Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 253, 9 September 1916 — Page 12

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TIIE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, SEPT. 9. 1918

SOCIETY NEWS FOR CHILDREN

v The minstrel show which was to have been given by the children In the east part of the city yesterday evening for the benefit of the day nursery, had to be postponed on account of rain. Miss Dorothy Harris, of Columbus, O., is visiting her cousins, Mises Janet and Virginia Harris, for the week end. . - There was a meeting of the Blue Heron troop of the Boy Scouts last -Friday evening. A business meeting of the Aklpsays camp was held this afternoon at the home of the guardian, Mrs. Robert Study. Campf ire Girls The Wahpikameki Camp had its first meeting with Miss .King as Guardian last Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Amy Fitspatrlck. Only plans for the winter's work were discussed, a few of which were helping the North End Mis4 ion, helping to interest others in Women's Swimming Pool, and adopting a uniform costume for public wear, and especially use at school. Paper Doll Wedding Paper doll weddings always are fun when you are tired of other doll parties. Cut out the ladies and chil&an in the fashion sections of magazines until you have plenty to make up a good audience. Then hunt in some April or June number for a bride, for there are nearly always some in them, and in the advertisements of Arrow collars, automobiles or cigarettes you can find the men, or at least one for the groom, and if necessary, take the part of the minister your self. '. Cut strips of paper to mark out the church, and then lay some down also for the rows of pews, leaving an aisle between. And if you want to take the time you can cut out flowers to decorate with and make a bersnlful altar. In fact, with no trouble at all, you can get up the finest wedding ever, and have fun f of a whole day. The True Compass ; Most people think that a compass points due north, but it does not always, rather not in all parts of the world. It is constantly changing. Now the needle points 16 degrees west of true north in London, while in 1612 it was 24 degrees west, and in 1580, 11 degrees east. . However there is one line passing through the . United States where the needle does point due north, and of course that line goes through here. From Savannah it runs through western Carolina, eastern Tennessee, Kentucky, and near the Indiana-Ohio state line, northerly through Michigan and across Lake Superior. Something

Here is an easy way tor an ill person to "keep tabs" on when to take medicine. Measure an ordinary tumbler or glass across the top. Now draw a circle about half on inch wider than the top of the glass. This you can do with a string, a pin and a pencil, or with a compass. Divide the circle on a piece of cardboard into .twelve equal parts. Mark the figures of a clock face in ink or pencil on your circular card, like Fig. 1. Next cut a notch at each figure. Tie a knot to a piece of string and pass it through the center of the card. Tie a button on the other end. Now as the medicine is to be taken move the string in the notches according to the hours indicated. Fig. 2. If you wish, half hour periods may be used by cutting a notch between each figure. Copyright hv G" Mtth

Ceremonial Poem

The Wahpekamekl Girls' Ceremonial. Camp Fire I In a dim and dusky twilight. Lowering clouds and painted sky, marcnea we lortn to noia a pow wow 'Fore the day had passed us by: In each faithful heart there quick ened, Love for mystic lore of old. And sincere desire to sever. All the dross from out the gold. II Deep within a dreamy woodland. Filled with mystery fresh and rare. All the Camp Fire Girls assembled, Just to hold a council there. Guarded by our Niklanani, And the folk who never tire. There concealed from worldly plea sure, Flickered bright our Council Fire III 'Round the head of each devotee, Glistening in the candle light, Gleamed a mystic circling head band Earned by faithful service right; Linked by harmony of music. Bound by spirit chains as well, Guarded by the good Great Spirit; Safe in peace we always dwell. IV Close to nature's grand enchantment, Learning from her ancient lore, From the birds and whispering branches, Seeking good from out her store, Filled with loving thoughts for others. Gathering truth from day to day, Always Camp Fire Girls endeavor To improve along the way. "Shanah" Caroline Smith Here's a Chance to Become Rich How would you like to make about a hundred thousand dollars or so? Well, that amount and probably much more, is awaiting the person who can tell how to do one fairly simple little thing. Do you know what a storage battery is? All you would have to do is to find out how to make a strong enough storage cell to hold the wasted electricity which is run into the ground off of lightning rods. Can you think what that would mean? It would mean that each city could erect great plants with many huge lightning rods extending high up into the air and so fixed as to absorb practically all the wild electricity generated by heavy clouds passing over the earth and then run this great power into huge municipal storage plants, to be used in running all the city lights, power plants, engines, heating apparatus, and everything. The world would pay almost anything for such an invention, and why shouldn't you be the one to do it? A storage battery charged by a lightning rod, that would be all. Do a good turn daily. To Build

Dannie Minnick Summer's

I went to visit down south with my mother this summer. We went to London, Kentucky, on the steam cars. Then we went In Uncle Charlie's auto along the Cumber land river to Barboursville and Pinvllle. We left our car at Pinville and went on the steam cars up to Harlem. It was too rough to drive a car up there and the railroad has to go right on the banks of the Cumberland, as there are mountains on both sides. Then we came back to Pinville and got the car, and we went on through Middlesburg and Cumberland gap. The pike was very level and smooth, but the turns were so sharp and quick that I was afraid our machine would dash to the bot tom of the mountain. Mother said the Cumberland gap was fourteen hundred feet deep. I guess that's pretty deep. She said the Cumberland mountains are queer. The pike runs all around the mountain and there is a large cave on the inside of the mountains. . I was on the spot where Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia join. Then we went on to Roseville, Virginia, and oh, such good thigs as they did have to eat. Pie, cake and biscuits and jam; but mother said she liked the old Virginia ham best. Then we went over in Tennessee. We went into the Lincoln Memorial Institution and the Museum; and there we saw such pretty and queer old relics, canteens that had been used in the war of '62, flint pistols, pepper box pistols, and an old moonshine still, that naa Deen cui full of holes, and a big gourd. The guide said that when the still was in operation the men would put money in the gourd and step away, and then when they went back, the money would be gone, and a bottle of whisky would be in the gourd. I never have tasted whisky, but I don't think I would like it. Mother said it causes lots of trouble and sorrow. When we came back to London we went out in the hills to see my grandfather. We got on a little train with one passenger coach. We had to go slow as the road was new and very rough. If you got thirsty, the engineer would stop at some one's well or spring and get you some water. i Grandfather had a pretty old; Centennial Notes How would you have liked to go to school as the Indiana boys and girls had to a hundred years ago? In the first place, you know they just had log school houses, and the only way they could heat them in winter was by log fires in the big fireplace; and those poor children nearest the fire simply roasted, while those farther away shivered. Besides that, the price of shoes was so high that many children had to go to school barefooted both summer and winter; and one author tells of how the boys would heat a flat board or stone scorching hot before leaving home and then run as fast as they could until their, feet were so numb they couldn't endure it, and by standing on this "stove" until they thawed out, would thus keep from freezing their toes. Rut school itself was so differ ent from ours. They didn't have pencils at all, but had to write with a goose quill and pokeberry juice for ink; while the whole theory of teaching was "no lickin' no larnin" And yet they did have some mighty good times in spite of all the crude hardships, for every Friday afternoon were the exercises, when they would have the most exciting spelling matches ever, and the still celebrated "speakin' pieces." f WATCH TENT REMOVAL. Last Thursday the few children who happened to be out in the Glen were very much interested to see the men taking down the big tent. First they took the middle sized poles down, and then the. small ones around the outside, this way allowing the top to be hanging loose from the three big center poles. And finally, by attaching pulleys : and long ropes to one side of the canvas, they pulled it right over the top of the big poles from the opposite side, 'caving the tall cen ter poles standing alone.

Describes Trip to the South

fashioned home, with a big yard and lots of Sowers and an orchard. He had lots of nice things on the farm, chestnuts, chinkapins, wal nuts, hickory nuts, sarcines, persimmons and paw paws. ' Some of them won't be ripe until fall, and then I would love to go back and gather chestnuts. Maybe I would bring you some. DANNIE MINNICK. Submarine Brings Commercial Cargo It Is interesting to know that the original idea of submarines was to enforce peace. Robert Fulton, our American inventor who first introduced steamships on the Hudson in 1807, had worked on submarines at least ten years before, and had given several successful exhibitions in both France and England. His idea was to blow up all the warships so they absolutely could not fight any more, but neither of these two countries would accept the submarine or the idea, because they said they did not object to killing other people as long as they killed them in the open, instead of beneath the water. Now, over a hundred years later, after Fulton's idea of blowing all the warships off of the seas only has made more deadly war, the real peace-use of submarines has successfully been shown when the big German submarine "Deutschland" paid no attention to warships, but sailed over to America with friendly trade. TENNIS SEASON OVER. Officially, the tennis season otit at the playgrounds are over, at least as far as the .tournaments are concerned, for the last finals were finished this week. In class A, Julius Falk won the little cup; in Class B, when Bill Keys won in the semi-finals over Harry Thompson, it left him to fight for the prize of a tennis racquet with his little brother Roland; and in Class C, Shell Simmons was the proud champion to win the large cup. THE PRODIGAL Mother Hen Gracious me, son, where have you been all these long years? The Prodigal Locked up in cold storage, mother dear.

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Y. M. C. A. NEWS

Gymnasium classes for the boys will commence Wednesday, September 18. The boys are divided Into classes according to their age. Junior students, 4-5 on Monday and Friday. Special swim, Wednesday, 4-4:40. Junior Preps, 4-5 on Tuesday; 10 on Saturday. Special swim, Friday 4:15-4:45. Junior, 5-6 on Tuesday; 10-11 oqi Saturday. Special swin Wednesday 44:30. ' After each gym class, the class will be put through events of special strokes, dives, calesthenics and games. In this manner the boys will be given instruction that will be both educational and recreational. All boys intending to go to gym classes must be examined and their cards punched before they will be permitted to go to any of their classes. You can be examined any afternoon until September 18, from 3 to 6 o'clock. Mr. Schwan, the physical director, will examine you if you see him at that time in the afternoon. SPECIAL NOTICE Until September 18 the .Juniors will have their swim Tuesdays from 6:00 to 6:30; Wednesdays, 4:00 to 4:30 and Saturdays, 11 to 11:30. Junior Preps: Tuesday, 5:00 to 5:30; Friday, 4:15 ti 4:45 and Saturday, 10 to 10:30. Junior Students: Monday, 5:00 to 5:30; Wednesday, 4:00 to 4:30 and Friday, 5:00 to 5:30. Boston Man Dies Doing Kindness In one of the Boston newspapers this summer was this little editorial about a man who was kind: A young Boston man named Jeremiah Murphy died yesterday from injuries received when he was in the act of obeying the highest law of all humanity and all religion. He was trying to be kind. There was a nest of birds up on the roof of the building where Jerry worked. The nest fell to the street, and Jerry, like a good citizen of the world, wanted to do what he could towards setting things right. A mother bird is only a bird, of course, but then, she is. a mother, too. Somehow it seemed as though that mother ought to have a fair chance to raise the little family she had worked so hard to keep alive in the miserable existence of city roofs. So Jerry climbs. And he fell nine stories. It's a strange balance a man's life for a bird's happiness. We lords of the earth don't think much about the little lives around us. But it wasn't a bad way to die after all. Kindness i3 kindness, whether it feeds a multitude or rescues a fledgling. Don't we rather feel that we'd like to have known Jeremiah Murphy? SHE LIKES CORN One morning when a certain little Richmond girl whose initials are A. J. N. was very hungry, she came up to her mother and said, "Mother, I wish we'd have corn for dinner; that kind that makes you get butter all over your face." j