News of the Churches
and Religious Topics
Directory.
Baptist—
Mt. Moriah—Twenty-sixth and Sew
ard streets. The Rev. W. 15. M. Scott,
pastor.
Zion — Twenty-sixth and Franklin
' (temporary location). The Rev. W. F.
\ Iiotts, pastor; residence, 2522 Grant
street. Telephone Webster 6369.
Episcopal—
Church of St. Philip the Deacon—
Twenty-first near Paul street. The
Rev. John Albert Williams, rector.
Residence, 1119 North Twenty-first
street. Telephone Webster 4243. Ser
vices daily at 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. Fri
days at 8 p. m. Sundays at 7:30 a.
m., 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. in. Sunday
School at 12:45 p. m.
Methodist—
Grove M. E.—Twenty-second and
Seward streets. The Itev. G. G. Logan,
pastor. Residence, 1628 North Twen
ty-second street.
St. John’s A. M. E.—Eighteenth and
Webster streets. The Rev. W. T. Os
borne, pastor. Residence, 613 North
Eighteenth street. Telephone Doug
las 5914. Services: Sunday, 11 a. in.
and 8 p. m., preaching; 12 noon, class;
1:15 p. in., Sunday School; 7 p. m„
Endeavor; Wednesday, 8 p. m., prajj
er and class meetings. Everybody
made welcome at all of these meet
ings.
It is with arms outstretched in wel
come, and a smiling promise of great
things to follow, that Science greets
the readers of The Monitor in general,
and of this column in particular. Let
it be well understood, however, that
the appeal of this column is not to
the particular, but to the general.
This is why: Briefly defined,
Science is systematized knowledge.
Knowledge, to a greater or less ex
tent, is a common possession of all
mankind, and hence brings all man
kind at least indirectly in relation to
Science and her achievements. The
popular conception of a scientist is
one that holds himself to be a man
burdened with age and gray hairs,
working in a laboratory and surround
ed on all sides by the most complicat
ed and intricate machinery that the
imagination can create. Truly, it is
said, he is a scientist.
Like other peculiar species, scien
tists are evolved, or in other words,
they grow—no, not on trees, hut in
the extent and quality of their knowl
edge. Wherever there is evolution, or
growth, there likewise may be found
the different states, or degrees, of
advancement, before the final stage
of maturity is reached. Therefore,
in the evolutionary progress of the
scientist, it is to be expected that all
grades are to be met with before the
finished expert is confronted. The
business man who plans his work
along methodical lines, the house
keeper who arranges her daily tasks
to save steps and labor, the common
laborer who uses his tools with thi
object of obtaining maximum effi
ciency, are all scientists to the extent
that they are systematizing their
knowledge. And so it is that Science
appeals to the interests of mankind
in general.
In modern years the position of a
nation is in a large measure depend
ent upon its contribution to scientific
development. Science is so closely
related to individual and national life
that nations are prone to mark the
height of their civilization by the
quantity and quality of their scientific
endeavors. Whether this be the true
method of comparison or not, it must
be admitted that the promotion of
civilization and the advance of science
go hand in hand.
If the busy reader cannot measure
this advance, he can at least keep ifi
touch with its movement. This re
quires little more than a glimpse a't
the fundamental principles of the
great inventions and discoveries; and,
as a rule, these principles are coni
paratively simple when stripped of
their technical garments.
!
It is just this task of describing the
efforts and results of scientific activi
ties that is to be undertaken in fu
ture issues. The column will be com
posed of abstracts from recent scien
tific journals setting forth important
inventions and improvements of gen
eral interest in as plain and simple
language as possible. Special effort
is to be put forth to mention the pro
ductions of the inventive geniuses
among our race.
Further than that there will be,
from time to time, brief discussions
or explanations of some of the mod
ern world-wide movements that are
often heard of but. little understood.
What, for instance, is meant by
“Eugenics,” or "Scientific Factory
Management”?
On the other hand, the small things
are not to be overlooked, for they, in
reality, are often the largest. Take
the little word, "why.” Did you ever
stop to consider what an unlimited
field of thought that little word opens
up? No, of course not. A few ex
amples will suffice. Why does yeast
make the bread rise? Because the
cook puts it in? Not quite. Then
why do we sneeze? Why do ballons
go up (sometimes) ? Wlvy dc Ve
sometimes become accustomed to a
disagreeable odor, after smelling it
for a considerable length of time?
Why is it said that matter and energy
are indestructible? Why do some
oranges grow without seeds. Why
can fish breathe in the water? Why
don’t we fly off the earth, since it
revolves at such a high rate of speed?
Why can’t we strike a safety match
like we can an ordinary match? To
enter a more profound field of
thought, these are worth pondering
over: Why is each individual unlike
every other individual in many re
spects? Why do we live? Why do
we die? And finally, just plain
“Why?”
In conclusion, let it be known that
any contribution or any suggestion
from the readers will be a most en
couraging assistance to the editor of
this column.
WANTED—An absolutely reliable
colored tenant, for a good ten-room
house; modern except heat. W. H.
Russell, 631 Brandeis Theater.
Belgian Newspaper Man Tells of
Escape Into Holland.
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Humbie Heroes Who Make a Living in
Expediting Passage of Those Who
Wish to Go to Holland—
Trying Night Watch.
Rotterdam.—Willy R. lienedictus, r
well-known Belgian newspaper writer,
has arrived here after a daring trip
through the German lines guarding tin
frontier of Belgium.
To get out he employed one of the
men who are making a living by the
perilous business of expediting the
passage of those wishing to leave the
conquered kingdom They arrived a:
a hamlet on the frontier late at night
“The man at whose house we put up
is one of the humble heroes who dur
ing the war have sprung up from the
most unexpected quarters,” said
Benedictus.
“Before the war he might have been
something of a poacher, but since the
summer he has been of incomparable
use to his country in allowing hun
dreds of young men to leave Belgium
and Join the army. He began by tak
ing me for a spy on account of my
beard. ‘Beard,’ he said, ‘may be false.
But my guide gave him the password.
That satisfied him, and we waited
what the night was to bring us.
“Three other young men were to
pass also, one of them, a Russian, had
waited for five days in the peasant's
little house.
“Our host took us at about midnight
to a spot I shall remember till my
dying day. Imagine a road of ten
yards or so In width running between
the sharp ascents of two clifflike little
hills. One of the clilfs is Belgium The
other—Holland All we had to do was
to run down one of the cliffs, cross the
road and climb into the other steep
bank. But easier said than done!”
“For hours we crouched behind our
cliff awaiting the signal, which our
leader was in no haste to give. I can
not answer for the others, hut for my
part I was growing nervous. It is
known that the sentries fire at once if
they see anyone. And their shouting
rather got on my nerves.
“There were two of them—twm
landsturm men—walking to and fro
on the road. We saw clearly every
line of their faces, as the moon was
full, and the big men guarding an in
visible line and halloing to each other
from time to time, were ghostly.
“ ‘Isn’t the full moon a drawback ’or
us?’ I asked our guide. ‘By no means;
if there were no such moon you could
rush into the sentry’s arms, as a young
fool did last week!’
“We had to wait the moment when
the sentries were a hundred yards
from each other. It struck half-past
two at a neighboring church; the sen
tries exchanged, or rather shouted, the
password; the signal was given, and
off we darted. We threw ourselves
down the clITs and the ten yards of
the road were covered in two strides.
But the climbing up the other cliff was
no joke. We had just to take hold of
the Jutting stones; but we thought
not of the difficulty. Something pushed
us on—the feeling of immediate
danger. I know not how I came to
climb up and to run some hundred
yards out of danger. Even then the
well-known buzzing of the bullets were
heard around us. The sentries must
have seen our shadows crossing the
road. Something else was heard . . .
I shall always swear it was a woman’s
cry, shrill and piercing in the cool
night . . . then something like a wail,
and all was again silence.”
Selfish Man.
This is the season of the year when
a man would like to intern his wife
with his mother-in-law, and slip away
for a few days’ fishing.—Boston Globe,
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Omaha
Auto
Speedway
First Annual 300
Mile Auto Race
Omaha, July 5th
(Lega IHoliday.)
12:30 O’clock Sharp.
On the World’s Fastet sTrack for
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Fifteen Thousand Dollar Purse.
Get your tickets now
And Avoid the Crush and Delay at
the Track.
GRANDSTAND SEAT, $3, $4 and
$5. ROX SEATS, $7. Free Parking
space south of Grandstand under po
lice guard for Grandstand and Box
Seat holders.
GENERAL ADMISSION, $1 per per
son to north half inside the track; al
so $1 for your automobile. GENERAL
ADMISSION, $2 per person to south
half inside the track. No charge for
your automobile. There are a few
choice parking spaces next the pits
and facing the grand stand at $5 and
$10 per automobile, in addition to $2
per person.
NO EXTRAS—Only one charge as
above—NO EXTRAS.
We strongly advise the purchase of
general admission as well as grand
stand tickets at our down town office
before the day of the race. Mail or
ders given immediate attention. Get
your tickets so that you can drive
right in and secure choice parking
space.
OMAHA AUTO
SPEEDWAY CO.
1811 Farnam St., Omaha
Carl H. Johnson Harry E. Swanton
Johnson & Swanson
Funeral Directors
and Embalmers
Phone Douglas 2342
2204 Cuming Street