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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-01-24

Mr. Newton Solomon spent the
week end visiting in Seattle. -
Hiss Dora Davis was hostess on
Thursday for the meeting of the
Missionary Society of the Second
Baptist Church Miss Bernadeen
Richardson entertained with a par
ty on Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Willard Richardson Is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Woodson in Seattle
= While, Perry and Horace Stock
ard spent Sunday In Seattle.
Truckin' Around
Though my name is being cuss-
ed and discussed stin / write. -
News We have heard rumors to
the effect that Romeo Williams
really monopolized certain cor
ner at q party Sunday night. Who
was the lucky girl Ed? The
scribe doffs his hat to Willard Ri
chardson's piano playing. This car
can really swing. ca lemen:
# you want to be popular with the
fair and weaker sex take lessons
from the loquacious Perry Stock
ard, the inimitable Joe Reado, and
the silent Erskine Solomon. = We
wonder how long twill be before
some girl ensnares the willy Ever
EFT Williams. - Folks give an ear
to the Harmonaries every Wednes-
day evening at 1918. The lads are
really hot. Evidently the boy
and the green Chev have the key
to Bernadeen Richardson's heart.
II And now! To your scribe's in
quisitive ears comes report that
little Cupid Reado made his round
Sunday night. It does not take
mental telepathy to see that young
Horace 'Squaw Man Stockard
went into a cataleptic trance upon
seeing, his name IN last weeks col
umn. Goodby and coolies of love
some of you boys really need it.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-01-24

sion would be enough TO pass on 70
the child a prejudice that an adult
has.
8. Walter White, executive Sec
rotary Of the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored
People, at a recent mass meeting
Of the organization in New York
City, stated that in the 1885 Prcsi-
Dental election the Negro might
hold the balance Of power; for in
seventeen states, with total cleo
torial vote Of 281, the Negro vote
holds the balance of power in any
normal u close election. Mr..
White suggests that it is important
that this year the Negro voter
support not q party but the men
and measures which win work for
the best interests Of the Negro.
Negro Press
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-01-24

The Boyd's Memorial Baptist
Sunday School was well attended
Sunday despite the stormy wealth
lsr. Mrs. Anne Stewart sang two
solos. Alphabet Song" and s.Hea-
venly Sunshine" on the B.Y.P.U.
program. Mrs Caroline White
Is reported III this week.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-01-24

Just sag . saw It sdsetased IN
the Enterprise
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-01-24

/. Julian Huxley, the great
English scientist, in an article in
Harper's Magazine, called "Tha
Concept Of Race, writes that the
fundamental discoveries on which
civilization is built are the art Of
writing, agriculture, the wheel,
and building in stone. All Of these
were originated by people who eby
20 stretch Of the imagination could
hs called Nordic"
-. Bruno Lasker, in Race Atti-
sstdes IN Children, reports the re-
suit of hundreds Of case studies Of
children. He says that prejudice
y acquired by the child from the
sections and attitudes Of adults,
often at such an early age that the
child has no memory Of the expert
enee. A word Or , facial express
International
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Patron Saint of Youth
Was Also Chosen Deity
Of Oppressed and Poor
Legend Has It That He Often Appeared tc
Youngsters on the Anniversaries
of His Death.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

NICHOLAS and Santa Claus have come represent one and the
matter OF fact
entirely St. Nicholas originally was only
~ Christ Chds coming which meant the Christ
today
the anni-
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Winter But combined the
GOOD points Of BOTH made Of soft saxony
crochet You practical they both
comfortably
10 small The written three and with little
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contains complete illustrated
aid also what crochet hook and what
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TO obtain this pattern
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

One of the first and most impor.
tant things that q young dog should
know Is not to eat strange things IN
strange places. The one person land
there always Is one individually that
he picks to be his boss should train
him on this point.
Here is how it Is done! Equipped
with the puppy and light switch.
lead him past some food placed on
the ground. As Pup jumps for it,
bring the switch down on his hind
quarters and express absolute disap-
proval, mol"
A day later bring him by the same
spot. If he lunges Che probably wild,
the previous performance must be re.
peated.
Have friend offer the pup some
thing he likes while you're standing
nearby. As he takes 1t bring the switch
down on his TANKS again and say mol"
Apologize to the friend. The bonds Of
friendship weaken after such . per-
formance even If the other person has
been forewarned. Not many people
like to be the villain In the play!
Provided diplomatic relations
haven't been severed, take the friend
out on another training walk. Have
him take the dog some distance away
and offer him something tasty. At
the crucial moment leap forward
and snap out mol" Use the switch
at the same time.
A few days Of this sort Of thing.
and the puppy will gradually learn
that no nourishment Is to be accepted
except ut the hands Of ths boss
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Better to
Complete
Education
Giving Up Just Before
Graduation Is
Foolish.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

NOW, about term-end, heads of
schools are distressed by the
requests of school-weary boys and
girls to allow them to stop where
they are and call 1t a school day.
With six months to go to gradua-
ton, maybe a year, a student says,
I don't care about q diploma. !
want to go to work, or to a busi-
ness school. or anywhere else on
earth but school" That Is bad busi-
ness for the student.
Any halfway intelligent boy or girl
can complete high school course
and get diploma. All it requires is
steady routine work, sufficient appli-
cation to study lessons that can be
learned If there Is the will to learn
them. In these days of liberal
courses there is no excuse for not
finishing the job of school or college
education.
These facts are well known and
accepted by everybody so that when
q young person confesses that he has
no diploma, nothing to show that he
had the intelligence and the perse-
verance to finish q job he had begun,
the general idea is that the young
person is lacking in ordinary ability.
Ordinary ability, you see, covers in
telligence and character Most peo-
pie can finish what they begin. Those
that cannot-and to quit school on
the eve of graduation indicates q fail
ure-are not likely to be considered
when the search for reliable, respon-
sible. able people Is going forward.
This is to be pointed out to all
school-weary students, to all those
who feel themselves competent to 60
out into the world and master its
problems without first applying them
selves to securing the best possible
preparation. Education and training
are essential to any such preparation.
Every term completed In school or
college IS just so many pounds Of
power in mind and body. Nothing
that q student learns is ever wasted
I can hear voices, What good is
Latin? A lot Of good this geometry
will do me. What's the good OF
French? I can't learn it. How long
am to stay In school? I want to
get a job and 60 to work earning
my own living and being my own
boss" And many more such III
thought out phrases indicate the great
need Of further education and train
ing for these very grumblers.
The business world wants no un-
prepared helpers. It needs competent,
able people who can carry q job
through to its finish. There are mill
lions of people who are useless in
business because they have not the
power to see through a process and
to carry through to the end If they
do see it They have never held their
minds down to the task in hand long
enough to see it clearly. All intelli-
gent, able people have the power to
do this, and that is what makes them
able and successful. Nobody ever got
anywhere by running away from his
task.
Teachers have to try to hold such
students. Parents have to try to show
them the need for finishing their
courses, to leave q finished job be-
hind them. This Is the process that
turns unframed children into able
leaders and efficient workers. Hold
fast to It and see 1t through.
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pecially the chosen influence of the
serfs and peasants, because 1t was be-
leved that one Of his particular mis-
sions was to protect the weak against
the strong, the oppressed against the
eppressor, and the poor against the
gich.
He was also the chosen diety OF
youth, due to several legends. Ac-
eording to one, he resuscitated three
school boys whom a wicked innkeeper
had murdered and salted in a tub
(possibly the origin Of the lovely story
in "Strewwelpeter" about the three
scholars and the blackamoor and the
inkwelD. He also is said to have kept
the three daughters of a nobleman
from a life Of infamy by casting three
purses Of gold at night beneath the
Impoverished fathers window. so that
the girls we're able to marry hon.
orably.
ct. NICHOLAS was patron saint Of
seaport towns, mariners and trav-
elers, because at one time he stilled a
great storm while journeying to the
Holy Land. Thieves feared him be-
cause once he forced gang of them
to return their plunder. Indeed, dur
ing the Middle Ages robbers called
themselves clerks of st. Nicholas.
In France especially, st. Nicholas
day, or December 6, was always
great fete day. Children offered
shymed petition for the saints ben
efts, undoubtedly the forefather Of
our letter to Santa Claus" On the
Evening star., 1936-12-05
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

vF THERE'S one word that strikes
horror to the average dog owner
it's poison" Too often the re-
i suits are fatal, even though the
veterinary Is called at once. Some
times the damage is done by . crea-
ture masked as q human being. More
frequently than Is realized, dogs stum-
BILE onto poison accidentally. Neigh
bors set 1t out for rats. Food In trash
cans becomes contaminated. Pups
and Bingo dig around In spots where
they have no business, discover the
foodstuf and make away with it..
Results are unpleasant. Dad takes
q shotgun and starts looking for the
person who caused the damage.
Mother goes of speaking terms with
half the neighborhood.
It's much easier to prevent the pup
from coming OF second best In Q tilt
with chemical substances than to
save him from Ill effects after con-
tact. Meals should be adequate and
served ON time. II Pups Is well fed
he'll be less likely to 90 foraging. He
must be trained to be good citizen,
even though he doesn't vote. Rights
Of other people are to be respected.
There are some people who hold that
their evergreens and plants are sacred.
Others object to loud barking and
bowling. Some fear for their cats.
There are types Of people who'll 60
the limit to uphold their constitutional
rights, especially when 1t comes to
animals. Peaceful relations with the
neighborhood help to do away with
that feeling that something ewful Is
gotng to happen.
Evening star., 1936-12-05
BY BARBARA BELL.

rFYOU have q little girl to think OF.
here's the gift that will delight
her most-an honest-to-goodness
i homemade rag doll with woolly
hair tied In ribbons and dressed IN Q
darling frock that's the exact replica
Of what the little girl will wear! Pat
terms for childs dress, the rag doll
and her miniature clothing are all in
cluded in one envelope. The dolls
size has been graded to match her
mammals. Make her Of good, strong
gingham in q small light check. Then
the child's frock, which is simple but
sweet, with the heart pocket and full
skirt. After that sewing the dolls
dress on q much smaller scale viii be
0 delight. Altogether It's Q brilliant
gift ensemble and every little girl
from 2 to ought to be delighted
with it.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1203-B Is
svailabls for sizes 2, 5, 1 and 8. Size
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VcrSAr1es Of his death, December g.,
a42 BIC, to the children Of the world.
He filled the stockings Of the good
with toys: the stockings OF the
naughty received bundles of dis
ciplinary switches-and promised the
Evening star., 1936-12-05

the earliest times. but II vas DEVELOPED
most extensively by those clever peo-
pie. the Greeks. And they had q word
Tor 1t, for the name comes from two
Greek words meaning the thief of
water" Its simplest form was that
OF two vessels, one Of which had q
small vent which allowed water to
drop slowly into the other. One Of
the vessels was graduated, and the
height Of the water in it at any given
time indicated the hour.
The Greeks and Romans installed
water clocks In the forums or mar
ket squares Of their cities. guarded BY
civic officer whose duty it was to
keep 1t filled and in order. Wealthy
citizens sent their servants around to
find the exact time from 1t, while the
poorer classes were informed by the
sound of horn which was blown by
the attendant every hour on the
hour" The Romans also installed
water clocks in their law courts. The
device was filled up when a lawyer
started his grafton, and when the
water ran out he had TO stop. This"
said a writer Of the day, was to pre-
vent babblings, that such as spoke
ought to be brief in their speeches"
COMPANION to the water clock
was the hourglass, more properly
called the sandglass, which told time
by the flow of sand from one bell
shaped container to another. A sand
glass to indicate the time for a long
period would be too cumbersome, so
its use was generally restricted to
marking short periods such as an
hour. Unlike the water clock, it did
not need to be refilled, and its handi-
ness has enabled it to survive to this
day for various purposes, such as the
three-minute glass which tells house,
wives how long to boil the eggs. The
Romans had little hourglasses which
hung from their girdles and enabled
them to keep appointments. That is
the origin of the hourglass which
Father Time Is always depicted as
carrying.
The mechanical clock, the ancestor
of our modern clocks and watches,
originated in the Middle Ages; and,
like everything which started in that
period, its beginnings are concealed
by haze of romance and fable. Ira.
dition says that the first clock was
invented by a French monk named
Gerbert, one of the most accomplished
scholars Of his age. About $50 AID. he
is supposed to have produced some
kind of mechanical time-telling con-
trivance which caused a sensation
so much so that he was promptly
accused Of being a sorcerer. The ac-
cusation did not take" and Gerbert
lived to enter the Vatican as Pope
Sylvester II, but his experience shows
that inventive genius was risky thing
to have in those days.
All this is tradition. All that we
know definitely Is that in the early
thirteen-hundreds real mechanical
clocks, crude but workable, began to
appear tn cathedrals, castles and
church towers. The progress Of the
clock from these first beginnings will
be told in the next article Of this
series.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

JeWelerS IOf rep6lIS, WIlcu you Ic1ilLc
all at once how dependent upon 1t
you are.
Clocks and watchesi The constant
guides to all our waking hours. from
the moment they rout US out Of bed In
the morning to the last glance we give
them before turning In at night.
Familiar and indispensable. Yet what
do we really know about them? Who
invented them? We know that they
are not exactly q new device. because
we may have an old clock that has
been In the family long time, or .
watch that belonged to our grand
father. But just how old are they?
The answer is that they are really
old. Compared to the other mechan-
ical gadgets which surround us, they
are positively ancient. No one person
invented them-they are the product
Of long development beginning in
the middle ages, and they have fea-
lures borrowed from other time-telling
devices which date back to the dawn
Of history.
As soon as man began to think at
all he began to cast about for some
means of telling the time. The first
time-telling instrument used by our
primitive ancestors was probably q
vertical rod or stick, which indicated
the hour by the length Of its shadow.
When the shadow was shortest, it was
noon; as the afternoon wore on the
shadow heightened and veered to the
east.
.nUT Of this rude device grew the
sundial, and for its development
we must look to the Babylonians, who
originated good many things. The
priests of ancient Babylon and Assyria
were remarkably observant; they laid
the foundations of the science Of
astronomy. and it is to them that we
owe the division of the day into "a
hours of go minutes each. They took
the vertical stick and developed it into
fairly accurate means of time tell
ing-in fact, it remained the principal
time-keeping device until about 1900
AID.
The sundial underwent so many
changes that volume would be need
ed to describe them all. For example,
it was found that the shadow of the
pointer varied from day to day, as
the suns positions changed with the
seasons. So the mark for a certain
hour would change, and the dial would
not register accurately.
Berosus. a Chaldean priest of Baal.
solved the difficulty by making the
inside of the dial hollow, like a bowl.
The sky itself Is like a great bowl,
and however the sun moved upon it,
the shadow would move upon the in
side Of the dial. The "hemi-cycle of
Berosus," as it was called, remained in
use for centuries, and was the favorite
form Of sundial all through the classic
period of Greece and Rome. Cicero
had one at his villa near Tusculum,
and they have been dug up in the
ruins Of Pompeii.
A MOTHER ancient time-telling de-
vice was the clepsydra. or water
clock. Like the sundial. it was invent
ed 50 long ago that there is no au-
thentic record of its origin. 1t was
used by the Chinese and Hindus from
Evening star., 1936-12-05

eve of st. Nicholas expectant young
sters hung up their stockings
more generally-set out their shoes,
trusting that the following morning
they would be found filled to the brim
with toys and gifts. Woe betide the
naughty child, for his offering was
discovered running over with birch
twigs and similar unpleasant bits OF
suggestiveness.
Years ago. in many Of the German
provinces. st. Nicholas day was cele-
brated as a preliminary to Christ
mas. At these festivities the saint
was wont to present himself boldly,
in the form of a genial uncle or father
in disguise, before the assembled COM
pany, and engage the younger MEM
bers Of the gathering in searching
and, at times-very embarrassing
cross-examinations as to his or her
behavior during the past year. His
appearance at these times Is indubit-
ably similar to our own st. Nick or
Santa Claus. He was pictured as
round, fat, jovial. dressed IN red.
with warm furs about his neck and
carrying a sackful Of toys over his
shoulder.
A MONG the old Dutch burghers Of
New York the appearance Of the
saint was made to coincide with the
festival of New Year. The children
gathered around the fireplaces, sing
ing in soft voices the hymns Of praise
to the jolly old gentleman who was
their own very special patron.
So it Is easy to see that the an
cestor Of our own Santa Claus really
made his debut somewhat ahead Of
Christmas proper-or after 1t, as the
case may be. We in this country
have made him part and parcel of
the real Yule celebration, and, be-
cause Of him, as well as because Of
the Christ Child, whose birthday
it Is, the 25th of December has come
to mean more to children than to
any one else in the modern world.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the
true St. Nicholas day. Is it not, then,
a very fitting occasion to think serious
ly of the little ones in washington to
whom Santa Claus Is almost an un-
known joy-to whom st. Nicholas Is
hardly a dream-and see to it that
the spirit of the patron saint Of chill
dren is awarded due homage in the
resolution that no little hands shall
be empty when the birthday of the
Christ Child dawns again?
Evening star., 1936-12-05
\ EAR DORO HY DIX
\ Women are always complain
J ing about their philandering

llk dbOQb I1lCA AAlS
- husbands, but I want to tell
them that no woman ever lost her
husband if she really and truly loved
him. I am a middle-aged man and I
know of what I speak. Wives take
love too lightly. They think that If
they make a comfortable home for
their husbands they have done all that
Is necessary. They do not realize that
men crave affection just as much as
they do. and when they get it at home
they do not seek 1t abroad. That Is
why I believe q woman who really
loves her husband and shows him that
she loves him can never lose him. He
won't take a chance Of losing q good
wife who loves him for some untried
lady. Think it over and see if you
do not agree with me. A. w. B.
Answer think you are right to q
certain extent, but not entirely. One
way love does not make q happy
marriage any more than one swallow
makes a Spring. No woman can keep
her husband faithful to her by loving
him if he does not love her in return.
Nothing Is 50 boring nor 50 calculated
to drive q man from home As to be
adored by q wife for whom he does
not care and whose kisses and caresses
nauseate rather than thrill him.
n X
A LII of us know too many broken
- hearted wives who have lost the
husbands they worshiped, and who 60
on worshiping them even after they
have found out that their gods not
only had feet Of clay, but were made
of mud, to believe that . woman can
hold q man just by loving him. There
are too many men who are incapable
Evening star., 1936-12-05
My Neighbor Says:

Tulips grown indoors should
be planted no later than the first
Of December If you wish to have
blossoms for Easter.
II you have any left over cooked
rice . delicious dessert may be
prepared with 1t II chopped ap-
pies, diced pineapple, marshmal-
lows and whipped cream are
added to It. Put into molds.
Dry coconut may be softened
II steamed in . clean cloth over
boiling water.
To loosten Q cake from the
center Of IN angel cake tube move
Q steel knitting needle around
center slowly. II does not break
the cake.
(copyrisht. 1860
Evening star., 1936-12-05

8 requires Just yards 35-inch ma
terial for child's and dolls dress TO-
gether, and " yard gingham for the
doll (16 inches high). Hair ribbon y
yard, and one hank Of wool for hair
and eyelaShes.
Evening star., 1936-12-05

youngsters Inelr
Just deserts with
the coming of the
Christ Child on
December Is.
The saint is
said to have been
Arc h b / shop of
Myra. in Lycia,
during his life
time in the fourth
century. He was
. holy parsonage
Of many and va
rious attributes.
A patron saint Of
Russia in the old
Evening star., 1936-12-05
Dorothy Dix Says
A Wife Must Love Wisely and Well to
Hold Her Husband.

Of any deep passion; too many men
who are Just rovers by nature, who
must always have change in women,
just as they must have change in
environment, and who could not be
faithful to any one woman, no mat
ter if she possessed every feminine
charm and virtue and spent her life
burning incense before him.
But I do agree with you that the
great majority of women who lose
their husbands do so through care
lessness or ignorance. Wives are for
ever complaining about their hus-
bands. expecting them to take their
affection for granted and never pay
ing them any compliments. or show
ing them any appreciation, or giving
them . kiss that isn't so cold and
fabby that 1t Is an insult rather than
a caress.
VET how few women ever show their
husbands any affectionl How
rev wives ever tell their husbands that
they think they are the handsomest
and smartest men in the world and
the most interesting takers! How
few wives ever show their husbands
any appreciation and let them know
that they thank God for getting them
as husbands!
The thing that starts most hus-
bands philandering is to seek the
flattery and the love-making they
don't get at home. As long as a wife
makes her husband feel that she
adores him and admires him she Is
reasonably safe from the "other wom-
a~" DOROTHY DIX.
tCopyright, 1867
Evening star., 1936-12-05
ST. NICHOLAS DAY STRESSES THOUGHT OF CHILDREN
Clocks and Watches
Rank Among Oldest
Of Mans Inventions
From Time Immemorial Human Beings
Have Tried to Record the
Fleeing Hours.
BY EUGENE GUILD.

TANDNG on the mantelpece In the living
dressing table little piece Of mechanism
shiny dial hat q
Strapped
which think