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[..The Monitor —— \o A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS ' v THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy , OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923 Whole Number 439 VoL IX—No. 23 ___ / _ w __ I _ Do Your Christmas Shopping SOCIETY ATTENDS WEDDING OF MADAM WALKERS HEIRESS Nuptials of Granddaughter of Woman ' Who Rose from Laundress to Heud of Big Business Duly Celebrated. HEIRESS WEDS PHYSICIAN Historic St. Philip’s Episcopal Church Crowded for the Impressive Ceremony—Reception at Villa Lewaro. (Special to The Monitor.) Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., Dec. 7. —At high nodn Saturday, November 24, Miss Mae Walker Robinson, grand daughter of the famous Madam C. J. W'alker, who started life as a laun dress and left a million dollar estate after inventing a wonderful hair treat ment was married to Dr. H. Gordon Jackson of Chicago in St. Philip’s Episcopal church which was crowded j to the doors with a congregation of j nearly 2,000 guests while hundreds were unable to gain admission. The wedding was one of the most magnificient and largest attended af- | fairs ever given in New York City, j Gorgeous decorations, rich gowns and jewels such as seldom have been seen made the interior of the handsome : church edificp with its beautiful and 1 brilliantly lighted white marble altar a striking setting for the ceremony which was that of Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. At the appointed hour the vested choir in processional passed up tha | aisle, and following it, to the strains of Lohengrin’s wedding march, came the bridal party and took their posi tion facing the altar with its beautiful floral decorations. Miss Robinson was supported on the arm of Attorney F. B. Ransom, manager of the Madam Walker company, who gave her away. The marriage was solemnized by the Rev. Father Hutcings C. Bishop, D. D., rector of the parish, assisted by . his son, the Rev. Shelton Bishop. Dur- i ing the reading of the lines Prof. Paul j Bolin, organist, softly rendered or-: gan selections. After the blessing a beautiful old marriage hymn was sung by the choir. The bridal party retired to the strains of Mendelsohn’s Wed ding March. A reception followed at the oeauti f ful Villa Lewaro which Madam Walker J erected at a cost of $260,000, the ar chitect, landscape gardener and con tractor being colored. The hide’s dress was a simple, yet magnificient creation, which drew . gasps of admiration from the audi ’ ence. Simply beautiful is inadequate to completely describe her costume [ for it was both simple and beautiful. It was of white chiffon adorned with 1 an all-over design of genuine import- ; ed sea pearls over bride’s satin, a tulle veil attached to an Egyptian head dress purchased by her mother on a recent trip to the Holy Land, caught with orange blossoms which gracefully fell to form a ten-foot j train. She wore brocaded silver slip pers; no jewelry save a diamond j brooch, the gift of the groom, and carried a large bouquet of bride’s roses showered with ribbons and lil lies of the valley. The matron of honor, Mrs. Norman Hairis, nee Katie Wilson of Wash ington, D. C., was charming in a sim ple straight line gown of silver cloth wearing a dainty chiffon picture hat and carrying a shepherd’s staff of but terfly roses. l Typical of the good judgment of j the bride was her selection of her j maid of honor and her bride’s maids. Her maid of honor was Miss Consuela Street of Indianapolis, Ind., and her bride’s maids were the Misses Louise Jackson,. Eunice Hunton, Marion Moore, Mildred Randolph of New York City and Miss Anita Thompson of Los Angeles, Cal. They were tradi tionally lovely in bouffant gowns of cream colored pure chantilly lace over silver cloth, appropriately trimmed with ropes of orangs blossoms. Coro nets of Raided silver 'cloth graced 1 their Egyptian hair dress. They wore k brocaded silver slippers and carried V ivory-bound Episcopal prayer books. A’l^elia Emma Ransom of Indianap olis, Ind., Berry Payton and Katherine Famum Filliams of New York City were petite and pretty flower girls, daintily clad in fluted ruffled dresses of white georgette crepe over white satin trimmed with silk lace, hand made rosebuds and ribbons. They car ried wicker baskets filled with Ophe lia roses. Little Vertner Tandy, Jr., in a Lord Fauntlahoy suit of white satin was manly in his bearing pf the ring on (Continued on Page Four) Here are the members of the two I final team* which were tied for two weeks for the championship which was won by Long last Tuesday after "i" —.. ... . .mm :«s, K m ' v*" noon: Ix>ng, top row, left to right: Wil liam Ware, Raymond Miller, James Boyd, Crawford Brown, Thomas Love, . 1 *' —— Coach Miss Mary Mutz. Bottom row, left to right: Haskell L?e, Basil Vann, Capt. Oerala Parks, Collins l^ee, John Phillips and Sam Cookaey. Comenius, left to right: Joe Siden elance, James Maranto, Charles Se merad, Coch Charles Gelseman, Geo. Howard, Charles Wentz, Gusail Slav via. Bottom row, left to right: Chas. Nemecek, Capt. Wendel Ball, Rainala Tomes, Emil Musil, Rudolph Marsicek. t _^ t/tTJo of Con$ Tooteff ... JKAT T I captain OP I I WINN INC TfAVS | Clmles Ciesdmdfi COACH o P COMBN I VS ■ja Gussie Sea Vi o C4t»TA<N OP iComgN toy Long Wins Omaha Bee Grade School Soccer Championship! Miss Isabelle Doyle, the efficient and capable principal; Ml.se Mary Mutz, the diminutive, but dynamic coach, Hie entire faculty and student body of Long School, Twenty-Blith and Franklin are wearing a genial and generous smile. And they have a reason. Long and Comenius schools after eliminating all other teams were tied for two weeks tor the Bee grade school soccer championship. Last Tuesday afternoon before an enthu siastic crowd of rooters Long defeated Comenius in a closely contested game by a score of 1 to 0. The two teams were evenly matched and the game proved an interesting contest from the beginning. It ap peared' to be either team’s game at any stage of the contest. The game started with Long school doing the lucking. During the first half Comenius managed to keep the ball well within Long's territory. Ixing —Cuts courtesy of Omaha Bee rallied and Captain Park got the' ball down the field within striking distance of the Comenius goal. He sent a long shot from the right corner of the field, putting the ball in the left corner of the Comenius goal. Comenius goalkeeper was un able to stop the ball, with the result that Long scored the only marker of the game. In the second half Comenius started a bombardment of Long’s goal, with out success. The work of Collins Lee In keeping Comenius from scoring was one of the notable features of the game. During the second half Comenius displayed some of the best team work that has been shown this season. Miss Mary Mutz, coach of the Long team, showed her ability in that line by bringing the championship to her team. To Charles Geiselman, coach of Comenius, is due credit for the man ner in which the Comenius boys han I died themselves. _ Vxcioj-ij StniJe of lAf/ss tvvho COACHgP THF V<mNIN6 TEAM IThe John Muir trophy cup will be presented to the Long team the latter part of next week. Individual mem bers of Long will receive gold medals. Comenius players wlil be awarded' bronze medals. SIGHTS, EXPERIENCES AND IMPRESSIONS OF A TRAVELLER WHO ATTENDED NATL BAPTIST CONVENTION, LOS ANGELES By Mrs. M. H. Wilkinson (Continued from last week) NEVADA AND UTAH Passing through Nevada the great thing of interest is the Palisades of the Humboldt. At this point along the Humboldt river brown rocky walls rise perpendicularly on both sides and form lofty palisades resembling the famous ones of the Hudson. These rocky walls would afford a splendid fortress for an army. At times the engine was almost near the edge of the river embakment, which is cov ered with silky moss and short green grass. “My, what is that so white we see, is it snaw?” “We are nearing the great salt beds near Salduro, Utah,” cried the auditor. To look upon the whiteness of these beds in the sunlight is painful and al most blinding to the eyes. Everyone was commenting on this salt, the train stopped and a few alighted and sec ured some as a souvemir. “Oh”, exclaimed a robust country looking matron of the Caucasian race to her tall slender spouse, “is this where they make salt?" “No,” replied he, noticably embar rassed, “this is where they GET salt; salt isn’t made. Can’t you see that’s salt?” This deposit is located 112 miles west of Salt Lake City and ranges in depth from a few inches at the outer edgeB to twelve to fifteen feet toward the center. The bed is about eight miles wide by sixty-five miles long. The Western Pacific railway crosses it near the center. It Is a clear, crystalixed salt, white as table salt and is said to average 98 per cent pure as it comes from the bed, without any cleansing or refining whatever. Men with machinery were seen work ing in this salt bed while car loads of salt were seen on the tracks. “0 give thanks unto the Lord; talk ye of all His wondrous works!” As we neared the Great Salt Lake the speed of the engine was lessened, the waters at times almost splashed the tracks. This is the largest inland body of salt water in the world, es timated to be ten times larger than the Dead Sea of Palestine. It is said to carry from nineteen to twenty-two per cent of salt and calculations fix the total of salt in the lake at four hun dred million tons. The waters are sluggish and green hued. They are very bouyant and so clear that the eye can penetrate them to great depths. Gulls innumerable, whose breeding place is one of the eight islands in the lake, frequent these wa ters in which nothing lives except small shrimp. Near this lake is built a resort called Saltair Pavilion. Sailtair is world-famous for its wonderful bath ing which constitutes one of the great est attractions at the resort. Just imagine one cannot sink! Here is water of such density that the human body floats on the surface regardless of the bather’s wishes, and once in the briny waves you enjoy the most remarkable experience and sensation —they say. During my stay there on one occasion a party of us went out with some tourists but were not permitted to participate in this thrill ing delight—because—well you know why—the same old story. Our group once had all privileges but ONE of us committed an offense which always necessitates ALL being deprived of further privileges. Here bathers are seen floating like a cork. They are there in boats, padding themselves here and there. The sailty air is in vigorating in the extreme. There is an out of the way sulphur spring in which our group may bathe—no doubt until it becomes popular. “Salt Lake City, Utah,” cried the auditor. Right away one looks out for the Mormons—hal ha l It were they who founded Salt Lake (Sty I under great perseverance and hard- i ships. Seven hundred and fifty delegates from the National Baptist Convention visited here in a body. The other group were quite excited at first to see so many of our race traveling at one time. They wondered what could be our mission. However, on receiv ing the proper information they made it pleasant in many ways, especially by turning over all taxi cars for sight seeing purposes. The hospitable but small churches there attempted to give a reception for the delegates, but found it a little too heavy; neverthe less, they did their best which was greatly appreciated. Salt Lake City is a beautiful place with unusually wide streets that have very tall trees planted on both sides. It is located in a valley surrounded by mountains seldom without snow, in fact, the city depends mostly on the mountain snow to furnish water since there is only a very small river near. The climate is fine, being control ed to a great extent by the Great Salt Lake. It is never extremely hot nor i cold. Our group owns some very pret ty homes there. Temple Square, Bringham Young monument and the homes of his favorite wives such as the Louis house and Queen Esther are the places of greatest interest. The beautiful Temple Square is en closed by many trees and a stone wall with a heavy iron gate. In this square you will find the great Mormon Temple with the statue of Moroni on the highest steeple, the great taber nacle near the center built without a nail; the assembly hall at the left and the pioneer monument in the fore ground. Only the tabernacle is open ed to the public. It seats thousands of people yet a pin dropped on the floor resounds clearly. It possesses remarkable acoustic properties. It contains the wonderful organ on which recitals are given an hour every day for visitors by Prof. John J. McClel land. The temple is opened only to those I of the Mormon faith who are strict communicants. Those wedded outside ] of the temple are wedded only for this life but if wedded in the temple not only for this life but for eternity and the family life will always be con tinued. They also baptize the living for the dead. Only one colored man ever entered this temple, I was told. Many of our people are Mormons in spite of the fact that they hold we are marked with the curse of Cain and Ham, and cannot get to heaven until after thousands of years of puri fication. On one occasion at the funeral of the son of a very fair family a Mor mon elder was invited. A Protestant ' minister that preceded him stated that the young man was at rest. At this ! the elder became very disquieted and began to shake his head in disapprov al. Finally, when the opportunity came, he set them right by telling , them that although this young man 1 was “nearly white”, he "wasn’t quite white” and that it would take years and years of purification before he would enter into rest. Some of our 1 group believe it, too. An old brother told an old sister who thought she was ready and waiting: “I am sorry for you, sister, I tell you you will never make it.” SENTENCED FOR LIFE William Simpson was convicted in the District Court this week on a charge of first degree murder for the shooting of Railley Jackson in South Omaha, October 5, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Fitz gerald'. FORM BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION A business and professional men’s organization was recently formed at a meeting held at South and Thomp son’s Cafe. Attorney John Adams was elected president. . i CITY TREASURER BAUMAN APPOINTS ORLO SOUTH TO CLERKSHIP IN OFFICE Otto J. Bautnan, city and county treasurer, has appointed Orlo South to a clerkship in his office. No bet ter choice could have been made. Mr. South is an excellent young man, twenty-three years of age, who was reared and educated in Omaha. He graduated from Technical High school and then attended Creighton univer sity where his studies were interrupt ed by the death of his father. He is a clean, mannerly, competent young man, popular with all who know him and that he will give entire satisfac tion in his new position is the opinion of all. Mr. Bauman, who is a demo crat, has acted upon the square and wisely In giving recognition to our' people, many of whom supported him and are heavy taxpayers, by Mr. South’s appointment. VETERAN POLICE OFFICER DIES Joseph Ballew, aged 70, a member of the police force for more than twenty years and one of the most highly respected officers at the South Side station, died suddenly at his home in South Omaha Monday night. His wife and daughter were in Cali fornia at the time of his death. No funeral arrangements have been made awaiting their arrival. CHICAGO LAWYER DRAWS LUSCIOOS POLITI LPLHM Kdward Wright Appointed to Highest Salaried Position Occupied by Any Knee Member in Conntry. ON COMMENCE COMMISSION Position Important One and Carries Salary of $7,000 per Annum— Governor Small Makes Appointment (By The Associated Negro Preas.) Chicago, ill., Dec. 7.—Edward H. Wright, republican committeeman of the Chicago’s famous Second Ward, was appointed to the highest salaried position occupied by any Negro in the country by Governor Len Small, re cently. Mr. Wright was made a mem ber of the Illinois Commerce Commis sion. The position carries with it a salary of $7,000. Negroes, generally, feel proud of the appointment of Mr. Wright. He is regarded as one of the brainiest law yers of the city, and one of the most astute politicians of the race. He is known to be utterly fearless in pro tecting and advancing the rights of himself and his race. He has been at various times county commissioner, traction expert for the city, and as sistant corporation counsel. It is said that he was paid $30,000 for two years’ service as a traction expert. Inasmuch as America leads In the matter of salaries, Mr. Wright is doubtless the highest salaried Negro serving in a governmental appointive capacity in the world. Perry Howard, assistant U. S. attorney general, re ceives $5,000; Phil H. Brown, commis sioner of conciliation in the depart I ment of labor, $5,000; Albert Proe, re | corder of deeds for the District of Columbia, $4,000; Major Adam E. Patterson, assistant corporation counsel for the city of Chicago, $3,500; and James White, recently appointed to the state athletic commission in Pennsylvania, $6,000. NEWSLETS There are 8,383 colored women working in cigar and tobacco facto ries. In the printing business there are 199 colored female compositors, lino typers and typesetters. It would be a nice compliment to name one of our numerous women’s clubs in honor of the Empress Zaodi tou of Abyssinia. There is considerable speculation as to who is best fitted, by education and training, to take up the mantle of the late and lamented Mary B. Talbert. Oberlin was the first co-educational college in the world and the first in the United States to admit Negro students. Most of our race in America de scended from the Negroes of the Sudan, that part of Africa lying south of and adjacent to the Sahara. The words "white male" were elim inated from the Ohio state constitu tion at the recent election. The Klan opposed the amendment. For the first time in the history of Haiti, the months July, August and September contributed material ly to the total revenae income of the country. Contributing to the agricultural re sources of the nation are ninety-two colored women dairy farm operators; twenty-eight stock raisers, and 79,733 general farm operators. The Liberian coffees have never been favorites in the United States on account of their flavor. In Europe they are used for blending with other varieties. Immigration statistics count as Ne gro, or “African” (black)—“Aliens whose appearance indicates an ad mixture o£ Negro blood”—“whether coming from Cuba or other islands of the West Indies, North or South America, Europe or Africa." Excluding the 50,000,000 or more dark inhabitants of India, the Negro race numbers fully 150,000,000, or | about one-quarter the population at the Mongolian race. The number in Brazil alone is not much less than the colored population of the United States.
