Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 205, 15 July 1916 — Page 13

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TUB RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1916

SOCIETY NEWS FOR CHILDREN

Miss Evelyn Carr was the charming hostess of a birthday party last Saturday afternoon at her home on South 14th street. Among those present were Misses Lestra Hibberd, Helen Duning, June Kelley, Eleanor Collins, Jean and Mary Shiveley, Carolyn and Ellen Bartel, Janet Thompson, , and Masters James Hibberd, Charles Druitt and James Carr, jr. Miss Naomi Caldwell will leave next week for a visit of several weeks in Iowa and other western parts. ' Masters Marston and Richard llodgins and their sister, Miss Virginia Hodgins have returned from an extended ' trip in Western Illinois where they visited their uncle at his country home and returned by Aledo and Chicago. Miss Eleanor Wissler" is starting this week on her summer visit to her grandmother's, country home near Kokorao, Ind., to be gone until the first of August. , . Master William Hunt, is spending the summer with relatives near Williamsburg. Miss Dorothy Beetle of North D street has gone to Springfield, O., tor a visit of two weeks. Miss Marian Hiser will leave this week for a month's vacation at Atlantic City. XOMMOlMilCAN BIRDS Interesting information about them supplied by the bureau of biological survey of the united states department of agriculture FLICKER (Colaptes auratus) The flicker, or yellow-hammer, is our largest and most common wood pecker. You can tell them by the rich, bright yellow under their wings, and -the white spot In the middle of their backs 'when they fly. They are ever so pretty, with all sorts, of little spots and crescents all over them, and two laige ones red on the back of their heads and black under their throats. Some one has said that they look like neat travelers, in brown suits. Flckers stay around here all the year, and make their nests in telephone poles or dead trees. They eat ants that climb up our trees and damage them, as well as other infects, so that they do lots of good In helping take care of our trees. Their eggs are white, and they lay from five to ten or even more, and once a flicker was known -to !ay seventy-one in one season. When they fly, they usually go In three big waves and light on the next tree as they start upward again. Watch them to see, and aftr while you will be able to tell them yourselves just by the way they fly.

The Angler

BY ROSIE BURCKHART, New Madison, O. It was a bright summer morning when from a little hut could be seen a man and his dog walking towards a brook near by. This man was an angler and he was going to this brook to catch a fish for his breakfast. His dog's name was Jig and he was a very wise little dog and helped the Angler to make a living. When he came to the brook he hunted a high green bank to sit on. The sky was blue and the flowers were all so pretty on both sides of the brook. The Angler put a worm on his fishing hook and held it under the water a very long time. He and his dog both waited patiently nearly all forenoon when all at once the Angler felt that something was on his hook. He pulled it up and there was a real little fish on it. He took it in his hands and looked at it; he showed it to Jig and said, "Isn't this the funniest little fish I ever saw?" Then the little fish began to talk. It told the Angler not to hurt it and asked him to take the hook out of his mouth. It said, "Won't you please put me back 4n the water because I promised to attend my Campfire News 4 The meeting of Miss Elizabeth Morris camp for this week was in the form of a tennis picnic. Next week" they will have the grand council fire, when all the members will be made Wood Gatherers. Mrs. Robert Study has received her guardian appointment for the Akipsaya Camp, of which Miss Mary Mather was formerly in charge. Campf ire's Meaning. The question is asked more than once: What is meant by Campfire? To many of the citizens it means nothing more than a waste of girls' time.. The dress signs, head bands and names appear merely decorative, but it one were to look into the matter one would discover that each has a meaning. If a girl wishes to lead a beautiful life, let her select symbols with wholesome meaning as her guide; for instance, oak for strength and stedfastness ; the rabbit for alertness and constant readiness. The symbols a girl weaves into her headband are supposedly her ideals. Not only is Campfire symbolical but it has a practical side, too. Girls are awarded honor beads for their knowledge and deeds of homecraft, for business and fom many pther kinds of work. A girl's knowledge of the care of her own health is rewarded by honor beads. A' Campfire gil's first thought should be for others, thus adding love. Love is the mam thing, ror without love the meaning of campfire would be lost. MILDRED EARNEST. I ; : Playground News j .J. ! BY RICHARD THORNBURG. The Richmond Roque club uses the roque court at the playgrounds every night. . The members have worked on it until now it is in fine - coadition. The champion of the club is Mr. Johanning. Mr. Lyboult will be home from school in about two weeks and then Mr. Cottingham will go back to the Hibberd playground. WThile Mr. Lyboult and Mr. Sommerville are gone, Mr. Nohr is umpiring the Sunday School league games. ., . ' : Besides the .big public, playgrounds there are three of the school playgrounds open this summer: Whitewater, with Mr. Ramsey in charge; Hibberd, with Mr. Brown, and Baxter with Mr. Outland. . " ' At Hibberd the boys have been playing horse shoe in a tournament and the champion is Jim Miller. Each day the boys choose up teams in base ball and play most exciting games. LITTLE RABBIT N EST. ' There is a nest of little baby rabbits right down tinder the big Main street bridge, and when you go along there you can often see as many as six little rabbits at once.

and the Fish

friend "Turtle's" party and I was promised a nice big dinner. The little fish also told the Angler that it did not intend to get the worm he put on his hook and that he was really sorry about it. The Angler thought a moment and then said, "Well, as long as you are such a tiny fish I will let you go. And be sure to enjoy your party." The little fish thanked the man and gladly went down the brook. When the little fish reached his friend Turtles, it told her and all the other visitors of his narrow escape. They were all very frightened but were glad it wasn't worse. The Angler and his dog gave up hunting lor fish. They were hungry but said that they were glad they let the fish go than if they had taken him home for breakfast. They reached home at noon and to their surprise they founu a table spread with the nicest things to eat." They both wondered where those nice things came from. Just then Jig pulled a slip of white paper out of one of the cookies. The Angler read it and it said: "Prom the little Fairy Fish." IT lIliVTTUIVI J. V- T , O Sumnfer school at Whitewater closed yesterday. The Central Bureau of Charities, however, is considering the question of supplying means for two or three weeks' work more in cooking and sewing for the girls. Unusually good work has been done this year, especially in handicraft. Many of the girls have made most attractive dresses, even with scallops and shirring. Two girls have made silk dresses. As for cooking, ; if you ever, doubt the girls' skill just happen along some time when they are coming out with their little biscuits or cakes, or, um yum, cherry pies all hot and steaming with the red juice just staining the shiny golden crust. The trophy for winning the championship in the P. S. A. L. (Public School Athletic League) has just arrived at Whitewater School, and the boys are perfectly justified in being proud of it. It is in the shape of a shield, with! raised bronze figures on it; a boy up at bat in the center, and five wreaths all around him, while up above him is the inscription, ! "Champions 1916, P. S. A. L." This now hangs at the head of the stairs where all the boys who were on the team can admire it, except one. And I'll tell you about that one, - Harry Klingraan. the star catch er of this winning team, is working down at the Starr Piano Factory this summer, so did not see the Trophy when it first came. But his father, who is janitor at the building took , it home with him that night, and without saying a word, laid it on the supper table at Harry's place. You should have seen that boy. He was so excited he couldn't -eat any supper, and that, night he didn't quite take it to bed with him but he did the next best thing by' putting it at the foot of his bed where he could see it the first thing in the morning and the last thing before he went to sleep. Notes About "Y" From now on the summer rates of the "Y" are only 90 cents until September 15, and the swimming pool there beats Hawkins pond all to pieces. Beside it will be lots cheaper because you can go in as often as you want to without hoving to pay anything. - : For boys over the Junior age the summer ratees are 11.75. . , . SUNDAY. SCHOOL LEAGUE: . Won. Lost Pet. Presbyterians 3 1' .750 Lutherans '. . . . 3 1 .750 ML Moriah 3 1 .750 Baptist ............. 2 2 .-500 Special 1 3 .250 St Mary's 0 . 4 .000 Thursday afternoon the Hibberd Indoor Base Ball team played the South 22nd Street Playground team. The score by innings was: Hibberd 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 Playground 0 0 0 0 0 0 00

Boy Scout News

1. For the benefit and information of some to whom the boy scout idea is not clear and to explain the purpose and plan of the movement and the scope of scouting, remarks will help make our appreciation more keen for the boy scout plan. 2. The scout plan was organized in 1910 by General Baden-Powell in England. Its principles fit so well into the lives of every boy that its growth in these six years has been wonderful. It is not socialized at all, but it holds 26 countries and the British Colonies. There are now 182,000 registered boy scouts and 42,000 men. Scouting is a comprehensive plan of activities to enlist and enlarge and help the development, particularly of adolescent boys. Boys under 12 are usually too young to understand seriously the principles of scouting. The primary object of the Boy Scouts of America is not military, but Peace scouting and educational character building for good citizenship; to instill those ideas which should underlie the life of every boy. The aim is to get the boy to understand the value of his honor, to be trustworthy loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, , clean and reverent. The idea to be kept in mind continually is the boy and his good, rather than scouting. Half of our public school teachers are trying to teach the subject matter of the book, when they ought to be teaching the boy. They employ static methods. By stating the two mottoes of the Boy Scouts organization, this seems a sifficient explanation. By Lewis Kinley. The active members of the local boy scouts ar Sackman, Myers, Dollins, Eggemeyer, Nusbaum, Gaylor, Livingstone, Hyde, Johanning, Holcomb, Taylor, Hill, Crowe and Klisket. The Boy Scouts have been having many active meetings lately. Last Friday they had a most successful exhibition at the home of their Scout, Master, Lewis Kinley. Sunday afternoon they practiced scouting out at Glen Miller. The boys were divided into two sides, the Reds and the Whites, and the Whites won. One of the features of the afternoon, as we understand, was Kenneth Dollins hiding in a tree so successfully that they never did find him. Wednesday evening the boys drilled at Morton Park, and Friday evening the regular meeting was held at the home of Richard Holcomb.

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Girls Give Show Which is Success

A successful show was given on the lawn at 205 N. 17th St., Friday afternoon, July 7, 1916, by the Misses Lucile Schroeder, Neva Showalter, Helen Jessup, Helen Brown and Master Fred Throckmorton. The first play, "Uncle Billy's Joke," was a good collego scene. In the second play called "Such is the Life on An Old Maid," Miss Helen Jessup took the part of the "Old Maid Aunt" exceptionally well. Uncle Billy's Joke. By Lucille Schroeder. Cast: Fredericka Norman . .Helen Jessup Dot Seagrave ..Lucile Schroeder Jane Harrison Helen Brown Betty De Verolo . . Neva Showalter Scene 1. Room in Hope College, Friday, 2:30 p. m. Scene 2. Same. Sunday evening 7:30 p. m. Such is the Life of An Old Maid. By Lucile Schroeder. Cast: Mehitable Ellen Catherine aJne Eveningstar (the Old Maid aunt) Helen Jessup The three cousins Mehitable Ellen Catherine Jane Cavenaugh( the young heir).. :.i Helen Brown Winifred Cornegie Neva Showalter Betsey Mallett . . Lucille Schroeder Scene 1. Home of Old Maid Aunt, 2:00 p. m. Scene 2. In the West, 10:00 a. m. Scene 3. Goodbye to the West 11:00 a. m. Miss Helen Jessup gave a Spanish dance. Centennial Notes One of the things the children of years ago used to like best was the South Tenth Street park. You nee, they didn't have any Glen Miller park like we do, so they had to go there instead. They had a big, high fence all around it to keep the cows out, and there wasn't any gate in the fence, either, so people had to walk up steps and then down again to get over it. And in this park was a big band stand where they had concerts every Saturday night. And guess what that band stand had. It had a roor. that was painted real bright blue inside, with big gold stars in it.

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