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The monitor., 1928-06-22
A MORAL ISSUE AND POLITICAL
ExPEDIENcY
By Kelly Miller

The national republican conven-
ton has engaged to bind the G. D. P.
to the unequivocal enforcement of
the 18th amendment. Borah and
Butler met. The opponents of the
drys and the vets locked horns.
Borah won before the republican con-
vention as he did last year in public
debate. The 18th amendment in
wolves a double moral issue. The
very nature and essence of prohibi-
ton is moral. The inculcation of
habits of temperance and sobriety is
a moral duty which the state owes
the citizen. 1t is also incumbent up
on the state to forefend the young
from self-hurt by whatever measure
of coercion may be necessary. In all
of the ages of history strong drink
has been looked upon as an evil;
temperance has been regarded as a
virtue. A firm and determined es-
pousal of the cause of temperance
constitutes the only great moral COM
mitment of the republican party
since its original adoption of the
cause of human freedom and man
hood rights. In the second place, the
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committed in general terms, to the
14th and 18th amendments. Let the
Negro enter the campaign with un-
reserved devotion to the cause of
prohibition, with the kind of zeal and
ardor that the true reformer would
exhibit, if all the rest of the consti-
tuition were fully enforced. ''This
We ought to have done, and not to
have left the other undone. But the
doing of this will keep we mindful
of the moral obligation of the other"
As / said in a previous release, l
have little hope that the enforcement
of the civil war amendments will be
brought about by direct action.
There is nothing in the present tenn
per and purpose of the American peo-
pie to justify such optimism. They
rather, the American people, the dis
posed to persuade themselves to say
with Senator Borah, that these
amendments are not being disobeyed,
at least in the letter. But there is a
gradually growing sense of con-
science. Even the southern people
will sooner or later forget to remem-
Der the alleged horrors of reconstruc-
ton and the fancied dread of Negro
domination. But more than all, deep
seated and far-reaching political, in
dustrial and social forces are steadily
making for the observance of poll
teal equality. The enfranchisement
of women, the shift of Negro popu-
lation to the free states of the north,
the lessening of racial pressue on the
southern area, the enforcement of
the 18th amendment, all tend to-
wards this grand contamination de-
voutly to be wished. / believe that
the election of Mr.. Hoover will con-
tribute powerfully in the RICH direc-
ton. 1t is too much to hope that he
will stress with equal emphasis all
three of these amendments. | hope
he will, but can hardly expect it. The
republican platform on which he
stands does not do SO. Let the race
no longer deceive itself, nor allow
the willy politician to deceive them.
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Y. w. c. A. NOTES

The members of the Blue Ribbon
club held a vesper service, Sunday
afternoon, June II. The attendance
was not large, due to the rainstorm,
but encouraging to those who were
on the program.
The house committee musicale and
June frolic will be held at Dreamland
hall, Thursday evening, June 81. All
are cordially invited to be present.
The second annual membership
picnic of the North Side Branch Y.
w. c. A. will be held at Elmwood
park, Wednesday afternoon, June 81,
from 2 to p. m. All members and
friends are urged to be present. At
this time the Girl Reserves will hold
a field meet This is also a day in
honor of our secretary, Miss Ruth o.
Collins, who is soon to leave the
branch for another field of employ
ment soon after the first of July.
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jected to this embarrassment and hu-
initiation. Be it said to the credit of
the officer that his gentlemanly bear
ing and conduct was in marked con-
trast to that of the blatant and loud
mouthed assistant manager who call
ed the officer.
Will you kindly see to it, sir, that
police officers decline to be used for
the unlawful purpose of embarrass-
ing and humiliating respectable and
well-behaved colored patrons of the
alters and other places covered in the
civil rights bill of Nebraska when
they are breaking no law, and will
you not also make it plain to theater
managers and others that police Of
ficers are not to be summoned by
them save to quell disturbance and
preserve order and not to help and
uphold them in their violation of the
law?
With marked personal esteem, be-
lieve me
Respectfully yours,
JNO. ALBERT WILLIAMS,
Editor Of The Monitor
The monitor., 1928-06-22
AN OPEN LETTER TO HENRY
DUNN, POLICE COMMISSIONER

Dear Sir: / desire to call your at
tention to the fact that on more than
one occasion managers of local the
aters have called in police officers for
the purpose of having them eject
from the theater or to intimidate and
compel the removal to other seats in
balcony or gallery, respectable and
well-behaved colored patrons, who
had violated no law, created no dis
turbance but were acting within their
lawful rights as law-abiding citizens
of this state.
The civil rights bill of this state
provides that, "All persons within the
state shall be entitled to full and
equal enjoyment of the accommoda-
tions, advantages, facilities and priv
ileges of inns, restaurants, public
conveyances, barber shops, THEA
TIERS leaps mine) and other places
of amusement; subject only to the
conditions and limitations establish
ed by law and applicable alike to
every person"
A penalty is provided for violation
of this law.
Now, sir, when a theater advertises
its seats at given price and pa
tron pays that price, he is entitled
to full and equal enjoyment of the
accommodation" paid for. So long
as he behaves himself no one has any
right, in law or morals, to interfere
with his enjoyment of that right.
And whoever does so interfere is a
lawbreaker. This must be perfectly
obvious to any one with any reason
able degree of intelligence. And yet,
there has grown up in this communi-
ty, which is supposed to rank rela-
lively high in intelligence and en-
lightened citizenship, a custom which
forbids colored citizens, no matter
how refined and well-mannered they
may be, of occupying any but certain
designated seats in given sections of
these public places of amusement. If,
therefore, such patrons quietly take
seats in other than these designated
sections, they are annoyed and order
ed to move, and when they decline
police officers are brought in to in
timidate and embarrass them. A
fragrant case of this character oc-
Cured Sunday afternoon when two
highly respected women were sub
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We face the coming campaign with
eyes wide open. The chief PROPOSE
ton so far as we are concerned is the
18th amendment, with the 14th and
18th Amendments as correlaries. We
would, if we could, reverse the order,
and make the correlaries the leading
proposition.
Washington, d. C.
June ID, 1928.
The monitor., 1928-06-22

The annual sermon of the Sir
Knights and Daughters of Tabernacle
was held in Newman Methodist
church, Sunday, the Rev. S. II. John
son officiating as the speaker. The
attendance was fair, owing to rain.
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AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS

The postal regulations require that for newspapers
to through the mails subscriptions must be paid
in advance A reasonable time thirty days. is allowed
for renewals At the expiration of this period where
subscriptions renewed, the paper be stop
ped If this not DONE postal privileges denied the
publication Those, therefore who desire to continue
receiving The Monitor must to it that their subscrip
tons are paid, the law requires in advance State
ments are being to all those who owe, COL
lector will call-and unless your subscription is paid
we will be compelled to cut off your paper which, of
course do not want to do
We publishers, MUST comply with the law
pay the penalty.
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Simple Diet Rules.

These rules apply equally to the
woman who is too fat, too thin. healthy
or unhealthy. They are the ABC rules
of healthful eating First of all avoid
rich pastries and buildings, very highly
seasoned foods or greasy foods. 1t
would be safe to say eat more salads,
more green vegetables and more fruit,
for most of us eat too many starchy
foods. Meat should not be eaten more
than once day, dishes made from fish,
nuts. cheese or eggs are an excellent
substitute. particularly in hot weather,
If you have temperamental diges-
ton, omit from your diet thick rich
soups, veal, ham or pork, fried pota-
toes or fritters. hot biscuits. most pas
try, rich candies, and above all never
drink ice water or those complicated
drug store mixtures of cream, fruit and
iced soda water. In this case take a
glass of hot water first thing In the
morning when you get up, there's
nothing like 1t for toning up the entire
system.
Dietitians say do not drink too much
tea or coffee. / think a lot of this de-
ponds on how you feel. There are
times when a cup of strong hot coffee
will make the whole world quite bear
able. there are times when a cup OF tea
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Personal HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

slight you know? I mean, can l 90 50
without offending my neighbor? NO, 1
can't. The world would proclaim me
poor nut If + dared to try 1t.
The world does worse than that. IN
decd I should not mind being pro-
claimed poor nut If the world would
let 1t 60 at that Being poor nut IL
not such a dreadful fate. / know. But
the world assures me / need not De
poor nut If / do not wish. NO, can
just build up my resistance by care
full adherence to the rules OF neaitn, 30
that cannot catch anything my nelgh-
Dor pleases to spray me with. / know
this isn't so. but the world IS against
me. You see. the world upholos my
neighbor in his claim that The indls-
crininate distribution Of samples OF ms
slight colds" is a right that is hls
under the Law of personal liberty. anu
it is ubiquitous to attempt to deprive
him of it. What, make him wear
mask when he has just simple
"cold?" Ridiculous. Let the rest OF
the world don masks if they are afraid
of his conversational spray. This Is a
free country.
The itch mite is so very small that
only ore with sharp sight can see 1t
unaided by microscope This isn't any
reason for doubling that scabies Is
caused by the invasion Of the skin by
these mites Typhoid bacilli are con-
siderably smaller and require greater
magnification under the microscope
and this is sufficient reason to deny
that typhoid fever is caused by typhoid
germs, at least In the judgment of some
millions of morons and their fad heal
ers. Typhoid carriers resent the efforts
Of the health authorities to restrict or
watch their movements. and our learned
courts sometimes sustain them in the
defense of their personal liberty. No
matter how painstaking or scrupulous
you may be about sterilizing the milk
or disinfecting the water or thoroughly
cooking the food. you are still at the
mercy OF any undecided typhoid car
rier who may happen to hold a JOB
cooking or waiting on table in your Ia
vorite resort. This is the source OF most
outbreaks of typhoid fever today. Inc
epidemic in Montreal year or two ago
was traced to milk from farm where
n case of typhoid fever had occurred,
even so. the typhoid bacilli in the milk
would have been killed by pasteuriZa-
tion-but the milk went through the
pasteurization plant without being par
boiled as 1t should have been, through
carelessness of irresponsible employees
and absence of public health superV-
sion, and hundreds Of people contracted
the disease. 1t is humanity Impossible
to control the environment. But all
those victims might have escaped had
they taken the precaution to be i'm
munized against typhoid. This is the
era of the survival Of the wlttiest.
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she came up to her mother with real
air of triumph one day after having
had dinner with q playmate and said,
They had parSnipS at Lucy's Nobody
knew I didn't like them, for / ate
most of those on my plate" 1t was q
victory for the wee grille, and her
mother was not loathe to let her know
she thought so, too.
She was quite different from one boy
visitor who did not hesitate to say
when he saw cucumbers being pre-
pared for the meal. II don't like Gu
cumbers." and at the table, when one
of the family asked for another help
ing of rhubarb. he said. "You can have
my dish of it, If you want. don't eat
rhubarb." II is easy to understand why
the boy was not frequent visitor after
that one time, for these two viandS
were not the only ones by any means
that he refused to eat, while he ate so
heartily of the things he did like, such
as bananas, marnalade. ETC., that
others had 10 go without.
The mother who caters too closely
to child'S appetite is not helping him
TO be popular as q visitor. nor to be
healthy. Physicians now are
finding out that varied diet Is best
for individuals who are in normal
health. But for those who, because of
illness, have to curtail. 1t is not for
pleasure nor because the food offered
is not liked. but because discomfort and
even actual suffering may result.
One mother whom I knew never let
her wee child eat oat flakes, but al
ways strained them and served oat
meal, jellied, until the child was Ill and
the doctor said he must have some
Over precaution is sometimes
as disastrous as not enough.
In travelling, the person who has a
limited number of foods he likes is often
No one caters to him par
ticularly and he either must 60 without
Dr. acquire the liking for the foods the
country affords. II the mother helps
her children to learn to like foods. she
IS giving them a definite advantage of
enjoyment later in life Everyone at one
time or another acquires a taste for
some foods either because what he likes
IS not available. or because it is cpl
curean to eat certain foods. From every
viewpoint. the person who can eat with
4 relish wide variety of foods has an
Advantage, whether child or adult.
tCooyright 1881
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A Sermon for Today
BY REV. JOHN n. GUM.
First Commandment.

Text: Thou shalt have no other
gods before Me. Elk, xx.3.
God is saying to us today just what
He said to Israel of old, Thou shalt
have no other gods before Me-: or.
better as in the revised version, Thou
shalt have no other gods besides Me"
There are no other gods, and yet
men insist on making themselves other
gods. Idolatry has ever been the curse
of humanity. In their blindness and
stupidity men have ever been prone
to take unto themselves false gods,
which usurp the place Of the true God
In their love and alteration.
Anything we put before God, any
thing to which we give more OF our
thought and affection. anything which
we allow TO have a more dominating
and controlling influence over our
lives, becomes to us an idol
We do not need TO go to the pagan
world TO find idolatry Right here in
America, with all our enlightenment,
we have multitudes of idol worshipers,
some worshiping at the shrine of po-
litical success, some at the shrine of
mammon, some at the shrine of the
goddess OF pleasure.
There Is nothing more needed In
America today than a renewal of our
allegiance 10 Goo as required by the
first commandment. This command
ment requires something more than
merely believing In God It requires
that we believe In Him TO the extent
of making Him the source and sum oi
our life, to the extent Of committing
ourselves TO Him and putting Him first
| In our thoughts, our affections, our
| motives and our purposes. II requires
as the commandment is positively stated
| In the New Testament, that Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy soul and with all thy mind and
with all thy strength"
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BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

is stimulating, there are times when
tea is restful; many times when tea and
coffee aid digestion. No doubt If they
are taken to excess they are bad for
the liver, but freshly made tea and
good coffee, in moderation, can't hurt
any one.
On the whole you're always safe In
substituting brown bread for white, in
cutting out potatoes, in cutting down
meat, in increasing the amount of
green foods. Two of the most valuable
foods are spinach and carrots which
could be eaten every day with benefit.
Remember you can always eat less
than you seem to need.
Miss M--Your beautiful Spanish
shawl will be correct to wear as a wrap
over an evening dress.
H. z. K.-~You should Rave your doc
tor advise you about the roitre so you
may derive the benefit of come of the
new methods of curing. or otherwise
helping to keep this trouble from in
creasing.
v. R.--Mildred R.--MaSsage the fatty
portions over your ankles to get rid OF
the bulkiness The movements need
only be those of kneading-but keep
1t up until you feel the blood fully
circulated.
B. C. B.-Dampening the hair daily
will not injure it.
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Changing Habits.

When children are very little we train
them to certain good habits that are to
serve them well In days to come. We
teach them regularity Of health habits.
We try to teach them to eat properly
We try to set the habits of truth and
industry and cleanliness.
Some of us do more. We 60 beyond
the establishing OF principles OF health
and conduct and establish a second
self In the child, our SELF Rigid obedi-
ence. crushing dominance, the IMPOSE
ton of another's will in the stead Of
the chiid's WILL sets habits that handi-
cap the child for life. Brought up in
dependence upon the will of another,
he must continue so to the end.
What we must strive with all our
might to do is to teach principles of
conduct and not laws of obedience. We
habit, to adapt himself TO whatever
situation he faces and still preserve the
principles OF rightness. We must help
the child to become free soul.
Perhaps you know a parent who per-
mits no question once he orders child
to do something. When / speak you
move" The child brought up under
that system has the habit Of obedience.
Gradually he falls into the attitude Of
Subservience. He shoulders no respor-
sibility. He waits for orders. At least
within the house.
1t often happens that q child brought
up on such regime has one set Of
manners and actions In the home and
another outside it. In self-defense he
has become hypocrite. His PERSONAL
ity was so strong that 1t refused to die
1t provided way for itself in spite Of
the dictator
But what Is most important In the
entire situation of obedience to orders
Is the habit that Is formed of follow
ing the same line and never deviating
from it hairs breadth until 1t Is I'M
possible to change In the least any re-
action the child has practiced
Such victims of parental training are
pitiful. OF course any form of leader
ship Is forever denied them. They are
followers even in little things. They
will change TO their straw hats on the
18th of the month even II 1t SHOWS that
day and they will go round by the back
door and wipe their feet on the mat
even when there is no back door TO
enter. Long after the reason for the
action has passed this sort of mind will
still perform the action.
Even down To old age this story holds
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KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
BY JOSEPH JASTROW.

the plain, everyday fact that you can't
tell when the child Is trying and you
can't make him try. That's the uncer-
tain factor In every test that has been
or ever will be devised, The horse must
be thirsty, the child have an appetite
for the task. But the mental appetite
of a child is so complex and selective
that It will lap up some kinds of knowl-
edge and leave untouched what to an
other child is appetizing food.
In nv opinion the intelligence tests
would be wholly acceptable as they are
If we could get some assurance that
the "testees" are trying equally. Given
the same degree of effort OF desire to
make good score, and the results are
as reliable as we can well hope for.
Even with this variability. they have
justified themselves. But II boy
doesn't find any incentive in the tests
to try. doesn't care whether he makes
a good score or not, the result IN MS
case is likely to understate his real
intelligence.
Since however, so large proportion
of children do make about the same
effort. respond with about the same de-
gree of interest and pride to t., tests,
the results on the whole have sod the
test remarkably we'll. An intelligence
test isn't an infallible mental yard
stick, but, considering the chances we
take in making up the scale of units
of measurement. it works.
Yet If an T. @. Intelligence quotient)
of 100 represents what the average
child of the particular age can do, and
all those with I. Q's above 100 are
above average and those with less than
100 below average, there will undoubt-
edly be number of cases, particularly
in the above-average grades, who are
more above average intelligence than
their rating shows, because they do not
try or only half try. And they won't
try in their school work. either. They'll
Just do what they can without trying,
If some genius can devise a method
of inducing those children to try, he
will be a benefactor to the race. AS
it Is, the wise teacher or parent or
uncle or observer knows by quite con-
vincing proof that he is dealing with
high intelligence and must await the
appearance of that desire to try on
which success depends. The horse
won't drink unless thirsty, and the
horse won't win a race unless by ma
ture or training he tries. even to the
last ounce of his strength
tCopyreht, 1921
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Two Summer Salads.

White Fluff Salad - Drain all the
juice from one large can Of pineapple,
marshmallows cut in small pieces, one
cupful of chopped nuts and little
mayonnaise Just before serving stir in
one small grated cabbage that has been
kept crisp on ice.
Tomato jelly Salad.-Combine one
pint of strained tomatoes with half
cupful of sugar and half cupful Of
vinegar and bring to boil. Pour over
one and one-half tablespoonfuls of gela-
tin soaked in half cupful of cold wa
ter. Add one cupful of chopped celery
and one can of pimento cut fine and
half teaspoonful of salt. Turn into
shallow dish and place on ice. When
set cut in squares. Serve on lettuce
leaves with mayonnaise dressing.
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Dangers Surround Us.

Every time I hear of another poor
idiot succumbing to carbon monoxide
poisoning in his garage / am reminded
that this is the era of the survival OF
the wittiest. There are still some peo-
pie living who maintain that what you
don't know will never do you any
harm, but dunno. If / am destined
to 60 foolishly I'd rather rock the boat
or have some one explain he didn't
know 1t was loaded This gassing thing
Is too disgraceful.
After all, what does 1t profit a man
to know hygiene and to live by the rules
of hygiene since he cannot control the
life of his neighbors, and there is no
law against unintentional murder or
mayhem If any neighbor happens to
perpetrate such crime? What good
does It do me to know precisely how
one catches cri, or what the neighbors
call "cold," If the neighbors know moth
ing about 1t and yet are neighborly or
constrained to have intercourse with
me2 Can I successfully dodge the
mouth spray Of my reighbor when he
has what he lightly dismisses as a