Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 323, 24 November 1917 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, NOV. 24. 1017

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM ...- r- . Th Junior Palladium la the children's, section of the Richmond ' Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. VAH boys and girls are Invited to be reporters nd contributors. News ltem.'i, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local Jokes and , original poem are acceptable ar.d will be published! Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name and age signed. Aunt Molly. is always glad to meet the children per- " aonally au they bring their articles to the Palladium ffico, or to receive ' letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper ; and we hope each boy and gtrl will use it thoroughly.

BE SANTA CLAUS HELPERS AND SEND CHRISTMAS CHEER TO OUR FRENCH ORPHANS

Second Letter Cornea From Odette; Tetls of Long Illness A Christmas box will be sent Tuesday morning to the . French family which the Junior has adopt ed, and all children who would like to be Santa Claus helpers and add some little gift to the box may do o by bringing in their presents ' Monday afternoon or Tuesday morn lng. For the box must be sent not later than Tuesday in order to r reach the children by Christmas. ., A second letter has just come ' from Odette in which she said she .. has received all our letters answer .lng hers and was so grateful for them. She also said that, she wish es she might send us her picture as several of the Richmond children asked but the doesn't have any ex..cept old ones which of course. do not look like her now. However, she would be so glad to have any of ' you Richmond jfoiks, to know how you look. (And so if you have any snap shots showing your homes or -your school, or picnics at the Glen, you could bring them in to put in the Christmas box; and then Odette and her brothers would feel really .acquainted with you.) ' ' In her letter Odette Bays, "But -I will tell a little about my personal appearance. I am twelve years old (or as the French ay, "I , have twelve years.") I am tall enough for my age and rather strong too. I am a brunette with dark eyes. My hair is black also, and has been cut short because of a long sickness which I have had. T always go to school, and work as hard as I can to please by dear mother and my good teacher. My two little brothers always go with me, and my big sister, sixteen years old. works at the liquorice factory. She also helps mother and us with our school work. "Mother works in the fields. She Is more at liberty since my little brother goes to school. She is very well in spite of the hard work which she imposes on herself." Any children who wish to se'e the French letters, for we have kept the first one also, 'will find them in the Junior Editor's office, and since it was meant for all of you, you may examine the fifteen cent-stamp, the queer paper, and funny French writing, as much S3 you please. Seeing the postmark, "St. Chaptes, Card," and the address to "Richmond, Indiana, Etats Unls," makes you realize that there Is a real French girl who considers us her friends and protector, since we are sending her the money for her bread, and clothes: and it makes How Father Saved Sugar We can save by learning to eat things we do not like. I am going to tell you about a little girl and her father. We will name this little girl Mary. Her father had always been putting two teaspoonfuls of sugar in his coffee. When the little girl went to wash the dishes she saw some sugar in the bottom of the cup. So she sot the cup back. Then when he went to cat-she set the cup back at his place. He said this .cup has not bsen washed. She said, "Father, you left some sugar in the bottom an3 I thought you could use it again." Josephine Kennedy. FEEDING THE BIRDS One morning in spring I was at the window watching the birds out in the field. I said to my mother that I was going to feed them. So I took some bread and put it on j the railing of the porch. I went in ! to watch them. In a short time a little sparrow came up and took a piece, then a woodpecker, and then a blue bird and his mate. The bread was soon eaten and the birds seemed very glad to get it. Then I got ready and came to school very happy. Albert E. Gregory. CB Grade.

you want to be suie Christmas will

be in their home ,1oo. It does not mean to give big, costly presents; little things like post cards of Richmond, American and Canadian stamps, a few gum drops or chocolate bar randy, handker chiefs, and such will mean as much to them as' French things would to us; and most of all the fact that we remember them will mean the most to them on Christmas. Their father lias been killed fight ing in our cause, and to show onr gratitude, our patriotism and our sympathy, we can cheer their sad home by doing this bit of kindness PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE. "A God-fearing nation like ours owes it to' its inborn and sincere sense of moral duty to testify its devout gratitude to the All-Giver for the countless benefits it has enjoyed. For many years it has been customary at the close of tho year for the National Executive to call upon his fellow countrymen to offer praise and thanks to God for the manifold blessings vouchsafed to them in the past and to unite in earnest supplication for their con tinuance. "Wherefore I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, in pursuance of long established usage and In response to the wishes of the American peo ple, invito my countrymen, wheresoever they may sojourn, to Join on Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of this month of November, in ap propriate ascription of praise and thanks to God for the good gifts that have been our portion, and in humble prayer that His great mer cies toward us may endure. The religious sentiment of our honored President, Woodrow Wil son, is well known to all the world. In enumerating the blessings we have received let us Include his leadership among them, let us pray that he may be spared to his peo pie who are going through one of the most critical moments in the nation's history. Eighth Grade Boys, St. Mary's School. Paul Mulligan, Griffin Jay, Roland Lawler, Thomas Noland, Herbert Markle and Clarence McManus. Another War Ended. The first year of Mr. McKinley's administration saw a very beautiful Thanksgiving proclamation. The Cuban war was ended and he invited the people to thank God for its speedy termination. Entering into details concerning the blessings Almighty God had bestowed upon the country. "Abundant crops, trade and commercial successes, public credit strengthened, and the people united in close bonds of national feeling." He concluded by appointing November 24 th, to be a day of solemn thanksgiving and prayer for the continuance of heavenly favors. - In 1901 as the season approached the duty devolved upon Mr. Roosevelt to fix the day of thanksgiving. He began by paying a tribute to the late President McKinley in the following terms: "This Thanksgiving finds the people bowed in sorrow for the death of a great and good president. Mourn For McKinley "We mourn President McKinley because we so loved and honored him; and the manner of his death should awaken in the breasts of our people a keen anxiety for the country." Among the several noteworthy remarks that the body of the address contained one is especially applicable at all times, namely: Let us remember that as much has been given us much will be expected of us, and homage from the heart as well as from the lips shows itself in deeds." A man went away on Friday, stayed a week and return on the same Friday. How. could that be? James Basore. Finley school.

Query Corner

The editor will try to answer questions readers of the Junior submit to her. She will not promise to answer nil of them. The questions will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the answer to bo printed in the tame week in which you Bend it in. Dear Aunt Molly: Why do babies suck their thumbs? Marcella Evanson, 6 A Grade, Columbia City School. Dear Marcella: Probably because they get so tired of having people wag their heads at them, while they follow the ufual program of talk, "Well um was a tweet baby, yps um was: I'll getchu, getchu, I'll getchu, getchu, a boo!" That the poor youngster has to do something desperate to keep from saying bad words, and thus they resort to sucking their thumbs. And to show how effective this is, no baby yet hasi been known to swear. It might be added that perhaps on certain oc casions, a few of their older broth ers might practice thumb sucking to advantage. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Why do we have turkey for Thanksgiving dinner? Nellie Shaw, Columbia City. Dear Nellie: It' must be because you can afford to keep up this old American custom. Ed, Dear Aunt. Molly: Why don't men wear high heels on their shoes like women do? Your friend, Blondine Moore. Dear Blondine: If I were real mean I would say it is for the name reason elephants don't try to walk on stilts. Ed. Dean Aunt Molly: Who Invented pianos? Crystal Graves, Warner School. Dear Crystal: Of course the very first instruments that resemble our pianos were clavichords or harpichords, but the first real piano was made by Bartolommeo Cristofori In 1709, and named "pianoforte" by him. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Why are boys so sure about everything they know nothing about? Helen Kenner, Grade 7A. ' Dear Helen: This is a secret so don't tell them, but most boys be long to the class that know not and Know not that they know not. It simply is the nature of the beasts: but sometimes they are eort of nice anyhow, aren t they? Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: What is your real name? Yours truly, Richard McLaiien, Columbia City. Dear Richard: What is my real name? I wish I knew what real things are. How do I know that I m not a poor delirious French soldier who imagines that he is some American girl he has read about, and my real name is Jean Mancel? Or how can I be sure that I'm not an old woman in an Insane asylum who thinks she is living way back in the time ot the great World war. and my real name is Sarah Randolph? But since it is rather hard for a real live boy to call me "Aunt Molly," I don't mind telling you that as far as I know mv name Is Xxxx Xxxxxx. Censored. Ed. SANTA CLAUS' MISTAKE There was once a little girl who was very selfish and was never satisfied. When Christmas rami she asked Santa Claus for a large baby doll, a doll carriage, a rocking chair, a story book, five gmes, a stove, a set of dishes, a toy piano and stool, a ring, a basket of apples and a great deal of candy. When Christmas came she decided to sit up and see Santa Claus. Her mother and father told her to go to bed, but being a very naughty little girl, she refused to do so; Being very sleepy about twelve o'clock she laid down and went to sleep. Her mother arose and put only one piece of candy in her stocking. Her father went to her aunts' houso tnd prepared a Christmas tree. He put on it everything she had asked Santa for; He then went home and went to bed. In the morning when she found nothing at home she began to cry. Her mother took her to her aunt's. When fche 6aw all the "things she had asked for she was very happy. She decided that never again would she ask for so many things. She was never selfish again.

Boys Asked to Make Boxes for Tinfoil Since all tho Richmond boys and girls have saved so much tinfoil in such a short time, and since they even are making the older people take an interest In saving it also, the leaders at the Red Cross rooms have asked if the boys will dq as they have in many of the large cities. There tho boys have taken wooden boxes in every theater, candy store, cigar store, drug store, or any place where people are likely to have articles covered with tinfoil, and a great amount Is collected in this way.

If the boys in every school will prepare enough boxes for the stores or theaters in their district, and see that these boxes are put up, this great help to the tinfoil saving campaign should be in working order by the middle of next week, and quite a little money for the Red Cross will be gained in this way. Children to Sign Names Also another improvement to be made is a large box at the Red Cross room itself, where the boys and girls can drop their balls of tinfoil, and then on top of this box will be a sheet of paper where they are to sign their names, so that the Honor Holl of loyal children who are doing their, bit can be kept. It is much regretted that a lyst of all the children who have brought in their tinfoil before this could not be made, but hereafter the children ea n make the list themselves by the simple process of signing up themselves. David Marvel of Stan" School was the first boy to bring in any tinfoil to the Red Cross rooms, and his ball was unusually large. Why Boys and Girls Should Help the Y. M. C. A. War Work The boys and girls of Richmond do not realize what the soldier has to go through. In the training camps the soldiers have no wholesome amusements (that is they didn't have before the Y. M. C. A. came into the camps). Every Sunday morning at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, , the soldiers come to the "Y" huts before the secretaries (the secretaries do the janitor'B work) get the huts clean. The toldiers go to the tables, where the writing materials are. and by 9 o clock every writing bench is taken. At 10:30 they have their gospel service and then in the afternoon they have games. Yes, even play football and base ball on Sundays. But the American soldier wants to do something. It's this wanting to do something spirit that wins a a battle. During the week in the camp they have three picture shows. Then they have a "stunt" night, when maybe, two men who were boxers would have a friendly bout or any other kind of amuse ment a soldier boy likes. They also have a gospel service, this is what the Y. M. C. A.'s are doing in the camps. You may ask why they do this. Here is the reason : The soldier's spirit for wanting to do something may get them into trouble and often make a little fun into what would be termed in slang "dirty play." The "Y" has amusements for the soldiers and often keep them out of trouble. L But. this is just what happens in our own country. Over across the sea our own and allies soldiers are giving their last drop of blood for the downfall of tyranny so that the higher law that of democracy may be victorious. But what is the Y. M. C. A. do ing? After the soldier has fought hl3 battle he is tried thirsty and dirty. Then the "Y" secretaries have their coffee pot handy. For the secretaries go right into the trenches with the soldiers. Boys and girls are not awake. They ought' to use a little of their pic tureshow money for the Y. M. C. A. and help win the war. By William Romey, Jr. Answers to Last Week's Riddles. .1. Because they treat you and make you pay for it. 2. Because it is not good without crackers. 3. Because It presents itself with a bow. 4. A cat lights on its feet and a match lights on its head. 5. One's hard to ge up and the other is hard to get down. 6; Because he does not show up till after the storm. Starr School.

EXCHANGE COLUMN Open to AM Boys and Girls. These Ada Cot You Nothing; Send In Your "Wanta" to The Palladium Junior.

LOST An arlthamtlc and a reader. Finder plea.se return to Jamos unsure, r iuicj cinuui, ui ai wc Junior Palladium office. WANTED An empty shed or part of a barn to keep our treek cart. Boy Scouts, Troop 2.' WANTED Any little balls of yarn or any old knitted sweaters or shawls; to be used In 'making six inch squares for soldier comforts. Baxter School Children. FOR SALE Boys' and girls' bicycles, best grades. Prices reasonable. Sold by Luther A. Dines, agent, Hagerstown, Ind. I am a boy eleven years old. WANTED All boys of Troop 3 of the Boy Scouts, to be at the meeting next Tuesday night at 7:30, at the City Hall. LOST A grey kid glove, Saturday. If found please return to 324 North 22 street. Everett Savage. FOR SALE A pair of Henley Roller skates. Will sell cheap. See Tom Noland, 116 North 16th St. FOUND A purse, near tho alley on North C street by Aiken's grocery. Owner may call at 100 N. 16th street, or phone 1574. LOST A grey and white kitten. Finder please return to 501 North 18th street. FOR SALE A practically new $13 camera, size 3 by 4. For quick sale, will sell for $5.00 Inquire at 515 North 17th street. WANTED A boy's bicycle cheap. Harold Gregg, Jackson Hill. Greensfork, Ind., 4 A. WANTED Boys between twelve and fifteen years of ago. Call at 306 Richmond Ave. ARE COUNTRY CHILDREN SLACKERS? Has anyone heard any reports of any patriotic work the country school children are doing? None has been sect into the the Junior, and we are beginning to woder if the country children are slackers. Even the smaller towns do not seem to be very active, at least if they are they are not telling what they are doaing, and we are anxious to know. The only patriotic report cent In was from Hagerstown early in the fall telling how the children had helped to raise money for the Red Cross, and it was a splendid spirit then, but when this last call was sent out for our comfort kits the chairman had to reply that they had given fonifort kits to their own boys last fall and spent all their money so they could not do anything more. And that looks as though the I lagerstown boys and girls were letting their patriotic spirit die down. If not we will be glad to know. The Richmond boys and girls are saving every scrap of tinfoil, are knitting the six inch squares for soldier comforts, are making looms and weaving the rag mats for surgeons to stand on in the hospitals; are writing patriotic stories and suggestions "How I Can- Help Win the War," have saved their money instead of buying candy and going to picture shows to give to the Y. M. C. A. war fund, or help supply comfort kits. Almost every school In the city is caring for some little French war ornhan. Every after noon after school you can st-o tho girls going into the Red Cross rooms to work until the building closes, and on Saturdays there are a3 many as twenty children there at once doing their bit. But what are the country chll-. dren doing? Surely they are doing their part in fsome way. Wo wish they would tell us. Aunt Molly. PRINTER'S PI Ramy dah a itllle hne Tath cteda vrey quree Use walysa aldl honw gges eve eapch Btu guti wenh thye wree daer. Mabel Bortncr 4A grade, Baxter

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