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The Rev. John Albert Williams spent Monday and Tuesday in Bea trice on diocesan business. Mrs. H. Winston of New York City is visiting her sister, Mrs. John Perry of 3060 Harney street. Miss Lutie M. Bryant has returned from a month’s visit at Prior Lake, Minn. Recital in Expression by Cornelia Hendry Stubblefield, “The World and His Wife,” at the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Thursday, September 20, at S p. m. Admission 25c. Mrs. C. H. Singleton and her lit'.’e niece Helen have returned from De troit, Mich., where Mrs. Singleton visited her parents. Mrs. John G. Redmond left Friday evening for Denver and Colorado Springs. From there she will go to Great Falls, Mont., where, joined by her husband, they will visit other western points. Hair growing and hair preservation, scalp treatment, manicuring and mas sage. Smith, Chiles & Wheeler, 2414 North 24th. Webster 3024.—Adv. Mrs. General Scott returned Friday morning from an extended visit to Chicago, where she was the guest of Mrs. Mamie Pegg Ervine. Mrs. C. H. Harris and little niece Ivy have returned home from a trip to Lexington, Kansas City, Mo., and places in Kansas, motoring home, ac companied by her father, W. M. Ray, and brother W’illiam in her father’s new car. The trip covered 300 miles. Mrs. Lulu Thompson has returned home after an enjoyable three weeks’ western trip. For* real estate, loans, insurance and investments, see Eugene Thomas first. Rooms 413-14 Karbach Block,, 15th and Douglas. Phone Douglas 3607.—Adv. P. M. E. Hill of Yazoo City, Miss., j enroute home from the letter carriers’ | convention at Denver, spent Thursday | and Friday as the guest of Henry W. I Black. Mrs. William Jackson and her 3 year-old daughter Olive spent Thurs day and Friday of last week in Lin coln, attending the state fair and visit ing friends. The Negro Civic and Industrial j I/eague held an interesting meeting in j St. Philip’s Guild rooms Tuesday j night. Interesting addresses were; made by A. P. Scruggs, MoseS Jordan and others. Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Big gest and Best.—Adv. Mrs. Nellie Reed left Saturday j evening for her home in Leavenworth, Kan. She was in the city to attend the funeral of her uncle, the late Mr. G. W. Jenkins. Mrs. Fannie Wilson left Thursday for New York City for an indefinite j stay. She was in Omaha for the pur- j pose of attending the funeral of her j father, G. W. Jenkins. Plain sewing done. Children’s clothes a specialty. Mrs. L. Johnson, Webster 1621.—Adv. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Long of 1224 South Twelfth street, who have re- j cently come to Omaha from Buxton, la., are rejoicing over the birth of a son. Miss Ruth Seay has accepted a posi- j tion as teacher in the public schools of J St. Joseph, Mo., and is very much , pleased with her work. Miss M. L. Beasley, stenographer. I Work satisfactory'. Terms reasonable. I Webster 3024.—Adv. Leslie Rountree was struck by an automobile. His face was badly bruised, but he received no serious in juries. Miss Cordelia Johnson will leave ^Sunday night for Western university. ■/lr“Jack and the Beanstalk” at St. ^■'John’s Friday evening will be a great literary and musical treat. The fifty children are great in chorus work and dialogues.—Adv. Misses Rosa Bright, Hazel Hall, Aline Jefferson and Darlene Duvall are among the Omaha girls who will go off to college this fall. Ladies tailoring and dressmaking. Mrs. E. M. January, 2310 N. 26th St. Webster 1483.—Adv. Mr. W. P. Ray motored acrosB the country in his new five-passenger car from Dunlap, la. He will return Thursday and his wife will accompany him. St. John loses three of its most active members in the persons of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ray and Mother Walker. While in the city Mr. Ray' gave an auto drive to Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Osborne. We positively grow the hair. Best care taken in saving each strand. Electrical massage, scalp and face. Manicuring a specialty. Poro Culture College, 1616 North 24th street. Anna E. Jones. Maranello preparations. Webster 5450.—Adv. Mrs. Minnie Patton gave an auto drive in her new seven-passenger car to Mrs. Peters of Seattle, Wash., and Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Osborne. Mesdames Stevens and Carter en tertained the Willing Workers on Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. Evelyn Gray aa honored guest. Misb Jessie Smith, one of the em ployes in the green room at the Bran deis store for the past year, is spend ing her vacation visiting friends in Oklahoma. She will return about No vember 10. For dressmaking, call Miss Alexan der. 2413 N. 29th st. Web. 3927. P'easant Green Baptist church, of which the Rev. J. Costello is the pas tor, has been holding a successful re vival, baptizing Sunday, at 2:30, in the Missouri river at the foot of Pierce street. Take Harney car to Sixth and Pierce and walk east to river. Mrs. George 'Partic of Chicago is visiting her sister, Mrs. Patton, at 2510 Patrick avenue. Smoke John Ruskin 6c Cigar. Big gest and Best.—Adv. Mrs. Mattie Barr of 967 North Twenty-seventh street, who has been quite ill, left for her parents’ home in Missouri for an indefinite stay. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Parker moved in their new home at Twenty fifth and Michigan avenue this week. “A COLORED MAN’S NOTABLE POEM” Under the above caption a writer expressed in the World-Herald his ap preciation of the poem by R. L. Des dunes, published in that journal and also in The Monitor. The author of the poem which has won such favor able comment is rapidly approaching three-score and ten years and has been blind for three years. He is the author of an entertaining volume in French entitled, "Nos Hommes et Notre Histoirie.” Here is the com ment of the World-Herald’s corres pondent: “Omaha, Sept. 6.—To the Editor of the World-Herald: I think some notice should be taken of a remarkable little piece of French verse which appeared in Thursday’s World-Herald, signed ‘It. L. Desdunes.’ It is remarkable on more than one count—not only for its sentiment, but for its author’s under standing of the peculiar metrical rules of French poetry,. and its accurate language and phrasing, which is plainly such in spite of the inevitable printer’s errors. “These latter, which doubtless trou ble the soul of the author, are quite excusable in American typesetters, and are mentally set right at once by any reader who is able to really appre ciate the verses. “It would be almost unaccountable for a composition of this kind to come from an Anglo-Saxon pen; it is still ! more so in this part of the country, j and by one of a race which, despite its \ musical and poetic vein, has always labored under such great handicaps. So unusual is it that one might be pardoned for wondering if this is truly a ‘fresh product’ and not a ‘conserved’ and retouched one. If a genuine ‘per sonne de couleur,’ as intimated, the author must be of the same strain as the great Dumas, who is evidently one of his heroes. This might be inferred from his signature. If he were not so plainly at home in the French tongue, it would be interesting to see what he could do in the field where Lawrence Dunbar was so conspicuous. “The demand for French poems in ! this ‘neck o’ the the woods’ is not j clamorous yet; but the visit of the French commission was certainly the poet’s opportunity, and gracefully im proved. As a lifelong lover of France and bound to it by many enduring ties, I should like to congratulate the writer of that sympathetic and sur prising little poem; and 1 hope it Mil reach the French commission—emis saries from the most responsive and appreciatve of peoples. “A. L. M. K.” ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH NOTES Special services at St. John all day Sunday. Dollar money rally. At the evening services a special program by the Waiters’ Protective Employment association, Rev. W. S. Metcalfe mas ter of ceremonies. Solo by Mr. James A. Hill, tenor; five minutes’ address by prominent head waiters of hotels and clubs of Omaha; address on the welfare of the association by Presi dent A. T. Jordan. Other special music. Rev. Mr. Osborne will pre sent all who may desire one a sou venir, a photo of himself and wife, if their dollar money has been paid, and those who pay on Sunday the 16th. Mrs. Charles Shelton, who died at the home of her parents on Monday, was buried from St. John Thursday afternoon, Jones & Chiles, under takers, in charge. Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ray and Mother Walker were entertained at dinner by Mrs. Frames Smith and daughter Tuesday. A large number of tickets have been sold by the children for the play, “Jack and the Beanstalk,” which will be presented Friday evening, Septem ber 21. Because the play was given four years agd by Mrs. Osborne, she is charging only 15 cents admission J for this splendid high-class play. The I girls and boys are well trained and will make a splendid showing. Buy homes. COUNCIL BLUFFS NOTES Mr. Eugene Cave of Cheyenne, Wyo., is a visitor in our city. Mrs. Hazel Turner returned Satur day from Lake Okoboji, where she has spent the summer. She was accom panied by Mr. William Browm and Mr. Noseby of Des Moines, who are here for a short visit. Mr. William Cave died Monday morning in Jennie Edmundson Memo rial hospital, after an illness of almost a year. He was 49 years old and iB survived by Mrs. Cave, one daughter (Mrs. Minnie Herndon) and two sons, Eugene and Howard. Mr. Albert Bowens, Mrs. Fannie Ashford, Mr. Oscar Parks and Miss Bessie Giles were week-end visitors in Avoca. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Collins. Mrs. Kingsley Wilson entertained at 6 o’clock dinner Monday, September 10, in honor of her brother, Mr. Oscar Parks, who leaves soon for Tuskegee, Ala. Covers were laid for Mrs. Nell Barnhart, Mr. Oscar Parks, Miss Bes-: sie Giles, Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Wil son and the Misses Lucille and Evelyn | Wilson. Mrs. Ida Giles entertained at a 6 o’clock dinner Tuesday, September 11, in honor of Mr. Oscar Parks, who leaves soon for Tuskogee, Ala. Those present were: Mr. Oscar Parks, Mrs. Ella V. Parks, Mrs. Nathan Parks, Miss Edna Parks, Mr. Frank Johnson, Mrs. Ida Giles and Miss Bessie Giles. Mr. Ira Duffield entertained at 3 o’clock luncheon for Mr. Oscar Parks. Covers were laid for eight. Mr. Oscar Parks left Wednesday for Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala., where he is a student, to resume his studies. Mrs. Ferdie Green and Mrs. Viola Redick gave a dance Tuesday evening, September 10, at the Colored Masonic hall. The dance was a grand success. DO NOT BELIEVE SMITH GUILTY The Monitor does not believe that Charles Smitji, against whom has been lodged a charge of murder in the Nethaway case, is guilty. Not one scintilla of evidence was brought out against him at the coroner’s inquest. Several persons have volunteered to contribute towards a defense fund to employ able counsel to defend him in the event that the case should come to trial. NOTICE TO MEMBERS ST. PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH I desire to see a full attendance at the II o’clock service Sunday. Im portant. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Vicar. ANOTHER WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS Many subscriptions are falling due j at this time. We will appreciate it if all our distant subscribers will promptly send us their renewals by mail and all local subscribers will either send us their money or advise uf when the collector may call. To continue the publication of The Mon itor, we MUST HAVE MONEY. The Prompt payment of your subscription is imperative. There are two other important ways by which you can help The Monitor not only to live, but grow and become tetter able to serve you: (1) By get ting your friends to subscribe; and (2) By sending us your job printing. Milk and Cheese Soup. 3 cups milk, or part milk and part stock. 114 tablespoons flour. 1 cup grated cheese. salt and paprika. Thicken the milk with the flour, cooking thoroughly. This is best done in a double boiler, with frequent stir rings. When ready to serve, add the cheese and the seasoning. The protein in this soup is equal in amount to that in five-sixths of a pound of beef of average composi ton; its fuel value is higher than that of a pound of beef. -" '' - -— SERVED ON THE REGISTRATION BOARDS Mesdames Lulu Rountree, C. H. Hicks and Bayliss Pegg did their bit of patriotic service by working at the registration booths on Wednesday, when the women of the state were called upon to register. Mrs. Roun tree served in the Fourth precinct of the Ninth ward at Thirty-third and California streets; Mrs. Pegg in the Second of the Sixth at Twenty-fourth and Grace, and Mrs. Hicks in the Third of the Sixth at Twenty-foutrh and Seward. Others were asked to serve and may have done so, but The Monitor has been advised only of these. MR. JENKINS SPEAKS TO PATRONS Our growing popularity shows that in bartering, as in everything else, I have made good my promise to my patrons. I stand for first class, clean business. I began with it and still stand for clean business. There — no pool hall connection with my busi ness. I run a strictly first class bar ber shop with up-to-date methods in bartering. Everything strictly clean, sanitary and up-to-the-minute. Have your wife come down and your child and enjoy a quiet stay while you are being shaved. Omaha’s Most Successful Barber, P. H. JENKINS, 1313 Dodge St. —Adv. PHYSICIANS HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION Philadelphia, Pa.—Old historic Philadelphia welcomed last week four hundred Negro physicians, surgeons, dentists and pharmacists in attendance at the nineteenth annual convention of the National Medical Association, which held a three day session in the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. The , delegates came from the United States, Cuba and the West Indies. APPLICANTS SENT TO COLUMBUS, O. Knoxville, Tenn.—Orders were re ceived last Saturday at the local re cruiting office that all Negroes apply ing for service in the medical depart ment will hereafter be sent to Colum bus, Ohio, for enlistment instead of Fort Oglethorpe. 1 j THE BETTER KIND Made from good clear lumber, covered with fibre; well bound on edges. Durable corners and braces where necessary. Sturdy locks and binges, 2 trays nicely doth lined. Priced at $10.00, $12.00, $13.50 and $15.00. Freliny & Steinle "Omaha’s Best Baggage Build ers" J 1803 FARNAM STREET CRONSTROM’S PANTALORIUM LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S ! TAILORING CLEANING PRESSING ALTERING There’s a difference. All work done by tailors who know how to keep garments shaped and in condition, something unattain able by pressing machines. Ia>ok over your wardrobe and then call Douglas 5407 Room 8, Patterson Block 17th and Farnam Streets . ...... ■1‘1'irt “Does The Monitor Do Job Printing?” SURE Beft Work—Best Prices 13th and Jackson 1119 No. 21& Doug. 2190 or Web. 4243 ' ..... 1 CHOCOLATES I i “The Utmost in Candy” THE O’BRIEN CO. 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American War News Jerry Comedy MONDAY Triangle Night, Wilfrid Lucas in Her Excellency, the Governor. Comedy, Suit and Suitor. TUESDAY Vitagraph Night, Edith Storey, Alad din From Broadway. Caniedy. WEDNESDAY The Adventures of Stingaree. The Rainbow Box. Hearst-Pathe News. Christy Comedy. THURSDAY Helen Holmes in The Railroad Raiders ! Favorite Feature, Goodness Gracious. I Comedy, Winning the Step-Children. — FRIDAY Metro Night, Emmy Whelen in The Pretenders. Sidney Drew Comedy. SATURDAY Art Drama Night, The Laws of Sales. Hearst-Pathe News. Jerry Comedy. _ ... f v' AI Alin DeLUXE ICE ALA MU CREAM GARDEN Open Every Evening Cabaret En tertainment Special Dance Every Monday and Thursday Evening. De Luxe Matinee Every Sunday Afternoon KILL3NGSWGRTH BROS. Webster 2861 Proprietors Rex Theatre Ed Gavin and His Tango Girls in “GLORY BE TO PETER” All New Songs and Dances Every Afternon and Evening 1316 Douglas Street A Riot of Fun—Don’t Miss It 4-.. . .. . .. HULA-HULA Dancers Management Mrs. Lizzie Buford THE MECCA Wednesday, Sept. 19 I DESDUNES’S FULL ORCHESTRA ! Admission 35 Cents. NOBLE M. JOHNSON And an All-Star Cast in Trooper of Troop K Showing the Flighting 10th Cavalry at Carrizal, Mex. At the Franklin Theatre 24th and Franklin Saturday afternaon and night SEPT. 22 Matinee 2:30 Admission 5c and 10c
