Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 41, 30 December 1916 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY, DEC. SO, 1916

CLUE'S just a little free

The others- call her "Cash," ;As through the many busy aisles Now here, now there, she'll dash.

The Sandman Story for Tonight

The playroom was filled with envy. Never before had they all felt so upset, even at Christmas time, when the new tdya arrived no one had ever been quite so completely overshadowed as now. This was the way it all happened. One day the door opened and in cane the little mistress with her arms full of boxes. She cleared the floor, not by picking up each toy; she did not stop or that; she was In a hurry, o ahe pushed with tier: feet, and thi that not. bMnK rU.U"inwl4u. rtowt on hn hure k? KOt and " pushed every toy aud doll back to the wall with her hands. " The floor cleared, the little mistress began to unpack her boxes. 8 ho took out a house, the like of which put to blush the little French Doll, who lived tn the only house In the playroom, for this house had a beautiful lawn, with a fountain on it. and trees about the door. There was a store with vegetables showing in the windows, and another with flowers and another with fall sorts of pretty things for ladies to wear. There was a little garage, too, with au automobile standing tn the doorway, and this could be taken out and set in front of the beautiful house. Every little neck in the playroom was stretched to It3 full length, as their little mistress set up this wonderful street, and when at last she took from another box a r-retly Paper Doll and Mood her o the steps of the house, all the tovs new fiii,rt

THE CASH GIRL

By Hazel Dale. for all:

And no one seems to think or care In all the lonely place, How lagging grow the weary feel, How white the childish face.

with a feeling of envy they had never known before. And the little French Doll, from her window, saw another box, which completely overcame her when her little mistress opened It. It was a box full of dresses, and such dresses as they were, too. The French Doll knew she could never outshine this newcomer, for she had only six dresses, including her street dress. " This newcomer had all sorts of dresses. There were dresses for the street, .dresses for dinner, dresses for tea and dresses for the evening, Art .VgWP.g suit. too. with the paper dn7aA&psW pUyed left the playroom the Paper Doll was sitting in her auto in front of the house with the footman standing by the door. No sooner did the clock strike the hour of midnight than every toy and doll began to talk. The French Doll came out of her house and went over to Teddy Bear and the big Rag Doll sitting in the corner, Jack-in-a-box stretched his wire body to the breaking point and leaned toward his friends. "What do you think of her?" he asked. 'I have been here for years and I never knew the little mistress to treat us as she did today." ' She is pretty." said Teddy Bear, "but so is French Doll, and I think French Doll is more like a real lady than the newcomer, too." "Thank you. Teddy Bear," sighed French Doll. "I am glad you can see the difference. You have a real l lirwlv. d I ext.ect that makes a

difference in the way you think about things," and she glared at poor Jack-in-a-box in a way that plainly said: "You have only a head and arms; that is the reason you dare not jump out of that box." Jack-in-a-box turned his head and leaned toward the Paper Doll. "How do you do?" he said in his most polite manner. "I am sure we are very glad to have you come here to live. How do you like tho playroom?" Paper Doll turned her head very haughtily and looked at Jack-in-a-box a second, and poor little Jack could feel his spring grow cold

within him. He almost went into box before the Paper Doll deign"1 . really have not inov. about the playroom," she said. nn does not interest me in the least, as you see I am In another part of the town from you and your friends and we have nothing In common." Jack-in-a-bcx was so crushed by this reply that he hardly knew what to say, but he thought of French Doll, and as she had always been the pride of the playroom because of her fine clothes and house he determined to tell this proud beauty that she was not the only one who had a house or fine clothes.' "French Doll lives not far from you." said Jackie, "and her house Is as fine as yours. I think you would be interested in seeing it." "Has she an automobile?" asked Paper Doll, leaning back In her i auto. 1 "No, but she has a carriage wW

a top to it," 6ald Jackie, "and the little mistress takes her out in it, too." "Oh! well, I could not call on her if she has no machine of her own," said Paper Doll. "I would not care to have others walk up to my house. I suppose, though, she has no clothes for automobiling; you see I have everything that a real lady has, and of course, I want all my friends to be like real

ladies, too." Jackie was quite angry now, and he stiffened up his spring and said: "There Is one thing you have not that a real lady should have, and that is nice manners; guess you will not be bothered with anyone here calling on you." Paper Doll tossed her head, but she had hardly done so when a door swung open and the wind blew through the playroom with a rush that took Paper Doll's house along with it, and out the window it went. Over went the machine, too, and out went Paper Doll, the little automobile blowing about the room until it looked like a wreck of its former granduer. "I have heard some one say," said Jack-in-a-box, "that riches took wings and flew away sometimes; now I know what that meant, 1 never did before." The next day when the little mistress came in she picked up Paper Doll and looked everywhere for her house; "I guess it blew out the window," she said. "I forgot to close it well; you will have to live with French Doll in her house now." So the poor little Taper Doll's pride took a fall and she had to sit by the window in French Doll's house and look out all day for there was little for a Paper Doll to do who did not have a carriage or an automobile of her own. (Next week "The Riivals") My Grandmother's Story When I was a little girl my parents with my brother and I lived at Sugar Loaf Mountain, Ky. There were stills in the mountains where whiskey was made. The sheriff was sent to capture a man and destroy his still. He appointed my father to assist him. It was the ?4th of December and very cold. A shepherd dog was coming with a paper on his neck. My father and the sheriff hid and saw the dog crawl through the bushes and disappear. In a short time he returned followed by a man who ran swiftly up the mountain. The sheriff and father went where they had seen the dog go and destroyed the still, then followed the tracks of the man and dog. In a short time they found a very rude shack and peeping through a crack in the door, they saw the man cooking and in one corner a woman was lying with a little babe in her arms. The sheriff was going to take the man a prisoner when my father said. "Steve, a little daughter came to your house this morning, you will be happy tomorrow with your little Christmas gift, let these people enjoy theirs." The sheriff agreed and said slowly. "In the name of another babe that was born In a stable years ago." The people were taken to my father's house where they spent Christmas and the next two weeks. The sheriff got the man work at Frankfort, Ky., where he made one of the best citizens and made many a poor family happy, and was one of the best church workers. My father said as they left the little shack that night, they all seemed to hear a voice say, "All glory to God on high and to all the earth be peace, good will henceforth from heaven to men begin and never cease." Erne3t E. Sturgis, age 10, Baxter school. A GREAT KING - Once upon a H , king that lived iTTti palace, one '.', a man came to the palace and aFlced the king if he could spend the night with hiim. the king said ho could, in the middle of the night the man woke up. He went out in the barn, got an axe and brought it up to the palace and t'.ie man didn't know anything about a axe so he went and got the wrong end of the axe and went to kill the king and killed himself, after the king woke up he was suprised that the man was dead, then the king went cut doors and dug a big hole and laid the man in it. and that was his grave. Robert Evans, 4A, Starr school. A little knowledge Is not so dangerous when in the right head.

Notes About "Y"

The boys department was decorated in Christmas style in green and red and a Christmas program was held Saturday and the boys enjoyed it very much. Another hike will be held Friday, December 29, 1916. All boys are invited. The Y. M. C. A. extends to all a wish for a happy new year. Catalogs for college and military academies have been received by Mr. Brammer and will be installed at the reading room. Harold Sine. LIBERTY STATUE The French Republic gave the statue of Liberty to the United States when this country was one hundred years old. It was designed by a famous engineer, M. Bartholde was twenty years making it and he unveiled it after it was set up in New York Harbor. October 28, 1886 It is made of plates of thin hammered oopper. It weighs 225 tons. The figure itself is 151 feet. high. From the bottom of the base to the top of the torch is 306 feet. The elevator goes to the top of the base, and there are one hundred and fifty-four steps that go to the top. The French paid one hundred thousand francs for the statue and the United States paid $200,000 for the base. It is situated on Bedlow's Island which is sometimes called Liberty Island. At one time the island belonged to Isaac Bedlow who bought it from the Indians. In 1750 New York bought it, and 1800 the United States took it and used it for a fort, then it was given as a site for Liberty statue William Renery, 5 B grade, Starr School. RIDDLES Dear Aunt Molly: I am sending you six conundrums for the Junior Palladium. 1. If I were to see you riding a donkey, what fruit should I be reminded of? 2. Why is an egg like a colt? 3. What place did the cock crow so loud that all the world heard him? 4. Why is the letter A like a honeysuckle? 5. How many sides has a pitcher? 6. Why did eve have no fear of the measles? Answers 1. A pair. 2. Because It is not fit for use until it's broken. 3. In the Ark. 4. Because B follows. 5. Two, inside and one outside. 6. Because he Adam (had'em). Louise Engelbrecht, age 9, grade 5, College Hill -School, Spring Grove. Describes Entertainment Dear Aunt Molly: I am going to write and tell you what we are planning to do tomorrow for our Christmas entertainment. First we are to tell stories about Christmas in our rooms. Then we are all going in the chapel to have some Christinas songs. "Joy to the World," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," and "It Came Upon the Midnight Clea," will be sung by all the rooms. Our room is to sing "Silent Night." There will be a song by Ruth Hutchins. Mary Hubbard will also sing a song. I wish you a Merry Christinas and Happy New Year. I thank you very much for tho cards you sent. Your little Junior. VIRGINIA SLEETII. CI5 Grade. Joseph Moore School. "THE DAY AFTER" iy after Christmas lisa an atmosphere an n u there is candy left it is candy a.ul that tW ail. while if it is eaten on Christmas day it means so much more. We are generally happy on Christmas day and wishing everyone "Merry Christmas", hit the day after we seem to have left Christmas habits and doings behind till another year shall roll around. With a sad. lonely feeling, we take down Christmas decoration: that we so happily prepared. It would be nice If we could keep some of the "Peace on earth and good will toward men" feeling for the day after Christmas and all the ether days till the next Christmas shall come. Myrtle Gilson.