Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 295, 28 October 1916 — Page 13

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Dorothy Robbins Mystery of

Mr. Hal O'ween, -who lived in the small village of Pumpkin Center, was a very rich man. He once lived on a large farm a little ways out of the village. But owing to the strange noises heard in and about the house, he and his family decided to move away from it. It was just a few days previous to Halloween when Jack, the son of Mr. O'ween, went to the library of the home where his father was reading. "Father," exclaimed Jack, drawing a chair up besrde him, "what do you say to Sis and me having a Halloween party in the old farm house?" . Jack, after much coaxing, finally persuaded his father to consent. Give a Shower The Economy boys and girls gave a birthday shower to Lois Beard recently. She received about sixty post cards and several other nice presents. Lois is in the eighth grade and is fourteen years old. She had what they thought was infantile paralysis, but is better now. She has one brother, Herbert, and one sister, Marian. They stayed at home about five weeks but they are going to school now. HELEN FISHER Sixth grade, Economy, Ind. CAT FRIGHTENS RAVENS PLAYING IN THE GARDEN " In a garden of a big house, lived a cat and two ravens. Puss thought the garden belonged to her. If the ravens came near the house Bhe would get fiercely mad at them. And when the food was thrown out Puss would take the best. One night the ravens crept up to see if the cat was asleep. Puss was keeping her eyes about half open. They crept up, coming closer and closer. Pussy kept her eyes wide open. And pretty soon Puss jumped up and nearly bit one. But the ravens got home again, and they would not go back there any more. JENNIE HIEGER Finley School Winter Joys When the goldenrod is yellow, And the grass is turning brown. And the leaves of red and yellow Are all falling to the ground, We are thinking of the fun When the autumn time is done, Of the snow-balling and sledding, As through the snow we're treading And we never grieve or sigh, And say, "I wish summer was nigh" For when winter time Is here We'll have our fun, do not fear. LUELLA M. MASTERS Starr School News Review Field Marshal Von Mackensen has been making a great advance for the Germans against the Roumanian aimy. The explosion of a bomb in a New York subway October 25, wrecked the station and killed two. The strike is still in effect, but it is not known that a striker is responsible for the bomb. William M. Chase, a noted American artist, died at his home In New York October 25. He was bom in Indiana, and his portrait by himself is in the Art Gallery at high school. John J. McNamara, who has served seven years in prison for being connected with a great dynamiting plot in Los Angeles, by which the Times building was destroyed and many lives lose, probably will be paroled for good behavior. The "first congress composed entirely of Philiplno natives, met at Manila, October 16. This is a decided advance step in their self-government.

Tells of Haunted House

So Halloween night abont twenty young people started on the hay wagon, to the party to be given at the old farm house. The old house looked very Inviting to everyone, all decorated in Halloween style. And oh, such fun lis everyone was having, playing old fashioned games and dancing old-fashioned dances to the tune of violins. But all at once the merry making was interrupted by three loud distinct raps. Then there was heard whispering and some shouted, "What was that!" Then Jack said with a laugh, "Oh, that was nothing but the witches riding high. Perhaps one old witch was blind in one eye and has flown a little too low on her broom so that it touched the roof of the house. Do you forget that this is Halloween?" ... . . Everyone laughed and proceeded with the merry-making. But lo and behold there suddenly came six more raps, louder and harder than before. "I move we all go and find out what this mysterious noise is," cried one6f the bftys. "I second the motion," shouted everyone, Jack among the first. The next hour was spent in searching the house over, but in' vain. As the noise was still beiffg heard, it was decided to go and search on the outside of the house. Finally when it was going on two o'clock in the morning and everybody was about ready to give up the search, a shout of surprise came from half a dozen boys around the corner of the house. "Well," cried the boys with a laugh, "the joke is on us superstitious victims. We have found the mysterious noise." All the young people crowded around to see, and there it was, only an old fashioned rope extending from the roof of the house. It being tied in countless knots, had been blown by the wind against the house. Everyone laughed at the joke which had been played on them, but it was decided to leave the rope as that made it seem all the more like Halloween. And so was solved the Mystery of the Haunted House. DOROTHY ROBBINS COUSIN I have a cousin. We play mother and have a doll for a baby. We have the most fun and wear long skirts. We play school sometimes, and come to see each other. HELEN BARKER Something To TfcN.. THE, Xi Do you see the three sentences spaces are for you to guess the words ought to know about. Copyright by George

Children Believe They Must Enlist

At the time of the Spanish American war there were two children, a little brother and sister, Laura being four and Charlie six, who were very much excited by people talking of forcing men to go to war. So when one day a man came to the house to get the names and ages of children from six to twentyone years that had to go to school, these children thought they were taking the names of those that had to go to war. They went out in the yard and sat on the steps, crying as hard as they could. The little girl sobbed out, "Oh, Charlie, don't go to war." Then Charlie put his arms around her neck and told her not to cry, that he wouldn't let the Spaniards shoot him, and at the same time he was crying as hard as his sister. When their mother came out and asked what they were crying about you can imagine how she laughed when they told her. This is a true story; I know those two children well. They are now twenty-two and twenty-four years old. FRANCIS BYERS, Starr School HER SUPPER One time when a little girl of two was asked what she wanted for supper she replied, looking over the table, "I believe I'll take a matatojip and a doughnut hole." M. C, Vaile School. Once upon a time there were two brothers and one was wealthy and the other one was very, very poor. The rich man had a palace which was beautiful but his brother had to live in a tiny hut. The poor man was chopping down a tree one day when he heard a queer little voice calling him. He looked all around and at last spied a little dwarf so he asked the dwarf what he wanted. The dwarf then said:. "I pray thee not to cut down that tree." The poor man was just ready to begin to cut down the tree when he began to feel sorry for the dwarf so he said, "Why can't I cut it down?" The dwarf said, "Because it is my house." The poor man said, "All right," but he was very sorry. Then the dwarf said, "I shall repay you for this. Go yonder, lift up the stone and take what you want." The poor man did as the dwarf had said he found a hole which was filled with gold so he took one bag and went home to his wife and Puzzle Over SUPPLY IRtm$

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Hallowe'en Surprise

"Tomorrow's Halloween, and we, haven't any costumes yet!" exclaimed Peggy. "Whatever shall; we do about it?" "Perhaps I can settle the question," said grandmother quietly from where she 6at by the window knitting. "Follow me children and we'll see if we can't find something." She led them upstairs to the attic, and stopped before the green chest, at which the children had inarveled ever since they could remember. She lifted the great lid, and then the layers of wrapping paper and after that tissue paper. Then from the box sh.e took a beautiful satin gown, grown creamcolored with age, from which came the odor of rose leaves. "This is my wedding gown," she said, as she laid it aside amid the rapturous exclamations of the children. She lifted more tissue paper, and from beneath it took a soft gray silk dress very plainly made. "Now, I think this will do for you to wear, Peggy, and I will show you how .to arrange the kerchief," as she held up a large square piece of white silk, and here are the gray Quaker bonnet and gloves to go with it." "Oh, grandmother, this Is the nicest costume. I'm going to show it to mother this minute," she cried, running from the room. "Now here is just the thing for Doris," said grandmother, "'twas children with which all were celighted. As he opened the bag he saw besides the gold, a little box containing a beautiful band ring and he saw also a note and It read : "This ring has the magic power to do anything you want it to if you will rub your hands together , and say what you wish." At this the poor man put the ring on his finger and he wished that he had a palace like his brother. At once there was a palace more beautiful than his brother's and so when his brother looked and saw his brother's beautiful palace he was very angry and was determined to find out how he had gotten all of his wealth so he went down to his brother's palace and asked how he had gotten rich. And so the poor man which had gotten rich told him. As soon as the poor man had told him he set out for the forest and began chopping the tree. Very soon the dwarf appeared and said what he had said to the poor man, but he noticed that he was dressed richly and he did not look like the poor man. When the rich man stopped and went over to the ston he lifted it up and took ten of the largest bags expecting to find ten wishing rings or more. So he went out of the forest and loaded ten mules he had brought with him, full of the gold. When he got home he at once began to open his bags of gold. He looked in the first bag and did not find even a box that would have contained a ring and he did this with eight of the bags and there was not a box in any of them but the tenth bag had a box in which he was delighted, but when he, opened it he only found three acorns. At this he was so mad that he felt like swearing. But he opeped tlym. The first one he opened a strong gust of wind blew out and blew half of his house down. At this he was furious so he opened another one and a great sheet of fire burned the rest of his house and the stables and everything he had so he had to open the last nut and there came a great gust of wind which took off his fine clothes and behold, he looked down and he was in rags. He went out into the open world, and for all I know he must have starved. So when the brother looked and saw that his once rich brother's palace" and everything had gone he was astonished. So the greedy brother perished, and the other brother lived in splendor ever after. EMELYN LAND, Vaile School

your mother's when she was your age, Doris," as she displayed a cape with a hood attached. The material was scarlet lined with gray. "Here are the red gloves, and stockings and shoes with red tops, to wear with it." "Oh, this is even nicer'en Peggy's! I'm gonna ask mover if it aint," and she gave her grandmother such a hug that it almost took her breath away. "Now Jacky, what can we find for you? Here's a coat with a cape of your Aunt Tabitha's, and a bonnet, if you want to wear them." "Why they'll be just the thing." cried Jack. "None of the boys'll know me in this outfit. Hurrah for grandmother's halloween surprise!" ELIZABETH GRACE

Everybody Helped We had a story of "Everybody Helped" in our English lesson. Not long ago we made a play of it. There were five scenes in the play. Our teacher, Miss Veal, had four to write on each scene. The best was handed in and we played off of them. The best authors were Ralph Frazer, Ralph Kennedy, Mabel Sanders, Jennie Piatts and Cecil Charles. We drew numbers to see who would play it. The characters were: Mr. Harrison, Jr Ralph Frazer Mrs. Harrison, Jr.,.Mable Sanders Mrs. Harrison, Sr..... Olive Swain Mr. Long the tailor. .Cecil Charles Joe, a messenger boy.. Paul Weldy MABLE SANDERS, reporter 6 grade, Economy, Ind. M isplace Blame "O-o-oo-oh! Boo-o-o-ho-o!" As the childish wail rang through the huse the anxious mother sprang to her feet. Rushing into the hall, she met her little daughter coming from the garden and carrying a broken doll by the leg. "O-o-oh, mo-o-ther," howled the child, "Willie broke my doll." "The naughty boy; how did he do it?" "I I hit him on the head with it." was the slow response. HILDA TAUBE ' 7th grade, St. Andrews School HALLOWEEN Halloween is almost here, Jolliest night of all the year! Black cats, witches, and goblins, too, . And pumpkins that nod and smile at you. Big white ghosts wrapped up in sheets; Bobbing apples and other feasts. Ringing doorbells and slamming screens, Making lanterns and shooting beans, Dressing up and scaring friends, Jack-o-lanterns with candle ends In them for lights give a terrible glare That would even frighten a grizzly bear! Boys that are fat and boys that are lean Shout Rah! rah! rah! for Halloween! Selected by JAMES MINER Starr School BOYS! REMEMBER! The biggest doings in town on Halloween are going to be at the Y. M. C. A, because that "blrd-of-a-man" has a "Bird -of -an-idea" for new stunts there at the MY" that night, and any of you fellows who don't go, surely are going to miss something. Everybody Is to dress up, the crazier, the better; and don't forget the prize that goest to the best looking "girl.". But don't wear masks, or you won't get In. Remember Tuesday night at 7:30. The biggest time in town, and every member of the Y under sixteen is invited. This Is the best day the world has ever seen, tomorrow will better. R. A. Campbell.