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IMPORTANT BILL IN N. Y. LEGISLATURE Urges Eligibility for Commissions for Negroes Who Fought in France. (By Associated Negro Press.) New York, March 6.—The one big subject of discussion here, by Negroes and whites alike, is the wonderful effect the returning of our soldiers is having upon the minds and thoughts of the American people. Every great daily in the east and W'est has taken up the cause of cheer ing the good will, and this beginning has been taken up by the organiza- J tions and people generally. The big effort is to see that something of a lasting nature comes out of all the era | of good" will that is now being mani- 1 fested. A measure has been introduced in the legislature of New York to defi nitely make all of the officers of the Fifteenth Regiment of New York national guard Negroes, and to make all those who fought in France eligi ble for commissions. To this is added an appropriation for a permanent armory and club house. DR. CRAIG MORRIS DENTIST 2407 Lake St. Phone Web. 4024 ,TTT.,T---- - - - — -i C. S. JOHNSON 18th and Izard Tel. Douglas 1702 ALL KINDS OF COAL and COKE at POPULAR PRICE& Beat for the Money Res. Colfax 3831. Douglas 7150 AMOS P. SCRUGGS Attorn«y-st-Law 13th and Farnam ■ IIT--~-- - - --1 Classified Advertising RATES—1*4 cents a word for single in sertions; 1 cent a word for two or more insertions. No advertisement taken for less than 15 cents. Cash should accom- , pany advertisement. Wanted—A Colored dressmaker. Call Webster 2177. 1107 North Nine teenth street. Wanted—A middle aged woman as a housekeeper. R. S. Dixon, 2812 Har- ■ ney street. DRUG STORES THE PEOPLE’S DRUG STORE Douglas 1446. 109 South 14th St. ADAMS HAIGHT DRUG CO., 24th and Lake; 24th and Fort, Omaha, Neb. .. COLORED NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES FRANK DOUGLASS Shining Parlor. Webster 1388. 2414 North 24th St. ^FURNISHED ROOM* FOR RENT. Furnished rooms for rent, 980 North 25th Ave. Douglas 6077. __ Modem furnished rooms. Gentle men preferred. Webster 1975. 2320 1 North 28th Ave. Mch 15. First class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric light On Dodge j and 24th st. car line. Mrs. Ann- Ranks. 924 North 20th st. Doug. 437;,. First-class modem furnished room*. Mrs. L. M. Bentley Webster, i7Ok North Twenty-sixth street. Pbone Webster 4769. For Rent—Unfurnished room for light housekeeping. Hutten Flats, •- 1107 North 19th street. Webster 2177. Mrs. T. L. Hawthorne. Furnished rooms in packing house district. 2715 Q street (rear). Mrs. M. Irving. For Rent—Two furnished rooms. Mrs. W. H. Middleton, 2866 Maple street Webster 1489. Smoke John Ruskln 6c Cigar. Big gest and Best—Adv. INGALLS' EULOGY OF GRsSc Brilliant Piece of Writing by Famoui Kansan Will Forever Hold Placo in Literature. “Lying in the sunshine among the buttercups and dandelions of May scarcely higher In Intelligence than the minute tenants of that mimic wil derness, our earliest recollections are of grass, and when the fitful fever Is ended and the foolish wrangle of the market and the forum is closed, grass heals over the scar which our descent into the bosom of earth has made ami the carpet of the infant becomes the blanket of the dead. Grass Is the for giveness of nature—her constant ben ediction. Fields trampled with bat tle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass, and carnage Is forgotten (Streets abandoned by traffic become grass-grown like rural lanes and are obliterated. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is itn mortal. Beleaguered by the sullen hosts of winter. It withdraws Into thi impregnable fortress of its subterrane an vitality and emerges upon the first solicitation of spring. Sown by the winds, by the wandering birds, propn gated by the subtle agriculture of the elements which are its ministers and servants, It softens the rude outline of the world. It bears no blazonry of bloom to charm the senses with fra grnnee or splendor, hut Its homely hue Is more enthaoting than the lily or the rose. It yields no fruit in earth or air. and yet, should its harvest fall for a single year, famine would depopulate the world." This classic by John J. Ingalls, was first printed In the Duluth Herald, says the Kansas Magnzine. when Sen ator Ingalls was one of Its owners. “CARAVAN KITCHENS" TO STAY introduced as Wartime Measure lr England, They Have Demonstrated Their Usefulness. One of the most successful wartime experiments has been the caravan kitchen, says a London (Eng.) dis patch. Owing to the fact that so many mothers hod to leave their families of young children to fend for themselve* while they went out to work to make ends meet. Miss Horsborough con ceived the idea of catering to the needs of these children by means of e caravan kitchen. Assisted by three or four other worn en, she paraded the poorer quarters ol London, cooking en route all kinds of toothsome and nourishing dishes. The kiddles came running out with thelt plates at the blowing of a tin trumpet and were served with a piping hot and appetizing dinner in return for u trifling sum of money, which lead been left with them for this purpose by mother. The fame of the caravan kitchen soon spread abroad, nnd within a short space of time was paying its way, 33, 000 dinners a week being served In one district alone. So successful has been this travel ing caterer It Is likely the work will he continued on a larger scale, and be come a permanent institution, Instead of a wartime meusure. Bird Welcome on Board Ship. Weary of wing and starved, a tiny linnet alighted aboard the four-mast ed schooner Sophie Christenson 1,00( tulles from San Francisco, according to Capt. Bob McCarron. A tramp steamer was hull down on the horizon when the linnet reached the schooner, and one of the theories as to its long flight was that the bird had been a pet on the vessel and yearning for land, had sought to fly tf the far-gway shore. Aboard the schooner Is a canary and as though by Instinct, the linnet flew to the cage of the canary, perehins precariously while the schooner heaved and tossed. Captain McCarron opened the door of the cage and the linnet soon recovered. The canary welcomed the linnet and they are now chums. Black Fox Industry. The Dumber of foxes in the ranchet of I’rlnre Edward island at the begin nlng of the pelting season In 1917 wat approximately 10,000. From Decern her 1, 1917, to January 31, 1918. 2.f>0< foxes were killed and their skins mar keted. Raising ranch-bred foxes Is at industry that Is being carried on ex tenslvely in all the Canadian prov Inces, In at least a dozen of th« northernmost of the United States, and beginning In Japan and Norway, al lying in much the same climatic belt adapted to domesticating the blarl fox under the most favorable condl Hons. Wedding-Ring Custom to Stay. Jewelers say that the war-time cus tom In England of brides buying theli own wedding rings has come to stay It had to be done when the bride groom only reached England an hout or two before the wedding, and now the custom has too many advantage* to be given up quickly, for obviously t girl knows better than any man th« size of ring that she requires.—Edin burgh Scotsman. Lemon Tree Bears Oranges. From the Journal of Heredity w* learn of a rather novel case of u lem on tree which proceeded to product oranges. The tree, supposedly of th« ordinary Italian lemon variety, wa* transplanted to Egypt. When It bor« fruit It was noticed that the lemont were more spherical than lemons usu ally are and bore an orange-colored stripe. One branch bore a large fruli which was unmistakably an oranga. MY CREED I hold it, that a man is more a man, For having met the world and fought it square He most can value sweetness of con tent Who first has quaffed the bitter of despair, ’Tis better far to strive and know defeat While youthful hopes arise to win or die; For faith and courage vanish with the years, And neath the ruins of our souls we lie. Behold yon sapling gainst the stormy wind— It bends in meekness, yet doth hold its own, Each hostile gale but serves the bet ter end— Embeds it firmly in the native loam. There is a power which holds man to the earth, Though soar he may unknown realms of Thought, Instilled within each breast ere hu man birth— Things undefined, N'e’er could nor will be taught. I hold it, that a man is more a man. For having met the world and fought it square, Each one can do whate’er he wills to do, Success is wealth to which mankind is heir. Forge to the front! Nor count the journey made Till you shall stand above, supreme and unafraid! EVA A. JESSIE, Muskogee, Okla. MICHIGAN ONCE HAD SLAVES Only in 1836 Old Human Chattels Be come Unprofitable to Their Owners in That State. Few Detroiters of the present gen eration know that Michigan was once n slave territory, or that the city of Detroit, for a period of nearly one hundred years. Included a considerable number of slaves in Its population, ob- j serves the Detroit News. The early French settlers lived largely by trad- j ing with the Indians. At first they bought furs only, but each spring the Indians of Michigan would make war raids into territory south and west, and they would bring back captives whom they sometimes killed by tor- ; ture, but later they found It more prof itable to sell' them to the white settlers as slaves. Most of these Indian slaves were from the Pawnee tribe. Later negro slaves were bought in the East, principally In the state of New York. When the British took pos session in 1700 they found quite a number of slaves, Indians and negro, and they continued the pructiee. The census of the district in 1773 showed 46 men and 39 women sluves in a com munity tlmt numbered less that 800 udult white men. In 1872 there were 179 slaves In Detroit. The ordinance of 1787 forbade slavery In the North west territory, but Detroiters paid no attention to this Constitutional act. There were enough negroes in Detroit In 1807, slave and free, to enable Gov ernor Hull to organise a company of colored militia. In 1818 the assessor for Wayne eoun ty made slaves taxable property, and this proved a discouragement to slave holding. By 1832 there were only 32 slaves left In Michigan territory, and In 1836 the last one had been manu mitted. Less than 20 years later Mich igan. having found slaveholding un profitable, becume ardently abolition ist, and Detroit was converted into a terminal of the “underground railway,” through which runaway slaves from the Soutti found their way to freedom in Canada. ANIMAL HEROES IN WARFARE Some Praise Should Be Spared for the Dumb Brutes Who Gave Their Lives for Liberty. There was one factor for victory In the war which we overtook In passing out the praise and medals. To the dumb animals who bore much of battle's brunt, to the horses, mules and dogs, great credit la due. Patient, plodding, brave, obedient creatures of faithfulness! Wondrous tine the steed of officer, hut equally grand the sturdy haulers of caisson and gun carriage! Butt of limitless jokes, the long eared, lean-legged, tuft-talled army mule has glorified himself. Kndless the supply trains he tugged fagging distances, across shell swept spots and through fierce fire. The Red Cross dog, too, and the sledge dogs In the Alps have been canine heroes, leaping Into the jaws of death on missions of mercy or pulling precious packsleds among mountain peuks and pusses. Perpetual pasturage would be a jhtff reward for our four-footed fighters, with freedom from further work. To Fido, allot choice Unties to gnaw and If you’d make his home dog heaven rid the world of fleas for these, the ‘‘dogs of war.” At the entrance of this Paradise park or preserve, place a shaft to record for posterity a tribute to the war’s 42,311 animul dead.—Toledo News-Bee. A NEW SPIRIT IN THE MOVIES Negro Men, Women and Children, Be ing Featured in Some of the Great Releases. 4 RE you a movie fan ? If so, haven’t you noticed a new spirit in the movies, a spirit that is so vastly dif ferent from the old ? It is queer that , the editors of the country have not : taken notice of this most encourag | ing sign. A few years ago when the Birth of a Nation was going up and | down the country, every Negro news ; paper was giving column after column i of news matter bitterly denouncing | that play and fighting for its suppres | sion. Lately there seems to have come over the movie business a new spirit and we notice that play after play is featuring Negro men, women and i children, in most pleasing light. Why j doesn’t our press say something about i it ? True we have many wrongs that should be righted and it is up to us i to keep constantly on the job to right them, but why make our readers feel as though the whole world is against us? It isn’t so. Even taking the world as we find it, there are always some things that deserve commenda tion and a word or two of mention, and we feel that these should be men tioned along with the rest. Quite recently there was released a new big reel railed, Carmen of the Klondike. It tells the story of the discovery of gold in Alaska and the great rush to the frozen regions. In this picture there is a Negro who takes rather an important role. He is a gold seeker like the rest. He leaves Seattle as a waiter and works his way. When the crowd arrives at their desination and finds that all the claims in a particular region have teen staked, it is he who keeps up their spirits and the moment that there comes word of another big strike, it is he who waves his hand to the crowd and leads them on. He strikes it rich and later on when two white men are looking over the stakes and one of them recog nizes the Negro’s name, he says to the other with a laugh, “This be longs to the big dark spot vvho came up with us on the boat.” Later the big dark spot shows up in Juneau in a big fur coat and a silk hat, with oodles of money. He enters the great bar room and yells out, “Come on, you big bunch of camels and name your pizen!” Straightway the surg ing crowd of men and women rush him to the bar, shouting and congrat ulating him upon his luck. Every movie fan knows Baby Marie Osborne and knows that Baby Marie always plays opposite a little Colored chap who is about as funny as boys can come, but now there enters a new child actress, Mary McAllister, and here again Colored actors take part. Among the tenement crowd which Mary' picks up and carries to her man sion to dine is one little Colored girl and when they are all gathered about the table eating ice cream and rake, none shows their appreciation any more than the little Colored girl who decorates her entire face with ice cream. In the same picture, Mary turns a trick on her nurse and after the entire household starts after her, she runs into the kitchen and into the aims of the Colored cook, who grabs a rolling pin and cries out, “Don’t you dare tech this poor inno cent little child!” True there isn’t anything innocent in the trouble Mary has caused, but the household re treats in confusion before the rolling pin and Mary remains in the cook’s lap with her arms about her black protector’s neck. Another very commendable picture is the great war film, "The Greatest Thing in the World,” just recently released. In this picture both black and white soldiers are shown and in one scene two soldiers, one black and one white, get caught in a pocket. The white soldier is wounded and as he cries for water, the black soldier raises his canteen to the wounded man’s lips. Suddenly a bullet hits and mortally wounds the black soldier. He lays dying and in his delirium calls upon his mother to kiss his lips. The white soldier listens and as he sees the light of life flicker out of his com panion’s eyes, he leans over and kisses him tenderly upon the lips and the black soldier dies in the thought that his mother has really kissed him. And so we might continue on and recall many, many such scenes from the movies, but let these suffice. What we want to call attention to is the fact that there is a new spirit ani mating the movies and that it is con tributing much to the amelioration of prejudice. Who is responsible for this and what is the motive behind it? We are not sure that we are correct in our conclusions, but we would have our readers remember that the movie industry is largely controlled by Jews in this country' and we have an idea that the Jews are responsible for these subtle shafts against rare prejudice. As to the motive, we can find but one and that is the desire to make ridicul ous racial prejudice and to show up a feeling of fellowship among all races. There can be on idea for, financial gain, because in portions of the coun try the picture houses do not cater to Colored business and others would rather not. Yet Colored characters are in the plays and in nearly every _ instance are playing commendable parts. Think it over. Do we owe this gradual change to the Jews of Amer ica? AMMI< it Daily AGENTS EVERYWiil l>RfME IN REPU1ATK)N , I v | n The Monitor 1 Office I | 304 Crounse Block lj Sixteenth Street 4 iA | OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE ••A Vv oA I pi ? v? V £« » V4 * 7 \ | We have moved our office Down Town 1 Right Into Heart of Business District If :::: I |i