THE MONITOR A WIULT NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS_ rnunOD EVERT FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHINQ COMPANY 1t»n< aa Bceond-Cteaa Mail Matter July 2, 1915. at tha PoMoffVe* at Oaaka Nebraska, aadar tha Aat at Marah I, lilt._. fUm RlVrJOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS----—-Sdjtor W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Nab,--Aaaoclatc Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS-Bualnaaa Manager B. a BUTTON_ __Circulation Managar SUBSCRIPTION RATES, 92.00 A YEAR; *1JS ( MONTHS; 75e J MONTHS _Advartlalng Rataa FumMbad Upon Appllcatlan_ AiMtsbe. Ths Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 ta ■ —■ ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES Cfttaenship Eights Nst to Be Abridged 1. AH psroono born or nstarattsed in the United States, I and snhjsct te the jwisdietion thereof, are dtinsns of the ; United States and of the State wherein they reside. Ne < stale dnB make er enforce any law which shall abridge the ! pstiBsgm er immunities of dtissne of the United States; nr ; dnl any state deprive any person of Ufe, Hberty, or prop ; erty with set dno pro cone of taw, nor deny to any person ! wtthla its jurisdiction the equal protection of the taws. k THOUGHT FOB THE WEEK I would be TRUE for there are those who trust me, I would be PURE for there are those who care. I would be STRONG for there is much to suffer, I would be BRAVE for there is much to dare, 1 would be FTtlEND to all the many friendless, I would be GIVING and forget the gift, I would be HUMBLE for I know my weakness, I would LOOK UP, and laugh and love and lift —Howard Walter. EASTER RASTER, the queen of Christian fes tivals, has come again. It brings joy and gladness to the hearts of men, for it proclaims a truth which answers the questionings of the human heart. For ages men sought answer to the question, “If a man die shall he live again?” There was that within them which made them cherish the hope, if not the belief, that death was not the end of all. There were high as pirations for which life’s brief span seemed wholly inadequate and emo tions of the heart, too sweet and sa cred, to be satisfied with less than immortality. There were forshadow ings in the souls of men of life be yond the tomb. Then there entered One within the realm of men, whose life proclaimed Him to be divine. He lived a perfect sinless human life. He died for the love He bore for men, the death of a malefactor upon a cross, the symbol of shame and ig nominy, upon a hill called Calvary. Before His death He confidently af firmed that upon the third day He would rise again. A guard of Roman soldiers was set to guard His tomb lest his disciples should steal His body and proclaim that He had risen. The Roman guard was all in vain. True to His promise on the third day He rose triumphant from the grave, hav ing burst the bonds of death, and brought the answer for which t’e ages had been waiting. This fact of the Resurrection is the chief creden tial of the deity of Christ, Who brought life and immortality to light. And so Easter brings a holy joy to all mankind. May the fullest joy of Eastertide, with all its sacred mean ing, be theirs who read this message. OMAHA BEAUTIFUL WE ARE quite sure that all our people will enter fully into the plan to make Omaha a clean, health ful and beautiful city. As a rule our many home owners take special pride in keeping their houses and premises clean and attractive. Many of these homes are genuine show places. For home owners there is the incentive for beautifying their homes that is lacking in the average tenant. Much of the rental property occupied by our citizens is poorly kept up by the own ers, who in many cases charge exor bitant rent for unsightly shacks. Oc cupants of such places have little en couragement to try to beautify the premises. Landlords should be com pelled to repair and paint houses of this character. The city authorities should see that this is done. This is an important thing to be consid ered in making Omaha a more beau tiful city. All tenants should see to it that the premises are kept clean and made as attractive with flowers ana well-kept gardens as possible. Let us all work together to make Omaha a more beautiful city. JAPANESE EXCLUSION ^MERICAN lawmakers are again showing their stupidity by the Japanese exclusion act, which is most drastic in its provisions. The Japan ese are a cultured and thrifty people, and as such can become a valuable asset to this country. Their cultiva tion of the land in California shows what they can do as agriculturists. They have quietly attended to theii own business. They are lawabidmg and self-respecting and lots of Amer icans could profit by following theii example. The drastic Japanese ex clusion act is a foolhardy piece oi legislation for which the United States may some day be sorry. HAS GOOD POINT WE publish elsewhere in this issue a clever bit of sarcastic writing under the caption, “The White Race Is Not Inferior.” The writer has parodied a recent magazine article dealing with the Negro race after the same style. It has a good point. A DISTINCT LOSS rJ1HE South and those interested in inter-racial good will have suf fered a distinct loss in the death oi John J. Eagan of Atlanta, March 30. Not only has the interracial move ment lost a warm friend but labor' also, for industrial reform found in him a champion and advocate. His sympathies were broad and his in terest in humanity keen. He recog nized the need of bringing both races together in conference that there might be mutual understanding and cooperation in working out social and economic problems in which all are concerned. He has rendered a distinct service to humanity and his place will be difficult to fill. One of the encouraging signs of the times is the fact that men like John J. Eagan have Lbeen raised up to promote interracial amity and goodwill. May his mantle fall upon a worthy successor. WHITE RACE IS NOT INFERIOR; HAS MANY GOOD POINTS By George 8. Schuyler In February Messenger Magazine. "Many of the leading thinkers of the nation view with alarm ‘the growing’ prejudice against Caucasians. No in telligent Negro should fall victim to this dastardly form of race prejudice, based wholly on a certain group’* lack of pigmentation. Contrary to all the pernicious pro paganda circulated by black suprem acy advocates, the Negro is in no way superior to the Caucasian. In any con sideration of these uncolored people it should be kept in mind that they are in this country through no fault of their own . . . With only about 3,000 years’ contact with any kind of civilization, they have done fairly well. “Because the great civilizations of our ancestors flourished in Africa while the white people were living lit tle better than the animals whose pelts they sought for covering is no reason for our looking down on them. Many of our African tribes are almost as savage as the inhabitans of England whom Julius Caesar took back to 1 Rome as curios. “While the Caucasians have origin ated nothing, they have shown great ability to adopt, adapt and so become adept. They took over bodily our Egyptian pantheism and made a pretty fair religion out of it. The system of notation and the fundamentals of mechanics which our ancestors worked out 10,000 years ago have enabled the Caucasians to construct the marvels of engineering we see all about us. "They have almost equalled the pyramids, obelisks and magnificent tombs erected by Jewish labor under our supervision long centuries ago. History shows that the Greeks very skillfully copied and improved upon the civilization of the darker peoples whom they displaced. We must be big enough to give credit where it is due . . . “Many critical Negroes point to the Caucasian’s excessive gullibility and superstition as a further evidence of his inferiority. While no one can successfully deny the white people’s widespread belief in witches, ghosts, democracy, banshees, devils and an gels, not to mention the quackery of Mary Baker Eddy, Coue, Bryan, Billy Sunday, John S. Summer, Emperor Simmons, Gregory Zinoveiff and the Mormons—we Negroes are not entire ly guiltless. Many of our weaker minded brethren voraciously devour the twaddle of Marcus Garvey, Black Herman, Ben Davis, ‘Dr.’ Harrison and other mountebanks, with equal avid ity. “Other Caucasophobes make much of our ability to live and thrive in any climate, while the white people can barely struggle along in the tem perate zone. In summer, it is said, they are worried* by sunburn and in winter by frostbite. However, sweep ing generalizations are seldom true. Occasionally one can find a white man in the tropics who can stand the heat as well as a Negro. And in Alaska, Canada and the Dakotas the Negro in habitant often complains almost as much as his ‘Nordic’ brother about the severe winters. I would call these prejudiced people’s attention to the fact that Mat Henson had a Caucasian —Peary—with him when he discover ed the North Pole!” BOOK CHAT ByMary White Ovington Chairman, Board of Directors of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. "THERE IS CONFUSION”—By Jessie Redmon Fauset. Published by Messrs. Boni & Liveright, 61 West 48th Street, New York City. Price $2.00. Postage 10c. In this story of colored people and their cultural life, Peter Bye, the hero, charming, able, but sometimes irres ponsible, learns at the last that he has white blood in his veins. His great-grandfather was a mulatto. Turning to his wife he says: “See, dear, this is the result of all I used to be. My ingratitude, my inability to adopt responsibility, my very irreso luteness come from that strain of white Bye blood.” When one remem bers the number of white men in fic tion who, on learning that they have a strain of colored blood in their veins, turn brutes and rapists, one can see the pleasure that Miss Fauset had In penning those lines. But this should not be quoted as typical of the book. Its satire Is very occasional, perhaps unconscious. It is a story written by a colored woman of distinction detailing the life of a group of young people, the most of them born into the most cultured cir cle of the colored world. It takes them from their childhood into their married life, and details the many ad ventures and vicissitudes that befall them on their way. This attempt, however, to tell of so many people is the most serious criticism of the book. There are three good stories in it,; that of Joanna and Peter, the hero i and heroine, told with some detail; j that of Maggie Ellersley, the best drawn of the characters, a climber who want to be well established so cially more than anything else In life; and that of Vera, the white colored girl ; and her dark lover. We only get glimpses of them, and the great mo ments of their lives are hurried over to get on with the story. But we do glimpse them, and for the first time since Chesnutt’s stories, move freely through the colored world. I cannot imagine any colored per son who knows the world Miss Fauset depicts who can fail to get and read this book. Peter, Phillip, Henderson, Joanna, Maggie. Vera, here are dif ferent types but all virile young peo ple. Race prejudice touches them all. Not in dramatic ways, in lynchngs or RUicides, but in finer, more sub*lle fashion. With Peter Bye it acts first as a soporific, but later as a spur. He is asked patronizingly to meet one of the “white Byes” whose people once held his family as slaves; and stirred at the insult he goes back to his difficult task as medical student. Joanna, consumate prig, it softens a little. It hb.s an unlovely way of fos tering selfconsciousness. For a white reader, the social strati fications described in the colored world will be of great interest. Here is as much snobbery as one finds among the “first families of Virginia” as depicted by Thomas Nelson Page. “I can’t endure this utter separation from people who mean something,” Maggie Ellersley cries, telling her reluctant lover that his name would give her entrance into the best fam ilies in Philadelphia. And do the best families hanker in their turn for as sociation with the whites? They wan so to succeed that the white race will HAVE to recognize them. The world must know their talent and genius. Is this colored world that Miss Fauset draws quite true? I know too little to criticise and yet 1 miss a Dig spiritual force that I have myself seen throbbing there. What do you think who read tile book? I want my read ders to tell how true they think this picture of the young men and women in the colored world. Write and give me your opinion. ARKANSAS LILY-WHITES USE ARMED GUARDS — Little Rock, Aark., April 18.—Armed guards were used by lily-white Re publicans here to keep 100 colored citizens from attending the Pulaski County Republican Convention last week. Race visitors -went to a new hall and elected Judge Scipio A. Jones tem porary chairman. LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT May 12th is the date of Minnehaha Camp Fire Girls entertainment in the new Masonic Hall on P street. Do not forget! Monday evening, May 12th. Come and see the kiddies and older children in song, pantomine and drill. Tickets are on sale by Minnehaha: Camp. The Easter festivities of Quinn Chapel are: Sunday school Easter pro gram 9:30 by children; Easter sermon by Rev. M. C. Knight at 11:00 a. m., and Senior Choir Easter Cantata, “Calvary” at 7:30 p. m. The Norah Taylor society of Quinn Chapel will sponsor an evening with Dunbar Friday, April 25th, at 8:30. Extracts from the beloved poet should create a response to fill the audi torium. Quinn Chapel choir, under the di rection of Mme. Colley Malone pres ented Eastertide in commemoration of Palm Sunday. The tableaux were Per fectly carried out and were particular ly enjoyed by the large audience. The L. L. Kensington met at the residence of Mrs. Jack Oalbreath. Current events and topics of the day were discussed in round table led by Mrs. C. C. Chrisman. Each one of the members participating in the pro gram for the afternoon, after which the hostess served a delictable spring menu. Next meeting will be with Secretary Mrs. V. Lewis. The DaviB’ Women's Club met with Mrs. Georgia Flippin. A social hour followed the routine of business. The hostess served a delightful lunch. The | members started the Davis’ Women’s | Drive April 18th to the 11th of May | for the benefit of the Old Folks’ Home. | Mrs. Tesia Cooley, president. _ A supper given for the benefit of i the liberation of the soldiers serving I terms in federal prison at Leaven 1 worth by the local N. A. A. C. P. a; j A. M. E. Church was fairly attended. Mr8. Fanny Young and Mrs. Jennie Johnson were attendants at the Sun , day School Superintendents and | Teachers Association convention at j Omaha last Sunday, Misses Mildred Brown, Elizabeth Peeples and Cozy May Smith were also Omaha visitors Sunday. Lebanon Lodge No. 3, A. 5'. & A. M., will move into their new quarters at 1030 P street, about May 1st. The M. M. Mission will meet with Mr*. Rosa Adair, 730 North 13th street, j Tuesday night, April 22nd. Remit for your paper now! Mrs. Harry Mackay and son of Oma ha visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Coleman, and friends here. — Palm Sunday was appropriately cel ebrated by the Lady’s Court in New man M. E. Church last Sunday after j noon. The program consisted of music and an address on Biblical characters, etc. A fair crowd was present. Ella Naomi Bottg is able to be out after gome days’ confinement on ac count of operation for tonsilitis. The Buds of Promise, consisting of little girls, will give their country fair Monday night, April 28th, at Mt. Zion Baptist church. . A committee of three, consting of I Attorney John A. Adams, Dr. F. W. Botts and Rev. O. J. Burckhardt came over from Omaha to call on Governor C. W. Bryan and to try to secure the appointment of Attorney M. W. Ware, one of our group, to fill a vacancy in municipal court at Omaha, caused by the death of Judge Wappich. Mr. 1 Bryan Informed the committee that he was obliged to go by the vote of the people, and as George B. Colling re ceived more votes than Ware, and had been an associate democratic friend of his in last legislature, he no doubbt deserves to be given the appointment. < Services at Mt. Zion Baptist church < were conducted as usual, athe pastor J delivered very good sermons. The Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. had usual services. “The Feast in the Wilderness” by Mr. Nimrod Ross’ club last Thursday night proved success ful. Other clubs are doing likewise. This series of festivals will terminate May 4th, when the Big Rally will take place, and each club will make final report. Next Sunday will be Easter, when sunrise services will be held at the churches. The 8unday schools will distribute Easter eggs to the faithful kiddies, who have been looking for ward to the occasion. Easter exercises i will be carried out By the schools. I The choir of Mt. Zion Baptist church I will render a beautiful song and can I tata at night. Hear them! ] - ( Services at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. ] Church were as follows: Sunday ] school at 9:30, J. R. Thomas, superin- j tendent; preaching by the pastor at ( 11 a. m. on the subject, "Jesus at Jerusalem”, a Palm Sunday sermon; A. C. E. S'vciety at 6:30, John A. | Adams, president; at 7:30 illustrated tableaux, “Easter Tide”, by the choir and others, directed by Mrs. Izetta Malone. 1 Remit for your paper! Thank you! Rev. I. B. Smith conducted services ! at the Newman M. E. Church last ( Sunday in the absence of Rev. G. W. Carter, who is attending the annual conference. Rev. J. Burt is still conducting his i services at the morning and is doing ! fairly well. < Readers: I trust as you read this news that you will think of what you , owe The Monitor. I am trying to do some collecting at times. You win oblige The Monitor and also your Lin coln representative by giving him the * glad hand. Here is hoping all readers , may have a happy Easter. Yours respectfully, 1 WILLIS W. MOSLEY. i Advertise in The Monitor! ( i 1 ■» — ■" 1 a Nebraska Civil Rights Bill J Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. | teacted in 18M. Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All peenons within this state shall | be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the aecommndattona. adven- | tagea, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyance, | barber shops, theatres and other places of amonsmunt; subject only to the | conditions and limitations setablished by law and applicable alike to every | See. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any parson, except for § reasons of law applicable to all persona, the full enjoyment of any of the | acconunodatinns, advantages, facilities^ or privileges enumerated in the § foregoing section, or by siding or inciting such denials, AaD for each effease bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and bo fined in any sum not Isas than | twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the eosts Of the prosecution. "The original act was held valid as to dtiaone; barber rimps can net | discriminate against persons on account of color. Mseewiger vs State, .* K Nebr. page 877. N. W. 8t8.” r “A restaurant keeper who rafusss to serve a eoiorsd parson with rs- 1 frsshmmts Is a certain part of his restaurant, for no otter nsgc than (hat ha Is colored, is civilly liable, though he often to serve him by settle I a table ia same private port of the bouse. Ferguson vs Qlea, SC Mkh. I M; N. W. Til* | i —. 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