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THE VOICE _PUBLISHED WEEKLY_ “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people." _ Elbert Sawyer Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 S Street Box 2023 2-4085 If No Answer Cad 5-7508 Maxine Sawyer Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Green Office Secretary Mrs. Joe Green Circulation Manager Member of the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association Entered as Second Class Matter. June 9. 1947. at the Post Office at Lincoln, Nebraska, under ‘.he Act ot March 3. 1879. 1 year subscription . $2.50 Single copy ....10c Out ot State 1 year Subscription $2.50— -Single Copy 10c % EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those of the writer and not necessarily a leflection of the policy of The Voice.—Pub. The Lights Are On Again (Editor’s Note: A happy column for the year’s most joyous seasbn —that is what readers have this week from Barbara Wylie, a School of Journalism senior who is also a Lincoln Journal staff member.) Look there . . . and there. See that green one . . . and that big blue one . . . and the red one. They all twinkle and wink. The Christmas lights are on again. It isn’t just the multi-colored haze these small globes throw out that cheer the multitudes at Christmas time. Oh, no, there are| many other things that inject the “jolly old St. Nicholas’’ spirit into1 our veins. Perhaps it is the soft, white snow falling silently from a grey heaven and drifting into odd shaped peaks and mounds. The| snow that covers the filth and vice of a city and leaves a clean white path for us to follow as we1 bustle from shop to store laden with brilliant packages. Or maybe it is the steam that( billows from our mouths as we j breathe in the sharp, clear air, or < Chicagoans Join In Duke Ellington Salute CHICAGO (ANP) — Chicago ans are now joining in the nation wide salute to Duke Ellington, marking the bandleader-compos er’s 25th anniversary as a top music-maker. And the series of events commemorating the event will get underway as soon as Duke invades the Blue Note cafe for a two-week stint this week. On the South Side, Ellington will be the Dec. 24 guest at an employees luncheon at the plush Johnson Publishing Company. 11 the ruddy complexions and ij cherry-red ears and noses of old ;i friends whom we meet on our i way. Or perhaps it is the sniffles i and damp feet we so often have : at this time each year. — Have you ever seen the twin king reflection of the little, bright ; lights on the snow, or w'atched a 1 father and toddling son stagger off to a waiting automobile under I the weight of an enormous emer jald Christmas tree already deco rated with a thousand white glis tening sequins? I Why is there more hearty: laughter in the air and why do the church bells ring clearer and truer? Why the sudden “love thy neighbor’s” policy and the deep, booming “Hello’s” and “How’ve you been's?” And don’t overlook the cozy picture seen thruogh a frosted window of neighbors gathered to gether and their laughter escap ing up the briclc chimney and into the sharp night air. All these things, and more, make the lights burn brighter at Christmas time in America. John H. Johnson, publisher of i Ebony, Tan and Jet magazines, i said he will present the band leader with a 25 year subscription to all three magazines. On the North Side, the Duke will receive a scroll of merit at a press luncheon at Riccardo’s Stu dio restaurant, Dec. 31, from the 22 -year old National University of Music, by its president, Pauline J. Lee. The University will also an nounce the establishment of a Duke Ellington scholarship in piano. Ellington is honorary chairman of the Great Names Scholarships Foundation which recently made a similar award to Nat “King” Cole. The West Side of Chicago will wind the jubilee celebration up with a Silver Jubilee party 4or Ellington and several members of his band, at the Paris Club. * si \ i cfphoio NEBMSKA h VINKS C. OLSON, Superintend* ■ TATI BISTOB1CAL •OCIBTT With the Christmas season — a least the shopping phase of it— beginning earlier each year, per haps before long “last minute’ shoppers will be those who hav< waited until after Thnaksgivinj to do their holiday buying. Bt that as it may, in the midst of this year’s Christmas rush it occurred to me that you might be interestec in what 4Ne shopping aspect o; the Christmas season was like ai about the turn bt the century The best source of such informa tion, of course, is the State His torical Society’s collection ol newspaper files. In Beatrice, the mild, drj weather of early December, 1900 was looked upon as good for th« town’s Christmas business, al though the Express remarked “The croakers are beginning tc view with alarm the protracted dry weather.” For the Christmas shoppers who reportedly flocked to Beatrice, there was a wide range of goods offered. A fine rocking chair with arms coguld be had for $6.50, Bibles from $1.0G to $2.00, cameras from $4.00 to $30 00, and dolls from 39 cents to $1.75. Christmas trees were offered at from 20 cents up. The week before Christmas saw Fremont stores staying open each evening to accommodate the holi day trade. As in Beatrice, bar gains in furniture were suggested as gifts. For the man of the house there was a comfortable Morris chair for $5.75, with “some better ones for a little more money.” Then there was a co lonial rocker, Upholstered in eather, which could be had for ^25.00. This same advertisement •eminded shoppers that “iron beds lave come to stay.” One of the large stores in Grand Island announced, December 11, 1900: “We are making prepara ions for the displaying of our holiday Goods. They are now :oming in and will be on display in a few days.” Apparently there was no early rush there. The toy department of another large Grand Island store advertised prices that would make today’s ihopp ers stare unbelievingly tool chests, 10 cents to $1.48; black boards, 10 cents to $1.48; doll car riages, 25 cents to $4.50; doll trunks, 39 cents to $1.48. A “one cent sale” included dolls, whistles, mirrors and other items. Santa Claus was seen on the streets of the third city, December 15. And so it went. Prices were a Gillett Poultry FRESH DRESSED POULTRY ' QUALITY EGGS Phone 2-24*1 52* No. 9th FOR HOME, SCHOOL OR OFFICE USE ROYAL TYPEWRITERS Manna!—Electric—Portable A. B. DICK MIMEOGRAPH DUPLICATORS Complete DnpHestor tetepttee DICTAPHONE CLARY ADDERS SALES—SERVICE—RENTALS Call, Phone or Write NEBRASKA TYPEWRITER CO. 12$ No. 11th 2-7285 OfM TkinO, Krnbii | We Give SOH Greee Stempe The Voice Salutes The Barker Shoe Store, located in the same location for nineteen years, is noted for finest quality shoes, hose, bags and bedroom slippers. The store personnel con sists of two salesladies in the shoe department, two salesmen in the shoe department and two sales ladies in the hosiery and bag de-( partment. t Mr. E. E. Beatty, who is the man • ager of this shoe store, is a life ■ long resident of Lincoln. He has worked here all his life with the f exception of a short time spent in [ Omaha as manager of a shoe store. : Mr. Beatty has managed Barker’s i Shoe Store since 1942.. He lives with his wife, Eva, and daughter Sherry, at 5100 Washington. We ! salute Mr. Beatty for his magnifi cent job of managing this first quality shoe store. Janies H. Van Buren Winner of Alpha Award By Norma Wall JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.— (ANP)—Beta Zeta Lambda chap ter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity has selected James H. Van Buren as recipient of its annual scholar ship award. Van Buren, a freshman busi ness administration major at Lin coln university, graduated with honors from the Lincoln Univer sity Laboratory High Shcool last year. He is the son of Mr. aad Mrs. Edward Van Buren, Ful ton, Mo. The scholarship is given an nually to an outstanding high school graduate,. according to James H. Seeney, chairman of the scholarship committee and prin cipal of the Lincoln university laboratory high school. James B. Hylick, principal of Hubbard high school, Sedalia, is president of the chapter. Northside (Continued from Page 1) fice of The Voice It is the hope of Mr. Randol, that this stock buy ing drive will come to a success ful close in thirty days after the opening date. For further information con- , tact Mr. Randol at 1319 O Street, 2-2247, or Mr. Sawyer^ at 2225 S Street, 2-4085. Watch for informa tion and coupons next week. lot cheaper—and dollars were1 fewer, too, it should be remem-1 bered—the season was a little shorter, but Nebraskans at the turn of the century appear to have spent December about as we do today. One is impressed also, in looking over those papers of half a century ago, that it was a gay season then, too. BARGAINS I in Christmas Cards (See Our Samples) Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14th Street DONLEY-STAHl CO. LTD. I issi N Si. DRUGS—PRESCRIPTIONS SICK ROOM NECESSITIES WE APPRECIATE TOUR PATRONAGE Jess Williams Spring Service 2215 O Street Lincoln 8, Nebraska Phone 2-3633 Question: My basement does not have a drain. Could you tell me how to put one in? The floor is cement. W. P.f Indianapolis, Ind. Answer: Since a drain works by gravity flow, and to the nearby sewer or septic system or dry well, unless, these points are lower, the drain system will not work. In such cases, you’ll need a catch basin with a sump pump to lift drain water to a higher level to flow Into those outlets. The catch basin may be a cement lined pit large enough to accom modate the sump pump. If grav ity flow is not a factor, locate the drain at the lowest point on the floor, build a small basin, cement lined, with an outlet pipe laid be neath the floor which must be broken along the line, punched through the foundation, and so on to the sewer. • Question: I have a large picture window on the front of the house, which when the light is lit inside, attracts numerous bugs. Is there anything I could put oh the glass to keep them off without obscur ing vision through the window? P. W. S., Nashville, Tenn. Answer: You might try one of the aerosol-propelled DDT sprays which leave a colorless film on the window. It may not discourage all insects, but the majority—par ticularly the soft-bodied ones — will quickly die. You will have to repeat the spray after hard rains. • Question: What kind of paint is suitable to use on a concrete floor before a furnace where hot blinkers are occasionally dropped? EC. F. L., Elmhurst, 111. Answer: Metal-covering paints, >uch as those used on radiators, or (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) r'■ 11 "■ 1 » Save money at Cheapper's on hundreds of gift items. • Cosmetics • Appliances • Housewares • Tobaccos • Men’s Sets • Stationery ® Cameras • Box Candy • Drugs and RX too CHEAPPER DRUG STORE 1325 O . 2-3225 aHMOM 1122 N ST. 2 *313 Gilmour-Danielson Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 142 So. 13th St. 2-1246 CbisJwL J'JULhJL.