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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1916)
Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. THE EVIL ALLIES The three most powerful destroyers that materially assail the human fam ily are Tobacco, Alcoholic Beverages, and Naroctic Drugs. The members of this fateful trio accomplish the ruination of more health, peace and happiness than any other known agents, and, unfortunately, the use of any one of them predisposes to the use of the others. Tobacco is perhaps the most gen erally known addiction, and in the form of the Cigarette it has blighted more juvenile lives and turned into debased characters more promising intellects than any other recognized agent. The boy or young man who follows up the first puff from a Cig arette soon finds himself with a de sire for subsequent smokes as keen as his desire for food. Cigarette Smokers, almost without exception, practice inhalation, so that every ill effect is produecd which Tobacco is capable of causing. Such indulgence stunts the mental, moral and physical growth in the young and induces the worst form of juvenile vice and indiscretions. In due time the use of Cigarettes causes a feeling of depression which the Cigarette itself is unable to re lieve. The necessity for relief Is marked, and, in many cases, the ad dict commences at once to indulge in the milder forms of Alocholic bev erages. The mildest stimulant to which he can turn is, possibly, Beer, containing from 4 to 6 per cent of Alcohol. This seems to satisfy him, but once the al coholic taste is aroused, the chanecs are in favor of a later indulgence in Whiskey as well. The temptation may come through convivial friends or from the desire for a more stimu lating draught to lash on the wearied nerves. In any event the drinking of Whiskey is the natural sequence to the drinking of Beer. For a time he indulges in the pop ular fallacy that he is only a moderate drinker and will always remain as such. To remain a moderate drinker is very truly a possibility, but evidence makes plain the assertion that the average drinker does not remain in this roseate state of alcoholism. With a continuation of the habit, destructive physical and mental changes occur and the crisis is reached.—Anti Naroctic Magazine. “FATHER DOES IT” Behold the one clear gauge of the boy’s endeavor—what father does. Mothers’ clubs may make motions di vine in wisdom and in goodness; mothers’ conventions may form all elements of virtue into laws; mothers’ individuality in the home may talk, work, struggle to make their sons models by which to shape a new heaven and a new earth. But the boy's world is in the man who is his father, and the boy believes that, whatever may be right on Sundays or at prayer time, the things that are really good, that really count in life, are what father does. Moreover, it is what father does that defines the means with which the boy shall work, the sphere wherein his efforts shall be shaped. In a word, what father does is the beginning, as it is the end, of the boy’s achievements. This is not a menace, either, to the mother’s higher aims or to the boy’s best en deavor. It is simply one of the rather neglected facts of human experience. —Ex. AT CARRIZAL (“Captain Morey says his Negro troops faced death singing.”) By day the sky of Mexico Stares brazen, overhead; By night the light of alien stars Keeps watch above the dead. How did they die in that far land, How did they face the grave— Those men whose fathers bore the brand That marked the southern slave? Did they, like recreant cowards, weep, Or vainly seek to fly? Ah, no, upon that bloody field They showed how men should die! Betrayed, outnumbered, still they fought To their heroic end, And smiled at death, and bravely sang As welcoming a friend. The strange, wild music of their race With mellow, low refrain, From cabin home, from rich land swamps, In memory swells again. But never such a song rang out As when they faced the foe, And, singing, charged from trench to trench, And gave him blow for blow. And in the annals of our land, Long as our flag shall wave, That song will show that men are men, Though children of the slave. —Charles T. Dazey in the New York Times. BROTHER OF OMAHA MAN IN THE MOVIES Los Angeles, Cal., July 15, 1916. Lincoln Motion Picture Co. is the name of the latest Negro Film pro ducing enterprise. The owners, op erators and actors are Colored. Their first release is entitled “The Realiza tion of a Negro’s Ambition.” It is a two-act drama in which the lead ing part is taken by Noble N. John son. Mr. Johnson is also the author and plays the leading part in “The In dian’s Lament,” a three-reel play produced by the Universal Film Co. Arrangements are being made to have “The Realization of a Negro’s Am bition” shown in Omaha. Mr. Johnson is the brother of Geo. P. Johnson, of this city. A few months ago he passed through this city en route to Philadelphia, to join his company, and while here met sev eral of the prominent people of the city. TO SUBSCRIBERS Please look at the number on the yellow label on your paper. If the number there is the same as the “Whole No.” on the front page it shows that your subscription is due. If the label is blue pencilled, it also shows that your subscription is now due. DAVENPORT ASSUMES MANAGEMENT AT ALAMO Mr. W. F. Davenport wishes to an ounce to the public that he has taken charge of the Alamo Hall, Twenty fourth and Grant streets and there will be a dancing school every Monday night. The best of order will be maintained. Only soft drinks will be served. Pinkard’s Saxaphone or chestra will furnish the music. Prof. E. Walker will be floor manager. Dancing until 1 o’clock a. m. 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