Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 191, 23 June 1917 — Page 13

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PHE JUNIOR Tahe tho Junior wKh you on your Vacation. Take tM Junior with you on your Vacation. WEEKLY SECTION OF THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM RICHMOND, IND , JUNE 23. 1917

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WHY-THE BOY CITY ; I HAS GONE UNDER

Many of th boys of this city have been wondering why the Boy City does not meet any more. The most simple way and the shortest explanation that can be given on this score is NON SUPPORT. Most boys of Richmond liked to boast of "their" Richmond as being an "up-to-date city, and really Richmond as a small city has carried many thing through that larger cities Almost two years ago some of Richmond's senior promoters got the idea of teaching the "kids" of this city just how to run a genuine , municipality. Mr. Melpolder, taking the lead, suggested that a boy's city be started. Of course it is to be .understood that Mr. Melpolder only started the thing, with the help , of several other men. Benjamin Harris was appointed to , act as Boy City's first mayor. Harris did the best that could be expected with the green material T. that was furnished him. So went the first administration. The next thing that came up was the election something that took up lots otime of a few of the work ers. Then came this first election, - resulting in Joseph Swearinger, the next mayor. Then came a rush of office seek ers. After that was a general lull, with nothing doing at any of the meetings, nothing doing but maybe ' a councilman would . sneeze" and cause a big commotion, but nothing ever came out of this. Every single thing seemed to die. T1 , A .1 M 1 , nuuuuj mints iu me meetings u our mayor got discouraged, and quit, calling everything off. It wasn't Swearinger's fault because he did everything a boy could do to try to keep the thing going. Two popular explanations were "The men wouldn't help financially" and "the boys wouldn't turn out to the meetings." Yes, it was all so, no money and no support and NO BUSINESS. . One of the greatest troubles were that the Councllman-at-large didn't prove his efficiency by taking the bill to the city council. . Why can't Richmond's Boy City City get together once more and make things go. When the mayor puts out a proclamation why don't . we all turn out and be present and why don't we pay dues if necessary to keep this thing going. That's lust a suggestion to get you thinking and help our boy mayor give Richmond a real Junior city. It will be needed when we really learn what this war will mean. Henry McFarlone. DIDJA EVER SEE A GLOW-WORM? I DID How many of you youngsters have ever seen a glow worm? Well, I'm a grown up person and I never saw one until the other night A grown man found one in our back yard and he brought it to me and please don't tell anyone but I thought it was a lighting bug. You see I never had seen a glow worm. Later I hunted and hunted for one but I could not find even a tiny one. Suppose you children who do not get tired as soon as grown ups hunt for some and let me know just how many you find. AUNT MOLLY IS ILL . Dear Children and everyone who likes to read the Junior Palladium: I want you to know right now that I am not the real Junior Editor but of course you knew right away just as soon as you opened the paper that I was not your dear Aunt Molly, Aunt Molly has been quite sick this week and has not been able to be in her pretty office where all you - children love to come. So somebody else is trying to get the Junior out this week so you children will have something to read. I am not going to tell who I am bat you can all Just guess and guess as long as ' you want and maybe if. anyone guesses right I I may tell. A dear friend of your own ' Aunt Molly. LONGEST DAY IN YEAR Did you children know that Thursday, June 21, was the longest day In the whole year. I am wondering what In the world yon found to do all day or did yon really and truly know that Mr. 8un was getting la bis biggest strokes that day?

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Y. M. C. A. NOTES By Malvern Soper. The boys of the Y. M. C. A. have gotten out a paper called Y. M. C. A. Camp News. The reports will be read at the camp on Friday night and the boys will return to Richmond on Saturday night. On the Saturday of June 30, the boys will have a whole page of what the boys did at the camp and it will be pretty hot stuff. The officers of the Y. M. C. A. newspaper are as follows: Mr. Williams, editor-in-chief; Ted Veisker, weather man; Bud Morgan and Paul Quigg, joke editors; Richard Mansfield, sport; Syd Watt, society ed. He will make everybody give parties serving dainty refreshments and decorating the table with folwers and ferns. They all act as reporters. They have campfire every night in the evening, lying about the camp fire Refreshments were served ; one night they had Hershey chocolates, next night peanuts, the third night they had butterscotch. Mr. Brammer is back. Mr. Peacock has left for Chicago. Mr. Schwan and Mr. Brammer are leaving for Lake Geneva July 10. The boys went to Milroy for dinner Sunday. Two hundred attend: ed. Believe me from what I hear they had some dinner. They had a ton of chicken and passed the pie seven times. I'll bet the cook that made those pies had to start making them two or three days ahead. The boys ate so much they couldn't walk back. They had to be hauled In autos. . Syd Watt ate six pieces of pie and four pieces of cake. He asked for more chicken. "Poor chicken." He thought he would get the best of his opportunity so he put two sand wiches in his pocket. He didn't even leave any thing for Mr. Bram mer and Mr. Williams to eat HOW MR. BLUEJAY MAKES HIS LIVING The . Bluejay comes in the spring. He makes his nest In a tall, thick tree. Then , be flies away to another tree where ' he thinks there Is another nest If the nest is full of eggs he picks them until they crack. And then he sacks them until they are empty. If he finds young ones In the nest he kills them. Then he destroys the nest and flies away home. From Hlbberd School. King George is reported to be hoeing potatoes with his own hands.

VACATION DAYS

Sells Garden Produce and Joins Red Cross Richard Bramcamp has set the pace for Richmond boys by taking a dollar of the money which he has earned by selling his garden , produce and was saving up to buy a pony, to pay for a membership in the Red Cross. This is the first time it is known' that this has been done by any of the boys, but if shows that the boys are loyal Americans and that they are beginning to do their "bit" for our country. TO HEAD MISSION Henry Morgenthau, former United States Ambassador to Turkey, will lead a mission to Egypt sent by the United States to investigate conditions In Palestine. This move la the first step, it is believed, in American recognition of Palestine as a separate republic, with Jerusalem as the capital, as soon as the British take the Holy City.

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WAS HE UNGRATEFUL? It was a wild storm. The wind rattled the blinds and the snow beat against the windows. Polly opened the door a crack to peep at the white world. A gust of wind blew it open. In came a whirl of snow. Behind the door she saw a little sparrow lying on the rug. In a moment it flew to the top of a picture. It seemed very happy to be out of the storm. Polly put some bread on the window sill. The sparrow ate the crumbs. Then it turned into a fluffy ball and went to sleep for the night The next morning the sun shone warm. The sparrow forgot Polly's kindness and flew out of an open window to join the army of little brown beggars to which it belonged. Polly, was very lonely all day. Catherine Porndio, Whitewater School, Grade B. THE LITTLE CHILDREN Two little children were going out in the woods to play. The children's names were Glenn and Theolinda. While they were out in the woods they looked up in the tree. Guess what they saw. They saw a squirrel up in the tree. Theolinda said, "I believe I will go into the house and get the squirrel some nuts." "All right," said Glenn, "I will wait." So Theolinda came back with a handful of nuts for. the squirrel. The squirrel ate . the nuts all up. The children's mother called them for , supper. This is all for this time. -Mayward Milton, Whitewater School, 4A Grade. THE OAK AND THE REED Long ago by the banks of a river grew an oak tree. It was strong and tall. Its roots sank deep Into the ground and its great branches stretched far out in the sunlight. No matter how fiercely the wind blew or how heavily the rain fell, the tree never bent his head. At the foot of the oak, there grew a reed that bent its head at every little breeze that blew. Whenever the oak looked down upon the reed tossed about by the wind, it held itself stltfer than before. One night, however, a storm swept over the land. The reed bent low, but the oak stood erect against the storm. When morning came, its roots were torn from the groand, while the reed unharmed swayed on its slender stem in the morning breeze. Florence Dingley, Finley School; Age 8 years. Archie Roosevelt, son of ex-president Roosevelt has been made a lieutenant recently.

CHILDREN TAKE PART

IN RED CROSS PARADE In the Red Cross parade last Monday night, several children also took part, some carrying banners and others marching with their parents. Among others were Thaddeus Braffett, Richard Bramcamp, "Jim" Morrow -anti Anna, Frances Bramcamp. Little Anna Frances had just received her membership receipt, and she was so proud to think -that she really belonged to the Red Cross that she Insisted on marching in the parade even though the walk was pretty long for anyone who had to take three steps while the grown-ups were taking one. Her mother had made a little Red .Cross costume for her, and everywhere she was greeted with applause " from those who crowded along the sidewalks to watch the parade. But to show how little many of the boys and girls realize what th parade mean, one little boy who was watching turned to his mother and asked, "Well, how soon are the clowns coming along?" And little "Jim" Morrow was so disappointed when he was taken out of the parade because when he got home he told his mother he wanted to go on to the circus grounds. WHAT WILL YOU DO ON THE FOURTH? What are you going to do on the Fourth of July? This is the first year the young folks of Richmond have had to face a Fourth of July without the prospect of firecrackera to help in the celebration. . Does this mean that you will have to sit in a corner all day with nothing to do? ' ;, Already several suggestions for the Fourth of July have been sent in to the editor, but next week we would like to make the Junior 's "red-hot" number, and so we will offer a small prize for the best Fourth of July story or best list of suggestions telling how to celebrate the day this year. Those competing for the . prize should write on only one side of the paper, leave a wide margin, and have their articles into the office by Tuesday evening at the latest. The prize winner will be announced in the next week's Junior. How the Great Swiss . Cheese Was Destroyed One time there was a big, round ball of cheese big as a dining room. There was a fair going on. While the fair was going on the man who owned the cheese said to himself, "I believe I will send that cheese to the poor people in Paris." When the fair was over the man went to get the cheese. Guess what hadhappened. Some rats had eaten Its inside. They pot it In a wagon drawn by eighteen horses and all at once it fell and burst like a balloon and so this Is how the great Swiss cheese was destroyed. Mayward Milton, 4A, Whitewater BChOOl. MY FATHER'S GARDEN My father selected the west side of our house for his garden where the sun would shine on it and where it would get plenty of rain. He asked grandfather if he could use his horses and he said yes. He plowed the ground then harrowed it and marked the ground off. Then he made the bills for potatoes.. He planted twenty rows of potatoes. He put them about ten Inches apart. He planted radishes, onions, lettuce and cabbage. He planted the radishes four Inches apart ' The lettuce ' was sowed. When the plants come up he will hoe the: ground every evening and water them. We are going to eat the vegetables. Thelma Ryan, 6 A Grade, Sevastopol. VERA IS BACK Vera Kinert has just come home from her vacation and she spent ; a part of it In and about Marlon, j She really enjoyed the country bet-. ter than anything else and at one t piace wucre io nsicea ware were some dear baby pigs. Now one of these pigs was so tiny and such a real baby that tt had to have spe cial care. We want Vera to write ! us a letter and tell us all about her tiny playmate.