Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 113, 24 March 1917 — Page 13

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WEEKLY SECTION OE THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

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MCHMOND. IND.,

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1917

1)0 STORIES MAKE - YOU THINK?

Junior Folks, wfce you read this little paper, do the stories ever make you think? Or when you

write the "made-up" stories do you realise what I, think when I read them over? Here is ono that 1 was terbo interested in, and I wonder if you .will be, too. A BOY ; Once upon a time there lived a poor, poor boy and his mother. They went up town. The boy want-

ea a toy gun. He saia mi nis wowier, ' Won't you get me that toy Bun, mother?" His mother said, "How can I get you that toy gun when I have no money " He start- . I Xt.iY.- will 4rr tn '

it for vniV Tlipti -

to W". . -irCTwHica uowu :-f-iBt.'"T,here he saw a bag of gold. The boy got the bag. Hi mother said, "Open it." There was koine gold. With this gold he bought a gun. David Winburo, 3A Whitewater School. ...

Girls-Have Log

Cabin For Playhouse

. That is a good story, isn't it? But, Folks, do you realize that we have had just about seventy-two stories where the poor boy found a bag of gold at his feet? When you are writing a story and want to make a poor boy rich don't let him find a bag of gold at his feet, or he will go off and spend his mouey for a pop-gun just like this boy did, and then he will be as poor as ever. You see, that doesn't work. No, the surest way is to let him find a brand new idea in the back of his head and then use his brains, and the first thing you know your poor boy has started a nice little bank account of his own. And best of all he doesn't' spend his money for a pop-gun after he has made it. " Once upon a time there was some poor little children playing with some stones in a hovel, and they were so poor and sq miserable that when a kind missionary came along lie stopped to speak a word to then, 4ml there he. found that they vere playing with diamonds which, H'hea polished would be worth tliQusauds of dollars. . Rut they didn't use their brains and so they u ere poor.

: For hundreds of years the In.Uaiit nwneil nil the iron or A in nur

country, but did they build big steel . a mt .11

. those big western copper, silver and gold mines, where the ore was so licit they even could pick up

but were they millionaires? No, they didn't use- their brains. '. And' they aren't the only people who were poor because they didn't Ho their brains." There are people here in Richmond who can take a pencil and a piece of paper, and make a sketch which would be worth ten, twenty-

five, fiftv or even a hundred dol

lars; but .can- you? There are people- who collect papers and magazines until they, can sell them and make anywhere from ten cents to

probably there isn't one of you who can't think f something you would like to buy "if you had the money," and the stories you send in still have the boys finding bags of gold to buy their toy guns. V . Please, Junior Folks, Jon't you think you can make the boys in your stories use their brains ontie in a while and earn 'some money ? And then let's see how "many new

ideas we !an have in the Junior, !

because, - some of them e ven '- may help us to become the "Rockefellers

of; the future who bnows? Aunt

Carolyn and Ellen Bartel have the most unusual playhouse anyone ever- saw. It is a little log cabin which they can have- right in the house, and yet large enough - for three or four girls to play in. In summer time they can take it out in the yard and train vines over it, but now they keep it in their playroomand have been playing in it every spare minute. But Carolyn tells us about it herself. "On Christmas morning we all went out to our grandma's. The presents were strewn all over the

room. In one corner there was- " 1

little los cabin. lar T"?

Beveral - ' 4 nOugh for , -my friends to get In.

scrrWe did not know it was ours, but 1 1 . t . ,L 1 . 4 1 . ...... n ikn

ive iiJUUf.uL ii was imi i. ui iun Christmas decorations. "A little later grandma told us it was ours, and that we were to take it home. We did not see how. we were to get it out of the house. You see, we did not now that it came apart in four pieces. The next day grandpa bad a man bring it down to our house. I have a big doll and the log cabin is now her home. . The furniture I have in it 'is a table with dishes, two chairs, ' a bed and a dresser. J. am very happy with it indeed." Carolyn Bartel, 5B Grade, Vailc School.

Enjoy Clawson's Pictures One afternoon our teacher, Misa Murphy, took us to the Art Exhibit. Mr. Wheeler's picture took' first prize. There were many night scenes there which were painted by Mr. Randolph Coats. There were many pictures which were painted by Mr. Charles Clawson. Mr. Charles Clawson lives in Richmond. We were very much pleased with his pictures, because we have one of his pictures in our room called, "The Clouds. We have tried to paint it many times and enjoy doing it. The Music Study club was at the Art Gallery practicing. '. They sang beautiful songs, which we enjoyed. When we came home we marched down the steps and out the big door at . the east. . Then .we bid our teacher, Miss Murphy, good-bye, and went home" very happy.-r-Wil-liam Gordell, Whitewater Schopl.

COWBOYS SCARE LITTLE RABBIT r Clyde, Chester and I played cowboy. We were running through a patch of weeds. When we were running we saw a little rabbit. It ran in the weeds. It ran to a fence. -. ' Then we ran after it. It ran up a little bill nd! down over another field. It ran so far away and that was the last we saw of him. By Charles Burgess, 4th Grade, Hagerst.own. ' - "

- A LITTLE BOY WITH TROUBLES ;

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Once Mfto . tfaae tbere- was a b$y "who had no father nor a no't-: er. 'He had to go arouo and ask ; popl if they wouW take rb in aii soma people said At last apoor family 'tok'hImjr- they had ne-eblldre "before. . He was good to them ad If they wanted him to go to tho grocery tor them- he- would go and if they wanted him-- to cut wood,-be woold do it. He would tiff to- 8cWodh ndtre-wwihl learn. He would 'learn' his arithmetic, reedMer anil writi. Clara 'Da VI; 3A Whltewnter: - ' 1

' Once there' was a woman that wanted an Easter hat. 'So she had a little girl 'and het name was Hazle.- :- - : " - - ' ' '- ' ; : Hazle went : to . town to get her mother a bat So the milliner gave

her three bats" Hazle took them borne and bid them. " She did net let he mother know, about 'it s .Onr Bester morn fag $W brought out the three hats for her-mother to piek out the one she liked best,. Her mother picked eut the' one she liked beat and was very happy with her-Easter hat. - Hazle-ba an Bast er lily.; She has picked it off -of a

kuaeb ef Hatr lrtie. MHdred M

Hill. " ' ; " - - '

Here is a picture of the son of the former Czar of Russia. He was to assume the throne when he became of age, but now it seems that he will never rule over the Russians. The woman at his side is his mother.

THE BEGINNING OF SPRING

On the twenty-second of March i

the days become longer than the flights. .. That is .what separates Winter fioin Spring. This event is known as the "vernal equinox." Vernal is a Latin word meaning Spring; equinox is taken from two latin wcrdg meaning .equal and night. At this time the days become equal to the nights. Immediately after this the days become jonger tban.thf nights. s Nature makes this the joyous season in the northern hemisphere, (Jfe begins o stir in the vegetable rorld. In feldea' times the .New year was considered a heginaing 4t this season. " Surely it is more Aatnral to hare it at this season than the first of January, when .the. world is as near dead as , it ever iecomes. . : 1 ' " " . J . 1 ; The earth (in its yearly passage arojtmd the pun 'inclines first.- one way and then the-other. It turns rst one-hemisphere and then the thr more directly towards the. sun. This makes the days longer and - warmer-' In ; the - hemisphere that -'gets the. biib's ' rays ' More directly, and . we My SpriBg ' ha begun. " ' "; ' At the me-time the son beginsto shine on- the southern bemiphere WHb m'pr'e' slnttiii'rni T&j days -in - that t enf sphere becewe ' shorter and bolder -bringing mm Air

tumn and then Winter. On March 22 thi$ change has become clear. Spring begins in the northern half of the world, and Autumn in the southern Equinoctial gales are storms which take .place about the time when the sun crosses the equator at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes in March and September. Roland Mitchell, St. Mai'y's School March 20, 1917. ..

The Cprning of Summer "Gently the meadows are ringing , Sweetly,'' the birds singing,. The' Lilies are whteperng to buttercups i gold, - ' - s ""r Telling them of the beauty untold; The - bees ' are bqmming, a melody ' low,. ,v '" y Roeked in the breast of Mother's earth-glow; The children have faces so smiting : and bright,- ' ,' . '-. They look "as though fairies whirling toTVsbt. . " .. . , As the dance and they prance On a wa.rm 'summer higher -"f - Emiry Esther Bailey,

; Mise- Kleanor Sears is the bestknowit spor$wiraaii:i Boston and -tfaie or Ih tndst 'rrointitent b-the Vnlted Staled'-' '-'V'C --v

HOW MOTHER EARTH GOTHER WISH It was a cold gloomy day in December, and no wonder it was cold and gloomy, for Mother Earth was very angry. She was angry because her lovely green dress she had in the summer bad faded into

began to weep. Dm 'ZL-Mmmr - -

. -at Xul io make her old crown dress uglier than ever. (The Earth People called her tears, rain). But when Mother Earth saw how nmr.h ntlier her tenrn made her

old brown dress, she decided to stop. But she had cried so much that her dress was quite wet, and because she was so .angry. King Sun was quite' afraid to come out and dry her dress, and so yon tee Mother Earth was in quite a pre-

dicamont. ' ,J

But it chanced that one of the " Snow Fairies had floated, down to Mother Earth to see what the trouble was, and when she heard her tale of woe, she decided to do something for Mother Earth. It would never do to let her have such an unhappy Christmas. So the little Snow Fairy set herself to

work trying to think of a way. in which to make Mother Earth happy, iy.; She thought very hard one entire day, and finally decided on a plan. She asked Mr. Air to become much warmer and settling down on Mother Earth she waited and wait- , ed. It seemed ages to her, becauae it was only one day until Christmas and Bhe was in a great hurry. During the night Mr. Air became much warmer and she was drawn ' P. up. up, until Mother Earth seemed only a little round ball far below her. . This was exactly what the little Snow Fairy had wanted to happen. : Soon she arrived at her home,

the Cloud Talace. Bowing low before the Queen, she said in a soft.

little voice, "Oh great and beautiful Queen, I wish to ask a kind

favor of you."

Very well," answered the

Queen, "what is it?" ! "Mother Earth is very much distracted about her ugly brown-

dress," explained the Uttle Snow Fairy," and I thought perhaps if tomorrow night we could give a. great

.whirling party, and . whirl down to Mother .Earth, we might be able id give her a beautiful Christpms present of a pure whife dress, set with diamonds." "A wlaq thought," agreed the Queen, smiling, "Tomorrow night let us all assemble' together, and whirl r1iu.'n In lUTnth&r TCnrtfi " fiha

Baid, speaking to all of the Snow Fairies. . ' ' : So the next night when Mother Earth was sound asleep, the little Snow Fairies whirled down to her, laughing and singing and having the merriest time' you ever saw. Soon Mother Earth's - ugly brown press was covered with a thick, soft white one, and tie little Show Fairies were so happy because they had given Mother 'Earth such a joyous phristmas. "For when she awoke the . next mornipg,' whicb was Christmas morning., a smile took the place, of the ugly frown. "What

happy, happy, Christmas this is.

up exclaimed. A..: ..,1

When King Sun .saw how happy

the was, ' and saw that her anger , had cleared away.' he came out and smiled and said, "Look at the won- '

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tigns of beautiful diamonds glistening 'on Mother' Eartha lovely, white dress, and she declared it was the

happiest ' Christmas she had v ever tad,'; ' ' '. ''' "v : ; "' . Soon the bells - began to . ehiare

ut Christmas greeting and alt the Kartlr Children came running .out f ith t he U1 new sleds and sJu ts. ahd oys. sapfa CIhb bad left them, singing; 'Seace eW Eartb, food Will to Men." - v " ' . . : ': ;. ! ' ai this hapnened years ago when Mother Earjb was quie young and since thou she baa bad Cbristmasea

f with snow and '8Jme. without, but

she still declares, that- it wa the Hapiiest CbristQait. etrer. Rejna SL" If aniog; . Ecaomy .Ind.-. - t

y ArtiMery-was first Invented by 8'hwam, a Germai in I33f. - -J