Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 197, 30 June 1917 — Page 16

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bujd auu (iii3 niu iutiicu iu rcpuriera 711a couiTiouiors. news ' Kama, social erents, "want" advertisements, stories, local Jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should bo written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name t- and ace signed. Annt Molly in a ways, glad to meet the children per- . aoaaMy as they brine their articles to tbe Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This Js your little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl will use It thoroughly.

Monday Morning, j On tbe Train, Dear Junior Folks: - Did you think I had deserted you? Just before I left, one of tbe girls who has Just found out that I was haying to go away until I could get well and strong agate, said, "Well, Aunt Molly, aren't we going to have any 'Junior then? Of course you're going to have a Junior! And I haven't deserted you either. While I'm gone I can write letters back to you telling all the . interesting things I see, and you can try doubly hard to make up good new stories and tell all the interest- " lng things you are doing, so that our Junior will be better than ever. Now that it is vacation surely you . can squeeze out enough time to write some real good interesting ; things, can't you? And either mail them up to the Palladium or take '. them ; yourself, dropping them f through the mail slit In the Junior editor's door, or giving tbem to anyl one . you see there at the office. ' They will be taken care of and put ; in the Junior all right either way. i And then, Junior Folks, I will be watching to see how many of you are really my friends and ready to do all you can to help make our Junior the best ever, when I cannot do my usual share. : You wont disappoint me, will you? I know yon wont . ? This morning when I first opened my eyes,- guess what I saw? Well, first I didn't see anything because it was pitch dark, and the cars were bumping and t banging around so badly I couldn't see anything but stare when my head came ; violently into , contact with the berth. But as soon as the train stopped switching cars and we began our Journey once more, I push- - ed up the curtain a little ways, and there were rows of houses one right on top of another, it seemed. Just like the "babies" at a carnival when en throw baseballs and tbe man calls oat "one little baby down, one elgar." Some of tlfc bouses had the front door down stairs on one street and the backdoor upstairs opening right out on another street, or a person could step right out of their upstairs bedroom window and be on the ground. - Then the next minute we came upon the vivid red glare from the great blast furnaces, and so I knew we were Just leaving Pittsburgh. That was way In tbe middle of the night, though, so I went back to sleep again and the next time I woke up all I could see was a mass of green. I pushed up the curtain, and there as far aa I could see, higher and higher and higher rose this forest, and then I looked down deeper and deeper and I scarcely could see the bottom, wbere a little thread of a river gleamed in the early morning light at the foot of those tremendous steep slopes and that was the, mountains. I looked ahead and there was an engine pulling a train around a curve, clinging to the mountain side; and I thought, "why, it's queer they would run a train so close -to ours on such a place as this." And then I suddenly realized that that was an engine and our train that I was seeing. After this we went around another sharp curve and there down In the center, with the moat huge mountains an around, was a beautiful little park with flower beds and the grass all neatly cut, a little house In the center, and two beautiful lakes, one high and the other lower, with a falls la between. The sunlight was just breaking through the ciouda and a gleam fell into the heart of the lakes, Just as a little flock of white pigeons suddenly fluttered up from the house, rising higher and higher in the fresh mornlng air. Then as our train curved more and more I saw a huge 57 made in the side of the cliff, and an immense white horse shoe, too; so that was "Horse Shoe Bend." There were so many thing that kept happening. , I wish I could ten you HL0 . Once we suddenly came Into a

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PALLADIUM children'a-aeetlM of the Riehmead awl issued tack Saturday afternoon. . ... ed like smoke, and we were riding along in a beautiful puffy white cloud on the top of a mountain Another time we came to a place where there had been a little forest fire, and all the poor bare tree were standing there like black bitcihng posts. ' .' Then when we came to Harrisburg where they have than wonder ful big river call , do you remember? Well then hunt it up in your geography. Anyhow there we saw the funniest kind of low flat boats with a big sort of paddle wheel in the middle that looked al most like a big egg beater. And on one of these boats we saw two boys having more, fun trailing a line in the water behind the boat As we came on into New Jersey, all along on both sides of the railroad were all kinds of funny signs. One kind that we saw ever so many times was a group of three huge big black and white cows made out of wood, and on them were the three words "Horlkk's Malted Milk." And as we passed one field after another where the ground looked so red I wondered why they bad brick dust all over everywhere, until finally I remembered that that was simply the famous New Jersey soil, which is so good for sweet potatoes. Here the boys and girls were out in their gardens barefooted working as hard as you Richmond folks do on your patriotic Indiana gardens. We even passed one beautiful big. house where they had plowed up parts of their front yard and all the back yard for potatoes. But I have .made this too long now. Goodbye, Junior Folks; I'd really feel badly about being away if it weren't that 1 : know you have the loveliest new little dark-haired "Aunt" there to take care of your letters and Ix up things ; for tbe Junior.;" ; . '-,', " " I hope you'll have the grandest time ever on the Fourth of July, and make all tbe noise with tin pans and the new noise-making instruments . possible. . Ill write to you all again next week and tell you all about the Fourth here, and your same Very own, AUNT MOLLY. WORD FROM CANADA Here is a letter from some one in Canada that I am sure will be interesting: My Dear American Friend Reading your letter in our paper asking what we Canadians Were doing. Well we are working to help win this terrible war. We are doing everything we can to make money, holding bazaars, giving dances, uchre parties, raffles. We have raised lots 01 money in ims way to buy material and then we make it up and send it to the Red Cross in London, England. Whence they send it to France or wherever it is most needed. We have a large red cross room where we work every day and we have a large membership. We have a lot of people who have life memberships. We have a canvass for members each year and last year we got sixteen thousand dollars in one day. We have about nine thousand population and we are all doing our bit We make everything they use in hospitals. Our young men - have nearly all gone and many have died on the fields in France. It is terrible. We had a minute tea and all the guests paid a cent a minute and it was lots of fun. We must have a little fun for we work so hard. I have not missed a Monday morning's cutting at the rooms since the war. I hope I may hear from you. Mrs. V. B. Woodruff, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, BOS 615. - WANTED TO GO TO BED I know a little boy who gets sleepy pretty early in the evening. The other night .. bis father and mother had callers and he got tired. Finally when everything was real quiet h BaIa "Let's go to bed se these folks can go home."

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Dances for Red Gross Little Eleanor Hogan, who will be a star on the program at tbe benefit of Uncle Sam's fighting boys to be given; tomorrow afternoon by Mrs. Herman Schuettler and her friends. .' Photograph by International Film Service,

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Little Eleanor Hogan, a four-year-old dancing marvel, is to be the star attraction at a Red Cross benefit to be given by Mrs. Herman Schuettler and a number of friends tomorrow afternoon at the Moulin Rouge Gardens, North Clark street, near Lawrence avenue. Eleanor has won many laurels for her skill and grace in classical dancing and experts have called her a "dancing genius." "We are assured of a big success," said Mrs. Schuettler, "everyone has been kind and contributed to the arrangements for the event. The gardens were offered us for the occasion and others responded liberally." Mrs. Schuettler will be assisted by Mre. Niels Buck and Mrs. Lyman Martin. The program wiil include music by a band and folk songs. Among the patronesses are women prominent in society and social work.

A KIND HEART Wouldn't it be just the best thing a person could say about you readers of the Junior that you had kind hearts. Of course, there are lots of boys and girls who do have and nearly every day someone tells me

Richard Thornburgh has been reading a book by Ernest Seton Thompson and the other day he found something real interesting about the weather and we want all the Junior readers to know what it is all about: OL D WEATHER WISDOM When dew is on the grass, Rain will never come to pass When the grass is dry at night, Look for rain before the light, When grass is dry at morning light, x Look for rain before the night. Three days' rain will empty any sky A deep clear Sky of fleckless blue Breeds storms within a day or two. When the wind la In the east It's good for neither man or beast When the wind is in the north " The old folks should not venture forth. When the wind is in the south It blows the bait in the fishes mouth. When the wind is-in the west i It is of all the winds the best. Evening red and morning gray Bends the traveler on his way Evening gray and morning red Sends the traveler home to bed.

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about a kind deed done for some one else. Although the grown-up folks may never know about these kind little deeds we do I am sure we ourselves are much happier. Let's resolve to do one kind deed at least each day for some person during this summer vacation.

THE FOURTH OF JULY IN THE COUNTRY "Ob, what a dreary Fourth-of July," cried Alice and Tommy as they sprang from their tiny beds on the morning of the Fourth.. The mayor had ordered no fireworks of any kind. "What shall we do," said Alice. Just then mother called, "Come to Breakfast." After breakfast mother said, "How would you like to go to Grandfather's for the day," "Bully," cried Tommy. "Fine," said Alice. Both children jumped up and down aud clapped their bands. "Well hurry up and get dressed while father gets the automobile ready and then we will be ready to start." Both children dressed in great haste and with smiling faces. At last the car was ready and they all started to grandmothers and grandfather's house. As soon as they arrived the children sprang out with smiling faces and ran to meet their, grandparents. - The yard was so pretty with many flags, blue paper tents, tiny pasteboard guns and make believe campfires were scattered about. "Oh Grandfather and dear Grandmother, what a pretty yard," they cried, "may we play soldier in it?" "After a while," said grandfath"What are those sticks in front of the tent for?" said Alice. A giggle was heard in the bushes. "What's that?" said both children. "Nothing," said grandfather, quickly. "Come on children," called their parents, "go and play in the back yard until we call you." Both children were so playing soldier in the back yard. After a while there was a call for dinner and both children ran in haste for they were hungry. Such a treat awaited them. Seated at the table were twenty boys and girls just the age of Tommy and Alice. They were shy at first but soon got well acquainted. They had red, white and blue ice cream. Red, white and blue cake with sixteen little silk flags all around it and George Washington hats filled with candy and little log cabins filled with nuts and big glasses of lemonade. Such a good time they did have after dinner. Each was given a paper soldier hat, such as children make and a wooden sword. They all formed in line and were led by grandfather out into the yard where the tents, flags and guns were. "Now girls and boys, said grandfather, you are going to have a battle, I will make Alice captain of the girls and Tommy captain of the ten boys. The Americans won the battle. There was a George Washington doll for the girls and toy cannons for the boys. Later there was an Abraham Lincoln "hunt" Pictures of Abe were cut up and placed about the room and a prize given for the one making the first picture. Tommy won the prize and it was a toy fort with a tiny silk flag flying from it In another game Alice ' and Jimmy Jones got the prizes and Tommy was left out this time. At supper time each got a silk flag in his or her piece of cake. After supper they sang "America," "Star Spangled Banner" and other songs for you see they couldn't have any fireworks. Later the children went home taking with them all their pretty presents. When mother was putting Tommy and Alice to bed she said, "Well children, did you enjoy yourselves." "Mother, it was the best time we ever had in our lives." Thelma Darby, 701 North Eighteenth street city.

HERE ARE A FEW DON'TS Don't argue. Don't boast Don't drawl. Don't gossip. Don't mumble. Don't flatter. Dont prattle. Dont make folks blush. Don't Irritate. Don't contradict Don't antagonize. Don't irritate, GRENADIERS In tbe Paul Revere poem which you can read In the Junior today, Mr. Longfellow talks about "Grenadiers." Now, of course, not many children and maybe there are grown-ups who do not know what it means. "Grenadiers" are soldiers who carry shells In their hands to throw at the enemy. Of course the shells are filled with powder. The shells are called grenades.