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Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. AGAINST THE CURRENT. Those who have a purpose in life are striving toward that purpose; those who are courageous, ambitious and patient and are trying to lift themselves and others upward are steering their life vessels against the current, while those who are satis fied with going downward, wno are waiting for something, to turn up, those who are without ambition, with out bravery and do not even attempt to push forward, are drifting with the current. Courage is one of the main ele ments that help to push forward. Many do not possess it, hence their power to resist the current is lost. We must possess the courage to hold on. All vessels steering upstream must encounter the winds, must con tend with the waves that beat against them, before they reach a successful landing. A dead fish will float with the stream, but it takes a very lively one to swim against a strong current. We reach success by persevering. If the causes of all the failures in the world were found, it would be seen that they were mostly due to the loss of self-confidence. It takes self-con fidence to pull out and act independ ently, to keep one’s grip and climb ing qualities. “Live for something; have a purpose, And that purpose keep in view; Drifting like a helpless vessel, Thou canst ne’er to life be true.” Success seldom comes by chance. Luck should be spelled by prefixing a “P.” Work, strive, persevere! He pays dear who succeeds where others fail. L. S. E. YOUR NEIGHBOR’S FEARS AND CARES Many of our worst troubles arise from thinking of what others may be thinking about us. We wonder what the neighbors are saying. Often our imaginations get to work and when we see two acquaintances talk ing we make ourselves the subjects and build up all sorts of gossip and misrepresentation. If we happen to hear our names mentioned casually, we jump to the conclusion that we are being ridiculed or condemned. This is one of humanity’s oldest ail ments and it has done more to bring gray hairs, produce insomnia and make wrinkles than any dozen dis eases. The pity is that the whole thing is so unnecessary. Even if people do gossip about us we ought to be strong enough to ignore it. You do not stop work be cause there are a few noises around. You w'ork all the harder and conquer the distractions. If you did not you would never earn a living. God gave us minds to lift ourselves. It hap pens that in nine cases out of ten the others are thinking less about us than we are about them, and in most of the other tenth they are not saying anything that would hurt. There is a quaint old Scotch blessing to church-goers that has these very apt lines: The one that's in the seat wi’ ye Is stranger here than you may be, A’ here hae got their fears and cares. Take any side of the problam you wish and you will find that your • neighbors think no more ill of you j than you do of them, and that always they have just about the same fears and cares as you have. When we get into the mood of suspecting our neighbors we should read the thir teenth chapter of First Corinthians; j we should read it all and read it ! often, but we should keep very clear | in our memory the last three words of the fifth verse, which are, “think eth no evil.”—Woman’s World. A PRAYER. Master of sweet and loving lore, Give us the open mind, To know religion means no more, No loss, than being kind. Give us the comprehensive sight That sees another’s need, And let our aim to set things right Prove God inspired our creed. [ Give us the soul to know our kin That dwell in flock and herd, The voice to fight man’s shameful s'n Against the beast and bird. Give us a heart with love so fraught For all created things, That even our unspoken thought Bears healing on its wings. Give us religion that will cope With life’s colossal woes, And turn a radiant face of hope On troops of pigmy foes. Give us the mastery of our fate In thoughts so warm and white, They stamp upon the brows of hate Love’s glorious zeal of light. Give us the strong, courageous faith That makes of pain a friend, And calls the secret word of death “Beginning,” and not “end.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. OLD FOLKS’ HOME FUND. No one is authorized to solicit for The Monitor’s Old Folks’ Home fund. Contributions must be sent or brought j to the office of The Monitor. A receipt on a printed form will be given to each contributor. His name and the amount will be published in our columns. As soon as $100 is reecived it will be turned over to the treasurer of the Negro Women’s Christian as sociation to be paid on the property, and a copy of the receipt from the treasurer and from the real estate agent to whom payment is made will be published in this paper. Acknowledgments. Nov. 1., E. W. Pryor.$5.00 TRIBUTES FROM PROMI NENT MEN AND WOMEN Jane Addams. “I have known Mr. Booker T. Washington for many years and have had the pleasure of twice visiting Tuskegee. “I regard him as one of the great educators of his time and as tne originator of educational methods which are destined to have far-reach- ; ing results upon the education of all nations in this country as well as in Europe. “His death is a great loss to educa tional and social forces in America which have had few exponents of his ability and originality.” NOW’S THE TIME TO PLANT BULBS Tulip Hyacinth Narcissus Crocus Lily For Winter and Spring Bloom STEWART SEED STORE 119 North 16th Street (Opposite Post Office) DO NOT buy your Fall suit until you see us. Most reasonable and reliable ladies cloak and suit store in Omaha. Always high price samples on hand at reasonable prices BONOFF’S New York Sample Store 206 No. 16th St. Autumn Signs Browning and falling leaves again call our at tention to the promise that summer and win ter shall not cease. Prudent people pre pare. Are you ready with your autumn dress? If not, why not? We can help you. Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. I Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON Dealer in Shoes and Gents Furnishings 1514 North 24th St. Omaha. Neb. t Start Saving Now IOne Dollar will open an account in thej i Savings Department ( r of the I United States Nat’l Bank j leth and Farnam Streets | EMERSON LAUNDRY F. S. MOREY, Proprietor 1303-05 North 24th Street l’hone Webster 820 Moving Vans and Piano j Moving, Packing, Shipping! IGordon Van Co.j 111th and Davenport Douglas 394 • I TAKE P^AsiuRiE in thanking you for your patronage. I want you r trade solely upon the merits of my goods You will profit by trading here. H. E. 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