The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
TACOMA, NEWS SECTION
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A Messagc FROM Chicago.


Mrs. Felicia Il. Ray writes from
Chicago that she attended the fam
GUS st. Elizabeth Catholic Church
for colored people on Easter SUM-
day. She had her first time to
hear a full colored choir in a
Catholic church render the grand
high mass of Easter. Berean Bap-
fist Church comes In for a share
here, for Joe Vineyard. who used
to sing in the Berean Church here,
has his chest all stuck out, she
says, because he is a member of
the great choir of st. Elizabeth.
This congregation registered over
200 new members last year. Mrs.
Ray will be home sometime in the
fall. lta
Respect Your Race.
Some of the expressions heard
among us regarding the race are
simply awful. A man who is a
good friend of ours came bruskly
into our office the other day, with
a Hello. Judge" in a loud voice,
clients in our private room. "How's
everything? You know your kind
of people, Judge, they just won't
do. That's all. The darkies are
raising Sam Hill all the time" and
more, ad nauseum. Aunt Hagar's
children, niggers. your people, ;"
and all that self-deprecating con-
yersation. Our folks have their
faults, but there is no reason why
in talking with each other or other
people that we should constantly
The Italian never uses the word
"Dago"; the jew never says
"Sheeney", nor the Irishman Mick"
and the Japanese call each other
Honorable" Let us be PROUD
RACE respecting and teaching
others to respect our color. We
wonder why our children turn out
so badly sometimes after all the
Sunday School and church teaching
we give them-You know why!
We have knocked the Negro Race
so hard in front of the children
that they have come to believe that
they are simply NOBODY and can
never be anybody. They become
discouraged and go to the dogs
largely through our own fault.
Berean Baptist Church
Rev. G. IL. Graves, Pastor.
IL O'Clock services well attend
ed. Subject: GAS An Eagle Stirs
Up Her Nest, So Doth God Stir Up
the People"
Sunday School, Mrs. Graves, Supt,
Many visitors were present and a
good attendance of the children.
The Bible class broke the tie for
the banner which has been on for
a month. B. Y. p. discussion was
we'll received. Everyone enjoyed
the debate. O.
Mr.. and Mrs.-iClovis Tessenneau.
the French colored people, whose
mother died two weeks ago and
was buried from st. Leo's Church,
are reported TO q have fallen heirs
to quite a sum of money. They
will have plenty of friends now.
People who would not look at them
before will be ready to lick their
feet now. Such is human nature.
Tacoma Branch National Asso-
citation for the Advancement OF
Colored People will hold its sec
ond meeting next Sunday at 3
o'clock in the afternoon at Elks
Hall, 1897 Sc. Tacoma avenue
It is expected to have good crowd
present as President Fred Chew
that he is preparing a
splendid program. Am ong the
speakers will be Rev. A. Vrebrosh.
Everyone is congratulating us
upon the improved appearance of
the Tacoma news section of The
Enterprise. We appreciate 1t and
will appreciate II more IL we get
more readers and subscribers and
some advertisements. Everyone is
asked to assist us in obtaining ad-
vertisements from their merchants
SO we can make 1t still better,
Send in your news early.