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The Monitor A WIUCLT NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS or COLORED AMERICANS_ PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered u Second-Claaa Mall Matter July 2, 1915. at the Poatofflee at Ontaha, Nebraaka, under the Act ot March 9, 1879.__ _ THE REV, JOHN ALBERT WILLI AM*-—-■<*{*£ e”£,BUTTONWII‘U 4-JS&SSXZ SiSS? SUBSCRIPTION RATES, *2J» A YEAR; *1.25 • MONTHS: 75c 3 MONTHS Advortlalng Ratee FurwNhed Upon Application_ Address, Hie Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 W-i———————nae^——✓ ......OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO > ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged < - y t. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, ,, ' and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ; ! United States and of the State wherein they reside. No • state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ! privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ; t*««n any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ; ! arty without due process of law, nor deny to any person . within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. HRtllllfHHtWHMmnillllUIIMIIinMIllllllMIMIMlilllMttHIIHIIMIIIIIHIHIIHIIIIIIIIU A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK 1 “The greatest man is he who | chooses the right with Invincible | resolution, who resists the sorest | temptations from within and with- | out, who bears the heaviest burdens \ cheerfully, who is calmest in storms | and most fearless under menace | and frowns, whose reliance on § truth, on virtue, on God, is most | unfaltering.” William Ellery Chan- | ning. ' HlfllMimmHfMliHNItUIIIIIMIIIHIIIIHOIIIIIIIIMMIIIMIIUmillimilllllMIIIMIIIIIINl LENT TV'EXT Wednesday is known as Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Lent is a penitential season of forty days’ duration, or, to be exact, it covers a period of forty-six days, counting the six Sundays which are called “Sundays In Lent,” not "Sun days of Lent” and therefore are not reckoned as days of penitence as are the forty week days. During this sea son a large number of Christian peo ple give themselves to wha may be considered more intensive spiritual training. The season commemorates the forty days’ fasting and temptation of the Saviour, Who immediately after His Baptism, as we are told in the Gospel according to SS. Matthew, Mark and Luke, was impelled to go into the wilderness where He fasted forty days and forty nights and was tempted of the Devil. This He did as the God-Man for man. Speaking gen erally, whateveer Christ did He did for man’s good, out of His love for man. His fasting and temptation fall within this plan and purpose. And so from the earliest ages of the Church, Lent has been observed as a* time of intensified spiritual training in commemoration oft his event in our Lord’s earthly life. Millions of devout people, not perfect people, but people who ar^ anxious to rise to a higher plane of Christian living, have found this season exceedingly helpful. There can be no doubt that this devotional season rightly used helps men and women to be better. The fact that it has endured so persistently through the cnturies attests its value. Lent is being more and more widely observed by Christians of many denominations. There was a time when its observance was confined exclusively to members of the Roman Catholic, Greek and Anglican (Episcopalians) communions and Lutherans. But every year marks increasing numbers of the members of 1 otherChristian bodies entering more or 1 less fully into the spirit of its obeerv-1 ance. There can be no doubt that an earnest well-keptLent by theChristian folk of America would result in rais ing the spiritual tone of the nation. Lent is a time for real heart-searching and amendment of life. Individually and nationally such spiritual house cleaning as Lent demands is sadly needed. —————_ APPEALS TO ROMAS CATHOLICS ^MERICA, the ably-edited Roman Catholic weekly of New York, a journal which has a national circula tion, has for several months featured thoughtful, frank and fair-minded ar ticles on the Negro in the United States and the attitude and duty of that historic and influential commun ion towards this race. These articles are from the gifted pen of a Jesuit priest, the Rev. William M. Markoe, whose heart is very evidently in this work. If all, or even a majority, of the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic Church were of the same mind, spirit, earnestness and zeal as Father Mar koe the number of conversions to the Roman Obdience among the Colored people of this country would be large and rapid despite the deep-seated pre judice against that communion which is so prevalent among our group. A sincere manifestation of the Christ-1 like spirit would rapidly dispel dis trust and prejudice. The fact w, how ever, that, despite the plain unequivo cal, uncompromising teaching of the Catholic religion. Romanists are only a little in advance of Protestants in the actual practice of Christian bro therhood so far as the^Colored race in the United States is concerned. Evi dnce is not wanting that the Roman Catholic Church largely adapts its practice to the sentiment of the com munity. This attitude ie tacitly ad mitted by Father Markoe in his ar ticle captioned "The Negro and Cath olicism,” published in last week’s is sue of "America,” which is a strong plea td his co-religionists to under take evangelistic work, proselytizing many will call it, among the Colored people in the United States and es pecially among the migrants from the South. He pleads for the opening of their schools to the race and an inter ested and sympathetic attitude upon the part of white Roman Catholics to wards their brethren of darker hue. The Monitor notes with pleasure any effort such as this upon the part of either Roman Catholic or Protestant I to arouse their adherents to manifest I the true spirit of Christianity to i wards the Colored race. Whatever or | ganization or communion does it will i be richly rewarded and will render a great service to the cause of religion, for, as a matter of fact, many Negroes, especially of the intellectual classes, wrongfully we believe, are rapidly los ing faith in the Christianity of the white American, whether thalj pro fessed by Roman Catholic or Protest ant, as manifested in its practical at titude towards him. THE SANHERDRIN 'J’HE SANHERDRIN or representa tive assembly of sixty-one national organizations of our people in the United States which was held in Chi cago last week was an unqualified suc cess. Harmony and good-will marked all sessions. There was the subordi nation of star-playing to successful team-work for the good of the whole race. Problems peculiar to our group and as bearing upon our national and international status were discussed with a sanity and broad-mindedness which must issue in permanent good. As an effort to co-ordinate and con centrate racial activities and act unitedly the Sanherdrin was a marked success and points the way to greater things. - GETS IN SOMEWAY ^E felt all along that the Negro would have to be dragged in some way. No, he didn’t share in the rake off, but don’t you recall that Doheny testified that he had spent $25,000 in newspapers to repudiate the charge that President Harding had Negro blood in his veins. You see the Ne gro always gets in some way. WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY IXCLE TOM’S KLABIX AND THE KLAN 'J’HE Etnperor of the Klu Klux Klan the Rev. William Joseph Simmons, has sold his right, title and interest in “the Invisible Empire” to the Im perial Wizard, a gentleman known to the authorities as Hiram Wesley Evans. Although the Klan professes to hold and to teach the highest ideals of charity and patriotism, the sale of the Klan was strictly a matter of dol lars and cents. From the resources of the vasty deep, the Imperial Wizard summoned up $145,500 in cash, and then entered into an agreement to pay the Emperor the annual sum of $1,000 until such time as his puissant majes-1 ty shuffles off this mortal coll to rest, beyond the vexing of Imperial Wizards and similar flibbertigibbets. As both the Emperor and the Wizard know the value of a dollar, it is clear that the Emperor had something to sell which the Wizard thought worth buying. It was the “right” to spread in communities already cursed by ig norance, bigotry and vice, the new horror of religious hatred and intol erance. As the New York Times well remarks, it would be impossible to change the administration of any so ciety making even a pretense of patri otic or philanthropic ends, in this frankly commercial manner. The whole transaction recalls the spirit of Simon Legree, with the Klan and its members as the subject of barter and sale. But it must not be forgotten that ib all ages rascals have reaped rich returns in money and dishonor by preying upon the weakness of the j ignorant and the vices of the criminal. I | The Klan undoubtedly constitutes a i profitable business, judged by the ! standards of some of its officials, but those standards are such as would be disowned by upright men. Its chief j officers live in luxury on money sup- I plied by dupes, and, as the Imperial ! Wizard well knows, the supply of j dupes, particularly in the backward sections of the country, is almost in- ; exhaustible. The accounts of this unique sale would be wholly amusing, were they not somewhat depressing. It is not j pleasant to think that in this country dedicated to freedom, men can band ! together against their fellows who happen to be Jews, Negroes, or Cath olics and find the combination so re munerative that the ‘‘right” to hate and persecute becomes a salable and taxable commodity. Since only a mi nority of our people are Christians, we know that we are no longer a Christian nation. The existence and commercial value of societies such as the Klan makes us wonder to what extent we are even a civilized nation. —America. "CAT WOMAN” LIES with eer kittens Little Old Lady of Brooklyn Succumbt to Gat. Brooklyn.—The little old lady with all the cats ut luu Crystal street, Brooklyn, passed away, but in her passing she managed to give the neigh bors a last bit of mystery to match the measure of her queer life. She was found dead in a rocking chair In her kitchen with six dead kittens near her. Six grown cats staggered weakly about crying as they suitered from the gas turned on in several Jets by their mistress. For several years Miss Jennie Lane has been the mystery of the neigh borhood. SAme said she was a retired school teacher, but no one knew any thing definite. She lived alone and de voted herself to the rescue of stray cats. She never spoke to the neigh bors Hnd when the police sought In formation of her relatives no one could tell anything of them. She made careful preparations for her death, stuffing the windows with cloth and paper, and then she added the touch that marked her strange life. She hung a drapery of black over each front window. Patrolman Frederick Orote In pass ing the house noticed the drapery and decided to Investigate. He forced the door and came upon the dead woman. He opened the windows and then hur ried upstairs, where he found Mr. and Mrs. Vincent and their child. Marie, and William Vincent, a brother. In a stupor from the gas filtering through from the lower floor. They were re vived in the open air. Downstairs the air had revived six of the cats. The others were dead. The six with renewed life set up a cry about the chnlr In which their mistress rested. The police attempted to drive them away, but they remained, howl ing. Before Miss Lane’s body could be taken to the morgue the agents of i the Society for the Prevention of! Cruelty to Animals were compelled j to take four of the oats from the house. Two eluded the searchers, but they reappeared and their cries were heard for hours. Japan Shows Gratitude to U. S. for Quake Aid t..... m Washington, U. C.—Assistant Secre tary of State William Phillips photo graphed with the volume of signa tures, a mark of gratitude from the Japanese people for the aid received during the recent earthquake. The book Is bound In gold and contains over half a million signatures. It Is on exhibition at the State depart* rnent. — Make Helicopter Record Paris.—A new helicopter record was established at the Issy Le Moulineaux aerodrome, near Paris, by M. Pescara, who remained In the air eight minutes and thirteen seconds. The previous record by Pescara was made in No vember last, when he flew for five min utes and forty-four seconds. Pescara Is confident that he will be soon able to win the prize for first kilometer circles by a helicopter. Seek Sanctuaries Washington.—Wild animals soon learn where they can find "protection, say workers of the biological survey, United States Department of Agricul ture. In places where there are game sanctuaries, w ild creatures go to them at the beginning of every hunting sea son, according to these men. 30«hkh3co o r.r:OC«H'.'-r!<-ooctXKn> o Woman Landlord Is X X Sentenced to Jail X x New York.—Mrs. Bessy Stein- x 9 hardt of 316 Sixty-eighth street, 3 2 Brooklyn, part owner of the x 9 apartment houses at 75 Van Alat 6 § avenue nnd 54 Hunters Point x 9 avenue, Long Island City, waa 3 A sentenced to sixty days In Jail 2 9 without the alternative of pay- 9 A Ing a fine by Justices Salmon, X 9 Murphy and Kelly In the Court 9 A of Special Sessions In Jamaica. A 9 She pleaded guilty a week ago 9 3 to violating the aanltary code In A 5 falling to safeguard the health 9 9 of 200 tenants in her apartment A x houses and the severe sentence 5 9 followed a report by probation A OOCHKHKKJOOCKICIOOOaCKKJOOChaO! Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. ■ Exacted in 1898. Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every person. See. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person whs shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costa ef the prosecution. _ ^ tact was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not 1 is on iMftunt of color. Messenger I serve a colored perse >- § restaurant, for no other rsasfrn than I though he offers to serve him by the house. Ferguson I I | Coffee 'Supreme’ j 1 STRICTLY OMAHA PRODUCT | I " I v r v V V T T * Winner of Omaha’s | | Gold Medal Leading $ | Trans- Coffee !*! ' ♦> Mississippi for Ijjl | Exposition Thirty-six !*! X 1898 Years X y < y *:* -.- — *:* | The Kind Used by Those Who Desire Quality | £ Excellence at a Moderate Price | McCord-Brady A COFFEE ROASTERS COFFEE ROASTERS X A Omaha, Neb. A ♦♦♦ A | Herman’s New | | Grocery Store | & 24th and Willis Avenue '{* Phone WEbster 6915 | SPECIAL CUT PRICES f X AT ALL TIMES X ;i; Red River Potatoes— Per peck.28c % Per bushel... $1.10 X X Blue Bell Flour, 48 lbs. y X sack for.$1.55 J *f Meadow Gold Butter, X per pound.53c X ? % ’XX~X~X**X~X~X“X“x**x-x~x~x~;* rpHOROUGHLY worthy used furni ture of evory description ia offered for sale at very reasonable priees in our warehouse, between the hour* ef 1 p. m. and 6 p. m. week daya. *th and Capitol Ave.—Orchard k Wilhelm Co. Why Not Let Lis Do Your SHOE REPAIR WORK Best material, reasonable prices. ALL WORK GUARANTEED BENJAMIN ic THOMAS Phone Web. 5*84—1415 No. 24th ..i ; « ! I I ! ; : PLAIN SEWING AND DRESS MAKING Mrs. N. W. 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