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THE BLACK DISPATCH
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THE BLACK DISPATCH
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<OSCOE DUNJEE
PHUSILLA DUNJEE HOUSTON Contributing Editor.
WE'LL FIGHT FOR THE FLAG
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EDITORIALS.
THE PRUNING KNIFE.
By Druailla Dunjee Houston
In the vast upheaval in social and civic life around us God is but using
upon ub the pruning knife. In the 200 billion dollar war debt banking ovei
the nations many of the men and women of today shall feel the prunning
knife; because of It our children's children shall live a more sobered lire.
People who stand for show and folly, will now only by the strictest economy
be able to live. When the soldiers of the allied armies have been dis-
banded and there are again more applicants than the jobs to be tilled wages
will be lower, when there will be little change in the cost of necessities or
life. Then we will feel the real stings of war.
As a race how little we have realized the need of the pruning knifo.
The bad child of the home—we failed 'to use its power upon him and lie
corrupted the other children of the home. The child whose limbs began to
grow crooked—we did not possess the wisdom to straighten him with the
pruning knife. When the card game, the reel, the punch bowl entered our
homes we were not strong enough to say to them—you must do right, you
must honor this as a christian home or GO OUT. Ah, how many a young
man and woman such firmness might have saved.
In our churches we have refused to use the pruning knife. We navo
been afraid to attack wickedness in high places, and the world looks upon
Up In disgust as real followers of Christ. Our lives should be so upright
that we can mirror God to the world. That they can see Him through
us. Hut how we have blurred his image. Men cannot see God because
of our sins. Immorality sits in high seats. Shylock In the front pew.
Why do we not realize that our children and our brother in the church
will love us better if we love them so wisely as to trim of their crooked
in our communities, socially we need the pruning knife. Folly, ,nteroP"
eence uncleanness are there because we will not cut off these vices. Men
todav. because of these things, are looking down upon us instead of up to
us The social leader who knows no more than to dress extravagantly and
have a good time needs to be relegated into oblivion. The church member
who follows Christ only in talk, who compromises with worldly follies is
crucifying Christ afresh. Our leadership, are they competent or mere
SEEKERS OF PLACE. Are we down in the trenches serving or fattening
off the patronage of the people? If not we need any of us—the pruning
knife.
Let ub open our eyes as a people. The leadership of this new day must
rise up to a higher and more exalted life. The preacher must possess more
than a diploma—a life. Our leaders transacting business for us, must do
this business In systematic ways. Long strings of figures read ARE NOT
A REPORT unless backed by filed receipts, which have been audited. Large
sums of money raised and expended largely on unessential means but
little advance financially. The times are upon us when only the strictest
economy, the sanest judgment will steer us through the financial straits
ahead of us. No institution or department of church or state can weather
these storms without the stern use upon crooked limbs, of the pruning knife.
Extraordinary Session Called
* • BAPTISTS TAKE NOTICE.
Okmulgee, Dec. 4th, 1918.
BAPTISTS COMING TOGETHER.
An extra session of the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Okla-
homa and its auxiliaries are hereby called to meet In joint special session,
on Thursday. Januarv 16th. 1919, at Muskogee, Okla. This session will
assemble on the campus of the State Baptist College at 10 o'clock, A. M.
The God we are serving will supply all of our needs.
At our recent session held with the First Baptist Church. Tulsa, Okla.,
the Baptist State Convention agreed to purchase the iiroperty of the S^ate
Baptist College, known as The Pecan Mission. This College is located live
miles northwest of the city of Muskogee.
To the Baptist Brotherhood, you are reminded that we have a task
before us. and an obstacle to surmount, realizing these conditions we are
marching, for the Master has given us the Marching Orders.
Moving To Reach the End.
Hear brethren and sisters, there is much expected of the denomination
In Oklahoma and I sincerely request that each moderator call a special
session of his District Board to meet within the next 15 days and to at
once begin an educational campaign to raise every dollar possible for edu-
cation and also have his auxiliary boards to meet jointly with the parent
hod v. see to it that each rally together.
The presidents of each of the state auxiliary bodies, are teeniested to
call your State Executive boards to meet at this meeting and you likewise
put on a state wide campaign, and bring to this convention money to assist
in this purchase.
Laying A Foundation for the Children.
A christaln school is essential to the christian church; since the body is
mad" of the material from which it feeds, so is mind a part of the material
from which it is sustained; both body and mind is of composite nature, and
physical growth Is essential mind devalopment. so the chilli should receive
the best opportunity that is possible to form these condition*. Therefore
we (ind this injunction: Train up your child in the way he should go; when
he is old he will not depart from it.
Individual Pledges.
All of the individuals who pledged money at the State Convention to be
Kent up to the recording secretary together with the associations are hereby
ordered to send up their pledges and all educational monies in the districts
to assist In making this piir«;hase. Each local pastor is hereby called upon
to rally his church foreducation, and if he cannot come to the extra session
send all monies to the recording secretary. Rev. E. W. Perry, at Muskogee,
Okla.. by Jan. 16, 1919.
By order of
J. A. Anderson. President.
; E. W. PERRY. Rec Sec.
605 E. 2nd St.. Oklahoma City.
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Wanted!
A good Druggist, Write Dr.W.H. Slau-
ghter, 325 E- 2nd, Oklahoma City, Ok.
The arales of household polity ar«
the soalcH of love, and she who bal-
ances them evenly Is indeed w'.se.
WAYS WITH CHESTNUTS.
This delicately flavored nut is high-
ly valued, nnd where It is found Id
abundnnee adds many
tasty dishes to the menu.
Mashed Chestnuts.—
This dish, If served for n
luncheon or supper dish
with sliced cold meat,
takes the place of pota-
toes and gives us n new
dish. Shell and blanch
the nuts, then cook them
In milk until lender.
Mash mil season with suit, butter and
paprika,
A half-cupful of mashed chestnuts
spread over a custard pie before the
meringue is placed, or on a lemon pie,
makes a most unusuul nnd delicious
addition.
Chestnut Custard.—Blanch, boil and
mash through a rlcer a quantity of
chestnuts. Tit one cupful of the pulp
add three egg yolks and one beaten
white, one cupful of milk, half n ten-
spoonful of vnnilln extract nnd sugar
to sweeten. Pour Into a buttered dish
and bake slowly. Make a meringue
with the other two whites, with two
tublespoonfuls of sugar, nnd brown In
t.he oven.
Curried Chestnuts.—Shell and blanch
one pound of chestnuts; stew In chick-
en stock until tender. Take two table-
spoonfuls of olive oil, or If that is not
nt hand use corn oil. Add a teaxpoon-
fnl of sugar, a sliced onion, one
chopped apple, n tablespoonful of cur-
ry and a tablespoonful of sweet chut-
ney ; moisten with n cupful of stock
or gravy and cook until the npple Is
soft, then rub through a sieve, add n
squeeze of lemon juice nnd simmer
until the nuts have absorbed the fla-
vor. Serve with r.lnln boiled rice.
Chestnut Sauce for Turkey.—Add
two tublespoonfuls of flour to three
tublespoonfuls of the fat from the
roasting pan of the turkey. Add two
cupfuls of boiling water and stir un-
til smooth nnd thick. Season with
salt, pepper, and add a pint of rnnshed
cooked chestnuts, n tablespoonful of
chill sauce or a few drops of tabasco.
Pour Into a suuee boat and verve with
the turkey.
Glnced chestnuts are a well-llkefl
sweet. Boll sugar and a little water
until It cracks when dropped in wa-
ter; dip the blanched nuts quickly In
the sirup and place on greased plates
to cool.
X R K
tf a man finds himself with bread In
both hands, lie should exchanue one
loaf for some flowers of tho narcissus,
since the 'oaf feeds the- body Indeed.
t u« the flower* f<?ed the soul.—Ma-
homet.
FOOD FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
Fortunately we are not nil alike In
our tastes. Foods of which one Is espe-
cially fond will not
be nt nil ncceptnbie
to his neighbor.
This diversity of
tnstes gives u '
many dishes, and
he Is indeed hard
to suit -who cannot
find some to his lik-
ing.
Royal 8andwiches.—Mix n half-
■upful of almonds, season with salt
ind red pepper, ndd two tablespoon-
fuls of chopped pickles, one tablespoon-
ful of Worcestershire sauce and one
tablespoonful of chutney. Spread the
iiN'nd with crenm cheese, nnd sprinkle
will the nlmond mixture, finely
chopped Salted crackers may be used
in place of bread.
Windcor Sandwiches—Cream n cup-
ful of chopped ham with two-thirds of
n cupful of chopped chicken; when
well blended season with paprika, salt
and spread on buttered white bread.
Cheese and Pepper Sandwiches.—
Mash a snfnll cream cheest,# season
well, add enough thick cream to make
of the right consistency." Season with
red pepper nnd salt, ndd a finely
shredded green pepper, mix well and
spread on buttered rounds of white
bread.
Olive Sandwiches.—Chop fine nnd
tound to n pulp a dozen olives and a
inlf-cupful of crisp celery. Add an
■iglith of a tenspoonful of made inus-
•ard. one tenspoonful of catsup, two
lablespoonfuls of crncker crumbs
rubbed very fine nnd n cupful of may-
onnaise.
Stuffed Baked Apples.—("ore good-
sized apples and fill the centers with
raisins, sugnr, cinnamon and bits of
butter. Baste with water during the
baking.
The tender henrts of celery. If sur-
rounded by chipped ice and served,
mnke a most delicious accompaniment
to the meat course.
Orange Meringue.—Cook together a
pint of boiling water nnd n tnhlespoon-
ful of corn starch which has been
mixed with cold water. Add the juice
of two lemons, the whites of three
eg** and three oranges sliced. Cook
the water nnd cornstarch with four
table«l>oonfuls of sugnr ten minutes,
then ndd the fruit Jnlce. Pour this
ovrr the oranges while hot. Cover
with a meringue made from the whites
of the eggs and rtuve tablespooufuls
of sugar.
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TO REPRESENT NEGRO WOMEN
WAGE-EARNERS.
For the year of peace and plenty.
And for blessings without end.
Let the voioes of the people
In Thanksgiving praises blend.
THANKSGIVING DISHES.
Something new or untried is nlwayt
welcome for the greut national Thanks
glv\ng day.
Baked hubban*
squash served af
an escalloped disk
Is not a coromor
way of treating th<
time-honored dish
yet it Is very gooi'
for a change.
Dainty little pumpkin pies baked In
patty tins are great fuvorltes wltt
the small people, and for the oldei
people they may be heaped wltt
whipped cream and sprinkled with fine-
ly grated snappy cheese.
Parisian Apples—Peel the apples
and cut tliem Into small balls with a
potato cutter. Put to cook In a rich
sirup flavored with lemon juice and
rind, nnd cooked with the bright peel-
ings of the apples for color. When
tender, cool nnd serve In sherbet
glasses with the juice poured over
them and a spoonful of sweetened
whipped crenm for n garnish. This
dish, served with plain boiled rice,
Is n very wholesome dessert for chil-
dren.
Chestnut Soup.—Peel a quart of
large chestnuts and boll In salted wa-
ter; remove the brown peeling nnd
chop fine. Add a tenspoonful each of
salt nnd sugnr, the rind of a lemon
rind n quart of water. Bring to a boll
and cook slowly for an hour. Rub
through a sieve, ndd two qunrts of
chicken or venl stock, a teaspoonful
of parsley finely tnlnced, n tablespoon-
fill of flour nnd a tablespoonful of but-
ter well blended. Ser.son with red pep-
per nnd simmer twenty minutes, stir-
ring until well blended. Put through
a sieve and serve. A yolk of egg ndd-
ed to the soup Just before serving ndds
both nourishment nnd slight thicken-
ing.
Chestnut Stuffing.—Chestnuts ns a
stuffing for fowl are n great delicacy.
Roll and mash nnd senson well with
butter, suit, pepper, nnd add bread
crumbs to make sufficient filling. Oth-
er seasonings, such ns sage nnd onion,
may be added if liked. Cooking the
nuts In n well-seasoned broth will nlso
add much to the flavor of the stuffing.
I 8 K
What's the use of being In the
knocker's section of the anvil chorus,
when the builders' committee of the
booster club is right next door wait-
ing for you?
INVITING DISHES.
A hot soup nt this season of th«
year will be fouud most acceptabU
either noon or night.
Crcols Soup.—Add tc
a small diced turnip and
carrot a large onion, twe
cupfuls of boiling water,
a tablespoonful of rlc<
and a cupful of tomatc
puree. Cook until ten-
der, rub through a sieve,
add another cupful of boiling water,
two tablespoonful* of fat, n teaspoon-
ful of salt and a cupful of green peas.
Reheat and serve hot.
Delicious Omelet—Break four eggi
Into a bowl and beut just enough to
blend the yolks aad whites. Add sail
and put two tublespoonfuls of but
ter substitute into an omelet pan
and set on the back part of the stove;
gently move the pun from side to side
to allow each portion to run down
next to the pan until the whole Is ol
creamy consistency. Then fold and
turn on n hot platter.
Hot Tamales.—Boil a fowl until ten-
der. strip the meat from the bones nnd
chop fine. Chop half a pound of seed-
ed* raisins nnd n half cupful of stoned
olives with one smnll red pepper, nlso
finely chopped. Mix nil together nnd
stir to«a pnste with two cupfuls ot
cornmeal, moisten with scnldlng wn-
ter nnd stir over the fire, cooking fif-
teen minutes. Add six hard-cooked
eggs finely chopped nnd mold Into a
long roll; place in the smooth Inner
husks of green corn, or the dried husks
may be used; tie with strips of the
husk nnd boil for nn hour In water.
Coffee Junket.—Steep a tablespoon-
ful of coffee in n half cupful of milk,
strain and ndd when cool to n cupful
nnd a half of milk warmed to the
luke warm stnge and n half tablet of
Junket which has been dissolved in a
tablespoonsful of cold water; stir un
til well-mixed, add sugar to taste and
pour Into glass sherbet cups. When
thick remove from the wnrm room nnd
place on Ice. Serve topped with a
spoonful of whipped sweetened crenm.
Young Carrots.—Place the scraped
carrots in a saucepan with a smnll
onion, a bny lenfv a little salt and
pepper. Cover with stock and stew
until tender. Serve on a hot dish sur-
rounded with seasoned mashed pota-
toes
Deviled Ham.—Chop fine one pint
of boiled ham. a large part fat: add
six hard-cooked eggs, one tenspoonful
of mustard, the prepared kind. Mix
and press Into a mold. This will keep
for weeks, and makes a fine sandw'ch
filling
Mrs. Helen Irvin Appointed Special
Assistant to Miss Van Kleeck, Chief
of Women in Industry 8ervice.
Mrs. Helen Irvin has been apoint-
ed special assistant to Miss Mary Van
Kleeck, Chief of the Women in In-
dustry Service, United States Depart-
ment of Labor.
Mrs. Irvin will be detailed on eco-
nomic problems affecting negro women
wage earners, and will be associated
with Dr. George E. Haynes, Director
of Negro Economics. She is a gradu-
ate of Howard University and of the
Philadelphia School of domestic pci-
ence. She has done graduate work
in economics, vocational guidance and
psychology at Chicago University and
the University of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Irvin taught Domestic Science
for two years at Howard University
and Home Economics for four years at
Miner Normal School. For four years
she was director of the girls' manu-
al training at the Baltimore High
School. Since the war she has been
with the Food Administration, the Red
Cross and various other organizations.
To the pageant of "Democracy Tri-
umphant," presented in Washington
last Fourth of July, she contributed
the Liberian Episode, fer which she
wrote the scenes and trained 500 Ne-
gro actors.
Flowers!
Salisaw, Okla., Oct. 27, 1918.
I Mr. Roscoe Dunjee:
My Dear Editor-While sitting read-
ing your great paper to some of my
friends I could not help writing and
compliment you on the way your pa-
i per comes out and thank God for such
i great men as you to help look after
! the Negro race and as you say every
colored man ought to have a right to>
vote but this county has been deprived
of its voate and 1 for one have gonfr
with one of the men that did not vote
and he was told that he could not
register at &11 and I told him that we
would see but it was too late so you
are backed by the colored people of
Sequoyah county. We are loyal to this
great nation but we want our rights.
Yours,
Columbus Lee,
Box 573, Salisaw, Okla.
Yes, you intended to renew but you for-
got to do so, set down now and do it.
MADAM JESSIE CARTER
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Alter using two years is new
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HAIR.
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—PRICES—
GROWING OIL 50e
PRESSING OIL Me
TEMPLE OIL 50c
AGENT# WANTED
Eneloss So Stamp for Reply to
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And Poor Blood, try 'Breedtn's
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For Ssle by Orisnial Drug Store
<17 E. 1st St. Oklahoma City
Mrs. Lucy Green
High Grade Dressmaking and
plain sewing. 1022 East 4th
Traylor's Auto Livery
Calls answered promptly day
Stand 14 W. Cal. Okla. City. .
Phone W. 4535
J. L. JONES,
Lawyer, Notary, General
Practitioner
OFFICE - - 16 1-2 W. CAL.
Phone Maple 2054—R
Residence: 819 East Seventh St
Dr. A.J.Jordan
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SPECIALTY
PHONES
Office W. 6054 Res <V. 7780
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Calls answered promptly
and night.
Stand 6 W. Cal. Okla. City.
Phone Wal. 7426
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I have a wonderful hair pre-
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the old hair to start a new
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The old hair also taking new
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Two years ago my scalp was
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fine face cream. 1 treat the
scalp and cure most of Its dis-
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Dandruff in It worst forms.
Kills Tartar and you don't have
tc ase it a year to see results.
Every Ingredient is pure vege-
table, not dangerous to the scalp
or hair.
Scalp Preparation SOc
Face Cream 35c
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No. 14 N. Douglass
Oklahoma City OKla.
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Grows Hair On Temples ^
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Pressing Oil 50 ^
' Send P. 0. or Express money order, payable to
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9 West California Ave.. Crown Barber Shop
Oklahoma City, Okla.
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