Our Women and Children
Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards.
MY SNOWDROP
By Elizabeth Carrington Young.
I have a little snowdrop
That minds not winter weather;
It blooms and blows
In cold and snows,
Now, will you tell me, whether
This blossom white
That doth delight
Our hearts, and cheers us ever,
Is flower rare,
Or baby fair,
Or both of them together?
He who is made by an opportunity
is usually the one who made the op
portunity.
Whenever you can look at yourself
and be satisfied, you should begin to
suspect yourself of moral blindness.
There are hundreds of overworked
stomachs to every overworked brain.
What Happy Hearts are those that
find a true
Delight in Many Things, a Need of
Few!
Most of us believe that clouds have
a silver lining, but few of us make
any effort either to turn the clouds
round or to get behind them.—Ex.
WHERE GOOD AGENCIES FAIL
No matter how specific the drug,
how efefctive the medicine, it cannot
cure when administered too late. No
matter how potent the influences and
agencies used to change habits and
characteristics, they are without ef
fect if applied after habits are formed
and characteristics stamped. Then
every energy should be spent to mold
and shape little characters while they
are young, while impressions are eas
ily made and may be made deep.
We hear much and see many evi
dences of the wrecking of parental
control. So many parents do not hold
and direct their children as they
might. The home in too many in
stances loses its place as the center
of influence and in as many instances
parents themselves are to blame.
Often the trouble lies in the lack of
a gentle, yet firm control while the
children are young. A child soon
learns if “no” means “no,” or if it
means nothing at all. A little time,
a little patience then more time and
more patience. Year after year, and
finally you secure an understanding
of the child and win its confidence.
The confident of your child! Nothing
is dearer to the parent’s heart than
to hold this sacred trust.
Chum with your children, study
them, open your eyes to their faults
then you can help them. If you
leave them to themselves, to choose
their companions, their readings,
their amusements, then blame no one
but yourself if they go wrong. Know
where your children are at all times.
Trust them, to be sure, but strength
en this trust with watchfulness. Win
them, save them while they are with
you, for when they have grown up,
prayers and tears, advice and preach
ing, aids and offerings, pleadings and
intercessions—all good agencies—may
fail.—L. S. E.
A TALK ON DRUMS
Holland Harrold.
In recent years there has developed
a specialized line in the musical pro
fession called “Fly Drummer.” He
cannot be a faker, as of old, but a
legitimate musician.
It is a mistaken idea with many
that schooling is not necessary, but it
is and the better the schooling, the
better the drummer. He must get
all conceivable hits under his control
and become an artist. Dances, or
chestras, vaudeville and the movies
demand such drumming and his art
is in demand. The “fly” side of drum
ming is the comedy side and the com
edy side of life, which gives us clean
moral relaxation, has been proven to
be psychologically necessary to hu
man advancement. Shakespeare gives
us tragedy as well as comedy and all
the great musicians,, even Beethoven
and Wagner, give us humorous as
well as serious compositions. Life
holds majors as well as minors and
most of us prefer the majors. Dancers
come to rejoice and make merry, and
here the “fly drummer” must do his
best to aid the vaulting spirits,
i The eternal question which the pros
pective pupil asks is, “How long will
it take me to learn the drums?” To
rr.y judgment no answer can be made,
inasmuch as the student’s innate mu
sical ability, his ability to concentrate
and the amount of time given to prac
tice are the necessary considerations.
In my home town it is often difficult
to obtain good teachers, especially for
Colored students, and one is often
thrown upon his own resources. His
| only chance is to develop self-criti
' cism and to follow closely the text of
some good standard method on drums.
Prof. James Reese Europe, who
traveled with the Castles, had the
; best trap drummer I have ever heard.
This may be only a personal opinion
and may not stand, because one great
| artist may excel in some points and
! be deficient in others, but I mean as
an all around performer. As in all
j other things, an equal may always be
! found and sometimes a superior. No
man, perhaps, can remain forever the
greatest.
My teacher, Mr. Hoffman, an Oma
ha musician who has been residing in
Council Bluffs, has always maintained
that sensationl drumming was a fail
ure to the profession and often cau
tioned me against carrying such a
repertoire of effects on a job. By all
means I should obey him while under
his instruction, but since leaving him
I have permitted my own ideas to pre
vail. Mr. Hoffman is perhaps the
best technical drummer in the city
and I gave him credit for giving me
his clean-cut professional instruction
on drums.
In Omaha the “fly drummer” is
becoming an institution and is being
used in hotels, opera houses, dance
halls, military bands, and all other
musical clubs of which he is a part.
Try the Poro System. It will over
come a multitude of troubles that have
arisen from neglect and faulty treat
ment of the scalp. For quick and
lasting results. Call Douglas 7689.
Mrs. Susie Smith.—Adv
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OPENING OF THE
WARDEN HOTEL
The Warden Hotel, the Colored Fon
tcnelle, held its opening on last Thurs
day night. A large crowd was in at
tendance and all were delighted with
the effort made by Mr. Warden and
wife to give Omaha a really first
class hostelry. The building contains
thirty-five rooms, every one of which
is thoroughly furnished in complete
detail. Nothing is missing and every
Colored Omahan should make a spe
cial effort to visit The Warden. As a
business proposition there is no pos
sibility for failure. Omaha has sev
eral small hotels, but we may call the
Warden a really large one and one
that will compare favorably with any
west of Chicago.
We congratulate Mr. Warden and
wife upon this splendid effort and
predict much success. A cafe in con
nection is also worthy of mention and
those who have patronized the former
Warden Cafe on Fourteenth street
will know that the same delicious and
tasty meals will continue to be served
at the new location.
OWL CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
The Owl Club held its annual elec
tion of officers recently, the following
members being chosen for the en
suing year: L. N. Peoples, president;
A. M. Harrold, vice president; James
Peoples, secretary; Clarence Gordon,
reporter; Simon Harrold, treasurer;
and Charles Garrett, “Big Chief.”
COLORED NEBRASKAN
GIVEN FARM
Tom Mason, of Nehawka, Nebraska,
inherited a farm of 160 acres from
the late Governor Pollard, father of
present Congressman Pollard. Ma
son has been employed in the Pollard
family for years and received the
above inheritance for faithful service.
MONUMENT TO
NEGRO SOLDIERS
Representative Dyer, of Missouri,
recently introduced a bill in Congress
to provide a commission to secure
plans and designs for a monument to
the Negro soldiers )“who fought in
the wars of the country,” and asks
that $100,000 be appropriated for
that purpose.
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A full line of metal ware, feeds
and poultry remedies.
SEEDS, BULBS AND CUT
FLOWERS A SPECIALTY
Stewart’s Seed Store
119 N. 16th Stree
(Opposite Post Office)
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SHOES MADE LIKE NEW
with our rapid shoe repair meth
ods, one-fifth the cost. Sold un
called-for shoes. We have a se
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Everything in Printing
Prices Reasonable
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