Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 191, 23 June 1917 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. JUNK 23. 1917

ECHOES By HENRY McFARLONE NEWSY NEWS and FICTION

raiiwiiii! Thin weather is certainly effect ' ing the baseball season, every seat on the league park's fence is tinea whv pvpn Rhel Simmons has dis tinguished himself by sitting on the fence all thru the game even wnen Heinle Westenburg comes around Shel never moves from his. perch he don't even move his ears. he Just moves to the ground until until the officer goes oy. ' Nile Pattl tried to get in the park by walking tn backwards, just think, but Nile stumbled over a block and had to pay admission fee (for children), 15c. Whitewater Indiana boasts of having a regular orchestra. Dado Jones is one of the solo coroetlsts, this playing is swell. Yes, swell, that's just the trouble. . Most of the violinists are girls but the boys of the corporation certainly make enough noise to make them repent . Whitewater has only a population of 300,- so this shows that it Is not behind the times in the least for example, look at Centerville, " a big healthy town of a thousand, no orchestra or nothing . else. . I tell you even if the map makers did overlook Whitewater we got to hand it to her for. keeping up with Richmond at least. Indoor baseball at summer playgrounds doesn't seem to be very exciting," altho once in a while we hear of Baxter winning a game. This indoor stuff reminds us of the Sunday School Leagues. There's never any excitement going on unless Marius Fossenkemper pitches. Then we hear that he gets Knock-, ed all over the field. , ; . I'd hate to.be a pitcher Just, Imagine those, batters knocking me ' all over the field, that would be j first-class murder. ' - - . Baseball is , a good game when it's played fast, that's the reason every team wants me to get off the field. ' When the . Beans played the Turnips at the Playgrounds Thursday, the score looked something like this: . . R. H. E. Beans .............. 99 ' 300 4400 Turnips .-.100 6000 0 Now if that game wasn't exciting I'll eat my new straw, katey. Joe Bean pitched the whole game. One time he nearly killed the manaker. He'd strike out a batter and then he'd go over and eat all the poison ivy off the church tower, , m " He struck out Charlie Turnip M3 times and nearly, caused a riot. He shot a hot one at the catcher but it missed the catcher and killed the umpire. He almost scared the left fielder, into adsesive .spasms by letting Lima Bean hit a common house fly in the northeast "suburbs. The first 'baseman got so mad that if he'd have bit himself he'd have had hydrophobia.- -Cornfield Bean, the champion -soup gurgler of, Richmond, knock'ed a fly that earned him a home run this same fly went thru Katey Jones' window at Eaton, 0.,'phe hour later, bursting Katey's spectacles; laying on the kitchen sink. This pitcher, Joe Bean, was a .lady killer he steped on a lady bug. Me would draw up his shoulders, throu out bis' chest, wind up for a throw and then take another stick of ' chewing gum. He ' once threw a sponge at the batter caus- - ing a regular cloud burst. '420 people died of fright tecauso he swallowed the last baseball on the diamonds. Funeral services next Friday., please omit flowers.' - The shortstop ate all the "leather off his shoe because be couldn't run a soda fountain. .. Yes, the game was exciting. Roses Noom in. summer, , . Golden glow in fall. , ' Violets in springtime, . . .! ;'' Cut worms-7-not at all. baseball's played in summer. Same old thing in fall. Polo goes in winter. Measles not at all. The Economy third and fourth

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Frnrh irneineers launching a - " tary bridge "somewhere in France." soon a sthe regiments being raised grades have the best teacher imaginable. Her name is Miss I r 3 1 Ruth Weldy, Economy, Fourth. .Grade. ANOTHER NEW BOOK - Another new book, jufet off the press, is "Happy." which, tells all about the life of a bee, and is written by Walter Flavius McCaleb. Gladys Mervine of Warner school has read this book and says that it is good. She says that it tells so many hew,tinteresting things about the bees, and yet makes it like a story, all the way through,. This book, and several other of the new ones which have been sent to the Junior Palladium from the publishing companies, are at the editor's office now, and boys and girls who wish to see these books, will find the editor's office open at almost any time except Tuesday afternoons. What other press reports say of the book, is that it is "A fascinating story of a bee, scientifically true to facts . and poetic as a fairy tale. This book- will v Interest younger readers in the wonders of the hive and Its laws, as Maeterlinck's book interests their elders.". . " It 'is published by Harper and Brothers. ' "" " . New Motor Bob Is Popular All ; the -boys -in town who have seen the cute little machine which the-'Smith 1 Motor Company have Just put on the market, called a mo tor bob, are wild about it. It is a sort of a push mobile with an engine' oh" the 'back end.- One has been "driven around town for the' last three days. The "bob" part is about six feet ' long and about eight" iuches off the ground. It has four wheels which use ten inch tires. The motor is suspended at the back. A iever draws it up, thus throwing it out of gear. When the lever is thrown forward the motor is set on the ground, thus throwing it in gear. ' The steering gear is 'set about three feet in front of the two seats. The brake is controlled by a pedal. - It .is said the" engine can make from 30 to 45 miles an hour, however, this is not certain. Junior Reporter. " - - PEARL BEDS The best pearls in the world are found in the Persian Gulf. The Arabs do nothing to support themselves but fish for these pearls. The value of the pearla found here each ear amounts to $2,000,000. The best pearls corne from oysters which are about 4 years old. Pearls are valued according to their shape size, beauty and tint The perfectly round pearls are the most valuable. The largest pearl in the world is in a museu min England. It is about the size of a walnut. It is not perfectly round. The pearls of Arabia are all sizes. Some are as small as .a mustarft seed. A Reader.

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THE RICH BOY Tommy was a very rich boy who got everything he wanted. Tommy had a friend whose name was Fred. . One day Tommy said to Fred, "Let's go to the mountains and see what luck we can have." Now Tommy was a very delicate boy, but Fred was a strong boy. So they both agreed to go. As they were on their way they saw an old man." How were theyi going to get by? But the old man said he would not hurt . them. They asked the old man what was the matter and he told them that two robbers had robbed him. The boys said, "Let's follow them to see where their cave, is." So they started off again. After they had walked two or three miles, they caught sight of some men with bags on their shoulders. So the continuous trailing led them into a big cave. There they saw a lot of children ready to be killed. -Fred saw a man lay his gun down, so he reached in and got it. He held them up for they had only the one gun. The King May Be

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' King Alfonso has yielded to the forces of discontent at work in his kingdom, according to reports from Spain, and has agreed to abdication and the establishment of a Spanish republic. It is said that Alfonso has even offered to serve as the first president, which would not be impossible in view of the Spanish monarch's democratic character and his great popularity among the people. The photograph shows King Alfonso and the Prince of the Asturias, his youngest son.

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4VA hnnuanAV i. men said, "Here is what we have stolen. . A noble boy like you ought to be King." Fred counted four of the bags and there were 25 bags. Fred took the money to the old man. The old man was so glad that he gave them each a bag of money. Not very long after, Fred grew to be a man and he was made King and noble to everybody. But for Tommy, he was very poor for he had not been kind to everybody. Edith Johnson, Warner School, 6B. Pet Kitten Sits on Chair I am a little girl in the second year of school and am seven years old. I have a pet dog and cat. My dog is white. He can shake hands with me. I play with him and when he gets tired he begins to get angry and goes and lays down. My pet kitty can wash his face. He does not like to sit on the floor. He sits on a chair most of the time. Sometimes he plays with me, but other times he will slap me in the face if I go near him. Whitewater School, Dora Perkins. , First President v 4

NAN "TUCK" IT There was once a wealthy Englishman who had two daughters, one named Martha whom he loved very much, the Nan whom he did not care much for. Martha, his favorite, he gave some islands on which so many grapes grew, it was named Martha's Vineyard. . This made Nan very angry. But before I tell you about Nan I must say that in those days they pronounced took, "tuc." So without asking her father to give her some islands, she took some or rather in those days, "tuck" it. So that ia the reason these islands have such queer names. Especially Nantucket for this is the Island Nan "tuck." By Helen Sackman.

MINA AND HER CAT Dear Aunt Molly: I am going to tell you about a little girl named Mina. She lives In Holland. She is a little Dutch girl. She has on wooden slippers, a blue dress with a white apron over it and she has on a Dutch ap. Her hair is very dark and her eyes are brown. She is a very pretty little girl. She has a black cat in her arms. It has very shiny eyes and a long bushy tail. ' She and the cat Beem very happy. Helen Meyers, Grade 6A, Warner school. QUESTIONS 1. What city in Nevada is the name of a fro?? 2. What city in Arizona is the name of a girl? 8. What city in Indiana is the name of a president that is dead? 4. What city in Iowa is the of the person who settled Ken tucky! 5. What city in Kansas name of an automobile? Answers next week. Worley, Chester School. is the Harry BOYS NAMES 1. Ajmse. 2. Hojn. 3. Mheor. 4. Cfahns. 5. Ajkc. 6. Vrollie. 8. Ydmmoa. 9. Dwliria. 10. Wmallc. 11. Owhdra. 12. Lgnen. 13 Acmclce. 7. Mhrane. 14. UmrcJae. Answers next week. Bv Francis Thomas, Sixth Grade, Whitewater, Indiana. - . FLUFFY !; r Mrs. Carlton has a tame canary bird. She brought it home when it was little. She calls it Fluffy. It lives in a cage, in winter when the doors are shut it flies about the house. It even flies upstrairs. If its mistress or her husband hold out their hands it will hop on them. They had a dog named Brownie. When Brownie would lie. down the birdd would trp to pull the hairs out of Brownie'B tail. Nellie Hoffman, 5B Grade, Warner School; TRIP TO AUNTIE'S HOUSE Once upon a time three little children went to visit their auntie. ( When they got there she gave them two cooliics apiece and they went to play out in the yard. When they got ready to go hom. she measured each one. Mary was eight years old so she was the highest. Fred was six. He wasn't quite as high as Mary. The baby didn't want to be measured so Auntie never measured the baby. When they got home they told mamma all about their visit out f. Auntie's house. Written by Martha Smith, grade 4A, Whitewatw school. . . - A Palm Sunday in Florida -. "Did you go to the Palm Sunday celebration yesterday?" asked James who had been away from town of his friend Ralph. "Oh, yes, I was standing in front of the church and saw it all. The music certainly was fine. Cmoe and sit down here on the step and I will tell you all about it," said Ralph. : "Father Matthews led the procession and they carried palm branches but I forgot where they got them. There must have been forty or fifty people in the celebration and the songs they sang could be heard far away. They marched to the town hall and around the square before returning to the church. When they came back they sang some more songs. After the service everyone took . a piece of the' palm home with them to keep until next year." Fentress Tucker, Eighth grade.