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    The Monitor
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Published every Friday at Omaha. Nebraska,
by the Monitor Publishing Company.
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THt REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
Georg* H. W. Bullock, BuMnes* Manager and Associate Editor.
W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb.
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ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE $
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1 Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged.
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; | 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, |
' • and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the y
• ’ United States and of the State wherein they reside. No j
! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ,j.
I; privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ¥
< > shall tiny state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- v
< ’ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person .j.
!! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. !j.
Ol'R PATRONAGE
DEMANDS RECOGNITION
QUR PEOPLE spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year with
North Twenty-fourth street mer
chants. We pour thousands weekly
into the coffers of grocers, dry goods
merchants and other business enter
prises, and get nothing in return for
this enormous trade either in employ
ment or patronage of our racial en
terprises. These merchants, for ex
ample, will carry large advertisement
in white WEEKLY newspapers and
not a single inch in our publications.
A mushroom sheet can be started by
persons of the other group and these
merchants will fall over themselves
to give them advertisements running up
into hundreds of inches, while well
established race publications, which
/ our people read and take pride in, are
turned off with such buncombe as
"your rate is too high,” or “your cir
culation does not justify our adver
tising with you,” or “what’s the use,
since we reach YOUR PEOPLE
through our advertisements in other
mediums,” or glse begrudgingly given
a paltry inch or two. Is this right
or fair? These^stores who get such
a large proportion of our trade should,
where they have a reasonably large
number of employees, give employ
ment to some of our people, and they
should also give our newspapers a
just share of their advertising busi
ness. The Monitor simply asks its
readers this question: Are we going
to continue to pour our money into
the coffers Jt>{ these merchants unless
they tote fair in matters of employ
ment wherever possible and in ad
vertising in our own established
newspapers? Let^ us wake up and
demand something in return for our
patronage. Our patronage and trade
demand recognition and it is up to
us to get it.
NOMINATED FOR
NAVAL CADETSHIP
CONGRESSMAN ANSORGE of New
York has won the approbation of
our people throughout the nation, and
we feel quite sure the approval of
thousands of broad-minded white Am
ericans also, for his nomination of
a colored American youth as a can
didate for the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. Forming as our people
do at least one-tenth of the total pop
ulation, contributing by direct and in
direct taxation to the up-keep of the
government, called upon and willing
ly and cheerfully responding to every
demand made upon us in times of war
no less than in times of peace, and
proving by our loyalty our unques
tioned dependability, it Is only just
that we should be given the opportun
ity of serving in every department of
the government and have representa
tion in the cadetships of our national
military and naval institutions. Those
of our race, Alexander, Flipper and
Young who had the stamina and abil
ity to graduate from West Point,
proved themselves men of the right
kind of mettle, nor did they bring
reproach upon the army. We are
sure that we have men of equal char
acter, attainments and mental equip
ment who can meet the exacting de
mands of Annapolis, including the
snubs, snobbery and social ostracism
which those of our group must pre
pare themselves to face, who enter
that institution. From all reports the
New York nominee, Emile Holley,
is a young man of the right type to
meet the test and break down the bars
and barriers of race-proscription. The
Monitor sincerely hopes that no sub
terfuge or underhanded work upon
the part of the authorities will pre
vent Holley's entrance upon a naval
cadetship. Bat it must not be forgot
ten that his designation by his con
I gresfcman does not necessarily mean
Holley’s admission. He has to take
tbo entrance examination, literary
and physical, and with the traditions
•of the institution, if the authorities
ee desire they can find a way to keep
^ him oat. We hope that Holley will
|B«t a square deal all around. Voicing
the awtiment of our grsop in this sec
tion of the country, we are grateful
| to Congressman Ansorge for his ac
tion and sincerely wish Emile Holley
i the success which we believe he will
I do his level best to merit.
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HOOD MANNERS
'J'HE MONITOR is old-fashioned
enough to believe that there is no
better passport to success than good
manners and politeness. We, there
fore, deem it of the utmost importance
that our people should set great store
upon the cultivation of good manners.
In public places, on street cars, and
wherever we may go we should show
ourselves to be a people of good heart.,
good character and good intentions
by our genteel and good behavior. We
should avoid loud talking, noise and
boisterousness. Of course people of
good breeding do this; but, there are
many of our people who have not had
this kind of training and who make
themselves conspicuous by their noise.
Tjet us all try to see how considerate
and genteel we can be. Above all, let
us strive to realize and appreciate the
priceless value of good manners.
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HISTORY DAY BY DAY
I Sunday, March 12—Prudence Cran
1 dall, a young Quaker school teacher,
was mobbed at Canterbury, Conn.,
for venturing to open a school for
colored children in 1^2.
Monday, March 13—President Lin
coln in a letter to Governor Hahn of
; Louisiana, recommended that colored
; men be “let in” as delegates to the
state convention, 1864.
Tuesday, March 14—The first ef
fort in journalism by Philadelphia
Negroes was the publication of the
National Reformer in 1838, a monthly
magazine, published by the American
Moral Reform Society.
Wednesday, March 15—In 1790
James Varick established in New York
City a colored Methodist church
which was the beginning of the Afri
can Methodist Episcopal Zion denomi
nation.
Thursday, March 16—The total
j value or our school property, includ
ing scientific apparatus grounds and
buildings owned by institutions for
secondary and higher training of
Negroes, is more than $25,000,000.
Friday, March 10—Harriet Tubman,
bom in slavery. She was employed
during the Civil war in the secret ser
vice of the Federal army. Died 1913.
Saturday, March 11—John Durham,
first Negro physician in the United
States. Bom a slave in Philadelphia
1767. He evidently purchased his
freedom.—Baltimore Afro-American.
C,OV. DAVIS BUYS DRUGS
FROM NEGRO DRUGGIST
Natchez, Miss.—That there is no
"color-line” in drugs is evidenced by
the fact that oil of the pharmaceutical
supplies purchased by Gov. Harry L.
Davis for use of his family at the
Executive Mansion are secured from
the Community Pharmacy at Long
and Lexington avenues, owned and
conducted by a competent young Ne
gro druggist, Waldo Tyler.
LOS ANGELES NEWS
PAPER OFFICE WRECKED
(Associated Negro Press.)
Los Angeles, Cal., MaAh 17.—The
office of the New Age, Los Angeles,
Cal., Frederick Roberts, editor, was
robbed recently. The thieves wrecked
the office and took the mailing list,
subscription and advertising accounts.
Nothing else was taken. Editor Rob
erts is unable to explain the motive.
6,241 BLIND IN U. S.
Washington, D. C., March 17.—Im
provement in medical knowledge, par
ticularly in care devoted to infants,
reduced the blind population in the
United States almost 5,000 in ten
years.
Census figures for 1920 show the
number of blind to be 52,617. Of this
number 6,241 are colored.
The rate per 100,000 colored people
is 60. The rate per 100,000 of white
people is 48.3.
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SHIPS THAT FATTEN SAILORS
Modern "Tankers" Are Now Blamed
for Added Weight Taken On
by the Seamen.
Shipping experts continue to argue
regarding the advantages of oil fuel
over coal. At present the question
Is occupying the attention of medical
men.
The adverse effect of oil fuel upon
auch surfaces as steel, canvas, rope
and other shipping accessories are
widely known; ships’ doctors are now
divided on the question as to whether
It Is harmful or beneficial In Its effect
upon sailors, a writer in London Tlt
Blts states.
Sailors on oil-fed vessels are fatter
and plumper than those who work on
coal-fed ships. Some naval surgeons
declare that the fattening effect Is pro
duced by the slight fumes exuded by
the dormant oil fuel; others ridicule
the suggestion, and maintain that the
former are fat simply because they
have less work to do.
“Coaling ship’’ Is (Site of the finest
exercises In the world for reducing
superfluous flesh. It is hard work that
has to be maintained at high speed all
day. Ships vie with each other In get
ting their coal aboard in record time,
and even after the operation Is finished
the sailors still have a few more
ounces of avoirdupois to work off In
cleaning up the mess below decks.
Usually three days are occupied In
cleaning a vessel after a bout of “coal
ship." On the other hand, oil-fuel
ships perform the task In about three
hours.
Doctors are asking themselves: “la
the fat a healthy fat, or an Injurious
parasitic growth?" If a hammock Is
splashed with oil fuel, all the scrub
bing and boiling In the world will not
prevent a hole from appearing In It;
nnd If It eats through double-ply can
vas. what will oil fuel accomplish In
the case of .human beings?
“Tanker” hands are noticing that
after two or three voyages they begin
to put on flesh.
FAMED FOR ITS MARASCHINO
Dalmatian Town of Sebenlco Really
Has Little Right to Other
Claims to Honors.
Sebenlco vainly boasts of being the
Roman colony Slcum. where Cladlus
quartered his veteruns, and so styles
Itself in public Inscriptions and Latin
documents. But Slcum stood farther
south, near Salona, at a spot still
marked by Roman remains.
It Is to be feared that Sebenlco
had a sadly Ignoble origin, says the
Manchester Guardian. The name Is
said to be derived from a word that
means the fort from whence bandits
watched the sea for ships which they
attacked and plundered. The little
Dalmatian pirates’ lair remained quite
unknown until selected In the early
Middle ages by Croatian kings for their
favorite residence. Apart from |»os
sesalon of a picturesque land-locked
harbor, the only cathedral In the world
built entirely of stone and metal, and
I the ancestral house of the Orslnl, Se
I benlco has few claims to distinction.
I However, by some people Sebenlco
j will always he held In high honor
i for being the place where they make
■ maraschino, an Insidious liquor dis
tilled from small black cherries.
The Wrong Saint.
Childhood’s propensity for getting
; names mixed was well Illustrated a
I Sunday mortllng or two ago when
little Richard, on the way to Sunday
j school with his mother and sister,
met another little boy afflicted with
St. Vitus’ donee.
Richard was deeply Impressed by
the incident and asked his mother
what was the matter with the little
boy.
“Poor child,” the sympathetic moth
; er replied. “He has St. Vitus's dance.”
Back at home. Richard rnshed In to
! tell his father of the Incidents of the
morning and closed with the re
mark:
“And—and—and we saw a poor lit
tle boy who Jerked all over. He had
th* Rltcomb Riley.”
Only Fat Girl* ir. HI* Office.
“I have found one employer whose
•bug’ In hiring folks for his office Is
worse than the Idea against bobbed
i beads and short skirts.” lamented a
| young woman who was weary with
| bunting work.
“And what’s that?”
•He won’t hire any one—male or fe
male—unless be has a fat, healthy,
well-fed, well-Cared-for look. I was
talking to the girl who lets applicant*
In to see the boss. She was real sweet
and kind and she told me 1 might as
well not go In. I asked her why, and
She confided to me that 1 was too
pale, too delicate looking. This girl
tlttuks It Is Just because he Is known
as an old tightwad and la selfish, and
he doesn’t want It said of him that
even his office people look pinched and
pale and Ill-treated.”—New York Sun.
A Day Dream.
“That was a smooth stock salesman
In here Just now.”
“He was. indeed," said Mr. Dub
walte. “He hadn’t been talking five
minutes before I saw myself stepping
briskly into a bank to deposit a few
hundred thousand dollars, then stroll
ing around to my tailor to order a win
ter outfit of a dozen suits and mak
ing an engagement with a friend of
mine In the motor business to look at
the fall styles In limousines.”
“What happened next?”
“Oh, I woke up, glancing hastily
•bout to see If I was still sitting in
the little old office and wished him
‘good morning.’ ”—Birmingham Age
Herald.
INJUNCTION AGAINST ,
LILY WHITES!
Atlanta,' Ga., March 17.—Leading j
republicans here, white and colored, i
Applied for an injunction to restrain ,
the lily-whites from using the word
“republican’’ in their political activi
ties.
Headlight for Broom*
An inventor In Maryland has per
fected a small electric light to be at
tached to a broom to light up dark
corners when his wife sweeps the
loor*.—Indianapolis News.
OMAHA’S COLOR EH
CITIZENRY AND ITS
MANY ACTIVITIES
(Continued from Page One)
must be taught to others.”
The Y. W. C. A., now a year old,
is serving a large number of per
sons, and as time goes on and tbe
work of organization is extended, its
usefulness will grow. It faces the
same problems that confront all new
effeorts in this very difficult tied and
must meet them with wisdom and tact
and in a spirit of cooperation.
The Y. M. C. A is just now in the
process of organization. Its commit
tees are all complete and active and
a paid secretary is an the ground
organizing ctivities. It has a tre
mendous task before it and It will
have to be content with gradual pro
gress.
The foregoing is only a general
statement of religious activity among
the colored people. It has sought to
point out the activities of the group
rather than the activities of any indi
vidual of the group.
It seems altogether proper to sav
in closing this brief article that tne
church which serves our group has
been a religious and constructive suc
cess. It is destined to be even more
than it has been.
DRAMATIC RE \DER
AND IMPERSONATOR TO
GIVE RECITAL HERE
Ada Belle Griffin of Worcester,
Mass., who has won an enviable rep
utation in the east as a dramatic
reader and impersonator, will be heard
in Omaha for the first time Tuesday
evening, April 18, at Grove M. E.
Church under the auspices of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the Church of
St. Philip the Deacon. She recites
in their entirety several plays, im
personating the various characters In
the play selected. Press comments
of her ability are couched in terms
of highest praise. Madam Griffin’s
method of entertainment will be some
thing new to the people of Omaha.
Musical numbers will be furnished by
local talent.
FOURTEEN TEAR OLD
AFRICAN BOY SHOWS
UNUSUAL ABILITY
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the present rate of exchange, and
cloth there, when It can be procured,
Is held by the Portugese traders for
something like two dollars a yard. It
Is only the flimsiest kind of material,
lasting but a short time. Miss Jen
sen believes that if she can procure
a few hand looms and spinning wheels
she can teach her young Negro women
converts to make cotton Into cloth for
the benefit of the great mass of un
clothed people. In this way she hopes
to start the industry of cloth-making,
thus providing a means of raising the
economic standard of the Christian
natives, providing them with a means
of honest livelihood. Many of the Ne
gro Christians at Ntisumba station are
ashamed to come to church because
they have no clothes save a few skins
of goats or wild animals. Miss Jen
sen has been studying the methods'
employed at Hampton Institute In ex
pectation of adapting them to the mis- j
sion school and industrial training j
center destined to grow up at Nusum
ha about the mission station.
FRANCE PROTESTS
LIBERIAN LOAN
Paris, France, March 17.—Condi
tions of the American loan of five mil
lion dollars to Liberia are so that Am
erica would exercise vertlable sover
eignty over the West African republic
according to French newspapers which
are urging the foreign office to pro
test to the United States government.
NEWSPAPER MAN APPOINTED
Boston, Mass., March 17—Mayor
James Curley announced the appoint
ment of Joshua H. Jones, colored
newspaper man, to be assistant direc
tor of publicity at a salary of $2,000,
per year.
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DAY NURSERY
Will take care of children, under
school age, by day or week at my
home, 3121 Franklin street. Terms
reasonable. Mrs. Mary Hayes, Web
ster 0267.—A-dv.
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l Announcement i
~ Dr. S. B. Northcross wishes to announce that his residence g
g telephone has been changed to Webster 3222. His North g
g Side office is located at 1516 North 24th St., over the Co- g
g Operative Store. Telephone Webster 6194.
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He desires to further announce that he will retain his ;|
g South Side office also, 2731-3 Q Street. For information II
g call Market 2151.
DTHE NEW
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24th & LAKE STREETS !;
SATURDAY \\
B M3 BOY WILLIAMS £
in “The Jack Rider” !;
Also Good Western Feature and Comedy !■
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$ SUNDAY V
I* EUGENE O’BRIEN
in “Worlds Apart” j|
Larry Seman in a good comedy. Also western feature. I|
MONDAY- £
RUTH ROLAND ’■
in “The White Eagle”
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY £
Thrilling Features and Comedies. Don’t miss any of them. I;.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
FORDS FORDS
Every used Ford we have on hand has been gone over
thoroughly and put in first class running condition.
Our stock, the largest in the West, gives you the oppor
tunity to select just the car you need.
Save money, buy now before the spring rush.
I SAMPLE-HART MOTOR COMPANY
Used Ford Department
# Authorized Ford and Lincoln Dealers
“WE TELL THE TRUTH’
AT. 5468 1810 Cuming ST.
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THE
I FRANKLIN THEATRE
24th and FRANKLIN STREETS
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FRIDAY—
Return of the Dempsey-Carpentier Fight Picture
Also WANDA HAWLEY
in “Her First Elopement”
SATURDAY
FRANK LIN FARNAM
in “The Last Chance”
A Rip Snortin’ Western Feature. Also Seaside Series
SUNDAY—
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ROBERT L. STEPHENSON, Greatest Star
in “Treasure Island”
Also Larry Seaman in “The Bell Hop”
Also African Jungle Picture.
I MONDAY—
WM. S. HART
in “The Dawn Maker”
Also Comedy, “The Two O’Clock Train”
t TUESDAY—
RUTH ROLAND, White Eagle No. 7
Also Big Feature, Miss Prevost in “Back to Earth”
Also Comedy
! WEDNESDAY—
Return of HARRY CAREY
in “The Fox”
Also Comedy
! THURSDAY
SNUB P 0 L L A R I)
in “Penny in the Slot”
J. P. McGOWAN
in “Across the Divide”
Also Stanley in Africa No. 7
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Meats, Fruits, Vegetables
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24th and Lake Streets' Webster 0402
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| 24th and Lake Sts.
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GOOD GROCERIES ALWAYS
C. P, WESIN GROCERY CO.
aim f>ok Fruit, and Vegetables.
2005 Coming St. Telephone Douglas 10*8
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y^/TIEN you need a PRESCRIPTION filled, bring it to us.
We fill theem correctly and reasonably, regardless of
what doctor writes them or where be sends you. Remem
ber we cater to no doctor and give no commissions.
FRANK J. HERMANSKY
The Old Reliable Prescription Druggist
Market 0260 28th and Q—Southside
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Hard Coal Franklin Co.. III. All Heat, No Ash
I $22.00 $12.00 $20.00
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