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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1916)
CHURCH OF S. PHILIP THE DEACON Special Advent Services and Preach ers. ..Bishop Williams Speaks Sunday Afternoon. Advent the beginning of the Church, Ecclesiastical or Christian Year, which is a semi-penitential season ob served by the Anglican or Episcopal and the Roman Catholic Church be gins next Sunday and ends at Christ mas. At the Sunday morning service at 11 o’clock during Advent the Rev. John Albert Williams will preach a series of four sermons on “The King and His Kingdom.” At five o’clock each Sunday afternoon there will be special Advent sermon preached by one of the clergy of the city. The speakers and dates are as follows: The Rt. Rev. Arthur L. Williams, S. T. D., Bishop of Nebraska; Decernoer 3rd; The Very Rev. James A. Tan cock, Dean of Trinity Cathedral, De cember 10; the Rev. Thomas J. Collar, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, December 17; the Rev. Carl M. Worden, vicar of St. Matthias Church, December 24. Instruction for the confirmation class will begin Friday, December 8, at eight o’clock. The Sunday School meets at 10 o'clock. The change to this hour has proved advantageous. A fine new furnace has just been installed in the church and new lights and kneeling stools are soon to be added to the improvements. NEWS OF ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Laymen’s Banquet. First Worshippers One of the most elaborate social events of the season was the Lay men’s Forward Movement banquet, which was held in the church Thurs day evening, November 23, in honor of the women of Omaha. The church was artistically decorated with cut flowers and palms. One hundred and sixty guests sat down to the first ta ble, which was the limit of the seat ing capacity, and forty more were accommodated later, making a total of 200. A four-course dinner was served. Addresses were made by the Rev. W. T. Osborne, the Rev. M. H. Wilkinson and others. Those who worshipped for the first time at Zion Baptist Church Sunday were the following: Eliza Clark of Olathe, Kans.; Mr. E. Griffin of San Francisco, Cal.; C. L. Curry, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Mr. and Mrs. Cousins, Mrs. Susie Perry and Mrs. Nina West of Omaha. HOME BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE The home of Jefferson Davis, 27th and Maple streets, was badly dam aged by fire Monday night and early Tuesday morning. The family was first awakened about 12 o’clock Mon day night by a slight blaze which was easily extinguished. About 4 o’clock Tuesday morning the fire broke out again and the fire department had difficulty in saving the house from total destruction. It is believed that the fire was caused by a defective flue. N. W. C. A. NOTES The N. W. C. A. desires to return thanks to the pastors of the local churches for the permission granted them to place barrels for donations in their respective churches and also to thank the public for the donations of vegetables given by them Due ac knowledgements of donations will be subsequently published. There will be a meeting at the home Wednesday, December 6. NOTES OF ST. JOHN’S A. M. E. CHURCH The Willing Workers and individual members of the Club have kept the sick room of Mrs. Osborne filled with beautiful fragrant flowers. Rally! Sunday, December 3, is Ral ly Day at St. John’s A. M. E. Church. The men $2, the women $1. The pas tor is expecting every member and friend to pay. Urgent debts must be met. St. John’s A. M. E. Church closes First Quarter, beginning October 1 to November 19, embracing only eight weeks. The Rev. J. C. C. Owens, Presiding Elder. The Rev. W. T. Osborne, Pastor. Raised by Stewards . $270.65 Raised by Trustees. 239.06 Raised by Sunday School. 56.30 Raised by Junior Stewards. 18.75 Raised by Senior Aid . 10.00 Missionary Pennies . 8.46 Dues from W. W. Club . 2.60 A. C. E. League. 4.26 Total for eight weeks.$610.08 Additions to the Church, 8. Mr. G. W. Franklin, leader of class 7 of St. John’s A. M. E. Church, broke the record in the quarterly assess ment. His class reported $10.00. Mrs. W. T. Osborne is able to sit up some and is expected to be aole to be out soon. ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT Mrs. Carrie L. Bell, widow of '.he late Ulysses G. Bell, announces the engagement of her daughter, Frances Irene, to Mr. Lairie Nathaniel Peoples. The wedding will take place some time in the winter. EVENTS AND PERSONS Mrs. Leonard Britt suffered a se vere attack of acute indigestion Mon day night, but is improving. Mrs. Fred Rogers of Minneapolis is in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. Thompson. The Elite Whist Club met a he res idence of Mrs. A. D. James, 2632 Pat rick avenue, Wednesday, November 22. Luncheon was served at 1:30, after which the afternoon was spent in whist. The highest score was made by Mrs. West. A prize was also pre sented to the hostess. Mrs. Lucinda Woods, aged 64 years, who had been an invalid for the last four years, died at her home, 3220 Pinkney street, Tuesday. She is sur vived by her husband. The funeral was held from Zion Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon, interment be :ng in Forest Lawn. The Rev. W. F. Botts officiated. Jones and Chiles had charge of the funeral. Mrs. Edward Dorsey and son, of Lincoln, Neb., stopped over in Omaha for two days at the guest of Mrs. W. M. Moore, 2120 North Thirtieth street. Mrs. Moore is Mrs. Dorsey’s aunt. Mrs. Dorsey was en route to Streeter, 111., where she will visit her mother. Some ladies who are interested in helping the poor know of three de serving families with several small children who need assistance. The children need clothing. Persons will ing to help may leave clothing or do nations at St. Philip’s rectory, 1110 Twenty-first street. HE-— ■ ■■■ ■ ■■ jf A Bluff That Told By SADIE OLCOTl y- ■ —'—=* James Pearson was thirty years old and possessed a fine farm. He was a bachelor, and an old woman who had been his nurse kept house for him Sam Slack was his right hand man. and on him Pearson relied for every thing pertaining to the care of the farm and the raising of crops. The financial part of the Industry Pearson attended to himself, also the snle of what the farm produced. One day Pearson said to his man Slack: “Sam, there should be another wom an about the place. Mrs. Griffiths (the housekeeper) is getting old. and it's all she can do to keep the house in or der and get my meals. I wish you’d get married. You could have the cot tage free of rent. Then if anything turns up that requires a wromnn to do there’ll he some one to do it.” “I wouldn't mind, Mr. Pearson,’’ re plied Sam. "if I could get a uiee gal. Is there any one about here ybu think would have me?” “Lots of ’em. Old Sawyer has three daughters and nothing to leave ’em. I could chuck you hi for bait, and all three would swim for it. The most likely of the jot Is Amanda. She’d make any man a good wife." The last words were said as much to himself as to Sum, but Sam did not notice the musing tone In which they were spoken. “Well, Mr. Pearson,” he said, “I’ll think the matter over, and If I find there’s any chance of gettln’ a gal to (ill the bill mehhe I'll try for her.” Sam’s reply was based on the fact that since Pearson had proposed the plan he must consider the man to whom he had proposed it a fixture. It wns not likely that he would lie turn ed out of n Job so long as he did his work and kept the peace with his em ployer. The very next evening he went to Sawyer’s and asked for Aman da. Sam was a good man, but as for making a proposition of marriage he was like a bull in a china shop. Since he had asked especially for Amanda he was given the living room and she was notified that ho was waiting for her there. When she entered he got up out of the chair he was sitting in, said “good evening.” sat down again before she had seated herself, arose again, remarked that it was a fine evening and when both were seated plunged into his subject. “Miss Sawyer,” lie began, “Mr Penr son says that Mrs. Griffiths, his house keeper, is gittin’ old and they'd oughter be another woman on the place.” Miss Sawyer had been thinking on that same line. She was not surprised that Pearson had come to it, and jump ed at the conclusion that he had sent Sam to her with some sort of a prop osition. But marriage was the only proposition she would listen to. and surely Pearson would not send his hired man to make a declaration for him. “Jes’ so," she said, and waited for further development. “He told me that if I’d git married I might have the cottage on the farm that's been shut up for so long," con tinued Sam. This was a development on unex pected lines Miss Sawyer's rigidity of countenance did not relax. There was no mute or openly expressed In vitation to proceed, but Sam was in for it and there was no way to hack out, or If there was lie was not com petent to avail himself of it. “I asked him if he thought there was any gal around here that would suit him—I mean that would fill the hill, and he said lie thought you”— By this time the scowl on Amanda’s face had so far deepened that Sam dare not go any further. Amanda sat like a stone. The quiet was so im pressive that those who were listening at keyholes wondered if the couple had left the room by way of the chimney. Finally Amanda, appenrlng to soften somewhat, said: “I’m much obleeged to you, Mr. Slack, for your proposition. The only thing i don't like about It Is that Mr. Pearson has mixed himself up in it If you're prepared to give me a home that doesn’t come through him I'm ready to marry you tomorrow. But as to livin' in one o' Mr Pearson’s out houses. I'm not thinkin’ that way at all." Sam stammered something about be ing taken flat nback os to the condi tion nnd went away, saying that If he found a way out of the matter he would let her know. Pearson, who had his eye on Sam as well ns on Amanda, knew of the visit and the next morning reopened the subject of Sam's marriage and the cottage. Sam told him of the girl’s acceptance of him nnd the condition. Pearson opened his eyes very wide. “Well. Sam." he said when he had recovered something of his equanimity, “what’s going to be the result?” “1 dunno." replied Sam. "Seems to me that the plan o’ glttin' another wo man on the place has broke down." “Reckon,” replied Pearson. And he turned away. The same evening he went to see Amanda Sawyer nnd apologized for what he called Interfering in her love affairs It was not long after that that Amanda supplied the feminine defl eiency in his home, but as the wife of the master instead of the man. Sam Slack, having had his mind set upon getting a wife, persevered and finally married a widow with one of the !>est farms in the county. This gave him a superiority over his former master which he rather enjoyed. MAROONED ON ICE STRIP, MEN FACED STARVATION Survivor* of Shackleton Expedition Snatched From Jaw* of Death. The marooned members of the Shackleton south polar expedition would have died of starvation by No vember had they not been rescued by the relief expedition Sir Ernest Shackle ton guided to Elephant island, accord ing to advices from Punta Arenas, Chile. Their supplies were reduced to matches and salt All their food was gone. They had been living for weeks on seals aud penguins. Their faces showed their sufferings. The Yelcho, the relief steamer, nar rowly escaped being crushed by the ic* many times. From a point seventy miles south of Cape Horn the ship was in constant danger of colliding with ice floes. Several small icebergs crash ed against tbe vessel's sides, loosening her plates and at times threatening to inclose her in a pocket But after sighting Elephant island Captain Par do Bwore be would succeed in the res cue work or die in the attempt Even after the ship had arrived within a few miles of Elephant island the men marooned on a narrow strip of ice were ignorant of its approach, a heavy fog hiding the Yelcho. Their first knowledge that a ship was ap proaching came from blasts from the Yelcho’s siren. The Yelcho ran close in shore, and smull boats went to land. The ma rooned men came aboard with tears of joy streaming down their faces, shout ing ‘‘Viva Chile!” No Use For It, “Have you a five dollar bill that you don’t know what to do with?” “Yes; here is one.” “Oh, thank you. But I say, this Is counterfeit.” “Well, you asked me for one I didn’t know wliat to do with.”—Chicago Herald. When Women Meet. “That woman pretended to l>e glad to see me. What an actress she is!” “But you w’ere a match for her?” “Yes. I pretended to be just as glad to see her.”—Exchange.