Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 217, 29 July 1916 — Page 13

NEWS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF WAYNE COUNTY IN THE JUNIOR

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SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916

Chicago's New $4,000,000 Children's Playground At top, the auditorium which rises from the end of the new Municipal Pier three-fifths of a mile in the lake and seats 4,000 persons. Below, part of the throng watching the Disturber IV., world famous speed boat, as it spins along the course. Photo by international News Service

Alice Lemon Writes Letter to Her Father

Washington, D. C. June 28, 1916. Dear deserted Dad: Beginning where I left off yesterday, we went to the Congressional Library. I think this place is the most beautiful in the world. There were many lovely marble statues all over. While we were there we bought a little guide book which was very interesting. Last night we had a little storm, but it did not keep me from sleeping. We were nearly caught in it when coming home to the hotel. One of the things that interested me most was the making of stamps. They had an engraved plate which the man rubbed red or whatever color he stamps on. It was then passed through a machine to a girl who put a clean piece of paper on. It was then passed through an iron and taken off and there were your stamps. There are 40,000,000 of these stamps a day. It is now time for me to go to bed so I will say good night. ALICE Boston, July 16th Deal Father: We are having quite a scare ,aLout sharks. At first they thought they were only at New Jersey. But yesterday the papers' headlines were "Sharks off Quincy and Lynn" 1 will write you what I read. "Bathers at Atlantic, on the (Juincy bay, were amazed this af

ternoon to see a woman spring out of the water onto a raft which was anchored about 50 yards from the shore and stand there screaming with terror. She was alone and other bathers were going to her rescue, when they saw a huge fin cutting the water near her. No one ventured out and the woman- clung to the raft until the tide went out and then walked to the shore." If you do not think that exciting, I don't know what is. Yesterday we went to Boston and took a sight-seeing ride. We went through Little Italy and I did not mind going through it once but twice is too much. We went in an old graveyard and saw the graves of Franklin's father and mother, Paul Revere and other noted people. We learned a lot about Mother Goose stories. They were written by "Mary Goose." Doctor Foster was a friend of hers, and Gloster I suppose is the lish plrce. There was a friend of hers that had nine bad children, and the poem, "There was an old woman who iived in a shoe," was for them. Give ray love to everybody and tell them I hope they would get a letter from me but I do not know what to write. If they write a letter and ask some questions, I will r.nswer them. With love, A LICK

THE ROCHESTER COUSIN The little Rochester coupin was playing war with one of his little girl friends, she being the mother and he the soldier father. Finally she said to him. "Now jou must be dead." But he said. "Oh, no, met her, I've wen the battle."

Fun at a Picnic

The other afternoon mother and I went to my grandmother's where 1 met many of my relatives. Then we went out to Mr. Mather's where we had a fine time. My mother tried to teach me how to play tennis. After a while we were called to supper and I tell you we had a fine supper. After supper we played three-deep. Then it came time for Viola, who is my little cousin, to go home. We came home in her father's machine and we all wished the day had been longer. Griffin Jay

Yes He's Slim

The slimmest man I ever saw Lived over in lioboken. If I should tell you all how slim he Is, You'd think I was surely jokin'. He's thin as any pastage stamp, As the skin of a new potater; For exercise he takes a ride Through the hole in a nutmeg grater. Oh my, good bye, You ought to see poor Sam! He's thin as the soup of a boarding house, As the skin of a soft-shell clam. Farewell! Well tell How poor Sam lost his breath, He fell through a hole :n the back of his coat And choked himself to death.

Centennial Notes

It seems queer to us to try and think how much our city lights and streets have improved In the last years from the way they were at first. When our grandmothers were little girls the streets right here in the center of town were just mud and weeds, worse than any country road you ever have seen around anywhere now days. And at night it was darker than alleys right on Main street, so when anybody wanted to go any place, they had to carry a lantern. And just think, they didn't even have any lanterns like ours because they didn't have glass for the globes. They had to be made out of tin with little holes punched all over it to let out the light; and then the light just sort of squirted out like water out of a sprinkling ran, for there was only a little flickering candle in the lantern to begin with. So I'm pretty glad I live now instead of then, with good cement side walks, and real lights, when I'm not afraid I'll step in a mud puddle every minute.

A PATIENT CREW Little Edna was watching a set of men working a pile-driver in the lot opposite her home. She said, "Mama, I am so sorry for those poor men. They have been trying and trying to lift out that heavy weight and every time they get almost to the top it falls right back again."

Write Story About Bird and His Bath Dear Editor: We are very much interested it the stories which we read in the Junior Palladium. We thought other boys and girls might like tc read this real story, which we art sending to you. DICK'S BATH We have a dear little brother, three years old, who has big browr eyes and loves cats. Our pet cat is named Bluey and her little twir kittens were Dimples and Dick. They looked just alike and were just big enough to chase around in circles after their tails. Little brother Charles spent many hours during, the day in putting them tc sleep and in wrapping them up. One day he had not been seen for a long time. Then be came running into the house very excited and said. "O, mama, mama, I wash the kitty! I wash the kitty! Give me to towel. He was laughing so hard that he could hardly talk. When mama went to the back porch what do you think she saw? Dick in a little bath tub covered with water. Our little brother who was giving his kitty a bath did not know at all that it was the last bath it would ever have; neither did Bluey who lay curled up in a basket wit a Dimples. Hoping yon will like our story. Yours truly, MARTHA MULL, ae MARKLL MULL, age 11