladies who were extended every courtesy. Mrs. Nora Mims, an ardent and enthusiastic member of the religious and general education committee, left this week for an indefinite stay in New York City. This committee re- grets Mrs. Mims’ departure and with the recent departure of Mrs. Fanny Tomlin, who returned to Des Moines, the committee feels keenly their go- ing for they both were invaluable to this wide awake committee of which Mrs. Hiram Greenfield is chairman. North Side “Y” Gives Large Kensington in Dundee The religious and general educa- tion committee of the North Side Y. W. C. A. gave a large, successful kensington at the beautiful, spacious home of the chairman, Mrs. Hiram R. Greenfield, 1005 North Forty- ninth avenue, in Dundee, Thursday, June 14, at 2 p.m. Mrs. R. K. Low- rie, the general chairman of the larg- est social event of this committee, gave everyone a thrill of ecstasy with the unique and simple manner of en- tertaining. ‘The 66 ladies present were a pic- turesque group, seated all over the lawn in shady nooks under the trees and shrubbery, busily chatting and doing artistic needlework in the in- vigorating air, The committee as- sisting Mrs. Lawrie was composed of Mesdames J. D. Thornton, Frank Cole, Louisa Scott, Ardina Watson, Stovall, Buffkins, Nora Mims and Brewer, who served a delicious menu. Mrs. Lizzie Buford, Advo coffee demonstrator, served coffee. A short informal program was rendered in the parlors before the guests were invited to the lawn where through the cour- tesy of Joseph D. Lewis, a sufficient number of chairs were provided for all. The committee awarded Mrs. Ida Mae Ford a hand painted cream pitcher for accomplishing the most needlework during the afternoon and Mrs. McGee was awarded a hand painted china cup for the most beau- tiful needlework. The day was ideal and with reluctance the happy joy- ous guests, after lingering until the shade of eventide, left with loud praises for the chairman, Mrs. Green- field, and committee ladies’ charming hospitality. POLITICAL POWER DISTORTED BY NEGRO DISFRANCHISE- MENT, SAYS DR. DU BOIS Southern Oligarchy Dictator of Na- tion, Declares Editor of “Crisis,” in Keynote Address of Race Relations Conference Los Angeles, Cal., June 28—Dis- franchisement of the Negro in south- ern states has brought about such distortion of political power in the United States that a small white oli- garchy in the south is the dictator of the nation, declared Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, editor of The Crisis magazine, in the keynote address here which openc the 19th annual conferened of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Dr. Du Bois pointed out that the barring of Negro citizens from the polls in southern cities had transfer- red political power into the hands of a small group of whites, as many as from 80 to 90 per cent of voters in far southern states restraining from voting in the election of 1920. Among the states where this absten- tion from use of the ballot was most pronounced Dr. Du Bois cited the following states and their percentage of non-voters: South Carolina__...92 per cent Mississippi —91 per cent Georgia 89 per cent Louisiana 86 per cent Texas 2 82 per cent Arkansas 79 per cent Alabama ——..19 per cent Florida _...__-72 per cent ‘The consequence in political distor- tion, continued Dr. Du Bois, was that whereas it took 85,759 votes to elect a representative in congress from Cal- ifornia and 91,785 from Ohio, citi- zens in southern states enjoyed in some cases ten times as much politi- cal power as citizens of the north, as ret. ree xt Votes State Per Rep. South Carolina 9,449 Mississippi 10,812 Georgia 12,304 Louisiana 15,783 Texas 22,978 Virginia —______ 28,100 Alabama 24,107 NORTH Votes Per Rep. Indiana —_-97,108 New York 67,388 Kansas 71,278 New Jersey 75,888 Minois 1,425 “The barring of Negroes from the polls in the south,” said Dr. Du Bois, “encourages oligarchy. It enables ‘cliques to nullify not simply the 14th THE MONITOR and 15th amendments but the 19th, giving the right to vote to women, And, finally, it entirely vitiates the normal distribution of voting power throughout the nation. “It accomplishes this not simply by disfranchising Negroes. The popula- tion in southern states has doubled and by reason of woman suffrage the voting population ought to have quad- rupled, but actually, as a matter of fact, the voting population has in- created less than 50 per cent, show- ing that not only have two million Negroes been disfranchised but more than two million whites.” Dr. Du Bois quoted from an ad- dress of Henry W. Anderson, a white politician of Virginia, who asserted that in southern states the qualifica- tion to vote is so limited that gov- ernors and other state officers are “sometimes elected by less than ten per cent of the population of voting age.” “At the event of a presidential election,” continued Dr. Du Bois, “singular compilations are made. The democrats can start out assuming the votes of 11 southern states with, at present, 124 of the 531 electoral votes. They need to fight therefore, for only 142 electoral votes to have the majority of the electoral college. On the other hand, the republicans must leave out of account 142 elec, toral votes at the start and of the 407 electoral votes they can afford to lose only 141. “But if this is the plight of the republicans, what can be said of any third party? It simply has no chance at all. “As sure as fate some day there is coming in the United States a poli- tical controversy with social and economic roots which is going to open suddenly the question as to why the south has three times the political power of the west and why New Eng- land, with its disfranchised foreign workers, has more political voice than the west. The protest is not coming simply from northerners or ‘friends’ of the Negro. It is even coming from the south itself. “This is no mere question of parish or section or race. It is a vast and pressing problem of democracy and civilization. We must decide, and decide soon, what persons, what pub- lic opinion in the United States shall rule. Shall it be the public opinion of a small select group of persons of Nordic descent? Shall it be the pub- lic opinion of the rich controllers of capital? Shall it be the public opin- ‘ion of college graduates? Shall it be the public opinion of all adult Amer- icans except Negroes, Asiatics and Latins? Or shall we try to make it the public opinion of all intelligent adults? Whatever public opinion rules in the United States, it must rule freely and clearly without a sys- tem of rotten boroughs and without discrimination and cheating. ‘The clearing up and settling of this great question is the vastest problem that faces America today and we must be- gin with its solution now.” LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Mr. Ike Smith of New York City is visiting his father, the Rev. I. B. Smith here. Son and father had not seen each other for about 28 years. Hence, there was quite a bit of re- joicing. Mount Zion Baptist church will hold their annual Fourth of July pic- nic in F street park. Lebanon lodge No. 3, A. F. and A M., listened to a fine sermon by the Rev. H. W. Botts Sunday afternoon in celebration of St. John’s day. A fair crowd was present and expressed themselves as being elated by the thoughts conveyed in the speakers message. About three auto loads of Master Masons went over to Nebraska City Midnight ramble and breakfast fall Tuesday night, July 3rd, at Dream- land. Sunday afternoon to help Arbor lodge, which has been newly organ- ized in the Nebraska jurisdiction, and they report the boys very enthusiastic over the undertaking. Several persons and officers of the Women’s Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs are attending the an- nual meeting at Omaha this week. * The Rev. J. Q. Adams of Omaha was a Lincoln visitor Sunday. ‘The Rev. E. W. B. Curry of Spring- field, O., editor of The Informer, and president of an institute, spent a few hours in the city last week en route from Denver, Colo., to his home. Regular services were held at all churches Sunday, but were slightly attended, owing to bad weather. Inez, older danghter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Battles, spent Sunday in the city, visiting relatives and friends. She is attending the summer session at the University of Nebraska. Please remit for your paper. Now! Mrs. Susie MeNeil, sister-in-law of Mrs. H. Battles, spent the week as the guest of Mrs. Battles. She left Friday evening en route to Pine Bluff, Ark. The funeral of John H. Jackson, 51, 3113% Webster street, was held June 25, at 2 p. m., from J. D. Lewis mortuary. The Rev. A. E. Miller officiated. The deceased is survived by three sisters, Mesdames Edna Johnson, Pearl Williams, Perney Pinkett, and Maggie Day, three broth- ers, Messrs. Henry James, Henry, and George Jackson, Interment at Pros. pect Hill cemetery. SOUTH TO STAY “SOLID” SAYS NEGRO LEADER (Continued from Page One) including men and women leaders of the race. Dr. Du Bois is the author of “The Dark Princess,” “The Souls of Black Folk,” “The Negro,” “Dark Water,” “Suppression of the African Slave Trade,” “Life of John Brown,” and papers on the condition of the Negro in the south. He was educated at Harvard where he received his Ph.D., and at Heidelberg. Working on History James Weldon Johnson wrote “The Awakening of an Ex-Colored Man,” two books of poetry “Fifty Years” and “God’s Trombones” as well as two volumes regarding Negro spirit- uals. Charles W. Chestnutt, contrib- utor to the Atlantic Monthly, is au- thor of “The Conjure Woman,” “The House Behind the Cedars,” “The Marrow of Tradition,” “The Colonel’s Dream,” and others. Dr. Du Bois is working on a history of Negro troops of all countries in the world war. Omahans who met the travelers at the Union station included the Rev. John Albert Williams, H. J. Pinkett, Rev. E. H. McDonald, Rev. J. H. Gar- ner, Allen Jones, Dudley Wright, Dr. J. W. Jones and Dr. J. A. 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The same Frenchman who insists that you do the dusty journey to wind-swept Versailles to worship the monstrous palace, where even the impenetrable stolidity of an architect who could make over three hundred yards of bays in exact repetition cannot disguise the ill-judged megalomania of the monarch who insisted that his father's hunting box should be built into the center of the largest palace in the world, will rush you with a sickly smile past the magnificent and serene Eiffel tower. "The grand staircase of the Chateau of Blois is stuck on and superfluous; the greatest German cathedral, Cologne, is nakedly, appallingly out of scale, too short for its height, and instead of that lovely Gothic sensation of soaring to the heavens, gives the spectator a dull pain between the eyes; detailed mention of all instances that clutter my memory would not exhaust the case." Whether good or bad, he concludes, anything built before 1840 is reverenced as being artistic. "The church is caught in the occidental, and more particularly American, habit of gauging success by the spectacular. A successful church, like a successful furniture shop, is the one which has the biggest establishment, offers the biggest assortment of wares, and affords the biggest income. . . . A considerable part of my work as a minister is not so different from that of the executive charged with the responsibility of getting new customers into a furniture shop," writes a minister in Harper's. "I must ' sell my institution just as surely and skillfully as the man hired by the local chamber of commerce 'sells' his organization. The difference is that he was hired for that express purpose, and I, tradition says, was hired, or should have been, for something else." Use of Hooks Every home owner should invest in a good assortment of hooks. To hook back doors while open is a convenience, as nothing has to be hunted up to hold the door from banging shut when it is wanted open. Hook doors on the inside. Hook covers on feed boxes instead of having weights on them. Hook basement storm windows that have to be opened occasionally. Hook gates, tool boxes and children's playhouse doors. These doors should never be hooked tightly or the children will sometime lock themselves in. If a long staple is used and a good deal of it left on top the wood, the hook will hold the door and yet give it play so they can work it open from the inside.—Successful Farming Magazine. Wide Awake It was after dusk and yet the two young people sitting close together in the park made no attempt to depart. Presently a keeper came in sight, going his rounds before closing the gates. "Sorry to disturb ye," he said to the idlers, "but it's too late for ye to be sitting here." The youth was apologetic. "I didn't realize it was so late," he murrured. "We are going to be married next year." "Sure, now," returned the park keeper, "do you think I'm fool enough to suppose you was married last year" "Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. The Cruelest Lies The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator. And how many loves have perished because, from pride or spite, or difference, or that unmanly shame which withholds a man from daring to betray emotion, or love, at the critical point of the relation, he has but hung his head and held his tongue?—Robert Louis Stevenson. Start Is Not All The winner of a long race is usually the one who does not start with a spurt. Some use up their stock of enthusiasm in compiling their New Year resolutions, and have nothing left for the harder task of living up to them. The right way to live the year is not to start off with flying colors and then peter out, but to make it progressive, each day better than its predecessor, each month an improvement on the last—Exchange. Brazil Roads Overabundance of patience, plenty of pluck, and a large measure of stamina are the three essential qualities that motorists in South America must possess, particularly when traveling over Brazilian roads. In southern Brazil roads are not only almost passable most of the time, but are generally hopelessly impossible from the standpoint of touring comfort. Traversing them constitutes one of the most severe tests to which motor cars and tires can be subjected. Hope to Find Bones Lelchester abbey, where Cardinal Wolsey told the abbot he had "come to lay his bones," is to undergo transformation. For many years the abbey grounds have been used as a farm, but now they are to be laid out as gardens and for recreation, Pierre Van Paassen, writing in the Atlantic Constitution, tells us. Wolsey' body was laid in an unknown grave, and it is thought that in the excavations necessary to adapt the grounds to their new use, some trace of it may be found, but as there is no record of any of the cardinal's possessions being buried with him the search seems likely to end in failure. One fact about Wolsey is probably not widely known. When he was at the height of his power he employed an Italian sculptor to make a magnificent sarcophagus beneath which he should tie, Lelchester monks laid him to rest in plain earth and Henry VIII sequestrated the sarcophagus with the rest of the cardinal's vast possessions. The sarcophagus remained government property and idle until 1806, when it was used to cover the body of Nelson after his remains were brought from Trafalgar. The man who said that England expected every man to do his duty, and led them in so doing, rests under the covering prepared for the man who was led away and ruined by overweening ambition. Didn't Have Nerve to A Cleveland housewife who was entertaining some very special friends from out of the city, wanted to have a dinner that would linger in their memory for some time to come. What could be nicer, she thought, than a roast suckling pig? Accordingly the little pig was sent home from the butcher's, unwrapped and laid on the kitchen table, where her small son caught sight of it and burst into tears. "Don't cook that dear little piggie!" he wailed, disconsolately. His mother sent him from the kitchen and picked the pig up to carry it across the room. "In that moment," she reports, "my courage failed me. There was something so much like a little baby about that poor little pig that I set it down in a hurry. I realized then and there that I didn't have the nerve to cook it. Like my son, I wiped the tears out of my eyes and put the 'dear little piggle' out of my mind forever. We had roast beef for dinner." Chinese Telegraphy The transmission and receipt of telegrams in China is not so easy as in western countries, because the Chinese language lacks an alphabet and expresses itself by characters and signs that represent words. In consequence, for purposes of telegraphing an exact list has been made of signs in quantity sufficient for ordinary correspondence, and to each one of the signs a different number is given which is transmitted by the Morse telegraphic system. The code consists of 9,800 ciphers, the whole forming a pamphlet of 49 pages, each one of which contains 10 series of 20 characters with its corresponding number. On receipt of a telegram the operator looks up in his book the characters represented by the numbers transmitted by the apparatus and transcribes them into legible Chinese. Modern Sweden Not The journalist hunting for the soul of modern Sweden returns with a yawningly empty bag. Nobody will give him the shadow of an encouragement to discover great things maturing in the bosom of this quiescent country, ready to burst forth and astonish the world. "No," they say, "here we are poked away high up in a corner of Europe, right off all the spiritual and material highways. As if to enhance our isolation, all you great powers go and wage a war of extermination for five years, so that your new generations have grown up amid the clash of arms and the odor of blood, while we were doing business as usual, or, rather, far better than usual—though we managed to drop most of the proceeds a few years later with the German mark. "And now you come and ask us to be exciting and interesting. We are not. We are upright, worthy, well fed, humane, intellectually adequate northerners. The soul of Sweden? Fiddlesticks! We don't believe in soula."—Manchester Guardian (Living Age). Enjoy Rat Slaughter London bloods of the early part of the Nineteenth century had no bull fights, as did Madrid, so they substituted the rat for the bull and the dog for the matador. An old scrapbook tells of Billy, a celebrated ratter, performing the charming and marvelous feat of killing 100 rats in five and one-half minutes. This was his ninth match, so if his quota was the same each match he had a total score of 900. Sports audiences of that time were not much different from those of today. When the rats failed to show enough aggressiveness the audiences would become bored. The squeals of the tortured rats were enjoyed much in the same manner as the "thud" of a stiff blow is enjoyed by boxing spectators of today.—Kansas City Star. THE MONITOR The old belief that the heart increased in size according to the increased amount of work it is called upon to perform is a myth, Dr. Mathias J. Seifert, Chicago, says in a study of the effect of exercise upon the heart, prepared for the Gorgas Memorial institute at Kansas City. If an athlete's heart increases in size it is not because of the exercise he has performed, but because there was something fundamentally wrong with it to begin with Doctor Seifert declares. "It is now found," he says, "that the predisposition of the heart to enlargement is the result of infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever, pneumonia, rheumatism and too strenuous exercise in youth, as well as to physic traumas. "Exercise for pleasure causes no enlargement of the heart, but on the contrary produces a strengthening of the whole body and, normally, even a smaller heart." Instrument of Death The one machine that the Spaniards are credited with having imported into Cuba 134 years ago is still in use. It is the "garrote," instrument of death, which greatly resembles an old picture of an inquisition machine of torture. For many years the garrote served the Spaniards, dealing death to Cuban rebels. Since the expulsion of the Old world rulers it has been used at the Havana penitentiary as the official instrument of execution. No place but in Cuba is the garrote used officially in executions. A prisoner operates the beheading device and gets money and a time decrease in compensation for his services. The Havana garrote is said to have taken 184 lives since it has been in Cuban use. Before that it was used in executing Spaniards accused of high treason.—Kansas City Star. Now, it is better than nothing for a bad man to have one virtuous impulse; it is better than nothing for a man in a rocky field to find one place where there is soil and where a handful of corn will grow and wave like the trees of Lebanon; it is a glorious thing for a man to know that there is something in the world besides himself, and that he is not omnipotent, omniscient, or omnipresent; it is a good thing for a man once in his life to feel little, and to know himself as he is; but how much better it would be if he could fix the vision and turn it into character!—Henry Ward Beecher. "Why did they knock that man down as soon as he touched the ball?" she asked. "Because he was trying to get a goal." her brother explained. "But isn't the object of the game to get goals?" "Yes; but he was—you see, he's on the other side. He was going the wrong way—that is, toward the wrong goal." "Well, I don't see why they should knock him down to tell him that. Everybody makes mistakes."—Montreal Star. A well-known member of the stock exchange, who is now giving up the close of a strenuous life to philanthropic efforts, was in his hey-day a tremendous gambler in stocks, and, incidentally, he and his partner were rather expert in the gentle art of making enemies. One of these accosted him with the pleasant remark: "Look here, you are the biggest thief on the stock exchange." "Ah," was the answer, "it is evident you do not know my partner."—London Tit-Bits. It was one of those little parties at which an out-of-town girl was a guest of honor. In the course of the evening she was introduced to a young man from the prep school. After the introduction, she avoided him with the most deliberate intent. When her hostess asked for an explanation, the young visitor replied that he was from the prep school. The hostess tooked perplexed. "But isn't it a sort of a penitent tiary?" the girl ventured. English Tongue in France English in eleven lessons so equipped twenty Paris policemen that they answered 350 questions in the new language. This encouraging result caused the prefect, Jean Chappe, to order 250 more of the force to go to the school. Frenchmen who have adventured abroad suggest that a notebook and pencil will help out the officers, for they have found it simpler in England and America to write their questions rather than wrestle with the foreign accent. Potentially snow storms form in general region of warmth, strange as it may seem. The area of low barometric pressure, or storm sea, comes whirling eastward across the Gulf states and then generally takes a twist northward along the Atlantic seaboard. When sufficiently far north these warm air currents are chilled and the moisture becomes snow, very often beingborne to the earth by the back draft of east wind. --- Wrong Beliefs About Cubans Cling to Old On Molding Character Too Rough She didn't understand football Rejecting a Compliment Jail Bird Snow Storm Formation Modern Rendering of "Hickory, Dickory, Dock" Keeping time, time, time, in a rhynic sort of rhyme." . . . Thus the Bells, Bells, Bells. And the tock, tock, tock of the electric-driven clock keeps time, time, time with its chyme, chyme, chyme. You may listen to its tick when the night is extra thick, and know its little hand is the same throughout the land, for its motor-made precision only has one wakeful mission . . . to keep the second, minute, hour, in a universal samen-ss without a spell of lameness, on mantel piece and tower. So the tick and the tock of the motor-driven clock is the universal same as it's read from block to block. And here is the sure, irrevocable morale, with which all other timers refuse to make quarrel: "Spin on, spin on, oh time in thy flight, and set me might once again for tonight."—Exchange. New Breed Dorothy had always wanted a dog and at last a kind and sympathetic uncle gave her one. There was a certain amount of discussion among the family with regard to the animal's breed. The uncle declared the dog was an airiedale. Meeting a friend of her father one evening while taking her pet for a walk, Dorothy had an anxious moment. "Whatever is it?" the other had asked. "A pup. Dorothy? What kind my dear?" The little girl tried hard to remember what her uncle had said. "He's a ne'er-do-well," she replied after a long pause. Noise and Power An engine that expends all its steam in whistling has nothing left with which to turn the wheels. And the same principle can be applied to man. All that we can save in noise we can use in power.—Grit. The Store That Appreciates Your Patronage I. LEVY, Druggist 24th and Decatur Sts. For Real Down Home Cooking Eat at The La France Cafe Where Service Is Supreme James Griffin 2526 Lake St. WE. 6079 er 4450 Have opened a Confectionery Store at 2518 North 24th St. "Step In." Your trade will be appreciated. Ed F. Morearty, Lawyer NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION To DENNIS CAVER, nonresident defendant: You are hereby notified that Vermont Caver, your wife, the plaintiff, filed her petition in the district court of Douglas county, Nebraska, on the 24th day of January, 1928, to obtain a divorce from you on the grounds of desertion and nonsupport. You are requested to answer said petition on or before the 4th day of June, 1928. VERMONT CAVER. 4T-5-4-28 Notice by Publication on Petition for SETTLEMENT OF FINAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PETER JOHN CHRISTEN-SEN, DECEASED. All persons interested in said matter are hereby notified that on the 7th day of June, 1928, C. F. Connolly filed a petition in said County Court, praying that his final administration account filed herein be settled and allowed, and that he be discharged from his trust as administrator and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said Court on the 29th day of June, 1928, and that if you fail to appear before said Court on the said 29th day of June, 1928, at 9 o'clock, A. M., and contest said petition, the Court may grant the prayer of said petition, enter a decree of heirship, and make such other and further orders, allowances and decrees, as to this Court may seem proper, to the end that all matters pertaining to said estate may be finally settled and determined. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 2t-6-15-28 County Judge. GRAND OFFICERS VISIT IN DES MOINES, IOWA Mrs. Maude H. Johnson of Lincoln, Neb., grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star of Nebraska and its jurisdiction, came over to Omaha, June 18, and joined Mrs. Estelle Craig, A. G. M.; Mrs. Florence Johnson, P. G. M. conductress, and Mrs. Hazel Terry Lewis, grand lecturer, together they attended Electa grand chapter of the Order of Easter Star of Iowa and its jurisdiction in Des Moines. They report a wonderful session and state the hospitality of Electa grand chapter cannot be improved upon. The funeral of Mrs. Ellen J. Williams, 46, 2102 North Twenty-ninth street, was held June 18, at 8:30 a. m., from St. Benedict Moore. She is survived by her husband, Dock Williams, a daughter and a son. Interment was in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. WATERS BARNHART PRINTING CO. OMAHA LINCOLN MARKET is still drawing crowds. There is a reason. Groceries and meats which please. 1406 No. 24th. Web. 1411 Come Visit the Beautiful, New TUXEDO BEAUTY SHOPPE 2225 No. 24th 9t. Webster 0106 Mme. Zella Greene, Mgr. South and Johnson System Operator Mme. C. C. Trent Marcelling Finger Wave Bob Curling Manicuring Call Web. 0106 for Appointment Webster 4030 J. D. Lewis & Co. NEW FUNERAL HOME 2310 No. 24th St. Attention, Piles Sufferers! Why suffer any longer if you had them for 50 years or more. Buy a jar of my DREAM REMEDY and use it day and day and if not satisfied, turn jar and the drugstore will refund your money. It gives quick relief and stops itching and bleeding, reduces the swelling and takes the soreness away almost at once. For sale at People's Drug Store 2414 No. 24th St. Web. 6323 Ross Drug Store 2306 No. 24th St. Web. 2770 Web. 2771 Reid-Duffy PHARMACY FREE DELIVERY Phone Web. 0609 24th and Lake Streets and 24th and Cuming OMAHA, NEB. Phone ATlantic 9344 Res. Phone WEbster 2734 HARRY LELAND REAL ESTATE Insurance Stocks Bonds Room 19, Patterson Block Omaha, Nebraska HOTELS PATTON HOTEL, 1014, 1016, 101k South 11th St. Known from coast to coast. Terms reasonable. N. P Patton, proprietor. 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 6328. FOR RENT—Furnished room in strictly modern home. One block from Dodge carline. Call during business hours, WE. 7126, evenings, WE. 2480. tf-12-10-26. FOR RENT—Neatly furnished room. Modern home. With kitchen privilege. Call Web. 6498. —tf. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms, 22nd and Grant. Webster 0257. NICELY furnished rooms. All modern. WE. 3960. FOR RENT—Nearly furnished room in modern home, kitchen privileges. WE. 3308. 4-T. FOR RENT—Nearly furnished rooms. Strictly modern. Kitchen privileges. Harney car line. Web. 6613. FOR RENT—One three-room apartment. Neatly furnished. Webster 6018. 2514 N. 31st street. FOR RENT—Furnished apartment or furnished room in strictly modern home. Webster 4162. 2310 North Twenty-Second Street. FOR RENT—Furnished er unfurnished rooms. Near carline. Reasonable. WEbster 1053. FOR RENT—Homelike furnished rooms. 919 North 26th street. Tel. Harney 1904. FOR RENT—Two rooms, furnished or unfurnished. Heat. Electric light. Web. 7089. SHOE REPAIRING BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give satisfaction. Best material, reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. 1415 North 24th St., Webster 5666. C. H. HALL, stand, 1403. 24th. Baggage and express hauling to all parts of the city. Phones, stand, WE. 7100; Res., WE. 1056. BEAUTY PARLORS MADAM Z. C. SNOWDEN. Scientific scalp treatment. Hair dressing and manufacturing. 1154 No. 20th 8t. WEBSTER 6194 JONES & COMPANY, Undertakers 24th and Grant Sts. WEbster 1100 Satisfactory service always. LAWYERS W. B. BRYANT, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. Practices in all courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and Farnam Sts. AT. 9344 or Ken. 4072. 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. INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CO. 810 World-Herald Bldg. Salary loans, $10 to $50, on individual note; steady employment the only requirement. Also larger loans made on autos, furniture, etc. No financial statement, no indorsement; strictly confidential service. Lowest convenient terms. Under state supervision. JA. 3077. EMERSON'S LAUNDRY The Laundry That Suits All 1301 No. 24th St. Web. 0829 C. P. WESIN Grocery Company Now one of the Red and White Chain Stores Same Prompt and Courteous Service Better Prices. 2001 Cuming Ja. 1248 WEBSTER 0530 Say Partner, Do You Eat at Peat's Sanitary Cafe Yes, it is the best place I know for good eating! H. PEAT, Prop. 1801 No. 24th St. Omaha, Nebraska GOLDEN RULE GROCERY Operated under the W. C. Association Plan. Call Webster 4198 We Deliver