Why Not Make It an
Electrical Christmas
George Wells Parker. Contributing
Editor of The Monitor. Visits the
Display Rooms of the Nebraska
Power Company and Writes of the
Wonderfully Beautiful and Useful
Things There to Be Found.
SUGGESTIONS FOR
USEFUL GIFTS
Electrical Appliances Which Beautify
the Home From the Parlor to the
Kitchen. Lighten Labor and Make
Life Worth Living.
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4 N electrical Christmas! Sounds
sort of new, doesn’t it? We’ve
heard of a dozen different kinds of
Christmases, suggestive of gifts that
we might interchange to carry out the
spirit and meaning of that feast, but
an electrical Christmas is really
something novel. Let us tell you
something about it.
Have you ever visited the electrical
shop on the southeast corner of Fif
teenth and Famam streets? If not,
surely' you have stopped a moment in
front of the display windows and
marveled at the many wonderful
things that may be used electrically—
things that are beautiful and so use
ful? In fact, that is the chief char
acteristic of things electrical. They
so Wend utility and beauty that it
makes the electrical industry the dis
tinctive craft of the world. Suppose
we make an imaginative examination
of some of the things which we have
all seen and things which we can all
use.
First, it seems almost natural that
when we first think of electricity we
think of light, and when we think of
light we think of lamps. Is there any
gift in all the world more practical
and more pleasing than a beautiful
lamp? It is something we all need
and something that always adorns the
home. As children we all became ac
quainted with Alladin’s wonderful
lamp, but even his mystical posses
sion could not have been more won
derful than the lamps which the mys
terious goddess of electrical energy'
* has called forth. There at* lamps
here that might have graced Cleopa
tra’s boudoir and fitted well its Egyp
tian magnificence; lamps that might
have lighted Belshazzar’s feast;
lamps that suggest the richness and
spell of Persian beauty; lamps by
which Sappho might have written her
amorous poems and not have been dis
tinct from the simplicity and artistry
of Grecian genius. There are lamps
suggestive of Gothic strength which
might have lighted the dim aisles of
the cathedrals of the Middle Ages and
lamps that would have harmonized
with the elegance of the French
Louis’ or the daintiness of Queen
Ann’s reign. And, lastly, but not
least, are lamps which look all-Amer
ican and with the infinite variety of
American taste and American expres
sion.
Lamps are for every room, parlor,
drawing room, liberary, dining room
and even the kitchen, but lamps are
not all that electrical craft has to of
fer. What dining room but would be
made more beautiful and more rich
with an electrical urn, an electrical
toaster that will toast your bread on
your table, so that you might reach
for it while it is hot and warm and
golden brown; an electrical chafing
dish or an electric percolator? Why
not a samovar or a tea ball teapot?
And so many more things to choose
from! Just go in and look them over
and if you cannot buy them all now
you have the future always, and with
the future comes realization.
Or why not an electrical sewing ma
chine? It is something that means
more than utility. It means a saving
of energy, the preservation of health
and the addition of joy. No wife feels
her home complete without a sewing
machine and when it is an electrical
one it makes sewing a pleasure and a
delight.
Then there is a vacuum cleaner,
built to run by electricity. It is some
thing really worth while. Every home
has beautiful rugs and the preserva
tion of rugs is one thing that a wo
man never forgets. Brooms are hard
upon rugs, hard upon the nap and too
often drives dust in, rather than
brushing it out. The vacuum lifts
the dust out and leaves the weave
clean and bright. Isn’t it something
really worth while?
And don’t forget milady’s boudoir!
Electricity has not forgotten the per
petuation of womanly beauty. There
i are curling iron heaters and drying
combs; electric hair dryers and vibra
tors. They are not ornaments, 'out
necessities, and every women recog
nizes them as necessities. Never over
look them.
It is winter now and electric fans j
are packed away, but July and August
will come again and you will long for
a breathing of fresh air and a current
of cooling breeze. You might buy in
December what you will need in sum
mer, and it will be deeply appreciated.
Yet if you are more exacting and
want something that can be used now
look at the electric radiators that take
the chill off rooms quickly. It is just :
the thing for bedrooms and for when
you are almost ready to get up, be
cause no one ever sleeps sweetly in a
warm room.
And now for the kitchen! It almost
seems that the electrical craft loved
the kitchen above every' other room,
because it has done so much to make
the kitchen beautiful, useful and labor
saving. You need no stove and sooty |
coal in an electric kitchen. You can
broil, steam, fry, boil and bake elec
! trically and what other ways can one
ever prepare food? The fireless
cooker is a gem and just what you
need when you want to go calling and
return home to find dinner hot and
j ready to serve. And, say, don’t you
love delicious, golden-brown waffles, 1
spread with rich butter and honey?
They have a waffle iron here that
heats in two minutes and turns waf
fles out faster than you can eat them.
Wouldn’t one of those make a dandy
gift?
And then the workroom. Wash day
used to mean drudge day and every j
woman hated to see it come around. It
is different now. An electric washer ;
‘ cleanses and purifies while you sit
and read the latest novel or magazine.
And ironing day is always welcome.
I No waiting for irons to get hot; no j
dropping of irons on tired feet or per
fect floors; no cooling irons that spoil
the lovely effect df constant and reg
ulated heat. What woman but thanks
the day when electricity stretched its
hand into her laborious life and drag
ged out labor and left only pleasure
and eagerness!
WJe might go on and on and never
finish, but we have said enough. We
have tried to make you understand
what we mean when we say, “Make
it an electrical Christmas!” You
might have been dubious when you
began, but we know we have convert
ed you now. Don’t forget, because it
is so worth while to remember.
VIRGINIA HAS A LYNCHING
The First in Culpepper County in
Forty Years; It Was a Quiet, Or
derly Affair, Well Becoming the
Dignity of a Sovereign State.
Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 20.—
News has been received here of a
lynching in Culpepper county, the
first to occur here for forty years. It
occurred Sunday night, November 23.
Allie Thompson, a Negro, was in jail
on the charge of assaulting Mrs. Lelia
Sisk of that county.
Two men went to the jail and car
ried a man bound in ropes. Jailors
Tipson and Herndon believed the
story that they had a man to be jailed.
They opened the jail door and just
then fifteen masked men stepped in
and overpowered the jailors, took
their keys, located Thompson in a cell
and quietly carried him off.
There was no disturbance, but at
sunrise the body of Thompson was
found dangling to a tree on the Rixey
ville road, three miles from Culpep
per. Coroner Chapman summoned a
jury' and held an inquest, but there
was no evidence on which to base the
identity of the men composing the
lynching party.
COLORED STUDENTS
SUBSCRIBE NEARLY
$50,000 TO WAR FUND
Washington, Dec. 20.—Latest re
ports from all parts of the nation in
dicate that the Colored students of
the United States have subscribed to
the United War Work fund more than
$45,000. Out of approximately 130
secondary and collegiate schools only
about 100 have reported. The quota
for Colored schools was $30,000.
Mr. C. H. Tobias, secretary of the
international committee, Y. M. C. A.,
was national director. Miss Catherine
Lealtad represented the women stu
dents. Mr. L. E. Graves, Atlanta, Ga.,
directed .the work of the southeastern
department, and Mr. W. C. Craver,
Washington, D. C., conducted the
campaign among the Colored schools
and colleges of the central and south
ern departments.
The students of Texas subscribed
nearly $4,000. The schools and col
leges of the southern and central de
partments, comprising thirty-three in
stitutions, gave approximately $10,
000.
A BOOK OF PAGEANTS
A book of instructions for a patrio
tic pageant, compiled by Mme. E.
Azalia Hackley, will be presented to
| the public January 1, that every city,
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USE WATER BOTTLE AS BUSTLE
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Woman Fined for Violating State
Prohibition Law.
Evansville, Ind.—The wife of the
Rev. Elijah Torrants, a Negro minis
ter here, was tried recently in the city
court on a charge of violating the
state prohibition law. Judge Ezra H.
Ireland fined her J100 and costs, and
sentenced her to jail for thirty days.
When arrested recently by the
police and searched at the central
police station the woman was found to
be wearing a hot water bottle filled
with whisky as a bustle.
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BOYS COMING HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS TIME
Thousands of Soldiers From Overseas
Have Already Sailed for United
States and Some Have Landed.
Washington. — Important elements
i of eleven American army divisions
now in France, in all 3,541 officers
and 79.663 men, have been designated
for early return home. A list of units
to sail soon issued recently by General
March shows that while only three
divisions, the Thirty-ninth, Seventy
sixth and Eighty-seventh, have been
designated in their entirety, major
units from the Thirty-first, Thirty
fourth, Thirty - eighth, Fortieth,
; Eighty-fourth, Eighty-fifth, Eighty
| sixth and Eighty-eighth are also un
I der orders.
The list shows also that the Ninety
! second division (Colored) has been
; designated for return and ordered to
I a base port from its front line posi- j
| tion.
In the list appear as entire divisions
| the Thirty-ninth, the Seventy-sixth j
and the Eighty-seventh. The other j
! troops comprise artillery units and |
i army corps troops.
The following units comprise the !
j Ninety-second division: 365th regi- j
j mont of infantry, 366th regiment of ;
infantry, 350th machine gun bat- |
talion, 349th, 350th and 351st regi
j ments of field artillery, 317th trench :
mortar battery, 317th regiment of en- ,
! gineers, 317th field signal battalion, j
I headquarters troop and 349th machine
' gun battalion. Other units of Colored
j troops who are also booked to return
at once are the 331st, 332d, 334th
regiments of field artillery.
CAPTAIN MARSHALL RETURNS
Was Wounded Several Times W hile
Fighting in France—Colored Sol
diers Fought Way Out of Trap.
Washington, D. C.—The transport
Sierra, bringing 1,586 back from the |
front arrived in New York December ;
8th. Among them another wounded j
fighter, Captain Napoleon B. Mar
shall, a Negro of the old 15th New I
York, and a lawyer practicing in that
city before called to the colors. He ;
was wounded several times and was !
! elecated to a captaincy soon after he
! arrived in France. He said the men ,
| of his race made a splendid showing ;
1 on the western front not only for '
bravery, but for the splendid head- i
work they showed in tight places.
Fought Way From Trap
“I went out one day with a patrol '
of thirty-two men," he said, “to size j
up the German artillery at a place j
south of Metz. We had gone too far ;
across No Man’s Land and a heavy !
German patrol had worked between us j
and the American lines. We were in
a trap. There seemed to be no way
out of it. It was a case of annihila
tion or capture, and we wished neither, i
Suddenly we got the hunch that it I
was better to be killed fighting than i
to submit to capture, and we charged |
the enemy. I tell you those boys
fought like devils; drove the Germans
off; made a detour and got back with
out losing a man.”
NEGRO FARMERS BUYING
ONLY PURE BRED CATTLE )
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Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 20.—Dairy ex
tension forces in North Carolina,
working through the local agent in
Sampson county, have placed eighteen
head of pure bred Jersey cows with
Negro farmers. It Js said to be the
first organized effort to place pure
bred animals for family use on Negro
farms. These animals were part of a
carload purchased by the dairy exten
sion men in Ohio. The Negroes paid
an average of $100 a head for the Jer
seys. The cows were obtained only
from herds in which milk p'oduction
and butter fat contents wore very
high, and were much better individ
uals than are ordinarily brought in by
traders.
PRETENDS TO BE NEGRO
Washington, D. C.—“Prof.” Her
man Bernelot Moens, a well known
character, said to be a native of Hol
land and who has been associating
quite intimately with a number of
Washington’s leading Colored people,
has been indicted by the grand jury,
charged with having in his possession
a selection of obscene pictures. “Prof.
Moens,” as he has been called, is a
white man, of rather engaging per
sonality, and has frequented the so
cial affairs of the Colored people to
indicate his belief in the ultimate uni
fication of the races and to demon
strate his own freedom from race
prejudice. “Frof.” Moens is at liberty
on a $5,000 bond, awaiting trial in the
district court. The arrest of the “pro
fessor” has caused a stir in many
circles and has aroused no end of gos
sip, and a renewal of the inquiry as to
just what might be his real mission in
this country.
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