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j UNIFORM j I TAXI ! 1 | CO. i Calls Answered Day or Night, t • Kates $2.00 Per flour. New 5- * | Passenger Car. j Office For S t FIRST CLASS CLEANING j I* AND PRESSING. Neatly Done. Work Guaranteed, i 2414 North 24th St. Tel. Office Web. 5220. j Res. Web. 2219. j (MMUHNMHUMniMMUMHtMWHiMHtMnMMIM.UMMIU CUMING TIRE REPAIR 1904 Cuming Street Douglas 8944 Expert Tire and Tube Repairing Tires retreaded; .‘5,000 miles guaranteed. Satisfaction with all work. • ,,,M,""rr III I I T I ' T«*« ita n a a n a n a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a $ 1888 _ 1918 * I St. Paul Normal & | ii Industrial School \ LAWRENCEVILLE, VA. K J! Thirty-first Session » Opens September 24, 1918 COURSES “ Primary, Grammar School, £ Normal, Industrial a Graduates receive State High >i » School Certificate, which will j S admit to Standard Normal £ a' Schools and Colleges. W j] a Summer School for Teachers i Extensive Trade Courses | Enrollment 1917-1918, 496. £ :i Athletic Training, Football, Baseball, Tennis, etc. a Full Course in Military Training £ .jfj > « For Catalogue and F'urther In- r formation address— a REV. JAS. S. RUSSELL, I). D„ > Principal, Lawrenceville, Va. a ' a ai:.a a a a a a a a a a a a a a.a »"«. lOOOOO Smell Sweet Anything in the line of Toilet Articles, Perfumes, Soaps, Face Powder; also Household Ar ticles, Olive Oil, Flxtractr, etc. Mrs. E. Britton AGENT j 2414 Flrskine St. Webster 2927 The Kashmir Beauty Shop FOR LADIES We Also Make a Specialty of ’I RLATINO MEN'S SC ALPS 220 S. 13th St., I’pataira 13th and Karnam. JhSSE HALE, MOSS. Manager Douglas 7150. Invest In Michigan Orchards Fortunes in It. Easy Terms. $10 Down; $7.50 a Month SEE JESSE HALE MOSS, 13th and Farnam. Douglas 7150 ONE YEAR OF FOOD CONSERVA TION The American people were asked to provide—as a patriotic duty—wheat, meat, fats and sugar for our asso ciates in the war and their dependents. The following results will show that Americans did their duty. The Negro ] who has a large part in the handling of food can feel a pride in what was done in the matter of saving wheat, meats, fats and sugar. Wheat—The amount of wheat above our normal needs for 1917-1918 was 20.000. 000 bushels—in other words, that is all we could have shipped un ! less our home consumption could have been reduced. If we continue to save at the present rate we shall be able to send to our soldiers and our associates in the war before the harvest of 1918 is entirely in, almost 170.000. 000 bushels—or, in terms of our savings, we have done without 130.000. 000 bushels of wheat to help win the w'ar. The wholesale price of flour at Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 18, 1917, was $16.75 per barrel. Th< wholesale price is now $10.18. Pork—Meat—The number of hog-: in the United States before the war was about 6,000,000 below what it ought to be. The United States then sold to foreign countries about 55. 000,000 pounds of pork per month. In March, 1918, we were able to ship to our soldiers and our associates in the war over 300,000.000 pounds of pork in addition because our people answered the government’s call to grow more pork and eat less of it, and we have saved and placed in storage 1.000. 000.000 pounds of pork, lard, etc. Beef—Before the war this country was shipping less than 2,000,000 pounds of beef each month. We sent 96,982,000 pounds of beef in May, and with the people saving in the future as tjiey are now, our boys will have plenty of beef. Sugar—The United States food ad ministration is now asking that the people of the United States reduce their consumption of sugar to throe poundR per month per person for the balance of the year. This is asked in order that the people of England may have two pounds per month per per ! son, and the people of Italy one pound per month per person. If the people of the United States live up to this requirement there is absolutely no danger of a sugar shortage. The average price throughout the ; world in the past year has been abour | 20 cents per pound, while in the Un'* j ed States, because of regulation, i* j has been 10 cents a pound or less. | Every one cent advance in the price of : sugar means about $84,000,000 to the ; people of this country ; Reserves—The present crops aro above normal and as the war contin ues with the withdrawal of men from the farms to war work we do not ex i pert to have such large crops again. ! Following the lesson of Joseph in Egypt, the United States food admin istration is collecting large stores of food at home and in Europe; thus wo shall have reserves of food to over come any future crop shortage here and enough food in Europe to tide over our soldiers and associates in war for a time, in case the steady stream of food ships to them is at any time interrupted. OUR T R A NS 1*0 RT ATI O N PROBLEMS Some of our national transporta* j tion problems and difficulties can be | better understood when it is remem j bered that in the northeastern section ! of the United States, including New j York, Pennsylvania, adjoining state:: and New England, the population ia 693 persons to every mile of railroad; in the south the figures are 407 per sons per mile; and in the west, 252. There are 15 square miles of land to every mile of railroad in the west, I while in the east there is 1 mile of railroad to every 5 square miles o: land. There are innumerable facto ries in this eastern theater, and the bringing in of coal and raw material and the carrying out of manufactured products make up a tremendous freight tonnage. The railroad administration is solv ing gradually many problems, by the elimination of many unnecessary passenger trains several thousand en gines are diverted from passenger to freight traffic, which relieves the sit uation materially. Also by loading th freight cars to full capacity a great saving is being accomplished. Rout ing freight by the most direct route and other methods adonted by the ad ministration, are doing much to easr the strain on our transportation facili ties. HOLDS COTTON CROP RECORD Shreveport, La.—Newton Smith, : Colored planter, holds the cotton croj record of the Red River valley foi the past season. His '286 bales ar< worth $10,000. He owns 1,000 acre! of cotton land and leases anothei 1,000 acres and employs seventy-fiv< Colored families on his plantation. H< is rated at $200,000 by the bankers 01 the city. AMERICAN NEGRO IS TRUE PATRIOT, DECLARES MILLER Spokane, Wash.—An interested au dience of approximately 1,000 people listened intently to Professor Kelly Miller of Howard university last week at Lewis and Clark high school dis cuss “The Patriotism of the Negro." Professor Miller came to Spokane un der the auspices of the national coun cil of defense and the bureau of pub lic information. “As a result of this world confiict, the American Negro will have accord ed him the highest powers of citizen ship, must be the conscientious belief of every citizen of this country,” said the speaker. “The opportunity is here and the Negro will meet it squarely. “This is the Negro’s land. It is the home of freedom and opportunity. None other can give him what he can receive here and in turn the American Negro is showing that he is not a slacker. Some of the best companies and regiments of soldiers in General Pershings’ army are composed of Ne groes.” COLORED NURSES QUESTION STATUS Young Race Women, Graduates From New Orleans Training School, De mand to Know Where They Stand. New Orleans, La.—“Are we nurses or are we not?” That is the question that is agitat ing the minds of a number of young Npgro women who recently completed a first aid course of fifty lessons un der the instruction of Dr. R. J. Vin ing, Louise Ross and Ethel Smith, and they have asked the Times-Picay une in a communication to “find out what they are.” Miss I,. Agnes Daspit, head of the nurses section of the gulf division of the Red Cross, says they are nurses’ aids. They were not given diplomas as was said in the communication, but certificates as evidence they had com pleted the course in elementary hy giene and home care, which is author ized by the national organization of the Red Cross, and for which they were given credit. Work in dietetics and first aid was given to make them more efficient that they may relieve registered nurses of as much as pos sible for war service. To be a reg istered, trained nurse requires the completion of a three-year course in a recognized hospital or sanitarium. The same course given the race girls is being given a class at Tulane uni versity. DISASTROUS FIRE DESTROYS RESIDENCES Longview, Tex.—A fire broke out in the northern part of the eity re cently, which under the pressure of heavy wind threatened to consume the entire northwest end of the city. Five Colored houses were destroyed at the point of origin and others saved only by heroic effort. A dwelling house three blocks away caught fire and was consumed while another two blocks further caught and was burned, with numerous others threatened b> shingle roofs catching fire. ON THE STREET r OOK! There she goes, scarce i Li twenty years, And yet the bloom of youth has flown; Her pallid face is gaunt with fears, The white plague’s claimed her for its own. A man draws near, she lifts her head And makes essay to smile—to speak; j Comes to her lips a darker red Than that which dyes her sunken cheek. She quickly wipes away the stain, Attempts to lure him with a wink; She must not lose this chance for gain, For all too nears starvation’s brink. Her body sways, yet brave the smile; He hesitates, and then draws near, His gaze upon her face the while; Hut now her eyes ope wide with fear. He firmly grasps her by the arm; “I’ve caught you right, my fox> miss! I’ll place you where you’ll do no harm; You’ve oft been warned ’gainst such as this.” Ill, tired and weak, about to fall, A haunted look comes in her eyes. “Aw! come along and ‘can’ that stall,’ That sob stuff gets them other guys.” ’Tis useless now to cry or plead; No kindly word the sick girl greets; No friend to succor her in need; Poor, lonely outcast of the streets. God pity those who go astray; Open their eyes that they may see When others all have turned away; ’Tis then they have a friend in Thee. —Salem Tutt Whitney. FOOD CONSERVATION NOTES What Is a Calorie? Since food .conservation ha£ be come a vital factor in carrying on oui war against Germany, the layman has encountered in his reading the new word calorie. The word, which formerly appeared only in scientific journals, now jumps at once from the daily papers, from the magazines, ag ricultural and trade press. In a way, the food administration is partly re sponsible for the increased use of the word, and, as a result, has received letters from all parts of the country asking “What is a calorie?” Some people have gone so far as to suggest that it is the name of a new breakfast food, while jn one instance, inquirer stated he. had heard that it was a new type of explosive discovered by the war department and wanted to know what the food administration had to do with it. When fuel is thrown on a fire under a boiler, heat is produced. This heat is required in order that the engine may perform its work. To do work of any kind requires energy. Food use 1 or burned in the human machine pro duces energy to maintain the normal heat of the body and to do its work. Work done by the body comprises not only that which requires muscular or mental exertion, but also involuntar exertion such as the beating of the heart, the expansion of the lungs, etc. The chemical process within the body which transforms our food into energy is similar in nature to the process which takes place when fuel is burne.': over fire—though, in the body, the burning takes place very slowly and in every tissue, instead of in one central place. The value of the food is deter mined by the amount of energy' it yields to the body; and it also has a building and regulating function. It was necessary that a unit be es tablished for measuring the amount o( "heat produced when food was com pletely burned. The unit chosen 01 universally adopted as the unit for measuring fuel value or energy value for any' kind of food is called the calorie. It represents the same prin ciple in measuring as the inch or foot, the unit of measuring length; the pint or gallon, the unit of volume; and the ounce or pound, that of weight. The calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1° C.. or 1 pound of water approximately 4’ F. Our re quirements of food, so far as the amount is concerned, can therefore be expresed in the number of calories needed for each person per day. It must not be forgotten that the calories must be derived from the proper kinds of food. SOLDIER AND SAILOR (INSUR ANCE. Secretary McAdoo has received the following cablegram from Gen. Per shing: "All ranks of the American Expe ditionary Forces appreciate deeply the generous measure the government has taken to provide insurance fo' their families, in proof of which more than 90 per cent of men have taken out insurance. To wisely provision for their loved ones heartens our men and strengthens the bonds that unite the army and the people in our strong determination to triumph in our most righteous cause." The Bureau of War-Risk Insurancs up to June 28 has writen $21,566. 000,000 insurance, representing 2,570, 455 applications. The average amount of insurance applied for is $8,.587, and in some battalions and regiments, some in France and some here, every man has taken out insurance. In some units every man is insured for the maximum, $10,000 One of the American generals says that this government insurance is an element of victory. All Liberty bond holders and all purchasers of War Savings Stamps may feel that they bad a part in this insurance—the most just and humane provision ever made by any nation fir its fighting men. IMPORTANT NOTICE! Notice is here given that Mrs. Sarah Walker,, 007 S street, is appointed the ; exclusive agent and representative of The Monitor to solicit subscriptions and advertisements and make collec tions in Lincoln. She is also the offi cial correspondent and staff represen tative of.J’i'e Monitor for Lincoln. It will be greatly appreciated if all per sons who have news for this depart i ment will communicate with her. JOHN AT.BERT WILLIAMS, Editor. A SPECIAL ARTICLE We expect soon to publish a special article on Lincoln, with illustrations of some of our homes and citizens. You will hear about it later. Mrs. Lorene Dorsey, who went to Rock Island, 111., several days ago, returned home Tuesday, July 23, bringing her mother, Mrs. Wilford who is much improved in health, back with her. G. C. Walker was called home Sat urday evening on account of the deatt of his father at Greenville, Miss. Lincoln News MISS MARY G, EVANS, THE NOTED EVANGELIST, AGAIN VISITS LINCOLN Miss Mary G. Evans, the inspiring evangelist, who left such a favorable impression upon the people of Lin coln during the month of May, will be with us again to give a lecture on a “Trip to the Holy Land,” at the Temple theater, Friday evening, Au gust 2, 1918, 8:30. Admission 25 cents. We remember Miss Evans as be ing one of our ablest bibie students. We can never forget her energetic and enthusiastic prayers, her impres sive singing or how she labored so the High Brown Girls Ball last Thurs words of the blessed master to those who knew him not. So friends, let us portray our most sincere appreciation of the noblework that this conscientious woman has done for us by presenting a crowded house when she makes her appear ance, Friday evening, August 2. Don’t forget the date. BERGE CANDIDATE FOR STATE TREASURER Upon my second visit at the state house Tuesday afternoon I had the pleasure of securing for The Mon itor two subscriptions, that of Judge Rose and Mr. Henry C. Berge. Mr. Berge, who is now democratic candidate for state treasurer, has been a resident of Nebraska for ten years. He was for two years on the state banking board under Gov. Morehead and has been deputy state treasurer ; since January, 1915. Mr. Berge is a lawyer by profes- • sion and a business man of wide ex perience. He is a brother of George W. Berge, the well-known Lincoln lawyer, who made such a brilliant campaign for governor in 1904, the year that Roosevelt carried the state j by such a sweeping majority and re ! ceived a wonderful vote. Mr. Berge is of a strong force of ; character, clean and high minded in his aims and purposes and is indeed a ! high class citizen. He is thoroughly conversant with the duties of state treasurer and if the voters select him i to that high and responsible position in the present campaign they will place that office in capable and care ful hands, with no concern for the proper conduct of the state’s finances, so far as they come under the super vision of the state treasurer. MRS. SARAH WALKER. __ Mr. and ivfr.s. Frank an<J Joseph Pisar wealthy residents of Dorchest er, Neb., and dear friends to the Bur don family, motored to Lincoln Sun day and spent the day as guests of the Misses Mary and Martha Burdon. The Pisar and Burdon families lived on adjoining farms for a number of J years, the younger set having attend- I j ed the same school. Mrs. Fannie Young, who attended the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, returned home from | Denver, Thursday, July 18. Mary E. Dickson Tent No. 3 met with the Queen Mother, Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 1942 U street, Saturday after noon, July 20. About ten members were present, and a very successful meeting was reported. The executive board of the N. A. A. C. P. met at the home of the presi dent, Mrs. Clyde Malone Monday eve ning, July 22. The meeting was held for the purpose of making arrange ments for giving a send off to the boys recently called to the colors, just before they leave for Camp Funston, which will be about the first week in August. The number to be sent from Lincoln will be forty-seven. Mrs. Grace Cisco of Beatrice is here attending summer school at the Uni versity of Nebraska. Mrs. Arthur Manlove of Olathe, j Kas., accompanied by her daughter, Barbara, is'visiting her mother, Mrs. j E. R. Spicer, and sister, Mrs. Sylvia Thomas. The L. L. S. Kensington club en tertained last Wednesday evening in honor of Mrs. Eva Smith of Santiago, Cal., at the home of Mrs. Mabel Gal braith. About fifty guests were pres ent and a very delightful time was re. ported. The picnic that was postponed on I _ —*— account of rain by the Daughters of Bethel last W ednesday* was given Monday evening July 22, at F street park. Mr. George N. Relies of Keokuk, la., was in the city last week visiting his brother, Mr. G. L. Maston, after spending a few days attending the Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. M. u' Council Bluffs, la. Mr. G. L. Maston gave a motor party in honor of Mr. George Relies during his short stay here. Those participating were: Mr. and Mrs. T. T. McWilliams, Mrs. L. Allen and Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Smith. After their return a very pleasant hour was spent at the Dunbar. A reception will be given at the A. M. E. church by its members on Monday evening, July 29, in honor of the boys recently called in the draft. The public is cordially invited. The committee appointed to organ ize a Red Cross society was held Mon day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Maude Gates. The committee elected the officers of the organization and decided to call their organization “The Ada Young Unit,” having named it after Colonel Charles Young’s wife, a very distinguished race woman. It was also decided to meet at the Ma sonic hall every Thursday until fur ther arrangements are made for the purpose of doing Red Cross work. Every woman is urged to attend these meetings and do their bit toward help ing win the war. Word was received by the family that the ship Mr. Frank Burdon was on arrived safely over sea. Frank is now somewhere in France. i.11111111111111111111111111111111111111II111111111 1 The Dunbar I | CAFE | Good Home Cooking E Ice Cream, Cigars and Soft = Drinks E 10th and Q Streets E Galbreath & Colley, Props. = run iiiiiuiiii mini iiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiimiiiiii? 8BI88I8ISBISI8I8S9I8BISBISII1ISH8IHBMQSSKI 1 C. D. ENNIS I » First-Class Rooming House a Hilliard Parlor. Cigars Soft Drinks. sjj . ^ “ —Barber Shop in Connection— |» >< 42254 West Fourth. 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