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THE MONITOR I I T'll —Mblf “l-rr" -- — the InUreete of Colored Published every Friday at Omaha. Nebraska. ; by the Monitor Publishing Company.___ Metered as Beoood-Class Mall Matter July 1, lilt, at th« »o*tofflce at ■-Neb., —dec the Act of March », lWI. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor. George H. W. Bullock, Business Manager and Associate Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Aecoclate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *2.00 A YEAR: *1.2* * d^UTHS: 75c 3 MONTHS . Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address, The NomJUr, M4 Kaffir Bloek, Omsk*, Neb. Ttltphent Douglas 3224. . ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE f 11 UNITED STATES. j | !! Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. 1 | \ 1. AH persons born or naturalized in the United States, ;j| j ' • and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the f JI United States and of the State wherein they reside. No j ■ !", state shaH make or enforce any law which shall abridge the Ij. ; | privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor J «• shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- | < • erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person .j. I! within its Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. X it ; CRISPUS ATTUCKS DAY 'T'HE ever-vigilant, militant National Equal Rights League, whose head quarters are located at 34 Comhill street, Boston, Massachusettts, di rectly opposite the spot where Crispus Attucks fell, has sponsored a move ment for a country-wide observance of March 5 of each year, the anniver sary of Attucks’ death, as a “National Colored American Day," when atten tion will be riveted upon the fact that the first blood shed for American in dependence was that of a member of our race. It is urged, and most rightfully, that by virtue of that .blood-shedding we are entitled to the full rights of American citizenship. As the official call for this national observance states it, “By that first blood we attained fundation title to all the liberty and rights. We need to tell our rising generation of this ground title to cit izenship to assure the middle-aged. We need universally to celebrate this date that we may cause our white fellow-Americans to realize our real original Americanism and our claim to every right.” This movement was started two years ago and the observance of the day is growing. It is a most com mendable idea, chiefly because of its educational value and as a source of inspiration to our youth. There is a vast deal of ignorance among all classes of Americans as to the part played by Colored Americans, or Ne groes, if you please, in American his tory. It is safe to assert that not one-half of one per cent of reasonably well-read Americans, either white or black, ever heard of Crispus Attucks. And yet historians who cannot con scientiously justify “the Boston Mob” or consider those who fell from the bullets of the British soldiers, March 5, 1775, as "martyrs to the sacred cause of American liberty,” admit that this was the event which precipitated the conflict which ultimately issued in the birth of a new nation. Nor can it be without significance, when con- j sidered in the light of a Supreme Power which controls the destinies of men and nations, that the first blood to be shed at the birth of this nation, was that of one in whose veins com mingled the ruddy streams of African and Indian ancestry and again when Rebellion would have throttled the nation’s life that the first blood to be then outpoured should be that of a Negro. Men may call such happen ings chance. We do not so consider them. We believe that some plan and purpose underlies these significant and historic incidents. Whether the sobering effect of time will remove some of the glamour and halo from the incidents and heroes of Revolu tionary days remains to be seen. Be that as It may, the fact remains that in the estimation of their contempo raries, and subsequent generations confirmed the verdict, Attucks and Carr and Maverick, who fell in the streets of Boston, March 6, 1775, were patriots and martyrs for American liberty. If this be true, and Ameri can historians so affirm, then we do well to proudly proclaim the fact of Attucks’ part and our place in the American republic by virtue of his martyrdom. , OURSELVES IN OMAHA -It gives us pleasure to publish in this issue an interesting sketch of some of the activities of our people in this city by H. J. Pinkett. It does us good now and then to see our selves in our group activities which really amount to a good deal. Such a sketch will also furnish much needed information to many of our white friends in Omaha who are readers of The Monitor. It will be interesting for them to learn that our people own, for example, upwards of MAOO.OOO in property. Individual1 holdings may be comparatively small bat in the aggregate amount to a b large sum. Other pertinent facts brocght to tile attention of the public in this article are equally noteworthy and stress the worthiness rather than the unworthiness of our group, the latter of which is given too large a place in the public mind. FOR GOVERNOR The Monitor notes with great pleasure that our good friend, Adam McMullen of Beatrice has filed for the nomination for governor on the republican ticket. It is early in the game, but here is wishing him suc cess. We do not know and do hot care how the politicians may line up and combine, but The Monitor is for McMullen for governor, beAu.se we believe he will make a good one. TRUE POLITENESS Politeness is refinement of manners. It is derived from a word which means to polish, and signifies a de sire to bring to others the greatest pleasure and the least pain. It is benevolence in little things and con sists in treating our fellow beings as we wish to be treated ourselves. In social life there are mutual rights that must be preserved. This is done by united action, and as a duty it is called co-operation. When general af-< fairs are considered, the guiding prin ciple of this duty ;s public spirit; but the virtue takes the form of polite ness when the duty is toward indi viduals whom we meet in the many relations of life. Politeness is modest, choosing to conceal a courtesy when done; it is benevolent, avoiding what is disagree able to others and seeking to do what is gratifying to their feelings; it is of personal value, costing little and yielding much; it is of social advan tage, for politeness is always neces sary to complete the happiness of so ciety; it is natural being a quality of all who have the feelings of man. Politeness is often thought to be mere attention to external forms—a matter of bowing and shaking hands, use of compliments, and observance of what is fashionable, but this is a mis taken notion; true politeness is far more dignified than the outer gar ments of good will. “It has to do not merely with manners, but with the mind and heart. It refines and soft ens our feelings* opinions and words.’’ Its source is in the moral nature of man, and every external force of po liteness has a moral ground on which it rests. True politeness aims at the real good of mankind, and endeavors to make every one easy and happy by contributing not only little attentions but also services of a more substantial kind. This virtue is a coin, tending to enrich him who expends it even more than the one who receives It. It is a refining and softening quality, which polishes rudeness, temper, and arrogance, and helps to make us blameless and harmless, and without rebuke. —The True Voice. “Hearts, like doors, can open with ease to very, very little keys; And don’t forget that two are these— ‘Thank you, sir,’ and ‘If you please.’ " Owl* i» Old University City. Owls, as Is proper In the case of birds of such renowned solemnity and secluded habit, have always ex hibited a particular liking for Oxford university. Recently they have estab lished a new colony In the ivy-cov ered walls of the Bodleian library and the Tower of rhe Five Orders. In the Old Schools quadrangle. Members of the libra ry_ staff now occasionally find relaxation from their duties by res cuing the young birds which find their way down to the pavement of the quadrangle and are unable to Hy up to their nests. For Guestroom Door. A thoughtful touch In the furnish ing snd decorating of the guestroom Is the addition of a knocker on the door. There are many quaint flow ered ones designed, which are as dain ty aa they are practical. v- . — 1 ■■■ ■ .. • - " ■ - ACTORS ARE HIT HARD More Are Now Looking for Jobs Than Ever Before. Managers Say 7,500 Are Idle—Com plaints Are Heard From Broad way to “Main Street” of Poor Bueineae. New' York.—There are today more ■nemployed actors uud other stage people walking along Broadway and ■ hundred other cities looking for Jobs than ever liefore. Everybody in Times square who knows anything ■bout tlie theater, from the cut-rate ticket hawker to the producer of a dozen hits. Is complaining. The tailors, landladies and hoarding house owners seem to feel the hard times as acutely as the actors. They have sought a great many judgments recently against stage folk who over looked the rather prosaic duty of paying their bills. In , larger cities of the country where the lights flicker only a little less brightly thun iu Broadway, con ditions are just as had, according to j the heads of producing concerns and organizations of actors. Chicago, once a lively theatrical center, whence producers sent forth many road shows, is “dead” now in that activity, local managers report. Very few shows, they say, are trained ’ and distributed from the Illinois metropolis to the Midwest and South, because overhead expenses have grown beyond the capacity of the box offices. Several well-known managers esti mated that half of the 15,000 actors in tlie United States, exclusive of vaudeville performers, were out of work. The Actors' Equity association aaid the number was not so large as that, but was 20 per cent worse than usually. The bicycle riders and dancing teams which flit from city to city un der vaudeville contracts have not suf fered greatly. Vaudeville tickets gen- | erally are less expensive than those for drama or girl-and-muslc shows, i and the public seems willing to buy I them even if money isn’t so easy to | get as It used to be, the booking houses report. i Nor have any howls of complaint been heard from the many bird dogs and terriers who go about the coun try in tent shows posing as blood bounds In “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” For some reason, the roaming tent shows and boat shows that play the small, smaller and smallest villages are said not to have felt a drop In attendance, and there are now 700 of them scat tered over the land. Aside _Jf <nn the general letup in luxury buying, many reasons are given for the extremely hard times In the theater. The managers complain of unbearable overhead expenses—in creased railroad fare and union regu lations, which, they assert, require the employment at high wages of a lot of men who only want to sit around and boss somebody else. Union leaders gay this isn’t so, and ex plain that the main difficulties are railroad rates and competition by the movies. Both agree that, while a com pan.v on tour formerly was a paying proposition if the box office took In $7,000 or $8,000 a week. It requires almost double that Income nowadays to keep the show going. NEW PLANET VISIBLE IN 1923 Astronomer at Bueno* Alrea Reports Globe Has Diameter of 15'/j Mile*. Buenos Aires.—Doctor Hartmann, director of the l.a Plata observatory, says that the orbit of the little planet he discovered on November 4 lies be tween the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. The orbit is elliptical and Is corvered In five years and seven months. As the plane of the orbit la very In clined In regard to the earth’s equator, the new planet can approach the poles closer than most of the other planets and may be observed late this year un til the fall of 1928 in a very northern position. Tlie diameter of the globe la es timated at about 15H miles, as Its brilliancy, taken at the last observa tion, appeared to be of the fifteenth magnitude. -Rabbit At* Rosary. St. Louis.—A rosary entwined In the stomach of a rabbit was discov ered by a butcBer here the other day after a small boy had traded the rab bit to the butcher for a supply of ap ples. The rabbit, the boy’s pet, used to train bunting dogs, broke a leg one day in escaping from a dog and had to be killed. r DEER SMASHES WINDOWS IN PENNSYLVANIA CITY Scranton, Pa.—A full grown antlered deer bolted through some miles of Scranton's streets leaving a trail of shattered win dows and scattered provisions. Where the animal came from no one knows, and has apparently returned to the sapie place. In its flight through the city the deer jumped through a large plate glass window in a grocery, scattering provisions right and left and making Its exit through a door in the rear. When last seen It was heading ! toward rlo* mountains. % . ..»-t-——-«■ < : i i I !. i KEEPS TABS ON THOSE WHO MOVE People of Birmingham Cannot Escape Bills and Rent by Old Expedient. MUST REPORT All TRUNSFERS Ordinance Requires Owners of Vara or Other Vehicles to Report All Moving to Police—Helpful to Authorities. Birmingham, Ala.—Those who find it cheaper to move than to pay rent or meet other bills, are pretty well re formed in this city, or are in process Of being weeded out in either case by means of an ordinance so riveted that offenders cannot escape. The ordi nance requires the owner of every transfer or other vehicle to report ; promptly all moving to the chief of po lice, and entiles ef the same are at once made in a book duly alphabeted and dated, and the hook is always open for the inspection of any and everyone who may ask to see it. Of course one who plans to turn delinquent will try to conceal his Iden tity while in the act of moving, but the ordinance makers foresaw that Impulse and attached penalties for false names or misleading reports, which fairly shut out that form of trickery. Altogether the ordinance bps worked so well that Birmingham has been solicited by other cities for copies of the act and for the experiences un der it which have made it a magic cure for bill-evasion. It is a fixture In Birmingham, for it has been In force since March of 1913. Generally Helpful. Its enactment came about in that year through the Itetall Furnltuae Dealers’ association. At the ensuing election it had an able enforcer In ; Commissioner of Public Safety Arlie Barber, who thoroughly believed In it and kept everybody concerned up to 1 the scratch. He found that some of the colored laundresses had a fashion ■ of suddenly changing their addresses when well stocked with the linen oi their clients; that In some districts overdue gas bills gave sufficient cause for families to vacate quartern, and delinquents for rent and for trades men's accounts were common In all districts. The telephone company had occasion to compliment the commis sioner on the accuracy and complete ness of the records In the book of the chief of police, for In one case the company escaped damages for non delivery of a message, In a suit In which the person addressed had moved, but claimed to be living In his old home at the time of the message. Hia claim was thrown out of court by the evidence of the chiefs records. Furniture dealers who had bean be hind the original eimctraent soon found their troubles eased by It, and finally they were almost without had bills. Pol lea Are Benefited. In time the detective department oi the city benefited by the ordinance, for It enabled them to locate unde sirables, bootleggers, bond-skippers Rnd the kind of women who scattered themse^'es over the city after the abolishment of the old red-light dis trict. Once there was a concerted nttempt by the transfer warehousemen to undo the ordinance. They obtained a re straining Injunction 'against Its en forcement. and went Into court on the issue of constitutionality. The Su preme court ruled that It wag both constitutional and reasonable. Minor changes were made In It, not Inter fering tit all with Its efficiency, and It Is here to stay, with the approval of every reputable Interest. ! AMERICAN FOXES WILL t BE RAISED IN GERMANY i -— I* Berlin.—American silver foxes and skunks will be cultivated on a large scale by a German stock company on a farm In the Aus trian Tyrol, under the direction of Professor de Mill of the nat ural history department of the Munich university. In Germany, t where the prices of the higher ♦ grade of furs have risen j enormously in the last few ♦ months, a perfect specimen of J silver fox costs 100.000 marks. j '•% i a a a a a a a a a a a::: a h aIK a'a # a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a « a a a a a a a a a a a :: a Announcement « . ^ « Dr. S. B. Northcross wishes to announce that his residence £ « telephone has been changed to Webster 3222. His North g g Side office is located at 1516 North 24th St., over the Co- J £ Operative Store. Telephone Webster 6194. a _ * He desires to further announce that he will retain his T: g- South Side office also, 2731-3 Q Street. For information g | call Market 2151. » i : il Diamond f |j 24th & LAKE STREETS jj I SATURDAY *j VAUDEVILLE BY HOLMES’ STOCK COMPANY \\ Entire Company and Orchestra I; Also “Shadow of Lightening Ridge’’ !| SUNDAY jj Entile change of program HOLMES AND HOLMES TRIO—Completely New Show jj Also Elaine Hammerstein in “Miracle of Manhattan’’ ;!] and a Western Feature and Comedy ;I No increase in prices j; ppppppppw,wpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppJ r- .. < W&mt' \ THE UNIVERSAL CAR FORDS, FORDS jj HI Every used Ford we have on hand has been gone over ;j:|! thoroughly and put in first class*running condition. Our stock, the largest in th^West, gives you the oppor ; tunity to select just the car you need. HI Save money, buy now before the spring rush. ; SAMPLE-HART MOTOR COMPANY Used Ford Department Authorized Ford and Lincoln Dealers “WE TELL THE TRUTH ' AT. 5468 1810 Cuming ST. FORDS ' FORDS THE | FRANKLIN THEATRE 24th and PR ANKLIN STREETS « I FRIDAY— Wm. Desmonds Taylor’s Big Special “THE FURNACE OF MATRIMONY’’ Also Fritzi Ridgeway in "The Bandit of Hell’s Gap and a two reel Comedy, “Nobody’s Wife” \ SATURDAY— HOOT GIBSON s in “Headin’ West” (A Rip-Snortin’ Western) Also Monty Binks in "His Dizzy Day” ! SUNDAY— HAROLD LI A) YD in “Get Out and Get Under” Also Mahlin Hamilton in "The Truant Husband” x mm and Lee Perrin in “The Phantom Terror” s (A Western Thriller) i iimtHWHHuwmiiHmiiMHiMiiiWMiwnniwiiHiiMtiHmmiMtHHtMiHHiuuiiiMtiHnfiituiitnniuinuuttiHtuinfiiumiuuiiiiuituMninimiintnuiMmtiinniiiiinuHui I Best Groceries and Meats f f at j f. X Lowest Prices | | | Every Day Special Bargain Day | at This Store in Our Groceries, | | Meats, Fruits, Vegetables ? and Canned Goods * v i ■ | Wa ■ v at e4 rfd ^ Hl,h"‘Cr,d,! M,c,ronl X o ^ PCI S\g pfl Egg Noodle*. Spaghetti and £ Sell 4*. ai "1 ofher Macaroni Product* * I TUCHMANBROS. ! | . ? Groceries and Meats r y £ 24th and Lake Streets Webster 0402 '!’ £ x | Reid—Duffy Pharmacy { \ 24th and Lake Sts. * g Free Delivery Webster 0609 I ......---- i t.OOl* GROCERIES ALWAYS C. P> WESIIN GROCERY CO. 44m truth Fruit, and Vegetables 2006 Casing St. Telephone Dougla. 1008 ..*....»...... . ■ •t FRESH GROCERIES! LOWEST PRICES. The Peoples Bargain Store N. E. Cor. 26th & Q. St*. SOUTH SIDE Market 1018 Wo OiritVlf^ H1«h“‘c,"u «*<»-• Sell <OKIN W J£f*jKD Egg Noodl... Sp.fh.tti tmd T V other Macaroni Produces | Victrolas »<■ Graphonolas || | - The Latest in All Kinds of Music I I The Q Street Pharmacy ii | 26th & Q St*. Market 0260 \\ « Prices and Terms Always to Suit. $1.00 Down and $1.00 per week |I it —-. ■■■■' — - SPECIALTY LUMP SPECIALTY NUT Nice Large Lumps Thoroughly Screened Delivered, $9.50 Ped Ton Delivered, $8.50 Per Ton I *?«.' 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