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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
Try Out Negro Ballet
Al Carnegie Hall


NEW YORK, lC)-The first
presentation of the American Ne
gro Ballet dancer was given We'd
nesday evening for approval be-
for a group of about twenty-five
persons, among them Ny. and Mrs,
". C. Handy, at Carnegie Hall
Studios by Eugene Won Grona,
director.
The group of dancers, eighteen
in number, danced to the Regin-
aid Forsythe suit, Garden of
Weed" Lullaby and 'Dodging
a Divorcee," as the first scene.
For the second scene, La Plus
ue Lente," and "Allegory' by
Bach, and sBerceuse Fireburg
Suite" by Stravinski. The third
and last scene used as the musical
background Duke Ellington's Gre
ole Love Song" as a prelude to
Sl. louis 0lueSs
The director said that his pur-
pose Of teaching the ballet to the
Negro is to change their way of
soul expression to something more
real than the usual dance of the
day. He has spent several years
living among the group and he
sees that they want and need q
new way Of expressing their joy
love, and suffering.
The members of the ballet group
are Archie Savage, Elizabeth
Thompson, Marion Brown, Dolly
Klein, Pearl Spears, Edith Ross
Hettie stephens, Beryl Clark, A
Blidger, James Smith, Stepher
Harris, Otis M'dese, Ian Edward
Frank H. Green. Valerie Black
Coleman Hill, Anthony Fleming
Jr., and Lewanne Cunard.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
Crippled Children
Clinic Here Soon

The Child Welfare Department
of the State Department of Public
Welfare announces that another
Crippled Children's Clinic will be
held in Seattle on April 5th at the
Swedish Hospital. Beginning at
$3.50 a. M. children from King, Kit
sap, jefferson, Clanam and Sno-
homish Counties will be examined
at this clinic.
All children from birth to twen-
ty-one years of age inclusive who,
in the opinion of medical author
tiles, may benefit from orthopedic
treatment, who are not under
treatment at the present time, may
apply for examination.
Each child must present to the
clinic an entry form signed by a
reputable physician. This entry
form may be obtained at the State
Department of Public Welfare,
Burke Building, or through the va
rious nursing service org Anizations
in King, Kitsap, Jefferson, ClaiIam
and Snohomish Counties. Other
counties win be served by clinics
in other parts Of the State.
All citizens and organizations
r urged to report cases Of Grip
pied children to the State Depart
ment Of Public Welfare, Child Wei
fare Division, or to the Public
Health Or County Nurses.
The recommendation Of the doc
tors in charge of the clinic win be
followed where it is possible.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
New York University
Recognizes Va. Union

NEW YORK.@The Chancellor
of New York University has no.
Richmond, Va, that: I'VE find it
titled Virginia Union University at
possible to register the c~urricula
leading to the Bachelor of Arts
and Bachelor of Science degrees"
President william John Clark, on
hearing the news in Richmond.
said: Recognition by the Univer-
sity of New York is equivalent to
recognition by authorities in any
part Of the country
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
@. Department
Dodges Issue on
Woman Beating


NEW YORKAA complaint fill
ed with the Post offiee Depart
ment in Washington by the N. A
A. c. P. that Robert Mulligan.
clerk in the postoffice at Blaine.
Mississippi, assaulted and beat
with his fists Mrs. Carrie Stewart,
now a resident OF st. Louis, Mis-
souri,. on Dec. IL. 1885, has been
lodged repeatedly by w. W.
Howes. First Assistant Postmas-
ter General.
Mrs. Stewards original COM
plant stated that she went to the
postoffice at Blaine, which is To-
Gated II a general store, and in
quireC 1or a package which she
expected from Memphis. Mulligan
who was on duty claimed that she
was edisrespectfur' because she
did not say Yes, sir, to him, but
only said Yes
Mrs. Stewart has made an affi-
davit in which she charges that
ne a out Of the cage around to
the front Of the window, beat her
with his fists, twisted her arm
and threw her to the floor. The
postmistress, came in about this
time and agreed that he should
give her a good beating because
she was "disrespectful.p
When the first complaint was
made to the post office depart
ment by the N.A.AA.CP. they
replied that a postal Inspector had
been sent to investigate the case
and he reported that Mrs. Stewart
had been disrespectfui, but that
they felt sure that the incident
would not occur again.
The N.A.A.C.P persisted in its
demand for a positive statement
Of policy by the post office de
partment whereupon the depart
ment changed front and said that
the assault did not occur within
the limits Of tn post OFFICE and
that, therefore. it was a private
affair. Subsequent Investigation by
the N.AA.C.P. revealed that the
actual post office located in the
store was a cage Of only four OF
five feet square, so that Mrs. Ste
wart could not have been on post
office property if the cage were
to be interpreted as athe post Of
office" However, the N.AA.C.P,
contended that the only way she
could transact business with the
post office was to go up to the
cage in the general store and that,
therefore, to all intents and uur-
poses she was assaulted while IN
the midst of transacting post Of
flee business on the premises used
for that purpose. The post office
department SO far has not replied
to the latest letter of the associa-
ton.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
Edgar Brown Before
House Committee

WASHINGTON Edgar G.
Brown, president of the United
Government Employees, appeared
before Congressman Edward T.
Taylor, Of Colorado. chairman Of
the appropriations committee of
the House, Friday, and pleaded for
a special fund to increase the pay
Of 1000 charwomen, laborers, eIe-
vator operators and other workers.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02

onstrated that not all Durham gen
ius IS confined to insurance and
banking. Quite properly. a part
of it has lowered in the field of
higher education, and quite prop
erly again, with the aid and en-
enlargement Of the other Durham
enterprises.
WPA Tenancy Report
A report on Landlord and Ten
nant on the Cotton Plantation"
Just released by WPA Admins
traitor Harry L. Hopkins. based
on visits to GAG typical plantations,
interviews with more than 5000
tenant farmers. and the examine
ton of relief and AAA records, re-
veals that the problems of the Ne
gro cotton grower are u~nquestion-
ably more vexing than those Of his
white ncighbor. Reasons given for
the existence Of this situation are:
% that Negroes are restricted
in Their opportunity to purchase
lai,d in desirable sections, 90 that
| they have been able to build up
o,ns a few proprietorships to plan
tation size. t3) that they have less
frequent opportunities to leave one
farm for another than do the white
farmers, and az that the stand
ards Of their schools r almost
i~nvariable lower than those Of the
white schools"
That the WPA is cooperating
with other Federal agencies to I'M
prove the condition. Of the tenant
farmers, black and white, is COM
mendable. If the Supreme Court
win fan in line, all win be well.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02

Word was received by DR.. Arthur
Williams, of Seattle. that Senator
Warren G. Magnvson, formerly U.
S. District Attorney Of King coun-
ty, has signed the resolution IN
favor of the anti-lynch bill.
Senator MagnusoiFs letter to Or.
williams reads IS follows: you
refer to the anti-lynching bill. For
your information l have been hap
py to sign the resolution in favor
of this measure and viii do all
can in support of it,
We feel certain that with such
backing as that of Senator Mag
nuson this measure can not fail.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
No More Stocks on
Georgia Chain Gang

ATLANTA, CA new rule on
the cnsin gang was announced
Saturday which abolished stocks
quitting men in a device which
holds their neck, arms and legs),
and substituted solitary confine-
ment as punishment for prisoners,
according to c. A. Johns, chair
man of the Prisons Commission.
shackles and striped clothing will
continue to be used.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
Indiana Legislature Says
OK. ON Anti-Lynch Bill

INDIANAPOLIS, md. = TIL e
House OF Representatives of the
General Assembly of the state of
Indiana passed a resolution March
3 endorsing the. passage of the
Wagner-Van Mugs anti : lynching
bill and calling upon the senators
and representatives in congress
from the state of Indiana to vote
for the bill.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
Architects Are Finishing
Million Dollar School

NASHVILLE. Tenn.-The archi-
tectural firm of McKissack and
McKissack, composed of two
brothers, Moses and Calvin Nc
Kissack, with offices in the Nor
riss Memorial building, is complet-
ing she new million dollar Pearl
High School, which win fill a
long felt need here.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
Says Desta Still Fighting

NEW y0RKz~The Voice tf
Ethiopia, published weekly by q.
Balfour Bowel, 1852 Seventh Ave-
says on the front page Of its cur
rent issue that Ras Desta Demtu,
reported executed by the Italians
recently, is still fighting. Under
the heading. 'Ras Desta's Tri-
umph,' The paper says: "Ras Des-
ia is stiIl in the fielc against the
italians at the head Of the troops
Of Sidamo, Walamo and Kambata,
ION account of the CONTINUAL in
crease of Ras Desta's troops, the
italians were defeated liz all the
encounters, so that Central Graz
ziani was forced to send 5000
more soldiers to fight him, but
Ras Desta defeated and scattered
the 5000"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
Opposition to Haste
Fades at Hearing

WASHINGTON.-The opposition
to the confirmation of William H.
HASTE as federal judge for the
Virgin Islands faded completely in
the committee hearings here Mar.
10. Senator William H. King of
Utah said the sub : committee
would make a favorable report.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
George l. Steer, New York Times
Correspondent on E~thiOPia's Side
Tells Why They Lost War; No Arms

NEW YORK.-George L. Steer,
New York Times correspondent on
Ethiopla's side during the war, IN
his new book, Caesar in Abyssin-
ia published by Little, Brown
and Company Of Boston, gives his
version Of why the Philippians
failed to stop the italian invaders.
A. M. Nikolaieff. reviewing the
book, says: THE PRIMARY cause Of
the Ethiopian defeat, Mr.. Steer
point out, was that they did not
have arms nor were they allowed
to have any. All through the war,
because of the arms embargo, the
armies of the north could not be
supplied, munitions having made
their 'tardy appearance only IN
the army in the east. The stag
gering difference in the armament
Of the two opponents, Ethiopia and
Italy. is set forth IN detail. The
second cause was the Italian air
supremacy, their force consisting
Of some four hundred machines
against eight Ethiopian planes,
slow and unarmed. That air force
chained up the Ethiopians like
prisoners tying them to the
ground and depriving them of free
dom Of movement. The moral eff
feet of aviation vss enormous.
Lacked Trained Leaders
I'm addition to the appalling
lack of material means of fight
ing, the Philippians were handi-
capped in some other ways, of
which the more important were az
lack of trained leaders, an over
whelming conceit Of the native
chiefs and soldiers, the incapable
ity of the men to make an intense
and prolonged effort and their I'M
Willingness to fight after their
leader was gone. It seems that
these handicaps were of such la
ture that the Ethiopian army, If
one takes into consideration It
state on the w of the war, would
hartly have been able to delay
the invaders advance for a long
time even on condition that ship
ment of arms into the country had
not been prevented by the embar-
co.
Three Victories
Ethiopia's victories were few
and short-lived, for the reviewer
says: Following three short-lived
successes scored by the Philippians,
two in the latter part of December
north of the Takaze River and in
the Tembien district) and n in
January lin the same d~istrict), a
decisive attack was launched
against them by Marshal Badoglio
in the ire in which the enemy
forces had assembled. It consisted
of three battles, fought in the lat
ter part of February, the result of
which was a crushing defeat of
the army under the command of
Mulugeta 1.-THE battle of Amba
Aradam) and those under his coll
leagues in the north (Kassa and
Seyyum in the Tembien and Tmru
north of the Takaze). A last at
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-04-02
SAYS Youth Should
Visit State Capital

BY Lewis B. schwelIenbach,
u. S. Senator. State Of Washington
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
HOneServlCe

give just heard the most for
MIDible news. Sally's taking a
deeLUCKS cruise to the Bar
BADos ="
Janet's talking a mile a min
ute to impress good-looking Don.
sitting behind her on the street
car. But you can't expect him
to be interested in a girl whose
bad pronunciation would en-
barrass him every time he took
her out.
To make matters worse, she
raves on about "the adorable
DACH HUMID" she saw today
ION the BULLavard in front OF
Mr.. Snyder's LAWR office"
It's astonishing that attrac-
tive, vivacious Janet doesn't
know that formidable is pro-
nounced FORmidibl; de luxe, de
LEWKS; Barbados, BarBAY'
doz; dachshund, DAHKShunt
or DAKShund; boulevard,
boulevard; law, LAW.
Why not make perfect speech
one of your most winning quail
ties? Check your pronunciation
against other peoples. Read
aloud every day one article from
a newspaper or magazine, mark
words you're uncertain of, then
look them up.
Our 32-page booklet tells how
to pronounce and use $50 key
words you meet daily-in the
news, at movies or restaurants,
shopping, travelling.
Send 10c for your copy of
GUIDE TO CORRECT PRO
NUNCIATTON to Washington
Times, Home Service, 635 Sixth
Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure
to write plainly your NAME,
ADDRESS, and the NAME of
booklet.
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AdUice to L0UelOrn

give that a thought. Please tell
me how to advise her. I am
married also.
A FRIEND.
It isn't easy to tell a friend
that you think she is making a
mistake, unless she asks your
advice. If she does, you might
point out to her that a dependa-
BILE husband, who loves and
trusts her, is far better than a
rowing salesman, who may soon
get tired of her and leave her
without either money or friends.
is SHE IN LOVE
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I've been going steady" with
a girl for several months, and
when asked her if she still
loved me, after seeing her talk
ing to another man, she an
swered "Yes-No." That's very
indefinite. I think, and as I'm a
very jealous person, and think
she Graves a man with a swell
car and lots of money to spend,
I think I ought to drop her.
What do you think?
ARCHIE.
It would seem to me, Archie,
that the young lady is just teas
ing you when she says yes
No." Most all girls like to go out
in a fine car, but money isn't
always the attracting magnet
when it comes to marrying a
man. If you are persistent
enough and don't give way to
your jealousy. wouldn't be sur
prised if you'd win the girl in
spite of attractions which the
other man may hold out.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Alexandra Show

Saturday evening, at the Ma
sonic Temple on Cameron Street,
Alexandria, Va, a fashion show
was given, under the direction Of
Florence Hawley. of M. Philips
born store. Beautiful Eastern
Star women and Jobs Daughters
modelled.
They were Vivian Haislop, Vir.
ginia Gary, Mary Bryan, Char
lotte Hinsley, Eleanor Rowland,
Helen Kidwell, Emma Robert
son, Louise Rinaldue, Evelyn
Deny. Frances Riley, Katherine
Bruce, Martha Robertson, Ruth
Thomas, Dorothy Dixon, Vir.
ginia Notion, Lula Saunders,
Nancy Paine, Virginia GLASGOW,
Audrey Russell Margaret Kidd,
A. N. Kidd, Elizabeth Poss,
Janice Morgan,
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
By Mrs. Cornelius Beeckm0n'

~ NBSs ~VS"SGSSAo
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
I have been invited to my
employers daughters wedding
and reception. Il do not know
the young lady personality I
will be unable to attend the re-
ception. but I will attend the
wedding in the church. Please
tell me how to reply to the invi-
tation.
Should I give a reason for not
being able to attend the recep'
ton? I would not like to Of
fend my employer as he is most
kind. Two of the other girls in
the office are going to attend,
and then there are several who
have not been invited hence
I do not want to appear I'm.
grateful. READER.
You do not say what kind Of
invitation was sent to you, but
I take it for granted that it was
two separate invitations, for
NAL, one to the church cere-
mony, and one to the reception.
The invitation to the church
ceremony the one that reads
request the honour Of your
presence" it is not necessary
to answer. But the invitation to
the reception reading ere
quest the pleasure of your COM
pany" it is necessary to an
Swer.
In your formal acknowledge
ment of this experimentation
it is not necessary to give a rea'
son for your regret" Use your
very best letter-paper, white or
gray and double,sheeted, and
on the first page write your
answer, spacing the lines as
nearly as possible as they were
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Bod1AtY Counsel
BY DONNA GRACE

The history of beauty and all
that pertains to it's origin is
most unsatisfactory as to au-
thentic records. After years of
haunting libraries, and reading
all available literature on the
subject, We are convinced it
must have been bad form or
unchivalrous to even suggest
there might have been anything
artificial about the bauties OF
the Long Ago.
It is true we do have some
early records of the use OF
dyes, paints, skin stains, per-
fume and even powder, but
where is the famous woman
whose biography tells us just
what her Beauty Secrets might
have been?
There is, according to a
famous cosmetic house, one real
source of information that is
being studied, and has already
begun to Influence the fashions
and beauty styles of today. 1t
is the paintings of the old
masters where we find the real
coloring Of the compilations and
hair.
Manet, the Partisan gentle
man who loved paint for itself
and seemed to delight in gay
inspired portraits, has given us
a subtle skin tone that is ideal
for the blonde or brunette. 1t
is a blending of the apricot and
peach shades. The same artist
used vivid reds with a blue I'm.
dertone for lips and cheek color,
ing.
Goya. the great Spanish
artist, who loved dramatic, riot
GUS colors, inspired the dark,
rachel powder, a glowing shade
for the brunette. His reds were
deep. rich and rebellious, but
warm for the lips of his senori
tas.
Sarg ent. American artist
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
FIRST COUSINS
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I know all letters cannot be
answered, but I feel certain this
will help others as well as my
self. I have a dear first cousin
whom I could love devotedly.
AS yet, we are just friends. He
is in his early fifties and 10
years older than I am, but such
a dear! I know he is interested,
as you can tell in a thousand
little ways. Yet know he feels
as I do about first cousins
marrying. Do you think we
ought to continue being friends?
FIRST COUSIN.
There has been a good deal
Of discussion about the question
Of first cousins marrying. I am
under the impression that in
some States it is illegal. Chill
dren resulting from such mar
riages are often outStandingly
brilliant; again, they may have
serious physical deficiencies.
The case is one in which a
physician rather than a layman
should be consulted. You have
my very deep sympathy, and I
hope whichever you decide will
be for your happiness.
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spaced in the invitation. Like
this:
Miss Marion S1nlniS
Regrets that she is unable to
accept
Mr.. and Mrs. brides parents
Kind inUit1tion
For their daughters Uedding
reception
On Tuesday, the tenth of
September
I suggest that, under the cir.
cumstanceS you so definitely set
forth, you might send a box Of
flowers to the bride-to-be, to ar.
rive on the morning of her we'd
ding. This would be a courtesy.
bow that she would appreciate.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Countess
F q S hi0n
By Bah Lincoln

American women spend more
money on their clothes than any
other women in the world. We're
slaves to the latest fancy. French
and italian women are more su-
perlatively chic.
At least, that's the opinion Of
Countess Felicia Gyzicka, who
has just returned to her home
in Dupont Circle from Paris,
where she customarily spends
much time.
"You can always spot an Amer
lean abroad" Countess Gyzicka
said. "They are usually ex-
tremely pretty women, immacu-
lately turned out. but often with
too much on. They appear in
handsome costumes. the latest
creations of the worlds greatest
designers, but not always the
best creations, unfortunately"
The countess went on to ex-
plain the situation recognized
by many women, in which dress
makers invariably present in
their initial seasonal exhibitions
some sensational number in
tended to catch the eye Of the
impulsive rich American women.
This, she stresses, is the reason
why so many atrocities appear
on our style horizon, to shine
a while, then happily disappear.
DRESS YOUR TYPE
French and Italian women"
said Countess Gyzicka, "have
learned that it is better to dress
ones type, with some slight va
riations from year to year as
a concession to changing line
and silhouette.
even the midinette and the
poorest shop girl seem to have
the secret of wearing the cheap
est clothes with a certain flair,
which other women might do
well to initiate"
Too much money spent on
your clothes, according to the
countess, is sure to result badly.
She belivees that any woman's
wardrobe should be planned
first and purchased last. The
habit of shopping indiscrimi-
nately, she believes, is bound to
result badly all around, and
the woman who comes home
from a shopping excursion say
ing that she has picked up a
couple of little frocks, though
she hadn't meant to, is reason
ably sure to be the woman
whose clothes never seem to
match each other, and to bear
no relation to the person wear
ing them.
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
By Beatrice Fairfax
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
A very close friend Of mine,
who is married and has two
lovely children, is corresponding
with a travelling man who is
single, and she is leading him to
believe she will divorce her huS-
band some day and marry him.
She has a very good husband
who thinks she is true to him.
Do you think she is playing
fair? I don't like to see her
home broken up, but she doesn't
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

PUREE OF SPINACH SOUP
Wash one-half peck of spinach
and put in a saucepan without
water. Cover tightly and sim
mer for 80 minutes; drain off all
the water Saving two cups) and
rub the spinach through a PURGE
sieve. Now put in a saucepan
three tablespoons of butter and
stir in two and one-half table
spoons of flour; stir until the
mixture is smooth and then add
the spinach, salt and pepper to
taste and a little nutmeg; stir
for about five minutes, then add
The Washington times., 1937-11-15

gradually the two cups of spinach
water, two cups of good stock,
and when it begins to boil add a
pint of hot half milk and cream.
Boil up once and remove from
fire. Rub through a fine sieve;
return to the fire and bring it
again to a boil before serving.
LEFTOVER BEEF JARDI-
MERE
Butter deep baking pan and
cover the bottom with leftover
roast beef. Then cover with
thick slices of toes, or
canned tomatoes. Season with
salt and pepper, and pour over it
one cup of stock. Cook in a hot
oven for 20 minutes. In the
meantime, cook separately until
tender a cupful of each: peas,
carrots, potatoes and onions.
Season with salt and pepper.
When served. place the beef and
tomatoes in the center of the
The Washington times., 1937-11-15
Pattern

Pattern 1891 is available in
sizes small, medium and large.
Small size takes 214 yards &c.
inch fabric. Apron A, 27s yards
trim and B, IA yards. Illustrat-
ed Step-by-step sewing instruc-
lions included.