The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-03-02
Our Women VS. Our Men
Phone Main 254s

the Enterprise, between Mr.. James
! Hall and Mrs. Oscar Annette some
very pertinent facts may be con-
sidered.
Our women, at least that portion
of them represented in the State
Federation of Colored Women's Or
CARNATIONS are placing themselves
upon record in doing things worth
while, they are getting results; as
sisting colored girls to go to instit-
utions of higher learning, aiding the
poor among us and the orphansm,
carrying on an educational program
of NEGRO History Week" among
white students, needle and fancy art
work, to say nothing of their econom-
| ic progress in the homes. Compared
with this array of facts, the achieve
ments of our Washington and Tacoma
men in particular, seem to dwindle
into utter insignificance.
1t is "high time" as Mr.. Hall says,
| that our men should wake up and do
something else besides quarrel and
squabble in the lodge rooms. It has
become so bad that our young boys
in many instances have come to con-
slider that the biggest thing they can
do is to initiate those things walking
around in trousers supported by
some misguided woman of the white
race. Our Boy Scouts, where are
they and when have our men taken
any interest in our Boys? We permit
them to stand around low dives and
poolrooms to learn all manner of
evil and when one of them gets
caught up, always provided it was
not our own special pet, we are then
ready to pour out vinegar and Wit
riol upon the head of the unfortun-
ate viction of our sloth and selfish
ness.
The stock excuse of our men is
that they have no time; they have to
make their living. Just as if every
one did not have that job along with
the other work. Some men say,
"Well have no children, why should
| worry" You should worry be-
cause you are a Stacker. and a para
site, an encumbrance on the ground
if you do not try to do something
to aid the other fellow, even if he
is only a little boy. Why is it that
our men take no interest in the boys?
Do we expect the women to do it
all?
So far as an evening program is
concerned, we guess men can carry
out one of course, but they need to
be set at stronger work than that,
Brother Hall. Programs are alright
for children and big girls, but strong
men need job to test their strength.
By the way, what has become of
Tacoma's Mems Council?
Africa gave the world the Bible,
and also presented us with the Jew
ish Race, who are African in origin.
We saw a statement the other day
from writer in an English paper,
referring to the North Africans of
the present day as an inferior sort
of white men," Ye Gods!
Pope st. Victor l was a colored
man from Africa, and he it was who
set the day we celebrate as Easter
| Sunday.
The first clock and almanac made
in America was the work of a black
man, Benjamin Banneker, a slave
who became a free man.
Josephine, Empress of France, was
a West Indian mulatto, it is claimed.
Venice once had mulatto ruler
named Allessandro. Portugal had a
| Negro prime minister as also did Mo
| manned.
Mrs. Mabel G. Shepard and Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor have gone to the
country for a while.
Little May Emily and Anna Louise
Hardge, aged seven and six respec-
lively are attending st. Leo's School.
They are the children Of Mrs. Izetta
Greenway and are in charge of their
relatives, Sergt. and Mrs. Buck.
Mr.. Ray Simpson underwent an
| operation last week for the removal
of a needle which the dentist had
| the misfortune to break off in Mr..
/ Simpsons tooth while drilling pre-
paratory to pulling. An x-ray pic
ture revealed the broken needle stick
ing up in the middle of the tooth.
He was quite sick for while but is
on the mend now.
Bethlehem Baptist Church notes
arrived too late this week. Try to
get them in as early as possible on
!, holiday weeks. Mails are not de-
livered on holidays.
The Enterprise is on sale at 11491a
Commerce st. Barber shop and at
Richard Anderson's barber shop at
st. Francis Hotel / 9Th st. near Com
merce. All subscriptions should be
paid at the Tacoma office. Build up
the Tacoma page. We want the
whole page, and the one way to OBJ
tain it Is to build it up and give Tao
oma a. fair representation. Does
your grocer ever advertise in the En-
terprise? If he does not, tell him,
give him one of your old papers and
tell him you think turn about is fair
play, make him help you and US. The
same goes for the butcher and other
merchants who spend your money.
We want the whole page, remember,
and there is one way to get it and
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