Our Women and Children
Conducted by Lucille Skagg* Edward*.
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MARRIAGE
A fundamental precept of married
life is: avoid giving pain or exposing
the loved one to ridicule. We should
never touch those subjects that are
the “sore spots” with persons dear to
us, or to forget that a laugh ill-timed
or malapropos may wound more deep
ly than the bitterest sneer. Women
are said to be more sensitive than
men. The truth is that some women
are more sensitive than some men;
but some men are more sensitive than
some women. The degree of sensi
tiveness depends upon the early train
ing and standards of conduct of the
individual.
Most men marry girls who have to
work, and work hard, to find daily
bread for their families. The hus
band who knows that his money will
be expended with judgment, and for
the benefit of his family and home,
works with double energy. A wisely
managed family exchequer is a power
ful influence for family peace. Every
girl should study buying, and every
bride should teach herself to use
thrift in her purchases. Many young
couples come to grief through the
reckless waste of money by a bride
who has never been taught the value
of dollars and cents.
Marriage frequently fails because
the husband does not live up to the
standard of honor which a man must
maintain if he is to hold the respect
of his wife; it often fails because the
wife does not deal honorably with her
husband in the daily business of life.
Marriage is a partnership. Decep
tion, duplicity and concealment are
fatal to its success. Full, frank
speaking is the only safeguard. There
should be equal rights in every discus
sion, fair debate, consideration and
fair play, for these are the founda
tions of the ideal marriage. If the
young wife keeps her standards of
honor high, she can demand from her
husband as high standards as her
own.
The life of love and trust in which
man and wife are all in all to each
other is the acme of human experi
ence. The only way to attain this
life is for the newly married to start
out with the firm determination to
make the best of each other, and of
everything that comes into their lives,
the unpleasant as well as the pleas
ant.
All life is a progression. Married
life must progress, or it cannot suc
ceed. Where it stands still, stagna
tion ensues; it degenerates into mere
existence; and mere existence, for
the normal human being, is intoler
able.
Marriage is a process of adjust
ment of two lives to each other, and to
society. A wife should not try to
keep her husband to herself. The
world is necessary to them both. Life
is not complete without the respect
and confidence of others, no matter
how happy the home, or how nearly
perfect the relations of husband and
wife.
The human mind is capable of in
finite joy; it is also capablg of im
measurable depths of sorrow. In
their love for each other, husband and
wife should find means to make all
differences the opportunities for
growth. Progress is the only means
of preserving blessings, and each new
tomorrow should be brighter and bet
ter than today.—Mothers’ Magazine.
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MANY COLORED GRADUATES
The following is the list of Colored
pupils who will graduate from the
Eighth grade June 16th. Out of the
fifteen, seven come from Long:
Franklin—Leatha Alexander.
Howard Kennedy—June Gaylord,
Herman Washington.
Kellom—Dorothy Williams.
Lake—Hazel Roulette.
Long—Howard Allen, Theron Jef
ferson, James Lewis, Irvin Madison,
Kenneth Moore, Florence Murray,
Wallace Thurman.
Lothrop—Maud Blackstone.
Miller Park—Margaret Spillard.
—
Mrs. Volney Carter, 2818 Miami
street, has returned from an eight
months’ visit to Oakland, Cal.
Mrs. J. B. Hill left Friday of last
week for Muskogee, Oklahoma, for a
visit of several weeks.
Mr. Thomas Adams, who has been
very ill, is still confined to his bed
in St. Joseph’s hospital.
Mrs. Bryant, the manager of the
Cumings Hotel, entertained at dinner
for the benefit of Oziel chapter.
Hiram Smith of Indianola, Miss.,
was buried Tuesday from the under
taking parlors of Banks and Wilkes.
Mrs. Wyatt Williams, of Lincoln,
was called to Omaha last week by
the illness and death of her infant
brother, Wendell Stovall. She return
ed to Lincoln Wednesday.
MRS. W. T. OSBORNE
THANKS THE PUBLIC
The Musical and Dramatic Instructors
and the Esther Chorus.
To the Editor of The Monitor: We
would be very grateful to you for a
space in your valuable paper to thank
the generous public for their patron
age of the rendition of Queen Esther
in oratorio on March 6 and drama
May 18. We were made glad by the
appreciation of the public, which was
greatly shown by the large attendance
at both productions. Again we are
very grateful to the many friends, the
churches, the public at large for the
many nice and encouraging things
said to the management, and to the
Esther chorus in undertaking, stick
ing to and producing what has been
considered impossible in Omaha,
“Queen Esther.”
Having studied the situation and
conditions that encircle some of the
best talen of our people here, as good
as can be found anywhere regardless
of circumstances or advantages I have
come to the conclusion that there is
nothing in the musical and literary
sphere impossible for them to do.
The only thing needed is united ef
fort, with the motto, “Lifting as we
climb” kept ever before us; thus ris
ing above all petty jealousies, making
all feel that their talent, be it only
one, is to be used, and there is a place
to use it. With this issue made para
mount, there can be no hindrances
strong enough to check the progress
of any worthy uplifting undertaking.
We are very grateful to the white
friends who aided us financially, and
congratulated us upon the produc
tions, expresing themselves as being
astonished at the musical work being
done by our people, on such a large
scale.
I have simply contributed my part
in making it possible for the Esther
chorus, who through the impartial,
careful, painstaking training of Prof.
Ben Stanley, organist of Trinity ca
thedral, who is one of the greatest
musical instructors in the west, to
make the showing and place them
selves on record as being a chorus
worthy of consideration.
Words are inadequate to express to
Professor Stanley the appreciation
and praise due for his consid
eration and time given the Esther
chorus and its management. To the
Esther chorus whom I have learned
to love, to say that I am pleased with
the way you held on through your
arduous task with interest and eager
ness to make a splendid showing, and
to say that I am pleased with the way
you have acquitted yourselves, is put
ting it mildly. As long as memory is
mine, I will often recall with pleasure
the several weeks of constant work,
wherein you were impressed with the
idea that it is the men and women
who are sticking to the tasks and mas
tering the situations, who are making
history for the Negro today and not
the jerkers not the shirkers who are
soon forgotten. In the language of
Prof. Ben Stanley in his personal let
ter of March 9, “You acquitted your
selves grandly. You have taken the
public into your confidence and all
were astonished. You have made
yourselves a distinct asset in the mus
ical affairs of Omaha and your chorus
should be organized for future work.”
This chorus paid the last of $350
on the $800 mortgage of St. John’s
A. M. E. church. The Du Bois Dram
atic club paid the first $400 . We con
clude with this one correction, which
will come as a relief to all concerned.
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had been appointed by the musical
director or even an intimation of their
appointment by him to sing the solo
work of “Queen Esther,” and the
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through its management. No one
who left the chorus was ever men
tioned before or afterwards by the
musical director to sing the solo work
of “Queen Esther.”
Thanking you again and again for
your hearty cooperation and support.
Yours for
“Lifting as we climb,”
(Mrs.) W. T. Osborne.
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