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THE MONITOR A T~T1-- W«Uy Mmmar Dwroud to the Intereete of Colored Published every Friday at Omaha, Nebraska, by the Monitor Publishing Company.__ ■tetarad as Baoond-Claea MaU Matter July 1, 1111, at the PoatoAce at Osaka. MsU.. under the Act of March I, 1»T».__ THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor. George H. W. Bullock, Business Manager and Associate Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 o MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address, The Monitor, SM Kaffir Block, Omaha, Hcb. Telephone Douglas 3224. J t$$$$$$«4»*<»»>«**««**»***»»»*^***»******m*******t * * JrJ :: ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE | :: UNITED STATES. f « ► Y 11 Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. X <» Y ;; 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, Y ' • and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the j* y, United States and of the State wherein they reside. No £ !! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ] [ privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor <« shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop !! erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person j, 11 within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. X i > o*xkk-<k~X“X-<*<-<--X“X~x~x~X“:“X-<~x*":"X“X--x-*x--x--x~x~X“X~x~x THANK YOU SINCERELY WTE have received many expressions of pleasure that The Monitor is to be continued, despite bankruptcy proceedings. We have received as surances from many that they are willing to do anything within their power to have the publication live and carry on its good work. In sev eral cases these expressions of good will have taken tangible shape in the form of prompt remittances of money due. For all this we are exceedingly grateful. May we point out how our friends can substantially assist us in this crisis? Well, in the first place, PLEASE PAY YOUR OWN SUB SCRIPTION, if you have not already done so. This will be a tremendous help. Then, in the second place, HELP US TO SECURE ENLARGED ADVERTISING PATRONAGE BY REQUESTING THE MERCHANTS WITH WHOM YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY TO ADVERTISE IN THE MONITOR. This is exceedingly im- i portant. And in the third place, GET YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGH BORS to subscribe for THE MON ITOR at the SPECIAL RATE OF ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, which we are giving for a limited time to se cure new subscribers. We want to | put The Monitor in the home of EV-1 ERY COLORED PERSON in Nebras ka, and in as many homes of oui white friends as possible. Yoir can help us do this. May we count on you to do it? AN APPRECIATED DEFENDER W/E have always held that the ma jority of white Americans be lieve in justice and fair play even for the Negro. We have, however, been so largely the victims of misrepresen tation that the dominant group do not know us at our best. They think they do, but they are woefully mis taken. W'e are judged, very largely, paradoxical though it may be, by our worst type, rather than by our best. Since this is true the burden is laid upon those who have had special ad vantages and represent the best type to do all in their power to improve the character and condition of those of our race who are such a heavy lia bility upon the self-respecting. Our white friends who really know the best side of our life are, as a rule, quite timid in coming to our defense when unjust attacks are made against us. However, now and then, some one has the courage to speak out in our behalf. Thank God, the number of those brave souls is growing. As an example of this we quote with pleas ure a letter which was recently pub lished in “America," an influential Roman Catholic weekly, by a Jesuit priest, the Rev. John J. Albert of Bal timore, in reply to a communication sent to the same publication by a woman who made a wholesale attack on Negro morality. Father Albert says in part: “As a priest who has labored amongst the colored people for the past fifteen years I cannot agree with the drastic tone of her letter. Many people even of the South have a com posite picture of the colored man or woman which is considerably out of date. An observer walking up Penn sylvania Avenue, Baltimore, between Biddle and Mosher streets, may notice lolling about a surfeiture of Negro riffraff, and be tempted to say: ‘Be hold the Negro! How abominably ugly!’ Let the same observer attend the commencement exercises of the Baltimore colored high school, or, let us say, a basketball game between Howard and Lincoln Universities in Washington, and he will be astonished at the splendid appearance of the audience. "We may say the same of morals. Why should the servant class be held | up as models of Negro morality? C. H. G. speaks of a colored mother and | her daughter. What kind of morality i in any race can be expected without I real home life? What kind of a home | is that which a mother must leave in I order to be a cog in the w heel of an other home? If we are ‘superior’ let us be fair. Here is a motherless home, situated perhaps in an alley. Maybe, in order/to accumulate the rent, lodgers/are accepted. There are no hallways in many of these narrow houses. Where is that privacy so necessary for the protection of mor als? If they move into a better neighborhood sometimes the ‘superior’ | whites throw unkind bricks and smash windows, as they recently did in Bal timore; or perhaps the houses are bombed, as has been the custom In Chicago. The ‘holier-than-thou’ white people keep them and their children far away from decent places ot amusement, and also see to it that they do not get too near to that air of purity which seems to surround our Lord’s hidden Presence in the sanct uary. Then the more ‘enlightened’ race speaks of them as ‘horribly im moral”, and claims: ‘God Himself has put His own mark flpon them.’ I have a higher opinion of the good ! God than that; and I thank Him for that good fortune of having met many thousands of noble colored men and ! women throughout this country, more especially in the cities of Baltimore and Washington, and in the more l-Catholic atmosphere of the Gulf coast, as well as in Louisiana and Southern Texas, where there has always been a more serious effort at real home making. “Finally to say: ‘The immense majority of colored children are bom out of wedloc’ is to say what is ‘hor ribly’ untrue. With no intentional asperity, but with love towards all of God’s children, I have merely given here the answer called for." We appreciate defenders of this kind, and are grateful for their in creasing number. “WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU?” This is a question which has been frequently asked us within the past ten days. We have already answered this elsewhere. It may be well to re peat it briefly in this way:: 1. PAY YOUR OWN SUBSCR1P TION IF IT IS DUE. 2. HELP US TO SECURE IN CREASED ADVERTISING BY ASK ING YOUR MERCHANT TO AD VERTISE IN THE MONITOR AND BY THROWING YOUR PATRON AGE TO THOSE WHO DO. 3. GET AT LEAST ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS OR NEIGHBORS WHO IS NOT NOW A SUBSCRIBER TO SUBSCRIBE AT THE SPECIAL RATE FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS OF ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. OUR CHOICE 'J'HE MONITOR’S choice for govern or of Nebraska is Adam McMul len of Beatrice. W'e want our read ers to become familiar with the name. -* W A N T E D Two young ladies or gen tleman to devote a couple of hours each day in pleas ant, profitable work, Good pav. Nothing to 1 sell. Call Monday at 3:30 P. M.—Monitor Office. I *--* THE NEW DIAMOND ? 24th and Lake Street* SATURDAY— “ B R A N I) INC I R O N ” SUNDAY— EUGENE O’BRIEN in “The Open Door” H O O T G I B S O N in a Western Feature Also Comedy WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY— .1 A C K I E C O O G A N in “My Boy” || m THE UNIVERSAL CAR I FORDS FORDS |j |H Every used Ford we have on hand has been gone over j j|j thoroughly and put in first class running condition. I HI Our stock, the largest in the West, gives you the oppor- || tunity to select just the car you need. ||| Save money, buy now before the spring rush. SAMPLE-HART MOTOR COMPANY ' Used Ford Department I - Authorized Ford and Lincoln Dealers “WE TELL THE TRUTH’ AT. 5468 1810 Cuming ST. 1 FORDS FORDS j ''S ^ Q l/n<J*r>WOc/ >r l/frtj*»r>vKXDc/ Farm Lands of Liechtenstein. I Prepared by lha National Geographic So ciety, Waahingtoa, D C.) It is a contented people indeed, who, when their monarch would abdicate ' and make them free. Insist that he still remain their ruler. Such an at tempted abdication and the refusal to accept It occurred recently In Liecht enstein, one of Europe’s tiniest Inde i penitent states. Liechtenstein is tucked away Ih | the eastern Alps south of Lake Con stance along the upper Rhine, where that stream runs In a deep valley be tween Switzerland and Austria. Be fore the World war, Austria was something more than a neighbor. The ! little domain hud a customs and pos tal agreement with the larger state and In a very limited sense therefore functioned as a part of It. But It had Its own hereditary ruler, Prince Johan n, its own little duly elected parliament of 15 members, and Its own high courts and lesser govern mental machinery. There was another tie with Austria, though In a way It was only acci dental. Prince Johan owned extensive estates In Austria and by virtue of their ownership sat In the Austrian upper house. But Johan also owned large estates In Germany. In fact the aggregate acreage of his estates In various countries amounted to fifty j times the area of land of which he was monarch with Its 42 square miles, ! Its greatest length of 1C miles and Its greatest width of 6. Cynics or even mere economists may find In Johan’s extensive land holdings a reason for his high place tn the affections of his people. With out seriously feeling the drain on his large Income he hus virtually “run” Liechtenstein front his private purse so that only the most nominal taxa tion Is known in the little land. Three-quarters of a century ago the inhabitants petitioned for an enter Jainment fund and the prince granted a subsidy, perhaps with a smile. It was used thereafter to decorate and Illuminate Vaduz, the Paris of Liecht enstein. when he visited there. Overlooked by Bismarck. In the Aufttro-Prussian war back in the eighteen-sixties Liechtenstein casl her lot with her ally, Austria. Her entire population bravely said good-hy to her soldier hoys, and the entire standing army of four score men marched off to battle. But they ar rived after th mar was over. When it fhtne to making peace terms Bismarck nodded, for onra, and little Liechtenstein was completely forgotten. It was Just as well, or she might not have retained her freedom. But, apparently, she Is determined not to he ignored again. Her army marched home again, stacked their muskets and hung their leather helmets, toe bugler's trumpet and the captain's sword In thp ancient castle of Vaduz, «here they remain today. The citizenry Informed tiie prince they wanted no more of war. He abolished military service, atad since then “disarmament" has been complete In Liechtenstein, though, technically, the country lias been at war with Prussia since IW., Not only ere there virtually no taxes In Liechtenstein, but the coun try has no public debt. A small levy Is made for keeping up the dikes lest the Rhine overflows her fields In springtime. Customs and the ready generosity of her monarch keep her ! treasury filled. Thjs quaint, but electric-lighted ns tlon, with Its roadside shrines and modern typewriters. Is somewhat smaller than the District of Columbia. It Is elongated, as If by pressure of Its neighbor nations, Austria and Switzerland, suggesting Mark Twain’s complaint about another land where, he said, “people had to sleep with their knees pulled up because they couldn’t stretch out without a pass port.” Trsvelvrs Pass It By. Two fiefs of the Roman empire, Schellenherg and Vadux, make up the latter day Liechtenstein. Both came Into possession of the Liechtenstein family while the(r previous over lords were financially embarrassed. Many traveler* passed through the little state, vlthin a sight of the Vaduz castle mounted on Its white cliff pedestal, for the route to Davos lies that way But hardly any of the BrnvelOrs stopped. When Robert 8hackleton visited there not many years ago he wan welcomed as the first American to set foot In the country. Vet Liechtenstein, Hinall as It Is, Is larger Ilian the oft visited Monaco or the nmrh written about Marino. Its peasants are simple, sturdy, shrewd folk. Intensely proud of their “bright stone of the Alps." There are gi on schools, even to kindergartens, and the abundant water power makes electricity available to the humblest residents of Vaduz or the smaller tiwns. Cattle raising and agriculture are two Industries. The stalwart men are not to he misjudged by the fact that nearly all of them wear earrings, a custom which probably found Its way up from Italy. The people of Liechtenstein speak German, but It Is a German bereft of much of its harshness and containing many romance words. Only a very few of the ten thousand Inhabitants are more than moderately well-to-do. There are scarcely any servants. Most of the members of parliament saw their own wood and do their own “chores.” Hardly ever Is an Indigent person seen, and crime Is reduced to a minimum. Farms In the Rhine Valley. Most of the villages of Liechten stein, well built arid scrupulously clean, are to be found In the Rhine valley. On the valley floor are farms and gardens and meadows, while up the hillsides extend vineyards and orchards and pasture lands. Farther back rise the Liechtenstein Alps from whose slopes and peaks one may sur vey nearly the whole of the little principality and look far off Into Switzerland to the west. In the matter of governmental ma chinery little Liechtenstein Is com pletely fitted out with a nearly up-to the-minute model. Of the fifieen members of parliament the prince names three and the remainder are elected. In the election every man over twenty-four years of age votes and proportional representation Is practiced. A governor sits as the prince's representative and about him Is grouped his little cabinet whose members bear such high sounding names os secretary of state, chancel lor of the exchequer, chief Justice, state engineer, and—eminently fitting In mountainous Liechtenstein—di rector of forests. And as a last word In modern government, their council chamber is fitted up with a long dis tance telephone so that their monarch* can sit In Vienna, or Munich, or Ber lin. or Baris, and still have a prince ly finger In the political pie. Have Odd King Somewhere. Some queer citizen* of London have been brought to light by a London periodical. After living for flO year* in one room In Upper Berkeley *lreet, Edward Mott haH had to move out. He had never been in a train, tram or rqotor vehicle. But there is another man even stranger, lie has spent the last seven years In bed In a hotel. He rises to have a wash now and then. Nobody Knows who he is. He pays his hills regularly, and lakes hi* food Id his room. And there Is not a thing wrong with him. There is another recluse who lives at the Savoy. He does not stay in bed. hut he has not left his room for two years, and spends his time reading and painting. No one knows why. And over In Brlx ton there Is a house In which an old man lives whom the neighbors have never seen. He order* his food by telephone and even the postman most leave his letters on the step. Venerable Scottish Relic. The sculptured relic known as the Hilton Cadboll stone has been placed in the Scottish National Museum of Antiquities. About a thousand years oJd, the stone’s sculpture Is a remark able testimony to the artistic taste and craftsmanship of the early na tives of Scotland. The stone stood for many years near the ruins of a chapel close to the village of Hilton of Cadboll, on the north side of the Moray firth; and It was more recently re moved to Invergorden castle. One of the reasons for the proprietor of In vergordon placing It In the care of the authorities was the fact that the sculp ture was weathering ruphlly in Ita exposed position. i USE |DENTLO| ;.* The Pyorrhea-Preventive Tooth-Paste ^ *: None Better ;! > MANUFACTURED BY THE !| i if Kaffir Chemical Laboratories Nebraska YVYWWWVWWiWIWW/WA’AW/WWWA'WW/W/A k ♦ Jackie Coogtan "MY BOY " This is Jackie Coogan in "My Boy” who needs no tinroduotion. Jackie will be featured at the New Diamond Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Evereybody knows alrout this famous super-production, but see It _ on the screen at the Diamond nert week. If you have ever seen It, you’ll certainly come to see it again. If you’ve never seen it, if you do then you’ll -never forget it. 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