General Race News
THE FIRST REGIMENTAL BAND
DELIGHTS CLARINDA
The Clarinda (la.) Journal of July
29th, speaks in high praise of the
First Regimental Band of Omaha,
which visited that progressive Iowa
town in connection with the annual
meeting of the Iowa lodges of the
colored Knights of Pythias, held there
July 27, 28 and 29. Clarinda itself
has one of the best bands in Iowa,
numbering thirty-five pieces, and its
residents have been trained to appre
ciate good music. The Journal speaks
of the Omaha band in these compli
mentary words:
"The principal feature of interest
to Clarinda people is the band of the
First Nebraska Regiment of Uniform
Rank, of Omaha, Neb. This band
gave a concert in the court house
park yesterday afternoon, and played
in front of the Journal office compli
mentary to this paper. The band is
in charge of Captain W. M. Lewis and
First Lieutenant Dan Desdunes, who
is also the musical director. There
are twenty-four musicians present in
Clarinda and it is an excellent or
ganization. Its repertoire is varied,
the numbers ranging from the best
classics to the raggiest rags. Some
of the music is composed and much
of it arranged by the leader, Dan Des
dunes, whose excellent directing has
attracted much favorable comment.
The band plays together as a unit,
are at the instant control of the lead
er, are good musicians and the re
sults produced are very enjoyable.
The members of the band live in Om
aha, where they are employed at var
ious trades. They have their own
armory and have such a good reputa
tion in Omaha that they are a regu
lar feature at the Ak-Sar-Ben and
take their regular turn in playing the
Omaha municipal park concerts.
They will give a concert tonight at
the Chautauqua auditorium.
MADE SECOND LIEUTENANT
IN THE BRITISH ARMY
Advices to The Age from London
state that John G. Russell, a well
known clarionet player, formerly re
siding in New York City, has been
commissioned as a second lieutenant
in the British army and will soon see
active service in the great European
conflict now being waged.
This will not be Lieutenant Rus
sell’s first experience on the firing
line. He was a member of a West
Indian company that fought in the
Boer war and also in West Africa.
When a youth Lieutenant Russell
lived in London and studied music
at the Royal Academy of Music, mak
ing an enviable record.
Russell is a member of the Clef
Club and the New Amsterdam Musical
Association and for a while was a
member of the Lafayette theater or
chestra. Last April he sailed for
London with an aggregation of col
ored musicians to appear at the Hip
podrome. After working in vaudeville
several weeks, he decided to become !
a soldier once more, and being a
British subject, with a good army rec- I
ord, he was at once accepted and
made a second lieutenant.—New York
Age.
The will of E. E. Des Verney of
Savannah, Ga., disposes of 150,000.
The Delta Penny Savings Bank at
Indianola, Miss., has been certified
by the state banking department.
Air. Charles McQueen of Texas has
invented a weight motor house fan
that goes automatically by winding,
like a clock.
Dr. Charles H. Roberts, a leading
dentist of New York City, has gone
to Paris to work in the clinic for
the soldiers.
E. C. Brown, who has conducted a
successful banking business in New
port News, plans to open a bank in
Washington, D. C.
Thomas Rutling, the first tenor of
the famous Fisk Jubilee Choir, and
its last surviving member, died re
cently at Harrowgate, England.
The Fair Publishing Company,
backed by colored people, is said to
be about to begin a series of weekly
newspapers published in Philadelphia
and distributed with local additions
in Philadelphia, New York, Boston,
Baltimore and Washington. W. W.
Rouke is editor and Dr. A. T. Boyer
president of the corporation.
I Colored Folks Are
I Classy Dressers
So we have found in our experience in the Cleaning and
Dyeing Business, not only in Omaha but down East in New
York, where the colored folks, both the ladies and gentle
men, have apparel of the best, that they know how to
dress and economize by having their clothes cleaned often
—and know that no nrutter how fine the fabric without the
I life and beauty of perfect cleanliness it cannot have STYLE.
We purchased the interests of the Twin City four months ago—we know
there are many colored folks in Omaha that are fine dressers—we will
give you good cleaning at reasonable prices and good service too.
We want the colored folks on our list.
Telephone Douglas 1521—Ask for Service Dept.
Phone Twin City Dye 407
Dmitrla*; snd South
1521 Cleaning Works Co.
_ ESTABLISHED 1889 0n>hCUnl
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OUR "LEADING” UNIVERSITIES.
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themselves to be led hither and
thither at the whim of those whom
they are leading. The sensation pro
duced by such a phenomenon must be
similar to that aroused by the act of
ascending Pike’s Peak and falling
skywards to the earth.
It is understood that the concep
tion, the only reasonable conception,
to be held is one that places the uni
versity as the center, the concentra
tion, the outcome of the best thought,
and mental endeavors of the country’s
foremost and most brilliant minds. It
typifies the collected efforts of the
nation’s search after knowledge, and
above all, after truth. If nothing
more, it is looked upon as one of the
most important factors in eliminating
prejudices of all kinds, and in mold
ing public opinion in conformity with
the laws of truth and justice.
With this conception in such mark
ed contrast to the facts as given just
before, is it any wonder that excep
tion should be taken to the widely
applied phrase, "leading university”?
The fact that private corporations
and business concerns are appreciating
the economic value of the Negro, and
are placing him in positions of trust
and responsibility, regardless of the
opposition of disgruntled underlings,
is in itself an accentuation of the j
indifferent and pusillanimous position
which the “leaders” have taken, and
in which they attempt to fortify them
selves.
A Strenuous Test.
A muscular Irishman strolled into
the examination room where candi
dates for the police force are put to a
physical test.
“Strip.” ordered the police sergeant.
“What’s that?” demanded the un
initiated.
“Get your clothes off, and be quick
about it,” said the doctor.
The Irishman disrobed and permit
ted the doctor to measure his chest
and legs, and to pound his back.
"Hop over this bar,” ordered the
doctor.
The man did his best, landing on
his back.
“Now double up your knees and
touch the door with your hands.”
He sprawled face downward on the
floor. He was indignant, but silent.
“Jump under this cold shower,” or
dered the doctor.
“Sure, that’s funny," muttered the
applicant.
“Now run around the room ten
times to test your heart and wind,”
directed the doctor.
The candidate rebelled. “Oi’ll not.
I’ll sta” single.”
“Single?” asked the doctor, sur
prised.
“Sure,” said the Irishman, “what’s
all this fussing got to do with a mar
riage license?”
He had strayed into the wrong of
fice.
Visitor (who is being shown thru
a lunatic asylum)—And may I ask
who are those patients that are ham
mering under the beds?
Warden—Oh, those are motor car
patients.
