Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 125, 7 April 1917 — Page 14

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium Is (ho children's section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and Issued each Saturday aTternooii. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local jokes and original poems are acceptable and will bo published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of tho paper, with the author's name and age signed. Aunt Molly is always glad to meet the children personally as they bring their articles to tho Palladium office, or to receive letters addrcF sed io the Junior Editor. "This is your little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

The Grandmother Gray story is omitted this week owing to the death of the father of Miss Mather, the editor of the Junior Palladium. We fee! sure that the readers of the Junior sympathize with her in the loss of her parent. They all extend to her their love and their sympathy in her bereavement. We know that Miss Mather has hundreds of friends among the boys and girls of Richmond and Wayne county who feel grieved at the loss which she sustained. The Management.

HOW BOYS MADE SUGAR . Once upon a .time there were three boys who liked to tap sugar trees. Oue day in February, the boys we,nt into their father's sugar grove and tapped the trees and then they hung buckets under them eo they could catch the sap. And the next morning they went and got the sugar water. , They built a big fire and put two kettles over it. And they put the sugar water, in them. And then iet it boil day and night until tfiey had the sugar water into a syrup. Then they took the syrup off the fire, and then they let it cool a littla while and they put it in cans and sold it. So they had fun making money. The end. Ade Mason, Fifth Grade, "Whitewater, Indiana.

The Preacher and the Bear

Once upon a time there was a preacher who had a pet bear. The preacher went to Sunday school one . Sunday, and when he went away the bear was asleep. After a while the bear awoke. He wanted somethingto do. lie pushed the doors upon. He found the cellar door and pushed it open, and he went down cellar. Then he found the molasses barrel and turned the faucet. The molasses began to run out. Then he began to lick up the molasses until he was full. Then he lay down and rolled over in it. After a while he heard the preacher coming home. He ran upstairs and crawled under the bed. The preacher got the, bear from under the bed and had to give him a good scrubbing. Mary Uldean Hunt, Whitewater, Indiana.

How William Went Along "Grandmother, it's our turn to have a boys' story today." "Why to be sure it is. Let me t.ee. Do you want to know what happened to the boy who was so curious?" "Oh, yes!" - Tbia is a story that happened not very long ago. In fact the child is about the age of Robert, here.

We shall call this boy William. "William, who was very inquisitive, was always kept in a state of alarm for fear some of his family might enjoy some pleasure which he did not know about. "Consequently, one day, when his mother was getting ready to go down town, William was very anx; ious to go along, for he was afraid his mother would go to a show, and he would not get to go too. His fun loving sister said: "Remember, tonight, mother? "William was at once on the alert. What was going to happen tonight? Where were they going? Would he get to go too? Were they all going? "The only reply his mother made was that they were all going. Wit liam could scarcely wait until he had finished his supper! Then his mother calmly told him that it would be later in the evening. All that evening William remained very restless, and at nine o'clock he asked if it surely wasn't time to go. "Yes, his mother replied. "You may go to bed now. We are all going.' "And so he went to bed without a word," finished the grandmother. "Sounds like a schoolmate of mine," Robert said. "Well," replied grandmother, "perhaps it is." Elizabeth Grace.

WHO BRINGS THE EASTER EGGS?

ECONOMY HAS DEBATES The seventh and eighth grades had a ciphering match last Friday after the last receBs.,. .The Agriculture boys of room four made some boxes to test corn in. We made them tn the manual training room last Thursday and Friday morning. ...The Seventh grades had debates, Tuesday and Wednesday. The first one was "Girls are as useful to their parents as boys." The second was "Cats make better pets than dogs." Karl Weyl, age 12, seventh grade. Economy, Indiana.

EASTER Easter comes but once a year Then of styles and clothes we . hear; Women buy their new spring hats. Nurses buy for little tats. Men must buv their suits for best, Boys must put their kytes to test. Easter comes to welcome spring And all the world begins to sing. : Original By Jane Carpenter.

MXRY AND JOHN

One day John asked his mother if he and Mary could go to the woods and take a lunch. She said, no, but she would fix them a lunch and they could eat it out under the apple tree. She fixed their lunch and they went out under the apple tree, eo when their mother was gone and they were ready to eat, John toid Mary they would run away and take their lunch, and eat n the woods.. So they went to the woods and were just ready to eat, when an old tramp came along, so they dropped their lunch and ran home, and the tramp ate their lunch. When John and Mary went home they were sent to bed. And I'm sure they nevgr disobeyed their mother again. Mildred White, Sixth year, Whitewater School.

A long time ago, Spring wanted to give the little children something. So she said, "1 know; T

know; I will give every little child in the land

some eggs. But who would take the eggs carefully enough? The Bear thought ho could bring them carefully but Spring thought the Bear would scare the children so she

ne saia me Rabbit could

take them but the Rabbit said, "I am afraid of the doys." She said, "you can early in the morning while the days are taking their last nap. "How shall I carry them," asked the Rabbit. Then the birds said, "We will build a nest for them," but those who offered could not build good nests so this would not do. At last the oriole said I will make a deep pocket in which to carry them. When the sheep heard what the oriole said she brought some of her own soft wool to the pocket to make the lining softer. When the nest was finished Bunny ran off with his presents of beautiful eggs for every child in the land, and ever since Bunny's first visit, all the good children find bright colored eggs by their beds when they awake on Easter morning. Contributed by Elizabeth Lamb, age 9, grade 4, St. Mary's School.

A COWBOY Once while living out west in the region of the cowboys I happened across a man who said that be was the greatest and bravest cowboy that ever lived. One day 1 went up in the mountains with this man. The first animal we saw was a large rattlesnke. The man started to run down the mountiu. All at once a bear stepped into the path of the man. By this time the man was so frightened that he did not know what he was doing. He stubbed his toe and went rolling towards the bear but the bear was so scared that he stepped on across the path and let the man go. The man rolled until ho hit a tree-, then he got up and started for home. He had not gone far until he heard a scream above his head. Upon looking up he saw a panther. The last that I saw of the man was when he started to jump be-, hind a rock. What became of him I do not know, but people say that instead of jumping behind a rock he jumped over a cliff and lit upon the back of a" donkey which carried him home. And that was the last 1 heard of the bravo cowboy. Ross Burt, Whitewater, Indiana.

Before the war railways in England employed only 11,000 women, while at the present lime they employ over 33,000.

OUR "THANK YOU'' LIST

To those boys and girls who have sent in contributions which we have not been able to publish, we are forced to say "Thank you" in this rather poor way; but, folks, we do appreciate the things you send in and hope you will continue your interest: Pauline Dorgan, Irene Baker, Edwin May, Malcolm Kortii-iht, Ralph Henson, Mayward rfilton, Margorie Funk, Dora Macy, Lois Wiggans, Martha McLear, Marguerite Finley, Elizabeth Estell I'.o Blose, Raymond Nordson, Robert King. Irene Sieweke and Frances E. Hinshaw.

UERY CORNER

Tho editor will try-to auswer qurslioiiH readers of the Junior submit to her. She will not pronihso to aiif-wer all of them. The question will be answered in rotation, so do not expect tho answer to he printed in tho same week in which you send it. in.

. Peat Aunt Molly, Why do we eat pie tho last thing. Thelma Wright, Whitewater, Ind. My dear Thelma, Because all good housewives want to save their triumphs of artand skill uniil the grand climax of dinner. Ed.

THE TIN SOLDIER

Dear Aunt Molly: Please tell me what tho letters and numoers of the U. S. submarines are. E. M. II. "Our rubmarines are designated as follows: A 2. A?,, A-4, etc., up to 0-16; and also there are three others not designated by letters; No. 60, No. 61, and Schley." (World's Almanac, 1917.) Dear Aunt Molly: How do you make coal? Raymond Thomas, Warner School. My dear Raymond: I've never made any yet. When I went to school they said that it took thousands of years to make even a few inches of coal, but of course this swift generation may be manufacturing coal a cubic foot per minute by this time. No telling. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly, who invented the gas-mask and how does it keep you from breathing gas? R. G. The gas mask, or fire helmet, was first patented in United States by W. II. James, in 1S28. There are many different ways of preventing the gas or smoke from entering; ore simple way is by having porous cloth over the mouthpiece ith a wet sponge behind it. Ed.

Jcim, like many other children, had a tram or cars, blocks, coy clous, 1 say, Aunt Molly, if rabbits lay and hosts of other toys. He had an old dog named Towser, who caused! Easter eggs do they hatch out litul the serious, exciting adventure of Jack, the tin soldier commander. j chikuns or litlul bunnies? Jimmie As he had so many prccioua playthings, John found he could not I G.

MOTHER'S HELP One beautiful day last Spring mother was not feeling well. I thought I would do something to make her better. While I was sitting on the doorstep I thought I would get her some flowers so that she would feel better. When I got out in the woods I found some violets, and I thought that those were enough. Then I went home and gave them to her. I told her to smell them. After a few days she was better. Grace Hinshaw, Age 10, Fourth grade.

play with all of them at once. As a result Jack and his little regiment I

had lain idle in. a musty old box, off in a dark corner, for several days. But, at last, Jack's captain pulled the box from the accustomed corner. Suddenly, the light shone with blinding directness on the regiment which was madly scrambling into rank and file, ready to protect itself. However, the tin soldiers received a pleasant surprise, for John carefully arranged them on the floor, amid the delighted remarks of John's companions who had come to play with their little friend. "Oh, see how bright the soldiers' uniforms are," exclaimed one, who thought he was a wonder at seeing things first. "How carefully they shoulder their guns and how straight they stand," cried another. "Just look at their United States uniforms," added a patriotic little lad. "See! this one, in the lead, is the little commander," explained the first boy, pointing to the place where Jack manfully .stood. For a long time the little hoys played with Jack and his men. Oh!

the wonderful deeds they made the soldiers perform. Once they v.ercj

Well, Jimmie.-I'm afraid I can't tell becau.-fe my Easter eggs never hatch out anything except a bad feeling inside of me when I tat too many. Aunt M.

HE HAD A GOOD TIME

HE KNEW The Sabbath school which Jimmie attended had . been studying about Peter for seveial weeks. At the close of the lesson period one morning, the superintendent asked questions regarding Peter's character. Then he turned to the small children and said, "Now children, what do you remember about Peter?" A moment's tilence, broken by the lisping voice of three-year-old Jimmie as he said, "He kep' his wife in a pim'kiM shell." Floyd Gardner, Grade 3B, Baxter SchooL

WANTED A wireless key. See J. Miner at Garfield.

LOST A compass, at Garfield.

at Bunker Hill, now at Richmond, Virginia, then at Valley Forge, and at Gettysburg. Once they passed through good old Indiana. Never were soldiers more weary than at the end of their long march (or the close of playtime.) I But alack! One poor soldier had not ;:een the worst of his wonderful adventures. There had been another visitor during the fun that I failed to mention. It was Towser. Like many other hoys, John left bis soldiers All lined up on the floor when he went from the nursery. This would rot have been so bad if John had not carelessly failed to take old Towser out. a he had been

i told so often.

During all the fun, the old dog had attentively watched the boys as they were playing with the tin toys. Perhaps he wanted to join in the game. At any rale when everybody had gone, Towser very slowly and thoughtfully walked up to Jack. He picked the poor tin soldier up and tossed him about quite playfully. Unluckily for Jack, the treatment was much rougher than he was used to. He never recovered from its ill effects. The Uniform lost its U. S. colors and Jack lost his gun and manly

Hpuearar.ce. jie aa sea-MCK ivi a verj ioiik ume. iniasine ms captains i'.mnn.i,i

sorrovv when he found his tin Foldier commander so badly battered up. j at Starr School But his tears came near not stopping when badly bruised Jack died. All -

A. jerboa is a small yellowish brown animal having leaf-like. ears. Its borne is in Africa. -

At the Whitewater school a few days ago, little John Farmer, the four-year-old brother of a boy in the first room, came to school to visit, and during the afternoon when the teacher gave him some crayon work to do, he had almost finished his picture as she came by. Looking up at her with his eyes simply dancing, he said, "I say I'm having a good time."

EXCHANGE COLUMN Open to All Boys and Girls. These Ada Cost You Nothing; Send in Your "Wants" to The Palladium Junior.

LOST A blue and grey scarf, h&tween 12th and 9th on Main, or between 12th and Main to Garfield. Phone number 4130. Elizabeth Doren, Boston Pike.

FOUND Ring or keys on 14th; owner apply Edwin Taggart, Vaile School.

See J. Miner

LOST A blue school bag. If found return to Alma Williams, 133 No. 18th St. FOUND A small handbag with fur trimming. Call 1308 Main or 2036. Robert King. WANTED Girls and boys for our

army, ir you want to join please

call at 312 No.

11th, or see Will-

Richard Camp-

he could do was to call in his companions to give the soldier a grand t IX)ST Dark face Ingersoll watch, military funeral inionor of that toy's brave life. The grief of Jack's j with a Dickinson Trust Co. fob. regiment was. very pitiful and they still mourn for Jheir lost com- j Please return to St Andrew's rnander. It taught John a good lesson, however, for he always put away I school or John W. Torbeck. "02 S. Lis tin soldiers afterwards. By a Whitewater Junior, Whitewater, Ind. j3SL i