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The monitor., 1927-12-23
CoLORED MASTER BARRIERS
BOBBED HAIR
By r. c. Price

OF two evils, naturally it is always
better to choose the lesser. AS be-
tween having no hair at all on ones
head, and wearing hair that has been
legitimately purchased, possibly the
latter course is the more esthetic.
| must emphatically insist, how
ever, that it is not the most hygenic.
The piling of false hair and other ar
tificial aids to pulchritude upon the
scalp that is already handicapped still
further inhibits it's chances for any
thing like normal activity.
If a woman's hair is short and
scanty, it is far better for her to wear
it cut short and to endeavor to slim
ulate an increased growth by giving
attention to the scalp, rather than to
wear false hair, or locks which only
heat and sweat the head, and which
by their own weight drag upon the
feeble hair they are designed to for
Itify.
Of late years there has developed
a cult which believes in bobbed hair,
a fashion, if l remember rightly, that
was made popular by Irene Castle,
the famous danseuse. This is prob
ably an adaptation of the old Dutch
cut, used from earliest times to keep
the tangled tresses of children from
still further tangling.
This style of hair dressing is SEN
sible, hygenic, and exceedingly at
traetive with most types of women,
and l can heartily recommend it as
evidence of sound common sense.
1t is one of the many things that
go to prove that the world is becom-
ing saner aid more intelligent in it's
dealings with all matters that have
to do with physical welfare.
The monitor., 1927-12-23

pantomime well and he voiced no
lines. His silence was a benediction.
Here is the story Of Babylon, an
ancient city of 500 B. C. done on a
modern note with characters speak
ing in slang and satirizing 1--WE mod
Ierns." The play is quite entertaining
and is staged effectively, with Fred
Shackleford the only Negro actor
and formerly an Omaha boy, one of
the twin sons of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Shackleford, 2115 Ohio street, giving
interesting and powerful perform
ances.
The action of the play, "The Gar
den of Bazuzu" in Babylon in the
year 500 B. C. with the characters,
"Bazuzu," get rich quick promoter;
Rimmon, a scribe; Rasuh, a young
gentleman of Nineveh; Horus, a
friend of Bazuzu; Rikhi, mail car
rier; Daniel, Hebrew prophet; Pc
kah, an Ethiopian slave, played by
Floyd Shackleford; Zebini, chate-
lame; Okhabata, secretary to Bazu-
zu; Nine, the cooling dove; Ziria, Ba
ba, Naba, Cirbela, singing girls to
Belshazzar; Tasrammath, the kings
dance, with Teumar, ASSURE, Susiana,
Elama, the dancing girls of the pal
ace, anl Ansch, the chief musician;
Hapi, Hatshep, and Seta are slaves
of Min. Thus you can picture the
great play, which is directed by Serge
Cukrainsky in ballet, Salvador Nuno
in songs, Edward Sterling, stage di-
rector, and Ida L. McGroarty, techni-
cal directress.
This news comes direct from Floyd
Shackleford, sending clippings from
the Los Angeles and San Diego pa
pers, and the entire program of the
play, special to The Monitor, SO his
many interested friends and school
mates may know of his progress. He
also sends letter to his parents and
all Omaha friends Babylon" will
probably come to Omaha in the near
future.
The monitor., 1927-12-23

the Negro Shall fraudulent
majorities in southern states elect the
president and control the congress by
violation of the Constitution and its
nullification?"
Representative Tinkham is a grad
uate of the Harvard college and law
school, has been a member of the
Boston Common Council and Massa-
chusetts legislature, and since 1915
has represented Massachusetts in the
House of Representatives. He is a
member of the Society of Mayflower
Descendants and was the first Amer
lean to fire shot against the Aus
trians after the United States had de-
clared war in 1917.
The monitor., 1927-12-23
H. J. PINKETT, Attorney

Notice By Publication on Petition
for Settlement of Final Admins
tration Account.
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the Estate of Ola
Roulette, Deceased.
All persons interested in said mat
ter are hereby notified that on the
I23rd day of November, 1927, Eva ].
Roulette filed a petition in said
County Court, praying that her final
administration account filed herein
| be settled and allowed, and that she
be discharged from her trust as adj
ministratrix and that a hearing will
be had on said petition before said
Court on the 18th day day of Deem
Der, 1927, and that if you fail to APP
Ipear before said Court on the said
l17th day of December, 1927, at 300
O'Clock A. NJ, and contest said petit
Ition, the Court may grant the prayer
of said petition, enter decree of
heirship, and make such other and
further orders, allowances and de-
crees, as to this Court may seem
proper, to the end that all matters
pertaining to said estate may bs
Finally settled and determined.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
2t-12-2-27 County Judge.
The monitor., 1927-12-23
FLOYD SHACKLEFORD MAY
APPEAR HERE IN POWERFUL
DRAMA, "BABYLON'

Babylon" the drama of satire by
John Stevens McGroarty, staged at
the San Gabriel Mission playhouse,
Monday, October II, for an indefin-
tie run with matinees every Thursday
and Friday afternoon, played to a
packed house every night. The play
ers, though hampered by the ma
terial given them, ranged from the
essentially amateurish to the capable
First honors might well go to Fred
Shackleford, who played the dumb
slave, "Pekah." He was vital and
mighty to look upon, he did bit of
The monitor., 1927-12-23
ED. r. MOREARTY
Attorney-at-Law
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION

To EUGENE PAYNE, nonresident
defendant:
You are hereby notified that on
the End day of September, 1927,
your wife, lola PAYNE, filed her
petition in the District Court of
Douglas County, Nebraska, the OBJ
ject and purpose Of which is to OBJ
tain an absolute decree of divorce
from you on the grounds of cruelty,
non-support and desertion.
You are required to answer said
petition on or before January 9, 1923,
or her petition will be granted.
4t-12-9-27 lola PAYNE.
The monitor., 1927-12-23
COLORED GIRL TO FLY

Los Angeles, Cal.-Miss LaVera
White, 18-year-old school girl, has
enrolled in the aviation class of 25
men beginning under the tuition of
Ace Foreman, who last spring at
tempted flight to New York.
The girl has always had craving
to fly. She believes she can fill the
place in the world of aviation for
merly filled by Bessie Coleman.
The monitor., 1927-12-23

Notice By Publication on Petition
for Settlement of Final Admins
The monitor., 1927-12-23
TINKHAM OF MASSACHUSETTS
TO ADDRESS N. A. A. c. P.
ANNUAL MEETING
Champion of Congress ReapPortion-
ment to Speak in New York,
January 8

New York, N. Y.-Congressman
George Holden Tinkham, representa-
tive from the Eleventh Massachusetts
District in the House of Representa-
tives, and champion of a bill to re-
apportion Southern representation in
Congress because of the disfranchise-
men of the Negro, will address the
annual meeting here of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People in the Mother A. NJ.
E. Zion church on Sunday afternoon,
January 8.
Representative Tinkham, in accept
ing the N. A. A. C. P. invitation to
speak, stated that he would not ac-
cept a penny of reimbursement for
his expenses in coming to New York.
Mr.. Tinkham has been known in
the House of Representatives in the
past few sessions for his persistent
attacks upon the disfranchisement of
the colored citizens of Southern
states. In several congresses Mr..
Tinkham has introduced a bill call
ing for report from the committee
of the census, which would be used
in reducing the representation of the
Southern states in congress, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
United States Constitution. In the
present congress Mr. Tinkham has
introduced resolution ''for the in
vestigation of the notorious and gross
disfranchisement existing in the
United States and for the enforce
ment of the mandatory fourteenth
amendment of the Constitution of
the United States"
The investigation is proposed as a
preliminary step to the census to be
undertaken in $780," Mr.. Tinkham
having stated in plain words that
"honest and constitutional govern
ment in the United States does not
today exist" Mr.. Tinkham has laid
the blame not only on the Southern
Democrats but on Republican leaders,
saying: "The Republican leaders of
the House of Representative joining
with the representatives from the in
surrectionary slave states of the
South are responsible. The great cit
les of the north and west, whose
population during the last Is years
has vastly increased, are now not law
fully, fairly and proportionately rep
resented constitutionally and does not
fairly represent the American people
and American sentiments" Of the
southern states, Mr.. Tinkham says:
AS the Negro population is more
than one-third of these states, each
white person in these states has at
least one-third more political power
than each white person in the other
states That the Negro is de-
MED the vote in these states is not
only admitted, but is a matter of
common knowledge nationally and
internationally :. Negro dis
franchisement is more of fraud up
on the whole country than it is upon
The monitor., 1927-12-23

Miss Ruth Collins leaves tonight,
accompanied by her brother, E. E.
Collins, to spend Christmas with her
parents at Shenandoah, la.
The monitor., 1927-12-23
DETROIT READY TO
WELCOME FRATERNITY

Detroit, Mich.-Detroit is prepar-
ing to receive the hundreds of mem
bers of the Kappa Alpha Psi frater-
nifty, who are expected to attend the
seventeenth annual convention of the
organization here December &c to
December 80. Many elaborate social
functions have been planned in the
program of the meeting.
The monitor., 1927-12-23

Miss Consuela Cross, student at
the University of Omaha, left Friday
night for her home in Kansas City,
Mo-, to spend the holidays with her
parents.
Evening star., 1927-04-30

located where the chute may be run
in from the exterior keeping in mind
that this chute should be at the same
side of the house as the driveway.
Next in Importance is the laundry,
which, to save expense, should be
placed wherever possible, below the
kitchen so as to save the expense OF
extra plumbing lines. A wood plat
form is very desirable in front of the
laundry tubs. Other convenlences In
the laundry consist of gas outlets for
heating and drying purposes and one
or two electric outlets to provide for
washing machine and electric iron.
The items in a cellar makeup, which
we have already discussed, are the
necessities; the balance of the avail
able space may be divided to suit ones
individual taste. Thought should be
given to the spacing of the lally
columns or other vertical supports 50
that they may be set in such places
as not to harm the cellar layout. 1t
is advisable to provide storerooms
with wood floors.
Evening star., 1927-04-30
VENTILATION is BLAMED
FOR STEAM ON WINDOWS
Improper Air Regulation Causes
Rivulets to Form on Glass
and Walls

Why do the windows in one house
become frost or steam covered while
those in the house next door do not?
The question has troubled many a
householder who at certain seasons
finds his windows opaque and his stills
streaked with rivulets. To determine
the exact cause and cure for such con-
densation, a manufacturer of win
dows recently completed extensive eX-
periments.
Tests disclosed facts interesting to
every home owner. 1t was discovered
that the answer to the condensation
problem lies in regulation of humidity
and ventilation. The material of
which the sash is made was found TO
have nothing to do with steam and
frost accumulation.
Window condensation may be
avoided by reducing interior humidity
or increasing ventilation. The pres
Evening star., 1927-04-30

Before our consideration of the eel
lar can be called complete, we must
look to the layout of the cellar and its
component parts, such as the placing
of the boiler room, coal room, laundry
and storage space.
The controlling factor in this prob
lem is the setting of the boiler, which
must of necessity be within 4 feet of
the chimney flue. The architect does
not necessarily place his chimney to
suit the boiler on the other hand, the
chimney is located so as to be in ac-
cord with the exterior and centered on
one of the walls of the living room for
the fireplace.
The boiler being thus automatically
set into its position in the cellar, 1t
stands to reason that the coal room
must be adjacent 1t should be borne
in mind that the door to the fireboX
and the entrance to the coalbin should
face one another. or at most should
Evening star., 1927-04-30
REALTY ACTIVITIES
BELOW LAST YEAR
March Report Shows Drop
from 1926, but Gain
Over 1925.

Real estate market activity for the
month of March is reflected in an in.
dex figure of 173, according to the
compilation made monthly by the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards from official records Of trans
fers and conveyances recorded in 81
typical cities.
The March index is points under
that of March of 1925, but points
higher than the figure for the CORE
spending month of 1925, and 13 points
higher than that of March of 1924.
It is points lower than the February
index for the present year, but )
points in the lead Of the index for Jan
uary.
The average number of transfers
and conveyances recorded in the Al
cities in the years 1916-1923 during
each month is taken as the normal
n00) of the calculations for that
month.
The longtime trend for the period
covered by the associations records is
indicated by the successive index
numbers for the month, which are as
March, 1916, 75; March, 1917, II;
: March, 1918, 6S; March, 1919, Sc;
March, 1920, 1873; March, 1921, 101;
March, 1922, 115; March, 1923, $50;
March, 1924. 100; March, 1925, 16S;
March, 1926, III.
The index record for the past y
months is as follows: For 1926. March,
III; April, 173; May, 1853; June. 175;
July. 176; August, 100; September, 164;
October. $50; November, 100; Decem-
ber, 155. For 1927, January, 40; Feb
ruary, 1S0; March, 173.
Evening star., 1927-04-30

ence of a very little water win in
crease the humidity tremendouslv. BY
actual test it was found that the
evaporation of a teacupful of water
in a 900 cubic foot room increased the
humidity 80 per cent. From this it Is
apparent that plaster not yet thor
oughly dried. cooking. too much water
in the fuFnace humidifer or wash
ing hanging in the laundry might
conceivably be sufficient to frost win
dows throughout a large house.
The best way to remove condensa-
ton on the windows of a house is to
give complete airing once or twice
daily. There are many ways in which
a large amount of moisture may enter
the air, but only one for counteract-
ing it-ventilation.
Evening star., 1927-04-30
ATHLETE SHOT TO DEATH.
Former University Man Accident
ally Killed by Friend.

AUBURN. Calf. April 80 OP).-Clay
Klingman. former University of Cali
fornia athlete. was accidentally shot
to death by Robert Tyson, scion of a
wealthy San Francisco family, at a
ranch here yesterday.
Tyson, in admitting the shooting,
said he pointed a pistol at Klingman,
but thought the weapon was not
loaded. Klingman died within a few
hours. Tyson collapsed when told his
friend was dead and was removed to
a sanitarium.
Tyson, son of the late James J. Ty-
son, recently inherited $350000 from
an uncle.
Evening star., 1927-04-30
HOSPITAL BIDS OPENED.
1888, 800 rs Lowest Offer for Gal
linger Addition.

Bids for the construction of an adj
dition to the Gallinger Municipal Hos
pital we're opened yesterday by Roland
Brennan, chief clerk of the engineer
ing department of the District Gov
ernment. The low price was quoted
by George L. Wyne, who offered to do
Evening star., 1927-04-30

Noted men have been known to be
superstitious. Charles Dickens believed
in the luck of Friday and the Earl of
Balfour when in the House Of Com
mons was often seen to touch wood -
says the Dearborn Independent.
Evening star., 1927-04-30

the work for S73s.300.
The addition win contain a new
ward building 81 domestic service
Evening star., 1927-04-30

from the latter t. the asycopathic
ward.
Evening star., 1927-04-30

not be more than right angles to each
other and not more than 3 feet apart
Furthermore, the COalbin should be
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-14
Let the Truth Be Known

felt by the action OF the Oneo
States published in HearSC
newspapers $2OOOOO seeking the
support of four
photoa documents presumably
from
payments
gestures
It almost
refutaon place cannot be conceded that
The present administration
against Mexico in connection the aien land disnute
Inc Mexican government diplomatic usage
justice from the participants w ~ "0'e0
w Oanes administration has influence in the Tinted
pe9 war; only Mexican povarnroan+ = ,.
ana has ceiVed. 9A eo'oiArAeHC Is guAlnle
~ 0e oher hand United States sano+oua -.
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indicated ts in44 ~le payments The
the - SoOpoena1ng him in the endeavor - -
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willing "e mexican 1le aCend-
difGcu1 Ene committee all aS Oenag entirely
employment from Ve that United States 4 ms knowledge
entire matt nat the charge has bo with legislative
Under cloud W else man Imperative
the purported do f5 oyelrnent has categorcan
oled u mas suggested tbot me authenticity of
riorS fortunately the eban oaknal documents were
MEXICO and United 'ne senators pron ~
desired bv re " Mexico the aleoa VIII effected a 49,
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investigation = - M senate committee is con
ents that b IN their entirety all of 49, cnaged with
appears be to IN the Hearst neusnan gFd state
Central America Mexico with anti 80 ne latent of
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-14
Air-Minded Effects

.,na.t - =, lV on the of the wins -
flew fro u enthusiasm when . ago te whole
an accoi onnent to another acr ,ss man IN
else in all history has @ 'opuar imagination of all neonla
49,, aVel oy air is becoming corm
uon IN air traffic the nor on Stories come to nouooa
have properly constructs. ~ N large and in cities I " onges-
Aviation h nelds night 7ona S % no5 SO large
for Flying bv - ~ STUNT ies been an @ gafs
relaxation diversion seems - an ordinary method Of trangnort
nurohau ' 20 bF ito our, transportation
did no = HuinOer OF Mt Doug,. =" p"A
poa - 81 cream of flying and ubo people VINO few
@ @ no attempt have flown % more recently they
sa1 I came gliding to port da 'uS Gle nching sinking
oV and lack unpleasant uazed awed smoothns
aviation enthusiasts O sensation lyin 7Tov hoo
Douglas people that ~ OF the Aero Corporation of California, ta
up He said that admired the aviation booster ub hd o
boosters It seems II 'ney had been they could not be tb @ @
suspended in snao Ia 1nere to the reality 81 s
motfonIs f ~ ~ nigh above things an ~ Oeng
plane is not OF 1900 feet the hour noes of ~
~ . noe apparent to passenpar oui speed OF mono
- l e modern day thinker. the man who so
and become = Sedlcrg that which is am5rde1 will -
upH " 'ppea that this
uos n citizens have watched tr-, nooed 7o, , 44
the air nave exclaimed in dmiaion great grey bird
soas al apparently as stable confident as ,nv e.oo 49, -
e0 the skies This city viii seo two - @ ~, s @ ~ ever
pHAeS Each day airnano socrino cu t +
Those who tno $50 pOpe gr them their first
tboro ar a' dn VINO lily boost flying
tnere are more people w 60 will aeet i n,t z 10y
s - ey 49, AS more pebble passenger planes
~ "y VIII never an accident
people VIII become imbued desire to trv - o. ~,
Inc man VINO spanned the in Spirit of ST. Louis might have
named his plane the Spirit rI is about - fv +o+
two nation ~ - % "OouS " AV 'AS' E"aAe
The newspapers aviation Men talk of nynp wherever thew
% mere IS the hum of Landing fields are being
ezpmented with here talk of lighting system for field
We are told it would 7ut$ $4,000
Two he leaders ryng by
m m S curing tne n ext few days. They
W ~ W N' ny automobile They will the miles
an hour IN apanes purpose That purpose
n mere der0s on their air lines
De race between these
in securing the greatest following in Douglas
successful business trips
~ ~ 4ae apne stopped off here few days to that
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-14
IT IS NOT AS BLACK AS MIR. WARE THINKS


Pennsylvania little
constitution
permanently deprived
nothing nobody hurt except Mr. Vale
accomplished the
whether not
O
question merely raised determine
qualified representative his
Pennyanns from whom with
be the
prompt correction of it.
II inflicted
permitting
suspected been paid OF two
inquiries
is almost unlimited
action
that will not be discussed it's further OF the Ware
Smith will be limited attending events
their respective states preceding presentation themselves at tho
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-14

WASHINGTON.-The chief trouble
with the 10th congress is that it looks
so much like the 69th.
Congress is like a pair of pants.
The country never has had new pair
and never will. Each election finds
some new patches at a point where
the voters either perceived a hole or a
threadbare spot instead of serviceable
material
In the course of two or three de-
cades so many patches are necessi-
tated that the pants are all patches
and thus in a sense new, but patches
themselves are being patched every
two years with the result that each
time the country puts them on they
appaar to be almost the same as before
but not quite.
About dozen new senators showed
up this year, more than third of
the 80 up for reelection last year
having been voted out. There were
only 96 senators, so some Slight diff
ference is to be noted by careful Scru-
tiny. But over on the house side,
where 435 representatives sit, it might
just as we'll be the very same house
that went out last March Congress
men in the mass certainly do look like
congressman in the mass.
Sessions of congress are opened after
the chaplain, having offered a prayer
of his own, concludes with the Lords
Prayer. For some reason, neither the
members nor the galleries join in on
the Lords Prayer as is the practice at
most other assemblies
There used to be cork flooring
around the rostrum in the house. Now
there's carpet there. The reason fo1
the change, according to what seems
to be authoritative information, was
that members in the front row ad-
dicted to chewing tobacco succeeded
in making the cork section danger
ously slippery.
General John G. Speaks, congress-
man from Columbus, sits in the first
row this session and gives a splendid
exhibition of maXillary endurance, but
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-14
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IIEE(lE 50 :6I;;I q CHAT ISM
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has not thus far been caught dam
aging the carpet. AS a matter of fact,
the congressional directory doesn't ex-
plain whether the general is chewing
tobacco or gum, but if it's gum the
wad must be as big as his fist.
Politics makes strange bedfellows-
and seatmates, witness the senate
Often one observes a couple of good
hell-raisers of similar sentiments Sit
ting alongside each other such as
Borah and Norris, Jim Reed and Joe
Robinson, or even Shipstead and How
ell. On the other hand, you'll find
the radical young LaFollette parked
alongside the reactionary and ancient
Gillett of Massachusetts. And Dave
Reed of Pennsylvania, the lieutenant
and servant of Secretary Mellon, sits
alongside Jim CouzenS of Michigan,
probably the bitterest enemy Mellon
has in public life.
AS general thing, in the senate
everyone shakes hands and pats every
one else on the back, regardless of
what they call each other in debate.
Two senators from q given state often
manage to conceal it, That doesn't
go for Brookhart and Steck of Iowa,
however. A senator beginning new
term is customarily escorted down the
center ) aisle to the rostrum for the
oath by the other senator from his
state. Like so many precious brides,
they take the preferred arms of their
sponsors But when BrookhErt's name
was called Steck refused to step up
and do the honors.
Mrs John w. Langley of Kentucky,
elected to her husbands seat after he
had been sent to the federal peniten-
tiary on liquor charges, is the most
conspicuous spot of color in the house.
She is the only grandmother in con-
gress, but she's good for a beauty con-
test with the other three congress-
women any old time. She made her
debut in light, stylish afternoon
dress and brown stockings.