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know. Ad JUS been hyah three
days" And they tell me these ele-
vator jobs formerly were handled
by Negroes. The lad didn't have Q
uniform-he hadn't been there
long enough-and it was apparent
that his intelligence didn't rate
a job any more important than
the one he held.
Throughout the town there Is .
lusty overcome of the fair (sic)
South. Even the telephone conn
pany's employees speak with that
drawl usually associated with the
deep South. Yep, as sure as you
are reading this, the more con.
WINGED the writer is that this is
not a border town at all-it be
longs entirely to the South, and
to that portion which prides itself
in being called the "Rebel South
There is no gainsaying the fact
that the lack of voting power has
much to do with the condition Ne
groes find themselves in here. Con-
slider the immense balance of pow
er in their hands should some,
shall we say unthinking, congress
vote to give the residents of the
district the right to votel The pro-
blem there, however. is how many
would exercise that right?
Focusing attention on the Ne
groes of the capital-one finds
several interesting items. In the
city, there r more educated Me-
groes than in any other section
of the country. They hold degrees
from local schools and from other
institutions as well And MANY of
them do not even bother to prac-
tice their professions. You can
scarcely turn without humping into
a lawyer who is now working as
a messenger in one of the DEPART
ments-or a doctor of physician
who just refuses to give up his
secure if not lucrative government
Job for the uncertainties of an in
come as a professional man. Yet
there are professional men who
are making nice incomes at their
professions.
Retired government workers. Sc
cure that they will be provided
for the balance of their lives, take
on interesting sidelines to keep
from idling away the rest of their
days. Real estate is the chief
"plaything" for these youngsters"
and they are as earnest in the
pursuit of an occasional dollar
as any younger hustler in the
The Omaha guide., 1939-04-08
Women's Query Now
Takes In 70 Cities

While so many women discuss
facts already brought out by the
famous CARDUI query, Reporters
question women in other cities.
With POLL users called on in 20
cities, the record stands: SO per
cent declare they were definitely
benefited by taking CARDUI!
SO many tell of the remarkable way
in which CARDUI stimulates the
appetite, assists digestion, and
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thus helps restore their strength
energy and nerve-tone. Thus many
avoid headaches, depression, nerv-
ousses, cramp-like intermittent
pains, and those other symptoms
of functional dysmenorrhea due to
m~alnutrition. The words of to-
days CARDUI users, and its so
year record, bespeaks your conf
dence.
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business.
The sual system of schools, that
Is one for white and n for color
O dchildren gives employment to
hundreds of colored men and wom-
en- and pay comfortable salaries.
The elimination of this system
which many decry but do nothing
about, would throw many of the
upper strata out of work.
These constitute the upper class
in Washington's society. and they
are just about as snooty as any
group people could be. There is
q story of a church in Charleston
S. c., which often told. revokes
much comment elsewhere to the
effect that light-skinned Negroes
sit on one side of the church and
their darker bretheren sit on the
other. That isn't exactly true OF
Washington, but it is true that
many of our best folk are what
is commonly called "color sturck.'
Below this group is the domes-
tic group-large in any city and
especially so here in Washington,
for many of the Southern resi-
dents in the city insist on having
colored servants. They form their
own little cliques and rarely break
through the barriers to the upper
social level.
Business is limited to insurance
companies, of which there are five
operating in the city-with a white
insurance company doing the bulk
of business and maintaining a sep
crate office downtown to handle
colored clientsl There is one bank,
many barbershops, billiard rooms,
liquor stores, restaurants of a kind
and bootblack stands. Of course,
there r beauty shops and sew
eral good printing establishments.
But, as usual, the scope of the bust
nesses is limited.
Amusements here are in the
hands of concern-as far as thea
trical enterprise is concerned. The
Marian theatres control practical
ly every theatre in the upper sec-
ton of the city, and one or two
in outlying areas. However, it must
be said that these theatres are
models of cleanliness and the SER
vice rivals that of the Keith-Or-
pheum circuit in larger cities. Com
Portable houses, good attractions,
excellent service mark the theatres
inducement to Negroes to attend.
This situation is far superior to
that in other large cities, especial
ly New York, where the owner
of a group of theatres does not
begin to measure up to the LIGHT
man houses. In fact, one of the
theatres presenting legitimate
shows makes certain of our form
ers "launder" their acts before
presenting them to the public. This
censorship is unheard of elsewhere
But it is a tribute to the manage
ment.
And or and on, reams could be
written about this city of strange
contrasts where governmental rule
permits two thirds of the city to
live in one manner and the other
on third to be restricted according
to the best usages of the deep
South. And the sad part of the
Washingtonians long accustomed to
these things have accepted such
usages while at the same time, at
tempt to maintain a distinct caste
system among themselves. And so
looking at Washington from an
outsiders viewpoint, there is much
to admire, there is more to con-
denim. But as long as the Rebel
South through its leaders and
Missionaries" continues dominate
the Capital, there will be even
more unfortunate conditions a ris-
ing to torment an already tormen-
ted, though placid, population.
--OOO-
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LEGAL NOTICES
Atty. Ray L. Williams,
oath and Lake Sts.,
Room l. Tuchman Bldg.

Room l., lucnman dug.
PROBATE NOTICE
In the matter of the estate Of
Mary Holiday, deceased.
Notice is hereby given: That the
creditors of the said deceased will
will meet the Administrative Of
said estate, before me, County
Judge of Douglas County, Nebras-
ka, at the County Court Room. in
said County, On the 18th day of
May 1889 and on the 18th day Of
June 1889, at 9 o'clock A. NJ, each
day, for the purpose of presenting
their claims for examination, adj
justment and allowance. Three
months are allowed for the credit
ors to present their claims, from
the 18th day of April 1889.
Bryce Crawford,
County Judge
begin $3.50
ending $50
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WASHINGTON BUREAU
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Other than the fact that Wash
ington is the capital of the Uni
ted States, few Negroes know very
much about the town, excepting
of course those who live here and
those along the Eastern seaboard
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ship must not go into battle sx-
cept under her own colors."
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THE AWFUL PRICE YOU PAY FOR Being
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Suits $500, Coats $1.OO, Dresses
SOC. Many other Bargains. Write
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FAIRMONT co.
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n. Y.
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UNBECOMING

Our attention has been called to an impending
fight between leaders in matters political 1t APP
pears that the Republicans and Democrats among us
have begun to draw their heavy guns into position
and the local generals are sending out reconnoiters
through the press and elsewhere to determine how
the fellows on the other side are planning to-t1ght
the 1910 battle Already we have received releases
from certain groups in which there is more than
little name-calng and unbecOmng differences about
our various political leaders.
Attempts are being made to distort certain very
basic civic issues for the convenience of this or that
political interest SO far there have been serious
developments and it is the hope of most of us that
the necessary sparring between the leaders in the
major parties remain clean and in accord with gen.
tlemanly code of conduct We believe that there are
two sides TO most arguments and that when it comes
to points of view conflict is inevitable. We need
a certain amount of wrangling in order to clarity
the issue which confront us and unless continue
to have it we will surely lose our democracy.
Nevertheless we must learn to become impersonal
in the discussion of those things which require i'm
personal discussion We must not attempt to fight
unfairly by magning the character of this or that
leader in order to plead our special In politics.
as in most things, we must recognize at least one
fundamental principle and that is to the best
interests of the greatest number of group" We
serve nobody by mud-snging and SANDER. Our po-
litcaL allegiance should be determined by the same
principle of what is best for people. And every
man has the right to make up his mind to what
course of action he thinks is the best for his people
We are one great family of underprivileged people,
all of us seeking a common end and all of us must
concentrate upon the goal to be reached however cir
cutous may be the routes we individually travel.
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il II always had the substance and
semblance of a mirage-provoking,
tanjsiiziRg,- but always beckoning
US on and holding out the hope that
we should clutch and hold and own
il as ours for a possession. And as
the years multiply, as the years
come aHd go. we feel Increasingly
that we have missed something
that something we aspired 20 has
euded US, that somehow we have
been cheated, and this keeps or
-uutit-the things -we -haue-mIsSed
in the dead years wear us down
mperceptibly and we go out into
the shadows, hoping against nope
that which we have missed we
will find in the new and better life
LOOKING FORWARD
Ard 50 we take forward looS
into the opening year, weighing
the hopes and disappointmcnts. the
joys and the sorrows. Of the past
year. with the substance Of thing
hoped for. and the evidence q
things not seen" which is the es-
sence Of faith, striving that we shall
find in the living what escaped us
in the dead II IS This altitude 0f
mind that carries us forward. hold
ing US up in the most trying cx-
periences and enabling US 10 ge.
as much out Of life as we do, It Is
the spirit opposite Of despair. II is
the thought which cnnvinccs US that
| m spite Of the-un1tcd hurdeS Of nett,
right. justice and fair-play VIII
prevail The social organism is held
together and kept going forward
in the conquering the forces Of
nature for the uses If man and
lending courage to those who falter
BY The nigh spirit Of seeking and
striving rather than Departing ana
/ rcpiriug
HARVEST Is RICH
Frederick Douglass followed tbs
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UNUSUAL

The fortune of Philadelphia family has been put
TO such good use recently that it has excited national
comment in the white as well as the Negro Press
The Mason family, who had come from the South
fow wears ago won Sl5O00O on an Irish Sweepstakes
ticket. Thrilled as the MaSons were over their great
GOOD fortune, they steadfasty withstood the temp
tations of a wild spending spree. They could not
forget the trials of their old life, the squad condl-
lions in which poverty and unemployment had forced
them to live What is far more important, they couo
not forget the plight of others who, like themselves
were victims of untoward circumstances. The Masons
thereupon bought block in the Philadelphia SUM
area and have started to work on their Low Cost
Housing Project which, when completed; will accom-
modate hundred families, providing them with
clean and wholesome home life The income from
the property expected only meet taxes and NAM
tenance costs.
The sheer nobility of this enterprise has occas-
toned praise from both groups all over the country
Here is an example of capital being used to serve the
greatest human good. Here is also an example Whlch
the small capitalists among us everywhere might
we'll emulate So often the fortunate among us, who
accumulate large sums of money, divorce themselves
entirely from the problems of the group they rep
-resent-LoW- Cost Housing has shown itself TO De
sound investment in congested areas and for those
who are interested in profit, the returns are often
handsome Housing, however, is but one OF the many
channels for Negro investment which serves good
purpose as well good return on money invested.
The intelligent use of the little capital of our group
through cooperatives and private interests can con-
tribute greatly to the general welfare of Americas
largest and most impoverished minority We Negroes
spend two billion dollars annually. Even Mr.. Nor
genthau of the Treasury Department will admit that
two billion dollars is tidy sum. We are learning
gradually the Importance of our purchasing power
and the wisdom of intelligent and careful spending
To the wealthy among us, we are looking forward
to some intelligent investing The Philadelphia family
has gone one step further They have turned their
backs the possibilities for exploitation and ignored
profits for the unselfsh desire to their unfortu
nate fellow citizens enjoy few of the basic adj
vantages of modern life
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What Is Life Insurance?

Vice President and Secretary OF the Western Uno''
Mutual Insurance Co..

Your own time IS your one best
asset.
No whistle blows for you to star,
nor to stop and you must be master
OF yourself before you can master
the work you have 10 do.
Whenever a salesman begins 10
harbor excuses that come 10 in his
mind for not getting out on the JOB
until nine or ten o'clock in the
morning. ne is face to face with
problem that concerns his future
success
II he gives way to that tendency,
he will next begin to figure out in
his own mind why he should ease
up on his efforts about 4:30 in the
sfternoon-after that he is attacked
by the delusion that there is no use
to call on people between the hours
OF 1880 and 2 p. m, and the first
thing you know he hasn't a decent
day left in which TO accomplish any,
thing, he has cut so much good day
light off his calendar.
The man who starts out in the
morning behind time has buckled a
handicap on himself that is hard to
overcome. Hes wrong himself-and
when a man is wrong and knows it,
he is sure to diffuse feeling OF dis
comfort wherever he goes
He finds that these well chosen
hours are busy ones for the people
he sees-he finds that there are
more statesmen on the job at the
preferred time"-he doesn't seem to
connect up right on his calls and
then his system is in fine shape to
be attacked by that well known
-"bacteria" which brings about the
belief that conditions are pretty
bum anyway and there.s MOUSE
do much until things brighten up
a bit.
After that he is subject TO violent
chills and agues during which he
begins to doubt the strength OF his
proposition or the methods OF his
company-and when he reaches that
stage he is in line for some isolation
hospital for contagious diseases,
One OF the first lessons to learn
in life is to be able to discern a
weakness from within and nip it in
he bud. The old, reliable rule of
success is "Steady-plugging"-the
steady worker who is short on per-
sonal appearance, pleasing address,
college education and scientific,
high-brow tactics can sell circles
around the man who has all these
advantages but who does not put in
an honest, full days work right
along.
1t is my experience that nothing
will put a man in tune and keep
him in harmony with his work like
getting on the job early in the morn
ing and taking advantage Of the full
day that Nature provides out of
every twenty-four hours.
Work is habit-the best one any
man can have in business-and
when a man acquires that habit and
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makes it a part OF himself every
thing else seems to adapt itself 10
his liking.
There may be variations in the net
results OF the days. but the sum total
OF the months and years will work
out right by any mathematical
equation-this is more than an argu-
ment-it is even more than a fact
it is law which will govern you
and me in whatever we do.
Every mans +.esEEier& the
germ OF lethargy-they are always
ready to attack in a weak spot and
when they get a start they take ad-
vantage Of it with intense energy.
Their most common point of con-
tact is at the beginning OF our day
and if we keep them down and out
at this point it is comparatively
easy TO overcome them all along the
line.
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MRS. MARION FIELDS IN
VIRGINIA


his tireless will and the answering
determination OF his decision to
rise and be reckoned with, among
hose who control the good an'
worthwhile things of America
HAPPY NEW YEAR
We have not done all in the past
that could have been done. Many
are the instances in which we have
fallen -sholt. Let us remedy the
past. by working heroically in the
present. facing the future manfully
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The writer's thoughts do necessarily represent the
and opinions Of this paper.

in some crazy human brains. It is
Just a matter OF human nature, and
since the blonde is tops" she be-
comes the ambition and the sspir--
lion Of men in general, whether
white. black. blue or Indifferent.
AS things are row. with each race
staying 10 itself. the Negro woman
feels safe and dignfed, because
she knows that the Negro man has
nowhere to seek for romance and
social fortune except among his
own; and because she knows that
she does not have to fight losing
race against the competition OF
blondes and bruntttes. But. even as
things are now. there are plenty
Negro men who feel highly flat
tered" at their clcndestine associa-
lions with worthless white women.
and at being robbed and exploitsd
through such association; and there
are pie ty Negro wives, mothers,
and children who nave to go hungry
and naked and suffer want. because
their silly Negro husbands or fathers
are somewhere making fools of
themselves, feeling flattered be-
cause some white mercenary hussy
IS draining them out Of every dollar
and Of every ounce OF principle,
With amalgamation rampant ard
-fs-a- general eraettee- ia-th4s- eeHH-
try, it would result that white en-
would still marry white women,
and Negro men would become the
easy prey of mercenary white
women who would take the Negro
manhood as an easy field Of exploit
tation and would invade It TO cash
in 'on their color and their hair
And what OF the Negro woman?
She unable to win on even terms
against the blonde and the bru-
nette; and, deserted by her own
black man, she would become the
easy prey OF The white mans lust
IN many countries where amaisama-
ton is lo's faled or allowed me
average -~hlle man OIL standing mas
white wlie' ano Two or three
o!ack cohcuolhes' according 10 MS
Beaith ana station ana, wnen ne
dies' Inc chiidfeh oil ms lesllimate
Whlle- ~lIe- lnhetll'- ana me -llleslsl-
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never feel thai
we have got out
Of Inc past all
that we should
Something has
e Ia d ed US
Something ha,
been denied US
AhlchANe great
~ desired, no.
because we din
not strive faith.
fully and vail
antly for it but
simply because
40 pould 10.
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man ''ie leNH' -.
itS "o'i'a ''''Oou
mas no siedvei
VI 0V''e aPP''
{ d sioh 'n"h IA
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During the recent campaign
Councilman Jeffries promised that
his first official act would be that
Of appointing new police COM
missioner. This promise was full
filled last week when he named
Detroits new police commissioner.
As / said last week it appears that
Mr.. Jeffries is really going to try
and be Detroits best mayor. II re-
liable information is to be relied
upon two Negroes are sure to be
given major appointments, This
will be good beginning and we do
mean beginning, and not ending.
A story is making the rounds that
when Russia was kicked out OF the
League OF Notions Nations a few
DAYS ago because OF her invasion OF
Finland, DR.. v. X. Wellington Koo,
China's delegate to the league, let
out a loud whistle, because he was
so astounded at the speed and dis
patch with which the whole thing
was done. DR.. Koo also exclaimed
"Chira gat nothing like that"
Remember DR.. Koo had sought
similar aid and action from the
League in her war with Japan,
There is another who might have
Joined Dr. Koo in his whistling had
he been there, our friend Halle Sc
lassie.
wonder how many members OF
the League realized that this whole
European mess could have been
ayerted had the League delt fair
with Ethiopia by coming to her aid
when the beast OF Rome was black
iacking her
Treaty making between the
United States and Japan IS soon to
come to the fore. Time was when
the American public would have
concerned itself l;ttle in matter
of this kind. Doubtless very few
OF those now interested were con-
cerned at all when the present
treaty which soon expires was in
the making and being signed. The
present treaty will expire January
26 and you can be sure that the
American public will be sitting on
the edge OF its chair and leaning
forward 10 note the character OF
the new arrangement with our
brown brothers across tho sea.
+ \ X
News comes from the capital that
the definite announcement by Vice
President John N. Garner OF his
candidacy for the Democratic NOM
nation for president has set the
political pot boiling.
In short. the hackers OF President
Roosevelt for third term have now
sprung to the task Of preventing
the nomination OF Mr.. Garner. With
young Mr.. Corcoran swiftly man.
aging behind The scenes and NJ.
Tckes out in front doing his stuff as
barker" 1t appears that the ma
ton may be in for a good side show