Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 152, 13 May 1916 — Page 13

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY. MAY 13, 1916 PAGli TI1RI31S HERE'S STORY ABOUT DOGS AND PflflS

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Richmond children will be glad to know that Santa Claus has a rivaWra ..rival who Is coming to Richmond next -Monday , .with a greater assortment of things "that Title folks love than good old St. Nick ever dreamed of carrying behind his racing reindeer team. Who is this rival that jcoraes in May, rather than snowy, bleak December? Well, it is a man by the name of Henry B. Gentry, who, with his brothers, Frank and Walter W., has gathered together almost all the pets in the. world for the delight of the children in every important community in America, and in Richmond in particular. What sort of pets? Oh, every sort elephants, camels, jungle beasts, horses, sacred oxen. -ponies and . dogs, great numbers, of each, especially pouies and dogs. All of

CAN YOU CRACK . Here's a bunch of nuts to crack. See,, how many of these riddles you can answer. Send the answers to the' Junior. Palladium, care Riddle Editor. Some of them are easy, . owners are difficult. The answers of today's riddles will be found in next Saturday's issue. Watch for the Junior and see how many you guessed correctly. 1. Why Is . a person reading these conundrums like a man con- . demned to undergo a military execution? . i 2. Why does the Russian nation resemble the sea? WARNER PUPILS WRITE LETTERS TO OHIO CLASS These letters were written by students in the Warner school. All of them were written by children under ten years old. They were written with no idea of being published, and they have been printed without corrections. The pupils of , the school sent copies of these letters to children of the same grades in a school at London, Ohio. In return the children of the Ohio school wrote similar letters-explaining their school. Richmond, Ind., May 2, 1916. 324 N. A. St., Dear . Friend We have a Good Government League at our school. Each room sends two representatives to Miss Thompson's office. The League meets every two weeks. Every Good Government League day the boyb and girls get to play together on the play ground. This league is for the children to make their own rules. Each room brings ud something then it is voted on If the representatives vote on it, it becomes a rule. Yours, sincerely, NELLIE BURTON. 229- North 4th St., Richmond, Ind., May 2, 1916. ' Dear Friend I am going to tell you about our Clean up Flag. We won It last spring. Every boy and girl had to clean his own yard. Six scnoois, eacn goi a uunareu percent. Our school has the flag now and we get to keep it six weeks. The flag is hand made, and hand embroidered. There are forty-eight stars and thirteen stripes in it. It is very, very large. We would like for you to come to Richmond and visit our school building. It is on the corner of 7th and North C St. " Yours sincerely, ALT HA WALLACE, 4A. 221 Nth 2nd St., Richmond, Ind., May 2, 1916. Dear Friend I am going to tell you how we got a new picture. We had two candy sales. All the rooms liought from us. We earned enough money to buy a picture. It is a snow scene. The man who painted It is Mr. Baker. He is oue of the best artists in Richmond. He has wonderful pictures. I wish you could see them. He has lots of Dictures un to Ilteh School. It took many dollars -io buy ours. Yours sincerely, EDGAR SMITH, 4A.

these, pets are able to do any sort of unheardof feats, such as playing

baseball and playing band instru ments,, horns and drums and clarinets. These things and many more the elephants do, besides balancing the cunning dogs pn their' heads and carrying the ponies around just like a leopard carries its baby by the nape of its neck, only the pet elephants lift the ponies by belts that are passed about the middleJ of the midget horses. Of course, by this time you have decided that-Mr. Gentry has a cir cus that is just about right, except htat the Gentry circus is" different from all the iest,'in that it is run by men who know best what pleases the kiddies most.' Thus, Mr. Gentry has added more- and more pets . to bis various shows year after year just to "make the THESE NUTS? j 3 Why are riddles that cannot I be answered like a man disappoint ed by nis visitors? 4. What is "the difference between a. bottle of medicine and a troublesome boy? 5. Which Js one of the longest words in the English language? 6. Why is a loaf of bread on 'top o. tne ;Uiuei rower ' like a race horse? " - 7. Why is an acquitted prisoner like a gun? 8. Why are horses little needed in the Isle of Wight? FIND RABBITS' NEST About a month ago a nest of rabbits was found in a neighbor's yard. There weresfive little rabbits and they all had a white place, on their heads and the mother rabbit had a white place on her tail. ' The nest was lined with hair that the mother took off her breast. -It was in the ground and it was made of dry grass and leaves. , After a few days the little rabbits wanted to get out, so the neighbors put a board around the nest so they could not get out. ; After a little while some little girls took the little rabbits. J. H. GIRL FEARS TOYS A little girl living in the south side fears toy animals. Whenever her mother wants to keep the baby from invading a " room, she places a toy bear and dog in the doorway. The little girl will never; enter the room. ASKS CHILDREN TO PROTECT BIRDS Mr Junior Palladium Editor: I am interested in birds and their protection. I read the bird study you had in last Saturday's issue and hope you will keep up the' ar ticles, for I want to learn about birds, especially those that come to Wayne county. l sometimes wpnaer wny more of the grown-up people don't help protect the birds. They ought to help us boys build houses for the birds. I believe if we had more bird houses in our trees, lots of the birds that. pass over the city, would stop here. Birds eat many insects that are found on trees and flowers. If we builf houses for them the birds would stay here, eat up the in sects and give us better fruit. 1 know where robins have been build ing their, nests in one tree' for a number of years. No cat has found it yet and blue jays that eat little robins have not been able to locate this nest. Do you suppose If you printed this that more boys would quit going down the creek and robbing bird nests? . It's no use. to steal eggs because if the parents can't hatch the eggs, we can't get more birds. I wish the city council would pass a law .sticking every bov in jail that robbed a bird-nest. ALBERT T, ,

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little boyr and girls of the United States happier "When The Gentry's Come To Town." . Make Santa Jealous. . . . However, this season Mr. Gentry and his brothers, haye decided to make, old Santa, Claus good and jealous, in fact, they have gone and put the jolly old' gentleman lut of buslness'rat least, until the evening of December 24th. They have done this by combining their four circuses and now four times as many animal pets will nod a cheery greeting to the kiddies of Richmond when the Gentry shows pitch' their big tents at East ' Main street, opposite the Glen Miller park, on Monday. However, here's another thing that Richmond children will take joy in knowing the ',' elephants, the camels, the caged beasts, the horses, the monkies we must not forget the hosts of "monk" comedians, simian fun makers, who eat with-knives and forks, wear men's clothes, tip their hats and bow to the ladies the ponies and dogs are' coming to town Sunday - morning and with them they bring Pinto, the baby elephant, the friend of boys and girls In every city the country over. Pinto is Big Baby. Pinto is a jolly, rollicking baby, born In the teak forests of far off Burma, where he learned , to play with the brown skinned little Burmaese boys and girls; who rode him about the big government compounds in which his father and mother took their leisure, chained to huge stakes, after their day's work - for the Englishmen at the teak hauling. Playing . about ; the compound during the hot hours of the work days, Pinto got to understand little human tots as no elephant ever did before, and now,' In America, he has become Just aa fond of white boys and girts as he was of the little Burmese. May Visit Pinto. For an hour before the great red and gold clad band in the huge arena tent of the Gentry . shows plays the rousing march of the grand entree the glittering , open ing parade inside the main tentPinto , and his scores of little friends may be seen having the times of their lives, and heard, too, for they shriek with laughter. Of course, Pinto does not really laugh, but his eyes twinkle and he smiles, waving his trunk from side to side, while the dogs, looking on, wag their talis, and the ponies neigh their pleasure. ' What does Pinto play at, when he is with the kiddies? Why, be plays horse, naturally, just like any other youngster, and, because of his good nature, he insists on being the. horse and having his human playmates on his back or in the red and silver elephant cart behind him. That Is why Pinto is so popular with the little folk over our great country he never wanta to ride, himself, for he is a two ton baby and a little bulky for "turn-about" play. Dogs to Perform. , Pinto, the ponies 155 of them" scores of. dogs, the most wonderful dogs in the world, and Pinto's huge fellows of the Gentry herd of mar-

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cJerxry" velous elephant actors will be on the circus grounds on East MAin street opposite Glen Miller park Sunday afternoon and all the child fen in Richmond and the surround ing country are. invited to bring their fathers and mothers and .big brothers and sisters to the grounds, where a most interesting afternoon will be in tore for everyone, young and old, great or small. , . While we are. telling of the won ders that hare made good old San 'ta uneasy in his palace in the polar north, we must not forget the mon keys, heroes of the famous Gentry monkey, fire department, headed by its brave chief, Jerry, whose picture you see on this page. The Gentry monkeys really fight fire and they drive pony drawn fire engines, hook and ladder and hose carts at a wild pace agout the hippodrome track to combat the blaze, whlcb twice a day threatens the capitol building of Geutry Brothers' famed monkey land. Monkey Is Barber . Then, again, the monkies have high glee in their barber shop dally, afternoon and night, and children never cease laughing at their antics with razors and lather. While all the scores of animal performers with the Gentry shows are amusing the children, ages 6 to GO, a brilliant array of stars of the circus world thrill and entertain the vast audience with feats of skill and daring, acts that are distinguished .by. their novelty, and universal appeal. Among these is Annette Delano, the Australian Prima - Donna Equestrienne, who rides a ' per forming horse around the hlqqoarlas and popular ballads. At the close of her offering, four score

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r 'It 72a Jfafffey&rf&p' carrier pigeons are released from allr sides , of the great arena, and, soaring aloft, they finally alight on the beautiful rider and her wonderful . horse. , - , : 8ce Handsome Parade. ' On Monday morning the children of Richmond will be treated to a free view of the handsomest street parade In America, a splendid open air pageant of surpassing beauty, fully a mile - long and . featuring three bands, one mounted, three calliopes, .gold and sliver dens of wild beasts, wonders of all climes, tableaux' wagons, new and novel processional spectacles and won- ' derful teams of horses, camels, ele phants and ponies. All in, all. "The Greatest Show on iMirm ior uaiiaren - win prove Just as diverting to the grownups as to the tots and they wlll be just as nappy as the ntuest kiddie on Monday, when ''It s circus day In Richmond." ' ' . ;

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