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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA. BY THE
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Entered aa Second-Class Mail Matter July 2. 1915, at the Postoflice at
Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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OBSERVANCE OF LENT
JDEGINNING next Wednesday mil
lions of people throughout the
world will be observing, with more or
less earnestness and consistency, the
penitential season of Lent. This is a
period of forty days duration, or to
be quite exact forty-six days, includ
ing the six Sundays, which are not
observed as days of fasting or ab
stinence. During these forty days
which are supposed to conform with
the Forty Days Fasting and Tempta
tion of Christ in the wilderness, mil
lions of Christian folk througohut the
world are by the terms of their
church membership and faith required
to use "such a measure of abstinence
as is more especially suited to extra
ordinary acts and exercises of devo
tion.” In other words this is a period
of intensive spiritual training. It is
a time for religious stock taking.
That this season has such a long
history and is so universally observed
shows that it must be beneficial. If
such a period lias proven beneficial
in days less strenuous than these it
will be frankly conceded by all who
are thoughtful that in this feverish
rushing age of amusement and, money
chasing when even the cultural life,
is given such scant attention, that
such a period as this is most imper
atively needed by the American peo
ple, of all people, to recall us to moral
poise.
Lent calls for abstinence. Such a
measure of it as is especially suited
to extraordinary acts and exercises
of devotion. Abstinence means a vol
untary refraining from some indulg
ence of the appetite or the gratifica
tion of the ordinary propensities of
nature for the attainment of some
specific, and, generally, higher aim,
object or purpose. It means self de
nial for the gaining of the mastery.
This may be the mastery of self or of
one’s conditions. To illustrate: One
may want to become a home-owner.
For a term of years he must deny
himself certain things which he would
very much enjoy in order that he may
pay for his home. Or, again, one de
sires to acquire an education, a trade,
business or profession and become
proficient in his line. For a time he
must practice self-denial.
The objective of Lent is growth in
the spiritual life. The principle un
derlying it, is that for a definite per
iod of time such abstinence be prac
ticed as will give more opportunity
for prayer, meditation, serious
thought, devotional reading, self-ex
amination and like “acts and exercises
of devotion”, as will help develop
strong, consistent Christian character.
We believe that an earnest observ
ance of such a season as this by all
religious people, in the way in which
it is intended to be used, would have
a tremendous influence in raising the
moral and spiritual tone of the nation.
THE DUTY OF BEING PLEASANT
TV7E HOLD that it is a social duty
" for people to practice the art of
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being pleasant. There is nothing to
be gained by going around with a
frown and courting grouchiness. You
feel better and everybody with whom
you come in contact feels much bet
ter if you are pleasant rather than
grouchy. The fellow was right who
told a frowning Omahan a few days
ago, “Smile, Man, smile. A smile
don’t cost a damn cent and it’s worth
a million dollars.”
ANOTHER KICK
'J’HE attention of the Commissioners
is called to the fact that many of
the sidewalks in certain sections of
our city are impassible when it is
muddy. Take, for example, Paul
street from Twentieth to Twenty
third. It is impossible for the scores
of children who use this thoroughfare
in going to Kellom school to avoid
becoming mired in the mud. And we
are intimately acquainted with a min
ister of the Gospel who is compelled
to use the same street frequently who
would shock the pious members of his
flock if he did not school himself in
self-restraint as. he slips and founders
in the mud. Gentlemen, please get
busy, and give us decent sidewalks
and pavements on Paul street and in
other parts of our city. Mud is good
in its place. Its place is not where
sidewalks ought to be. Yes, this is
another kick.
FEBRUARY MONTH
OF GREAT MEN
JfEBRUARY is noted as the birth
month of several prominent Amer
icans. Among the outstanding names
are those of George Washington,
Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln
and Henry W. Longfellow. Among
this galaxy and of course it is incom
plete we as a people venerate the
name and memory of Lincoln, the
Emancipator; and Frederick Doug
lass, of our own blood and race, the
friend and confidant of Lincoln. Each
rose from lowly conditions to emin
ence.
BACK ON THE JOB
WfE ARE GLAD to welcome to our
” desk again The Louisville News,
which has been in a state of suspended
animation for some months. William
Worley is the editor. Glad to see this
virile paper back on the job.
WE WONDER
T|7E WONDER when our political
W friends whom our votes helped
to elect to office are going to find it
convenient to give our folks some re
sponsible and worthwhile appoint
ments. No hurry, of course, we are
just wondering.
PLEASE PAY
If your paper is cut off you will un
derstand the reason why. We have
sent requests for payment of delin
quent subscriptions. When there if
no reply the paper stops.
;; 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 <
II negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and <
< ’ yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking <
ImiJ acting as the American Negro. He came with the first <
!! explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from ;
11 the first the foundation of the American prosperity and ;
! < the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and
I 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. Hie military defense of this land has de
1 pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial
’ wan down to the straggle of the World War. Not only does ;
• the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera- ;
' taro hat a Negro American literature has arisen of deep ;
11 > significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the ;
theireot heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has <
* pacoHar apiritual role ia America as a sort of Uvrng, ,
hMtthr test of oar ideals and an example of the faith, ;
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Looking On and Listening In by the
Tower Man
The next Pan-African Conference,
according to authentic information
given Tower Man, will be held in prin
cipal cities of a number of the West
Indies islands during December, 1925.
This will afford an unprecendented
opportunity for the darker people of
the western hemisphere to unite on
a change of viewpoint. Dr. W. E. B.
DuBois is the founder and president of
the conference.
Thursday, March 12th, will be the
birthday anniversary of the late Col.
Charles Young. The Omega Psi Phi
Greek letter fraternity and the Asso
ciated Negro Press have diligently
sought to keep the memory of this
great soldier and gentleman fresh in
the minds of Americans. It can be
stated with unquestioned authority
that an effort is now being made to
memorialize the name of Colonel j
Young in a manner that will meet the
hearty approval of every red blooded
American. The matter has been offi
cially placed before President Cool
idge, who is giving it serious consider
ation.
Mme. A’Lelia Walker, of New York,
Chicago and Indianapolis, it has been
announced, has contributed $25,000 to
the campaign on the Tuskegee-Hamp
ton endowment fund. There can be j
nothing less than real hope for a peo
pie who develop philanthropic spirits
thus visioned and generously minded, j
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen of Chi
cago, celebrated their silver wedding
by a mammoth gathering of their j
friends in beautiful Warwick Hall, i
Tuesday evening, February 3rd. Mr. |
Allen is a postman, property owner,
Aopomattox club member, but both he
and Mrs. Allen are famous in Chicago
for their congeniality and hospitality.
In these days of many divorces and !
hard-boiled friendships, it is inspir
ing to note Borne of the good old
fashioned ways.
Dr. W. E. B. DuBois is a recent ex
tended interview with Tower Man
closed by saying that he has great (
hope for the future of the American
Negro. Dr. DuBois is of the opinion
that there will be ‘‘contending forces'’
for an indefinite period, but that the
white people of today are awakened
to the fact that they have “real men
to deal with”, and are basing their ;
program of activity on this slant. As
a good father Dr. DuBois has pardon
able pride in the art development of
a charming daughter, Miss Yolandi Du- 1
Bois, a graduate of Fisk and a present
student in Columbia university.
William Randolph Hearst, who says
he is a “newspaper man" and not a
“journalist” stirred up a veritable hor
net's nest when he telegraphed Henry
Ford, of Detroit, Mich., to ascertain
that unique gentleman’s attitude on
Muscle Shoals, where the government
has spent $140,000,000, and much of
the work has been done by colored
labor. Mr. Ford now favors govern
ment control, and his old friends are
now wondering “What’s it all about?”
Muscle shoals is again, or still upon j
the shoals, and it’s all up to Captain
Cal. J
There is no use talking, a white
man who only occasionally comes in
contact with the world of “Sun-Kiseed
America" cannot get our angle of the
“eternal fitness of things”. Over in
Cleveland, Ohio, for example, the dis
tinguished City Manager W. R. Hop
kins, a fine spirit personally, has “got
in bad" with the populace when, in
augurating the PhilliB Wheatley cam
paign for $600,000 he referred to the
40,000 newcomers to Cleveland in the
last ten years as a “menace”. He has
been explaining and on the defensive
ever since. Take in the matter of ad
vertisements in our newspapers, white
artists, even though kindly in spirit,
having been reared under the carica-!
ture environment, cannot put the soul j
into drawings of us that our artists
see, being with us day by day in every i
way.
The Tattler, illustrated weekly of:
New York, is about to have another
birthday. The Messenger, monthly, j
same city, with its eighty pages in the
January issue, has been given an Im
petus that helps magazine reading
everywhere. Chicago, foremost in ra
cial news gathering, service, and news
papers, is about to launch a new
magazine backed by white and colored
capital. Memory goes back to the
“Voice of the Negro", but this is a
new day, and, though, they moved the
Voice to Chicago after the Atlanta riot
and it could not make it, Chicago now
has the vision, and we’ll Just have to
wait and see how things are coming
out.
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There are hundreds of new visioned
Americans who are pinning much faith
on the future, both in an artistic and
commercial way, in the further music
al development of colored America.
It is a big field, we are in the swing of
it, and it looks like we are going to
keep right on going “until Shiloh
comes”.
“Questions and Answers in Negro
Histoijr” by George Wells Parker of
the Associated Negro Prese staff, is
regarded by eminent thinkers as the
most constructive department estab
lished for racial Journalism in years.
Mr. Parker is an acknowledged author
ity on the subject of history affecting
the darker peoples of the world, and
lie newspapers of the nation are dis
playing fine judgment in the line pre
sentation of Mr. Parker's opinions,
roo long has colored America been
‘asleep at the switch”, taking the
white viewpoint of darkskinned his
:ory of the world. It is a distinct con
tribution that we are now furnishing
pur own facts, and sensible white his
torians are now endeavoring to tell
the truth.
STUDY OF WARSHIP
HULL FOUND HELP
Valuable Data Obtained for
Designing New Craft.
Washington.—With a six or seven
year period ahead before the United
States may lay down its first replace
ment battleship under the Washing
ton naval treaty, navy experts will
have ample time to make the utmost
use of data obtained from experiments
on the hull of what was to have been
the superdremlnaught Washington and
on other scrapped vessels In prepar
ing designs for new ships.
They are expected to achieve a de
cided advance In warship construction
as a result of their prolonged studies.
The Washington experiments, de
tails of which arc regarded as among
the most confidential matters In the
custody of the Navy department, af
forded in opportunity to obtain In
formation of an unusual character.
The four ships of this class, three of
which were completed and are now
with the fleet, represent the most
powerful defensive and offensive de
velopment in buttleshlp building the
world sill know until the two
new British superdreadnuughts are
launched and commissioned.
The only vessel approaching the
Maryland, West Virginia and Colorado
now afloat Is the Japanese 16-lnch
gunned, post-Jutland battleship Mitsui.
Designs for this class of ships were
prepared In the Navy department
while the European war was In prog
ress. but before the United States en
tered the conflict.
The submarine menace had almost
reached Its climax In threatening al
lied defeat before the plans were com
pleted, and there are many things In
the hull construction of the ships
which grew out of war experience of
the allies as observed by American
experts.
These have to do for the most part
with better protection against torpe
does and mines and the experiments
with the Washington hull afforded the
only chance naval engineers of any
nationality have had to test the meth
ods of protection adopted on a scale
that would furnish reliable data.
Coast Railway Explains
Significance of Toots i
Los Angeles.—The mysteries of the
language of railroad engines, as spo
ken through the engineer’s whistle,
have been revealed by the Southern
1’aclflc company in an announcement
for the benefit of the general public.
The significance of Ills whistle Is
explained as follows:
it our blasts, two of medium length
and two short, are a warning that a
locomotive Is approaching a grade
crossing.
A succession of short blasts tells
trespassers to get off the track.
One long blast, followed by three
short ones, sends the rear flagman
hack to protect against a following
train.
Four or five blasts of medium dura
tion recall the flagman.
Four short whistles Is the engineer’s
Way of asking for train order signal.
Two short whistles mean ‘‘Thank
you" or “I get you.”
One whistle of medium duration,
followed by two short blasts, cal la at
tention to signals displayed for a fol
lowing section.
One long blast Is given when train
Is approaching a station, drawbridge
or Junction.
Two short blasts given three times
are a signal to the trainmen that the
air brakes are sticking.
Survey Shows Saturday
Night Bath Is No Myth
New York—About 1.000,000 new
bathtubs were made In the year 1924.
Since for the average bath in a tub
between 40 and 00 gallons of water
are used, the tide of soapsuds rises
high. And It is at Its flood on Satur
day nights.
This is proven by accurate measure
of the additional amount of gas con
sumed in the cities to heat the water
to between 140 to 150 degrees. It
requires from two to three cubic feet
of gas to raise a gallon of water 100
degrees.
The per capita consumption of wa
ter In American cities Is 200 to 300
per cent greater than In European
cities, and on Sa'turday nights this
percentage Is doubled. The ordinary
householder In this country uses about
7,500 gallons of water a month.
Representatives of the largest soap
producers in this country assert that
every family (averaging 4.4 persons)
In the United States consumes at least
SO pounds of soaps during the year.
Fish Are Shoveled From
River During Smelt Run
Kelso, Wash.—Smelt started running
Into the Cowlitz river from the Colum
bia recently. Catching these miniature
fish is now the event of the winter,
fanners shoveling them up by the
scoopful, filling barrels and boxes;
women using lace curtain nets at the
end of portiere' poles; boys 2nd girls
with father’s auto cover for a seine
and the professional fisher with his
linen thread nets.
These fish, about seven to nine
Inches long, run In schools, often filling
the river from hank to bank. They are
en route upstream to spawn after
which the smelt return to the ocean
and, like the for seal, spend a long
period far from human eyea.
The food value of tba smeltJm what
makaa It to attractive, being canned
in glasa Jars, pickled la apices, salted
and dried.
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