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Evening star., 1940-02-09

1 CdIlIlOG SO up dIlu uOWIl StdlIo W
frighten away the cat. Do you know
of any way that I can construct the
tray so that the cat cannot get
at the birds?
MRS. D. E. r.
Answer can certainly appre-
ciate the nervous tension under
which you must be, feeling that you
are offering your winged charges a
generous repast just before a catas-
trophe. Why not have the feeding
tray moved up onto the roof of the
porch right outside your window
during the bad weather? Your own
enjoyment will be doubled, at the
same time their safety Is secured.
Birds will come very close to the
warmth of walls and windows this
time Of year, and you could almost
give them food and water yourself
With ground covered by snow and
water frozen they will overcome a
great deal of natural fear to get them.
DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
Can you tell me something about
Hitchcock chair and a Boston
rocker? I have one of each and
I would like to know if they were
used at about the same time, what
the wood is likely to be and what
the original finish was.
ANNA C.
AnsWer-The Boston rocker was
in use about 1915 in New England,
and is an outgrowth of the Windsor
chair. often called Windsor rocker
1t was made of various woods, the
seat of a wood that did not splinter,
spindles of wood that would bend
easily and work well in the lathe.
Because of the various woods, it was
designed to be painted and was
usually black with a stencil design
in gilt, or in colors or both. The
Hitchcock chair came a little later,
1925 to 1845. 1t had a gracefully
turned front stretcher and legs after
the delicate manner of Hepplewhite,
and a woven raffia or cane seat. 1t
was also painted black with a gold
stencil design and the wood was
usually maple. Where this might
have been a bedroom chair in a
town house, the Boston rocker was
definitely rural furniture.
DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
I have two out of date short
windows over my buffet in the dining
room. with long one at either side.
You may know the type. And to
make it worse. these look directly
into the brick wall of the house next
door. What can I do with them, so
that we may have light, as these are
the only windows in the room, and
at the same time give them some
decorative quality? MRS. E. L. K.
Answer-If there ever was boon
to womankind, Venetian blinds are
yours in this instance. Get wide
one that will fit across the two small
windows and separate small ones
for the long side windows. Use
Evening star., 1940-02-09
By BARBARA BELL.

The classic "shirtWaist and skirt"
style is just as smart for school girls
as it is for their mothers-and they
love it! OF course it has to be as
young and lively-looking as they are.
That's why this design has such an
extravagantly faring skirt, and why
the little shirtwaist blouses, decided
ly, at the waistline The high neck
line is finished with a boyish, tai
lored collar, and the sleeves are
either short and straight, or long
and full, gathered into narrow cuffs.
Nothing could be smarter for school!
Several shirtwaist blouses like
Evening star., 1940-02-09

One Of the strangest, sweetest and
most tragic things in the world is
the provision OF nature that enables
mothers to see their children as
they wish them to be and not as
they are. Never by any chance do
they hatch out an ugly duckling.
Their broods are all swans. To the
casual eye the red and wrinkled
little infant in the crook of its
mothers arm may hardly look hu-
man, but to the mother it is the
nc blest work of God. She sees in it
ineffable beauty and intelligence,
and spends the days of her con-
valescence trying to decide whether
he shall be President or commander
in chief of the Army.
1t is because mothers perceive
future Miss Americas in their snub-
nosed, tootl1y, spindly little daugh-
ters; trust magnates and writer's Of
best sellers and ministers pleni-
potentiary and Ambassadors extraor-
-dinary in their dumb sons who
barely scrape through grammar
school that keeps the population
of the world going. Otherwise most
OF us would have been drowned at
birth, like 50 many unpromising
pups. Nobody but mother would
have thought us worth rearing. And
that is what makes us want both
to laugh and cry when we listen to
mothers boasting about their off,
spring.
If mothers overestimation OF the
talents of their children is some
times a goad that drives them on
to success, it is just as often the
that makes them failures.
For mother has made her children
think more highly of themselves
than they deserve and they are
not willing to do the work for
which their ability fitted them or
to occupy the humble seats that
they rate. And so they make up
the army Of the frustrated who are
filled with bitterness and unhappi-
ness Of their mothers making.
A young woman, whose mother
suffers from an obsession of having
brought forth family Of world
beaters, writes:
MY mother Is one of the best,
most devoted and self f-sacrificing
mothers who ever lived; the kind
of a mother who would die for her
children and has slaved all of their
lives for them. But she is wrecking
us by her delusion that we are
genuises, when we are just plain,
common people without anything
extraordinary about us.
my older sister, for instance, is
Evening star., 1940-02-09

valuable ana interesting.
The origin of macaroni is shrouded
In the mists of many legends. In
general it is credited to China-and
later found its way to Italy; some
tales indicate that it was brought
there by no less a parsonage than
Marco Polo. Because of its tremen-
dous popularity among Italians we
have more or less come to think of
it as an Italian food-but in reality
it has an almost universal appeal.
Before World War one our imports
of macaroni and Its kin and its
kith" were practically our entire
source of supply. When the war
shut down on this state of affairs,
American manufacturers started
building the substantial and sizable
industry that now furnishes us with
nearly all of the macaroni we con-
sumo, and exports quantities to other
countries as well.
There are plain" macaroni prod
ucts, and the "egg" variety. The
first consist of a mixture of semo-
lima, or flour and water. The latter
is much the same, but whole eggs or
egg yolks are added for richer color
and flavor.
Macaroni and members of its
family are, of course, delicious when
prepared with meats. Any one who
has enjoyed real Italian" spaghetti,
or spaghetti with meat balls can
testify to that! But we are at the
moment concerned with the lnclu-
sion-or collaboration-of macaronl
with foods suitable to the Lenter
menu, and are, therefore, offering
you several recipes of this type to-
day.
incidentally, do you know how to
eat spaghetti the proper way? This
is how we we're told to do 1t, by
some one who should know!
With the fork in the right hand
and the spoon in the left, spear
a few strands of spaghetti on the
tines of the fork. Hold the end OF
the fork against the plate or bowl,
and then twist the fork so as to
roll or twist the spaghetti into
small ball that can be placed easily
in the mouth.
In cooking any of the macaroni
products it is important to remem-
ber that they should never be put
into cold water, but should be added
to water that is boiling briskly. Add
a teaspoon of salt to 2 or 3 quarts
rapidly boiling water, put in the
macaroni, stir occasionally to pre-
vent sticking. Cook only until ten
der.
SPAGHETTI CAMPAGNOLA.
y pound spaghetti.
10 ripe tomatoes.
Il cup olive oil or butter.
4 cup minced onion and green
pepper, mixed.
Grated cheese (Parmesan is best).
Peel the tomatoes and cut them
in slices. Combine with onion, green
pepper and oil or butter. Cook
slowly for 80 minutes, until the
mixture becomes thick paste. Stir
frequently, and season to taste. Cook
the spaghetti in boiling, salted water
Evening star., 1940-02-09

until tender, drain and arrange on
heated platter. Cover with the to-
mato sauce, top with grated cheese
and serve at once.
EGG NOODLE RING WITH
CREAMED SEAFOOD.
6 ounces egg noodles.
IL cups hot milk.
/ cup cracker crumbs.
tablespoons butter.
l pimiento, chopped.
/ cup grated American cheese.
"a teaspoon salt.
3 eggs.
Dash pepper and cayenne.
Cook noodles without breaking in
boiling salted water until tender.
Drain. Scald milk, pour over
cracker crumbs, in mixing bowl.
Fry pimento in butter for three
minutes and stir into milk and
cracker mixture. Add cheese and
seasonings, beat eggs and stir in.
Lay noodles in a creased ring mold,
keeping pieces fairly straight. Pour
in the cracker and milk mixture
Set in pan of hot water and bake
for about so minutes in a moderate
oven. Remove from oven, run knife
around edges and invert onto serv-
ing platter. Serve creamed salmon,
oysters, crabmeat, tuna fish, seal
lops or any chosen seafood, in the
center of the noodle ring.
SPAGHETTI WITH MUSHROOMS.
y pound spaghetti.
l can mushroom soup.
y pound fresh mushrooms.
3 tablespoons butter.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Cook the spaghetti in boiling
salted water until tender. Drain.
Combine with the mushroom soup
that has been heated to the boiling
point. Pile onto a platter and gar
nish with the fresh mushroom caps
which have been sauted in butter.
MACARONI KA-BOBS.
Il pound elbow macaroni.
2 eggs slightly beaten.
l large sweet Spanish onion.
3 large tomatoes.
4 tablespoons butter.
2 cups cheese sauce.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Cook the elbow macaroni in boil
ing salted water until tender and
drain. Add one tablespoon butter.
Then arrange in well-buttered bak-
ing cups. Pour over each cup one
or two tablespoons of the beaten
egg mixture or divide the egg mix
ture equally between the macaroni
cups. Place in moderate oven for
about IS minutes or just long
enough for the egg mixture to cook.
While the macaroni cups are baking
broil slices of tomato and onion,
using the remaining butter for top
ping on these. Season to taste
with salt and pepper. Arrange
broiled onion and tomato slices with
mounds on each and serve
at once with a hot mild cheese
sauce. Garnish with slices of stuffed
olive.
Evening star., 1940-02-09

yourself and the children! You can
make lovely things, so easily and in
expensively, with these patterns,
each including a step-by-step sew
chart, to guide YOU.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Proper Cooking Essential
In Bringing Out True
Flavor and Texture
Number of Combinations With
Other Foods May Be Devised
To Add Interest to Menus
By BETSY CASWELL,
Woman's Editor.

The maaron family one OF the most dependable group helpers
housewife On her shelf rests packages
elbow
decatey little shells for dress
full all the round but
become especially
Evening star., 1940-02-09

By BARONESS P1ANTONI.
Dutch children play? Emboder them
skating boating
activities pictured gay
colors to brighten your kitchen
envelope contains horon transfer motifs 3x6
inces also complete illustrated directions with da
aid also what material and colors will need
obtain this pattern for No 16 and inclose is in
ana Address orders Needle
work Editor q The Evening star.
Evening star., 1940-02-09
Place Birds Feeding Tray
In a High Spot to Avoid
Danger When Eating
Boston Rocker Chairs Were
Most Used in Very Early
Nineteenth Century
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.


arranged feeding birds I
much can look down on it from bedroom window
porch
climbs the lattice which frames the
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08

One reason I'm glad Roosevelt
won is, it shows people in America
still have some brains.
Joe Louis made a pass for Will
kie and Marion Anderson counter
ed with a right hook-down went
Joe.
Some Seattle couples went to
Tacoma to a party and had to be
the hosts.
Marguerite Long dashed into
town in a fine car last week and
dashed right out again. All dolled
up too.
There's a house in our commune
ity that needs cleaning (if you
know what I mean) you young
girls better take it easy. It's not
hard to get into trouble but it's
very hard to get out.
Warning this time-names the
.
next.
So 1 didn't understand your dig
in the paper last week, huh
You paid for that-but have you
paid for your present to yourself
the gardenias?
robin Hood" won the costume
prize at the Halloween Ball and
shortly after while dancing found
out his paper costume was slip
ping in an embarrassing place. He
then needed a hood to hide his, well
ah, underwear.
M. j. was afraid there was still
a spark for the old flame in e rs
eyes for L B. 5000, she hung on to
him all through the dance so he
couldn't get to her-but he did for
moment.
So Fred B. found out finally he
can't handle wild women.
A speedy recovery to you Rose
Collins.
Little man r. what now?
A little more slaw to make tho
Cuttings come out even.
Joe
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
Social Notes


Rowland Butler, president of the
QUESTIONABLE club has been con-
fined in st. Luke's hospital and his
home, due to an injury to his spinal
column from a fall.
Mrs. Maxine Chandler was was
hostess to the Semper Fidelis club
at her home last Friday. Mrs. Car
rol Henderson was guest of honor.
Arrivals at Coast Hotel: Mr. d.
Scott, Chicago G. Jefferson, Chi
cago, Jack Martin Oakland, Calf,
H. West. Oakland, Calf, and Lu-
ellie Ray, Tacoma.
Miss Alice Dupree and MIR. Clar-
ence Dupree journeyed from BerlS-
ley, California, to attend the last
rites of their sister, Mrs. Ida Belle
Green.
They returned to their home
Nov. 3.
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came from a white member of
the Association living in New
York.
II am out of work at the pre-
sent time" the letter said, $50 that
money is certainly not plentiful to
me. But never think of my dear
colored brethren without the feel
ing that their need is so much
greater than mine. / have never
spent an ymoney in the world that
gives me as much pleasure as that
which / am sending YOU. The
chains of human bono4ge were
made by neither God nor nature,
but by man himself and by man
they can be removed.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
so HELP ME
By Joe Station

Every Saturday night start
ing tomorrow there will be a
chitterling supper at the Dun
bar Hotel Cafe-2I and East Ma
dicon. A real supper with all
the trimmings ut reasonable
price.
For the kids, Mrs. Gladys
Harris the prop. announces a
free stomp every Sat. Starting
tomorrow and hamburgers,
chile or popcorn for "A nickel.
A nice time awaits you, so you
won't have to hang around the
street corners.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08


1. Look both ways before crossing
the highway.
2. Be sure there is time to cross
without having to run.
3. When walking along rural high
ways stay on the shoulder and
face traggic.
4. At night carry light of wear
some light colored clothing.
5. Don't walk on the highway af-
ter drinking.
Pedestrians should always re-
member that a car travelling fifty
miles per hour will travel fifteen
yards while the pedestrian is talk
ing one step. At the same speed
a good driver cannot stop in less
than 1873 feet. These facts are con-
vincing proof that the pedestrian is
ever at great disadvantage and
must govern his actions according
ly.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
N. W. Enterprise
Plans Holiday No.

Your Northwest Enterprise ex-
change now reaches just about all
of the States. Take advantage of
the opportunity to extend your
Holiday greetings through your
own publication to your relatives
and friends in any part of the I'M
tied States and Canada. Our Hol-
iday issue this year will also be
souvenir number, your card of
Christmas and New Years Greet
ings should be inserted in this, the
most unique issue ever published
in Seattle or the Northwest.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
The Dreamers
AT The PalOmar

The Dreamers, famed colored
quartette who have appeared in
many Hollywood productions and
radio programs, are now singing
on the Palomar theatre stage. The
quartette, heading a brilliant list
of vaudeville acts, sing many ia
vorite songs of the old South and
several modern numbers.
Showing on the Palomar screen
is "A Dispatch From Reuters" the
story of julius Reuters, who made
the world a little smaller by de-
veloping the first news gathering
and distributing agency. Starring
in the film is Edward G.. Robin
son and Edna Best with Eddie
Albert.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
Holiday Birds
Coming To Town

j. G. Cogswell of Rochester,
Washington will again have a large
flock of young gineas, chickens,
and other fouls on sale for the
holidays. Each year Mrs Cogswell
brings to town a large flock of
young birds which the public say
surpass any on the market for
tenderness and flavor. AS usual
the sale will be held at the store
of Mr.. Ed. S. Johnson, her son,
at 2200 East Madison street. Phone
Ca. 1858 for your advance orders
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
Remove Chains Says
White Unemployed
Worker

New York-"The chains of hui
man bondage were made by neither
God nor by nature, but by man
himself, and by man they can be
removed"
This was the moving sentiment
contained in a letter to the Nat
ional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People this week,
accompanying five dollars for
membership renewal. The letter
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
Investigate

Sacrifice Home and Income
Madison District. VIII sell with
small down payment or ex-
change for Spokane home. One
seven room house and one six
room cottage on rear of lot.
Live in one, rent from the other
will make payments. Capitol
9779, Pr. $685., Sunset 3611.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08

KeepOff Date, Nov. 21: Self I'M
prOvement Club Annual Charity
Ball.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
SPECIAL

Mcdonald Grocery, SO Pine ST.,
has just received a car load of
Southern Vans and sweet potatoes
new crop and they have all the fine
flavor. The yams are 2 lbs for IS
cents and the sweets just five cents
pound. Served with our fancy
Armour Bacon at % cents makes
an unbeatable combination. Try
them.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08

ROOMS. BOARD and laundry $50
per month and up. Furnished
and unfurnished sleeping and
housekeeping rooms, close in.
The Williams, 1913 Hiawatha Pl.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-06-29
EDITORIAL PAGE
| | 81! 81!
BLACK .wORKER.wHITE

COLLAR
ONLY one office worker in one
v hundred rs a Negro in the US.
FREE MASSACHUSETTS
N ALI. HER annals. no person was
l ever born slave on the soil OF
Massachusetts,.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-06-29
The Communist Issue

II AN EFFORT to protect the Jn.ed
= states against possible Fifth Column az
tNities. Government G-Men and invest
gators are busy these dals checking or
alien organizations operating in this colr-
Try. he names o. Al known member. ~
Nazi, Fascist and Cowmanls' orgariz.t.
tions are being listed as rapidly as POS. .hle
IN connection with the national defense
program
The reported actor Of Secretary
State Harry Kelly checking his flies ~
make available the rames Of ihose. who
signed the CommGnist Pary's pettor. IA
tne last election. has aroused the Ire ot
many leaders Z. nat organization
Harold Har- ley. hartman 1T the De.
troit International Labor Detca.e. makes
profess % secretary kelly In rae eit tele-
gran which fcags a. follows:
ne Detrof international Labor be-
tense indignantly protests vor action Civ
ing sigma 20 Omen -hop employers 20 use
sComnlnist Party election pe'F.0r. a.
black lists Us stating YOU hecked volr
olepa:tment ries % fire. rncr, This +.
dlscrimnatorr. i.rcorsritlit.oral tfoia-;on
OF right 70 petition ecret ball0t rre VA,
upnoid Vafr ~ Office 10 defend C0ns,i-l-
tor and political rights of the people
Hartes sent q SIMILAR telegram Of pro-
resi- 70 Aforementioned Rober Jacasor.
at Washington, nc.
~ IS right and proper tha, everr effort
should be made TO protect the constiis ,tion-
al rights Of All American cnizers ~ mai
Yer what their political religious or raeis,
Affiliations MAY be-. bat i 4 eoaali,. ,-,si
that our nation itself b. nro,ectod and s.
Consttguon safeguarded at al times ard
particularly at this time when democra.ir
lenged by dctators. '"''-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-06-29
American independence

NEXT THURSDAY. JULY 4, our country
IN will celebrate the l64th anniversary
of its freedom and independence. On this
occasion every loyal and patriotic Ameri-
can will have added cause for thanking
God that this is land in which liberty
still lives
Within recent months and weeks. a
number Of European nations older than
ours have lost their freedom and indeperd-
ence and their people have been forced
to yield 10 the viii Of alien war lords As
we in the United states view the plight
OF those conquered and ensiaved peoples
from distance Of more than TWO thousand
miles across the ocean: as we visualize
their dwellings. business establishments.
farms and industries rayaged hy war. their
families scattered and destitute while
their able bodied men and women are
forced 70 Toll a. the command Of their
masters. our hearts 20 out Ia sympathy for
them.
!. Is Impossible. however. for Us to
envision az distance tire hardships and
suffering Of those conquered rationS. who
were happy ard eNioyed freedom in the
'ecent past. just as we do to-day II similar
conditions existed IN our country II our
homes were bl.gh.sG by war and ruin: II
we were forced ~ labor and slave al the
command o. erer.& irSaGerS-then and
then only could we fully realize VIVA. a
horrible thing j j 70 lose national and in
dividus liberty and Independence.
As / has been seven.y-nve wears since
the colored people Of this coentry emerged
from slavery, We car more fullv sense the
horror Of enslavement and sub ection than
would be possible for mos. other Amer
cans.
AS racial group We know how ~
appreciate liberty We have been Iowa. "a
the past and shall continue Ii he patriot,
lbery-loying American citizens alway.
ready to do our full part IL safeguarding
our cation and lis independence.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-06-29
Boost Negro Business

MANY business men and women OF our
AVA group are making splendid progress
in metropolitan Detroit and have bull, rp
business establishments of which we have
just cause to be proud. They are succeeding
because they are good business managers
and know how to satisfy their customers
and meet competition
Limited capital retards the progress Of
many of our young business folk, and in
too many instances they are criticized and
knocked on account Of their inability TO
make big showing; but we must remem-
Der that our most prosperous business con-
Germs of today were small when they be-
gan on yesterday.
The National Business league is sched-
uled to meet in the Motor City in August,
at which time the Negro business estab-
lishments in our city will receive much
needed stimulus and incentive to still
greater progress
The best way to get better and bigger
Negro business establishments here is for
US to boost and patronize the business
concerns we have.