THE MONITOR
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A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests
of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with the desire to con
tribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and
of the race.
Published Every Saturday.
Entered aa Second-Class Mali Matter July 8. 1916, at the Post Office at
Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publlaher.
Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes. Associate Editors.
George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, fl.M PER YEAR
Advertising Rates, 60 cents an Inch per Issue.
Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha.
Telephone Webster 4246.
AGITATION AGAIN WINS
The tremendous protest that went
to Washington against the retirement
of Lieut.-Col. Young has again demon
strated what the race can do by united
action. It shows, too, the power of
the Negro press. The press was a
unit in its dignified, but insistent de
mand, that Col. Y'oung’s physicial in
capacity for active service be fully es
tablished before he be retired. The
physicians’ finding that his “blood
pressure was too high” was taken with
a most liberal allowance of salt by
the race throughout the country. His
forced retirement would have aroused
resentment, as in the light of events
which reasonable and thoughtful men
cannot ignore, it would have been re
garded as a clever ruse to rob us of
representation in the higher ranks of
the army. Fortunately, however, “for
the present,” to quote the suggestive
words of Secretary Baker, Col. Young
is not to be retired. He has been re
stored to active duty and promoted
'to Colonel, his promotion dating from
June 22. This is a victory won
through alert and united action.
Just how elastic the term “for the
present” will prove, remains to be
seen. But “for the present,” agitation
again wins. It is now Colonel Young.
We indulge the hope that in due time
this gallant officer whose record is
untarnished, may become GenerjJ
Young.
ASTOUNDING NEW YORK
The fact that a real estate firm,
composed exclusively of Negroes,
could purchase property in the city
of New York at a cost of $1,300,000,
mb your eyes, you are not dreaming—
ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS—for hous
ing our people in comfort, is a strik
ing evidence of the progress we are
making.
W'e wish that we could publish cuts i
of the magnificent apartments which i
this enterprising firm has purchased |
and which made financial New York, I
accustomed though it is to big deals,
catch its breath. Negroes, pooling
their own money to swing a deal like
that! Astounding!
That this firm should have the con
fidence, which is not misplaced, that
they would be able to secure tenants
to make the investment pay is a most
hopeful sign. Despite limited oppor
tunities for business training, the race
is developing keen, alert business men,
who are capable of financial deals
that can astound even New York.
This same thing in lesser ratio is
happening all over this country.
OMAHA’S NEW COL
ORED POPULATION
Last week when North Omaha Col
ored folk were tremblingly awaiting
the outburst of a race riot that never
happened, a woman called up on the
phone and said that certain of The
Monitor staff ought to be hanged for
bringing so many southerners to Oma
ha. She didn’t leave her name, she
was so excited. We hope, however,
that she will read the following facts
and get busy trying to teach some of
the old Omaha Colored folk how to
become an asset instead of a liability.
About two hundred have been brought
to Omaha and about two hundred more
will be brought before the cold
weather starts in. Of these two hun
dred, every one is working hard from
eight to fourteen hours a day. About
sixty have brought their families and
half that number have gone to house
keeping. More than eighty have start
ed bank accounts and those who have
not are saving their money. Many
of them are pooling their earnings and
helping friends in the south who have
not railroad fare to come west. Quite
a number are planning to buy small
homes next spring. Two want to lease
or purchase small farms near Omaha
for truck gardening purposes. All
the men’s wives who have come north
are doing domestic work in an effort
to help their husbands gain a foot
hold and to have their children take
the fullest advantage of the excellent
system of education furnished by
Omaha. One man, a minister, who
isn’t too proud to work every day
with his hands, has started a mission
on Lake street to minister to the spir
itual needs of those among whom he
preached while in the southland. More
than seventy intend to go to night
school when opened next fall. All of
them are good, law-abiding people
and of upright Christian character.
This is the type of people The Mon
itor has brought to Omaha and we are
mighty glad they are here. Possibly
they will be able to teach some of Om
aha’s old citizens something about
thrift.
PEOPLE
There are all sorts of people, but
they have common sorrows, common
experiences and common joys. Let
us be kind and helpful and sympathet
ic towards all people, simply because
like us they are people, beset with
sins and infirmities. No, this is not
a sermon, but it will help you to
think about it.
DRAFTED
A proportionately large number of
our r°.ce have been drafted. We hope
to publish the complete Omaha list in
our next issue and will appreciate it
if those who were drawn will send
their names to The Monitor office, as
we desire to have the list as accurate
as possible.
SKITS OF SOLOMON
The Goat
Be kind to the goat. Not the rocky
mountain goat that hurdles the big
boulders playing hide and seek with
the sportsman; not the back yard goat
that makes a dainty breakfast off tin
cans and comic sujydements; not the
trained goat that boosts a new member
into the first degree of secret secrecy;
ror yet the ancient satyr that wore
peg tops of his own woolery and
spent his hours flirting with forest
chickenry, flutes and rah rah grape
juice; but the modem human goat
who makes the big mistake of talking
the way he feels about things gener
ally. He is the poor mutt who must
be satisfied with the bouillon off
boiled eggs while the loud mouth pat
riot who doesn’t mean a word he says
gets the chance to eat the eggs. If
the newspaper reports that the Allies
took forty-four miles of trenches and
are still a long way from the German
base and the goat, knowing that the
Germans aren’t holding forty-four
miles of trench embroidery', essays to 1
say that the paper must be mistaken,!
he has to make it to the tall timber
to keep from being hanged as a traitor
and a German spy. The goat believes
that reason should have a part in all
deliberations, but the scoundrel who
clothes himself in patriotism for the
chance of snatching a patch of the
needful, calls reason sinful. The moral j
of this symposium remains that if \
you want to cut a caper and call down i
the clapping ,yell yourself hoarse for !
the flag, cuss anyone who wants to
find a reason for our entering the
war, and don’t forget to boot the
goat.
Obvious Observations
The Colored population of Omaha is
r.ow over the agony of the terrible
psychological riot which took place
last week.
Anyone who thought that the draft
lottery wouldn’t hit the local race
boys Hard has another guess coming.
It was a real sure enough jolt.
If any evangelist could prove that
it is hotter in hades than it has been
around here this week, heaven ought
to be overcrowded.
Russia has the stomach-ache again.
The Allies have temporarily aban
doned their drive until a few million
“Teddies” can get over to help out.
The job proved a bigger one than they
bargained for.
Mr. Murphy Spudd has dropped
dow'n to a bone and a half per bushel.
He has been an aristocrat so long
that it must be a hard blow to fall
into the plebian class again.
The food control bill has passed
congress and the next thing is for
j uric es to come down—that is, if prices
can be persuaded to come down.
The old legend that living in the
| south is cheap, has passed. South
erners coming north say that living
is one-third higher down in Bam than
north of the M. D. line.
Three million German spies were
I arrested in the U. S. last week. The
country will never be safe until the
other twenty millions are all safely
eating sauerkraut behind the bars.
Please pass the chipped ice.
Thanking you for your most earn
est attention, we will now grab the
hook and line and find a soft spot un
der the bending maple beside the old
fish pond.
John Ruskin Cigar, 5 cents. Biggest
nad Beat.
ST JOHN’S A. M. E.
CHURCH NOTES
Mr. Edward Penn, the only son of
Mrs. Nettie Rollins, was buried from
the residence of Mrs. Tolsons on No.
25th street Monday afternoon. Mr.
Penn though only 22 years old, be
cause of his most excellent disposi
tion had a large number of friends
who turned out and gave showers of
beautiful floral boquets and designs
in sacred memory of him. When 14
years of age he began working at
Jacob Rosenblatt’s Grocery and Meat
Market as an errand boy at $6 a
week. At the time of his death he
was meat cutter and seller at the
same store at $16 a week, the only
Colored man in Omaha holding a
position of that kind in a store. His
ambition and honesty won for him
this honor.
The Willing Workers gave a pri
vate picnic at Elmwod park, which
was the most pleasant and enjoyable
outing of the club this season. Sev
eral visitors were guests of honor.
The principal characters in "David,
the Shepherd Boy,” to be presented
at the Brandeis theatre August 6th,
are: David, tenor, J. Anderw Sin
gleton; Saul, bass, Leroy Kelley;
Samuel, baritone, Leon Robinette;
Jesse, tenor, W. G. Haynes; Elder
tenor, I. R. Maxwell; Abner, bass,
J. A. Graves; Abigail, soprano, Miss
Darlene Duvall; Michal, alto, Mrs.
Maude Ray; attendants, soprano,
Miss Pearl Ray; Alto, Mrs. Myrtle
Moore. Others will appear in duets,
trios and quartettes.
TO THE PUBLIC
Omaha, Neb., July 27, 1917.
To a Kind, Generous Public who
have for five years given their hearty
support to every literary and musical
effort put forth under my manage
ment: I take this opportunity to an
nounce that on August 6, at the Bran
deis theatre, will appear some of t
best singers from the five Nef
t hvrntes in Gnwka, in the sacred ca.
tata "David, the Shepherd Boy.v And
let me say, when you hear this chorus, i
the concensus of opinion will be, for
quality and range of voices you never!
listened to more effective harmony j
and phrasing in solo and chorus work j
by local talent than will be rendered
by this most excellent, large chorus,
under the thorough and artistic train-!
ing of Mr. Ben Stanley, who says: |
“I am sure of a good rendition.” That!
statement alone is an assurance of a j
real musical treat. While we have
appealed to you at different times to
support us in our efforts, we have
never before made the appeal with !
the personal feeling that if there is j
any consideration to be given oui'j
many efforts to render service, not I
only to St. John but to the public at
large whenever called upon, there is
no time in our five years’ varied career
that the demonstratio;i would have j
been more appreciated by us than l
now. We are not appealing to you
for a large crowd, the great number
of cash tickets already purchased as
sures us of a large crowd. But we
are asking for the Omaha public at
large to turn out in full. We ask it
first, because it is a representative
chorus composed of members and ;
friends from Negro churches in Om
aha, and truly they are going to make
s. lasting impression which will effect
the entire race for good in this com
munity. Secondly, every day we hear
complimentary words of praise, and
we appreciate them, from the public
who say to us that we have given op
portunity to many splendid talents
that have been dormant and created
an enthusiastic desire and apprecia
tion on the part of the public for the
same. You call to memory the hours
spent at the phone locating persons
regardless of denomination for work
by day and by week, which has num
bered hundreds of assignments; and
the hours spent locating strangers in
your homes when asked for rooms, all
this without even a desire for rec
ompense. As we go about among you
day after day and listen to your kind
words of praise, and realizing that we
are nearing the end of our assigned
work at this place, the thought is, iff
there is really a public appreciation
and gratitude for our feeble efforts in
this community these past years at a
sacrifice of time and even health it
self, if it was known that we would
feel the earnest sincerity of the many
good things you are saying more
keenly at this time because is is our
last laborious effort, realizing that a
public demonstration would mean
much to us, I am sure an advantage
would be taken of the very small
prices to make it possible for you to
have first class seats without much
sacrifice. And let me especially in
vite the Engineers and Firemen's
Protective asosciation, whom we had
the very great pleasure of addressing
in their grand opening over a year
ago; the ladies of the N. W. C. H.
who have done a great work, who
have found us ever ready to render
service and every individual and the
public at large, w’e especially invite
to be present August 6, at the Bran
dies theatre.
Yours for lifting as we climb,
, MRS. W. T. OSBORNE.
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THE GREY SEAL
Ham and Hud Comedy
Jerry Comedy
’ MONDAY
Triangle Night
Enid Hennett in
SEEKING HAPPINESS
Other Features to be Announced.
TUESDAY
Vitagraph Night
Mary Anderson and Antonio Moreno in
THE MAGNIFICENT MEDDLER
And Other Interesting Features.
WEDNESDAY
ADVENTURES OF STINGAREE
Hearst-Pathe News
Triangle Comedy
THURSDAY
Helen Holmes in
THE RAILROAD RAIDERS
Clara Kimball Young in
Triangle Comedy
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