Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 185, 16 June 1917 — Page 8

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. JUNK 16. 1917

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Query Corner The editor will try to answer questions readers of the Junior submit to. her. She will not promise to' answer all of them. The' questions will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the answer to .be printed in the same week In which you send it In.

Dear Aunt Molly: When it storms, why does It lightning more in the night than it does in the daytime? Grace Simcoke, Rich- . mond, Indiana. Dear Grace: I do not believe it does, but at night the lightning shows so much more plainly that It seems to be greater. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Do you think this plan would be all right?' Why couldn't people go 'way off about 3,000 miles in an air ship, in just about half a day, (if the world! turns around as I though It did) by just going way up in the air and standing still and letting the world turn around to the place where they wanted to stop, and then fly down and light Or rrill an air ship stand still in the ai -Tommy J Short, Economy, Indiana. ' Dear Tommy: Yes, aiv ships . can stand still in the air, and four ineory wouw work all right K it ..'were not for one tiny little thliJ; - wnicn you nave iorgotten to consider. The air makes up part of the earth, and it turns around just as the ground below it does, or , even goes faster, so that when an air ship would seem to be standing still, it really would be going at a tremendous rate of speed. Ed. Dear Editor: Who invented the first wagon? Donald Hoffman. ' . Dear Donald: Perhaps it was tne nrst dog who discovered he had a tall, and was so pleased that he started bis waggin'. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: How do they maze wax 7 Dora Patterson. Dear Dora: Wax comes from many different sources, and in fact is formed and used by almost ev ery living plant and animal in some form. But common wax is taken from the bee's honey comb and sep- , anted from the other part of the comb by melting in water, v The wax floats on the surface of the - water as a thin, oily fluid which is drawn off and allowed to harden Into cakes. Ed. -. Dear Aunt Molly: Who Invented the first submarine? John Wes.ley Palsgrove. ... K Dear John: The first submarine probably was that : modeled by Drebbel, a Hollander; but Hobert Fulton also did much to develop them. Ed. Say Aunt Molly why does everybody talk so much about vacashun beln' so nis wen your mother makes yon dig weeds al morn in an wash, - your nek and ears befor super? . Jlmmle G. .. Dear Jimmie: Really, I believe that the reason most people think vacation is so nice Is because it makes them so glad to get back to school in the fall. Aunt M. BOYS SEND IN MORE GOOD IDEAS L Collect all old junk you can and sell it 2. Learn to cook, boys and girls. It may prove useful. . : 3. Save Murphy's garden letters out of the Palladium. 4. ' Watch the newspapers; they bring valuable information. 5. Don't only sing "The Star Spangled Banner," but help Uncle Sam. , , v. 6. If you have a bicycle apply for a job. If not PPy anyway. 7. Sell your old school books. 8. Don't swipe out of other people's gardens. If yon haven't one of your own. plant one. ' 9. Go a fishing If you catch them to eat Don't fish for sport 10. Wash your teeth for it helps to keep away the diseases. . - John Derby Lacly, 11 years old, Donald Vili, 13 years old,;

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Foibtv. uliig Constantlne, former Queen Sofia, and their children. Left to right, the children are: Paul, Prince Alexander, Crown Prince George, Princess Helene and Princess Irene.

MlMlillililllllffl s OCIETY Miss Helen Robinson and Miss Margaret Coe left this week for a short vacation in the country. Miss Elisabeth McGuire of St Mary's school left the city today to spend the summer with their father in Centerville. Miss Pauline Wilcox Is expected next week from a two weeks' visit In Greenville, Ohio. . Miss Helen Conkle and Harold Conkle of North 18th street are leaving soon' with their parents, for Cleveland, Ohio, where they will visit relatives. Clarence Nuss of North A street is spending the summer with relatives in the country. . Master Robert Gault of West Richmond, will start on a summer camping trip this week with his parents. Master William Dickson is taking his summer vacation on a farm near this city. I

Sailors and Soldiers Eager for the Fray

A Divided Koyal Family I

SEND BIRTHDAY BOX TO FRENCH BOY July 12 is the birthday of little Adolphe, the four-year-old brother of Odette, whom we adopted in the Junior. And since his birthday will be so sad, when his father is dead and they do not even have enough to eat, we are going to make up a little birthday box to send over to him. Of course there is not much we can do, because of the mails being so hampered, but we can send an American j flag, and handkerchiefs, perhaps some little, toys, and the birthday cards, and any thing from America will be inter esting to him. The box will be sent on Tuesday afternoon, and Odette has been adopted by all the Juniors, as many of you as wish, may put your gift into the box for Adolphe's fifth birthday, and wish him many happy returns. NATURE Nature's things are beautiful to see, All her flowers, trees and honeybees. All these things man cannot make And if he tries 'twill be a fake. Nature hides her every rule And neither does she use a tool. Her rules to us sne does not tell Although she gets along very well, (Original) X-Y-Z, Economy, Ind.

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REMEMBER BAXTER BY POTTERY WORK There are many things which I can remember when I went to Baxter school. Miss Newman taught us in the afternoon. On Thurs day afternoons after recess we would have clay work. First, she would give each of us a hunk of clay and we would roll it out with a rolling pin to get it flat, about a half-inch thick, then we would cut it into a square five inches around. Then we would make a design and trace it on the clay. Then we would carve it out like we wanted it, Then we sent the 4 clay piece away to be glazed and kilned. Last Saturday mine came back and I keep it on the mantel. It only cost twenty cents and will be a very nice thing to make me remember my old school. Paul C. Clevenger, PUZZLE By Francis Healton, Economy. (1) My 3-4-11-14-8-9 means ten. (2) My 5-1-2 means something to fasten clothes with.. (3) My 2-6-12-13-15 means poor. (4) My 7 Is the fourteenth letter of the alphabet. ... (5) My whole is a national holiday. The United States Commissioner of Education has asked the sewing classes of public schools to sew for the Red Cross.

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NOW PLOW FIELDS Since the new motor trucks are being usea by the tire companies, the Are horses have had to be sold, and Frank and Prince, the big grey team from No. 3, that were such great pets they would follow the men about the engine house almost like dogs, and who when the men were -playing some game in the evening would put their heads over the men's shoulders and whinny for. something to eat, now aro out on Mr. Gayle's farm, having to llow just as regular work horses. They were sold last December, and since then have been driven past the engine house several times. The first few times when they saw old No. 3, they turned their heads and whinnied as though they were begging to go back home. But now since they have had so much hard work in the spring planting, the firemen believe Frank and Prince have almost forgotten about their old life. And yet, the firemen say those old horRes who have been trained into the service never forget the call of the fire bells, and that if the horses should happen to be in town sometime when the fire bells ring, they would piob ably jump to the call the sruue ns before. THE LOST WAND Once upon a time there lived, on the borders of fairyland two boys who had no parents. Their names were Roland and George. Roland was very kind to every one he saw and to all Insects harmful or not. Now George was a greedy boy and hated every one he saw and was very unkind. One day as Roland and George were walking in the woods they saw something lying on the ground. George ran forward and picked it up. Just then Roland came up and said, "Let us find the owner of this wand," for it was a fairy wand they had found. But George only said, "What is the use." ' (This was a habit of his. He was always saying "What's the use.") "It will make us rich." Just then a little girl came walking along. She looked like she had been crying. Roland said, "What is the matter little girl?" "I am a fairy and have lost my wand," she said, "without it I can't enter fairyland and if any one finds it I will give them three wishes." "I found it!" exclaimed George. "What are your wishes?" asked the fairy. ) "Oh, I want to be rich and be a king and have many servants," said the delighted George. "Go to Moonbeam Lake and you ' will find what you want," she said. ' Then turning to Roland she asked, "What do you want?". "I want nothing but' power to make people happy," said Roland. -The fairy mounted a sunbeam and . flew away. 1 That very night George was robbed and never heard of again. But Roland was soon married to a beautiful lady and lived happily ever after. Dorothy Hackett SILK INDUSTRY Silk was first raised in Italy. Italy produces 150,000,000' cocoons each year. The silkworm feeds upon the green leaves of the mulberry tree. If a person goes near the i silkworms they would hear the ' chopping of thousands of little jaws. After feeding on the leaves f for a time, the silkworm will stop ' eating and spin his cocoon. The silkworm draws the silk from its body and wraps it around themselves. The cocoons are shaped like an egg. The .silkworms were guarded like prisoners, so the silk industry could not get out of Italy. When Francis I became emperor of France, he sent word to the eilkweavers of Italy, that if they came to France he would give them free taxes and lodging. They accepted this offer. This is how the silk industry spread to other European countries. A Reader. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. All May Be Heroes. f "Tho man who rules his spirit," saith the Voice which cannot err, "Is greater than the man who takes a city." Mrs. Hale.