Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 173, 2 June 1917 — Page 13

THE

JUNIOR

PALLADIUM

Snt in Your Contribution Today WEEKLY SECTION OP THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM HELP THE FRENCH CHILDREN RICHMOND, 1ND., JUNE 2, 1917 RBMKMBBR OUR DEBT TO FRANCE

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RICHMOND SCOUTS TRY FOR FIRST PLACE IN STATE The Scowls of Troop 2 have bought a track cart and two brand - new army tentB,! nine feet high in the center and twelve feet broad. The 8idea of the tent may be raised in the daytime and en hot nights. The Richmond Boy Scouts are waking avallant effort to become the most efficient and best equipped troop in the state. Definite arrangements have been made for the scouts to hike down to the Y. M. C. A. summer camp. On Saturday morning; June 9, we will live leave the Y. M. C. A. and (start on our trip-down to Flat Rock near Rushville. We expect to arrive in Cambridge City Saturday night Ami camp there. And Sunday morning we will attend Sunday school at Cambridge and will eat dinner and in the afternoon will hike beyond Milton and camp till Monday morning, and Bike to Connersville and camp there Monday night; Tuesday, morning will hike to Rushville and then on tocamp. A full detail of all proceedings n the hike, and afterwards will be t'iven at a later date in the Junior. ETHEL MARY OAKLAND MAKES MANY FRIENDS Child Actress Enjoys New York. Little Ethelmary Oakland, the seven-year-old child actress had the best time ever in New York. Little Ethelmary became a very warm friend of Jess Willard, who Ethelmary says, is the biggest fighter in the world. Little Ethelmary enjoyed seeing the horses that had socks on their ankles. She said they were nice. Ethelmary saw Uncle Sam on a White Horse. It had wings on it and someone said it was an angel horse. Little Ethelmary Oakland is seven years and has been on the stage three years. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Oakland, who lives here in Richmond. She will be seen at one of the local theatres

soon with Jack Pickford in the "Dummy." Little Ethelmary has a kitten two months old which cost $45.00, and she named it "Billy Boy." Some good friend gave her this kitten. She feeds it four times a day and it eats raw eggs. This marvelous little actress was born in Indiana, but has been practically adopted by the east, and especially New York'City, where she has hosts of friends, and was chosen from four thousand other children, as being the most beautiful and talented. But all this honor has in no way spoiled little Ethelmary, and she still writes very loving little letters back to her grandmother here in Richmond.

PORCELAIN TABLET IS GIFT TO SCHOOL Miss Overbeck of Cambridge City is going to make the tablet of twelve tiles for the chapel. The tablet will be twenty-four inches by eighteen inches. The design will be large beech trees, in the distance you can see a few farm houses. It is to be done in colors, which will be very beautiful. John Elwood Bundy Chapel, 1917, will be printed on the tablet. Virginia Sleeth, Joseph Moore school, 5A.

WARNER SCHOOL ADOPTS FRENCH GIRL Our "Good Government League" met for the last time this year Tuesday morning. . The children and teachers decided to adopt a little French girl and each room in the building has a box in which the children put their money. I think this will be very nice to get letters from a little girl so far away and it will be also interesting to know bow Bhe lives and dreeseB. Alice Caveny, 6A.

Two German ships which were Interned in the United States have had their names changed from "Kronprin Wilhelm" and Trina F.ltd Friedrich" to "Baron von Steuben" and "Baron de Kalb," thus showing that we honor the German friends of America.

Many Children Send Letters to New French Friends

So many boys and girls have writen letters to our new Junior friends, Odette and her brothers, that we have copied a few of them in our paper so that all the Junior readers may enjoy them also. - But all the original letters have been sent over to Earl ham where they ire being translated into French and then will be forwarded at once to Odette. Contributions also have been coming in to the fond for 'Odette and her brothers, and many of the schools have been taking up collections

also for adopting other fatherless French children, so that almost all the boys and girls of Richmond have been showing their sympathy for their suffering French friends both by sharing their money, and sending in their letters. But since school is out and you cannot give your money there any more, from now on you can give your part from time to time through the Junior fund, because Odette and her brothers will not need food for one day but for day after day, and week after week, all the time. The letters follow:

Dear Odette, and Abel: I am going to tell you about our art exhibit. In my school room at ray school I had 5 drawings. 1 am in the fourth grade now but when I was in the third grade I had five drawings too. And dear little Abel I am sending this letter to you as much as to Odette. Now Odette and Abel listen closely. A few weeks ago general Joffre came in Richmond in Indiana. He only stayed ten minutes. Oh it was grand. How I wish you Odette and Abel could have been there. Good-By as that is all now I can think of. Yours truely, LOUISE EMMETT. Dear little friend Odetta: I am sending you 25c. I will send you some more soon. I have been ill with measles but am better now. I have a little brother 18 mounths old we live clost to a big park and go get water at the spring. I wish

you and your little brothers were here to play with me. Your little friend, DANIEL MINNICK, Dear Little Odetta: I am greatly grieved to hear of the great sorrow which has fallen over you and your brothers and other poor little children of France. Tomorrow will be our Decoration Day. We take flowers to the soldiers graves who fought in the Civil and other great wars of our country. Maybe you have heard of Decoration Day. If not, after this terrible war your will take flowers to the fathers and brothers of France who have fought so bravely for your country. Your American Friend in Sorrow, HAZEL HARRIS. Dublin, Indiana. Dear Odette: I thought I would write to you, as we are the same age. Our school closed April 28 and there is 18 in our class. We were very glad when school was out although we had fine times in the winter. How are your brothers Abel and Adolphe and how is your mother, we hope you are well. How I would like to see France, and how I wish you could see our America. There was a big festival and parade in Richmond not long ago, and also a circus. I will be watching eagerly for a letter from you to the "Junior Palladium." Your friend, DOROTHY F. WALTON. Dear Odette: In Richmond we have a children's paper called the Junior Palladium. When I read it Saturday I saw the Junior had taken you. So I thought I would write to you. A few weeks ago Gen. Joffre came through Rich

mond and made a speech from his train. Of course we could not understand him for he spoke the French language. We thought he was a wonderful man. Our school let out to see him. The Richmond drodIa save him a basket of red.

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French people here in Richmond talked to him. When the train pulled out the people shouted, "Vive la Joffre!" I must not forget to say the Richmond City band played "Star Spangled Banner" and some other pieces. Dear Odette, will you please read this to your brothers Abel and Adolphe? My great great grandmother came from France, So I will say good bye. I hope these lines reach you in safety. Yours truly, ERNEST STURGIS. My dear friend of France: I am a Frenchman myself as my great grandfather was. I expect I have relations in France who have been killed. As I am a Boy Scout I will describe a few incidents. Some of the scouts went hikeing out in the country and saw a bull. They made a gallant charge on the bull but ran when the bull charged them. A brother, HILTON LEWIS. Dear French Friend: I am going to tell you about Decoration Day here in the United States. The school always bring flowers to decorate our soldiers graves. The flowers always are brought by the children and when they are laid on the graves I know it makes the' friends and relatives feel good. I know when this way is over and we have won, you will also decorate the graves of friends of yours. Decoration Day is a wonderful thing and Odette when you are grown and think of the brothers and soldiers that have died for your country you will think what a wonderful thing it is. Odette, I know you feel love for your country! also your two small brothers. You will remember some day, when the call of "war" rang through the streets of France and your country responded as did the United States of America. Dear little friend I hope you will answer this some day. I am sending you all the love of an "American Citizen." Your true friend, HELEN REIFEL. P. S. I am sending you all the love and sympathy of a true friend. Dear French friend: I feel very sorry for you. And I am very glad that you have been adopted by the Junior Palladium. We children of the United States may be left orphans after the war. I will tell you about our Decoration Day which comes May 30. On that day we decorate our soldfcrs

graveB. The children bring flowers from their homes to school and the people that are at the head take the

flowers to the cemetery and put

them on the graves of our soldiere. No doubt after the war France will have a "Decoration Day" like my country. At school we study. France and thought it was a very interesting country.

Well I think it is about time to

stop. I hope I will hear from you. Your friend, LORING M'FAIL. My dear French Friend:' I have heard of the hard times you have been having so I thought I would write you a few lines to cheer you up. I am going to school yet, it will be out June 1, 1917. Our schools has had two festivals, one at Earlham college it was of our gymnastic work at school. We had another festival at our Coliseum and it was a singing work of all the schools. I am writing you this letter in school this is our English work. I believe this is all I have to say so goodby. ; Your American friend, WEBSTER RANKING.

Dear little French girl: I am your friend in America. I wish you lived here. May 30, we are to bring flowers to school to decorate the soldiers graves. My grandfathers are soldiers. My brother is in the navy. , I have a pleasant home with a large back yard and front with two maple trees we play basket ball too. We have not many flowers out yet. Hope to hear from you soon. Your American friend, ' QUEEN WEBB. Dear French Boy Friend : How are you? How is the war? I hope that the war will end inside of two weeks and that the Germans shall be beaten. Tomorrow is Decoration Day here. Of course you don't know what this is. The leaves of the trees are out and the flowers are in bloom here. I'm very glad the English, U. S. and part of South America have poined in the war to help you. Affectionately yours, PAUL CAMPBELL. Please answer. Dear boy friend :

I wish you had as nice a home as I have. The boys here can go to

the Y. M. C. A. and have a good time in the pool and on the Gym floor. The schools had a music concert Friday which was very nice.

Our back yard and places around it

are very beautiful. In our school we have woodwork. . I made a Iwar, bird-house, fly-traps and a stool. There was a bird in our room this morning. Your dear friend. EUGENE T. KENNY.

THE LITTLE FUSSY BOY Once upon a time there was a little boy named James, always thinking about himself. He and his grandma could not get along together In the same room .without having a fuss. As he was playing in the field one day somebody ask

him if he would take a ride. James said he would. So the man took him out In the country. At night he said, "Take me home." The man said, "Wait a little while." James said, "No, I won't." The man kept James about a half year and then be said, "If I take you

home will you promise not to be fussy any more?" James said he would keep the promise. The man took James home the neit day. James was glad to get home to his parents. Dont you think he learn

ed a lesson? Robert Thomas, 4B

Grade, Warner School.

VACATION BEGINS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ''School is dont, school is done, Toss up hats and have a run." That Is the tune that the Richmond boys and liria can' be singing

today, because school . Is sow all over, for them until nett September. ' Yetrf errtnv when " thr Wra - an

many little groups of twos and threes going home from school With their renort cards and bir nilas of

books, little scraps of conversation would float back that sounded very familiar. "Say, - what did you get , In Geography?" "How many days were you absent?!' "You were! Oh I didn't miss that much, and 1 had the measles, too." - - "Who are you going 'traa.for a teacher next year?" "Aw, she's good. She'll let you ..make up rhymes about, her and everything, and she wont get mad." ( "How many things did you havein the art exhibit?" "Are you glad school's out? I am." But the Joke of it is that as soon as those very boys and girls got their books borne, most of them immediately began to play schools, or took over their books again, or start to paint, or something as nearly like school as possible. And. when next fall comes, almost all of them will be as glad that school is beginning -as they are glad that it is closing now.

VAILE SCHOOL HAS A BANQUET Last Friday afternoon after recesB, the 6A's and 6B's of Vaile school had a banquet This was the final meeting of the Sixth

Grade club wnicn bad met every other Friday afternoon all during the year, when special programs were arranged by different ones of the boys and girls and every one enjoyed a good time. Dues of a cent a week had been paid regularly by the members, and so a part of this fund was spent for the desert of the banquet, which was ice cream cones. The feast was held out on the grass, and every one had a good time. Of course bad luck comes everywhere, oven at a banquet. One of the boys was so unfortunate as to drop his cherished cone, and smash it all to pieces. But every cloud has its silver lining, and this time It came in the form of an Icecream pale which was going on at the school to raise money for the French orphan fund, and so he simply bought three more cones to make up. It might be added that this sale A too Loam Annua wo- o.

ful that four dollars and thirty cents was cleared. Altogether, so much money was donated both by

school children themselves, that Vaile school has had enough to adopt two of the fatherless French children.

WHITEWATER HAS NO SUMMER SESSION For the first time in many years, Whitewater school will have no summer session. This is a great disappointment to many of the boys and girls who really enjoyed the sewing and cooking and manual training work, as well as the studies themselves which they had last summer. However, the playgrounds will be open, and probably Mr. Ramsey will also allow them to have a few Victrola concerts a week, as they used to have.

v WHAT LINCOLN SAID I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true; I am bound to succeed; but I am bound to live up to what light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right; stand with him while he is right, and part from him when he goes wrong. Answer, Abraham Lincoln. From Catherine Fye, . Warner School.

VAILE SCHOOL BOY HAD BAD ACCIDENT (Friends Send Symptthy) When the last rehearsal of the gymnastic festival took place, Gaar Davis fell off of the library steps at Earlham and broke his leg. Hoping he will get well In a hurry The Vaile School Club.