Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 223, 5 August 1916 — Page 9

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

NEWS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF WAYNE COUNTY IN THE JUNIOR FREE TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION - SEE THE COUPON ON FOU RTH PAGE. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1916

Little Girl Describes Life She Lived in Carolina

1 see so many stories in the Junior that I want to write a piece. My parents and I moved to North Carolina 3 years ago for the benefit of my mother's health, and it was so different there that I thot 1 would tell you about it. AVe 'anic back because the climate didn't agree with us as we thought it should. Well, it is a very nice place to live, warm and balmy, with beautiful flowers almost all year round, lovely blue water to gaze upon all the time. We lived on a large river where lots of large steamers and boats and ships sailed all the time. We were 20 miles from the Atlantic Coast but the river we lived on was so wide and deep it looked just like the ocean. Wo were 45 miles from Norfolk, Va. The fishing was good. The people there are so kind and sociable and all seem to be neighborly, bankers, lawyers and all merchants seem alike. They treat people in moderate circumstances very kind and call on them and make them feel welcome. We only lived there 8 months but made lots of friends in that time. 1 love my old home and birthplace but I love the southern people exceedingly well also. They have a great many colored people there, but Ihey have very good manners. They raise three crops a year off of their land, and all of them raise cotton which is their main money maker like wheat is here. Cotton is beautiful to see when the pods are bursting. They look green, then they turn pink, and then they get beautiful pure white. And the fields look so pretty. When it. is ready to pick, negroes put a sack on their shoulders and Ihe fields will be full of them. They sing beautifully at their work. All the ways of living and doing are so different from here. But I

Julia Burr Writes on Cracker Jack

Dear Aunt Molly: 1 have a story that 1 think will Interest children, "The Cracker Jack Fall." It was a hot summer afternoon when little Helen was ready, to take her nap. The sky was beginning to get real white instead of dark. "I feci as if something is going to happen." said Helen's mother. "I believe I will not let Helen take her nap." Five minutes passed. The sky was growing red and white. Then something little came falling from the sky. Then it became larger find larger. Then hundreds came at the same time and fell to the ground. "Oh, mother, come here quick," raid Helen. Her mother came and Helen said, "It is crackerjack falling from the sky." Then Helen went out doors with her mother with three big baskets. Other children were there too. They filled their baskets full of the boxes r.nd then Helen went home. She raid to her mother, "Mother, this Is the happiest day I have had yet." JUUA BURR, age 10.

Kitty Gets Bath

When I give my kitty a bath she doesn't mind it very much. When I first put her in and she just gets her feet wet she stands still but when she is wet all over she tries to get out of the basin and run away. On hot days she like's a cool lath. I scrub her with a cloth and poap. Afterwards I wrap her all up in a towel and put her on a pillow behind the stove. It is never too hot for her. Sometimes when she wants to come in she climbs up the screen. It looks funny to see a black and white kitty on the ecreen. RACHEL GRANT, age 9. Rochester, N. Y.

loved the south. Wo haven't any relatives here and we have a great, many there, and they were so kind. The reason we moved my mother lost her only sister and a very good and lovely aunt to me she was. I shall never forget her, she was so cheerful all the time. Oh, excuse me, I have a cousin who is very dear to me here, but she doesn't visit us and it hurts me so I hate to speak of- it. So you who have aunts, uncles and cousins don't know how to appreciate it until you lose them. Kindly, I close, DOROTHY ELLA MILLER, Richmond Ave., City.

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Dog Stops Party for Teddy Bear

THE DOLLS' PARTY Once upon a time there was a family of dolls that lived in a very fine doll house. There were eight in number. These children were very good to eaehother. Oh! yes, I forgot to tell you their names, which are Mary "Jane, Helen, Gertrude, Ruth, Bernease, Ruby, Nellie, Robert and William. One day, Mary Jane, the oldest, said "Let's have a party." "All right" they all said. So the party was fixed for the following Thursday. On Thursday all the dolls dressed up in their best dresses and invited Mr. Arthur Teddy Bear to the party. He was delighted and soon came dressed in a smart dress suit with a bright red neck tie on. The host treated the guests very well. Presently refreshments were served, and when they were getting ready to sit down in walked "Drive," a hound puppy dog. "Run for your lives," cried Mary Jane, remembering how Drive had eaten up their baby sister Mildred. They all got out of the way with out being hurt and Drive soon went. out. They sat clown and drank their invisible tea and soup, and the guests soon went home after many good byes. We hope they have more parties and hope Drive v. ill not bother them again. THELMA DARBY.

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Animals No. 2

Piggy is stuck! He can't socm to fill in the missing letters on the blackboard. Can you help him? The names when complete represent three animals which are quite unlike each other.

Rooster Crows Church Music

Vernon Green of West Rush, Pa., owns a rooster that crows a tune. Green lives near the Lutheran church of (hat city. His chickens often hear the singing of religious hymns and sacred music. Green never believed that the music would have any influence on his chickens, but one day he saw his pet. rooster stretch his neck and crow a tune. Green, called his wife to make sure of what he had heard. She said she believed the chickens had turned musical. Green took his violin and played the Doxology. What was his surprise when the rooster imitated the tune. Since then the rooster crows the Doxology often to the great enjoyment of Green and his neighbors.

The percapita wealth of the United States has almost reached the $2,000 mark.

Jane Eats Jam

Miss Jane ate some jam, And Miss Jane ate some jelly, And Janey went home With a pain in her Now don't get excited, And don't be misled, Miss Janey went home With a pain in her head.

Don't Take a Chance

Any fool can take a chance, but it takes brains to be Careful. This is a bit of advice boys and girls may tajie to heart during this hot weather. Moderation in playing must be exercised. Do not believe you arc strong enough to walk miles and lie in the hot sun without being overcome. Do not believe that you can run at top speed in this weather and not become ill. Be careful.

French Boys Form Troops Like Scout

The Boy Scouts in France hav not been organized as long as in England or America, but already there are 19,000. The movement la divided into two societies, one the Boy Scouts proper, which is open to everyone, and the "Eclaireurs Unionistes" which is only for Protestants. Since the war has broken out, they have helped in many ways. Some are messenger boys, carrying the war messages from one military center to another, or going to the front with the ambulances and helping the wounded soldiers, and many other things. But in all things no matter how small, they have proved themselves so trustworthy, that some of them were even trusted with the password. Yet most of the boys have to stay at home and go to school, so the things they are doing are away from the front. They have regular staffs doing .orderly duty in some of the hospitals. In one city all the young firemen were called to the front, leaving only a few feeble old men in charge, so the Boy Scouts offered their services at once, and pfroved a gseat help. And one of the troops even opened a soup kitchen in Paris when the war first began and there, were so many refugees there. Brooklyn Junior Eagle.

Story of Rabbit

I bought a little white rabbit the other day of Thirza Stimmel. It is as white as snow so I named it Snowball. Snowball eats clover, corn, grass and drinks milk. He stays in a wire cage in the day time. At night I bring him in the house and he sleeps in a basket with a screen wire over the top. When I turn him out he just lays down and lets me catch him. Say, lady and gentleman, he is the best rabbit I ever saw. DONALD STARR, Webster, Ind.

Chum Club Rumpus

The chum club almost broke up. After little chum brother and big chum sister had kept from slapping each other a whole week they were each given a chum prize of a little box of candy. But the next morning chum sister couldn't find hers anywhere, so chum mother had to join in the search; but little chum brother was missing. Finally they called him too, and then he confessed. "I ate it," he said, laughing as though it were the best joke ever, "because then chum sister will slap me and I'll get both the chum prizes next week, you see."

Here's Jail Cat

You have heard of jail birds, but have you ever heard of a jail cat? Mike is a jail cat who has spent all his life in a county jail. He eats prison food and lives hi a cell. All his family and associates are in jail, but they say that he purrs just as contentedly "as if he lived in a palace." I wonder how many other living beings would be like him.

HAPPY FARM BOYS These are the days when the farm boys are working hard. Threshing time is here They help load the wheat on the wagons that carry it to the machines where the grains are separated from the stalks and made ready for the market. A threshing s"tne Is one of the most fascinating sights on the farm.

Claude Miller Writes Kitten's History

By Glaude Miller One day a year ago I opened my "eyes. It was for the first time. I could see I had two sisters and a brother. My sister named Ella was a yellow and while kitten. My other sister named Pet had a white spot on her tail and all the rest of her was yellow. My brother had a black eye and a white tail and the rest of his body was yellow. Unfortunately I was black, no white spots, no yellow tail, no yellow on me. My sisters and brother bit me and cuffed me. Mother was the only friend I had. She gave me warm milk six times a day. I grew up stronger than my brother and sisters. One day a girl came out to the bam with the gardener. She said, "Oh, John, see that ugly black kitten! Please take him and drown him " "Why?" asked Jorn. "Because he spoils the family," she explained. "Yessum," said John. I tried to get under a sack but John had me. He put a string around my neck and put me In a sack. Then came a long jolt. Finally he took me out and tied a stone to the string. Then he let me go. Down, down I fell. At last there came a splash. I went into the river but the string was not tight on my neck. It slipped and I came to the top. I got on a rock and saw John go around a corner. I swam ashore hungry, wet and cold. I went up a road opposite the cne John took. I walked and walked. It grew dark. I was hungry and cold. I

went to a barn and here an old cat said that there was a big city not far away. He shared his supper with me and let me sleep with him. In the morning I thanked him for what he had done for me and started for the city. I walked and walked for a long time without corning to any place. Finally I came to a lot of cats at the edge of a large city. I asked one who said that this was the largest city in the world. It was the city I had wanted to see. 1 went up a narrow street on which had been set out dinner in largo pans and cans. I thought I would never get enough. After a while I went up a wide street where there was no dinner. There was a boy with a lot of things which look like the things our stable boy wore at home. He looked at me and called me Tommie. He seemed to like ine. He put me in a bag with sheets of paper like those in a pile at home behind the door in it. Every once in a while he would yell and put his hand into the bag and take out a sheet. Then he would put his hand in and pet ine. He finally took me out and said,"Kitty, would you like to live with me? My My name is Arthur and I am an orphan. I have to sell papers to pay for my meals and lodging." 1 tried to say, "Yes," the best 1 could. He went home and put me in bed with him. He stroked me and told me of his troubles. I tried to comfort him by purring, but he cried and said that he only had ten cents and it took seventy cents to pay room rent. If he didn't have it he must get out of the house. The next night came. He had

left me in his room. I had had plenty to eat for there were rats everywhere. He picked me up and cried; then he said that we'd have to live out in the cold. The lady came up and said, "Get out of here. What do I want to let you live here for?" We got out. Months passed. We slept in alleys, stairways and other places. One day he let me out to play while he went to get some meat. He came back full of joy and said, "A gentleman who buys papers of me said that he needs a boy for a son and he is going to take me for his wife's Christmas present." After a short time a man came for us in a limousine and we were whirled away to our new home. Things were so nice and soft around that I went to sleep. When I woke up I was on a soft lounge. Arthur and I bad toys lying all around. He was playing with them. Finally an elderly gentleman came in and said, "Arthur, let us take some Christmas presents to the poor." Instead of having old clothes on, Arthur had on beautiful velvet breeches. My, they were pretty! We went to places where Arthur had been when he was still a castaway. "Oh, Mr. Bennington, stop here," said Arthur. "Don't call me Mr. Bennington, but father. You are now my adopted son and Mrs. Bennington is your mother. You and your kitten will live with me now and you will have an opportunity in this world," Mr. Bennington answered. .1 don't believe I have all my breath back yet, Arthur hugged me so tight.