The Monitor
♦ A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored
Americans
Published Every Thursday at Omaha Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub
lishing Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postoffice at
Omaha Neb., under the Act of Maxch 3. 1879.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
George H. W. Bullock, Circulation Manager and Associate Editor.
M. Wrigth. Advertising Manager.
TRAGO T. MCWILLIAMS, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb.
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Address, The Monitor, 204 Kaffir Itloek. Omaha Neb.
Telephone Douglas 3224.
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THE INDUSTRIAL SITUATION
THE industrial situation throughout
the country is becoming acute.
Large numbers of people are becoming
idle. Various reasons are assigned for
this. We siitply chronicle the fact.
We do not attempt to analyze the cause
or causes. Our purpose is to urge our
people who have jobs to do their level
best to bold them. This means that
they must be efficient, prompt, pains- •
taking and render the best service
that they know bow. The natural
tendency, as The Monitor pointed out
some months ago, will be to lay off '
ourVeople first and especially in the;
newer fields of employment to which 1
they were admitted during the exi-1
gencies of a labor shortage growing I
out of war conditions. In these fields!
we have made good, it is true, but to
retain the places gained it will call
for continued vigilance and industry.
Hold your job. Watch your expenses.
Save your money for the proverbial
rainy day. Let no one mislead you as
to the seriousness of the industrial
situation.
BROKEN FAMILIES
rtERE is no sadder spectacle than
that of broken families and espe
cially so where there are children who
suffer from these separations. Cases
are becoming all too frequent in which
people who have lived together for
years and reared children separate
without any thought of the great
moral wrong they are committing.
Frequently a woman has struggled
heroically to help the man get a start
and just when they should he enjoying
a little comfort he gets a huff and
leaves. Sometimes the husband has j
struggled and sacrificed to get ahead j
and then the wife deserts him. Doubt-:
less there is blame on both sides. Nine
cases out of ten, there is another man
or woman in the ease. The most row
ardly thing, however, is for the man
who has begotten a large number of1
children to forsake his family and i
leave his wife to struggle for an exist
ence There are too many broken;
homes. There is too little appreda I
tton of the seriousness Involved In
these fractures of the domestic rela -
tions. A little more patience and for-!
hearanee and a vast deal of more un- j
selfishness on the part of both men ;
and women will go a long way to ,
wards lessening the moral menace of
broken families.
IS THIS QUITE CONSISTENT ?
f I 'HE editor was busy getting out I
* “copy. He was called to the1
phone. A lady indignant over the use
of the word “Negro” in one of the1
local dailies wanted The Monitor to'
urge the colored people to stop taking .
the daily in question. We told her;
that the publication In question wits
not a greater offender in this regard
than others and that we must keep I
asking the dailies to change their
methods and that there was some im-1
provement to be noted in this line i
Then we asked, “Do you subscribe for!
and read The Monitor?" She answered j
in the negative. We suggested that
one effective way to combat the prac
tice which caused her indignation \
would lie to support our own publica
tions which are doing their best to j
fight the race’s peculiar battles in op- j
posing the insidious propaganda which
the daily press consciously or uncon
sciously is spreading.
We wonder how many of our people :
are like this good rroman? They re
sent the attitude of certain dailies in j
their reports of events among our j
group and yet they fail to support
their own publications. Do you ge*
thB point?
A WORTHY BUSINESS YENTURE
/■JNHE Monitor congratulates the Co
-l Operative Workers of America
upon the auspicious opening of the
grocery department of their proposed
department store. This department
is one of which any Institution should
feel proud. A corps of courteous
clerics was on hand to take care of
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the patrons. The line of goods dis
played match those of any other gro
eery in the city. The goods and sen ice
are all that can be desired. We see
no reason why this worthy business
venture may not be a great succes.
and we call upon our people to see to
it that it does not suffer from lack of
proper patronage and support on ou>
part. We are advised that other de
partments will be opened as speedily
as practicable.
SAYCOPATED SPASMS
COMPETITION
SOME ancient onion once made the
remark that competition is the
life of trade. We suppose he was right,
because we are always looking for the
guys who are competing with each
other and trying to demonstrate just
how cheaply they can sell the needs of
life without going busted and hanging
up a card with the word ‘'Bankrupt''
written across the face of it. But the
competition of which the antique vege
table spoke was fair and square com
petition. It didn’t mean starting a lie
factory and distributing the wares
throughout the community, rfor did It
mean taking unfair advantage of your
competitor and trying to ease him into
the discard deck. That isn’t competi
tion. That is just low down oneri
ness. What we need in this community
is more competition of the clean kind
and less of the dirty w'ork. if you
and your cullud brother happen to
be jogging along in the same line of
business, it doesn’t mean that every
time his name is mentioned that you
have to open the vials of wrath and
introduce a miniature thunder storm.
Neither does it mean that every time
he has a customer, you must grab
friend customer by the coat tail and
tell him that he is about to be trimmed
tonsured and totally wrecked. The
chances are that if he heeds you you
will wreck him worse than friend com
petitor. Did you ever take a slant at
this side of the debate? If you never
did it isn’t too late to learn. The only
trouble about being a human trip ham
mer is that some day the public will
find you out and when it does, O,
mama’ It leaves you a hurt to nurse
for the rest of your earthly days. So,
to the cullud business men of this
here rising and hefty community,
weigh wisely these words. If you
haven’t got a pair of scales about the
shack, weigh them Just the game. You
will find that they balance nicely with
the ideas of clean business. In these
days and hours you have got to show
what you can do and stop bellowing
about what the other chap can’t do.
This is the new business idea. Hang
raaps!?— ■ 1
EUFAULA
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UEAI'TY PREPARATIONS
The World’s Fountain of
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Dale, St. Paul, Minn.
Mrne. G. W. Halls (Poro System).
2713 S. 11th Ave., Minneapolis.
Mme. L,. I-aitUe (Walker System),
108 N. 1st Ave.. E. Duluth, Minn.
Mme. W. H. Perry (Poro System).
50« W. 7th St.. Sioux City. la.
Mme E, Turner (Magic System),
1104 Ave. C.. Council Bluffs, la.
Mme M. Barrett (Walker System),
1010 Center St.. Des Moines. Is.
Mme Gibbs (Poro System), 5214 rt.
28th St., Sooth Omaha.
South Side Parlor (Magic System),
1927 S. 25th St.. South Omaha.
Western Distributor
K. A. WILLIAMSON
2306 Norib 21 tb SL, Omaha
Main laboratory
EUFAULA CHEMICAL CO.
*1 Welt 53d Street
New York City
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MME. A, MARSHALL (Walker
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MME. A. B, MADISON (90-Day
System), 2707 Lake St
MME EDNA JOHNSON (I>oro Byar
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MMES. SOUTH AND J0HN8ON,
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MME. G. VAWTER (Walker Sys
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MME. B. A. BOSTIC (Poro Sys
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MME. C. C. TRENT (Poro Sys
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NEGRO TEACHER
TRAINING SCHOOLS
Three-fourths of the teachers in the
rural colored public schools in the
south have not gone beyond the fourth
j or fifth grade in their own education,
j With such teachers, much of the money
I used for Negro schools Is in effect
i wasted. With the higher Negro schools
! furnishing barely enough teachers to
i fill vacancies, southern men have had
| to work out a new plan to secure a
i supply of teachers. The scheme Is
j for one school In a county to become
a training school for teachers. That
school must have at least five teach
ers, an eight months’ term, eight
grades of work, and added courses in
industries and teaching, with real high
school work where possible. Once a
school meets these conditions and re
ceives an increased appropriation
from the county, the Slater Fund or
the General Education Board help out
with contributions for salaries and
equipment. The new system was
launched eight years ago with four
schools, to which county boards gave
$3,244, and the Slater Board $2,000
This year there are 107. They re
ceived from county boards $239,OOn
from the Slater Board $38,000, and
from the General Education Board
$61,000. They had 628 teachers, and
29,000 pupils. 1,500 of them of high
school grade. The value of the land,
buildings and equipment connected
with these schools is $1,026,000
$278,000 of which wa^adaed within
the year. Twenty-nine of the schools
have teachers' homes, and fifteen have
dormitories for children from a dis j
tanee. Eightv-one schools have board
ers In nearby homes. These schools
are home of the south’s most promis
ing assets today, whether from a
moral or an, economic standpoint )
They are beacons of hope for both j
races in the rural sections, where
three-fourths of the Negroes still live
and where ignorance and inefficient >
have too long flourished,—Christ!^ j
Work.
Proverbs and Paragraphic}
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He that ruleth his spirit is better
than he that taketh a city.—Bible.
Righteousness exalteth a nation,
but sin is a reproach unto any people. |
--Bible.
A rich man's sin Is no better and
no worse than a poor man’s sin.
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Between the children of the same
home there ought to be the closest in
timacy, affection and courtesy. And
this should apply also to community
and nation.
Every newspaper carries some
tragic story which vcrifes the warning
of Holy Writ that the wages of sin fat |
death.
The family that has the advantage
of a father’s wise counsel and a moth
er's love, that is sustained by the skill
of the one and the tender care of the
other, presents the best moral, n
tellectua] and physical conditions of
development.
I RGKS CONSIDERATION OF
ANTI-LYNCHING BILL
(By the Associated Negro Press)
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 2.—An early
consideration of the anti-lynching bill
is asked by the Rev. M. A. N. Shaw
of Boston, president of the National
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Equal Rights league, in communica
tions sent to Representative Volstead,
le-elected chairman of the judiciary
committee, which introduced the bill
in the house last May; to Representa
tive Dyer of St. Louis, re-elected,
author of the bill, and to Representa
tive Gillett of Massachusetts, speaker
of the house.
Our thoughts determins our acts and
therefore our lives, as well as the In
fluence of our lives upon all alicut
us, either by way of good or by way
of hindrance, with absolute precision.—
Ralph Waldo Trine.
At this season sweetmeats are very
popular. The following Is wholesome
and not hard to prepare:
Nut, Date and Choco
late Sweetmeat.—Heat
four tubleHpuuufuls of
honey or muple sirup to
the boiling point; add
half a pound of the
slightly sweet (lipping
chocolate and let stand
over hot watpr until the
chocolate Is soft; add
one packftge of dates,
cut from the seeds in small even
pieces, half a cupful of blanched al
monds, cut In shreds and one teaxpoon
ful of vanilla. Mix well with a wood
en spoon to blend thoroughly. Have
ready some biscuit tins or a brick mold
lined with parchment paper. Press the
mixture Into the mold and cover with
paper, then lay on a weight. Let stand
six hours to ripen.
Fruit Cup.—For five glasses take
one orange, three bananas, half a pack
age* of dates, one cupful of white
grapes, measured after they are
skinned, cut In halves and seeded. 12
pistachio lints, the juke of half a lemon
and three-fourths of a cupful of cream.
Remove all the peeling and membrane
from the orange, separate Into sec
tions and cut each In halves cross
wise. Peel the banana, scrape to re
move the threads, cut In thin, even
slices and squeeze over them the Juke
of half a lemon. Pour boiling water
over the dates, drain and place on a
dish to dry In a hot oven, then reroo e
the pits and cut In sections. Mix all
the fruit together, then dispose In
glasses, pouting the fruit sirup over
It. Whip the cream and pipe It above
the fruit; serve very cold.
Prune and Cottage Cheese Salad.—
Soak choice prunes over night; cook
until tender. When cold cut open,
remove the stones, and cut the prune In
smooth even pieces. Press cottage
cheese for an hour or longer, then cut
In half-inch cubes. For each serving
bent two tablespoonfuls of thick prune
Juice, a teaspoon fill each of lemon
juice and sugar or honey and two
tablespoonfuls of olive oil until thick.
Place a layer of the prunes on lettuce
hearts, the cheese above. Pour over
the dressing and servp at once.
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HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON
GOES TO WASHINGTON
(By the Associated Negro Press)
Chicago, Dec. 2.—Henry Lincoln
Johnson, national republican commit
teeman from Georgia, has gone to
Washington, where he expects to re
main in close touch with congres
during the final days of the demo
cratic administration, and lay the
foundation for the adjustment and re
construction program that the entire
race is demanding at this time.
I ISSUES BULLETIN
ON LABOR CONDITIONS
(By the Associated Negro Press)
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 2.—-Fearing |
widespread unemployment of colored
men and women in Chicago, the
Urban league of that city is issuing a
weekly bulletin, setting forth the la
bor conditions as reflected by the
work of its industrial department, j
The league is sending out a genera!
warning to all workers to stick to
their jobs.
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