Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 245, 25 August 1917 — Page 5
THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM
Take the Junior along to the Chautauqua. Take the Jun. lor along to the Chautauqua. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1917
Dig Initiation atY. M. C. A. Round-Up KNIGHT-SHIRT TALES (As Told by an Eye Witness.) The word was passed through camp last night that as many boys as possible would be initiated into our Royal Order. Well, Lin Edgerton and myself decided we were not quite ready for ours, so we ashed to be excused. Nobody knows where we went so why should we tell. But a boy told me this morning that he had to set all the iuitators up to a dish of cream and himself to somo so-called Pluto water. He wouldn't tell anything else but I know he feels the effects of those beautiful paddles because I asked him to sit down but he politely refused. The two boys who feel a little inclined to nin for an unknown tent are Ray Williamsand Bud Wedick. These boys were dressed In a very striking costume during their midnight walk. It was really worse than that fatal shirt-tail parade. We enjoyed that parade very much but only if the ground had
not jumped up and hit Mr. Burkman in the face it would have gone through without a sound. It seemed a3 if Mr. Burkman lost control of his head and his feet got mixed up and the result was the "Last Days of Burkmannian." When we got to Patsy's, we noticed a big fat called Hpenburger, - also called a 4.oi. He has a star which looked like one of these "Kissing licenses" but he said it was real tin covered with brass with letters on it. Well Heinio said we ought to get a ride in a big swell Flivver to headquarters, but just then he happened to think of a bone he had to pick with "Benny" Ross and forgot about us until we bid him a sweet farewell. He called for us to come back but as our consciences would not allow us to disgrace "Heinie" by letting him be seen with such a good looking bunch, we picked up our beds and feet and ran. And I saw Bud Shlitz pass a Jack Rabbit, he was running so fast. I'm not saying I walked, either, because Heinie wanted to get me for calling him a Brass Buttoned BaaBaa. And Lin Edgerton said if it hadn't been for him hitting a telephone post he would have still been running. And I looked around for "Cuty" Meyers and all I could see was a cloud of dust and a Httlo speck in the distance hitting the high spots. Well, we boys would think a lot of Heinie and his force if they would only have a heart on the tent posts. Some nights it sounds like the Pen Hook Drum Quartette. llay Williams' favorite sport is pulling a rope under Mr. Brammer's cot. I woke up one night and I thought Dick Mansfield had invented a new buzz saw, and it roared like he had hit a knot. And Ray Williams said that the other night he awoke and heard Sinnex counting the snipes he had left The first thing we hear every morning Is Mr. Brammer trying to see how many times he can knock John out of bed. Then I hear "Kenny" Whitnack roll over and say someeomethlng about how late we all got in. Now I have told you enough about our camp and our talented boys (not including myself) for the first time. I would not have dared to tell all this, only "Aunty" said she would pay the general expenses. So I will close, hoping everybody is enjoying themselves and saying we "Y" boys are in camp to make it all sunshine, not cloudy. By Frank Crowe. ENJOYED CHILD-SPEAKER AT CHAUTAUQUA Alice Louise Shrode who was here Monday, Aug. 20, gave a very charming programme. All the little girls whom I have talked with thought she was splendid, too. I was so interested that I hardly took time to eat my supper for fear I wouldn't get a good seat Naomi Caldwell, Starr school. NOTICE! A Lone Scout meeting will be held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at 901 North I street by Leoline KIus. The latest thing in window screens rolls up like the shade where there is not immediate demond for its services.
YOUNG ACROBATS AT CHILDREN'S TENT The boys and girls at the children's tent at Chautauqua do not need to have Sells-Floto or Robinson's Circus come to town, for they have great experts in highclass acrobatic performances right hero in Richmond. After the morning program was over last Tuesday, Howard Kemper and William Campflcld entertained those who still remained, by climbing clear to the top of the large center poles in the tent and then sliding down. But Howard said it was awfully hard to do it, and coming down, it made your hands pretty hot, so no one else tried it.
Russian Roy Tells of Exciting Narrow Escape My first narrow escape came when I was in Europe. I was out playing in the woods. .While try ing to walk over a log, which was over a kind of a little swamp, I slip ped and foil in. There I was, slowly sinking in the swamp, and when I was. in to my waist line, two men came along and heard my screams so they pulled me out. . In the swamp 1 contracted a disease which made me sick for three weeks. Another close call was when I was run over by a buggy but luck ily the wheels did not touch me and 1 escaped injury. While on a train riding from Libau, Russia, where I was to take a ship for America, the train stopped all of a sudden with a jerk, while I was sleeping in the upper berth of our apartment. The sudden stop threw me out of the berth to the lloor; it knocked me unconscious for almost two hours. On the ship sailing for America we almost collided with another ship in the fog, while I was standing on the stairs leading to the second floor of the ship. The ship gave a sudden turn; 1 lost my balance and before I knew what happened I was lying at the bottom of the stairs. In America I saw many boys riding bicycles so I asked my father to get me one. I tried to learn to ride no more than I bought It. I did not like th? rough streets so I took my bicycle and rode on the sidewalks. I, not knowing how to ride well, fell over and bumped my head against a building making a gash in my forehead two inches long, clear to and nearly through the bone. Another time while riding through an alley my brake wonld not work and I hit an automobile. The sudden stop of the bicycle acted as a brake on it; the back wheel skidded and I found myself half way under the auto. My bicycle was damaged a little but I escaped with a few scratches. While riding on my bicycle for my corner to catch a car with papers, an automobile hit me. The bumpers prevented me from going under the auto and maybe getting killed. The auto dragged me for about fifteen feet. People wanted to pick me up but I picked myself up and went on my way with a smashed wheel. 1 interned my bicycle for lack of money for repairs. Two summers ago while trying to get some peaches off of a tree a limb broke and I fell to the ground. I landed on a nail, which almost caused blood poison to set in. Here 1b another that has just come to my mind: We were visiting a family in the northern part of the city and they had a boy about my age. Back of the city is a hill and there he took me and my brother. On top of the hill we had some fun and from here wo could see the city and the sea far out. When starting to go down he told mo and my brother that he would race us down. Wo thought he meant It for real, and we started to run down the hill, but he started to walk down. We saw this and we tried to stop, but it was of no use, we could not stop. I tumbled over and my brother following, we rolled to the bottom, our noses and chins being badly scratched and cut, but no bones were broken. We thought e would know better the next time. By Isaao Dielch, age 14, Columbus Ohio.
RUSSIAN NEWSY
Elihn Root, head of the American War Mission to Russia, and Major-General Hugh L. Scott, Chief of Staff, U. S. A., at a railway station in Siberia. The third member of the party is a Russian newsboy, who wears- military cap and carries his papers in a leather portfolio.
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WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR NEXT WEEK Although the boys and girls do not care to hear all the lectures and entertainments on the program at the Chautauqua, there are many that you do not want to miss. There are plenty of seats down in front, and on the bleachers, (if you get there early enough), so be there for these numbers: Sunday, August 26. . 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 2:00 p. m. L. A. Ladies' orchestra. 5:30 p. m. Young People's Union 7:00 p. m. L. A. C. Ladies' orchestra. Monday, August 27. 2:00 p. m. Dixies Jubilee Singers. 7:00 p. m. Dixies Jubilee Singers. Tuesday, August 28. 2:00 p. m. Hawaiian Singers. 7:00 p. m. Hawaiian Singers. Wednesday, August 29. 2:00 p. m. Hawaiian Singers. 3:00 p. m. Clifton Malory Players. 7:00 p. m. Hawaiian Singers. Thursday, August 30. 3:00 p. m. Chicago Operatic company. 7:00 p. m. Chicago Operatic company. Friday, August 31. 2:4)0 p. m. Chicago Operatic company. 3:00 p. m. "Mary Jane's Pa." 7:30 p. m. Selections, Miss Bewley. Saturday, Sept. 1. 1:30 p. m Athletics. 2:30 p. in. Metropolitan Glee club. 3:30 p. m. Children's Program. 7:00 p. m. Metropolitan Glee clnb. 8:00 p. m. Henry, The Magician. Sunday, Sept. 2. 9:30 a, m. Sunday school. 2:00 p. m. Metropolitan Grand Quartette. 5:30 p. m. Young People's Tnion. 7:00 p. m. Concert
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3 mmmmmmmmmmmm RICHMOND GIRL FORMER PLAYMATE OF CHILD WONDER All the boys and girls that were so interested in hearing Alice Louise Shrode, the "Child-Wonder," who gave such an entertaining program at the Chautauqua Monday night, might wonder if she would be as nice to play with when she was off the stage as she seemed to be when on the platform and Evelyn Hill can tell you that she is. Several years ago when Evelyn lived in Indianapolis, Alice visited right next door, and the two girls had lots of fun playing with a pushmobile. It had been so long ago that Evelyn had almost forgotten about the things they did, but Alice remembered nearly everything, and the' first thing she said when she saw her former playmates was, "Do you still have that pushmobile?" In the afternoon Evelyn and Alice took a walk over in the Glen and had just as much fun eating peanuts and feeding the monkeys, as though Alice did not have to go onto the Chautauqua platform in the evening and give an entertainment that no other girl or boy in the city could do. MORE CHILDREN THAN EVER AT CHAUTAUQUA This year there are more boys and girls than ever at the Chautauqua, and they are having an even better time, too. The very first day there were seventy-nine at the children's tent while last year there were only sixty-one, and since Miss Shera has the knitting class while Miss Rnth tells stories there are boys and girls from three years old on up to sixteen who enjoy the different kinds of things, and gather at the tent in the mornings. This week the hours were from eight-thirty to ten-thirty in the mornings, because of Miss Shera going to institute, but next week, they will be from nine o'clock until eleven, so everyone who has missed any of this week's fun can be sure to make up for it then.
SERGEANT EMPEY TELLS WORK OF ENGLISH BOY SCOUTS The English Boy Scouts certainly are doing their bit to help their , country, according to Sergeant Empey who gave the thrilling lecture at the chautauqua Thursday nigth. In his talk he only mentioned the fact that the boys, and girls too, are helping do their share, but afterwards, he told a few details of the noble things they do.
Two boys scouts are assigned to each of the wards of the hospitals, and day after day these boys are at their posts, ready to write letters for the wounded soldiers, read to them, carry messages or help in any way that they are asked. Also, two boys scouts are assigned to each crowded district in the large cities, and any blind soldier who is trying to get a chance to cross the street, never has to wait more than a second or two before the scout is there by his side to help him across. But in France, the boys and girls are almost taking the place of men in actually working in the fields. Sergeant Empey said that he had seen girls only about eight or nine years old, hitching up the horses and really taking care of the teams, working long hours in the hot sun and trying to do as their fathers and brothers had done before they had gone to the front. And of course another big thing that is being done to help, is the work the girl scouts do both for the army and for the red cross. There did not seem to be one slacker among them, and Sergeant Empey said that the boys and girls here in American could take a good many lessons from our allies across the water if we want to keep up with them, and do our share. . TWENTY-FIVE GIRLS LEARN KNITTING AT CHAUTAUQUA Knitting has become as great a fashion with the girls as with the grown-up folks at the chautauqua. Almost every girl on the grounds is seen carrying around her ball of yarn and needles, busily poking away at the stitches as she works on her scarf or doll sweater. " In the knitting class at the children's tent, over twenty-five girls have learned to knit, and several have declared that as soon as they have practiced enough to knit more evenly, they are going to' start making scarfs fof the sailors. But Eleanor Hart has advanced the most rapidly of any of the beginners. Although she only learned to knit last week, she has started already on a sweater for herself, which has almost no mistakes in it although she has knit quite a ways. One of the easiest, and yet most useful articles for the girls to knit Is the doll's slip-on sweater, making it quite on the order. of the soldier sweaters, with the square neck. For one of the- small dolls, the sweater need only be twelve stitches wide, and without any knitting and pearling at the bottom. After it is two and one-half in'ches long, knit four stitches, then bind off four, and knit four more, this making the neck. Knit three ribs, and then cast on the four stitches again. EVEN DOG ENJOYS NEW DRINKING FOUNTAIN The new Banltary drinking fountains in the Chautauqua grounds are a great improvement, and since boys and girls are thirsty about half tho time, they enjoy these fountains very much. But children are not the only ones who are thankful for this easy way of'getting a good cool drink. The other day a big fluffy collie dog came along by the fountain, and he was so hot and thirsty that he sniffed and sniffed all around the fountain. Then he watched two boys come up and got a drink And as soon as they had gone he jumped up, with his front paws on the, edge of the basin, and took a good drink from the fountain at tho west side, which was running all the time. And a little girl who was watching the dog, said, "Well, I guess I wouldn't like to drink after a dog most times, but if these are sanitary drinking fountains, I guess if s all right."