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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02
Initiative for Young People
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

mediately the wish to do the thing is
mentioned, one or the other Of the
parents says: ooh! I will do that. It
won't take but q minute" If this pro-
ceeding continues the child feels he
need do nothing but express wish and
1t Is gratifed. His initiative is
Quenched.
A little girl comes to the age when
she wants to make a cake. She has
plenty of initiative until mother says
she will make 1t, knowing full well that
it will be less bother to make the cake
than to have the clutter of the work
during the prolonged time which the
little girl would take. Very soon she
will not want to cook cake or anything
else, but If she had been allowed to,
she would soon have become quick and
expert in making the good things.
When a household consists of adults,
one often quells another's initiative.
This Is a grave mistake When one
feels like beginning and accomplishing
any task, then is the time for her Tor
him) to do it. The labor of the under
taking is lost in the desire to get the
thing done. Either it does not seem
hard then, or the joy of getting the
thing done outweighS the consideration
of the labor. The person who objects,
and often stops the work of the other,
probably feels that just to know the
work is going on is tiresome, and the
confusion Of any would result Is an
noying. 1t would be far better If she
welcomed the accomplishment of the
task and realized the value of the
others initiative. What If she be dis
turbed a little. the other person is
doing the work, and just then she
chooses and wants to do it. If the
worker is hindered, the initiative may
go, and the accomplishment of that
special task may never happen.
Copyright. 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02
Everyday Psychology
Lie Detectors.
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPRowLs.

Psychology in recent years has made
important finds concerning the rela-
ton between temporary physiological
states and mental states For example,
delicate instruments have been devised
for measuring the heartbeat rate and
the breathing rate under various states
of emotional excitement. These instru-
ments can detect emotional disturbances
very accurately.
On the basis of these discoveries some
have assumed that ones emotions are
more disturbed when telling lie than
they are when one is telling the truth;
that a person guilty of crime is meas
urably more disorganized emotionally
than is an innocent person. Hence the
hope Of perfecting a lie detector that
might eventually be used in the deter
mination of innocence or guilt.
Unfortunately, popular imagination
has again outdistanced the slow. plod-
ding progress of science. Publicity gen.
erally exaggerates the quality and sig
nificance of actual facts. You will find
this to be the case in practically every
human consideration that finds a lodg-
ment in the minds of those who are
unused to work along scientific lines.
There is a rather settled opinion
among psychologists that the lie detec-
tor may one day be perfected. All agree
that much careful research must yet be
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02

plished without the mother ever seeing
the result Of her labor. Having fnished
her task. she Is not interested In the
flowing sap Of the bittersweet any more.
But the plant has been deprived Of It's
rightful nutriment, and has not been
strong enough to support itself and the
sucking hordes, too The result will be
fewer seeds developed and leaves that
are mottled.
In this marvellous world of living
things you may learn to read the signs
placed before you and thereby become
the richer.
(CopyriGht 1932)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02
My Neighbor Says:

For cleansing baby's nursing
bottles nothing equals potatoes
cut in small dice and shaken with
a little water in the bottle.
Hot oyster stew, celery, crack
ers and pickles are suggested for
serving after snow rides, skating
or other parties in cold weather.
AS soon as eggs are hard cooked
the shells should be cracked and
the eggs dropped In cold water.
This will prevent the shells from
sticking when they are removed.
All traces of mud may be re-
moved from black clothes by rub
bling the spots with a raw potato
cut in halves.
Potatoes should be baked In a
moderate oven. If the oven Is
too hot, they will burn and the
skins become hard. If the oven is
too slow, the potatoes will be
soggy.
kerosene and wipe it or This Is
an easy way, as 1t removes all the
grease and spots.
Cane-bottomed chairs should
be brushed to remove all dust and
then washed with salt and water
and placed in the open air to dry.
When frying fish or other foods
don't forget to drain all the pieces
carefully after lifting them out
Of the fat.
(Copyright. 1s32)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02

Dear Mrs. Post: What kinds of china,
silver, glass and linen are appropriate
with early American maple furniture?'
Answer: Anything that is not over
ornate or fiamboyant. Reproductions
of wedgewood or spode or any sprigged
or banded or monochrome design of
china, early American silver and glass.
my dear Mrs. Post: Are there prop
err bed room pictures? Should many
pictures be used in any room?"
Answer: Colored prints, rather than
oil paintings or steel engravings-
otherwise, hang as many or as few pic
lures and of whatever subjects, as you
happen to like, and as in your opinion
look well. I should say few, rather
than many, but this is not fixed rule.
Dear Mrs. Post: What sort of table
is properly a coffee table? When it is
not in use, what does one do with 1t?
AS this type of table is q novelty to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02

by every mother who has children to
rear. The little children are full of it
at first Their determination to walk
and talk gives evidence Of this truth.
And all through the first stages of de-
velopment each instance of initiative is
applauded by parents who delight in
watching the growing efforts of their
little folk and their insistence on
succeeding.
1t is when the children get old enough
to want to do more than exert initiative
in developing their physiques that par
ents frequently put obstacles in the
way. Unless parents are careful. they
may quench this marvellous force of
initiative. A few examples will bring
this home to every one.
A child wants to help do something
that is easy for mother or father to do
better and quicker than the child. I'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02

VI SItSll VI llCuti Oh
dust-color rug or
carpet.
MY dear Mrs.
Post: Is it proper
to have lavender
colored. rufhed
curtains of medium
weight net hung
in the living room?
I have been told
that this type of
curtain is not prop
er to hang in any
thing but a bed
room?"
Answer: T h e Y
would be lovely IL
a cottage living
room or in any
room of cottage
turN4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02

me, am puzzled to know its proper
place in the living room"
Answer: A coffee table" is a modern
furniture manufacturers term for any
small, convenient table or bench upon
which tray of almost any sort of re-
freshment may be set down. If bench,
leave it empty; if table or a stand.
put books or ciragettes, ash trays and
matches on 1t.
fCopyrirht 1qa1)
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Jellied Eggs.

Cut three hard-boiled eggs length
wise, mash the yolks with one table
spoonful of chilli sauce, season with
salt and pepper and pile into the egg
whites. Place in individual molds
rinsed out in cold water. Cover with
one cupful of aspic and chill. I'm
mold and serve in nest Of chopped
cooked beets on bed of lettuce with
a thin sandwich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02
N A T u r. E. S
C. HI IL ID r E N
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
BITTERSWEET
fCelaStrus scandens.)

TLOWERS know the value OF ef1ec-
u tive color schemes to attract the
attention of customers. Watch
L how cleverly they drape them
selves in groups, over lenses and
walls or along the ground. Their life
work Is to perfect methods which Will
insure the continuance of their Of
spring. In return for the service rem
dered food is supplied in abundance.
Little bees and insects come to the
small, greenish-white, five-parted flow
ers Of the bittersweet. They creep over
the staminate flower and carry the
pollen gathered there to the thick, erect
pistil of the fertile flower. That Is the
price they pay for nectar and a bit OF
pollen. service rendered for food,
both parties satisfied.
Later, If all goes well, the yellow
orange capsule which covers the matur-
ing seed will open and display to the
bittersweet's next assistants food
especially desired by migrating birds.
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The seeds are coated with q spicy layer
Of pulp. It Is discarded by the bird,
and IN this way the bittersweet seed
children are scattered from North Caro-
Lima to New Mexico and the Far North,
Along the woodsy. twining stem you
may have noticed little cottony tufts,
and perhaps wondered what they were.
Flowers have their troubles, too, and
the bittersweet has a persistent little
enemy-a looking tree-hopper.
They gather in fiocks to siphon the sap
Of the plant. Resembling at this stage
wee thorns, they escape detection-at
least by the passerby. Later on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02

r INITIATIVE Is one of the things
necessary to accomplishment. What
ever one does takes initiative. Every
u person who makes a success of his
or her life has sufficient initiative
TO start whatever work Is necessary for
carrying out plans either of his own
or those formulated for him. The i'm
portance Of initiative can scarcely be
Impressed too strongly.
The value of initiative has to be
realized, consciously or subconsciously
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-02
Good Taste Today
BY EMILY POST,
Famous Authority on Etiquette.
Furnis hings.

Furnishings.
~ EAR MRS. POST: In a
- young girls bed room, hav-
ing an ivory bed room suite
- with rose and green color
scheme using taffeta as the
material, what type of floor rugs would
you suggest, Oriental or hooked rugs?"
Answer: In a Colonial house. hooked
otherwise, I would prefer a plain rose
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
East Madison Unemployed
Branch Gusts IL Members

Eleven white members dissatisfied
with the cosmopolitan manner in
which the East Madison unemployed
Branch is conducted were ousted
from membership Tuesday night.
They were given transfer cards to
other branches. The ousted whites
objected to colored persons serving
as officers. They presented COM
plant at a special meeting Monday
night accusing colored men as being
overbearing, and unduly familiar
with white women. County Commits
sioner Don Evans ordered the COM
plant thrown out as not substantial
ed by evidence. Other white men,
bers of the branch stated there was
no truth in the complaint and praised
the conduct of colored officers. The
East Madison Branch has 568 reg
istered members of which only 142
are colored. At a meeting of the
County Commissioners Tuesday a
ruling was passed that beginning
September l all persons receiving
food at the commissaries would be
required to do road work when sum-
moned.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
DIR. Andrew King Opens
Chiropractic Office

DIR. Andrew T. King, only licensed
colored chiropractor in Washington,
opened offices for practice of his
profession this week at ga oath
Avenue North in the East Madison
district. The suite Of rooms are con-
veniently arranged and equipped. DR..
King will furnish a spinal analysis
free to each patient and has arrange
ments for X-Ray facilities. Chiro-
practice science is a modern method
of overcoming disease without the
use of drugs and is especially recon-
mended for nervous ailments. DR.
King will be glad to receive visitors
at his office during the hours of z
to 9 p. m.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Funeral rites with military honors
were held Wednesday at the First A.
M. E. Church for Edward T. dad
dy) Clarke, Civil War veteran. Rites
were under auspices of Stevens Post
No. /, GAR. The religious service
was conducted by the Rev. George
F. Martin, assisted by the the Rev.
A. w. johnson. Vocal selections
were by Mr.. Charles C. Daniels and
organ selections by Prof. l.. L. Nc
Gruder.
Daddy" Clarke was 90 years old
He died August l in Hines, ILL.,, at
the GAR. hospital where he re-
Gently went for an operation. Born
slave in Platte County, Missouri,
he was taken along with other slaves
as contraband by the Union Army
that invaded the state. When the
army neared the Kansas territory
Clarke escaped to the free territory
where he later joined the Union
forces. After the Civil War Clarke
settled in Wyandotte, Kans., where
he married. Later he moved to Den
yer. where his wife died leaving five
children. Clarke came to Seattle in
1925. He was a faithful member of
the First A. M. f. church, an hon
orary member of the Spanish War
Veterans, member of Rocky
Mountain Lodge of Masons, Denver;
a Knight Templer and a Shriner. He
was the only colored member of
Stevens Post GAR. and one of the
only three colored GAR. members
in Washington. He is survived by a
son, Robert Clarke, Casper, Wyo.;
four daughters, Mrs. lola Wilson,
Idaho Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Cora Adams,
Miss Della Clarke and Mrs. Ethel
Elegan, all of Seattle. Funeral ar
rangements were in charge of the
Butterworth Company and interment
was in the GAR. plot, Lake View
cemetery.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
South Side Social Club
Feeds Unemployed Men

Unemployed colored men are be-
in fed at the South Side Social Club
where one free meal is served daily
at 8 p. m. More than 100 colored
men get we'll cooked and substan-
tial meal at this hour every day.
Johnny Campbell manager of the
club seeing the distress in the South
Side DISCREET enlisted the support OF
police sergeant w. A. Stein, officers
G. C. Jensen and Larry Munro and
the Fair Market who are assisting
him in furnishing the food.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
"Que Club" Opens
Doors Thursday Night

The "Que Club" is the name OF
what promises to be popular amuse.
ment resort at 1888 Main Street
The new place will open to the pub
lie with an entertainment Mex
Thursday night, August 25. Espe.
cially arranged for amusement pur-
poses the Que Club will make a
speciality of serving barbecue, and
Spanish dishes. There are attrac-
tive private booths and a new dance
floor. An all star band has been en-
gagged for dance music and there
will be entertainment features.
George Minor is manager and Roy
Sheffield master of ceremonies.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
Coast Hotel

Guests registered this week at the
Coast Hotel are: Chicago, H., R. S
Thurston, B. Washington, R. R. vii
liams, C. H. MCGEE, A. F. Ephraim
R. Wormley, W. r. Smith, W. Hall
H. M. Dumas. st. Paul: f. Goodman
J. Alsobrooks. ]. Covington, f. H
Comley, L. Curry R. H. Mays. San
Francisco: T. Morrison, G. Taylor
NJ. Gray, H. Jones. Portland: J. c.
Baker, C. Young. Bremerton: w. H
Wheat.
Mr.. W. R. Smith, of Chicago. TIL
brother of Mr.. Eugene Smith of this
city, is spending his vacation in Sc.
attic, guest of the Coast Hotel.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Mrs. Violet Hill Whyte of Balti-
more, Md, director of work among
Negroes for the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union is the
only colored delegate attending the
National W.C.T,U. convention now in
session in Seattle. Mrs. Whyte is a
guest at Phyllis Wheatly Y. She was
heard in addresses Sunday at the
First A. M. E. and Mt. Zion Baptist
churches. Mrs. Whyte is a sister of
the Rev. Daniel G. Hill, pastor of
Bethel A. M. f. church, Portland,
Oregon.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
Seattle Notes and Gossip
Miss Sadie Mver, Reporter
Mcdowell Building Night, 0O6s
Notice
Republican Club

King County Colored Republican
Club will meet Sunday, August 81,
8 p. m. at Masonic Hall, 21st Avenue
and Jefferson Street. Several can
didates for office will be speakers.
The general public is invited to this
meeting.
N. j. Graffell, Pres.
Clarence r. Anderson, Sec.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
N. A. A. c. P. Midsummer
Ball Monday Night

Broadway Hall will be the mecca
for Seattle's social group Monday
night when the local N. A. A. C. P.
branch will stage their annual mid
summer ball. The affair is always
one of the social events of the year
and attracts visitors from nearby
towns. Earl Whaleys orchestra will
furnish the music for dancing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Miss Ruht Brown, patient at the
Firlands sanitarium, was visited by
friends and showered with gifts Sat
urday in honor of her 18th birthday
anniversary. Miss Brown served her
guests with refreshments.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Mr.. Richard (Dick) Brown, Jr., ar
rived ,last week from Hollywood,
Calf, to visit his uncle Howard D.
Brown. This is his first visit after
seven years absence in California
where he is employed as scenic paint
er in the Paramount Studios.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
Dance To Welcome
Sailors at Finnish Hall

Colored sailors of the visiting fleet
to Seattle will be guests at a dance
Monday night at Finnish Hall. Cecil
Finley's California Stompers will
furnish the music and Roy Sheffield
will be in charge of ceremonies.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
Coming soon. Bill Robinson's
Harlem Is Heaven Watch this
paper.

Mesdames Elizabeth Grayson, Hat
tie Benning, Nettie Estus, Lillian
Edmonds and the Misses Margarite
Estus and Lucille Benning, all of Des
Moines, Iowa, composed a group ar
irving by auto last Wednesday for a
short visit. They are guests of Mr..
VIM. Grayson, Johnston Apartments,
son of Mrs. Grayson.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
Rev. Reed Reelected Head
OF Baptist Association

The Northwestern States Baptist
Convention ended their annual meet
ing in Everett last week by unani-
mously electing corps of officers
and naming Tacoma for the 1888
meeting. On recommendation of the
nominating committee the following
officers were chosen: Rev. F. B.
Reed, Spokane, president; Rev. A.
W. Williams, Yakima, first vice pres
ident; Rev. L. A. Franklin, Everett,
second vice president; Rev. T. M.
Davis, Seattle, financial secretary
and statistician; Rev. W. F. Greene,
Seattle, corresponding secretary;
Rev. c. H. Graves, Tacoma, treasur-
er; Rev. A. L. Byrd, j. M. Mayes,
Mrs. Carrie Davis, executive board;
W, W. Casmon, Seattle, auditor.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
New Barber Shop

Noy Pierson and George Hayes are
now operating their new barber shop
at 1927 East Madison Street and in
vite their friends to call. Courteous
treatment and sanitary service as
sured. New low prices. Haircut,
35c. Your patronage solicited. Pay
us visit.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18
Ell Serene Social Club
Dance Saturday Night

The FL Serene Social Club will
stage their first affair with dance
Saturday night at the Tennis Club
Hall. This is Seattles newest social
organization of young people.
Charles w. Taylor is president. The
club has redecorated the Tennis Club
building which they have leased. The
interior now has a beautiful appear
ance with the new Jazz mode of de-
sign. Evelyn Bundy's orchestra will
furnished the music and prizes will
be given for best sport apparel.
Mr. George S. Brown and Mrs.
Nettie Crawford were quietly mar
ried Tuesday by a justice at the
County-City Bldg.
Mr.. Robert Crane has returned to
this city from California to reside
permanently.
Miss Catherine Henderson of Ed
monitor, B. c., is in the city for a
few weeks. visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Proctor.
Mrs. Catherine Denney of San
Francisco is guest at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs Nov PiersOn
Get ready for the ColOred Citizens
Picnic, Labor Day, September 5, al
Peoples Park.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Mrs. Josephine Record, accom-
panied by her mother Mrs. Hannah
Moore, departed Thursday for San
Diego, Cal.
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Mrs Ida Harding was hostess for
party Saturday evening, compI-
menting Mesdames Elizabeth Gray
son, Nettie NJ Estus and Lillian Ed
monds. visitors from Des Molnes,
Iowa
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PoRo HAIR TREATMENTS

PORO HAIR TREATMENTS
using exclusively the Pore System,
guaranteed to give best results. Hair
Strengthening, ShamPoOing and Fac
ial Treatments at reduced prices for
summer months. Phone for appoint
msnt. Mrs. W. Butler, graduate Poro
agent, 2l5 9th Ave. N. East 1898.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Mrs. C. C. Gary and children OF
Bremerton are guests at the Dunbar
Hotel.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs Ben Chandler and
family are now residing at 2010 E..
Cherry Street.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

The Pal O'Mine club met at the
home of the President, Mrs. Frances
Smith and completed plans for a
bridge and whist social to be given
at the Sojourner Truth Home, Sat-
urday, August 27 at $50.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Miss Beatrice Chisholm, assisted
by Mrs. Henry Johnson, sponsored
a stork shower Friday, honoring
Mrs. John E. Prim.
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Be sure to register. Don't lose
your vote.
Mrs. Catherine Anderson enter
tanned with a card party at her
home Wednesday evening, compli-
menting Mrs. George Thomas of st.
Paul and Mrs. Earl Glenn of Califor-
mia.
Miss Louise Madella of Washing
ton, D. c., enroute to Alaska, is a
guest at Phyllis Wheatley Y.
Miss Viola Olmsby was hostess for
luncheon for which covers were
placed for sixteen at her home Sun
day, complimenting the Misses Mar
garite Estus and Lucille Benning of
Des Mones, Iowa.
Mr.. S. E. Buxton, severely Grip
pied two years ago by an auto and
since confined in the Government
Hospital, Bremerton, was a visitor
in Seattle for the weekend. Mr..
Buxton is rapidly improving from his
injuries and will soon be able to
walk without crutches.
Mrs. Howard D. Brown, confined
by illness to her home, is reported
improving.
Mr.. Horace R. Cayton, Jr., is now
at Tuskegee Institute where he is
a member of Principal Notions ex-
ecutive staff as publicity director.
Miss Sarah Oliver is a patient in
Harbor View Hospital with a broken
arm.
Coming soon. Bill Robinson's
Harlem Is Heaven" Worlds great
cat of all Negro pictures.
SPECIAL REDUCED RATES at At
las Hotel by week or month. All
modern rooms with hot and cold wa
ter and free telephone. Close to de-
pots and theatres. Rates, soc up.
Dan Cunningham, manager, Hotel
Atlas, 40 Maynard Ave. Phone
Eliot 6l52-6153.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Get ready for the ColOred Citizens
Picnic, Labor Day, September 5, al
Peoples Park.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Miss Louise Madella of Washing
ton, D. c., enroute to Alaska, is a
guest at Phyllis Wheatley Y.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Be sure to register. Don't lose
your vote.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-08-18

Mrs. Catherine Denney of San
Francisco is guest at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Noy Pierson.
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Mr.. Robert Crane has returned to
this city from California to reside
permanently.