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a—g— ,.l-— . — - ■ •=== THE MONITOR A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESIS OF COLORED AMERICANS ___ PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY_ Entered aa Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1315, at the Postoffice at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879,__ Toe-rev. “john albert williams- -...Editor w. W. MOSELY, Lincoln. Neb--Associate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS-Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 V ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE | ; : UNITED STATES f i ’ Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged •{• 1. All persons bom or naturalized in the United States, •[• ! I and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the X ; | United States and of the State wherein they reside. No % * > state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the •{• !! privileg >or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor Ij.' ;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- >; 1 > erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person •{• !! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. £ , , . .|. t * •> TURNING ON THE LIGHT JT IS A most hopeful and encourag x ing sign that so many welfare agencies are investigating conditions affecting the well being of the Amer ican people with the view to taking some practical steps towards the im provement of those conditions where ever necessary. These agencies are scientific and impartial and concern ed chieflv with getting at ithe truth. Their findings, therefore, carry great weight. One ■ of these agencies is the Russell Sage Foundation of New York, established for the investiga tion of social conditions. This organ ization has just issued a most im portant report dealing with employ ment. To be accurate it deals spec ifically with employment offices. And this of course turns on the light 30 that we see labor conditions as they are. The report recommends the es tablishment of a nation-wide system of free public employment offices, to be operated jointly by the federal, state and local governments, with the state government as the chief unit of administration. The report devotes an entire chapter to the problems of colored workers, which turns the light on the difficulties which they encount er. It asserts what race newspapers and those in touch with our people have continually maintained, namely, “that race prejudice is limiting very much the occupations open to colored people. And as the report truth fully states, “until comparatively re cently almost the only lines of work to which they were admitted have been farm and plantation labor, per sonal service and common labor.” Of course all of us who are interested in securing employment for our people know that there ' are occupation.' which are considered “colored men’s jobs” and well-intended people will tell you frankly, “I’m sorry, but 1 have no job I can give a colored man: I did want a porter, but I’ve got one now and he’s’ giving satisfaction.’ This mental slavery of many employ ers to what they conceive a “colorec man’s job” frequently deprive then of a good dependable workman anf blights ambition in the applicant Commenting on such unfair limita tions the report says, “This range ol employment should, and can be greatly increased through intelligent and persistent educational work among employers as to the suitability of colored workers for certain other kinds of work together with discrim inating placement” and significantly observes that, “if a colored man with good training and ability is held down to a common laborer’s job because of prejudice, he, industry and the com munity will suffer an industrial loss.” When race publications or indivi duals call attention to such indisput able facts as these they are seldom heeded because of the wide-spread idea that “colored people are over sensitive and complain without just cause.” When impartial investiga tors verify this contention and turn on the light in which injustice cannot flourish the day of betterment cannot long be delayed. MATTHEW’S PROGRAM ^TILLIAM C. MATTHEWS who dis played such splendid leadership in the recent political campaign, has proposed a statesmanlike program which if accepted by the republican administration, and unquestionably it should be, will not only rehabilate the Negro politically, but will mark a decided advance. Year by year we have been losing place and prestige in governmental affairs. Recognition was at one time accorded us in the diplomatic and consular service. This has been entirely lost. Its restoration is demanded. All the other sixteen proposals are sane and practical and will make for greater efficiency in governmental affairs and will in crease the status of our group as an integral part of the body politic. Other demands could have been made; but, doubtless, the “seventeen points” pressed are deemed the most practical and reasonably most easily obtain able. Granted that only some of these sane proposals are secured it will do much to enhearten and steady our people. The Negro press and people are in hearty accord and unitedly be hind Mr. Matthews in these reason able demands. The Matthews’ pro gram, if the republican party is wise, will be put into operation. The pro pram proposed is practical and con crete. ROLAND HAVES, PATHFINDER i - I Roland Hayes, appearing before j cosmopolitan audiences at# one, two I and even three dollars per seat, makes I the heart full with gladness. Our race’s way upward it Open, for it is a Negro who is welcomed as an artist in the most exclusive of cultured cir cles. To many, the two thousand dol lars he receives for each appearance, is the big feature, but to us the thing of supreme importance is the ap proval given. Praise for Roland Hayes is not a cunning bid for his favor. It is not a bit of encourage ment tossed to a struggling artist. It is the seal of merit. Merit, in a Negro is, after all, merit. No man can have more than what it represents. It is of the immortals. Bert Williams, turned bark from the heights of histrionic fame in more tragic roles, was a success, but his success was In comedy and it was easy to say the Negro is a born com edian. But now comes Hayes, another Negro, singing opera classics, so good that critics approve him entirely, with no discount for color, i A superstition prevailed In medi eval days that if a living person was walled up in any structure, the expir ing soul would endow the building with long life. That was just a superstition. But it does appear that the towering fame of Roland Hayes contains some mysterious virtue. May be it is the tears of Bert Williams, shed because he was condemned to motley when he would wear the buskin. Maybe it is the burden of a race’s sorrow, that has refined the soul of the singer so that he pierces ; I THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE % || -- | A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded £ ■ > persons that the contribution of the Negro to American •[" ; > nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from •{• < > negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and •{• ; • yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking j{* ; ; and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first •{• ; ; explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from ♦{• ;; the first the foundation of the American prosperity and X \ ; the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and £ I ; economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply £ \ on the striving white men in Europe and America but also £ ; on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for £ ; two centuries. The military defense of, this land has de- £ ; pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial £ wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does £ the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera- £ ; ture but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep ;j; ; significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the £ ' choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played X ; ; a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living, £ < > breathing test of our ideals and an example of the frith, £ > hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, “The Gift of X :: Black Folk.” £ through to the soul of his hearers. Maybe it is the struggle that is his portion along with his kin, that is the key to his mastership. But what ever it is, Roland Hayes, singing be fore cultured audiences at prices paid to hear the great artists, is living proof that after all, be he white or black, a man is the captain of his soul, the master of his fate.—The Kansas City Call. WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY Fightihg for the right, though we sometimes lose, is not always in vain. Truth crushed to the ground will rise again.—St. Louis Argus. The Negro’s worst enemy has been himself. Insensate jealousy and a dis position to pull down anything that any one of his race has built up is playing havoc with his success as a people. But he is changing. All will be well by and by.—Warsaw Sun. The Negro press is performing a wholesome service, which has only begun to be felt. It has caused its readers to think as never before. They are weighing all things well. They are not easily influenced by propaganda. They know that their own papers will fight their causes first, last and always. — Preston Press Service. Our youth must be educated, but never from hard, honest work, how ever, humble it may be. All of them can't enter the professions, so called. There must be some to fell the trees, lift the roots and dig the ditches.— Educate them for all of that.—Tampa Bulletin. Justice moves slowly, but she moves with a marvelous degree of certainty. Granting that she moves with a tardy pace, she has seldom failed of overtak ing the wicked in their flight. The God of justice avenges all wrong.— Nashville Clarion. LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Mr. John Adams, Jr., spent Sunday | in Fremont. Mr. Walker, father of our genial friends Robert and Amos Walker is spending the week in Lincoln. Monday night opened a week ot Thanksgiving services at the Quinn Chapel. The Rev. M. C. Knight oc cupied the pulpit at the 11 o’clock services, dinner at 12 and a program at 8:30 in the evening. Mr. Hayes, the talented violinist or Kansas City, Kans., will assist the Ijncoln orchestra in the drama “Ev ery Youth” Monday night, December 8th: Hear him! Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are popular artists heard over the radio. Fifty-five dozen of doughnuts will be distributed by Minnehaha Camp Fire Girls to their patrons which en ables our girls to present a neat sum to Camp Fire office for Hiking Cabin fund. All loyal and zealous members of Quinn Chapel are laying aside their 3 or 5 dollars for the parsonage fund, to be paid December 1, making this effort as a Thanksgiving and Xmas gift to the officers of the church, who have so nobly stood by us. We are standing together, closing up ranks, presenting a solid combination for this our first drive. — It seems impossible to keep “Every : Youth” posters supplied with pictures of “I>ove” (Mme. Zetta Malone) and "Pleasure” (Mr. Shumpert Logan). They are pleasing characters. And “Vanity” (Miss Alberta Saunders) and “Conceit” (Mrs. Margaret Williams) are a decided revelation. Mr. Zack Johnson has been removed back to his home from the Lincoln Sanitarium where he is reported im proving nicely. Miss Evelyn Johnson was confined at home with illness the past week. T. L. Robinson has opened up his tailor shop at eoutheast corner Nisih and Q streets, where he operates a barber shop in connection. We wish him success. Mrs. J. D. Bowen has returned to her home in Denver, Colo. Miss Nannie Vance was the leader in an aluminum shower given in honor of Miss Mabel Stillman and a linen shower given Miss Erma Easily at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Forbes last Friday night. Miss Mabel Still man is to be married to Mr. T. L. Robinson; Miss Erma Easily is to marry Mr. T. Saunders, both weddings occuring this week. Each lady was the recipient of many beautiful ar ticles of household usage. Rev. H. W. Botts delivered a most I excellent sermon to the congregation at the penitentiary early Sunday, which the large crowd enjoyed much. They asked his return again. Mr. T. D. Robinson and Miss Mabel Stillman went to Council Bluffs, la., Monday, where they were married at the court house; returning home on night train they have gone immediate ly to housekeeping at 820 South 8th street. We extend them many con gratulations. U$E SKIN BOATS TO FLEE ARCTIC PERILS Crew Abandons Ship With $1,000,000 Fur Cargo. Winnipeg.—One of the most lull ing tales of hardship and adventure that has come out of the Far North in years—a tale of hopeless battles with Ice and sea, of a hair-breadth escape from starvation In the wilderness be low the pole—was told by Capt. Ous Foellmer and members of the crew of the Ill-fated Hudson’s Bay company’s ship Lady Klndersley when they ar rived here after abandoning their ves sel to the engulfing Ice floes oft Point Barrow. "Well, If we had stayed with the Klndersley another day we wouldn’t have had a chance." That was the brief way In which Captain Foellmer, a big, gaunt seaman, whose home Is the Arctic ocean, described the eschpe of the Kindersley’s crew. His ship, he added, probably Is at the bottom of the northern seas now, with her mil llon-dollar cargo of furs. Ship Abandoned. Not until all hope of saving her had gone did Captain Foellmer reluctantly give the order to abandon his stout little ship—and then It was with faint hope of reaching shore. Many times the skipper and sailors of the Klnders ley had attempted to make their way to shore across the ice floes after she had become wedged solidly In the slow ly moving scum that covered the northern sea. Each time they had failed, turned back by yawning crev ices in the Ice and bewildered by the heavy fog which had settled down upon the surrounding whiteness. When they started on their final daRh It was not for shore, but for the open sea, where they knew, by wireless advices, that the United States steamship Boxer was standing by, somewhere out In the fog. Tossed about In their three little skin boats, not knowing when they would be crushed between the groan ing hills of Ice on all sides of them, the sailors gradually made their way northward, traveling so slowly that It seemed at times they would never reach safety. Blindly they stumbled on, carrying their boats across the Ice, with only a vague Idea of the Boxer’s position, gained by their wlrelesa com munication with her. Guided by Eskimo*. A mile away from the Klndersley the adventurers, almost exhausted, came upon a friendly band of Eski mos who were hunting. They man aged to make the natives understand their plight. The Eskimos willingly agreed to act as guides, and managed to lead the white men through the tortuous Ice channels to the open sea. Here they saw the B6xer way not far off, and their troubles were over. As for the Klndersley, they lost sight of her before they had traveled a mile, and the shifting Ice floe was carrying her away Into the polar re gions at the rate of about a mile and a half an hour. Probably by the time the crew was safely on Its way south the vessel was crushed to matchwood In the Ice floe, her rich cargo becom ing the prize of the Arctic seas. Gets Million in Will of Fellow War Worker Klverhead, L. L—A dozen of the most brilliant attorneys of New York and a conference of relatives have Just settled to the apparent satisfac tion of all one of the strangest will cases that has come to public attention In recent years. As a result of an agreement, one-half of an estate of more than $2,000,000 left by Miss Annie R. Tinker, horse woman, suffragist and Red Cross work er, Is to go to Mrs. Kate Nelson Berto llnl of Montreal, who served with Miss Tinker as a nurse In Belgium during the World war, and the remainder to go to the wealthy womun's mother and brother. The original will, made In Italy In 1 1918, left the entire estate to her friend, Mrs. Kate Darling Nelson Bertollnl, for her lifetime, the prin cipal going at her death to establish a home "for ladles who have worked for their living.” Recently a flaw was discovered In the will, making a long court tight likely, and a compromise was reached. Mrs. Bertollnl is to use 35 per cent of her share for the benevo lent home. Kissing Wife in Court Jails Bigamist 3 Years Baltimore, Md.—George E. Parker will pay (or one kiss by passing the next three years in the Maryland peni tentiary. Judge James P. Gorter, In the Criminal court here, pronounced the sentence. Parker was charged with bigamy, and both his wives appeared during the trial. His two-year-old son was In the arms of his first wife. Both women, who were young and pretty, said they wanted Parker. Judge Gorter, ad mitting the situation perplexing, or dered the probation officer to see If It could not be settled without a Jail sentence. The officer prepared to take Parker to his office to question him. Suddenly Parker pulled away, rushed up to the woman he ->ad married blgamously, and kissed her. He then kissed his infant son. ignoring his first wife. "Bring that man back here," Judge Gorter ordered the bailiffs. “I’m go ing to send you to the penitentiary for three years," he said to Parker. Thp first wife burst into tears and collapsed. sJiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiMiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiL: | Forty-First Anniversary Sale | This Great Quality Jewelry Store is packed to capacity with the s 5 most wonderful Htocks of beautiful and practical Gift Goods in its = S entire II years of business. = s — 1 Reliable Wrist Watches | = Guaranteed to run and keep time—at just Half of their Regular — i Price—This Week Only E1 E 5 I_ = 14-karat, solid white gold, = rectangular Ladies’ W'RIST = WATCH. Several patterns to — select from, with genuine 17 = jewel Brunner movement, guar = anteed to keep perfect time. = Regular price $37.50. Price cut E in two this week, to— 11-karat rectangular white j; gold filled case, fitted with gen- = uine 17-jewel Hrunner move- = ment. Many new and beautiful S styles and best of timekeepers. E Regular price $30.00. Cut in = two this week, to— I $18.75 $15.00 I = 14-karat white gold filled V>atcn, handsomely engraved, in three = E styles—Octagon, Cushion, and Turned. These watches are fitted E E with genuine 16-jewel Brunner movements. Regular d*Q E = price $17.50. Cut in two this week, to.— *pO» t r r. This is the week to buy your Ladies’ Wrist Watch at these prices, s E The prices have positively been cut in two on nearly all watches in Z E our large and complete stock. > E | r , | Gentlemen’s Watches E Reduced prices this week 5 H on all Gentlemen’s Watches. E E Some prices cut right in two. 5 Elgin, Waltham, Hamilton, Howard, a > . p mg £ i Illinois—very best American Watches, U ^ ^ [“ and the most reliable timekeepers in W I I / 1% the world. We talk from practical kl/ I I M .1 experience as watchmakers for 41 III £ years. This week we will sell you an IK E Elgin Watch, most reliable timekeep- I B er. White gold filled case, complete, m * for ... E We Give S. &. H. Green Trading Stamps £ We Give Cash Saving Script E j E Mail Orders Filled Mail Orders Filled = j Brodegaard Bros. Co. | 16th and Douglas Streets fiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiR New York, Nov. 28.—Word has been received by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple, t>9 Fifth avenue, that Walter F. White's novel, "The Fire in the Flint", is being translated into the Russian language. The book wag sent to a lady who is translating for the Russian government by Upton Sin clair, author of “The Brass Check”, “The Jungle”, and “The Goose Step”. The translation of Mr. White’s novel will be published by the Russian gov ernment. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT To Hurrel Greenway, Non-Residnt Defendant: You are hereby notified that on the 29th day of July, 1924, Marie Green way, as plaintiff, filed a petition in the District Court of Douglas County, Nebraska, against you as defendant, the object and prayer of which are to obtain a divorce from you on the ground of desertion. You are required to answer said pe tition on or before the 22nd day of December, 1924. Marie Greenway, Plaintiff, By W. B. Bryant, 4t -10-14 Her attorney. 1 I 1 ♦^$4*4-***<"X*~X~X~X“X-<>->*4 4 EMERSON’S LAUNDRY J; % The Laundry That Suits All $ • 3 * 1301 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 % J ! HILL-WILLIAMS DRUG | COMPANY \ * FOUNTAIN PENS—STATIONERY ;; A CIGARS and CANDY T i < • A Eastman Kodaks and Supplies ' ’ | 2402 Cuming Street ;' Advertise in The Monitor! | H. A. CHILES & CO. II X FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND " X LICENSED EMBALMERS ; ; X Chapel Phone, Web. 71JJ J £ Rea. Phone, Web. 484* •{• 1839 No. Twenty-fourth St. < > x~x~xk~x~x~x*xk~x~x~x~X“X~xk~x~xk~x~xk~x~x~x~x~x~x~x* ! Bazaar and Rummage 1 Sale ? * v f t | j Wednesday, Dec. 10th | j I Jewell Building 24th end Grant i I i I i { I ' ♦ A Y V | BY j: Woman’s Auxiliary St. Philip’s Episcopal Church [♦YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY The Hotel Cumings | *5* 1916 Cuming Street Y ♦♦♦ UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT % y ♦♦♦ % t ^ This centrally located hotel is now in charge of *♦* ♦♦♦ D. G. RUSSELL % Y Y v ♦> Y T E R M S R E A S O N A B L E A Y A > ♦YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY i 1 _- t | “The Fire in j The Flint” | | The Great Race Novel of the Day | | WALTER F. WHITE | 1 I I A thrilling story depicting race conditions in ths x South. % M Critical book reviewers pronounce it a master- X a piece. ? J Should be read by EVERY AMERICAN, Block $ f or White. £ ^ $2.50 A COPY | | For Sale by The Monitor and the Omaha Branch | l of the N. A. A. C. P. j