Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 221, 28 July 1917 — Page 5

i JUNIOR PALLADIUM Take the Jun ior with you on Our Vacation. Take the Junior with you on your Vacation. WEEKLY SECTION OF THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM RICHMOND, 1ND., JULY 28. 1917

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ARE YOU SAVINU FOOD FOR SOMEONE Now since everything we have

to eat costs ho much money and ' rineo so many folks are having to , do without" tilings we who have so: much ought to try and save every j mouthful we can't eat for someone olyo. Now I mean by this don't fi'.l ; your plates too lull no that you aie not able to eat all that is served! you. You know sometimes grown j folks as well as 'children have eyes i too large for their stomachs and they fill their plates so full that they can't eat it all and of course j what's left is wasted and besides it ! makes a lot of trouble for the cook when she clears away the dishes So you see it would be better to take a little at a time eat that and then have another "helping." Just because father and mother have a garden isn't any reason at. j all for waste. Any one who finds j food going to waste ought to gather it up and take it to some one who really needs it. It is easy to find a needy family these days if you boys and girls keep your eyes open We must make a fight against our worst enemies selfishness, Indifference and wastefulness. THE REST OF THE CAMPING TRIP (By Grace Simcoke) That night they went to bed at 7 o'clock. The next morning they started on a hike. They walked about a half mile and there at the side of the road were some gypsies camping. At first they were afraid almost to pass the camp but one of the gypsies came over to them and ask ed them to have some of the good dinner which they were cooking. A kettle was suspended from a tripod under which was a blazing fire and something which smelled liked good stewed chicken was cooking. The dinner wan so good and they felt much rested. The children were so full after dinner that they had to run around awhile and the exercise was such fun. . Then they started home as they wanted to get there befor dark. (Th Errd.) AT NEW YORK SHOW One of the things that was rather pleasing in going about the outdoor shows held recently in New York was to watch the children who were interested in dogs. There was seldom a show that there were not half a dozen youngsters with heir pets on leash. Most of them had a failing for the toy dogs but there were many who had pets as Jarge as themselves. At the Gedney farms show one of the biggest turnouts of youngsters that has been seen for a long time competed for the prize in the children's class. There were fully a dozen in the ring at the same time. At most Bhows in the past the children's class has been a sort of complimentary event and there were seldom more than one or two. The kiddies, though, who have been Drought up in the atmosphere of the kennel have learned to love the dogsa nd they have no fear of them. Some of the ugliest looking specimens are palled around on a leash by little tots who Bwat them at leisure without any remonstrance, hut let an outsider try to molest the child and there Is a different tele. A POLITE CHILD I know a funny little girl, Her name Is Mistress Mable, !Who, when she dines alone, will say '"Excuse Me, Mister Table. "When she is out a walking In an absent minded way, If she trips upon the pavement, "Excuse me," she will say nd though the tears be rolling i down Her cheeks heartrendingly, J3he always says, "Excuse Me" , .When she bumps into a tree. Fanny Risio. HERE ARE A FEW QUESTIONS What makes a cat purr? ; Where do we go in our sleep? ' Why do we go to sleep? How does a dog know a stranger? Why does the Kettle sing? Why is the United States called Uncle Sam?" Why do you laugh? ..: ; ,

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TRAVELS BY SLEDGE NEW YORP Dr. Harrison J. Hunt, surgeon of the Crocker land expedition, has arrived in New York. He has reported the story of his perilious journey by sledge over the young ice of Melville bay far in the Arctic zone, to Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural History. He said that the other members of the Crocker land expedition were in excellent health when he left them; but that, owing to their supplies being very low, it was imperative that relief be sent to them at once. Dr. Hunt left North Star bay on December 18, 1916. He was accompanied by another member of the party, W. Elmer Ekblaw. Dr. Hunt says: "The steamship Denmark, which had been sent by ibo committee in charge, was at North Star bay when I began my journey south. Donald B. MacMillan, leader of the expedition; Professor Edmund Otis Hovey, and Jonathan Small, another members of the party, were at Etah. Their supplies will last until about August 1, and the members will then be depedent upon what walrus sand caribou meat they can obtain at Etah. They might also get eider duck eggs. They have very little coffee. Sugar and canned fruits and flour was being rationed out They may get some supplies from the Denmark by sledging 150 mlle3 to her. That vessel is in about six feet of ice, and possibly she will be freed about August 1. She has stores, but is short of coal. "I was glad to hear on my arrival here that the committee bad already arranged to Bend the Neptune. Such a help Is urgently needed. Another year Jn the arctic would prove a great hardship to the members of the expedition and might result in fatality. Dr. Hunt and Mr. Ekblaw left North Star bay with six sledges, and were accompanied by five Eskimos. There was deep snow, and the weather waa generally bad. When they got out on the Ice of Melville bay they found that the

winter had been comparatively open, and that the ice, which was three inches in thickness and very porous, was continually bending beneath them. The long sledge journey of 1,400 miles, which took from December 18, 1916, until April 16 of this year, was attended by many perils. The sledges were not connected by ropes, but every man on a sledge had near him a coil of rope which he could throw for assistance in case the ice gave way. Knud Rasmussen, the Danish explorer, who went part of the way with the scientists, and the old Eskimos said that the conditions for sledging were the worst they had ever seen. Although there were many narrow escapes, only one sledge was thrown in the water. The Eskimo who was driving it was rescued and it was recovered. The supplies ran very low toward the end of the journey and five of the dogs died or starvation, owing to the shortness of the rations. Meat was obtained from Eskimo caches. At night the party camped under the lee of icebergs. The latter part of the journey was undertaken by Dr. Hunt, accompanied only by an Eskimo, as Mr. Ekblaw remained at South Upernavik. "I went by kiak, a small, canoelike boat, from Egesesminde to Holstenberg," Dr. Hunt continued, "and from there by steamship to the Faroe islands and Copenhagen. I can not say too much concerning the kindness and hospitality with which I was received by the people of the Danish settlements in Greenland. I went to their houses clad in Eskimo costume, tired and hungry, and they received me as I was, gave me a bath, the best bed they had in the house and their choicest food and provided all the good cheef they could. That is an experience so bright' that I shall never forget it "On my arrival at Thornshaven I tried to get passage on a British vessel, but was told that in so doing I would run a great risk. Instead I went to Copenhagen, from which port, owing to war conditions, I went by ferry and train to Chriatiania, where I embarked upon a steamship. The steamship officials

declined to take any American citizens at Copenhagen. It was lucky that I followed that course, for before the steamship reached Christiania she was intercepted by German destroyers who demanded to know if there were any Americans on board."

THE WISE HORSE (By Grace L. Baker, age 9, Davall School.) This is a true story about a horse named Solomon. His master named him Solomon because he was so wise. One day a blacksmith put a new shoe on one of Solomon's feet. A few days after this Solomon was turned into a field to graze. A boy soon came running to tell the master some one had stolen the horse. "Why do you think so?" asked the master. "The gate has been taken down and left on the ground and the horse is gone.'1 "Maybe old Sol did it himself. If we can find the print of his teeth on the gate we will know whether he did it himself or not." So they went to the gate and there on the top was a print of the horse's teeth. While they were looking at the gate the blacksmith came along. "Have you seen anything of old Sol, today," they asked the smithy. "Yes, old Sol has just left my shop. He told me I did some pretty poor work when I put that shoe on him." "What do you mean?" "How could he tell you such a thing?" "This morning he came to my shop and held up the foot on which I had put the shoe. He looked at me as much as to say, "See this shoe you put on me. It hurts me. Take it off and put on one that will not hurt." I looked at the foot and saw that I had put the shoe on wrong. Sol stood still while I took it off and put on one that would not hurt him. When I was through he gave me a cheerful neigh and trotted home." The master went back to the field and found old Sol quietly eating clover.

CHILDREN ENTER FOOD ARMY WASHINGTON, July 28. Eight hundred thousand boys and girls, Uncle Sam's juvenile food army, today entered the food conservation ramnnisn bv ioininK forces with the

food training camps to be held this fall in connection with the leading fairs and expositions of the country. This army is already at work, its members engaged in the canning and drying of thousands of tons of fruits and vegetables which otherwise probably would be a total waste. . , It is to these children that the government will delegate the task of demonstrating to the twenty million persons who are expeced to attend the food training camps, practical home methods of preserving perishable foods. The step represents the first national, interstate effort to make use of the boys and girls of the nation in the food conservation campaign. This organization, which is eight years old, is made up of the thousands of boys' and girls clubs, organized by and working under the direction of the department of agriculture. These clubs are located in every state and in practically every community. , The boys and girls, according to plans worked out by the government for the food training camps,1 will demonstrate at these camps methods of canning and drying fruits and vegetables in the most efficient manner. The girls, in addition, will demonstrate methods of efficient home management, baking, cooking, the arrangement of preserved foods into balanced menus for the family and garment making. The boys will also be in charge of exhibits on poultry husbandry and demonstrate work with farm animals and how to raise crops." These boys and girls are now be-' ing chosen through a series of con tests which are oeing neid in me schools, at community fairs and picnic and other public gatherings throughout. the country. The winners will be sent to the food training camp as the government representatives. At the camps, medals and prizes will be awarded to teams and individuals doing the best work in delivering the government's food message' to the people. Instructions as to the arrangement of the exhibits at each camp have been prepared and will be sent out immediately to the direca rf 4 Via latnna o n1 4a utn 4 a leaders of boys and girls work who will do the actual work of arranging the demonstration. EAT CORN MUFFINS vvrt Tinv oriAiTmci A scout who eats a corn muffin for breakfast instead of a slice of wheat bread may have no idea of performing a patriotic duty, but up on just such small choices depends the success of the United States in the present struggle. . The President long ago recognized the necessity of producing the maximum of food, utilizing all of it to the best advantage and Dreventing waste. For this purpose he appointed Mr. Herbert Hoover as American Food Administrator. Mr. Hoover announced, as the five cardinal principles in food administration, the following five cardinal principles: First. That the food problem is one of wise administration and not expressed by. the words "dictator" or "controller" but through the coordination and regulation of legitimate distributive agencies of the producers, distributors, and consumers. Second. The organization of the community for voluntary conservaion of foodstuffs. Fourth. That all important positions, as far as may be, shall be filled with voluntters. Fifth. The independent responsibility of the food administration directly under the president, with the cooperation of the great and admirable organization of the Department of Commerce, the Federal Trade Commission, and the railway executives.