Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 65, 27 January 1917 — Page 15

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY. JAN. IT, 1917

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SNOWFLAKE AND THE ENCHANTED PRINCE

Once upon a time many years ago there lived in Switzerland many good people but there lived one old woman who was a witch, and her little granddaughter Snowflake, lived with her. They called her Snowflake because 6he was so white. Now, I must tell you this old witch was very wicked and was very mean to Snowflake. This old witch had a cat who sat at the door to admit visitors which seldom came because if they came with money they never went out . again alive, because the old witch would kill them. One day after Snowflake had been playing with the chi'dren for the day she grew tired and came in and sat down by the door, then she heard the old lady say: : "Cat, cat, get me a switch From the back yard fence, , Where Snowflake went; Touch me, touch thee, Then we shall travel tonight to the sea." . Then the cat would get the switch where Snowflake had swung in her swing among the branches; The cat went and got the switch and brought it back to the old woman who touched the cat and herself and they both changed into fishes. They then hopped into the fountain and disappeared. The next night Snowflake decided to go to the sea also, so long before the old lady had come back from the "Palace of Mystery," she went upstairs dressed in the old witch's clothes and came downstairs and said just like the old witch: "Cat, cat, get me a switch -From the back yard fence; Touch me, touch thee, Then we shall travel this night to the sea." The cat got the switch and touched Snowflake with it and then Snowflake took it and touched him and they both changed into fishes and disappeared into the fountain as before. Then they went on until, they came to a sea with light

dancing on the water. Snowflake came nearer. She saw it was tiny minnows dancing witn a firefly for a partner. (This accounts for the Ijght Snowflake saw on the sea). But. the cat "did not stop here. He went on until he. came to a sea with fish in it nearer their own size. All night long they danced and it was towards morning before they went home. The fishes presented Snowflake with a beautiful dress to make one who wore it invisible; it was made of the sun and trimmed with the silver lining of a cloud. They also gave her a. cap made of their" scales to make whatever she wished come true, but all they gave the cat was a little old chair with no bottom in it and very short legs and no arms, and they said, "This chair, dear cat, is what we call the 'death chair.' Whoever sits in it shall die instantly." The cat made signs

that he didn't want it but said not a word; then the fish said: "Yes, yes, you must take it; it might come in handy." The next day the old witch was very ' angry and went over to th,e cat and began to fpeak in whispers to. him. Snowflake, wishing to try the skill of her dress ran upstairs and it on. She came downstairs noiselessly and ran up to the old witch and cat in time to the old witch saying very angrily, "Cat, cat, did'st thou go to the Ball last night and leave me?" "Nay, "nay," said 1 the cat, "Snowflake and I -went to find you but got lost and had a hard time finding our way back." "All is well, all is well," muttering, the witch said. Snowflake went many other nights but after she had heard what the cat said to the old woman she rushed upstairs, took off her dress and said to herself, "I wonder why the cat didn't say, 'Why, old woman, didenst thou go to the ball last night with me?' and why did he not tell about his present?" Snowflake turned these questions over to herself and puzzled many days over them, but every night she went to the ball and every night returned with a present from the fishes but the last night they gave her a silver stick inset with diamonds and said, "Dearest fish, I present to you this stick; whosoever touches it that is under a spell shall recover either from the spell or death." They gave the cat a box; whosoever touched it shall tell all he or she knows. This night the cat was very happy over their presents and said to Snowflako to i

whom he had never talked before, "My dearest, when we get home let all things in our house be touched by your stick and see what happens." . So Snowflake did so, and they all changed into their human, forms. Some were princesses,: princes, kings, queens, knight?, rich . old maids, servants, merchants and others. They :all walked away after they had touched the cat's box and each told a different story. After this the cat and ; Snowflake decided to put the "death chair" for the old woman and she was so tired she sat down in -it t and ;- died instantly. Then Snowflake ;and the cat buried her, ami, when the cat came back he touched the stick Snowflake held in her hand. Then he changed into a beautiful prince and Snowflake and ; the prince fell in love with each other and so they were married; in his father's palace and lived together happily , many years. Tielma Darbry.

A; slow river can flow seven miles per hour Charles Murphy.

OUR COOKING CLASS Last Wednesday we made apple fritters. They were very nice. The first thing we do when we go down in the cooking class is to wash. Then each girl takes her seat while our teacher writes on the board the utensils which we are to get out of our desks. The teacher first passed the ingredients which we need, we sift those. Then she passes us egg and then milk we mix those. And then put on some Crisco to get hot. Then drop by spoonful into the hot Crisco. When they are done we put them on our plates and put them in our desks until wo

clean up.-rLucile Hall, 6A, White

water School.

Alaska and the Seal Island The northwestern part of North America belonged to the Russians until 1867, when they sold it to the United States. It then" became a part of our country under the name of the territory of Alaska. Alaska is a land of.,, high mountains of mighty glaciers," and of inland seas filled with icebergs. Lucile Hall, Whitewater School, 6A grade.

Admiral George Dewey

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I . ADMIRAL . GEORGE , DEWEY . . Admiral Dewey who died last week was one of the most popular officers in the navy.

At Red Rock Ranch

Once upon a time there was a ranch called Red Rock Ranch. They .had a counterfeit set to make their money that way. There was a man who was a detective whose name was Ray and he was going around' trying to find out who had this counterfeit money. So he went around to warn everybody ; but they did not know that he was a detective. The man who owned the ranch was named Sock Tod, and he would not even let anybody come down the lane of the ranch. He put a man to watch this lane. Tom, Dick and Sam. were brothers who wanted to learn as much about the world as they could, so they came west, and oue of the first places they saw was Red Rock Hanch. They did not know anything about the ranch so they tried to fco down the lane, but tin? nan came out of the bushes and stopped them, so they went on to the town.

They asked the men at town to tell them why they were not allowed to go into that ranch, and all they could say was that they supposed the ranchers did not care for strangers. So they decided they would find out what he was doing. They waited until night and got some pistols and then went different ways. They found a note which

said, "There is a detective around here, so beware of hinn for wo do not want our presses and things stolen, and do not let tho counterfeit press go. Sack Tod' All looked at each other, so they knew the detective and1 gave him the note, lie sent for help. They came and started for the ranch.; When they got there, thejy drew out their pistols and then ,surrounded' the house. They got everybody but, Sack Tod, so they got tfle counterfelt money and they gave it to the government. Georgo dimming 5B Grade, Vaile School. j

The Sandman Story FOR TONIGHT

Once upon a time there lived a King who had a servant named Muccio, cf whom he was very fond so fond, In fact, that all the other servants disliked Muccio very much and wished to be rid of him. At last one day, when the King dressed Muccio in a ccat of red velvet and gave him a sword to wear at his side, the servants could stand it no longer, .their envy was so great.', , , - So one of the servants went to an old witch in the wocds and asked her to change Muccio into a cat. This the old witch did for a bag

of gold, which all the servants had to make up out of their small savins, and one .day, while the King and Muccio were sitting in the garden of the palace, Muccio suddenly disappeared and a big black cat took his place. The King hunted and the servants pretended to hunt for Muccio also, but nowhere could he be found, of course, for he had been changed into a black cat. When the King saw the big black cat around the palace grounds ; he called it to him, and when it rubbed its head against him and followed him about (for, of course, the black cat was fond of the King, just the same as Muccio had been), the King ordered that it should have a red velvet, cushion to Bleep upon i

and a gold collar for its neck, and (

should be fed on the richest cream. The servants saw they had not done much hartri to Muccio after all, and again- they went to the old witch and asked her to change the cat into a lion. . For another bag of gold the witch promised to do as they wished, and 60 out of their small store cf savings the servants made up another bag of gold and gave it to the witch. Then one day, when the King went to the place where the black cat usually slept on its velvet cushion, he was nearly frightened but of his wits to find a Hon. But, instead of being fierce, as he looked, the lion crawled along to the King for him to scratch his head, just as he had done when he was a black cat. Then he licked the hand of the King, who was so pleased that the king of beasts should be so tame and fond of him, that he ordered a gold cage to be made and a bed

of red velvet to be put in it and a -gold dish for the lion to eat from. r Again the servants saw they had ' failed to get rid of Muccio, bo they went to the old witch and told her she must change the lion Into something , so dreadful that the -, King " would not want it near him. This time the old witch asked for more gold, and it took all the savings. the servanlshad, to pay her, and this time Muccio was changed into a dreadful dragon.When the King went to the cage and saw the dragon in place of the lion, he knew; some wicked ' spell was at work around him, aftd, he sent for theM witch in the woods. Qf course the King could give her more gold than his servants, and he asked her to find out what spell bad been cast over the black cat to change it into bo many different shapes, for he did not know that Muccio had been changed into the black calf lie still thought he was lost in the woods about the palace and probably had died for want of food. - - 4; AM The old witch, knowing she eculd not get any more money from the servants, told the; King that-for.a barrel of gold she would telllm what had j, happened. First she caused the dragon to change to the lion, and then the" lion into the cat; then she waved her hands and mut

tered a few words, and, to the surprise of the King, there stood . his servant, Muccio, before him, ' V -. , After the old witch had hobbled away Muqcio told tbe King that he was sure the servants had caused all his troub!es;iaud the King called the servants, who now were very frightened, and they confessed all to him. ' 1 , : . . Muccio pleaded for them not to be punished; and the King spared their lives, but only on condition that they should have no iruore money to spend, but that they should work for, their food and clothes the rest of their lives. , -'" ' "For you are not to be trusted with money," he told them;- "you need a master as well; as a -King, and now you shall have one." ;" ' . So the wicked servants had to wait on Muccio the rest of their lives, for the King grew fonder of him than ever and never let him leave his Bide. ' 4. ,

Running Away

BY MYRTLE GIBSON Chapter I. "Aw go along and git that string, now," demanded Rob. "Well I don't see why you always make me do everything for your its not my kite you're makin'," and Rob's six year old brother Tommie,

grumblingly proceded to the house to get said string. Mother was sitting by the rire knitting and Tommie, in not a very manly tone of voice, demanded to know where the string was. After giving Rob his string, Tommie was

preparing for a nice romp with Shep, when who should call him but Mrs. Brady, the hired woman, to send him around to the brown store on the corner to get a measly bag of salt and then on arriving home it was, "Tommie, please fill the chip basket with chips." So while lamenting his fate out in the wood shed he decided upon a very bright idea, to Tommie's notion. Why not just run away for a little while and make mamma, papa and bossy big Rob wish they had him back once more. A picture of the members of the family rushing madly about hunting afforded him much satisfaction. Then he thought maybe he had better tell

them he was going so as to give them one moro chance to ask forgiveness. So when Tommie deposited the basket of chips behind

the stove he gave a look of supreme wisdom at old Mrs. Brady and mounted the stairs with much dignity at the thought that he would soon be his own master. He wrapped a clean shirt and a few handkerchiefs in. a tight wad; then pocketing six cents, his sole financial amount hp marched proudly down to his mother and announced his intention of leaving. Se didn't even look up from her knitting and he supposed she would commence begging him to stay at home but she remained calm and not one bit

sorry to lose him, and only merely ' hoped he would enjoy himself. , Rob was too interested in flying '. his kite to give much notice to Tommie, so when Tommie told him he was leaving, Rob didn't express ' any more feeling than to just eay, "Aw, you're crazy." : The warm April weather at 10 o'clock in the morning was enough ; to give anybody high hopes, but -Tommie didn't feel very elated over . leaving home but he tried to put on" a very brave front. When he turned the corner that screened his home from view who should be en-.' counter but Jimmie G., his chum swinging leisurely up the street towards him. - Continued Next Week. WRITES OF PICNIC PARTY One Fourth of July we went out ' camping, we took lunch witli us, , we also took fishing tackle and fished awhile, when we got tired we took a rope we had and made -us a swing and after awhile we gathered some wild roses then wo ate some ice cream and played awhile until we got tired and coax-V ed papa to come home. Freida Frese.

THE BIRDS Freddie Is a little boy whose father is a carpenter. One day as Fred-, die was out looking. for some. mail' he happened to look up in tho sycamore tree. 'Vh, my," he said,"Those birds are pretty." Freddio -' was kind to birds and he said to himself. "I will have father to make ; " me a bird's nest" So that night, his father mado him a bird's house. Every morning with the crumb mother throws away I can feed iL Freddie began to see that the bird lqved him and they would come and sit on bis lap. Edith Johnson, ' 5A Whitewater School.