Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 197, 30 June 1917 — Page 13

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

Take the Junior with you on your Vacation. Takt tfte Junior with you on your Vacation. RICHMOND, IND., JUNE 30, 1117

THE FAIRIES' FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION It wan the last sight In June and under the June noon sat three little fairies discussing their queen's plans for the Fourth of July. Teeny, who was occupying a toad stool, now spoke, "and the queen is going to give a gorgeous ball, and to the one who is dressed the most beautiful, she gives one of her wands.' "But all of we fairies have wands. Of what use would a wand be?" asked Weeny, who was lying on the ground resting her elbow on a glow worm. "Oh, haven't you heard?" asked the third little fairy, Eeny by name. : "These wands which the queen gives as prizes, gives to the winner power to be seen by mortals

whenever they like and our wands.

wilt not do that" " "Oh," and Weeny clapped her tiny hands and sat up excitedly. "I know who I would choose to be seen by. The dear little girl who lives in yonder house. I was in one of the keyholes in her house last night and I overheard her talking about us. The grown folks all laughed at her and said there wasn't any such thing as a fairy but little Betsy said there was and if I should win the beauty prize I will certainly prove to those grownup folks that there are real for sure fairies." Teeny tossed her head indignantly. "What does make grown mortals so silly, I wonder. How do they tbink the flowers and all beautiful things of the earth could live without us here to prune them and keep them looking pretty." "That is not for us to understand," replied Eeny, who was ' a wise little fairy, much wiser than her sister, Teeny. "We must go

home now, for mother will be un

easy bout us staying out so late. Come!" The next few days were days of great excitement to all the fairies, for they were quite busy planning dresses for the ball, and polishing the tiny glittering jewels in their gauzy wings. At last the morning of the Fourth of July arrived, fresh and glowing. The day was to be spent with a picnic in the Queen's May apple grove. The fairies spread leaves on the grass for lunch cloths and on these they spread dainty fairy food, such as nectar and wild flower sandwiches. After the mid-day luncheon was ever, and all traces of it had been cleared away, they played games and danced to the tune of a large bumblebee which hovered over some nearby flowers. Some of the

fairies splashed about in the babbling brook, lauging and singing and throwing water into one another's faces. Still other roamed through the May apnje grove while other sat idly by watching the fun of the playful fairies. The afternoon passed and it was soon time to go home and dress for the ball. Promptly at the hour Bet, the fairies began to pour into the QQueen's ball room. They were dressed In the most beautiful gowns imaginable. They were all colors of the rainbow, some set with tiny costly jewels which made a beautiful showing with the moonlight gleaming on them. The men fairies were dressed In silver doublets which made a charming contrast against the gowns worn by the lady fairies. At last when the fairies had all arrived the Queen announced that each fairy would pass before her, and she would then choose the fairy who was to win the wand. This they all did each hoping to be the winner. The last fairy to pass before the Queen was Weeny and when the Queen saw her, her face broke Into smiles and she arose and spoke wtih a voice that sounded like the chiming of tiny silver bells, to clear and melodious here the tones. "Here Is the winner," she said and drew Weeny to her side, who really was pretty In a gown of gold and silver stripped cloth. The gold stripes were set with tiny diamonds and the silver stripes with tiny sapphires. In her golden flowing tresses was a coronet of the same Jewels sad indeed she did look beautiful. - "This fairy." the queen continued, "won the prise not because she was trying to tee how beautiful she could make her gowA but because

lir p" oj ill I JULY I

Dear Boys and Girls: Of course yon all know that this year we cant have any firecrackers, roman candles, nigger chasers or any of those ether things which usually make the stores so attractive to the children on the Fourth. Some little folks and especially the boys may feel pretty badly about it at first until they stop and think. Now everyone knows it takes dimes and nickles to buy firework? and lots of them too. At this time when our country is at war we are going to need all the nickles and pennies, dimes and quarters we can possibly save and even if we don't need them, there may be some other little boy or girl, maybe not here at home, but far away who seeds those pennies so badly. - I wonder how many readers of the Junior have ever been really and truly hungry? I never have, so of course I really can't realise what these little boys and girls are suffering. Dont you think it would be a shame for us to have such great fun with toy balloons, skyrockets and other pretty things when these little people are so hungry. But even If it were not for the war we couldn't have fireworks anyway because there is a city ordinance against it this year and it was passed May 21, 1917. Do you know what an ordinance is? Well, it's a settled law and our City Council made it, and of course we have to do just as it says, and because 1 was afraid we might understand it just as we should I went down to the city building, and Mr. Bescher, city clerk, gave me the big book and this is what I copied: Section 1. Be it ordained by the common council of the city of Richmond, Ind., that it shall be and it is hereby declared unlawful for any persons, firm or corporation, within the city limits of Richmond or within two miles of the corporation limit of such city to sell, offer for sale or to have in his, their or its possessions or custody for the purpose of selling; or to use, fire or explode within said city, any skyrockets, roman candles, powder cap, pin wheel, nigger chasers, sparkers, torpedoes, firecrackers of all kinds and any other articles of an inflammable combustible or explosive nature, usually and commonly embraced and included with the terms pyrotechnic and fireworks. Section 2. Any person or persons, firm or corporation' that shall violate any provisions of Section 1 of this ordinance Bhall upon conviction be fined in any sum, to exceed fifty dollars (J50) to which may be added confinement in the county jail of Wayne county, Indiana, for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. ... Now you see, boys and girls how terrible it would be to havelo go to jail because of a few old firecrackers when there are so many pleasant and harmless things we can all do. So I am sure that after you read what these ordinances say there isn't a single boy or girt who will want to see a firecracker.

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she had in mind the joy she would give a certain little girl and thus thinking ibe wove all the beauty of her thoughts into her beautiful dress and this is the reason she has won the wand. Here, Weeny is the prize and trailing she handed Weeny the wand. "Oh, great and beautiful Queen of the Flower Fairies, how can I ever thank you enough?" cried Weeny, bowing low before Queen Titian nia. "Simply by doing your duty and being a good fairy," answered the Queen. "Let the dancing began at once," she said addressing the entire assembly. And so, with the Royal fairy orchestra playing a charming program of dances and the fairies dancing gayly about and now and then sipping at a bit of nectar or a tiny piece of cloud seat from the cloud fairies, the evening passed happily and rapidly away. There was also a great display of fireworks which looked very pretty hut rather dainty as fairies have much smaller fireworks than we children. Their flrewarks is also perfectly harmless. But alas at the height of the evening's entertainment a very strange thing happened. A great sky rocket burst forth and then a a number of loud shouts. As soon as the shouts had 'quieted down

they heard a little girl's voice pipe out, "Shoot one of these, won't you father, dear?" "Oh, 'tis little Betsy," cried Weeny. "I shall make myself visible to those people now." . "Wait," called Queen Titiannia, "it is in my power to make us all visible one time only and I shall do it now." The orchestra again started playingvand the fairies waved their tiny arms and tapped their tiny feet in time to the music. The fireworks started firing once more and when the Queen waved her wand and made them visible to the mortals it was one of the most

beautiful sights ever witnessed by human eyes. "Oh," cried little Betsy, "I told you there were fairies and now you will have to believe me." And she laughed and danced about in great glee. When she arrived home she declared it was the happiest day she had ever spent Great was Jier surprise next morning when she awoke and found on the edge of her bed a, little fairy who soon introduced herself as "Weeny." Betsy and Weeny were fast friends and Weeny shared many of her fairy secrets with Betsy. By Rena M. Manning, Economy, Indiana. A SMOKELESS GUN Down at Brehm's Toy sliop where there are all kinds of wonderful toys is a gun which doesn't take a bit of powder to shoot It You use tiny pegB and when you turn the crank or handle of the little cannon shaped gun It shoots just as fast There are several toy soldiers that go with it and It Is great fun to watch the ranks get thinner.

"NASTY URCHINS" A little friend of mlnejtold me she had a garden in which she had some "nasty urchins" and then she just laughed at me because I looked so puzzled. Do you know what she really meant? Think heard? Nasturtiums, I know.

What a Firecracker Did.

(By Myrtle C. Gibson) One cool summer evening, as ten-year-old Johnny McCree sat with his soother on their vine covered porch, he decided to ask her something which had been puzzling him for quite a while. This Is what

old Judge Hendricks will never allow any fireworks to be shot off here in this town?" "Well, Johnny," she answered. , "I believe Mr. Hendricks has a very good reason for not wanting to hear the firecrackers. ; It is a long story and I am not so sure yon would like to hear it." "Yes, Mother, do tell it to me; I have always thought it was just q nee mesa on the part of the old man," cried Johnny. "Then, perhaps I had better tell It to you," and Mrs. McCree took

a long orenui mucn to jouhuj a delight and settled himself at his. mother's feet to hear the story, of

Judge Hendrtcss. - "Many years ago, when I was a, very little girl, a beautiful little baby boy came to the Hendricks' home. As he grew older he became more the sunlight of their home until his parents fairly idolized him, doing everything in their power to make him happy. No words of anger or discontent ever passed their lips in his presence. People saw their love for that only child and trembled to think of the time when he would not have the love and protection of fond parents and a good home. "Well, on the Fourth of July, three days before little Robert, for

that was his name, would be six

years old, the family was out rowing on the lake near their home. In some places the lake was very deep and dangerous and they kept away from these places as much as possible. As they passed a boat full of boys, one of the boys carelessly tossed a lighted firecracker over into the Hendricks' boat. They scarcely knew how it happened,, but nittle Robert's '' dress caught afire and as they tried to put out the fire the boat capsised. Although - they searched the lake again and again the little boy was not found until about three weeks later.- The parents never recovered from the blow. Three years afterward, the young mother died. Ever since the time the baby was drowned, Judge .. Hendricks has never allowed any fireworks In the town." ' ' ": When Johnny lay down to sleep that night he had decided to do something to cheer the old man up a bit. Two , evenings later, on the Fourth of July, Johnny with seven of his boy friends stole quietly to the Hendricks' house and scattered fresh roses and lilies all over the veranda and about the yard. Then beneath the window where they knew the old man sat brooding, they sang softly in their young boyish voices. Judge Hendricks listened until it was finished, then' he feebly opened the window and with tears in his eyes, thanked them for their kindness towards him. A few months. later, just before he joined his wife and baby, he asked the people In the town to henceforth celebrate the Fourth any way they liked and to be sure and have a good time. Tommy's Fourth of July "Dear me, what is there to do today," sighed Tommy, one fourth of July morning. "They won't let us have any fireworks. I have a drum but that yest that will help some. John and Robert have a horn and Harry has a harp. We will have a parade." He called his sister and said: "Mary, let's have a parade. You get the girls to be red cross nurses and the boys will be soldiers. Get paper and paint and we will make the red crosses." They were busy the rest of the morning. . After dinner they had

their parade. The band marched , first then the Red Cross nurses ( with Mary for their leader. Next , came the soldiers. The boys who " did not have toy guns used boards or limbs from nearby trees. Almost everyone had a small flag except Mary, who had a large one. They had a good time but were very tired that evening. Gltmia' Miller. "- s