- - •- —_ ^ “ _ ’ . HE MONITOR^ A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and relfihous interests of the Colored People of Nebraska and the West, with th« desire to con ia f tribute something to the general good and upbuilding of the community and -i of the race. Published Every Saturday. Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1915, at the Post Office at Omaha. Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879. « THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and itabllsher. Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, As^c^late Editors. George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor. John D. Crawford, Business Manager. Fred C. Williams, Traveling Representative SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR Advertising Rates, 50 cents an Inch per Issue. Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha. Telephone Webster 4243. A Prayer for the Flag By The Rt. Rev. Arthur L. Williams, S. T. D., Bishop of Nebraska. ‘ \ % “Oh, Lord God Almighty, Who alone art the Giver of victory, bless, we pray Thee this Flag, which is the outward and visible symbol of the liberties of our beloved country. We ask that this, our Nation’s Flag, wherever it is carried, may never be associated with oppression or tyranny, or unfurled in a base or ignoble cause. May the principles of a free people and a free government, repre sented by it, be victorious in the world-wide war now raging, and may the day come when Peace shall be forever established and the Righteousness which exalteth a nation prevail upon the earth. These and all other things, for us and the whole world, we ask in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.” HAS HE CAUGHT THE VISION? Has President Wilson in the heavi ness which has weighed upon his mind and heart in this great world war caught the vision which will exalt him above the blighting miasma of his birth, training and sympathy. Let us hope so, for many of us believed that he was too large a man to be dwarfed by race prejudice and that explains why so many thousands of Colored Americans voted for him when he first became a candidate for the presidency. His sponsoring and encouraging of segregation in the government serv ices and like disabilities to which our people were subjected were a sore and grievous disappointment to those who looked for better things. Then came our country’s entrance into the war and still we were treated as a thing apart from our national life. And yet we remained loyal and hopeful. Our loyalty and hopefulness have been rewarded by brightening skies. Now comes the President in his Buf falo speech of November 12 and terse ly tells what he believes to be the final test of American democracy. Note these significant words: “We are all of the same clay and spirit, and we can get together if we desire to get together. Therefore, my counsel to you is this: Let us show ourselves Americans by showing • ^that we do not want to go off in sep arate camps or groups by ourselves, but that we want to co-operate with all other classes and all other groups in a common enterprise, which is to release the spirit of the world from bondage. I would be willing to set that up as the final test of an Amer ican. That is the meaning of dem ocracy.” These are significant words. We do not believe that they are merely high bounding phrases void of meaning. We believe that in the travail of soul which has come to Woodrow Wilson in these days, he has caught the vision of what true democracy is and in that vision must be included not white men, or black men, or yellow men, but simply MEN, measured not by accident of birth or race or color, but by the fidelity with which they each fulfil their God-appointed task in their appointed sphere or station. Has President Wilson caught this vision ? “A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER” The recent great patriotic demon stration at Richmond, Va., in which white and Colored citizens heartily joined, has inspired the following opti mistic editorial in the Richmond Planet: “Some people seem never to tire in saying that the Southern white people are the best friends of the Colored people. This war against the Teutonic allies has brought to these same peo ple the full realization of the fact that the Colored people are the best friends of the Southern white people. “The semblance of trouble has brought into the limelight the all-per vading devotion of this much maligned race of people and the well-spring of human sympathy flowed uninterrupt edly along the streets of this city on Friday and Saturday of last week. "We thank God that it is so. Thou sands of the flower of our race are of fering their services to the national government in general and to the Southerners in particular. Men, wo men and children are inquiring as to what they can do to avert disaster and to aid the people of this country in the great struggle. “Colored people are loyal. They do not need emblems or flags to indicate their position upon great questions. A Colored man’s face is his flag. We have been deeply touched by the evi dences of general esteem and solicita tion on the part of the best white peo ple in Virginia. "We shall never forget it. The peo ple who have had an antipathy to wards us are being side-tracked and silenced. We feel like calling to our people who have gone north to seek better wages and more congenial sur roundings: “Come back home. Condi tions have changed. The feeling of antipathy towards us has given way to expressions of general sympathy. Col ored folks, come back home!” RED CROSS CHRISTMAS MEMBERSHIP We want the Colored people of Omaha and Douglas county to roll up a membership of 1,000 in the Amer ican Red Cross by Christmas eve. The Red Cross is asking for a Christmas membership of 15,000,000. Douglas county’s quota is 40,000. The mem bership costs $1.00. The campaign will be pushed from December 17 to DECEMBER 25. Every church, lodge, society, organization and family is to be canvassed for membership. The Rev. John Albert Williams has been appointed organizing chairman to di rect the campaign among the Colored people. By Monday of next week it is planned to have everything in or der to push the campaign in co-oper ation with the general committee, compoesd of the following well-known business men: Henry Doorley, J. E. Davidson, S. S. Caldwell, W. A. Schall and W. A. Pixley. James Clark, head waiter of the University Club, has been ap pointed chairman of committee on hotel and railway men; Natej Hunter is chairman of the committee on fraternal organizations; Dr. L. E. ! Britt, chairman of committee on busi ness and professional men; Joseph B. LaCour, chairman of committee on churches. Each chairman will ap point such men and women as he deems necessary to reach every one within the group assigned. The drive will be made for one thousand Colored members of the Red Cross. There will be a meeting in connec tion with the Red Cross campaign to morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock at the U. B. F. Hall, Twenty-fourth and Charles streets, to which the public if- invited. MEN WHO WERE AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN (Special to The Monitor, by Fred C. Williams.) Someone once said “Over night makes a change." I agree with them. Finding myself in Kansas City, wan dering idly along popular East 18th street, I stopped at a comer, why, I don’t know. Just out of curiosity, I guess. After standing a while I at tempted to move on yet my progress is arrested by some strange force and I return to my old position against the wall ^nd find that I now have a company, another idler like myself. He is talking, yes, this is 18th and -street, in answer to my question, I where the Old A-L-Club once was. Instantly everything around me seems to be alive. I find myself look ing up at the windows waiting for the once innumerable bright lights to flash out, the well trained orchestra to strike up, to hear the voices of one ^fthe singeris in the«S ^nomobile load after automoW^^SSTT ^f pleasure seekers get out and en ter the wide open doorway along the brightly illuminated hall up the stirs to the floors above where only so called pleasure, is dispensed and vice reigns supreme. Out of that dense crowd my eyes followed the form of a man, tall, well built, of a strong and attractive personality, one who could be singled out of a crowd any where. As he moved along among the crowd, giving a smile here and a nod over there, a hand shake to another, his quick and intelligent eye seeming ly taking notice of everything that came in the range of his vision as he passed along. I studied his face and remembered j him as the man who had once made a great intelligent, impressive, and forceful plea for the rights of his people in the city where he was an ! acknowledged factor in things po litical. Some one said, ‘‘Mr. Blank, the proprietor, would you care to meet him ?” A car rumbled heavily along 18th street and the noise of its passing created a ghostly and hollow sound against the rattling window's of the empty building, and as I turned my ear to catch the echo as it sounded against the doorway, my companion was saying “yes, he is gone.” Gone.—It brought me back to earth and I remembered that I was listen ing to a story, the answer to a ques tion I had asked, the whereabouts of the proprietor of this once famous re sort. Gone: It seemed to tell so much. Gone, the glimmer and glory of this once brilliant palace of pleas ure. Gone—this once paying and lu crative business. Gone—all of his w'ealth, power, prestige, both politi cal and business. Gone, all of his friends and associates. Gone—also this once strong, forceful and ag gressive leader and politician to a quiet and benevolent institution pro vided by the state for men who, in the crisis of their career suddenly straighten! bend! snap! relax and fail to straighten again, then sit idly day by day, counting their fingers or drumming with their finger tips upon their front teenth and gazing idly through the barred windows or door ways into space beyond, seemingly not seeing or noting anything or any one immediately surrounding them. Yes, gone—and all because a little minister began a crusade and reared his banner upon which was written the motto: “Right only shall prevail.” The multitude, or rather the citizens of the immediate vicinity who are de cent, respectable and church-going people, arose en mass and demanded that the law take cognizance, and it did. The exise board by a negative vote to an application for the renewal of a license to this famous resort and its strong aggressive and one time re sourceful leader, politician and pro prietor, to the career of both spell finis. For dressmaking, call Miss Alexan der. 2413 N. 29th st. Web. 3927. I AND SAVING The United States is now at war. A large part of our country’s human en ergy is taken away from the farms, factories and industries of peace, and until the war ends all their energies will be devoted to fighting. A great portion of our productive energy is being turned into the cre ation of implements of destruction. Many of our products are now being devoted to purposes of war. Destruc tion instead of construction is the ob ject of a great portion of the country’s energy. As much of the human energy and productive capacity of the Nation are now being devoted to the purposes of war, so should the proper amount of the money of the United States be so devoted. He who offers his life for his country is offering the great est possible sacrifice, but the Amer ican men and women who support the Government with their money are do ing their part. This war is going to be financed largely out of the savings of the American people during the war. It | is not too great a sacrifice to make ! for one’s country in time of war to deny one’s self luxuries, to cut down ! unnecessary expenses, to lead quieter | and busier lives. Not only will the money thus saved and used to buy Liberty Loan Bonds help the United States but the diminished consump tion of food and other articles will do much to relieve the country from the I strain of war. The less the people use the less ; strain there is upon the productive ca pacity of the Nation and the more can be devoted to winning the war; the more the people save the more liberal financial support can they give the Government. This is the people’s war, and it is to be financed by the American people, not by the rich and not by the poor, but by the rich and the poor, the capitalist and the wage earner, the miner and the farmer and the manufnevurer. The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon will hold a sale of useful and fancy arti cles in the Guild Rooms Thursday. December 13th, afternoon and even ing. The articles offered for sale will be of good value and at reason able priceB, and will be very suitable for Christmas presents. The ladies in charge will be please! to wait on all patrons who come, but there will be no importuning, urging or nagging people to buy. The liberal patronage of the public is respectfully invited. —Adv. | A Victrola 1 g For the whole Family jj| 1 This Christmas 1 * f I The one gift that will increase the happiness of ^ every member of the family the year ’round. M The Victrola and Victor Records bring into your home the whole world of music, exactly as rendered by the greatest artists and entertainers. They are ai the unfailing means of holding the young folks home xjx and of making every evening a period of enjoyment Sjfl and recreation for the grown-ups. Make this true for YOUR family! Stop in today w for a demonstration. Victors and Victrolas, $10 to SB $400. Easy terms. | Orchard & Wilhelm Co. | $ 414-416-418 South 16th St. 30 uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiMiiiiiiiiiu VISIT OUR STORE AND SEE OUR DISPLAY OF I New Fall Suits and Overcoats I = at the following prices: $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 £ We are agents for Marcus Ruben’s Waiters and Cooks’ £ Outfits. [ PALACE CLOTHING CO. I £ S. E. 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