Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 47, 6 January 1917 — Page 14

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THE JUNIOR

The Janktr Palfadlam is the children's settle of the Richmond Palladium, founded May f. Mil. and Issued" eacH Saturday Afternoon. All toyo aad girls are invited to be Mportfrs and doatrtbatow. News Mas, social events,, MaM advertisement, stories, local Jokes ant Original poem arc acceptable and wilt be published. Article shoald be written plainly And on one side of the paper, with the aethor'a nam and ago eigne. Aunt Molly to alway glad to aMet the children per tonally aft they bring their article to the Palladium office, or to reeelte letters addressed to the Junior editor. Thl Is your little newspaper And we hope each boy and girl will one It thoroughly.

The Chum Club Corner

Did yon ever hear about tirabd'mother Gray? -She is the dearest little grandmother in the whole world. . She HVes on a Quiet little street with a big elm in front of her picket gate, . and so many bushes in the big yard that you iiardl? can see the brick cottage that has been hers ever since ' she and Grandfather Gray were ' married. Summer and winter she is just the same busily working about the house and yard with her white apron On, except on Sundays when she goes to church wearing her little bonnet with big white strings. Last Saturday, when little Jean and Jimmie G. stopped In, they thought they would surprise her. so they pulled up the old latch on the gate real easy so it wouldn't squeak, and tip-toed around to the back porch and hid behind the honeysuckle vines until they saw their little Grandmother Gray go over to the stove; and they just whooped in on her. She was taking out the last pan full of cookies when those bad youngsters scared her so she dropped the hot cookies all over the floor. But you just guess they By Hixon. TAP, tap tap came knocking on the flor of SWeet Content's house, "Oh, dear, who can It be?" sighed ear resebnd fairy, "t thought 1 would stay in to-night and finish the curtains out of the skeletons of tbe dead leaves; they are so pretty." 'Tt us to," called sweet voice shaking with laughter, followed by a cbora o' shrieks. -i It la the wind fairies. I suppose they want me to come out and play." She 'clapped ;1ir tin hands fof Fluffy, putting on her beautiful soft feather coat with hood t6 matchBy the time she was ready Fluffy was having- hard work to stay near the door, for tho' Wind fairlea wero blowing him first One way and then another.. - f .;". : ; rhe Moonbeams Dance. They wero dancing around tn little white dreasen, carrying their fans. Borne wero riding on blades of grass, blown along by the breeae which they made themselves. i When the wind fairies wt to bo nMschlevous they ; split blades of grass until Ihey.look like brooms, put on their black and gray dresses With little, peaked bats, . soaring the moonbeams and other timid fairlen. ; This night the moonbeams were dancing through tho leaves and on the water,, with their shining silver twinkling like millions of lights. The flower fairies ware dancing over the meadow naming a beautlfal carpet, of many color. In (act, all the fairies were on hand except the rain fairies, who had gone to the' rainbow to HIT their watering pots, and the sunbeams, whose atotber bad pnt . tkem to bed. Att fairyland seemed to be out to - play, while down In the Tillage the hnaiaaa . huddlod Inside to ; keep . Warm. , . Kwe-t Content,, ear rosebud (aim played hide ahd a- with tbe M until - they (got so bolteeoas tbt abo wanted to stop.. Fluffy ot the ' worst of 1W r ' tho wind flrla; onld ne loinin tmi, toi iwne, Mm - irons ko a pnpenj'. '.r - bit . Ot hlto! Sweet Content took the gotden pidor', web" reins: and-' tried to- os

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PALLADIUM weren't wasted; before poor Grand mother Gray could settle her glass s to see what had happened, every single cookie had vanished and those two little Indians were tangl ing as loud as their stuffed mouths Would let them. Little Jean and Jimmie G. simply love to go down to Grandmother Gray's. There is the cookie box out On the pantry shelf always" at least half full, and the old trunks up in the attic full of the funniest clothes; and the little dished tha Jean plays tea-party with even though they are sixty years old And Jimmie G. always wants to get out Grandfather Gray's silk hat and gold headed cane to parade around with, and the old gun and powder horn, too. But the most fun is to draw water out of the old Well by the kitchen porch, with the bucket that winds up on a wheel, and then, drops down with a kcr 6plash. Yet Grandmother Gray la a modern old-fashioned grandmother. She says just because she was born a long time ago is no reason she should have stopped thinking a long time ago, too, so she reads the Jtf JP.S't blw her right down inte th village. -" ' j Thfer they pushed FJaiY'r rltht against a window pane, wh$te he bumped his head , so hard that h was exhausted. Sweet Content led him to" a sheltered corner where he could rest, and went to peep in at a window. Jack was sitting down In front of the nreplaee with his head in his methsr's fap; Silly, the big black cat, with yellow eyes, was fast asleep on the other side, curled up in a heito. , . -. - . i ' Jack's father was reading under a big lamp in . the centre of the room. "Mow ey," snld sweet Content. ' "I'll watch them while Fluffy is resting." , : ' ' ' In the fireplace the fire fairies were dancing in and out among the big logs. Their tod dresses flamed against the dark., wood like red leaves against the black sky. They danced so fast that very minute or two one would falj out of breath and then up again and on. They snapped their finger as they danced, yen have heard them, Of course. ' "They, are tho liveliest people I know," said gweet Content . . "I don't see now taey aanco so tasi. Then ; Jack . spoUe. "Gracious, what a windy night. It sounds Just as if some one was trying to get In."-' "- : .. "He doesn't know that it is the Wind, fairies, said 8weet Content; "he ought to nee them tapping with the handle Of their fans. They do look funny." rhe Wind WMitie. listen, Jack,: to the wind, whistling down I the ! ehlmney,". satd mother) -I am glad we are warm' "It's fust the wind fairies talking to the fire fairies," said Sweat Content; "they are iretendlna it Is a cold breese. but it Isn't. They are howling now what a aatM. - It to shameful." ' J ;i j - be torn to look V ih wind fairies and aaw them chasing Jewel, tho hamming bird. - tfe didn't seem tot mind, tnsngh tbey had rumpled hta feathers; but they thought It was a no Joke. ; ' ; ' - Jack climbed Into . his mother's lap. mad tbe wont, tbreg Sweet Content heard was a little vpieenlngutg. "Bobby Softoe'o gone tvsea." ' -He must- b getting ready-fer bed," abf aafd. "I Wonder tt Flaffy to sooting better." She felt a: -little OM AOS weca mw nana, mM tmwrw . uea -X . cn tahavou- homo satd - mffv ; " WateMns the J are fario Two nmdo me- feel bet tar; tnor are nm onpaiew iwnwi "It is a Joy to g4v--ploar to others." oald. Sweet Content, -and

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paper every day and she knows I about air the big important things that keep happening in the world; gnd wore thao that, she thinks you ought to know about them, too. . But the best thing abort Grand mother Gray is tbe way she can ten stories, when Jean and Jimmie 0. find her sitting by the window in her low rocker,, knitting away on a new pink sweater for little slater . Margy, they t once begin coaxing, until Grandmother Gray smiles and then wrinkles op her forehead for a minute as she begins, 'Weil, once upon a time, : How would you like Grandmother Gray to have a story corner in tbe Junior? If you are real good and promise not to ask for too many of her sugar cookies, maybe she win. . we'll see. : .. Aunt Molly. CHUM CLUB QUERY FOR THIS WEEK How many miles per hour can a hawk fly? Who invented the first sewing machine? . ' Who invented the linotype? What Is the name of the largest volcano? What is the largest inland sea between . Europe and Asia ? Contributed by Charles Murphy, 6B, Whitewater school. MOW MY KITTEN CAUGHT A MOUSE , I have a little kitty." Her fur is soft and black. When she was playing, there was a mouse in the cellar. My mother called her and she would not . come. I ran to get her and my mother took the things off the shelf to get the mouse. The mouse ran up the wall and it fell. The kitty saw it and got the mouse. She took the mouse and ran down the cellar. She played with the mouse and lost it. The kitty came up from the cellar. I asked her where the mouse was and she eat! and looked at me. Katherine Par hht $ 2r?fteU Moore school. Q UERY CORNER The editor will try to answer questions readers of the Junior submit to her. She will hot promise to answer all of them: The questions will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the answer to be printed in .the same week in which you send it In, ; , Dear Aunt Molly : - Why do people want to celebrate bo much on New Year's eve? Why don't they spread it out more through the year? Edith R. ; Dear Edith: Probably because it is part of human nature, to take things for granted until they are almost gone, and then make a great fuss over the remnants. Ed. Dear Editor: What does It mean to emboss -things? M. F. Embossing is the art of decorating such things as Christmas cards, letter paper., bookcovers, . etc., by raised work; making the letters or figures stand out. Ed. ic Dear Miss Aunt Molly, How do yoa" think is tho best way to die, real quick or Blow? Norman S. My dear Norman ; Sorry, but I harent had enough experience to decide. Aunt M. " Dear Aunt Molly: Isn't it bad to Bay, "My star and garter." Alice D. - Deir Alice: It is bad If you feel bad when you say It, but few children understand what it, means. The garter . Is tho dark blue ribbon worn with the star of eight points i and erosa , of St. George, and is given only, to tbe highest mea of tho kingdom, tbe Knigbts of the Garter. Ed. ; , . -' Dear Miss" Editor: : 1 What does "etc" really, stand for? James N. ' "Etc." Is the shortened form of "et cetera," two Lathi words meaning "and other tbinga."-r-Ed. "J ; Say Aunt Molty. bonust how do you kno so much about everything? Jimmie C - ' Jimmie. tbis ia a great secret there are 'three sets of huge, big OBclycopedlas up here at the office. Atrnt W. - " " "

Plant Wizard Burbank and His Bride, Who Was His Secretary

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Luther Burbank, plant scientist of world-wide reputation, and his bride formerly Miss Elizabeth Waters, who -was his private secretary, fiuibahk Is sixty-seven years old and his bride twenty-eight years of age. Tn.ey were married in Sari Francisco on December 20.

Shoes Are : The shoe is one of the most important things we wear, especially in winter, but few people under stand how they are made. The process is really very interesting. Leather is made mostly of every kind of skin, the cow, calf and goat being the most used. The shins are taken from the animals and brought to the tannery where there are great vats or boles dug in the ground, r These vats are about jsix or seven feet deep and about four - to live feet square. The bides are' put into these and on them are poured brine made with the bark taken from oak trees and mixed with water. Hemlock is klso used instead of the oak bark. Tbis bark is ground : fine before putting with the water, then poured over the hides and left to tan from seven or eight weeks. . : Then the hides are taken out, and all of the hair : scraped off clean. Then ..they are. brought to k factory where they are greased, rubbed and blacker or made into any of the colors we have already seen. . j In some cases they use the pig $kin but tills is much harder to tan and does not wear as well, because when it gets wet .lt is very LOST A brown kid glove for tbe '-left band; Please return to the Palladium office. . FOB BALE A good shepherd dog. Bee Paul Clevenger of call at 215 N. 'West Third. . FOR SALE A new model moving picture machine with complete outfit fnclsdlng films, show ereen ' and tickets. Will sell at naif . i price if sold at once. Call 307 North; nth Street. Anette Barr, 12 years, City. . .. FOR SALE Nearly new lfi year old- boy's overcoat; . 223 North Nineteenth, street. WANTED Some - basketball- ..team -'. to play every Saturday. ' For intorawtlOB - ae Homer Carpenter, 7M.80utfc MA street, or Garfield school.- - - - -: -

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Interesting Slippery but this is used for the stiff part at the back of the shoe right above the heel; it protects the heel from turning over and keeps the foot in place. This skin , Is also used for the inside soles. i leather just as thick as it comes 4 from older cattle. J The top of the shoe is made of: calf skin which is very scarce now. J As a substitute they take the; skins from older cattle, run them through" a cutting machine which, splits it in two or more layers and this is used for making cheaper Dlijuia Then fhire S BtlH tin A more kind. . The" kid, which is a thin, soft leather, generally used tor ladlec,' children's or summer shoes. This is made of skins taken from goats. ! The patent leather shoes are made of the . same kind of skins with an enamel coating. Alice Nolte, Fifth grade, St. John's School. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. It is as important to forget false things, as 'to remember . the true. FOR SALE A Premo camera for - sale. . : Call Baxter. Bchool or 119 S. W. 7th street, Margaret Stevens. FOUND Numbers of lost articles have been found in the Boys' Do partaaent of tbe Y. M. C A. Owners may -have -same bv describing. V. D. B. Have a good Brown Chinchilla overcoat that I . have outgrown. Will fit boy 6 to 8 years. For $2.00. Call 293 South 7th street FOUND A key r!n with five keys, a bent button hook and a Boy -Scout emblem on it. - Loser may apply at - the' Palladium Office for his property. FOR KALE Model Builder, good as new. - Carl Lob man, 204 North 22nd street, cityi