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THE MONITOR A National Weakly Nowpapor Dorotad Primarily to tho Intorooto at Colored American*. _ Pubilehed Hkrory Friday at Omaha. Nebraaka, by tho Monitor Publishing Company.__ Matorod aaS-*ond-CI»*a Mall Matter July 2. 1116. at the Pootodlca at •■■aha. Nebraaka, under tho Aet of March S, 1179. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor. W. W. MOSELY, AMoclate Editor. Lincoln, Nab. LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS, Bu»lno»» Managar. SUBSCRIPTION NATES, *2.00 A YEAR; *1.25 C MONTHS; 76c 3 MONTHS Advartlslnf Rata* Furnlahad Upon Appllcaton. Address The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Atlantic 1322, Webster 4243 l / ’ ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE | : j UNITED STATES 1 ! Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged !! ii * * 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, I ; | and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the •; < > United States and of the State wherein they reside. No • > ! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the V, ;; 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 .! !; within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ! ! i . MMrliiin ii n >eat6Z<M>jisit*..-«• . . . JUST CAUSE FOR PRIDE 'J'HOSE who had the privilege of hearing the able address delievered by Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, presi dent of the National Training School for Women and Girls, Washington, D. C., Monday night at Zion Baptist church, mcst have felt their souls aglow with gratitude to God and Justi fiable pride for His gift to us of such noble women as she and others who are rendering such efficient service to our race in particular and humanity in general. As a speaker, Miss Bur roughs stands without a peer. Her diction is elegant. Her command of shaste, classical English is masterly. Her delivery is forceful and dramatic. Her eloquence is compelling; for it is' the eloquence of action and convic tion and a prophetess and worker who has a vision, a message and a mission. She is not a dreamer, but a doer. No one who heard her clarion call to ser vice and sacrifice could remain unre solved to address himself or herself in his own sphere of usefulness to the great task before us in this land of our nativity with the determination to do his or her best. We have Just cause to be proud of such women as Miss Burroughs, who exemplify the possibilities of our people. And she is only one of many. There is Lucy Laney of Augusta, Ga., and Artemisa Bowden of San Antonio, Tex., and others, who, altho, they have not the eloquence of Miss Burroughs in speech, have the same eloquence in action, and are doing an educational work among the girls and women of our race which cannot be measured "by the wealth of Orphus or of Ind”. A practical way in which we can show our sincere pride in and valuation of I the work which these noble women are doing is by giving of our means for the upport of the splendid educa- j tional institutions which they have founded and to which they are devot ing their lives in developing intel ligent, fully-rounded Christian char acter in the womanhood of the race upon which the future status and greatness of America so largely de pends. Despite modern views of fem inism and the place of woman, it is still true, that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. The char acter of the mother determines the character of the people. EARNERS, SPENDERS, SAVERS • - JN EVERY COMMUNITY our people are comparatively prosperous. They have little difficulty in seccring em ployment. Wages, particularly in northern communities, are relatively fair. The industrious are able to make a good living. The chief dif ficulty with many of us is that we are not careful enough to regulate our ex penses according to our income. Be cause of this many live up to their very last penny and lay nothing aside for the “rainy day” or time of non employment which must inevitably come. While there has been decided improvement in this matter there is still room for improvement upon the part of many. In the time of pros perity provision should be made for the time of adversity. In order that this may be done it is necessary to practice a little self-denial. There are many things we see and WANT, but do not really NEED. It would be very nice and convenient to have them, but the important thing to consider is, can we afford them Just now. If to buy them means the using up of all our little savings then we should resolute ly determine to wait until our Income Justifies our buying them. This calls for self-denial now, but it will bring big results in the end. Our earning capacity is great. What is sadly need ed among us as a people is the ability to save. Making the start in saving is the difficult thing to do. Once be gun the saving habit grows. As a race we are good EARNERS and great SPENDERS. Let us become greater as Judicious SAVERS. WHERE DO THEY GET IT! 'J’HE MONITOR wonders where some of the local movies get the stuff they try to put over on our people? When it is posted in plain sight on their board: “$.00 for ANY SEAT IN THE HOUSE”, it means that very thing, and the attempt to restrict any clasc of patrons, who pay the price, to any special place is a direct violation of the law. Having purchased your ticket, sit where you prefer. Many people prefer the balcony, and if so they have a right to ait there. Others prefer the first floor; if so, it is their privilege to sit there. HOW ABOUT TOUR CO AM ^UGUST SUNSHINE is warm and bright, but winter is not far away. Have you realized that it might be a very good thing to get in your coal now? FOOT NOTES TO AFRICAN HIS TORY (Mr. Agamennon) Mr. Agamennon, the famous scrap per of Greece, was the brother of Menelaus, husband of the cute chick en known as Helen of Troy. They were bom colored and at the age when most children are. When Paris, sheik of Troy, skipped with Helen, the Greeks declared a fight fest and buddy Agamennon was made the head military gazebo. Aga was some persimmons as a general and when he was all dolled up in his brass plate and Woolworth diamonds, he knocked ’em silly. Once Aga and his chief side kick ing hero, Achilles, got into a hot arg ument that almost wrecked the war. It was thuswise. The Greeks had left their ladies home and made it a practice of gathering up other folks ladies. In one of the forays, Kid Achilles gathered in a flock of fine feminine screams and kept the pret tiest for himself. But Aga objected. He claimed that because he was the big noise, he should have the fluffiest fluffs for himself. He told Kid Achilles if he didn’t hanu ’em over, he would take a fall out of his anatomy. Kid objected and retired from the limelight. When the Trojans found that Kid Achilles w’as off the job, they jumped on the Greeks and almost knocked the daylights out of them. Aga got scared and offered back the chickens, but Kid answered with that famous reply: “Nay, nay, Pauline; any, nay!” When the war was over, Agamen non was warned not to return to the family igloo, but having no where else to go he went. In the meanwhile wifey, Madame Clytemnestra, had another Sheik and that night when Aga took off his boots and threw himself across the bed for a nap, Clytie carved her ini tials on him with a razor. This was the end of Agamennon, the big Grecian smoke who command ed the Greeks in their war on Troy. It was a sorrowful end, but while he was going, he was going some. (Next week, Semiramis) ('AKI> OF THANKS We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all friends and neighbors for sympathy expressions through flowers and deeds during the illness and death of our father and husband. MRS. AMANDA ERVIN WALTER P. ERVIN LANSON ERVIN JASPER ERVIN MRS. LILLIAN SCRUGGS ASK YOUR MERCHANT OR THOSE FROM WHOM YOU BUY WHY HE DOES NOT ADVER TISE IN YOUR NEWSPAPER. - Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 1898. . - Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state ■*»•!! be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable »H1»> to every P®rson- - 1 tftWM I Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for | reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the * accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges enumerated in the | foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not leas than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution. “The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not diacriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State 25 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 018." "A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with ie freehments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other rea^n that ha is colored, la civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting * **“• l*1**4* P«t of the house. Ferguson vs Giss, 82 Mich. IBS; N, W. 718." SLAYS 6IANT GRIZZLY, NOTORIOUS CATTLE THIS Oklahoma Hunter Kills Bear That Ruled Range for Years. Oklahoma City, Okla.—“Old On* Toe," king of the grizzlies, killed yearlings on the cattle range* of northwest Wyoming for twenty years. From now on, however, his stuffed pelt will stand lifelike in the natural his tory museum at the University of Okla homa, at Norman, and silently assert his claim to the title, “biggest of all beurs.” The greatest of them all, “Old One Toe,” measures *V4 feet from nose-tip to tail-tip. and weighed between 1,200 and 1,300 pounds. The bear, which lost the other four toe* on his right hind foot In a trap In 1902, fell before th* automatic rifle of Arch A. CampbeU, contractor, of this city, who spends hi* annual vacation hunting big gam* and catching rainbow trout in th* vicinity of Dubois, Wyo. Ill* conquest of “Old One Toe" wu unplanned up to the moment that Campbell stumbled on the tyrant of th* cattle range, ravenously devouring the carcass of a calf. From the first en counter to thi kill was twenty-foil* hour*. “Old One Toe.” mnde wary by hla setto with a steel trap and grown gray In the two decade* he had outmaneu vered cattle men, was a foe worthy of any hunter. Campbell trailed him all day, after the first shot, before he wai able to come up with hint for the Anal battle, which was of short duration. Campbell’s progress out of the wood* wa» a triumphal march, as all the cat tle men wanted to see the carcass of the hear which had caused them heavy losses. When Is a Citizen Not a Citizen, His Puzzle ---1 Two years ago Hldemltsu Toyota, Japanese commissary steward of the coast guard cutter Acushnet, as a chief petty officer, hecame an Ameri can citizen. He obtained his paper* under an act of congress which granted citizenship to any alien who hud served with the United States forces In the World war and had received an honor able discharge. A year ago he was notified that the naturalization court had probably made a mistake In grant ing citizenship to an Oriental, and that a petition was afoot for Its revocation. LaHt month the Department of Justice ruled that It was not the Intent of con gress to admit Orientals and that a revocation order might be Issued. Now through his cn onset, Lawrence JL Lom bard of Boston, Toyota hopes to fight Issuance of the revocation order. Un usual Interest centers In his predica ment. for his Is a test case which will decide the fate of other Japanese and Chinese. Huge Barometer in Munich. Munich.—A new barometer, larger than the ordinary city hall clock, has been Installed In the tower of the Ger man Museum at Munich. Where the 12 Is on a clock face the barometer has a large figure 71. When the at mospheric pressure Is normal the band of the barometer Is at 71. Fair weather Is Indicated by moving the hand to the right of 71 and bad weath er by moving It to the left. Burglars Using Anesthetic*. New York.—Burglars anesthetized three families In a row of Bronx apart ment houses, ransacked the suites and escaped. They obtained less than *500 worth of loot. This method of operation Is said by returrival travelers to be In vogue among European criminals. ■> s s e e » -*-« -«| ) Spurned Love Causes Boys to Turn Pirates Ten boys, led by a youth fif teen years old, captured by the police of Chicago In a “pirate” cave along the lake front, admit ted they had committed four re cent robberies netting them nearly 110,000 In money and merchandise, part of which was recovered. The leader of the band tmr>ed "pirate,” he said, after his "best girl threw him down.” Others in the gang also admit ted unfortunate“love affairs.” l Many are showing their apprecia tion for the Monitor by sending in their subscriptions. Are yon a sub scriber? If not, why not? Ia your subscription due? If so, please pay it prmptly. —MM Mo. Mtfe WL Wsb. 4TH. Mr* L. M. Bentley Mwt*. FOR RRNT—Three nicely fumiahod noma for maa sad wife, or man.— Webster 44*2. Good and Bad Karma By EDWARD LEVINE ----- (©. 1*11, WMtcrn N«waptp«r Union.) ARMA—that's fate, or, more cor rectly, fate as worked out In ac tions. That explains so many things that seem mysterious—If we accept the theory that there la a benign provi dence watching over ua all. For In stance, take this paragraph which ap peared In a newspaper recently: "Henry Judson died suddenly at hie country home Wednesday morning at the age of flfty-flve. Mr. Judson, who appeared lu the best of health, waa one of our most prominent merchants. He leaves a sorrowing widow and two children, Alfred and May Judson." Judson, It appears, wns cut off In the prime of life. He left so many thlnga unfinished. It seemed Incom prehensible that he should have to go. He left Mrs. Randolph Eckermann, with whom he had been carrying on a clandestine flirtation for several months past. Mrs. Judson had found out all about It, and had already con sulted a lawyer as to the possibilities of a divorce. That would have cre ated a great scandal In Mr. Judson’s home town. But Henry Judson died suddenly at his country home at the age of flfty-flve. There was Alfred Judaon. Judson had decided to cut his son out of his will because he wanted to become an artist. As It happened, Alfred had no talent, he only thought he had. He would have forged the old man’s name on a piece of paper when he got hard np, and landed In the penitentiary. Hut Henry Judaon died suddenly at his country home at the age of flfty-flve. Mrs. Judaon had been In love all her life with a cousin. She had married Judson in a moment of pique. She waa free to marry him now. If Jud son had lived she would have forgiven him about Mrs. Randolph Eckermann and would never have married the cousin. Then, of course, Judson was always careless with his cigars. If he had lived four months longer he would have left his cigar on the velvet table cloth In the drawing room one eve ning. The velvet tablecloth would have smoldered, set Are to the wood work, burned down the house and seri ously Injured Mrs. Judson through ex posure to the cold In her nightgown, besides disfiguring Tilly, the colored maid, from bums. Tilly's beau, An drew Jackson, would then have thrown her over, and Tilly would have mar ried old George Washington, who had been after her for months. George would have beaten her and she would have run away and gone to the dogs. But Henry Judson died at his country home unexpectedly at the age of flfty flve. By the way. Esther Craven. Mr. Jud son's stenographer, was leaving him to go to a rival Arm which had offered her more money. The rival firm was going bankrupt In a year's time, and Esther, who was the sole support of a widowed mother, would never have ob tained another position anywhere near as good. But Judson's successor was going to make Esther an offer of an Increased salary, which would keep her with him. It was a good thing for Esther that Henry Judson died at his country home at the age of flfty-flve. Judson would have slipped on the sidewalk and broken his leg anyway that winter. There was a skunk family hibernat ing under the garage. Judson was planning to put In a new floor, and there would have been complications. Judson's partner, Tobias Johnson, had been planning to make away with certain plans that had been kept In the safe for patenting when they had been perfected. He had about given np hope, but as soon at Judson died he unlocked the safe and abstracted them. Ultimately these brought him In nearly a million dollars which would have gone to Judson and his family. There Is good karma, but there Is also bad karma. The doctor who attended Judson In his last moments missed being called In to attend Mrs. Marriott, a fanciful old widow who spent a thousand dol lars a year having Imaginary ailments cured, and was tired of her regular phyalclsn. Mr. James Perry, the undertaker, had been struggling along upop the verge of bankruptcy for more than a year, for Judson lived In a very healthful locality. Judson's dpath was the thing that brought him around the corner. He stood In with the sculptor who designed the angel with out stretched wings now standing guard over Judson's grave. And then, of courae, Judson had a really sumptuous funeral. A lot of karma was worked off when Henry Judson died unexpectedly at his country home at the age of flfty-flve. Sudden Shrinkage. Uncle Elzle. after a half day’* fish ing, wa* owner of quite a string of good-sized fish, and wa* very proud of hi* catch. He had them In the water on a string awaiting time to go home. Fishing at the same place were a couple of mischievous hoys, and no ticing Uncle Elzle'* string they thought they would trade while he wa* not looking, putting a string of small fish In place of his larger ones. When Uncle Elzle was ready to go he pulled his string of fish ont and looked at them, very excited, and re marked : “If you am the fish which I caught, which you am. you sure have sh ranked.”—Judge H. A. CHILES & CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED E MB ALDERS Chapel TeL. Web. 71M) Re*„ M4P 1809 North Tweaty-Foerth Street I I Western University THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE MID-WEST. The location is ideal, near Kansas City. The buildings | are modern brick structures, steam-heated and electric- A lighted. The following courses are offered: * ACADEMIC, NORMAL, THEOLOGICAL— \ FULL FOUR YEARS COLLEGIATE, with degree. COMMERCIAL— (With prarctical experience in students’ bank.) MUSICAL— ! j (Piano, Voice, Band, Orchestra, Violin.) j COOKING, SEWING, MILLINERY, CARPENTRY, TAILORING, AGRICULTURE, STEAM-LAUNDERING, AUTO-MECHANICS, BLACKSMITH ING, PRINTING, STEAM AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND RADIO— j (Tetching students how to build their own sets, includ ing crystal, vacuum tube and amplifying transformers, by doing the actual work.) MILITARY TRAINING, (JUNIOR R. O. T. C.)— By an Army officer. MECHANICAL DRAWING, CHINA PAINTING, LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY RAISING ON AN EXTEN SIVE SCALE (INCUBATION)— With more than 4,000 blooded fowls in the runs and hatchery. FEDERAL VOCATIONAL^- j Two years’ course. All departments are excellently equipped. NO STU DENTS RECEIVED BELOW FIRST YEAR HIGH SCHOOL GRADE. School opens September 4th, 1923. For catalogue or further information, write— F. 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