The Crescent Whist Club met Tues
day with Mrs. Jackson, who present
ed each member with a bunch of vio
lets. The first prize was won by Mrs.
White, the booby by Mrs. Odessa
Jackson.
Pleasant Green Baptist Church end
ed a revival Sunday night with an ad
dition of forty-four members. Twen
ty-six were baptized at St. John’s A.
M. E. Church Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock.
To reach our rapidly growing out
side circulation it is necessary to go
to press Thursday, instead of Friday
To insure insertion in current week’s
issue items must be in our office by
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. J. K. Parker left for St. Louis
Monday evening.
$50.00 cash and $18.00 monthly buys
a five-room cottage. Tel. Webster
5519 or Douglas 2842.
Mrs. H. Viddiex of 2218 North 27th
avenue, laid covers for twenty little
ones Monday in honor of her little
daughter, Claretta’s eighth birthday
anniversary. The evening was spent
in games and music. Many useful
presents were received.
Hair growing and hair preservation,
scalp treatment, manicuring and mas
sage. Smith, Chiles & Wheeler, 2414
North 24th. Webster 3024.—Adv.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lonnie Wilkes, who died suddenly
Sunday, January 13, at the family res
idence, 938 North 23rd street, was
buried January 14 at Mount Hope
cemetery, the Rev. G. G. Logan offi
ciating.
Mrs. Maud Bell, of 111 South 28th
street, who died Sunday, January 20,
was buried Wednesday at Forest
Lawn. The Rev. J. Costello officiated.
Banks and Wilks had charge of the
funeral.
There will be a meeting of the
Douglass Republican League Tuesday
evening, January 29, at 8 o’clock, at
the office of Dr. J. H. Hutten, over
the People’s Drug Store, to make ar
rangements for the coming cam
paign. M. F. Singleton, president;
Dr. C. Morris, secretary.
Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Big
gest and Best.—Adv.
Members of the N. W. C. A. are re
quested to bear in mind the election
of officers will be held at the annual
meeting, February 6.
Be sure to patronize Monitor ad
vertisers and tell them why.—Mention
the Monitor.
Mrs. W. A. Davis, of 3222 Charles
street, who has been confined to her
home by illness for the past three
weeks, is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W Wigington,
who were called to Omaha by the
death of Mr. Wigington's mother, left
Tuesday night for St. Paul, Minn.
Ladies tailoring and dressmaking.
Mrs. E. M. January, 2310 N. 25th St.
Webster 1483.—Adv.
Joseph Robinson left Monday for
his home ,n Cleveland, Ohio. He was
called *o Omaha by the death of his
father.
For dressmaking, call Miss Alexan
der. 2413 N. 29th st. Web. 3927.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Phil
ip’s Church met Thursday with Mrs.
S. B. Canty 2409 Blonde street. The
meeting next Thursday will be with
the president, Mrs. H. J. Crawford,
at the Cortland Apartmants.,
Smoke John Ruskin 5c Cigar. Big
gest and Best.—Adv.
Josiah Brown has returned from
Topeka where he was called by the
illness of his mother. His mother re
turned with him and will make her
home in Omaha.
$50.00 cash and $18.00 monthly buys
a five-room cottage. Tel. Webster
5519 or Douglas 2842.
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OFFICERS’ TRAINING CAMP TO
BE OPENED IN PORTO RICO
Washington, D. C.—Secretary of :
War Baker January !) announced the
establishment of an officers’ training
camp in Porto Rico for 400 selected
Porto Ricans, to be opened February
1 and to be run for three months.
LODGE DIRECTORY
Omaha Lodge No. 146. A. F. and
A. M„ Omaha, Neb. Meetings first
and third Fridays of every month.
Lodge room 24th and Charles. P.
H. Jenkins, W. M.; W. H. Robinson, j
Secretary.
Keystone Lodge No. 4, K. of P.,!
Omaha, Nebr. Meetings first and
third Thursdays of each month. H.
A. Hazzard, C. C., J. H. Glover, K. of
R. and S.
Weeping Willow Lodge No. 9596,
G. U. O. of O. F., meets second and
fourth Thursdays of each month at
U. B. F. Hall, 24th and Charles. R.
S. Gaskins, N. G.; T. H. Gaskins, P. S.
International Order No. 631 Col
ored Engineers and Portable Hoisting
Enginemcn meets at 222614 Lake
street first and third Wednesday in
each month. W. H. T. Ransom, pres
ident; J. H. Headly, Cor. Sec.; J. H.
Moss, Rec. Sec.; S. L. Bush, Treas.
FATHER OF MRS. S. H. DORSEY
ANSWERS SUMMONS
William Henry Robinson died at
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
S. H. Dorsey, 3643 Parker street,
early Saturday morning, from harden
ing of the arteries. Mr. Robinson,
who was bom in Burford county, On
tario, Canada, January 29, 1843, was
a highly respected citizen of Wood
stock, where he resided until a few
months ago when because of his ill
ness he and his wife came to make
their home with Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Dorsey. He was known throughout
his section of Canada for his skill as
a blacksmith and wheelwright. The
funeral was held from the family res
idence Sunday afternoon at four
o’clock with interment in Forest Lawn
cemetery. The Rev. John Albert Wil
liams officiated. Mr. Robinson is sur
vived by his widow, one son, Joseph,
of Cleveland, Ohio, two daughters,
Mrs. S. H. Dorsey and Miss Jennie
Robinson, of Omaha, and several
grandchildren.
George Cooper, aged 50 years, a
well-known resident of Omaha, died
at St. Joseph’s hospital, Friday, Jan
uary 18. The funeral was held from
Zion Baptist Church, Sunday after
noon under the auspices of the U. B.
F. Lodge, of which he was a member.
The Rev. W. F. Botts officiated. In
terment was in Forest Lawn. Jones
and Chiles had charge of the funeral.
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CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. Philip Walker and Mrs. Emma
line Walker, 1317 West Broadway,
celebrated their fiftieth marriage an
niversary. They were married in j
Fulton, Mo., December 31st, 1868.
There were bom to them nine chil- |
dren, five are dead and four are liv- 1
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are both
members of the Tabernacle Baptist
Church of this city. All of her chil- ,
dred are Baptists. They had an in
formal reception from 4 p. m. to 10 j
p. m. They received a number of j
nice presents of gold coins i.o the ;
amount of $30.00 or more for which
they feel thankful.
After the reception Mrs. Walker
did as she did fifty years ago, went
to the watch meeting and watched the [
old year out and the new year come
in.
GUEST AT ROBERT BURNS’
« CELEBRATION
Mrs. J. Alice Stewart left Thurs
day afternoon for Lincoln to attend
the Robert Burns anniversary celebra- ;
tion held in the Masonic Temple, Hav
elock, Friday, January 25. Mrs. |
Stewart improvised a transcription of j
Annie Laurie, her o\vn arrangement,
and the president of the association
Mr. Campbell, who is a Scotchman,
upon hearing Mrs. Stewart play it
was so well pleased with the compo
sition that he arranged with her to
be present at the anniversary cele
bration. While away Mrs. Stewart
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs,
Campbell.
WORK OF CRISPUS ATTUGKS
CHAPTER RED CROSS
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The CriBpus Attucks Chapter of the
Red Cross, which meets every Tues
day afternoon at the N. W. C. A.
Home, has finished seven dozen and
nine hot water bag covers for hos
pital use.
SMITH RELIEF FI ND
The Big Twelve Whist club submits
the following report:
DONATIONS.
Hall, by Mecca Amusement Co.
J. H. Broomfield $10.00
Dan Desdunes 1.00
Mrs. Hall . LOO
Mr. Ross .:.50
Mr. Jenkins. .25
A Friend .50
Total . $13.25
Receipts from sale of tickets and
other sources 80.75
Total receipts $94.00
EXPENSES.
Printing and advertising $ 8.00
War tax ... 5.00
Total $13.00
Total receipts .. .. $94.00
Expenses . 13.00
Balance of $81.00
turned over to Rev. John Albert Wil
liams, in charge of relief fund.
We are very grateful for the great
interest shown by the entire com
munity and those who contributed
their services, time and money to help
make this affair such a success.
AMOS P. SCRUGGS,
JAMES G. JEWELL,
HENRY W. BLACK,
Committee.
WANT COLORED POLICEMAN
Asbury Park, N. J.—Commissioner
Leroy has received a petition from a
number of citizens asking the appoint
ment of Raymond Martin to the police
force.
RACIAL DISTRUST
SERIOUS HANDICAP
Attorney Broyles of Houston, Texas,
Frankly Expresses Opinion of Cer
tain Racial Matters Demanding
Thoughtful Consideration.
To the Editor of The Monitor:
I do not know you personally, nor do
you know me personally; nor, perhaps,
does either care particularly about
these two facts. But there came into
my office yesterday forenoon (and I
am a lawyer by profession) a manwho
introduced himself, or was introduced
or presented by a friend of mine and
his, as Fred C. Williams. He took a
seat and began to tell me about him
self and about how he knew me when
he was a boy. And I remembered him,
but would never have known him again
just from sight.
But Fred C. Williams presented his
card and began to tell me about the
virtues of The Monitor, about its pur
pose, about its circulation, about the
intention to make it a national paper
devoted to the interests of Colored
people, about its editor—in a word,
about everything he knew how to say
good for the publication he represent
ed. So he had not taken up much time
from a very busy man until he had
asked me to become a subscriber to
The Monitor. I wondered why he
wanted me to subscribe for The Moni
tor. I wondered what The Monitor ex
pected to do in the field of publicity.
I wondered many things. But by that
time this same Fred C. Williams had
gotten me to talking. 1 think he had
thus succeeded because he had learned
the art of appearing to be a good lis
tener. So I glanced down the columns
of The Monitor and saw the name of
“Kelly Miller.” I glanced over the ar
ticle to which his name was subscribed
and saw many times the word“Negro.’’
After 1 talked he asked me to contrib
ute an article to The Monitor. I as
sured him that would be among the
things most easy of accomplishment,
but I wanted to know what good it
would do either The Monitor or its
readers. He insisted. So I am hand
ing you this communication.
I have watched the religious cult and
the educational development of the
African-American for four times thir
teen. I am now convinced that the one
pronounced effect of his social institu
tions has been to array him against
himself, against his family, against
his kindred, against his neighbor of his
own race, against his race. Unless the
tide changes after the war, and unless
the gods come from different suns, all
his fight will have been in vain. Some
say I ought not to talk that way. But
why not? What virtue has come to
him for these years ? As I said above,
I saw the name of “Kelly Miller.”
Kelly Miller is a “professor.” He is a
very intelligent man, but he is a pro
nounced victim of those social institu
tions alluded to. But that is no im
proper criticism of Kelly Miller, for we
are all victims of the same institu
tions. It is only a question of “more
or less.” But I told you I saw in his
article many times the word “Negro.'1
I hate that word. It means nothing in
itself but actuate my hatred or yours.
But the conniption of the word, accoid
ing to the American standard, is a
most accursed thing. “Negro” means
a male person of African descent, ac
cording to the American standard o!
the use of the word. It does not mean
African-American; for African-Amer
ican means a person of African origin,
whether male or female, according to
the general use of the expression or
term. What is the co-respondent of
“Negro”? It is “Negress,”'according
to the same corruption of the Amer- j
ican standard. But how is “Negress" j
defined, according to the American j
standard ? One of the pronounced defi- |
nitions of “Negress” is “wench.” But j
the American author defines “wench”
as a lewd woman. So that when Kelly j
Miller used the term “Negro” in his |
article he was not talking about the
African-Americans, whether he was
sufficiently informed in diction to
know it or not. Whenever he calls him
self “Negro” he calls his wife “wench.”
Whenever any man calls you “Negro”
he calls your wife “wench." Wouldn’t
you hate that word, if you understood :
its meaning like the author of it? But
if a man is “educated” he ought to
knew the meaning.
But when a man calls his wife a j
“wench” there is trouble in the family.
When a man calls his neighbor’s wife
a “wench” there is trouble in the com
munity. When a man calls hiS daugh-1
ter a “wench” there is an uproar at
home. When a man calls his neighbor’s I
daughter a “wench” there is an uproar i
in the community. Now, don’t misun
derstand me. I have simply used these
words to illustrate what the social in
stitutions of the African-Americans
have precipitated daring the last ’ifty
years. Of course I am leaving it to
your readers tfy determine what is
meant by the social institutions. They
l ave made the African-American dis
trustful of himself, distrustful of his
family, distrustful of his race. But at
the same time they have created in
him a spirit that will repose every
trust in every other race. Have such
institutions done good or have they
done evil ?
His social institutions have done
more than that. They have created in
the African-American a spirit which
prompts him to do that which pro
motes the comfort and ease of other
races—that which advances the mate
rial profits of other races, while de
lighting to promote the ill of his own
race. All of this he does without real
ly knowing that he is doing it. Tc il
lustrate:
A few days ago an African-Amer
ican died in this community. He had
accumulated some wealth. He made a
last will before his death, naming as
executors of same two other African
Americans, pointing out in the will
that they were above the average of
their race in intelligence. The death
of the testator afforded an oppor
tunity for those two other African
Americans, above the average of their
race in intelligence, to throw a nice
fee to some African-American lawyer,
and that at a time when they had noth
ing at stake; when no one in whom
they were particularly interested had
anything at stake; when all parties
could have been as well protected by
any African-American lawyer as by a
lawyer of any other race; when a nice
example could have been set for mem
bers of the African-Americans less in
telligent than these two executors. But
they did not do that which would have
promoted the comfort of members of
their own race. What do you think
they did ? They forthwith proceeded
to pass by every African-American
lawyer in the community, and went di
rect to a lawyer of another race, ar
ranged with him to probate the will
and to pay him a nice fee out of the
estate saved by the hard labor and
frugality of the testator. That was
only a few weeks ago. The estate is
not yet closed. But only this afternoon
those same two executors, being my
friends (?) and associates, stopped me
on the street to inquire whether I had
received an invitation, which one of
them had taken the pains to send to
me and my wife, to be present at a
“dance.” When it came to doing that
which was profitable to my profession
they w'ent out of the way to avoid me
and cast the profit to a man of another
race—a man of a race who would not
dance with them, who would not break
bread with them, who. would not sing
with them, who would not mourn with
them, who would not pray with them,
who would not associate with them in
any sort of capacity except that of
master and servant. These same in
telligent African-Americans gave to
that man a princely fee, with which he
could buy both himself and his wife
full dress suits for the “ball," when
they could have given it to me without
embarrassment or loss to any party in
interest. But what did they do for me
and my family ? They gave us an IN
VITATION to the “bali.”
But these men are above the aver
age in intelligence, just as stated by
the testator. But this only illustrates
that they are the more pronounced
victims of our social institutions.
Those institutions have simply im
pressed us with the idea that the
profits shall go to other races, but that
debauchery shall be kept within our
own circle. Have they done good or !
have they done evil ?
If The Monitor is projected for the j
purpose of driving home the rights of
the race at court, and desires to be
come national in extent along these 1
lines, its mission is most commendable.
But if its object is to seek popularity
only at the “ball” it had been far bet
ter that it had never been “bom.”
Now, Mr. Editor, I have written this
communication at the special instance
and request of Fred C. Williams, and
if it be acceptable at all, let every
word appear. Otherwise cast it in the
waste basket.
Yours very truly,
M. H. BROYLES.
Houston, Tex., Jan. 18, 1918.
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Webster 1621.—Adv.
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