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Bethel Baptist Church
29th and T Stree*
Rev J. H. Jackson. Pastor
Mrs. J. C. Collins. Reporter
Sunday School began at 9:30
o'clock with many children and adults
present. The visiting minister, Rev.
J. R McClendon of Chicago, Illinois,
who ran a revival here for, the past
week, conducted the Sunday services
in the absence of our pastor. Rev. J.
H. Jackson, who is away on a vacat_
ion. His topic for the morning worship
was. “The Sin of Ingratitude”, Isaiah
1 ;2—3. Evening service began at 8 o’_
clock and marked the close of the Re
vival. Rev. McClendon’s subject was:
“Closed Doors." Matthews 25:10. He
beautifully illustrated his topic by
teling of the many doors that had
been closed to the Negro Race, but,
through the power of God, they have
been opened.
Visiting ministers were: Rev. F. S.
Goodlett, Pilgrim Baptist Church,
Rev. O. P. Preston an out of town
minister, who is to be our guest,
speaker August 6.
Rev. J R. McClendon will leave for
Chicago Tuesday night. Visitors and
friends are always welcome to wor_
ship with us.
St. Benedict Catholic Church
2423 Grant Street
Father Dailey. Pastor
M. C. Arbuckk. Reporter
Sunday being the 8th Sunday after ,
Pentecost, the Epistle w found in j
Romans 8:12^17 and the Gospel of
St. IrU^c 16:1—9. Summer School is j
increasing in attendance. The classes j
fteachers are as follows:
Mondays—Millinery by Mrs. M. C.
Arboride and Mrs. Aron Glass. Tues.
day and Thursday—Needle and Art
Work by Mrs. Evelyn Davis, Mrs.
Victor Metoyer, Mrs. Rosa Anders,
ad Mrs. Lindsey. Vocal Music by Mrs.
Kenny Wednesday and Friday—Plain
earning by Mrs. Vivian Cosby, Mrs.
Lewis Carpenter. Watch for exhibit
of classes soon.
Sick members are: Mrs. Theresa
Anderson. 2867 Maple. Mrs. Mar.
gurite Morrow, St. Joseph Hospital,
Mrs. Green, 2215 Seward, and Mrs.
Madeline Sterling. Visitors included
Father CassQy the Founder of St.
Benedict and his two sisters, and a
gentleman from Duluth, Minn. They
were shown through the building, and
worshipped with us.
Zna Baptist Church
221a Grant Street
Rev. C. C. Harper. Pastor
Rev. J. R. Young, Assistant Pastor
Sunday School 9:30 a m H. L.
Anderson. Supt. Sunday morning
service was preached by Rev. J. R.
Young. The Senior Choir rendered
some very inspirational Hymns ft>r
the day Mrs. James Kirby, president,
Mrs. A. W Anderson, secretary and
Mr*. Ada Woodson director. B Y P
U was held at 6 p m A large num.
her were present. Group No. 3 had a
visitor in the person of Miss Goldie
£ari from Chicago. Program was
rendered by the Junior Group, Capt.
Mrs. Reynolds, Senior Group No. 4
Mrs Matthews, Captain. Next Sun.
day members are requested to be
present at the city B Y P U to be
held at Salem Baptist Church, 22nd
and Seward Streets at 5:30.
Mrs. C. C. Harper and daughter,
Miss Thelma Harper, returned last
Friday from a summer visit to Chi.
cago, Mrs. Harper is sponsoring a
State Rally next Sunday at the Zion
Baptist Church at 3 p m The States
will be Texas. Missouri Kansrs, and a
combination of other states.
Rev F. C. Williams delivered the
message Sunday evening from St.
Matthews 25:1—6. “And five of them
were wise and five of them foolish.”
Cleave* Temple C. M. E. Church
25th and Decatur Streets.
Rev. J. L. Glover. Acting Pastor
Sunday School opened at 9:45 with
Mrs. S. Stamps. Supt. presiding. The
lesson was very interesting, and the
school largely attended. At eleven o',
dock Rev. Rosser, Presiding Elder,
delivered a very powerful sermon.
At 3 o'clock a special communion
service was held, in which visiting
churches were present.
In the evening Rev. Rosser gave a
very short sermon and a special song
service was rendered by the choir.
Many visitors were present during the
day. Among those names received are
the following: Mrs. Crumbly, Mra.
Elmer Crumbly, Miss Katherine Wil.
son. Miss Gladys Mitchell, Mr. Henry
Thomas, Jr., and Mr. J. Felix Metoyer.
Salem Baptist Church
22nd sad Seward Streets
Rev. E. W. Anthony, Pastor
Edward W. Anthony, Jr. Reporter
The Sunday School opened at 9:30,
and showed a great improvement in
attendance We were also blessed with
five new members. The pastor brought
a soul stirring message at 11 a m
Each Unit is urged to make a fall re.
port in the financial drive ending
August 3. The choir brought a burn,
ing message with songs at the even,
ing service*. Specials numbers from
the choir were: A duett by Misses
But Wesley and Versie Mae Tho.
mas, a solo by Mrs. E L Young,
and a male quartette singing, “Oh
Lord, I’m in Your Care.”
Rev. Nickleson was the guest min.
ister at two churches Sunday July 16.
He preached at the Morning Star
Church at 11 a m and Zion at 8 p.
m
Just a warning to the other Sunday
Schools—The Salem Sunday School is
preparing for the Sunday School
Picnic. We intend to win all events.
Beginning Monday July 24, there
will be a Mock Convention at the
church opening every night at 8 p
m. At the end of the convention there
will be a banquet honoring Assistant
Attorney General Bradshaw of Top.
eka, Kansas. He will speak in the in.
terest of the business and profession,
al men of this city, August 3.
BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
The revival campaign with Rev. A.
C Clay of Omaha preaching is prov_
ing very effective. Two young men
have joined the church. W M . > Hoke
of Fort Dodge, a trustee of Coppin
Chapel A M E Church visited the
church Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs.
Hamlar are visiting relatives and
friends in the city. She used to be
Miss Davis ad organist of Bethel A.
M E Church. All were happy to
have her in the services Sunday and
to hear her play again. They now re
side in New York. The Vacation Bible
School will have its commencements
exercises July the 31st. The Radio
Broadcasting Group under the mana.
gement of Mrs. Minnie Herndon will
broadcast a drama entitle Delilah and
Samson at the church Sunday night.
The Mite Missionary Society under
the direction of Mrs. M. D. Slater will
put on a fine program at the church
August the 4th. Emancipation Day.
The annual conference is reported to
convene September the 6th at Daven
port, Iowa. The Pew Rally by the
Pastor’s Aid Society was a very
pleasant success. The Lawn Social at
the Home of Mrs. Mize given by she
and Mrs. Given was much enjoyed and
a success. Mrs. Mable Fletcher, Supt.,
of the Sunday School has been on the
sick list for several days. Mrs. Ellen
Rose who has been sick for sometime
has been able to attend the church
recently.
Pilgrim Baptist Church
2->th and Caldwell Streets
Rev. J. H. Dotson, Pastor
Sunday School opened at the usual
hour with the Assistant superintend
ent, Fred Dixon, in charge. Attend,
ance for the day was 160. Five visitors
were present. Morning service began
at 10:45. Our pastor preached from
the subject, “Keeping the Faith”—I
have fought a good fight; I have fin
ished my course; I have kept the faith
2nd Tim. 4.7. A large number was
in attendance, and all enjoyed the
sermon which was very good and full
of interesting facts. B Y P U
was opened at six o'clock by the
President J W Dacus who is al
ways on time. Good singing before
the classes passed was enjoyed by all.
The program was in charge of Group
No. 3 Mrs. Dotson presented Miss
Hacker, a graduate of the Misner
School of Expressions, who gave sev.
eral readings. Miss Hacker will begin
a class in expressions and dramatics
at Pilgrim, Thursday morning at 9
o'clock. Prices are reasonable. For
information call Jackson 4939.
In the evening our pastor brought
another soul stirring message. An
unusual good crowd attended. Pilgrim
is in the midst of a Mile drive, with
the women against the men. The race
is very interesting. One dime equals
a mile. Let everyone help us to com
plete this race.
In a recent Church Meeting, the
Deacons recommended that the church
give Rev. Dotson a month's vacation.
Let us help him to take this one as he
has always refused a vacation here,
tofore.
Rev. Bryant of St. John and his
congregation will worship with us on
the First Sunday afternoon in Aug.
ust. He will preach and his choir will
sing. Our organist, Miss Louise
Fletcher, is spending her vacation in
W yoming. Miss Christine Dixon is
playing during her absence.
St. John s A. M. E. Church
The Friendly Church
22nd and Willis Avenue.
L. P. Bryant, Pastor
Those who were not present at St.
John’s Church last Wednesday night
missed r great treat. The program,
sponsored by the St. John's Clean Up
Committee was very interesting. Mrs.
Effie Bryant, the wife of the Pastor,
gave a wonderful address on the sub.
ject, “The man who dares.” Mrs.
Gretchen Selectman, of Elreno, Okla,
rendered a vocal solo, “Mighty Lak a
Rose." Other interesting numbers on
the program were: Readings by Mrs
Carry Carter, and Mrs Lillian Ven
®cnt, and a Vocal solo by Mrs. Venus
Starms
Last Sunday was Quarterly meet,
ing day at St. John Rev W B
Brooks, presiding Elder of the Oma.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank my many friends
for the kindness shown during the
death of my husband, Thomas Reed.
Mrs. Anna Reed,
2711 North 28th Ave.
ha District, delivered a great spirit
ual message from Matthews 6:32.
“Seek ye first the Kingdom of God
and His righteusness, and all things
shall be added unto you.” Rev Dent
of South Omaha, with the assistance
of his choir, rendered -service in the
afternoon.
At the evening service St. John’s
Senior Choir gave its regular 4th
Sunday night program.
As the Annual Conference will open
at St. John on September 27, all the
clubs and auxiliaries of the churc-h
are busy getting things in readiness.
Visitors are always welcome at St.
John, and are invited to make it their
church home while in the city.
Get the Omaha Guide and keep up
with the church and social news. Get
a copy and send it to your friends
out of town that they may keep post
ed as to your church activities. You
are always welcome to all services at
St. John. Sunday School at 9:30 a
m Preaching 10:45 a m. Endeavor
6 p m , and Evening Service 7:45 p.
m.
THE INTERDENOMINATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL ALLIANCE
MET WITH SALEM BAPTIST
CHURCH
Election of officers took up the
majority of the afternoon Mr H L
Anderson of Zion was again elected
President of the Alliance. In a later
edition will appear a full list of the
newly elected officers. Plans were
made for our Annual Sunday School
Picnic which is to be August 10, at
Elmwood Park. From the outlook of
plans, this picnic will surpass all
previous ones. Plans have been made
for baseball games, a horse shoe1
tournament, croquette games, and a
track meet that will rival any held
in and around Omaha. With all of the
college and High School stars giving
exhibitions, but being barred from
actual competition. Our next meeting
will be at St. John Church on the 4th
Sunday. Every one is invited to at_
tend our meetings. Fred Dixon, Pub_
licity Chairman.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND
MODERN LIFE TODAY
The Sunday School, one of the
greatest institutions the world has
ever known plays a vast part in the
lives of old and young. Especially
great is the part it should play today
in the life of youth, for youth is the
hope of the world, even though now
and then we hear those who have
been teaching and working in the
Sunday School for a long time com
plain they see no results of their work,
and feel they are accomplishing
nothing, especially in the developing
of Christianity in the youth of to_
day.
And to what do we contribute these
meager results ? There are some who
concede it is due to this modernistic
trend of living. Today something
is necessary to safe guard all of us,
and especially our young people
lajfliinst the strenuous demands of
high speed, and the demand and
hurry of modern life. No part of our
Church work is more important than
that of the Sunday School to combat
this trend of modernism, and if the
pupils both old and young will follow
the teachings of the greatest teach_
er mankind has ever know, they will
have a desire to participate these
modernistic trends that have caught
so many into its web and prove of
more harm than good.
we are an acquainted wren auier.
ent phrases of modern living. The
Sunday School has to cope with that,
have a tendency to detract from the
way He would have us go. It is not
fof the Sunday School, however, to
judge individuals or deplore the times
we live in but it mu3t match them
with an increased devotion and labor.
There are so many things the world
has not learned that are contained in
the Word of Life and which it sorely
needs; there is so much strength to
be found in a better acquaintance
with God’s Book; there is so much
hope contained in the Gospels that
the depressed world needs today that
it never had the chance to do before,
that not a moment should be wasted.
The Sunday School has the needful
light for the darkening shadows,
wisdom for the ignorant, and salava.
tion for the lost, and she must hasten
to distribute her treasures!
The Sunday School has been bene,
fited, it is true by many modernistic
trends, however, such as those of
different socials and athletic groups.
These characteristic trends of the
time should be encouraged for the
spirit of fair play and contact that is
received. Likewise the school must
stand out boldly ?■ gainst those things
which are wo*!’* to retrograde, as so
many phases in this modern life are
prone to do rather than elevate. This
is a tempest tossed age in which we
are living and our hope as reasonable
men and women in the Sunday School
i* Hot to escape the storms of life but
to learn how to meet them bravely,
and to endure them without becom.
ing discouraged if it seems evangel,
istic results are not being obtained.
In this rush and toil of modern life
today and its fangled complexity of
motor cars, movies, dance halls, rad.
ios, confusion and hurry of city
streets, and the general decline in
Sunday School attendance we must
not become discouraged, but must
press on with faith and prayer. Real,
izing Jesus will lead the way if we
will follow Him; and the only safety
of our Sunday School in this modem
life of today lies in the power and
salvation of God.
At the request of the Interdenom.
inational Sunday School Alliance, Mr
H L. Anderson, President the above
paper written and read by Miss Tam.
er O'Neal, secretary of St. John A
M E Sunday School, at their last
meeting was asked to be published.
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE
BAPTIST DENOMINATION
By Miles Mark Fisher,
Minister in the White Rock Baptist
Church, Durham North Carolina, has
just been issued by the Sunday School
Publishing Board of the National
Baptist Convention (incorporated,)
Nashville, Tennessee.
This work was written at the in.
vitation of the National Ministers’
Institute of which Dr. George Rice
Hovey, retired superintendent of Edu.
cation of The American Baptist Home
Mission Society, is director. It is the
text_book in Baptist History for the
Institute which reaches many thou,
sands of Negro Baptist preachers in
the South.
The foreword states that “since no
authoritative history of the Baptists
has appeared which includes the reli.
gious development of its racial con.
stituents, other than as distinct and
separate groups, there is need of a
work like this that essays to treat the
story of the denomination as a uni.
fied whole.” A3 a matter of fact, the
writings about Negro denominations
generally have treated their develop,
ment separately. This is not so in A
SHORT HISTORY OF THE BAP.
TIST DENOMINATION where North
ern, Negro, and kindred Baptist
groups are given inter related treat,
ment in North America, on other con.
tinents, and in the islands of the sea.
This history claims that Negro
Baptists have more members in
America blLa million than all other
Negro denominations combined, “that
they have more communicants by
over a million than there are Baptists
in the rest of the world outside of the
United States, that in America they
are about twice as numerous a3
Northern Baptists and about equal in
number to Southern Baptists, and
that their history is available nowhere
else.”
The book is printed by Negro pub.
lishers and i3 the first text of the In.
stitute written by a Negro. The
author, Rev. Miles Mark Fisher, was
formerly Hoyt Professor of Church
History in Virginia Union University.
He was graduated from Morehouse
College, the Northern Baptist Theo.
logical Seminary of Chicago, and the
University of Chicago.
“THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT”
By R. A. Adams
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
So often we hear of “spiritual
values,” “spiritual interests,” things
of the spirit.” But, since, in human
practice so little attention is given to
these “things,” one is inclined to
wonder to what extent these things
are understood and to what extent
they are believed, even by those, who,
in profession apotheosize them and
seemingly forget them in practice.
We are won't to say: “Man is a
composed of body and spirit.” Body
is dust, temporal, and transient in its
tenure. To the body belong “things”
pertaining to sense perception, having
to do with carnal appetites and pas_
sions and their appeasements. No
matter how much these “things” are
possessed and indulged they are tem_
poral; they end with time; with the
mundane tenure of the body.
The other and antethetical element
in man is called “spirit”, and is con_
cerned with principles, tenet3, ideals,
ambitions, and these involve justice,
truth, honor, honesty, faith, integrity,
altruism, social amity, and general
human interests of these it is emin_
ently evident that they are subject,
ively invaluable. Here is an lllustra.
tion of the old axiom, “Virtue is its
own reward,” meaning that the prac.
tice of altruism and the cultivation
of the higher ideals will ennoble one’s
life, increase its zest, and add to its
own happiness.
Innate immortality of the soul is a
mooted question. But, whether the
soul is immortal and lives on after
death, there is abundant evidence that,
after deat'fl of their sponsors exalted
principles live on, and that the efforts
actuated by them will bear fruit in
the lives of those who have been left
behind.
The temptation is to be Epicurean
and surrender to the “things of the
flesh.” But the transcendent super,
iority of the “things of the spirit”
ought to incite to ther acceptance
and practice rather than surrender to
those things which perish with time.
So be it!
PARABLES OF OUR LORD
The Heart of God Exposed
By Dr. A. G. Bearer
(For the Lterary Service Bureau)
Text: But when he was yet a great
way off, his father saw him—Luke
15:20.
Why did the father see him “afar
off?” Because he was watching for
him. He waited and watched because
of his anxiety, and in order that his
son might not falter because of fear.
It was the father’s heart rather than
his eyes that recognized his son. His
love gave him keen vision.
The father met him — he ran to
meet him. This was indicative of his
love and his willingness to forgive
and receive and of the great joy that
filled his heart at the sight of his
wandering son.
False is the teaching that God
wants men to go to graveyards to roll
and tumble, to agonize and spend
days and weeks, mourning and plead,
ing. God is ever anxious to save men.
More anxious than they are to be
saved. And in spirit he meets and for.
gives all who will make their way
back to him.
_
LINCOLN
NEWS
Mrs Mable Williams and family
have moved ino their new home near
24th and Holdredge Streets, and is
about settled. Mrs Williams who is
the wife of officer Monroe Williams
and two charming sons have but re_
cently returned from several months
visit in the east.
Mr. and Mrs John Burden and Mr.
0. B Holmes have returned from a
trip to Chicago where they visited the
Fair and also stopped at points in
Illinois and Indiana before returning
home.
Mr and Mrs Willie Page and
daughter, Miss Anna, and Mr. and
Mrs Charles Scott, motored to Chi.
cago to the Fair and will also visit
*heir sister in Gary, Indian before
returning home. Mrs Page is em_
ployed at the U S Postoffice Build,
ing.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Swannigan
were host to a delegation of Omaha
Club women last Wednesday. Includ.
ed in the group were Mrs Holliway,
Mrs Wildly, Mrs Folman, and Mrs.
Swannigan’s Aunt, Mrs Gertrude
Shackleford. The ladies motored down
and were dinner guest. They wanted
Mrs Swannigan who is president of
the Lincoln Colored Women’s Club to
join the State Federation of Clubs.
They also wanted Mrs. Swannigan’s
help in their effort to publish a pa.
per of the club to be called The Worn,
an’s Call. A trip to the Old Folks
Home was made and the ladies were
favorably impressed with the build,
ing. They are going to pay off the
mortgage on their Home and are ask.
ing every member in Lincoln to do
their bit. I think this i3 a splendid
movement and in as much as the
Home is located here, Lincoln people
should do all they can to assist these
ladies.
Charming callers at the Swanni.
gan home the past week were: Mrs.
Edwards, Social Welfare Worker^
Mr Harry Leland, Sate Oil Inspect,
or and Mr Houston, fireman, all of
Omaha, Nebraska,
The Lincoln Colored Woman’s Club
held their Forum several weeks ago
at Quinn Chapel Church. It was their
first appearance before the public
and the president feel very, very
and the president feels very, very
much that Mr C. C. Galloway wasn’^
able to be present that night as one
our speakers. Mr Robert Van Pelt,
Assistant U. S Attorney, and past
president of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce was the main speaker and
Mr Rolland Young and Mr Clayton
Lewis gave very interesting talks
which were well received. The twelve
colored woman’s chorus of thirty_two
members were at their best and was
a credit to our group in their spirit
ual. They received lots of compli
ments and was signed up to sing at
Antelope Park for Leo Beck's 0r_
chestra. They also sang for Rev
Brown of Omaha at his tent meeting.
The Young Men’s Progressive Club,
a new club is making its appearance
in Lincoln, known as the Lincoln
Colored Men’s Club, a club that Lin
coln has long been in need of. The
purpose of this club is to organize,
uplift, and find employment for the
colored men of this city. It has no
selfish motive in mind, but aims for
everyhing that is best for the colored
race. The head of this club is Mr
Clayton Lewis, a High School gra
duate, and also attended the State 1
University. Mr Lewis is the efficient
member of our race to be the first
man employed in the water and light
department, and I must say this
young man is being a credit to our
group. Mr. Lewis is head of the
Masonic Lodge here. Mr Charles
Walker is vice.president, and is one
of Lincoln’s social favorite, he is also
a great worker in the Elk’s Lodge.
Mr. Rolland Young is secretary, and
this. young man, too much cannot be
said of him. He is a High School gra
duate, also a university graduate,
and is one of the intelligent young
man of our city. We expect great
things from this club with such splen.
did men at its head. Mr Faust Beyy
is assistant secretary, and Mr Ray_
mond Smith, a barber is chaplain.
Both Mr Berry and Smith are great
church workers and stand high in the
community. Mr. Wm Hightower is
treasurer. Every man in Lincoln
should make it a business to join this
club. Mr Robert Van Pelt will spon
sor the club.
The Swanee Girls gave a carnival
two nights on the lawn of Mr and
Mrs Charles Williams last week
which was a great success, and was
well attended. These young ladies
have been very successful so far in
their entertainments. They took in
nearly $12.00 besides expenses. Miss
Gertrude Buckner is president; Mrs.
Loretta Swannigan is the chaperon.
Last Saturday Mrs. Swannigan
took her girls to the cabin that was
donated to Mrs Swannigan by a
leading business man and they stayed
all night but the rain drove them
home Sunday morning. They will
spend each week-end at the cabin.
The cabin is a beautiful place and
sets in a large wooded place, and is
very nice and cool. Mrs. Swannigan is
asking her friends for old pieces of
furniture to fit it up with as we ex_
pect to have Tots of entertainment
there this summer.
Mrs. Dorothy Dean and Mrs. Opal
Ray, well known radio 3tars, are at
the Wiley Tea Room every Saturday
and Sunday night. No admission is
charged to hear these entertainers.
The Wiley Tea Room is the coolest
place in town.
, “ WHY A SALARIED JOB?”
Plenty of Commission Jobs Available!
In my news sketch of last week,
“Making Our Own Jobs,” I outlined a
few ways by which we could make
our twn jobs, according to the infor
mation gleaned from a conversation
with Mr. Harry H. Pace, president of
the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance
Company. That story was written
more in the light of those wanting to
build up salaried jobs for our boys
and girls but there was another angle
to the situation that is deserving of a
separate story by itself and that is
the jobs that are daily being unused
because of lack of knowledge, or en_
ergy and inclination of our young me
and women to grasp same.
As stated in the sketch last week,
Mr. Pace informed me that his own
company could add one salaried work
er for each two hundred policies
placed on their books. And while he
would not venture definitely on the
ratio for other companies still the
reader can visualize what an oppor.
tunity for making our own jobs lies
in the mere act of patronizing our
own insurance companies irgtead of
rushing to give our money to the
companies that will not even hire us
as porters much less clerks, steno
graphers and executives.
In the securing of these additional
two hundred policies are many op_
portunities for our young men and
women who are now waiting for a
salaried job to come their way, to
earn practically as much as they can '
by a salaried job and with more lei
sure to themselves and in a manner
that can be cultivated to their liking.
For every policy that is written up
there mu3t be a contact between the
insurance company and the prospect
and these contacts are commission
workers with no limit to what their
earnings can be if their energies are
utilized in keeping with their circum.
stances.
Of course, it is granted that the in.
divdiual whose financial circum.
stances are such that he is farced to
have a Saturday night pay envelope
in order to take care of his next
week’s board and room bill, will find
insurance work on commission, dis
couraging, for insurance cannot be
sold like pop com and peanuts to the
kiddies. Each contact must first be
developed and built up to the point of
action.
But the young man or young worn,
en who is living at home and with no (
dependents, their earnings merely ]
supplementing that of their parents, j
and in order to provide extra luxuries
or a greater independence for them- ]
3elves, can more profitably take up ;
the work of selling insurance in any <
of our strong colored insurance com. j
panies and earn more than they pos- e
?ibly could earn on any straight $
salary basis. j
Such a person, naturally would be c
from a home of some independent t
means; well thought of, and well
known in their community. They i
would know practically every colored i
serson in their community, their 1
means, etc. And to such persons the
poung insurance sales person could 1
»nd should start his contacts. Having t
;he friendship of these excellent con. c
acts is half the battle. Having a <
:olor in common, the matter of help, i
ing the race build up its own institu.
tions should be an excellent approach
especially between friends. And the
product sold—life insurance— is one
that every race person should have.
It is a natural commodity to sell and
with right contacts any enterprising
young man or woman should in a few
weeks after feeling their way under
the direct coaching and guidance of
their district or branch manager,
supplemented with instructions from
the home office, find their new work
considerably more profitable, more
congenial and affording much more
independence—than any salaried job
could possibly offer. And the com.
panies—any of them, including the
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Com.
pany, can use many such hustling
young men and women who want to
advance themselves.
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WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU?
By R. A. Adams
(For the Literary Service Bureau.
What right have you to chide another.
Pass condemnation on a brother,
For weakness by his conduct shown.
I And yet refuse to see your own ?
Whatever may my weakness be,
[ What right have you to censure me,
When your own faults are known to
you,
■ And manifest to others, too?
Have you right to assess the blame,
O-*- to another cry, “O, shame!”
Whon '-o-j tho such be unconfessed,
Yourself, so often have transgressed ?
Fo^hear to judge another, then,
WVn v^it pro guiltv too. and when.
For your own sins, would be your plea.
Not justice stem, bin- charity!
_ —
IBook
IRevuew
“MAGGIE L. WALKER— HER LIFE
AND DEEDS”
By Wendell P. Dabney
(Pubisher and Distributed by Dabney
Publishing Co., 412 McAllister St.,
Cinnicinnati, Ohio.)
With the city of Chicago swarm,
ing women delegates to the Internat.
ional Women’s Congress Convention,
and to the National Negro Women’s
Convention, my mind became en_
thused with the accomplishments of
our women and I scanned my little
library through seeking some book
detailing the activities of some one of
our women and a book that I had not
yet read and commented upon.
No better selection could have been
made than in reading through, at one
sitting, the most interesting story of
Maggie L. Walker. Of course, in a
general way I already know some,
thing of her activities, having had
some correspondence with her and at
one time contributed to her weekly
paper.
Perhaps no better historian could
have been found to record for the race
tlje life history of this remarkable
woman than her friend W. P. Dabney.
By reading the book we learn that
they were kids together in the same
neighborhood and quite naturally Mr.
Dabney could treat his subject in the
light of actual life time knowledge.
Mrs. Walker’s accomplishments,
under extreme physical handicap, in
the field of banking, journalism, fra.
ternal, social and racial efforts are
too well known to need any elabora.
tion in this comment for no one can
think of Richmond, Virginia, without
at once thinking of Mrs. Maggie L.
Walker.
The history is so written as to make
it more interesting than an American
real life novel and when we think
that the heroine is one of our own
women battling against many odds we
are the more enthused with her en_
deavors.
And while I abhor conventions or
crowds of any kind my heart was
with our women assembled here at
this time but I can best give expres.
sion to my feelings in offering the
hope that more historians will as.
semble and write the many interest
ing stories that can be built around
our successful women.
Clifford C. Mitchell.
Supplemental Reading:
The Crusader is the name of the
latest Chicago magazine to reach me.
It is an advertising medium publish,
ed to disseminate information for all
those interested in the Chicago
World’s Fair—and incidentally the
South Center Department Store.
SVJiile Mr J D Carr, pr^sumjibly, i ‘
:he guiding influence behind this new
idvertising broadside, the official
•oster lists the following: H. Ever
stte Lewis, Editor; Floyd G. Snel3on,
Managing Editor and any number of
issociate editors and contributors.
Through the courtesy of Earl W
Jassett. sports editor. The Flash, I
m in receipt of the first five issues
f this interesting littfe Chicago
nagazine. It is a snappy, gossipy, and
xtremely personal medium of expres.
ion particularly for Chicagoans and
n its infancy seems destined to be
ome a strong healthy member of
he colored fourth estate.
The July Southern Workman mag.
zine arrived with a cover which made
t almost unrecognizable but ertreme
y pleasing.
For once I can appreciate the Short
^ave Craft magazine and in reading
heir August issue I could anticipate
ertam enjoyment to be received right
n the radio in my cozy little work
ag headquarters.