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Evening star., 1940-12-12


proper bitter flavor, the heads
firm and white, and compactly
shaped. 1t isn't cheap by any
means, but if it has been a particu-
lar favorite of yours for braising
and for use in salads. you may
have your endive once again-and
100 per cent American at that
There is some young yellow sum-
mer squash about this week, after
being conspicuous for its absence
but it is priced unusually high. The
root vegetables continue to be the
least expensive buys, although spin
ach, kale and string beans are also
way down. Tomatoes have become
more reasonable in the last few
days, and garden lettuce is selling
for only few cents head. The
fruit picture continues unchanged,
with strawberries coming in stead
lily: so is good rhubarb, from Cali
fornia. Apples of all kinds have
never been better.
Pork cuts and chuck roaStS are
among the meat buys suggested for
the week end, with some stores fea-
turing veal, cuts of lamb, fresh
hams and quantities of rabbits.
Stewlng chickens and turkeys are
still attraCtively priced for the larg-
er households. Frog legs are good
now, if you like them. and provide
a nice change in the daily or party
menu. Fish is plentiful and cheap.
with excellent American sole of
especial interest.
SUNDAY DINNER MENU.
Cream of Lettuce Soup
Pickles OliUeS
Picked Onions
BraiSed Veal Kidney Chops
Fried Potatoes Scaloped Tomatoes
Avocado Grapefruit Salad
Toasted Crackers
Hot Gingerbread With Vanilla
Ice Cream
Coffee
CREAM OF LETTUCE SOUP.
! head lettuce
! teaspoon grated onion
2 cups meat stock or bouillon
l12 cups milk
2 tablespoons butter
u cup soft breadcrumbs
y teaspoon sugar
4 teaspoon salt
Dash black pepper and paprika.
Chop the lettuce and cook with
the onion in the meat stock for Is
minutes. Scald the milk with the
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like this, choose fiat crepe, linen or
challis.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1868
is designed for sizes 8, 10. II, IA and
Is years. Size 10 requires X yards
of 54-inch material for the skirt and
jerkin; IA yards of 39-inch material
for short-sleeved blouse: 1as yards
for long -Sleeved,
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Strong Onions

If onions are strong, slice them
and soak them 10 minutes in iced
water with a little sugar in it
a tablespoon of sugar to a quart Of
water. This does not sweeten the
onion but does remove some Of the
strong flavor,
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appreciates work and
rests furniture than does busy home
flet croceted chair have become popular
adding rather than dTacng the beauty
piece hhey used and the time they protect
The water lily design offered today Of beauty The
background that be floating
OF water Cocheted size 80 cotton the back ID
wide IA through the center The rests
inches
pattern comprises diagrams
Address
work Editor Of Tho Evening Star
Evening star., 1940-12-12
By BARBARA BELL.

This saucy jerkin outfit is one Of
the best new juvenile styles-if your
schoolgirl daughter has not already
been asking for one, she will be And
you can make the smartest kind,
right in your own home, with this
new pattern, No. 1868. The dart
fitted jerkin. buttoned down the left
side, is a mighty handy thing to wear
when school halls are drafty, to say
nothing of the fetching appearance.
The skirt is an excellent sports style,
with lines of stitching to emphasize
the flare AS for the tailored blouse,
half dozen like it won't be too
many!
Make the skirt and jerkin of fam
mel, corduroy. velveteen or tweed
the jerkin will be pretty in bright
suede, too. For q tailored blouse
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Beef Shanks

Hind shank and fore shank of
beef are excellent and inexpensive
for soups, stews and hamburg
steak.
Evening star., 1940-12-12

Mr.. Patri has prepared q leafit
entitled "Slowness," in which he
advises parents how to handle
the dilly-dallier. Send for it,
addressing your request to Mr..
Angelo Patri, Child Psychology
Department of this paper. In
close q self addressed, stamped
(3-cent) envelope.
Evening star., 1940-12-12

VALUABLE PREMIUMS: s.-. d.
THRIFT STARS which are packed 10 your
bag Of Pillstsrys BeS Flour, aod with oshsf
Pillsbury produces. They are rsdeemable fof
womens fne silk hosiery. silverware, sowel
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27
Give DR.. Wright An Ovation

THE GREAT DAY at Tuskegee, conmnemorating the mem
ory T. Washington the founding of Tuskegee lnst
and the launching of the sale of the postage stamp honorg
the great educator does overhadow the
effort the strong courage and unsees of Dr. Richard Rob-
ert Wright of Philadelphia and Georgia who did much for the
placing of Dr. Washington the postage stamp Major Wright
as he affeconatey known did do the job in few weeks
year. 1t long struggle of his using his influence
with other educators and politicians well effort to bring
the realization of representation Of racial group the
postage stamp issues
For the first time in American history the face of coored
appears the postage stamp 1t is feared that many do
realize the significance of this great moment and the import
bears.
America is asserted the land of opportunity. 1t
may be slow process by which the is coming into
nevertheless every hand there encouragement of its recog
milton.
The colored in Amrca has made history. 1t is
truly and intensely American AT time has harbored the
dangerous sn responsible for the in Europe and the
overthrow of governments 1t has kept the faith all along and
the dim distance there promise of reward for its loyalty
President Wright belongs to the group which believes in do
ing things lie not content to sit by and whine and crie
because in the issues of stamps the loyal Ame
left He realized that there must be fight for
many OF the things to which Justly entitled.
There many other recogntions Justly due our people
The emphasis made here for those who know these things to
bring the proper at the proper place give over
until the thing complete reality
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27

Those of us who strive to be
social scientists and to view social
problems from a scientific point OF
view believe that there is a need
for racial propagandists and even
"Pollyannas"-the propagandists to
give them the inspiration that
comes from dramatizing the heroes
of the past as we'll as current
racial achievements and Polly
annas to dope the neurotics and
fear-ridden obsessionists The So
cial scientists can not escape the
mars of facts that show the plight
of Negroes in the American econ
omv is JUST PLAIN BAD.
THE TRUTH HURTS
When the Negro sociologistS tell
the facts about the unemployment
situation as it relates to Negroes,
they are likely to be branded as
pessimists. Pessimists because the
truth hurts and endangerS the
position of certain brands of Ne
gro leadership-the type OF lead
ers who on every occasion tell
their gullible followers that they
must only see the bright side
chat the time is not right, that
patience has it's reward, that
"only Communists join labor
unions.
1t is the above type of leader
ship philosophy which has pre-
vented Negro laborers (the group
most severely affected by unem-
ployment from getting anything
like a comprehensive understand
ing of the facts on unemployment
as gathered and explained by the
most nearly unbiased groups-the
statisticians, sociologistS and eco
nomists. Too many Negroes are
thus blinded to the fact that while
at one time Negroes were the
last hired and the first to be
fred that they are now staying
fired. ".,s &
The trend seems to be for this
state of affairs to become south
wide if not nationwide policy.
They have not understood that
there are not enough jobs in the
south for white people. Thew have
not been permitted to see that IN
creasingly, in order to get adequate
employment for their own people
the white employers are giving
status to traditional "Negro Jobs"
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frequently heard over these broad
casts. In scanning a New York
tabloid noticed in the numbers
corner grotesque looking figure
by the name of ''Pete" who says
funny things to make. people laugh
Pete is a Negro. "Hambone's Medi-
tations" are still current in many
of the papers of the country.
When came to Richmond near
ly 20 years ago there was column
in one of the Richmond dailieS
called Good Morning judge It
was caricature of the Negro in
the police court and played up
their ignorance as subjects of
laughter for the readers. I wrote
strong protest. The editor replied
strong. I was accused of being
sensitive. Some of the Negroes
said it was not offensive to them.
They were old Richmonds and I
newcomer. I kept up the fight and
in little while the column was
discontinued. Next came Ham,
bones Meditations. fortunately for
Richmond we have white papers
with high standards and editors
with human hearts. Soon Hambone
was gone.
MAKING US SUPER CLOWNS
I was struck the other day to see
that out of New York could come
without protest such caricature as
"Pete" of the numbers lore. Where
is all the fight" we hear that has
It's home in Harlem? Why does
Harlem with its "super-Negro man.
hood" take Pete and Hambone ly-
ing down when we supposedly puny
men of the South get removed
from our columns these little jests
which make of the Negro a super
clown?
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BETWEEN THE LINES

wished that he could take life as
lightly as the Negroes in general
He spoke as though it was a real
virtue to be able to laugh when
the world had its loot upon the
Negroes neck. ...
I told him that the white men
did not get to their present place
of world domination by laughing.
They marched to power through
sweat and tears and blood and
these are not matters to be laugh
ed over. When the pilgrims left
Plymouth on a said boat for an
unknown land where they might
work out their own salvation under
their own vine and fig-tree it was
not a laughing matter.
There was nothing funny about
the voyage across the dark and
dangerous Atlantic. There was
nothing to laugh about when they
found themselves face to face with
the tomahawk of the American In
dian nor was the American )revolu-
ton a petting party.
ADMITS GUILT
Laughter is not going to get the
Negro where he wants to go in this
Goth century world. And if my
refusal to be "tickled" over the Ne
gre's present economic plight
makes of me Gloomy Dean then
1 am guilty and proud of my
guilt. A casual appraisal of the
radio broadcasts will show what
attempts are being made to char
acterize the Negro as funny. All
kinds of grotesque anecdotes on
NEGRO life are being daily broad
cast.
Amos and Andy are still popular
even with many Negro elite. The
words "darkey" and "nigger" are
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throughout the land. Once a year
thew make the trek to that oasis of
Negro intellect at Tuskegee Insti-
tute, to bring skilled medical att
tention to the forgotten man" OF
The South.
Coil erosion and human erosion
has warped the natives of some of
our Southern states, both white and
black to such an extent that re-
clamation is impossible. However,
anything that brings some degree
of comfort to the mind and body
that something is being done, is
probably worthwhile.
SEEK NEW LEASE
Black faces and some white ones
too, they still come in lowly vehicles
of conveyance All hopeful that
these skilled Negro physicians can
give them a new lease on life.
One man, who had a stone in the
urinary bladder as large as a small
orange, previously was not able to
stand up nor lie down in comfort
but had to stand on all-fours as
an animal, to keep from hurting
had his misery relieved and the
stone taken out.
The halls were filled with surgi-
cal cases just out of the operating
room where cysts, fibroid tumors
pus tubes and faecal appendices
are lying around in great disarray
having been induced by the magic
of scientific hands to turn loose
their victims.
Specialists from Chicago delveo
into the eyes and measured accuity
of vision Cataracts were scaled off
permitting the light of day to shine
where years Of darkness or semi
darkness have stood. New glasses
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27
FROM NY STUDY WINDOW-WRICHT

lives of hundreds of inspired and devoted souls who
have been laboring for long time in the darkness
of despair in this particular field.
In the deep South it needs to be Said often and
I 1oud tina t no child can pe neg
lected, no child can be oppressed, no chlo can
be robbed of school facilities play and recreatioh
no child however poor, whatever his race car
be made to feel inferior and not have the whole lao
ric of our great democracy damaged
Decent sanitary residential sections In wncn u
live ocd grow; school terms long enough to insure
libeI al education at public expense, winch Is ue
American chlds birthrght safe and adequate trans
portation to and from school; teachers properly
housed justly compensated adequately provided with
modern equipment and facilities to do their Job 1or
humanity and the state-these say, are not 1aVorS
which we as black parents should have to beg for
our children
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and then displacing Negroes with
white employees. AS has already
been emphasized in this column
''blood is thicker than water' and1
it is inhuman to expect an en-
ployer to stand by and see his own
people suffer the unequalled misery
of hunger while he gives work to
another racial group.
THEIR REASONING
1t is reasonable to believe that
the employers of the majority
racial group reason something like
this-that it Is traditional in Amer
lean democracy for man to work
if he is to maintain his value as q
citizen; it is necessary for white
men to maintain waith in demo-
cratic principles so they must work.
Therefore if anybody must be kept
on the relief rolls, the unpleasant
,ot falls to Negroes. People on re-
lief rolls have never challenged
any thing. for they have lost their
self-reSpect.
Common sense will tell Negroes.
that if longtime or permanent re-
lief rolls become, in the main.
loaded with Negroes that the major
racial group will begin to tire of
the load hanging around their
necks. Such a situation not only
is conceivable but possible. Negroes
could then expect fate similar to
that of the Jews in Facists coun-
tries. There is a limit to the ex-
tent to which one race will carry
the burdens Of another with
tolerance.
F.fiective leadership, the wind
that keeps leaders externally aliv%
requires hard unselfish work,
courage and self-denial. Currently
there is too little of this brand OF
Negro leadership in too few fields.
Negroes need many Moses. Too
many of those in present posi-
tions of leadership do their hardest
work on the public platforms lull-
ing their listeners to sleep, yea into
unconsciousness, with fantastic
promises of a millionaire life after
death, the Aladdin Lamps on the
farm, and the virtues. OF ever
lasting patience. These are "the
time is not right and "oppor-
tunity comes to those who stand
and wait" boys. Listen to them and
Negores will starve to death moral
ly, cuIturally, and literally.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27
BY DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK
For AMP
CITIZENS OR SUPER CLOWNS


WHEN I WAS A boy 40 years
ago, 1 read a book written by
man named Carroll, in which a
serious attempt was made to prove
that the Negro was sub-human.
This represented only one of the
efforts to disqualify the Negro for
citizenship in this country. Since
this futile attempt there have been
sundry others to foil the Negro in
his attempt to assume the rights
and responsibilities Of full-fledged
citizenship.
vious World War the mental tests
our World war the mental tests
data was construed as proving
that the Negroes mentality was in
ferior. Volumes were written to
support the thesis that the Negro
was disqualified for citizenship be-
cause of his inferior mental status
Science" was called as witness
in the premise, and if the Negro
war scientifically disqualified he
was disqualified indeed. But soon
these scientific theses broke down.,
and to intelligent men became
ridiculous in many instances.
ALL ARE FUNNY
The case against the Negro rest
temporarily; but today there is a
definite attempt to laugh the Ne
gro out of court on the score of
his lightsomeness of spirit. The
Negro is being more and more
played up as a super-clown. Ne
groes are all supposed to be funny.
Nobody will take seriously a crea-
ture that is everlasting funny. A
perfectly well-inclined white man
told me some months ago that he
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PLATFORM

reel
their views all political social
religious economic questions which face the
exen'
that job makers we'll job seekers.
3. To girls in the art Of thrift
the brotherhood or man
8. build firmer racial foundation for posterity
the cOlOred must compete
other
In all must render dependable ef-
all tmeS that alone will be able
enterprise realizing these vita
points give respect to
rendering better service
weekly published each week in which your views
opinions and shall not reflect m
way the opinion of Th- INDEX.
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CHILDREN'S RIGHT

These things are our chidren's right as the off
spring of freedmen in free democracy. If we fail
to them, through every means available UNI
der our system of government then are failing
our children and are recreant to trust as par
ents and as citizens
For this cause should never cease to agitate
for equal school terms the abolition of double ses'
sions; the payment of Negro teachers salaries equal
to those paid the whites any other group in the
kind of work; the provision of parks and play
grounds; the establishment and maintenance of vo
ational and technical high schools
The recent Southern Conference Human Wei.
fare has demonstrated that the conscience of the
new south is becoming at once sensitive and en-
lightened on these matters 1t is for us to help
hasten the usherng in of new era for Negro child
hood in the South, by making of every organized
group pressure group whose object shall be, through
every legitimate means headed by the ballot, to eff
feet legislative action safeguarding their right tc
life and fullest development in whatever part ot
this great republic they may be dwelling
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27

Although he might have been
reflecting on the policy of the
Klan from the outset when it was
organized in Pulaski, Tenn, that
of putting the newly freed slaves
and their descendants back in their
place" he no doubt forgot the
historical truth that any evil
which is effectively applied to
one group in closely knit civili-
cations finally spills over to other
groups. He did not realize that
the freedom of some to admins
ter atrocities to the minority leads
to an expression of that ''free-
DOM towards those of the ma
i0I-itU
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27
Letters To The
Editor

The Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company
Phoenix, Arizona
April 13, 1910
Miss Alberta Gibson
Care of The Index
1914 East Monroe Street
Phoenix, Arizona
Dear Miss Gibson:
The exhibits, which we recently
displayed in our building here ir
Phoenix, were we'll attended, and
we believe enjoyed by a large num-
ber of people. Your kind coopera-
ton in helping lis with this prof.
ect is appreciated.
We trust you will call on us al
any time we may be of service tc
you.
Yours verV truly,
L. w. Smith,
District Manager
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~
Naturally the
Negro physician
is thrown out in
bolder relief as
the spotlight is
thrown upon va
rious diseased
conditions which
affect not only
Negro health
which has be-
come. a misnom-
er, but the gen.
eral p u b ! i c
health.
Down in TuS-
kegee recently.
there was a ga
thering of Negro
physicians from
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27

For years. ever since the Re- FOWLKES
construction Period began, it had been the accepted
privilege of hooded terroriss to whip and run out
of the community those of the darker race who SEEM
ngly ventured to step from their place" as set by
the standards of the Old South. But when the WHIP
pings caused a murder of one who was quaii1ied ny
the mere color of his skin to be member of the
errorists band OUR democratic government began &c
function with all the fury of justice aocaed by the
Constitution.
That the principles of type of democracy as
expressed in the letter of law apparently the best
evolved out of thousands of years of civilizations
few will deny. Ours is grand form of government
that gives the greatest opportunity for development
of individual initiative and freedom of any country
in the world regardless of its faults.
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27
THE ANDREW CLINIC

are fitted, glass eyes are put In ano
the blind might be said to literally
receive their sight.
MASSAGE MUSCLES
In the orthopedic departments
limbs are put into casts and crook
ed ones made straight. Massage. is
given to withered muscles to make
them more supple. Tonsils are NOV
ed in great profusion, thus eradi-
eating one great source of heart
disease diseased tonSil.
Heart and lung specialists con-
fer on the best selection of treat
ment for cases of heart failure. AL
so what are the best and most
modern means of diagnosing and
classifying diseases of the heart?
The dentists from seven states al
so gathered and conferred oves
very detailed matters concerning
the teeth, which your correspond
ent knows nothing about and will
not attempt to discuss.
Great public health minds and
hospital managers met and discuss
ed ways and means Of increasing
and dentists. The present number,
the number of Negro physicians
it was pointed out, is quite made
quate to take care of the health
needs of Negroes, --,,. .-,- '';1
DIR. ROBERTS PRESENT
DR.. Carl Roberts, one of our dis
tinguiShed doctors, who recently
appeared before a Senate investi-
eating committee, upon a hearing
of the Wagner Health bill now be-
fore Congress, was present and re-
lated his experiences in this and
other situations, seeking to better
the condition of the Negro physi-
clan, to enjoy the normal fruits OF
his medical preStlge.
DR.. Roberts pointed out to us as
he did to the Senate Committee,
that the white doctors Of the South
were more cordial in the reception
of the Negro Committee from the
National Medical Association, whef1
recently they approached the white
physicians of the American Medi-
cal Association, and had the word
"col." stricken from behind the
name of every Negro physician in
the American Association directory
of physicians.
1t would take too long to give the
list of nearly 200 Negro physicians,
who attended this meeting, but I
believe that everyone present felt
the effects of a dynamic new spir-
it injected by these leaders of Me-
gro medicine, the black MEN IN
WHITE.
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Gore, revivalist o1
st. Louis, Mo.
The Rev. Gore
preached to an
average of nearly
three thousand
5000 nightly and
many were turned
away on account
of standing room
was not available
This is the Rev
Cores fourth time
to conduct a re-
vival and in every
revival many folk
have been turned
away and when he
leaves people lool
forward, longing
for his next COM
ing.
AT t n e night
service on the eve
@f 1,;o ,I1n0o .f,xrn
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Bv MARK THOMAS, MD.

WITH PUBLICITY OF such
events as the National Negro
Health Week, the Tuskegee Medi-
cal Clinic, Social Hygiene Confer
ence and many allied health con-
ferences, the focus of the general
public has been thrown upon Me-
The Phoenix index., 1940-04-27

In his weakness, dependence,
trust, and affection he was hello
up as the type of person that
should make up the community
of God. Calling little one and
placing him in their midst He
warned both disciples and fol-
lowers that unless they repent
ed and became as little children
they could in no wise enter the
Kingdom of Heaven.
II is encouraging, then, to See
the place given in the program
Of q. great meeting like the re.
cent Southern Conference OH
Human Welfare held in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, to the problems
affecting the welfare of children
especially in this section of the
country. Under the leadership
of clear-visioned Christian men
and women, society is rapidly
awakening to tho reaIitv of the