The People’s Drug Store 111 South 14th Street. DRUGS, CIGARS AND SODA j Toilet and Rubber Goods Special Attention to Prescriptions We Carry a Full Line of Face and Hair Preparations. H Nielson’s Hair Dressing.25c Elite Hair Pomade .25c Alda Hair Pomade .30c |i eXelento Hair Pomade .25c Plough's Hair Dressing .25c ? Hygienic Hair Grower .60c f\ Ford’s Hair Grower .25c Palmer's Skin Whitener ..25c ;j| Palmer’s Skin Success .25c Black and White Skin Oint....25c 1 Rozal Bleach . 25c We appreciate your patronage. Phone Douglas 1446. I “There is a reason why” Let Mme. Smith Treat Your Hair THE PORO SYSTEM Special treatment given to men. The only hair dresser in Omaha who straightens men’s hair without an iron. Parlors 2512 Lake Street. Phone Webster 3024. - The*Jones Poro Culture College Positively Grows the Hair Try our scientific method of treat ing the scalp. We positively grow hair or money refunded. Electric massage for scalp and face. System I taught. Sterilized equipment. Steam 5 heated booths. All work private. MRS. ANNA EVANS JONES 1516 North 24th St. Webster 5450 Harney 5100 Friedman Bros. ♦ Shoe Repairing Shop The place to buy new shoes. Supply depot for ev erything for foot comfort. 211 So. 14th St. Omahh f * * * —— • • • ... — Hill-Williams Drug Co. PURE DRUGS AND TOILET ARTICLES Free Delivery Tyler 160 2402 Cuming St. 1.. . - - - --- - - --.-*-4 The Business World Business Enterprises Conducted by Colored People—Help Them to Grow by Your Patronage. ’ DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4021 , , , r - -..——1 - PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE N. A. Patton, Proprietor 1014-1016-1018 South 11th St. Telephone Douglas 4446 62 MODERN AND NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS .. ..■« i C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard Tel. Douglas 1702 j ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICES. Best for the Money Rea. Colfax 3831. Douglas 7160 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorney - at • Law ISth and Farnam i .. . . .i. ...« ■ 1 Among the Churches J ZION BAPTIST CHURCH / _ Rev. W. F. Bolts. Pastor Capacity audiences greeted the pas tor both morning and evening last Sunday and he seemed to feel that he mst give a special reward for their coming, as he preached in the morn ing as he has not done in a long time. In the evening, after a short baptis mal sermon, several candidates put on Christ by baptism. The Sunday school is preparing for Christmas exercises under the direc , tion of Mesdames Kirtley and Mar garet Moore. The Mission Circle meets each Fri day in the rest room of the church. The Wide-Awake club w'as enter tained this week by Mrs. Lavenia Rose, 1303 North Fiftieth avenue. Mother Howard, who has been in Kansas City for the past year, is here to spend the winter with her daugh ter, Mrs. Howard, 2518 Ohio street. If y°u are a stranger in the city come out and make this your church home. A hearty welcome is extended to all. Regular services next Lord’s day. Mrs. Emma Toddy is the Red Cross chairman of this church. Please let all meet her courteously that our race may still hold its own in the pace of patriotism. Rev. Mr. Mitchell, the newly elected missionary of the Negro Baptist As sociation of Nebraska, left Monday for Oklahoma. He will return the first of the year, when it is hoped that the flu ban will be lifted every where and he will be able to take up his duties in the state. The sick are: Mrs. L. Smith Davis, Sisters Starks and Whiteside. Mrs. Anna Lee is convalescing in St. Joseph’s hospital, where she un derwent an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Shelley Cook and Mrs. Bea trice Kyle Baker will leave this week for Los Angeles, their former home, to spend the holidays. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. T. A. Taggart, Pastor Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preach ing, 11 a. m.; Bible class, 3 p. m.; B. Y. P. U., 5:30 p. m. Last Sunday morning Rev. Dr. Mitchell, the state evangelist, preach ed a wonderful sermon. Ten persons were added to the church and there are several candidates for baptism. The Mission Circle meets Thursday afternoon at the T. D. C. hall, Twen ty-ninth and T streets. Mrs. Melvinia Bailey has been con fined to her home for some time. Mrs. Mollie Malone is on the mend. Mrs. Octavia Harris and son are yet ill, also Mrs. Lucille Price. Christmas morning and night, De cember 25, services will be held. The public is welcome. The ladies of the Mission Circle are preparing a bazaar for the benefit of ; the church, December 26, 27 and 28, in the T. D. C. hall. ALLEN CHAPEL NEWS Rev. J. A. Broadnax, Pastor. The junior stewardess board meets with Mrs. Clark, Twenty-sixth and N streets. A chitterling supper Saturday at Mrs. Clark’s, 8 p. m. Class meeting Friday night at the church. Mr. Carter, Z street, is up again from his recent sickness. Mr. Robert Severe is better from a touch of the flu. Mrs. Ward, Q street, is herself again after three weeks’ illness. Mrs. Hattie Gaines of De Soto, Mo., has received a letter from her hus band, who is in France. She is all smiles. Mr. Miller and wife of Twenty-fifth street joined the church, also Brother Vantrice and Mr. Norman. The Monitor should be read by every family of our race. Why not subscribe now? MOUNT MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES Rev. M. H. Wilkinson, Pastor. Last Sunday was a very enjoyable day in our church life. Rev. J. C. Mitchell, our state missionary, preach ed at night and his message was well delivered and received. Services all day Sunday. Christmas sermon in the morning. All are wel come. Sick on the list: Mrs. G. Hayes, Mrs. B. Williams. Miss A. Alexander, Mr. H. C. Watts. PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH The Rev. John Costello, Pastor. Sunday school at 10 o’clock; morn ing service at 11; Young People’s Singing band at 3:30; evening service at 8. The Rev. Mr. Wilson preached Sun day morning on the subject, "Not So.” In the evening the pastor preached on "Prayer.” There were two additions to the church Sunday. .Sick members are Mrs. Savannah Howard, Miss Gladys Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall. NEWS OF ST. JOHN’S AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH Sunday services w’ere well attended and the collections totaled $137.40. The evangelistic services closed Friday night with twenty-eight addi tions to the church. 'The Ladies’ Aid met Thursday afternoon in the church parlors. Mr. Felix’s name was inadvertently omitted last week from the list of stewards. \ YOUNG WRITER OF VERSES Ruth Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jones, a junior in the Central High School, has decided tal ent as a writer of verses. Here are two of 1 :r short poems which she wrote “merely for fun” for one of her school chums. They fell into the hands of The Monitor man, who be lieves the public should have them. THE JUNIOR RED CROSS The cavalry is an army’s arms, Reaching far out for its goal. The cannon and guns are an army’s loud voice; But the Junior Red Cross is the soul. The infantry is an army’s legs, Seeing’s the aeroplane’s role, The people at home are the body strong, But the Junior Red Cross is the soul. Without shells and seeds, where’s the ■ carbon? Without carbon, what about masks? Without masks, how can our boys over there Perform their miraculous tasks? Victories great are the fruit of our work: The buds are the many great deeds, Our mothers and fathers Red Cross is the tree; But the Junior Red Cross is the seeds. ONE MORE “LESS” We’ve helped Hoover make days meat less; We also have made the times wheat less; We’ve gone without sugar and candy and jam ’Til even our Sundays are sweetless. We always bought bonds and bought thrift stamps To help make our country defeatless; We’re knitting and canning and send ing our boys, To make Kaiser Wilhelm conceitless. But the whole world must be demo-! cratic And we need a live wire squad. To remind Uncle Sam to “keep order at home, If we be respected abroad." Our boys proved themselves to be flinchless; They tried to make Germany inchless; But it is our duty to clean up at home And make the whole U. S. A. LYNCH LESS. SOLVING NEGRO PROBLEM Hr. George E. Haynes Returns From Trip Through South in Interest of Better Racial Relations. (From the Office of the Director of Negro Economics.) Washington, D. C.—Dr. George E. Haynes, director of Negro economics of the department of labor, has just completed a trip through the southern states, where he has been aiding in the organization of committees to promote closer co-operation between the races and to stimulate among the Negroes in particular a spirit of co operation that will show the value of their daily work to the nation. Negro workers' advisory committees have been organized in a number of states, and in some places the organi zation has proceeded as far as city and county units. White men and Negroes serve together on these com mittees, and splendid results in meet ing local problems of labor shortage have already been obtained. Among the meetings held those at Ocala and Lakeland, Florida, were largely attended by white residents of those places. It was necessary to hold some of the meetings in the open air, because of the spread of influ enza, and these were attended by many white persons who came in auto mobiles. XMAS RESOLUTIONS THE spirit of our Christmas might be improved by these resolutions: ; I will not try to adjust the beauti ful Christmas spirit to the perverted notions that result from pride in ap pearances. I will not let my appreciation be governed by the price paid for a gift nor will I envy the person who can afford to give costly things. I will not let undue worry and anx iety cloud my Xmas. I will not hesi tate between the giving of necessities and the giving of luxuries. I will make a fitness between my gifts and my means; if I possess abundance my Christmas shall not be to me a burden; if I be poor it shall not be to me a problem. I will not make my gifts vain and formal things; presented to certain people because of an established cus tom, but I shall give out of the full ness of my heart. I will not make my Christmas a travesty, it shall be more simple, more genuine; it shall reflect fitness and fineness, good will and good cheer. L. S. E. ILL EFFECT OF MECHANICAL TOYS The great advantage of most gen iuses was they had no advantages. They were forced to do things for themselves and by doing them they learned. The curse of mechanical genius in its incipiency is the mechanical toy. j A toy engine, complete and ready to run can never permanently interest a boy in engines. The miniature auto mobile and motor boat surfeit the mechanical appetite and appeal to the | curiosity, not to the imagination. Give a boy, with a mechanical in- i clination, some tools, some material and watch him "go to it.” Granting the usual objections to a pocketknife, it is one of the best gifts in the world for a boy. A child must be given a chance to do something with its own hands, its own brains. Give it a chance to experiment and learn by its own mistakes and that, say what you wall, is the only way we really learn anything in this world. L. S. E. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our grateful thanks to friends for their kindness during sickness and death of our niece, Marion Wright. Also to the j Daughters of Bethel and friends for flora! gifts. MRS. HATTIE KITCHEN, MRS. HAZEL TURNER, MRS. MAMIE SHELDON, 2614 North 17th St. Smoke John Ruskin 6c Cigar. Big gest and Best.—Adv. LODGE DIRECTORY F. and A. A.. York Rite. St. Luke's Lodge. No. 14. will meet the first and third Monday nights in the Knights of Pythias hall, Twenty-fourth and Charles streets. All members take notice. Wil- } liam Bridges, W. M.; J. E. Johnson, sec retary; H. C. Watts, treasurer. Gate Citv Lodge, No. 6674. G. U. O. of O. F., meets the first and third Monday of each month at Petersen’s hall. Twen- j fourth and Burdette streets. W. H. Payne. N. G.; R. L. Woodard. P. S„ 4912 South Twenty-sixth street. South 4459. Keystone Ix>dge. No. 4, K. of P.. Omaha. | Neb. Meetings first and third Thursdays of each month. IT. A. Hazzard. C. C.; J. H. Glover, K. of R. and S. Weeping Willow Lodgeg. No. 9596, G. U. O. of O. F., meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month at U. B. F. hall. Twenty-fourth and Charles streets. ; R. S. Gaskins, N. G.: T. H. Gaskins, P. S. International Order, No. 631. Colored ! Engineers and Portable Hoisting Engine- ! men meets at 2225