Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 199, 8 July 1916 — Page 14

PACE FOUR

SOCIETY NEWS FOR CHILDREN The Sunday school girls of Miss Ruth &rlau's class formed a picnic to Buhl's woods la! Monday with Ub Marguerite Davis and Hiss llciea Buckley chaperoning. Going at 1) o'clock, they spent the day exploring the wood, wading in Clear creek and having an "awful nice time." (as one of the girl told me.) until 4 o'clock, when they came home. Those who went were Uisses Marguerite Davis. Ile'en Buckley. FJizabeth Coate. Mary Alice Co!lLis. Ruth Weed and Emetine Land. a Mr. George Kreuger and Mr. Ed"ward Nubauta are on their vacation with iLeir parents at Lake George. They ent up there in machines last Monday. One of the most interesting trip3 that any Richnond children have taken this summer, is the automobile trip that Irving. Allen and Ralph Brown and their sifters. Harlan. MauJ and Laura are having now with their parents in two automobiles, going to Cincinnati and on to Kentucky, and camping oat at nights. Misses la;:ta. lionise and Bertha Titus of West Richmond, will visit their grandparents in Indianapolis, the latter part of this week. Miss Juliet Fisher has left Richmond with her parents to visit in Ohio, before hearing for her new home in the northern part of tho county. Notes About "Y" A new billiard table has been jvut down in the Boys Department Also the pir.g pong table and cue Toque are very popular. Boys still have the advantage of the summer rales. $ 1.29 from now until Sept. nth. WATCH RATS PLAY GAME Our barn fs an old one. and since bur cat is a dog. (and not a rat terrier at that) it Is the home cf a large family of rats. They are very veil brought up, for neither poiaon nor traps have any attraction for them. My brother and I are such common sights that they are no longer afraid of us. and we often see them running about. One day we decided that we would go down in the barn and Fit Tery quietly, to see if the rats would come out and ptay before us. We chose a dark corner near a clear space on the floor and were so still you could almost have . beard a pin drop. After a little while several gray heads with little black beady eyes began to appear through the holes in the floor. , and then the rats clambered cut. Perhaps they wondered what wo wero doing there, but we were so quiet that they decided we meant xto harm. 5 Then the fun began! Yon would have thought they were trained in a circus, so manq tricks did they know. One sat up on his hind legs and chewed a straw just like squirrel does when it eats a nut. Another began to sing a little song to itself. We have heard of singing mice bet a singing rat was something new. Still anoiVer lay down so close that we could have reached cut our hands and .touched 1L They were so interesting that we quite forgot how time was passing until we heard our mother calling us. And she agreed with us that it had been a Tery. very interesting adventure. j By DOROTI1Y. I Campfire News The meeting of Miss Elizabeth Morris camp fire will be a progressive affair next week, being held at the tennis courts and then St the Glen as a picnic supper. jper. -

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ceremonial meeting with a trndC4nvaSt and tnen piace it behind a

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Guests will be invited.

SOMMERVILLE ON VACATION

TLe toys at the Y are having less excitement In thing to do at present, since Mr. Sommerville started on his vacation the first of July to be gone the month. Library Corner The children's department has more books for circulation than usual this summer, since there are not so many summer sessions amon the different schools and so there are not so many books tied up in use there. Among the latest books bought for the children's library are "GreeT.acre Girls," by Forrester; "Emmaline, by Singrnaster; "The Proving of Virginia- and "The Fiddling Girl," by Campbell; and The Boy Scout's Year Dook.

Doll ins Tells Purpose Of Boy Scouts

What is a Byy Scout? Why do we need them? We have sufficient soldiers without the boy scout movement. These are the thoughts that enter the minds of the public. I would like to inform the people that this is not a military movement, but teaches, "Loyalty, Patriotism and Chivalry.' When the scout becomes a Tenderfoot, the first division of the scout classes, he takes the scout oath, swearing on his honor to do his duty to God and his counlry, and to obey the scout law. This law is very strict, holding the scout to the best possible type of manhood. If a scout should swear on his honor to do a thing and then not do it. he would be asked to take off his badge and withdraw from other scout activities. Several scout movements have been started in the city, but none have proved successful except the present one now being lead by Mr. Lewis Kinley. There are two patrols, the Wolverine and the Tiger. Both are going fine and new members are always wanting to join us. The Wolverine patrol has three men ready to take the second class examinations. Dollins, Livingston and Meyers; the other members Something Gustave And This is surely a funny one. Gus - st right. Ran el Down he juntos or "Piggy" likes to be beaten. Copyright by George

THK RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY. JULY

Whitewater News New swings have been put in the Whitewater playgrounds this week, thereby causing j iy for all summerschool students. Both the boys and girls went on hikes last Saturday morning, starting at six o'clock. The boys went on an all day trip to Jackson Pak, and the girls took a ten mile hike down the Cart road, behind the hospital. IiOts of exciting events occurred on both trips. Ask those who went. All the kindergarten children are so full of patriotism that they refuse to sing any songs except national hymns, and they spend most of the mornings marching-to "The Stars and Stripes," waving flags and being regular soldiers themselves. are working up to this same standard. The Scouts are doing their best to help the community in every way possible. The troop has fine spirit and all we ask is for the citizens of Richmond to boost, ?nd help the Scout Movement along. KENNETH DOLLINS. Playground News rA1I the tennis courts are in good condition now tince the backstops have been entirely finished with double netting around the top. The tennis tournament which ij being planned will begin as soon as Mr. Lyboult returns next month. The indoor baseball team which Syd. Watt got up a few weeks, played one game with the Baxters and then had to break up. Cowards? Not much! They were so strong they couldn't get anybody else to play them. FORM NEW CAMP. A new camp is being organized of West Richmond girls. AH who are interested in it may obtain information of general rules and ways of organizing Camp Fire groups, by writing to the editor of the Junior. For Fun The Movies thinks he has friend pig sketched and runs away at ton soeed. Gus h.irk hA lvlfo fn atlrlr In him nn fence. This makes the tears run, Matthew Adams.

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Helen Ball Tells The Wahpikameki Camp Fire, composed of twelve members and a guardian, was organized March 15. This Camp Fire chose as its name Wahpikameki, meaning White Waters. The fcyiuhol is a tree standing by a river. The symbolism in the design is, first, the tree with the trunk and six branches standing for the seven points of the law of the Camp Fire, and second, the river at the foot of the tree, with its three bends standing for the Camp Fire watchwords, Work Health and fove. The symbol as a whole means working together; the stream depending on the tree, and the tree upon the stream for its moisture. This symbol is very effective when worked out in beads in the headband. The green tree means growth, the white wr-ter means purity, and the water out

Here's Chance to Win Prizes Offered for Essay on Roads

Do yon like to try for prizes? Here is one of the best chance of winning them you will ever have In order to create more enthusiasm for the "GOOD ROADS EVERYWHERE" movement, one hundred cash prizes for road photographs have been offered to anybody. , ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO TAKE PICTURES OF ROADS. These are the conditions: 1. A contestant may submit any number of photographs, any one of which or all of which may receive a prize. 2. All photographs must be- o? some road within the U. S. A. 3. Photographs receiving a prize shall thereby become the property of the National Highways Association. 4. The full name (do not use initials) and full address of the contestants must be on each and every photograph submitted. 5. No photographs' will be returned. 6. Photographs Bhould be addressed to "GOOD ROADS EVERYWHERE," Photograph Contest, National Highways Association, Washington, D. C. 7. Contest closes at noon, Tuesday. Nov. 7, 19U. There are no other conditions. There is no limitation as to the kind of photograph, size by whom taken, things shown in the picture, or number sent in. No letters need to be written to go with the QUERY AGORNER The editor will try to answer questions readers of the Junior submit to him. He will not promise to answer all of them. The questions will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the answer to be printed in the same week in which you send it iu. J.R. What does Palladium mean? Why, there are two main sources it is taken from: First, it was the name of an oracle that would tell you anything you wanted to know,' and second, it was a famous statue of the goddess Pallas on which the safety of Troy was said to depend. So the word has come to mean anything essential to a nation, and that's why we call our paper THE PALLADIUM. M. S. The reason they have "those funny doors" at the Post Office is to keep out all cold air and draughts in winter. H. L. Men have worn long trousers for just one hundred years or rather that was when the style first came In but it took a while for people to get accustomed to the funny awkward looking things. Ij. M. T"here are 48 stars in our present flag. The last two were added in 1912. F. R. Toad-stools are the flow ers of a fungus plant that lives on decaying wood, often under the ground. There is a whole system of little root-like fibers that may be living under the surface, that you won't even suspect until tiiey suddenly send up the little toad stools which shed the seeds and then disappear.

Campfire History

lined in red means courage; led being alw the Camp Fire color. The name of the guardian of this fire is Niklanani, meaning "Little Mother," and also protector, leader and helper in accomplishing things. The Wahpikameki Camp lire as yet has not done any great thing; but have been holding weekly meetings, selecting names and symnol and preparing to attain the rank of Wood Gatherer. A number of symbols and Indian names have been gathered , from books in the City library and the High School library. Some girls, however. h?ve made original symbols and desigus for their headbands. The Camp Fire gave a successful candy sale this last spring, but is planning greater and larger things for the future. HELEN BALL. picture and no correspondence will be entered into about the contest. The prizes are: 1st prize, $500: five 2nd prizes. $100 each; twenty 3rd prizes, $25 each; forty 4th prizes, $15 each; one hundred 5th prizes, $5 each; total, 166 prizes, $2,C0O. 01MU BIRDS INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT THEM SUPPLIf.D BY THE BUREAU Of BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ' THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PURPLE MARTIN (Progne subis) Purple martins are almost the nicest birds we have around here; at least they appreciate what we do for them more than any of the others, and are the most friendly, yes, even more so than robins. They live in bird houses alto gether, and if you never have peen ' any, it is because you never have put up any house for them to stay in. They are a kind of swallow. and spend their days sailing through the sky, catching all sorts of insects and ridding the air of many of our trees' worst enemies; so you see they are very useful. AH farmers especially should pro vide homes for a colony of these. Building the homes about 15 feet from the ground so that cats can not harm them, for they will surely prove their worth. You can see purple martins sailing overhead almost any time and in any place if you will only look up. They look black against the sky. and you can tell them from other swallows or chimney swifts by their tails, for their tails are straight across the end, while barn swallows have a curving. .U-shaped tail, and chimney swifts have no real tail at all but look like a cigar on wings, with the little stump where its tail should be. So you be looking out for these birds, and if yon have any trouble telling them apart, write to Aunt

(Molly and ask her about it