Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 253, 9 September 1916 — Page 14

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THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium is a section of The Palladium issued every Saturday for boys and girls of Richmond and vicinity. :&l boys and girls are invited to contribute. Stories, sketches, personal incidents, happenings In the school room are acceptable and will be printed. Write on one side of the paper, and give name, age and address. Send all mail to The Junior Palladium. No manuscripts that are not printed will be returned. The Junior Palladium is the first newspaper for children printed in Richmond. It will be devoted entirely to their interests. For tliis reason, it will be glad to have you write, or if you are too young to write, let your parents write the letter for you.

T T Thought for Today Count that day lost, whose low descending sun Views by thy hand no worthy action done. You Poor, Dear School Children: And so vacation is over! All over, done and past, and you are going back to work again Monday morning. Are you glad? Think of all the books, pencils and erasers and seats, where you are sure to have somebody near you that you don't like, and the steady routine of spelling and arithmetic, and all the rest and then think of the roads stretching out through the country, and the streams rippling along ver stones with nobody near them ind the dogs that have to wander iround the streets with no boys to ?lay with, and the dolls left .at home with no little mothers to take iare of them, and the stories standing in rows on the library shelves antouched all just because you lave S go to school. Is that what you think? listen, and I'll tell you a story. Once upon a time there were many families who came to a new country, a wild, mountainous counU.ERY CORNER Boys and girls often ask their parents questions about things which they do not understand. Sometimes it is about a strange word, or about a foreign city, or a strange custom. Children and parents are asked to send these questions to the Query Corner. We will try to answer them. Here are a few that parents told us about: Dear Miss Editor: Why are girls always so scared of snakes and mice and things when boys never are? Jimmio G. Dear Jimmie: You're way behind the times. I know two girls who spent a whole afternoon cleaning out nests of mice from a barn loft, and another girl who killed a snake and cleaned it while her little brother was so scared he ran home crying for his mother. This is the 20th century. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly, What makes a dog's nose cold? Ruth W. Dear Ruth, is it really cold or does it just feel that way? You know if you touch the bare floor it feels colder than a rug, when a thermometer would show them to be the same temperature. Ed. Dear Editor: Do Japanese peo ple write books? L. B. G. Yes, indeed. They have one book, "Dai Nihousi" (History of Great Japan) that has 240 volumes. That beats any English book I know of. Aunt M. Junior Editor, dear sir: Will you please explain what time and a half over time means? We have noticed it so often in connection in connection with the strike. James E. That means when the men are paid by the hour they will get just half as much again for extra work. For instance, if a man were paid 50 cents an hour, he would get 75 cents for each hour over time. Ed. Editor Query Corner: What makes some people left handed instead of righthanded?. F. R. E. It is because the right half of their brain, which controls the left side of the body, is stronger and more active. Usually the left half of the brain is the more active, but a few brains are equally balanced and the people can use either hand tb Ed.

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try, filled with savage beasts and untamed forests. They were gentle folk, and came with books and ideals, and great hopes of building up a rich land, for there were many possibilities in . those great mountains. And they called the place Kentucky, and those days were the days of our great revolution. But they wera so far away from all others, and the task of making homes and even necessary comforts was so great, that both days and nights had to be spent in the struggle, and gradually they forgot the outside world and books. As the children grew up they thought only of those primitive things in the mountains; and while the outside world had developed school3 and government and factories to make clothing, and steam engines to do their work, and electricity, telephones and everything in our modern life, these people were still living in rude houses, wearing coarse home-spun, hunting for food, killing each other in feuds, and all just because they had forgotten how to read books, and did not have newspapers and courts of justice and schools. And so they went on for generation after generation, until just in the last few years, when schools have been opened up in those Kentucky mountains. And now it is almost pitiful to see the way those strong splendid mountaineers are trying, to learn. Even grown men go to school with little children, learning to read and write, and several girls have been known to walk 20 miles to go to school. For they know what it means to try to live without knowing what the rest of the world is doing and has done in history, and they have realized how little men can do without the heritage of books. So don't be sorry to go to school you'd have a mighty hard time if you didn't have them. And boys and girls, when you start in, start in with the determination to learn everything they teach, because the things men have learned and given to you through books is the greatest treasure you ever can be given, and it is all yours, if you will take it. . AUNT MOLLY. Birds Are Given More Protection It is interesting to know that our great senators not only make laws for us but also to protect the little animals that live in our country. Lately they signed a treaty in connection with a Federal law for protecting the traveling birds that just pass through here on their way to and from their summer homes, and this is what the treaty says: 1. That no birds important to agriculture because of destroying Insects shall be shot at any time. 2. That no open season on any species of game birds shall extend for a longer period than three and one-half months. 3. That both countries (United States and Canada) ehall so re strict open seasons on game birds as to prevent their being taken during the breeding season. The greatest credit for this treaty is due to George P. McLean or Connecticut, but others who also assisted in the work were Elihu Root, of New York. Henry Ford of Detroit, and Dr. Edward H. ForbU6h of Massachusette. Later on they will try to have conventions with other countries, mostly in South America and the West Indies.

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Cradle Roll Day Proves Interesting Cradle Roll day at the North End Mission last Sunday was more than interesting. There was quite a good number there and the exercises were very nice, but the babies held the center of attraction. It was considered an event by all those little tots who never had been to Sunday schools before, and little Laura Kindley, who was all dressed up in a sweet white dress with pink ribbons, was so offended when Roy Walker wanted to show his affection just before she started that she cried out, "Oh, don't get my dress dirty!" During the service Mrs. Otte Sprong gave a very interesting account of the cradle roll in another church, but she had no more than finished, than one of the tiny little girls grew anxious to go home and called at the top of her voice: "Oh, mam-ma!" But one of the greatest events in the whole morning was when little Lucy and Lucile Chaflin were brought in. Mr. Propst was giving a fine talk about a little boy named Willpeper, but everybody was so interested in these little baby twins who were just born the first of August, that Mr. Propst had to ask them to come up in front so that all could see them. They all had such a good time, that they wish every Sunday were Cradle -Roll day. NEW TROOP The new Troop of Boy Scouts, which held their first meeting for organization last Friday, have chosen for their patrol name "The Blue Heron." Since Scout Master McKinney is out of the city this week, the boys have not held a second meeting as yet, but will do so as soon as he returns. , COMMON MRKAN BIRDS Interesting information about them supplied vt the bureau of biological SURVEY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE J MOURNING DOVE (Zenaidura macroura) The first time I remember of ever hearing a dove was out in the wood back of the hospital one day when we were gathering violets, and I thought I never had heard anything) so quaint and sweet and wistlul in all my life as that soft, low cooing from out of the heart of those little woods. But the dove itself is the most awkward, ungainly, clumsy looking bird in this part of the country. A little head perched on the top of a long thin neck, and its fat, bulging body with a long stringy tail hanging down behind, makes up anything but grace. And the poor little thing is just about as unhandy with everything it tries to do. Instead of walking it sort of waddles, and when it tries to fly it thrashes around and makes about as much noise as an old time two cylinder automobile trying to go up hill; but the worst of all that this poor bird does is trying to build a nest, for the way the sticks are just thrown together with a few straggling blades of grass scattered around on top is pitiful to see. Often times the eggs just fall through, or a slight wind blows the whole thing away. And yet in spite of the dove being such a poor housekeeper, and so homely generally, every one likes the bird, and It does lots of good by eating weed seeds along the country roads; and that way keeping them from spreading into the fields. So watch for these birds and get acquainted , with them, for they are worth knowing.

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By LULU MAE ASHINGER Chapter 4 A few weeks later Mary, Margaret, Miss Smith and Richard were going to the theatre the next day. And the next day Margaret took sick. And of course this was the day that they were going to the opera. They sent word to Miss Smith that Margaret was sick so Miss Smith came over, and she said she was going to stay there until Margaret got well again. A week had hardly passed and Margaret was just getting along fine. That afternoon Richard came and stayed a long time, and when it was time for him to go to work he said, "I will be back tonight." "You better come back. What time will you be here?" "Just as soon as I get off work." "All right, goodbye." That night Richard came and they had tea, and then Richard went home. One day Miss Smith and Margaret were all alone and they sat by the fire side. "I wish I knew where my nieces were. Their mother died and they sold their home and then came to New York and that was the last we ever saw of them. I loved them dearly and their names were Margaret and Mary just like you and your sister." "Where did they live?" "They lived right out on the edge of New York City. I used to go out to their house and stay three or four days at a time." "Well, your story seems familiar somehow. And you say you have Something To

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Here is the "Three-Face Baby." ,Paste the drawings on a- piece of white paper. Color the baby's hair and her dress with your crayons or paints. Sometimes'you will find it easier to copy these drawings much larger on another piece of white paper before coloring. After coloring, cut out each figure separately. Now fold in the centers, as shown by the .arrows, and paste each figure "back to back," so that you will have three babies made into one who stands alone and faces in three directions. Copyright by George Matthew Adams

Exchange WANTED To exchange a good Lee and Underbill tennis racquet. Will trade for anything. Call 3702, or see Burr Simmons. FOR SALE OR TRADE Female goat broken to drive. Phone 5112C. WANTED To get rid of a no-good English Composition; will sell, trade or give away. See Julius Falk. FOR SALE OR TRADE United Profit Sharing coupons. Will trade for Liggett and Meyers coupons. Address Frank Berheide, care of the Junior, or call 1329. WANTED More boys to join the Boy Scouts ; guaranteed to bo the best boys' organization ever started; recognized all over the world; mentioned in almost every newspaper, magazine, or periodical ever printed: holding a membership of over 400,000 boys here in America alone, with 20,000 men in charge, while in other countries the membership is just as large. Go to some of .he meetings and see all the things the boys are doing, and then give your name in to be one

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not seen them since they sold their property?" "Yes." "Well I had an aunt and she lived in New York City and she used to come out to our home and stay there three of four days at a time." "What was her name?" "It was Miss Smith." "Well, that is my name." "Oh, it couldn't be that you are my aunt." "It could happen that way. I have seen things happen that way many a time." "Well, I guess you are my aunt now and I am so glad. And you will come to live with me, won't you?" "If you want me to." And when Mary came Margaret told her all about their aunt and that she was going to live with her. And when Richard came it was the same story over again, and so Miss Smith stayed with Margaret. And it was about a year later that there were two marriages. One was Mary and the famous actor, and the other was Margaret and Richard. And as the story book says, "And they all lived happily ever after." (THE END) YOU SLEEPY HEAD A birdie with a yellow bill, Hopped upon a window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said, "Aain't you ashamed, you sleepyhead!" R. L. Stevenson. Cut And Paste Column FOR SALE Girl's bicycle. Phone 2426. . Sat-Mon. FOR SALE Second hand High School books cheap. "Twelfth Night," "Macbeth," Moody and Lovett; and Newcomer and Andrews. Call 3624. WANTED A girl's bicycle before school begins. See Naomi Caldwell, 258 North 22nd street, or telephone 3786. WANTED Everybody to see the Boy Scout exhibition at the Chautauqua Saturday afternoon, Sept. 2nd. FOR SALE No. O. O. cartridge Preino Kodak cheap. Call at 217 N. 14th street. TO SELL A 2A Scout camera. Call 2475, or address Junior Palladium. WANTED All mothers with healthy babies between 6 months and 2 years of age to register them immediately with Miss Mary Kennedy in the Commercial Club rooms for the Prize Baby Contest. FOR SALE Girls' bicycle. Phone 24?R