Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 146, 6 May 1916 — Page 14

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THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium Is a section of The Palladium issued every Saturday for boys and girls of Richmond and vicinity. All boys and girls are invited to contribute. Stories, sketches, personal incidents, happenings in the school room are acceptable and will be printed. , Write on one side of the paper, and give name, age and address. Send all mail to The Junior Palladium. No manuscripts that are not printed will be returned. The Junior Palladium is the first newspaper for children printed in Richmond. It will be devoted entirely to their interests. For 4his reason, it will be glad to have you write, or if you are too young to write, let your parents write the letter for you.

What to Write About The Junior-Palladium is printed for the children of this community. It wants the boys and girls to take interest in the paper and feel that it belongs to them. You can help make the paper , doubly interesting by writing little articles and letters and sending them to the Editor. He will be glad to see that they are printed in the next Ibsuc vYou may ask, what shall I write about? There are dozens of things that all of us are glad to know about. If you have a pet rabbit, cat, pigeon or dog, tell about some funny thing that they have ' done. Everyone likes to. read about animals, and' es pecially so, If, they belong to some boy. or girl. Some of the boys and girls out in the country, may have a pet calf that breaks into the gar den or does other foolish things. Tell "us about it. " " There are dozens of Sunday school classes in Wayne county Tell what your class is doing, what It is studying, how many pupils you have, their names, ' the teacher's name, the most important thing in last Sunday's lesson. Hardly, a day passes that you do not learn something new in your school. ' Write a little letter about It, and send, it to the editor. He is Interested In you and in your work. . Perhaps you are working . after school to earn some spending money. Hundreds of boys and girls would like to know bow you earn money, so that they can imitate you. ' Write Qui your experiences and help them along. Often groups of boys and girls send flowers to real old people, or help Borne poor people.. By telling about this, you may teach other boys and girls to be kind and helpful. " These are just a few of the things you can. write about Let us see how many letters will be written the first week. . . Hooking on Automobiles Since the" weather is fine, scores of boys and girls are using their roller skates to have a good time on North A street The. asphalt makes a fine skating surface. The police have no objections to this Bport A number of boys and girls have violated this privilege, how ever. They wait until an automo bile running at a low rate of speed cornea along; catch 'up with, it; "hook", on, and hold fast even after the machine has .picked up a high rate of speed. This practice is dangerous and the police want-it stopped. Boys and girls coasting behind an automobile do hot know what is approaching them. When they let go they may crash into a machine coming from the opposite direction and' be seriously injured. To prevent being hurt, quit stealing rides in back of an automobile. Loving the Flag .We all know what Uie Stars and Stripes stand for. They represent our flag. 1 Wherever the American flag waves, we know that you will find Americans, people who love the land of the free and the home of the brave. No other flag today

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is so pure and so good as the American flag. Old Olory has always stood for freedom and justice. It opposes oppression and tyranny.' Thousands of men bled and died to give free dom to the slaves. Many volunteered to free Cuba from Spanish tyranny. Today danger threatens Old Glory again. Boys and girls today must learn to love the old flag more than ever before, It takes more than the mere saying of the words, "I respect the flag," to make you patriotic boy and girl. Whenever you see Old Glory unfurled a thrill of happiness and pride ought , go through you. When you salute Old Glory by taking off your hat, you are telling the whole world that you would be willing to die for the flag if it were necessary. ; Taking Chances Many boys think it is smart to take a chance. They will climb the highest tree, endangering their lives, just to show off to their companions. Others will: stay in' swimming longer than they should, just because they believe their companions will admire their nerve. This kind of showing off is done only by smart alecks. No sensible boy would let another boy hit him across the arm with a bat to see if bis arm would be fractured, neither would a sensible boy jump off a ship into the ocean to see whether he would be picked up by a life boat Well, that'B just the kind of foolishness a boy indulges in when he takes chances, climbing, swimming, hooking on wagons and automobiles, or trying to steal a ride on a street car or on a train. , Every boy likes to excel in some line of sport, and It is good that he has this ambition. A mollycoddle fears good athletic competition. But boys ought to stay within bounds in everything. There is a limit to every good thing. MRS. W00DR0W WILSON

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GIRLS STILL READ STIRRING STORY OF FRENCH HEROINE "Those whom the gods love die young," says a Greek proverb. This holds true of Joan of Arc, one of the finest heroines known to history, who at the age of nineteen, was burped to death by the British. Girls have made Joan of Arc one of their favorite characters. The patriotism and lofty ideals of the French 'peasant maid have endeared her memory to many generations. She stands out as one of the exceptions to humanity, one who, though uneducated and knowing only how to tend flocks and spin flax, carried an important mission to her people and led armies to- victories. Joan of Arc was born of poor, but devout parents, in the village of Domremy, France, Jan. 6, 1412. Her religious faith was ardent almost from her cradle. During that unhappy time of national degradation a 'prophecy, ascribed to Merlin, was current in Lorraine, that the kingdom Jost by a woman (Queen Isabella) should be saved by a virgin; and no doubt this, together with her visions, helped to define her mission to the brooding and enthusiastic mind of the young peasant girl. She put on male' dress and a suit of white armor, mounted a black charger,; bearing .a banner of her own device. Her sword was one that she divined would be found buried behind the altar in the church of St. Catharine de Fiebois. j Thus equipped she put herself at the head of an army of 6,000 men, dictated a letter to the English, and advanced to aid Dunois in the relief of Orleans. Her arrival fired the fainting hearts of the French with a new enthusiasm, and on April 29, 1429, she threw herself into the city and, after 15 days of fighting, the Engllfh were compelled to raise the siege and retreat. At once the face of the war was changed, the French spirit again awofie, and within el week the enemy were swept from the principal positions on the Loire. But all thoughts of self were lost in devotion to her mission, and now, with resistless enthusiasm, she urged on the weakhearted Dauphin to his coronation. On May 24, 1430, she threw herself with u handful of men ' into Compiegne, which was then besieged by the forces of Burgandy; she was left behind by her men, taken prisoner, and sold to the English by John of Luxemburg. The treatment of this young girl is one of the blots on English history. After many false trials, much ill treatment and abuse, she was finally convicted of heresy and sorcery and was burned to death in Ruon in May, 1431, deserted by the weak king whom she had crowned.

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Little Mary Learns How Gas Ranges Were First Used

Little Mary looked at the gas range where mother was preparing the evening meal. The constant flame of blue, coming out of the burner held a fascination for her. She knew that there were other kinds of fuel, and wondered how long it had been since gas, either made artiflcally or piped from the natural wells, had been used to heat the stove. ' "Mother, do you know when they first began to use gas for fuel?" asked the girl. "Did it take them a long time to find out that you could use it in a range?" Mary's mother had read about the growth of gas range cooking a few days ago, so she was able to give her daughter the following account: "More than seventy-five years ago, James Sharp, who lived in Northampton, England, made a gas cooking stove for the kitchen of his house. When he had the stove in order, people came for miles to see a fuel that burned without giving off ashes. Tliey could not underInteresting Facts From Everywhere For Boys and Girls Despite its location in Alaska the town of Sitka enjoys cooler summers and warmer winters than Washington. The Rev. Russell H. Conwell states that he has been investigating 4, . 043 American millionaires, and finds that all but twenty of them started life as poor boys. Sergeant J. P. Coughlin of the United States Marine Corps, has been on shore duty for eighteen years at the League Island Navy Yard, where he acts as orderly to the commandant. . Dr. N. P. . Crooks, a ship surgeon employed by the PacificJapan Steamship Company, has crossed the Pacifio Ocean 123 times, covering in that time over 1,000,000 miles. Although he is 60, years of age, General Petain, the French hero of Verdun, is an all-around athlete and keeps himself in training by skinDinK the rone and weighing all the food ne eats. aost's military training so that they Woodrow Wilson recently

stand how the flames kept on burning at the end of the pipe and was able to give heat. "A couple of years later, John Barlow of London, built a gas range in his home, which worked splendidly. Inventions of gas burners followed qufckly. "By 1850, Soyer, a famous French chef, constructed a special stove in which he roasted meats for a big banquet. The next year, a Glasgow hotel proprietor made a number of gas ranges for hotels. Up to this time, few people thought gas ranges could be used with satisfaction in homes. "Just a hundred years ago, the first American gas company was started in Baltimore, but it was not until 1859 that gas was generally used in ranges. It had been used for lighting, long before this. In 1860, 100 families of Cincinnati were using, gas for cooking. Four years later, a Philadelphia concern started to make gas ranges for kitchens. The early ranges were designed by British engineers, sinro 1R47. the Americans have

gone ahead with ranges until they have brought them up to the present standard." Mary was glad to learn that her mother was able to tell her about the history of gas ranges, for she is a girl that is anxious to know about things that are used in the house. If Mary ha"d not used her eyes to advantage and asked her mother questions, she might have not learned how this useful kitchen appliance was invented. There are many kitchen utensils that have interesting histories. Girls ought to find out about them, for they may use them almost every day. Q UERY CORNER TBoys and girls often ask their parents questions about things which they do not understand. Sometimes it is about a strange word, or about a foreign city, or a strange custom. Children and parents are asked to send these questions to the Query Corner. We will try to answer them. Here are a few that parents told us about: Q. What does coco mean?. A. It's a slang expression, meaning head. Q. Why is Indiana celebrating a centennial? A. One hundred years ago Indiana was accepted as a state of the Union. The descendants of the men and women of those early days intend to honor their memories and celebrate the growth of the state by reviewing the history of the early days. Q. Why doesn't Richmond celebrate? A. Because citizens have lost interest in this important movement We hope some enterprising men and women will revive the project. Q. Where's a good swimming hole? A'. You'll find swimming holes along the creeks north and south of Richmond. It is too early to risk a plunge these days. Better wait until the. weather is warmer. Q. What does "anonymous" mean? A. If you should write a letter and send it to the Junior Palladium without signing your name, we would call it an "anonymous" letter because the author would be unknown to us. Never write an anonymous letter, but always sign your name. If you do not want your name to appear in the paper it will be omitted if requested. Q. One of the boys at school said I was "puny" and "luny". What did he mean? A. You can find some information about this in your dictionary. Q. What is the difference be tween an ant and an elephant? A. We don t attempt to answer riddles. However there must be s-o-m-e difference.