Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 23, 8 December 1917 — Page 11

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"Do Not Get Tired of Chicken jis Tommy Did" "Oh, I'm tired of thicken ai;d l).;5i all the limp," !--!slt!l Tommy, "please have sonu thing l.se lor dinner" "1 thought you wanted to go to the training cam)) and learn so light, so you could help win the war," replied mother "'1 do, but they don't tiavo thickfii and such stuif as that all the lime." "They don't have it, I know, bu. I hey wish they !d They hav? beans and soups and different foods you do not care for. They do not get pie and cake as you do only when people s,eiul It to them, and some have nobody to send it lo them." Tommy had no answer for hl3 mother, but ate hii fish and chicken willingly Gtonna Miller, 7B, First English.

DO NOT WASTE 1 think we should save all we can, for we don't know how long this war will last I hope not very long. When I go home "for my dinner 1 sit down to the table and eat and eat, I do not stop to think of hundreds of people in this world having nothing to eat but bread and water. Mother is always scolding me for wasting the crust of my bread. Because we do' not know how long we will have it. We should save all eatables. Eat plenty but do not waste any. Minnie Rankin, 7B, 1 English.

MY KITTEN 1 have a big cat. Its name is Tomas. It is a year and a half old. He is a pretty cat with soft fur. lie does not like chicken gravy but he likes rabbit gravy, he likes rabbit, too. One thing that I don't like about him is that he don't play very much. The end. Beverley Holaday, age 7, 4-A grade, Baxter school.

Fun (loins to Art Callery l-.tM Monday afternoon our room went, to th'i Ait Gallery. My partner and I were at the end of the line ami we had lots of fun. We wfnt down over the swinging

bi iilno and through the covered i

btide jud down through Happy Hollow. Mr. Outland was at the front of the lino and our teacher was at the end. When we got to the High school wo went up three flights of stairs to the hall till we got to the Art Gallery. When we children got to the room. Mr. Outland opened the doors nd we saw all kinds of picfires. We had to wa'it till Miss Williams came to explain the pictures to its. There was one I liked real well. U was a picture of a red house and the sun shinning on it but I thought they were all pretty. As we came down the stairs we heard the orchestra practice. We went in the' room and sat down and beard them play a piece or two. I thought the music and pictures were both pretty Gladys

McKinney 4tb grade. Sevastopol 1

School. (Also told by Charles Eastman.)

FOOD CONSERVATION Mr. Hoover wants the people of the United States to save food. Last summer every one was urged to have a garden. Every available plot of ground was used to produce food. Mr. Hoover has said that people must have at least one wheatless and one meatless day each week. On wheatless day we should eat more corn and rye bread. On meatless day we should eat oysters, fish and poultry. The people of the United States must save wheat, meat,-and sugar in order to help our allies. Raymond Thend, Finley School.

LISTER FROM ODETTE This is the third letter from Odette She has thanked us for the money. The children from Whitewater school contributed more than the othei schools CoHorguos 7 Nov. Dear Friends: I have received this week the money order which you have had the kindness to send aad I am happy to tell .you that it was welcome at our house, for at present and the approach of winter there is a great deal of money to spend for being clothed especially when there are five. Mother also was very happy when the postman gave her the letter. Last Saturday she went to Uzes, for that was bargain day, she bought ua some good winter clothes and some warm shoes which will keep us from the great cold of winter. - Mother asks me to thank you very much for kindness of your generosity. She will no longer be anxious about her little children, and the thought that you have done so much good to your little French friends will repay you for the privations which you have imposed upon yourseif. I will end my letter in wishing you good health and soon the victorious end of this long war. Receive big kisses from your French friend. Odette.

A THANKSGIVING DAY STORY Thanksgiving came on November 29 and we had a turkey. We also thanked God on Thanksgiving. Mother prepared a big feast. We had a big squash la the middle of the table. We had company for dinner. I also invited my friend Margaret After dinner we went over to my grandmother's house as she was not able to come to our house. Louise Bietry, No. 9 School, Grade 4.

THE FOOD SLACKER There are other slackers besides the men who do not join the army. There are the food wasters. You can be patriotic besides joining the army. You can save food. Save wheat, meat and sugar. We can usa corn bread, rye bread and other brbeads that contain no wheat flour. We ehould eat no candy. We can use molasses In place of sugar. We can not do entirely without meat but we can help Uncle Sain by. having meatless days. By saving food Ave are helping the soldiers win the war. We can only win if every man, woman and child does their bit. Herman Tietz.

THE SNAKE THAT WASN'T A SNAKE One day when we lived in the country my mother cleaned the yard. There was a fence around the yard but the gate was open. My mother thought she saw a snake crawling toward the gate. She screamed and said, "Oh, there is a snake. Brink me the hoe." She took the hoe and struck at the snake. When she thought it was dead, she hung it on the fence. By further examination she found It to be a carpet rag. Muriel Beard,

DO YOUR BIT FOR UNCLE SAM Every boy and girl can do his or her bit Sometimes when a boy start3 doing his bit the girls laugh at him. This .discourages him and he quits. Instead of laughing at him the girls should tell him how nice it is that he can do this. Sometimes children ask, "What can I do?" The answer is: "Keep a garden in summer, raise chickens, contribute to the . M. C. A. fund, buy a Liberty Bond, contribute to the Red Cross. Girls can knit sweaters, socks, helmets and many other things. Some of the girls that like to sew can make comfort kits. They can also prepare boxes for the soldiers. Cecilia" Conniff.

RICHMOND KINDERGARTENS HAVE PLAY STORES

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The above eut shows the tew play stores which have been built in the Richmond kindergartens. This picture was taken at Warner school several weeks ago and was used in an illustrated lecture given in Indianapolis by Miss Williams, our manual training teacher. Since the picture was taken 5n the afternoon when the present kindergarten had gone home, -children who were in kindergarten laet spring were called in, instead. Paul Meek and Mary Elisabeth Ixmgbrake are at the left, Mary Morgan is enterirg the door, Donald Gobto is the storekeeper and Mary Liscomb is at the right . In telling of the picture In their words, the children 6ay: "This is our grocery. Me made it of blm-ks There are shelves in it for the things e BeU- We made pictures ot apples, tomatoes and pumpkins for our store. With the clay we nMde bananas, pears, apples, peaches and potatoes. In the picture we are playing store."

FOOD CONSERVATION The wny we children can help Uncle Sam is to be very saving with out food, and observe meatless, wheatless and Bugarless days. Eat less candy drink water instead of milk and use less sugar in your tea, chocolate or coffee. Eat small quantities of the food than can be sent to Franco to feed our soldiers and allies. We en , eat fish and oysters instead of meat, rye or corn bread instead of wheat bread. Save all can goods. Be careful with your school clothes and books. When you are marking up your books and tearing them do you ever stop to think of the poor children that do not have the opportunity to go to school. Not only can not go to school but many are starving. When you go around the railroad stations the little children no larger than we are carrying large loads of baggage, their poor little faces showing the lack of good and nourishing food. But maybe some day the war will end andthelr hard labor will end. We children of America have plenty and do not know what it is to want. Alice Caveny, 7B, 1 English.

Y. M. C. A. HUTS I think the Y. M. C. A. Huts are the best for the soldiers because when they get home sick they can go there and listen to the phonograph and play baseball and many other things to make them forget of their homesickness. I think everybody ought to help win this war by saving food and by using more rye, corn, graham and by using less wheat and meat. I think it is right for us to have a meatless and a wheatless day for by doing this way we can save a lot of food. We should not waste so much food as there are a lot of poor children that would be very glad to have it. Here is how all the American boys can help by earning ten dollars by the first of April, and if he can not get ten dollars any amount if not but fifty cents would help as much as a rich man that can give one hundred dollars. Elgar Hopkins, 7B, 1 Class.

SAVE OLD GLOVES FOR RED CROSS Children are asked to help collect old gloves for the Red Cross. The tops of the gloves are cut off and carefully sewed together to make the linings for the aviator's coats. Also the boys are asked to cover boxes with plain white paper and bring them to the Red Cross rooms so that they may be placed in theaters, candy stores and such places to collect tinfoil. The kind of boxes wanted are. round stogy baxes -from the cigar

stores, or coffee cans; simply covered with plain white paper. The Red Cross headuarters will furnish the red crosses and signs to put on the boxes, so that all the boys need to do is bring the plain white boxes to the headquarters and they will give the boys credit for their patriotic services. '

Buy a Liberty Bond Did you buy a "Liberty Bond?" If you have not you still have a chance because the President said that the war would co3t thirty billion dollars and we have only raised six or seven billion. If we do not win the war what good will your money do you? So why not buy a Liberty Bond and help win the war. Your money will not do you any good in your pocket and if you buy a liberty Bond you will get four percent interest. So why not do your bit and buy a bond. If you cannot fight let your money fight. Buy a bond they are on sale at the Banks. Howard Mills, 7B, 1 English.

THE BOY WITH THE GUN Once there was a boy who had a gun. One day be and a group of boys went hunting. They saw a squirrel. The squirrel became frightened and ran up a tree. The boys took turns shooting' at it until they finally &ot it. They put it in a bag and took it home. They gave it to one of the boys. lie took it home and soaked it in salt water for one night. He then cooked it and it made a very fbae dish. Columbia City, WVet Ward School.