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The monitor., 1928-02-03
National Urban League
Reports Employment
Conditions Unimproved
Official Bulletin Recently Issued by Industrial Relations De
partment of Urban League Discloses Disquieting
Difficulties Encountered in Making
Placements

trial workers, are out of employment
to larger degree than is usual" Be-
cause of the uncertainty of securing
jobs there is an unusually heavy
movement of people from place to
place. Pittsburgh has experienced
difficult problems because of this as
pect of the situation due to the use
of Negro miners in the strike regions
in and around the city.
The bulletin states that here and
there some little change for the bet
ter was noticed during December.
In Cleveland, the Urban league plac-
ed 10 per cent more people in De-
cember than in November, but % per
cent less than in December 1926. In
Milwaukee where a plant is employ
ing so Negroes and another so, these
plants have resumed full operations,
and in San Antonio Several large
new hotels are about to open with
crews of colored walters" In JEFF
ferson City, Mo-, Hotel Missouri has
now all colored domestic help and
many colored men are being used in
highway building. In Pittsburgh one
department store began the use of
colored elevator men and another an
nounced Is intention of doing so on
February first.
The monitor., 1928-02-03
TO PREVENT LYNCHINC
URGED BY COMMITTEE

Nashville, Tenn.-More stringent
laws to prevent lynching, the secur-
ing of bus transportation for Negroes
in certain sections of the state, and
the provision of better facilities for
the training of colored doctors and
nurses were among the definite goals
set by the State Inter-racial commit
tee in annual session here January
rs. Encouraging reports were heard
from many quarters, and fine splr-
it of optimistic cooperation was evil
dent. On the other hand, certain
unfavorable conditions were brought
out and frankly faced, and plans
were formulated for their correction.
Deep humiliation and concern was
expressed as the result of Tennessee's
backsliding last year into the list of
lynching states. The need of effect
i've anti~lynching legislation was
pointed out and the executive COM
mittee was instructed to take steps
to that end. Among the measures
suggested were the suspension of
sheriffs in whose jurisdiction lynch
ings occur, and the assessment of
heavy damages against the counties
involved, in favor of the families of
mob victims.
Attention was called to discrimin-
alton against Negroes in public buses
in certain parts of the state, and a
committee composed of DR.. W. D..
Weatherford, Mrs. Charles S. Kin
caid and DIR. C. V. Roman was ap-
pointed to see the officials of the bus
companies and, if necessary, the pub
lie service commission, with a view
to a correction of this condition.
1t was pointed out that the state
provides no facilities for the training
of Negro doctors and nurses, and a
committee was appointed to bring
this need to the attention of the state
board of health. On this committee
the chairman named DR.. j. K. Clark,
President w. J. Hale of the State
A. and |. college, and Bishop /. b.
Scott.
The monitor., 1928-02-03
Instructions for Celebration of
Negro History Week

Call a meeting of the outstanding
citizens of your community. Have
them agree upon an efficient commit
tee to make the celebration reach all
groups like churches, schools, lodges,
and clubs. Encourage each one of
such bodies to have appropriate ex-
ercises during Negro History week.
Secure the interest and co-opera-
tion of number of professional men,
business men, teachers, and minis
ters, who will serve as speakers at
such exercises. Appeal to those who
are not trying to exploit the public.
He who charges a fee for making a
speech or singing song on this oc-
casion does not grasp the meaning
of the movement and should there
fore be avoided.
Persuade your pastor to deliver an
address on the Sunday beginning the
celebration. No one is more influ-
ential than the pastor in arousing the
people to the performance of civic
duty. Do not fail to secure his assis-
tance and through him the support
of his communicates.
Set aside one day of this week as
a Book and Picture Fund Day when
all groups of the community will
join in raising funds to buy books
bearing on the Negro and pictures of
men and women of the
race. If you can persuade your pub
lie library to purchase these things it
will be fine stroke; but do not stop
an important work by waiting on 9TH
ers. Raise the money yourselves and
buy these books and pictures for your
schools and churches.
Appeal to the board of education
of your local school system and the
head of your school, college or uni
versity for the adoption of textbooks
treating Negro history as it really is
rather than in the present biased
fashion. Secure their cooperation in
publishing the whole truth to free the
mind of the youth from the evil con-
sequences of error.
Organize in every large city and in
every state of small urban communi,
ties a branch of the association for
the study of Negro life and history
A small city or town has not a con-
stituency large enough to support a
branch, but number of clubs in such
places may combine through their
representatives to organize a state
branch with headquarters in its larg-
est city.
The purposes of a branch are:
1. To save such records of the
Negro as old newspapers, receipts
The monitor., 1928-02-03

1.-THE day-to-day appeals for work
during December resulted ir scant re-
lief and little or no promise of i'm
provement throughout the country"
says bulletin No. 20, issued by the
industrial relations department of the
National Urban league from its head
quarters at II Madison avenue, New
York City. The bulletin states fur
ther that reports from the leagues
advisors indicate considerable re-
placement of colored employees by
white workers. In Boston manager
for a chain grocery store was dis
charged because patrons of the store
not of the Negro race objected to
his serving in such a capacity. In
Chicago, Negro porters were dis
charged because the clothing manu-
factory that employed them to try an
experiment" with white labor in that
capacity. In that city unemploy-
ment is said to be at it's highest peak
"There is moreover" the bulletin
continues, "a large number of skilled
and semi-skilled workers doing un-
skilled work, with the result that un-
skilled workers, customarily the most
unprotected of all classes of indus
The monitor., 1928-02-03

manuscripts, mission papers, deeds,
wills, and the like, and bearing on the
past of the Negro.
2. To write the life histories of
the "near great" but useful Negroes
of whom editors and authors take no
account.
3. To promote the actual study of
the Negro in a club or class proceed
ing according to a definite outline
and under the supervision of the di-
rector of the association.
a. To secure the cooperation of a
number of persons who will learn to
tell intelligently to children in schools
and churches interesting stories of
distinguished Negroes who have
achieved things worth while as pio-
peers in business, professional men,
teachers, and ministers.
To become a permanently organ
lied branch requires at least ten per-
sons, each paying the active member
ship fee of $500. Fifty cents of this
fee is kept by the local branch to pay
its expenses. The remaining $3.50
is sent to the national office. For
this fee, each member receives The
Journal of Negro History for a year.
The branch, as such, moreover, is en-
titled to call upon the director for
such supervision of study as may be
given by mail. This, however, must
not be confused with the individual
instruction by correspondence offer
ed by the Home Study department of
the association.-From Bulletin, AS
sociation for the Study of Negro Life
and History.
The monitor., 1928-02-03
MINISTER'S ALLIANCE
INVITES PUBLIC TO CONSIDER
THE LABOR SITUATION

The Ministers Alliance hereby in
vites all churches and pastors, pro
fessional and business men to meet
with us at st. Johns A. M. e. church,
Twenty-second and Willis, Monday
evening, February 6, at 8 o'clock to
consider the labor question as it now
confronts us.
The program will be as follows:
Devotionals: Music by st. Johns
choir; scripture lesson by Rev. o. J.
Burckhardt; prayer by Rev. J. W.
Fort; solo by Rev. M. L. Hamlet; re-
marks by master of ceremonies.
Among the subjects discussed will
be, Conditions of the laboring peo-
pie as they confront u.s." R. L. Will
liams; "The Working Woman" Rev.
Charles H. Trusty; "The Need for
Leadership" Rev. E. H. Mcdonald; /;
"The Necessity of Negroes Patron
izing Negro Enterprises" Rev. ]. H..
Garner; 'How to Hold Negro Patron
age," Rev. z. G. McGee; "Good of a
Newspaper in a Community" Rev.
John Albert Williams; "What .Rela-
tion Does the Minister Sustain to the
Business Interests" Rev. John H.
Grant. Brief remarks by the Rev.
Messrs. P. M. Harris and j. H. Jack
son, Mrs. J. D. Lewis, Mr.. Charles
Solomon and DIR. A. L. Hawkins. Rev.
j. H. Brewer will be master of cere-
monies.
The monitor., 1928-02-03
GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY
HOLDS SOCIAL MEETING

The Girls Friendly society of the
Church of st. Philip the Deacon, en-
joyed very delightful social meeting
at the rectory Monday. According
to the custom of the club, two girls
were appointed hostesses to have
charge of the social meeting. Those
who had charge of this social meet
ing were Miss Celestine Smith and
Miss Lucille Patterson. The time was
spant in games, jokes, riddles and
dancing.
The monitor., 1928-02-03
THE NEGRO OLD FOLKS HOME

Donations to the Old Folks Home
were as follows: One beautiful ra-
dio table, one large white granite
coffee pot and three oatmeal dishes
by the Modest Art Charity club, Mrs,
Queen Jackson, president; two pair
house slippers and two pair hose by
the Dorcas Charity club; four beau
tiful house sacks, by Zion Mission
society, by Mrs. J. A. Archie; one
glass of jelly, one jar of cherries and
one jar of tomatoes by Mrs. Maggie
Smith.
The monitor., 1928-02-03
FEDERAL COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES SPONSORS
RACIAL CONFERENCE
Executive Committee Takes Emphat-
&c Stand for Enforcement of
All Amendments to
Constitution
PROTECTION FOR DELEGATES
Church Organizations Urged to Meet
Only in Such Places Where All
Delegates May Avoid
Entertainment

Cleveland, Ohio, January 24.-The
annual meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Federal Council of
Churches met here this week, and
among the several reports of the va
rious commissions was that of the
commission on church and race rela-
tions.
The executive committee approved
proposal that it's commission on
race relations cooperate wiwth Is
other national organizations in spon-
lsoring the second national inter-racial
conference to be held next Novem-
Der. Following report on the re-
cent national exhibit of fine arts by
Negro artists in New York held in CO.
operation with the Harmon Founda-
ton, the session approved the pro-
posal that such an exhibit of fine arts
by Negroes be fostered annually.
The question drawing the keenest
attention was a recommendation on
the enforcement of the amendments
to the constitution, involving the
fourteenth, fifteenth and eighteenth.
This recommendation was presented
Iby George E. Haynes, secretary of
the commission. Fear was expressed
by some of the delegates that such a
resolution would partake too much of
politics and thus involve the churches
in partisan political controversy.
Bishop George C. Clement, chairman
of the commission, defended the reso-
luton on the ground that law en-
forcement was primarily moral
question, especially the enforcement
of the constitution which is the bull
wark of our liberties. Bishop R. C.
Ransom of the A. M. E. church, a
member of the commission, said,
"We must face the questions; am
inclined to believe that our not being
willing to face them is an evidence of
cowardice on the part of the white
people and hypocrisy on the part of
US colored people"
The resolution, after being refer
red to the business committee of the
meeting and receiving final draft
following the discussion on the floor,
was adopted by the executive body
as follows:
"The question of enforcing the
18th amendment has become an out
standing moral issue in America to-
day and has raised the question of
obedience to the fundamental law of
our land, including all amendments to
the Constitution. We, therefore, go
on record as endorsing the honest en-
Iforcement of the Constitution includ-
ling all amendments, and we ask the
Incorporation of all the communions
of the Federal Council of Churches to
that end"
The executive committee of the
Federal Council also passed without
debate the following resolution:
eve urge all our church organiza-
tions in selecting their places of meet
ing to insist that provision be made
for delegates of other than the white
race and that every precaution be
taken to protect such brethren
against embarrassment from any
form of social discrimination"
The monitor., 1928-02-03
STEWARDS BOARD BANoUETs

The stewards board of st. Johns
A. M. E. church gave delightful
banquet last Friday night which was
attended by 80 guests. The tables
were attractively decorated. The
menu consisted of baked turkey with
dressing, lettuce salad, baked sweet
potatoes, peas, mashed potatoes, rolls,
ice cream and cake and coffee. The
Trustee Helpers club was awarded
$500 for the best decorated table.
The monitor., 1928-02-03

The Cupid club was entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Jones at their home,
115 South Thirty-fifth street, jan
uary 25. Time was spent playing
whist and dancing after which a de-
licious luncheon was served. A pleas
ant time was enjoyed by all.
The monitor., 1928-02-03

Mrs. A. H. Massey, wife of the
proprietor of "The Small Store" has
successfully undergone an operation
from which she is recovering.
Evening star., 1928-03-13

! on yellow paper. We shall recur 10
| this matter again
say. I infer from this article that a
preludiSs still exists agin me in that
town.
! l will not speak of my once being
| in straitend circumstances in certin
| town, and of my endeaverin to
accoomulate welth by letting myself TO
| Sabbath School picnics TO sing ballads
adapted to the understandings OF little
| children. accompanyin myself on a
! claronett--which forgot where
was one day, singn instid Of "Oh how
pleasant TO be a little child" this
RIP. slap. set 'em up again. right In
| the middle Of q three-cent pie"
| Which mistake. added TO the fact
! that / couldn't play onto the claronett
except maxim 1t howl dismal, broke up
| the picnic, and children said, in voices
choked with sobs and emotions, where
vas their home and where was their
| Pa? And I said. Be quiet, dear children
am your Pa, which made young
woman with two twins by her side say
very angrily. Good Heavens forbid you
should ever be the Pa Of any OF these
innocent ones. unless II Is much desir-
| able for them TO expire igminyusly upon
| to a murders galluS.'
say will not speak Of this. Let II
be Berrid into Oblivyun.
In your article, Mr.. Editer, please
tell him what sort of a man / am.
II you see at to kriticlse my Show.
speak your mind freely l do not OBJ
| ject to criticism. Tell the public, in a
candid and graceful article, that my
Show abounds in moral and startln
| cooriosities, any one Of whom Is wuth
bubble the price OF admission.
have thus far spoke OF myself ex-
clooSivly as exhibitor.
was born In the State OF Main OF
parents AS infant attracted a great
deal OF attention. The nabers would
stand over my cradle for hours and say,
How bright that little face looks. How
much 1t nose" The young ladies would
carry me round In their arms. sayin' I
was muzzcrs bez2y darlin' and sweety
'cety ltty ting. 1t was nice. tho /
wasn't old enutf 10 properly appreciate
1t. I'm healthy old darlin' now.
Atho in my early life I did not in
va'bly contine myself TO truth In my
small bills. have been gradooually
grown respectabler and respectabier
ev'ry year. I'm not a member OF any
meetin' house but firmly believe In
HtSGbul ii0uatot L lCCt AdIC
to take a dose Of laudnum and lay down
In the street OF village that hadn't
any. with thousand dollars In my vest
pockets.
My temperament Is yellow. altho /
don't owe a dollar In the world.
l am a early riser. but my wife Is a
Presbyterian. / may add that I am
also bald-hedded keep two cows
liv IN Baldinsville. Tndiany. My next
door naber IL Old Steve BlllnS. I'll tell
you n little story about Old Steve that
Will make you larf, lie jined the Church
last Spring. and the minister said You
must so home now. Brother Billins. and
erect family altar in your own house"
whereupon the egrejis old man went
home and built II Ter pulpit In his
Evening star., 1928-03-13
Effective Use of Outline Stitch
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

always either to the right or the left
of the needle: and to work away from
you. Stitches should be quite short,
and taken on the line.
Outline stitch is the reverse of back
stitch for in the former the long stitch
comes on the right side while in the
latter the long stitch come on the
wrong side The calculations for back
stitch followed in the finest cambria
work done by our great-grandmothers
was one thread of the weave back and
| two forward The ancient embroiderers
often employed back stitch or chain
stitch on the wrong side for outlining
The work was done on the wrong side
of the material by counted thread thus
| forming an unbroken line of stitches
on the right side. What we now call
outline stitch is not one Of the very
old stitches, but an easy adaptation of
older ones.
Stem stitch is similar to outline en-
,ept that each stitch is taken diagonally
| across the line. The stitch may be one
or two threads wide and four or six
threads long. Often stem stitch Is done
over a padding of few strands of soft
cotton or a strand of the embroidery
medium. It's name is derived from its
particular adaptability to stem en-
broidery
SnaIlS trail is combination Stltcn
made up of stem stitch and knot
stitch. Another name for II is couched
outlined stitch for the knot stitch holds
down the outline thread in much the
same way that strand of medium IN
COUGHING is held down by stitches taken
across it. The stitch is worked from
right to left.
With the thumb of the left hand hold
the embroidery thread along the line.
Insert the needle above the thread and
bring 1t up below the thread. Draw the
threaded needle SO that the thread Is
taut. and an outline and knot will
result as the needle has actually passed
through a loop of the thread. III coarse
medium the knots can be as far apart
as J., inch In fine work they should
be closer The stitch works up fast.
and is almost as easy as outline stitch
1t is used effectively on long lines. in
dicating edges inclosing bands of en-
hroidery. 1t should not be used for
etching embroidery in which lines
should be fine and distinct as strokes
in etchings on metal. For rose stems
it is excellent as they have slight ir-
regularities and thorns.
Evening star., 1928-03-13
One Voice.

Petsy had been very busy all day, and
| that meant that her mother was rather
tired Of her doings She had investi-
gated the sugar bowl and the salt. She
had opened the refrigerator door and
left 1t wide open, and her kitten had
accepted the invitation. At nap time
| she had lain upon her bed kicking her
| rosy heels and singing to the kitty.
| Afternoon brought no change. She
| spilled a bowl of milk down the front
| OF her clean dress and shut her finger
| In the closet door.
Now it was dinner time. Daddy had
come home, weary Of the plumbing con-
| tracts and constructors that had pes
| tered him all day and eager to see his
| charming little daughter. She greeted
him with noisy glee. Mother put her
in the high chair and set her plate be-
| fore her
Mother served Daddy and gave no
heed PetSy sat fiddling with her FORK,
her dinner untouched.
"PetSy. you either eat your dinner or
I'll clear 1t away ard you go to bed
without anything more to eat tonight"
Petsy looked out Of the corner OF one
eye. She fiirtcd with Daddy, but she
kept the back OF her head toward her
| mother. And she ate nothing. When II
was time to serve the dessert mother
rose and said. II see you want no din
ner. I'll take you to bed and then
Daddy and I will finish our meal in
comfort"
Petsy looked her dismay and Daddy
| hastened to the rescue. mo. no. She'll
eat. She'll eat. Won't you, Petsy? Now
Il Cnt o,t,
and egg for Daddy"
What could mother do? OF course,
| Petsy sat right there and for more than
an hour messed her dinner about the
plate, fused. cried and was finally car
| ried off to bed on Daddy's shoulder.
| That was bad enough, but 1t wasn't
the end of the story 1t took Dad quite
| while to get Petsy into bed. and when
| he came back he was little bit put
out. AS he fumbled for the old pipe he
| said in rather grumbling fashion,
Couldn't you train her not to make
| such fuss about her meals. Mary? ]
never remember making fuss about
my dinner when my mother told me TO
| eat It,"
Don't you?" said Mary coldly. "Per-
haps your father had sense enough not
to interfere when your mother was try
| ing 10 tedcH you I!o" W DSIidFe dt tAIc
| table"
why, / never"
| "Yes, you do. All the time. To-
night"
| 1t won't do. There must be one voice
in the family when 1t comes time to
speak to the children. Mother must be
behind that voice. because it is she who
has the task in hand Any help you
| give her, be you daddy or gram or
Evening star., 1928-03-13

established, In getting on at home and
in their love affairs. offer strong temp
tations for violent and upsetting emo
tions and definitely abnormal tenden-
cies. It Is here that passion runs high
and the regulation of the great stream
of human feeling is apt to overflow its
proper banks.
Some practicing psychologists special
iZe in the difficulties of children. To-
day We recognize many types oil
problem" children. not abnormal
enough to require special institutional
care. but requiring expert direction 70
be normalized And that is what the
practicing psychologist is trying TO do
to normalize people who differ In one
respect or another from the common
run and who have 10 be helped 70
help themselves and made confident
that with patience and hard work they
can overcome their handicaps.
The practicing psychologist some
times goes by the name of a clinical
psychologist. and that is better name
for the whole group though the c!ini-
cal psychologist Is usually one who does
the psychological and testing work in
connection with an institution. Like
WloEt CEbtAlB pSyeiAos1kiSLS diC NcA
nected with schools and with many OF
the great corporations that have thou
sands of employees and so must have
numerous cases which need special ad-
iustment These also meet with the
same varieties of mental eases" It's
all one profession. but differently spe-
cialized to meet the actual needs OF the
community.
Though their experience has been
short. practicing psychologists have
been successful 70 a surprising degree
A busy doctor. who must see a consid-
cradle number Of cases In Office prac.
tice. cannot give the time 10 minute
analysis and patient readjustment that
the treatment Of these difficulties re.
qu!res. The profession OF psychologist
implies individual care and sympa.
thetic interest as well as careful train.
ing In the ways OF mind. normal ant
abnormal II Is division of menta
hygiene. one OF the professions devoted
TO restoring men 10 mental fitness ant
! keeping them mentally 1T.
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