Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 101, 10 March 1917 — Page 11

NEWS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF WAYNE COUNTY IN THE JUNIOR

THE JUNIOR PALLADIU WEEKLY SECTION OF THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

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DOY9 AND GIRLS WRITE MANY INTERESTING 'i LETTERS TOMJUNiorr

RICHMOND, 1ND.,

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1917

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PLAYGROUND MADE IN THE GLEN

One of the greatest Improvements made in Richmond for some time which ia of importance to all 1he children of the city, is the new children's playground in Glen Miller Park which Mr. Bavis of the Board of Public Works expects to be done by early summer. This playground will be made In the ground now taken up by the elk park, and will also extend over the ground just north, making a total of over four acres in the plot. In this

tennis courts, a baseball diamond, and croquet grounds. Then in the ground to the north which is shadier, places will be provided for the younger children to play, with slides, sand-piles, teeters, baby hammocks and other things. The elks will be moved to the ground north of the deer pain, which is almost as large as their present home. Work on building this new fence has been begun already and will be pushed as rapidly as possible.

GIRLS BEGIN SPRING HOUSECLEANING Our playhouse is in a shed. Nellie and I live in a double house, our sheds are connected. We sweep it every day. But there are a few boys who will come and turn it lopsy, turvy and run away. It is

beginning to get warm so we cleaned it all up. Nellie cleaned up the coal and I cleaned papers and glass. In my playhouse I have a dresser, and a table that I call a library table and a couch, a piano, several chairs, a screen at my window and baby doll named Dinah. Nellie has a cupboard, a rocking chair and a

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ams. I have another baby named Helen. We have dishes and wc make mud cakes. We have great fun. Leota Hosbrook, CB grade, Warner school.

MONUMENT WILL BE ERECTED TO BUFFALO BILL

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THE FIRST MESSAGE

In a crowded room in Baltimore Samuel Morse was testing his wonderful invention the telegraph. He was to send a message to Washington. He. held the audience in breathless silence while be tapped the key and they burst into applause when the answer came back, "What hath God wrought," was the first message Richard A. Thornburgh. Roumanians Like Color

Probably one of the most noticeable characteristics of the Roumanian women is the bright colors of their dress and their painted faces. They are tall and muscular with a dark complexion. They always wear very bright colors such as: Yellow, red, purple, green and bright blue. The figures in the material are large and gaudy. They never use soap and water but use paint instead. Their fancy work is very much like the cross stitch the Americans use. The thread is a very bright and as a general rule the color scheme Is very good. Gold and silver spangles are used extensively, all their idle time is spent with their fancy work. Greensfork.

School Has Birthday Party George Washington's birthday was also my teacher's birthday. In the afternoon the gave a party for us scholars in our room. We played games and sang songs. She hid peanuts all over the room and the one that found the most got a prize. One of the boys found 17, bo he got the prize; it was a hatchet. And then she served ice cream and cake and candy. For favors she gave flags and little hachets. We all had a nice time. Wishing her many more happy birthdays. Pauline Forbes, Dist. No. 10.

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' RUTFArO Bl&l' STATUE

The national monument to William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) will be modelled on the figure shown in this photograph. The site of the monument, on Lookout Mountain, Denver Mountain Park, upon which the figure stands, has been dedicated for that purpose by the City of Denver. The mounted figure of Colonel Cody is a reproduction from the Pappacena painting, executed by the noted Italian artist, which Colonel Cody preferred even to the canvas painted by Rosa ISonheur, because it shows him leaning forward in the saddle with true "cowboy seat." The site on Lookout Mountain is 2,000 feet higher than Denver and the statue, will be visible from that city.

Boys Ilusj- at Woodwork The boys of the CUi grade of

Vailo school finished their bears on March 0th and new are going to make a bird house in woodwork. Paul K. Monroe, Vailo School.

Native From India Talks to Students

Childhood is the bough w here slumbered. Birds and blossoms many-numbered. Longfellow.

How the Elm' Tree Got Its Name (Original) Once upon a time, there was a big castle. In this castle lived a cruel Ogre who thought it a lovely place. One evening he sat thinking of some way to get his supper. He ran out of the house and into the woods. There he saw a little girl playing by a tree. Her name was Elma and when the Ogre saw her he took her to his castle. She was very much frightened and tried to runaway. But it was of no use for the Ogre was determined to eat her. After a while her parents missed

her and went on the hunt of her. They went into the woods to see if she could be found there. Then her father said, "I will go to her friend's house. Maybe she is there." "Alright," replied the mother, "and ask her friend if she knows where Elma is." After he arrived at her friend's home she was not ther. He though that someone had stolen her. He asked everyone he knew. One day he and his wife saw the Ogre hunting for his dinner. When they saw him they ran home. Then they happened to think that he was the one that had taken their little girl. Ever after that the tree under which she was playing was called the "elm tree." Thelma Kerr, Age 8, School District No. 6.

On Monday afternoon, the stu

dents of the Richmond high school wore very much interested in hearing a native from India tell about his native country. He said he was receiving twentyfive cents each month as rent for a three room house in India. He said they had 250 dialects and a native ought to know at least five or six to be able to understand the natives in (lie different parts of the country. He was dressed in one of the native costumes of the people in India, which was made from white and yellow material. He had a dark scarf around his neck, which had a gold border at the ends. The hat which he wore covered with red material. The native of India can

tell to which class his friend belongs by the kind of hat he wears. Ie also had a pair of shoes which the natives wear in India. They were flat, on the bottom and were made about three inches longer than the foot. This extra three inches was doubled back so that the point of the wlioe almost touched the tops of the shoe. Another very interesting thing is the way they eat their food, which he illustrated by using water for food. They do not eat with knives, forks and spoons. They use a large l"af for a tray or plate and peanut oil for seasoning. Iva Glunt.

Hold Spelling Contest The fifth and sixth grades .are racing now to see which class will have the most stars by' the last of the year. For one of the classes to

get a star, all the pupils in the class must make a hundred in spelling. The sixth grade is two stars ahead. The prize is a picture. Charles Replogle, Economy.

Boy Musician Called "Little Wonder"

Joseph Lugar of Eaton, Ohio, who played before the Richmond Musical Study Club Wednesday afternoon was called b.y many of the ladies a "little wonder." He is only thirteen and in the. eighth grade at school but he played several selections which would be difficult for the average adult pianist. He said he first began taking lessons when he was about seven years old, but he didn't like to practice very well then, and so he stopped for almost two years. This time when ho began he liked it very much and so he has kept it up ever since, except in the summertime, and Joseph said he did not take lessons then because it was too hot. What he will do In the future, he said, depends upon the progress he can make in the next year or so, but from the present indications he seems to have talent which could be developed into ability promising a career.

Narcissius and His Unknown Uncle

Girls Like Sewing Dear Aunt Moliy: : I am going to tell you about sewing school. 1 went down to high school last Monday afternoon at recess, and we cut out a white apron and we are goiug to make a white cap. When the girls went to high school the boys worked on card board. While we cut out our aprons the other children hemmed towels. We had a good time. We have to have pins, a pencil, tape Hn, needle cane and a thimble Vo bpevery two weeks. We are going to make our aprons lor cov.... school next tem. Yours truly, Lucile Kemper, SA Grade, Vaile School.

There was once a little boy whose name wa3 Narcissius. The boy's mother sent him to the store to get her some groceries for dinner and just before the boy returned a man stepped up before him

J and said, "Who are you?" The boy

replied, "I am Narcissius. Who are you?" "I am your uncle." Narcissius said, "Vou aren't my uncle, for I haven't any uncle." So the man let the boy go a little while in store and. then aid, "Narcissius I will be down at your house for dinner." -. So Narcissius went on and got the groceries and took them back to his mother. When he returned home he said, "Mamma I will tell you something that is going to happen todav." His mother said. "What is it?" The boy said, "My uncle is coming here for dinner." So the mother said, "My son, you

i have no uncle." But she didn't say much more about it, so .soon after she had dinner nearly ready and some one came and knocked on the j door so the boy went to the door and asked the man to come in. j The men came in and the boy

asked the man to take off his hat and coat. The mother came in then and she said, "Dinner is nearly ready." So she began to carry the soup and bread in the dining room. Then she carried all she was going to have for dinner in the dining room, she said, "Dinner is ready, but papa hasn't come so we will wait for him." " When the father came the boy ran out and eaid, ' Papa, my uncle is here, he is goin' to cat dinner with us." "But you have no uncle." "Well he is a man who claims to te my uncle." Then tbey all went and sat down to the table for dinner.. After dinner the man was about ready to leave when he said. "Here Narcissius. you shall have this gold ring which I have on my hand." So the boy took the ring and the mysterious uncle left forever. Susan Campbell, Age 13, Greensfork School.

EDWARD NUSBAUM TELLS OF LONG TR AMP We started on our hike at about half-past two. George and his aunt were with me. We walked along the river bank. There was a lot of snow on the' west bank. We could hear the roar of the water all the time. ' ; , We went south on Fifth street. Then we walked south on the Libert y pike until we came 'to the Test's road. It was very rough and hurt our feet, but the scenery was beautiful. We did not see a single bird.. ; -. On the other side of the bridge there were several -hills. George and I climbed these liilld. When we ran down the hills we could hardly stop. On the way we saw a lot. of chickens and dogs. Every ditch was filled with ice. One place there was a fountain with a little lake around it. The lake was filled with ice. After we got across the hills we were on the Abington pike and headed for good old Richmond. As we walkcil along George and I would buy some candy for the ono who would not lag. After that we were never lagging. We felt so fatigued that we felt like we'd not be able to take another step. How glad we were when we came came in sight of Richmond. We enjoyed it very much in spite of how fatigued we were. , I'm tired and I am going to bed early tonight. To Aunt Molly from Edward Nusbaum.

Ah! when shall all men's good Be each man's rule, and universal Peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land ? Tenriypon.

NEWS FROM GARFIELD SCHOOL , The 8A class has organized for the first time in the history of the school. The officers are as follows: Marguerite Taggart, president, Lycll Beam, vica president, Roy Johnson, secretary and John Hill, treasurer. An executive committee is to be elected at the next meeting. The plan is to hold meetings for discussion of the work at high school. So they wiil be ready to go with the spirit for work. They are also planning for socials. A musical program was given Friday at Garfield school by the high school orchestra. They played the following numbers: Stars and Stripes Forever, Sousa; The Scarlet Crow, from Tannhauser Wagner; Hungarian Lustspiel, Keler-Bela; Peacemaker March, Alfred. The program - for next week's chapel is to be given by a debating team from the class in the public speaking at the high school. Tools for the class in cement construction have come. Boys now feel that they are getting the real thing. Cement work is quite popular to the boys. By Helen Murphy, 8B Grade, Garfield School.

LENT HAS BEGUN

(Boy Tells Origin and Meaning of Custom.) Dear Aunt Molly Last week wo had a written exercise on the following subject. I thought you would be pleased to hear about it. Lent is a season of fasting and prayer. Ia the old law the Jews fasted by the command of God.. Moses fasted forty days on Mount Sinai. Elias fasted forty days in the desert. Christ fasted and commanded the Apostles to fast also. The Lenten season was instituted by the Apostles to remind us of our Lord's fast In the wilderness. It ttegins on Ash Wednesday and end; on Easter Sunday. Sundays alone are not fasting days. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the custom of blessing ashes and sprinkling thein on the heads of the faithful to remind them that dust they are and -into dust they 6hall ret urn. We fast to imitate our Saviour's fast. ' To take part in His merits and sufferings. To punish' our bodies so that we can live a pure and holy life and be ready ou Easter to worthily receive the Divine Lamb. The most important part of fasting is to keep from commitiiJK sin. Griffin Jay, St. Mary'8 School.