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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1917)
THE MONITOR A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with the desire to con tribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and of the race. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1915, at the Post Office at Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors. George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *1.50 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 50 cents an Inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. MAINTAIN YOUR RIGHTS We publish the Civil Rights Bill of Nebraska that our readers may know just what the law is. The viola tion of this law is becoming bolder and more flagrant every day in Oma ha. This is particularly true of mov ing picture theatres and places of amusement where a determined pro cess of segregation and discrimination is becoming more pronounced. Some thing must be done to stop the insults to which well-behaved and self-re specting Colored people are becoming more and more ferquently subjected, in constantly increasing and unlooked for places. Last week three of our most highly respected women, who are property owners and tax-payers, were subjected to most humiliating embarrassment in a Douglas street moving picture place. This is only one of many recent cases. Two white gentlemen who witnessed the humiliation of these women, left the theatre as they did and politely accosting them, said: “Ladies, we are indignant at the outrageous and uncalled-for treat ment and embarrassment to which you have been so unjustly subjected. Here are our cards and if you take any ac tion in this case, which we believe you should, call on us as witnesses.” These gentlemen, in our opinion, represent thousands e;: our broad minded white citizens, who have no sympathy with certain indignities which are being thrust upon our peo ple by cheap movie managers and others. wnat men is to De aone; inis; We advise our people first to be ex ceedingly careful of their conduct, as they have been, when patronizing these places which are bidding for public patronage and are open to the public—not any special class—but the PUBLIC. If any indignity is offered them, by which their civil rights are denied, then bring action against the management and any and all who may be cited for aiding or abetting in the vioaltion, for violation of the Civil Rights Bill, following this by a suit for personal damages. Moreover, if any employe of the place or places, or any police officer called by the management to evict you, when you have not been guilty of any misconduct, lay his hand or hands upon you, have him or them arrested for assault. This is the line of procedure to stop this discrimination. But be sure to keep your head. Don’t allow your self to be betrayed into boistrous talking or any exercise of force, save ir self-defense. After vindicating our rights as well behaved and self-respecting citizens to patronize public places of amuse ment like all other citizens, then let us give our patronage only to those places where we know we are welcome and are given courteous treatment— and there are many such places in our city—and studiously avoid those places where our people have been subjected to indignities. There is a principle at stake which must first be vindicated: Our rights as citizens of Nebraska. If it takes a thousand suits at law to vindicate this principle and establish our status, then let us have the suits. Let us spend our money freely for the safe guarding of our rights. Is the Civil Rights Bill of Nebras ka, a mere “scrap of paper” ? Are we ce self-respecting men and women go ing to sit supinely by and permit the violation of its specific provisions without protest? If we do we are not worthy of our citizenship. “Bob” Smith and Harry Pearce have not yet found it feasible to give our people any place among their large force of employees. “Death bed re pentance” on their part will not im press us as very sincere. About the time the term of their office expires they will probably want to throw some little crumb to our people to catch votes. Such “death bed repentance" will not count. Make the appointments NOW. Eventually the United States Gov ernment will be compelled to admit Colored Americans to the navy, why not now ? Secretary Daniels, why cannot the present limitations and re strictions as to the enlistment of Col ored men be withdrawn ? SKITS OF SOLOMON Band Concerts A band concert is a magnet that draws folks away from the hot and dusty cities and reminds them that there are such things as parks. If it wasn’t for a band concert 99% per cent of the population wouldn’t know what a park is for. Said per cent would hunt the shady side of the bungalow, fondle a pitcher of ice water and wonder who in the heck invented summer anyhow. But a band concert avoids such outbursts of pro fanity. The only time one almost cusses is when he has to play the trapeze act trying to stick on a crowd ed car long enough to fall near the park entrance. But such little things are soon forgotten. As soon as one’s narrow number twelves begin to stroke the greensward, pearly gates and bold curbs begin to fade. And then when Des and his boys start jug gling with notes, gloom gets into the corral immediately. Thereupon you are not very much worried as to whether it is summer or not and you forget all about the strike and a dry state and the coal man and other lit tle da’ly peeves like that. The gent puffs his Selecto Cabago and his toot sie chews her Nearmint and all goes as merry as a r.ew flivver. You clap joyfully after each selection and when the band puts across a ragged romp you go into a spasm and raise a crop of blisters on your palm sites. There’s nothing like it And if you take out a spread and nibble while the Som merston Sonata in Z Minor is being Put or tria’, John D. and J. P. and Andy haven’t anything on you when ■t comes to music with your meals. The park concerts have got all parts of it—and then some. i ___ Obvious Observations Who is Villa? Never heard of him, ! Lucille; never heard of him. It looks as though vve will have a I cool summer and that’s real nice. Now if we will just have a warm winter we will try to be satisfied. The air raid over London makes us think that Germany is still awake. Every big city is having a strike and Omaha apparently must have one, too. In Schenectady, N. Y., 16,000 men are said to have struck because one Negro was hired. Well, they had bet ter go back to work because they will have to get used to it sooner or later —so why not sooner? How’s your garden? Has it had enough rain? Ours is doing so so, thank you. From the size of the crowds that pour out to the parks to hear Des dunes’ band it seems that quite a num ber of people have heard its music and sort of like it. It appears that the parties to the police scandc<l don It care anything at all about each other’s reputations —that is if said parties ever had any. Please remember to pay your sub scription. It’s harder to run a news paper on nothing than it is to run an automobile on air. Thanking you for your fagged ap pearance, we will now shut up. 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