Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 23, 8 December 1917 — Page 12

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THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium is the children's section ot the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters nd contributors. News items, social ovents, "want" advertisements, stories, local jokes and original poema nro acceptable and will be published. Articles should be writtin 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 personally as) they bring their articles to the Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed lo the Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each ooy and girl will use it thoroughly.

EDITORIAL Dear Junior Folks: There Isn't one of you who isn't patriotic, is there? And there isn't one who doesn't hate a coward, is there? Every single one of you boys want to be worthy of claiming George Washington as the father of your country, -don't you? And every girl would give almost anything to be one of our noble Red Cross nurses who go from cot to cot, caring for our wounded sldiors and easing their pains, wouldn't you? And yet, Junior Folks, do you know that there are some boys and girls right here in our city who are such cowards, or so unpatriotic, or so plainly ignorant, that they haven't been vaccinated. Don't you know, Junior Folks, that every Red Cross nurse and "ever soldier from Pershing down to the lowest private has been vac- - cinated? And lr George Washington were here in Richmond today he would be the very first one to go to the doctor and have it done. Why being vaccinated isn't anything at all I know, because I've been vaccinated twice and if anyone tells you any horrible tales about it, don't pay any attention. One wild report that has been floating around Is that if you are vaccinated you may have ' to have your whole arm cut off. Did you ever hear anything more absurd? Do you think they would vaccinate .every soldier if there was any . chance of that? What could we do with an army of one armed soldiers? . Of course if you don't take care -of your arm it will be sore afterwards. If you fall down and skin your knee and then don't take care I , of it, you might get it infected and finally get blood poison so that your leg would have to be cut off; , but every recess someone at almost - every school skins their knees, and yet, who is afraid? Junior Folks, just be sensible. The school board and the health authorities wouldn't think of doing anything to hurt you; in fact they ,are trying to do everything to keep you from being swept by a terrible plague of small pox, and if any one of you has been such an ignorant 'slacker as not to be vaccinated, you ough to be so ashamed that you'd hide in a dark closet until night and then sneak into the first doctor's office you see, before you could bear to show your face in broad daylight again. Now,, you will be vaccinated, won't you? AUNT MOLLY. A HOLIDAY DREAM I had the nicest dream last night. About good things to eat. The kind we have Thanksgiving Or for a special treat. The pies and cookies, doughnuts too, . Dill pickles, jam and cakes, Wt-nt dancing around my bed like elves, And begged my choice I'd take. They all cried, "Eat me, eat me, please," In voices small but clear, And Oh, the looked so tempting, I couldn't help but hear. And so I ate them every one, Down to the crumbs of cake, But best of all I didn't dream I had the stomach ache. Gertrude Sample, Starr School. Reverse Case. Iioob Most things that are bought go to the buyer. Simp Yeah, all except coal, and that goes to the cellar. The Difference. Hodge I went to a fair yesterday and paid $5 for a kiss from a pretty girl. Podge That's cheap! I went to covrt yesterday and paid $2,000 for the name thing.

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PALLADIUM LEXER FOR BAXTER SCHOOL FROM FRANCE The following letter was received by Mr. Steele, of Baxter School from thfi French War Orphan they have adopted. Ucmolins the 27 July, 1917. My Dear Sir: I have received the forty-five francs which you have sent me. I thank you for it with all my heart. It has given great pleasure to us, especially to mother who is obliged to work very much to educate us. , f have been obliged to stop school to go to work in the fields to help mama a little, for I am the eldest of four children and I am not yet thirteen years old.- I have a sister Yvonne who is nine years old, a brother Fernand five years old and my little brother Jean, three years old. My father was a joiner, carpenter. He left us the second of the mobilization. Unhappily we have never teen him since. He was wounded in the head the 26th of March by a grenade, in placing some barbed wire. He died three days afterwards, March 29 at Clemont in the Argonne. In thanking you exceedingly, even as all my family, we send you all our friendly wishes. Receive our respectful" salutations. Leon Milletto, at Remolins, Card. A PREMATURE QUESTION Tommy had been playing tfuant from school, and had spent a long, beautiful day fishing. On his way back he met one of his young cronies, who accosted him with the usual question, "Catch anything?" At this Tommy, in all the consciousness . of guilt, quickly . respond: "Ain't been home yet." SPORT W'hen I lived in Peru I had a dog named Sport. When any of us would go down to the river he would come running after us. We could hardly keep him back. We would sling sticks in for him to get. And when we would sling rocks in and he could not get them he would duck his head under and try to get them. One day the river was up a little and was swift. We threw some sticks in to see if he could get them. . They went a little fast so he had to swim down stream and when it came to swimming up stream it was more than he could do, but he swam as far as he could and then came to shore. When we moved here he got lost. The train was there so we had to let him go. When we reached Richmond I missed him more and more. Here last week a stray dog came to our house so we fed him and while I was at school he ran away. Everett Hosea, 5B grade, Sevastopol School. Ranching. Ranctng is done in the western part of Texas. The grass there furnishes excellent feed for the horses, cattle and sheep. They are not fenced In. They are left to run about the country for several miles. Each ranchman has his brand on all of his cattle, and in this way they are told from another man's. They print the mark on by taking a red hot iron and burning it on the back of the animal. Great numbers of cattle are sent eastward by rail from Fort Worth, to be used as food. Mable Bortner, Baxter school. G. A. R. FLAG. We ftill have the flag that the G. A. R. Society gave us. We have still kept our promise and we are going to keep it. Wo have patriotic day every week. It Is every Wednesday. On this day we have patriotic exercises. The flag is still aa pretty and clean as it was when it was given to us. We want to keep it pretty, too. Gladys Mervln. Warner School.

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Cheap garments supplied to French poor. These practical peasant garments are made for the people of the devastated districts of France who cannot adjust themselves to American styles of clothing. They are being supplied by the American Fund for French wounded from patterns collected by Mrs. Robert Bacon, wife of the former ambassador, and from models sent from the devastated districts by American fund workers.

The Fairies' Gift. Once upon a time there was a little boy and girl. - They were very poor. It was near Christmas and they were so very poor that they could not afford a nice 'dinner. They wanted a 'turkey very much. Christmas Eve, they cried very hard for a turkey, then went to sleep. The next morning they were astonished to find some very nice clothes on a chair. They went donw stairs and found a large turkey, a basket of fruit, and some potatoes. As they sat down to eat a firy appeared and said: "You have been very good, so I am going to give you one hundred wishes." PRINCESS ROSE Once upon a time there was a princess. She was as beautiful as a flower. The fairies had gifted her with gracefulness, singing and dancing. The king had given orders for her to be married to the bravest knight in the world. One morning she arose and looked out of the window. Everything was so beautiful that she said sho must go out before breakfast. She went into the garden and picked a pink rose to match her dress. She played and played until shes saw a butterfly. She chased it until she was far away from the castle. Finally she heard hte stamping of horses hoofs. When the first one saw her, he laughed and passed on. The secend one said he would help her but he was in a hurry. The third came along, looked at her, jumped off his horse and helped her. He took her to the king and as the princess thought him the bravest knight In the world, they were soon married. Chrystal Graves, Warner School. OUR SCHOOL YARD We have new school banks at our school. The janitor and another man fixed the banks. They cut down some trees, and took all of our sand to make cement to fix up an new railing around the play ground. They Sxed up new elides. The principal said for us to pick up all the paper and cans that we see and throw them In the waste basket. Beverley Holaday, age 7, 4-A grade, Baxter school.

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FRENCH POOR "WHAT WE CAN DO" Many people think that because they are not on the firing line we have nothing to do, but we have plenty to do. The women can save in the kitchen and if able can be nurses. The men who - cannot be soldiers can work in the gardens or knit. The girls and boys knit and gather tinfoil for the Red Cross. So you see every body has plenty to do. We ought to be thankful we have a good home and can work in the gardens. Do not grumble when father says, "Do your work now," think of those poor people in Belgium and other places where they are starving. We are doing this so that the people can rule peacefully forever with "Liberty and Justice for All. Georgia Healy, 7B, 1 English. CHRISTMAS Last Christmas I was up to my mother's. It was early In the morning when I got up and started to pick out my presents. When mother started to laugh, I looked up and asked what was the matter. And she said, "Look and see for yourself." I looked up and didn't see it at first Then I followed mother's eyes and then I saw the dandiest wheel I ever saw in my life. I was so surprised myself, I didn't know what to say. Then I said, "whose wheel is that?" And mama said, "It's yours." Then I grabbed it right away, climbed on the seat, put my feet on the peddles, took hold of the handle bars, and acted like I was riding it. Reid Ray Myrick. HILDA AND THE ELF Hilda was a little girl six years old. She was soon to be sent to school. It was the last day of November. While Hilda was thinking about her schooling she heard a sound. It sounded like some one hissing. The grass was high where Hilda was sitting. She looked all around ; at last she saw a black spider. Hilda hated spiders. She ran over to where the spider was and again she heard the ' sound. Hilda turned around and saw a rock. She lifted the rock and out from under it came a little Elf. The Elf said. "Since yon have saved my life, I shall grant you f ve wishes at your worse need. Irene Sauer, Warner school.

ARLINGTON (By Northrop Elmer) Synopsis Eric Benson and Harry Mose aro motoring to the Adirondacks for their health. They have had strange experiences. Thdir car has fallen into the river and their father has sent them another car. The cause of this is the screeching of an American Eagle. The Eagle has brought the a not which tella them to follow the Eagle, Ask the leader. They have folloged (ho Eagle and are ready to ask the leader, when on lifting a stone in mid-country they find a cave. Out of it crawls an old hunch backed man. ClIAI'TER V. Part 1. The hunch-hacked man had a funny voice, but at length he said in a loud voice: "Are you ready to ask uie? I am the leader." And Eric answered in his low voice, "Sir, the only think I can ask you is, why do you want us here?" Then the old man (his name was Sniper) said, "Well, the reason I sent for you is this: I want to sell you something that will be priceless to you all your life. Step this way and I will show it to you." They both went down into tho cave. They saw the old man tugging at another monstrous rock. At length he got it opened. They saw before them another dark thing. It was a black chamber. Then they looked at the old man as if waiting for information. He put his finger to his mouth as a motion to keep still. Then they heard a faint sound and out of the dark chamber walked Eric's long lost Arlington. Eric fainted. Eric who was the richest boy in the United States could not resist taking a five thousand dollar bill out of his pocket and giving it to the old man. Part 2. He did so expecting the old man to be delighted but he only wore a fierce frown on his face. He said. "I must have twenty." So Eric promptly handed it over. And now the wan was fairly delighted. The Loepard was so glad that he had seen him again that he began to roar. They then came up out of the cave, bade the old man good-bye, and drove away toward the setting sun. (The End.) Starr School.

A Litte Too Great. Landlord Yes, sir. We've a centenarian in this village. As a matter of fact, this is his grandson or are you his great grandson, Joe? Joe Great great great great gr " Visitor Oh, come, come! That's hardly possible. Landlord (conlidently) He isn't telling lies. He's only stuttering.! EXCHANGE COLUMN Open to All Boys and Girls. These Adt Cost You Nothing;. Send in Your "Wants" to The Palladium Junior. LOST ralr gloves. Please return to Richard Crawford, 23 N. 10th. FOR SALE Pair rubber hip boots, size 3, for $1.50. Cost $4.00. Phone 1449. LOST A grey kitten spotted with yellow. Finder please return to 123 North 7th street. It was taken last Saturday. WANTED An empty shed or part of a barn to keep our treek cart. Boy Scouts, Troop 2. Wr ANTED Any little balls of yam 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 children whose mothers and fathers go to night school to come up into room 25. ' Games are played and children's Red Cross work Is done. Everyone has a good time. FOUND A boy's white handkerchief. Owner will recover lost property by calling at the Junior office.