Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 29, 15 December 1917 — Page 12

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RICHMOND. INDIANA. DKC. 15, 1917. THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM UNCLE SAM WILL PLAY SANTA GLAUS . The Junior Palladium Is the children's, section ot the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916. and Issued each Saturday afternooa All boys and girls are invited to be reporters nd contributors. News (terns, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side ot 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 to toe Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each ooy and girl will use it thoroughly.

Dear Junior Folks: There isn't a single one of you that' is not patriotic is there? AH ot you are proud of the United States aren't you? Then Junior Folks," if all of this is true, shun your disloyal playfellow who talks against the United States. Shun him as you would if he had the small pox. - Junjor Folks, way back in 1863, months and months ot work of disloyal people paved the way for the great Draft Riots. Remember folks, . that today the most dangerous of our enemies are the half secret ones of our own Household. They corns and go at will among us. Some report our military preparations, cause strikes, preach pacifism and in fact do everything that is detrimental to our country. Juniors if you know your right hand from your left hand you can . tell Prussianism from Americanism. Let your disloyal playfellow see that he stands discredited and disgraced and is a social outcast Now Junior Folks please remember this and please your old - , AUNT MOLLY.

Boy Likes Magazine. Dear Boys: , : - , I an going to write of Christmas. For one Christmas gift have your parents suscribe for the "American - Boy," for you. For subscription blanks and prices write to the publisher. This is the address: The Sprague Publishing Co.. Publishers "The . American Boy," Detroit, Michigan. It has proved to be one of the best papers in the United States. There is one of the best American Boy Subscribers in Norway. Well, boys I hope that your parents will be willing. A Contented Reader of the American Boy. Sugar Cane. Sugar cane grows in the southern part Of our country. Louisiana raises the most. It must have a rery warm climate and a very dry tandy soil. It looks very much like corn but Is much taller. It Is planted either in the fall or In the spring. This is not done very year. One planting does two or three years. Sugar cane Is valuable because It contains sweet juice. It is cut by means of a big knife. It is cut close to the ground because the sweetest Juice is found near the bottom of the stock. The stocks are put on a car or a wagon and taken to a sugar mill. There it is put on some big rollers and the juice is pressed out and boiled down in big tanks. When it is made into sugar and molasses. The three kinds of sugar are the granulated, loaf and pulverized sugar. Beverley Holaday, Baxter School. Cheery. Bacon Let me shake your hand, dear boy. This is one of the happiest days of your life. , Egbert You're too previous, old man. I'm not to be married until tomorrow, you know. . Bacon That's what I say. This is one of the 'happiest days of your ife. Spckane Review.

KING BIRDS FIGHT BLACK SNAKE As I started out with my net and killing bottle one day last summer, I met Charles Sweney going the same way I had started. He had his camera and it was a fine day to snap pictures. When we stepped into the woods we saw a good many birds, bees and squirrels, but the butterflies attracted me the most, while Charlie was snapping a few pictures ot some baby robins, which were being fed by their mother. All of a sudden we heard some birds down in the woods cry out in alarm We thought we would stay under cover and then if it would make a good picture we would be able to get It. We came carefully up behind a hazel bush and there we saw the scene of tragedy down In a hollow. A big black snake was hanging down from the bank on the other side of the hollow. Most of its body was wrapped around a scrub bush sticking out from the bank. Just below the swinging snake's head was a nest with four little king birds, not over three days old, all huddled up for fear that the snake would devour them any moment. Out at the end of the scrub was the mother king bird, scolding and pleading. The father bird was flying back and forth, darting at the snake's head. Sometimes he would settle on the snake's body and ive a vigorous peck, but this did not affect the snake at all. . Charley set the camera and when the male bird had settled on the snake again, he snapped the shutter. " 'Now that we had the picture we were going to protect the birds. Securing a big club, I ran over to the place where the fight was going on. The birds retreated to the low limbs of a beech over-hanging the hollow.- I hit the snake twice and killed ' it It measured five feet and seven inches in length and its body toward the center was as big around as my wrist. - When we retraced out steps, I captured a few fine specimen of swallowtail, so my gains In the way of butterflies- was not very great, but the scene of that fight between those spunky little king birds and Ihe snake was well worth the afternoon. Joe Foster.

SANTA CLAUS I do hope dear, old Santa Will come this way tonight, And come here to my stocking, - To fill it nice and tight , I'd like to watch and see him; But I know I must wait Till shines the Christmas sun shine I hope he won't be late. Contributed by Bennett Johnson, Starr School. ROLLF leaves us Cbarles Rollf, scoutmaster of Troop 3, wishes to thank the boys for the gift which they' gave him and expresses regret in leaving Rollf left Tuesday morning for Ft. Thomas in aviation corps. He has been scout master since last May. No one has been obtained to take his place yet.

OLD-FASHIONED CAMEL CHARIOTS

All of our soldier boys away from home are thinkingof Christmas these days and Uncle Sam is going to see to it that their longings are not in vain. Something useful will be given to every soldier in the service.

EDISON GRANDSON VISITS IN CAPITAL Thomas Edison Sloane and mother, Mrs. John Eyre Sloane. John Eyre Sloane is engaged in war work for the government, and I his wife, Thomas Edison's daugh ter, is spending the winter with him in Washington with the inventor's grandson, Thomas Edison Sloane. HELP RED CROSS All the children can help spread the Red Cross gospel to make the wounded and afflicted happy. This is a noble and great work for all of us.

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FAR AWAY IN FRANCE Before the great war started in France there was a little ten-year-old girl whose name was Mary. Mary had a father and mother who were very kind to her. When evenings came they would tell her stories of wars. At last the king called her father to go to war. Mary and her mother were very sad. The following days were sad ones indeed for little Mary and when it drew close to Christmas, Mary thought she would not get anything from Santa. Mary and her mother were very poor and could not pay for their wants, unless Mary went out and worked. At last Christmas Eve came. Mary went to bed very sad and lonely. Her mother was sick and Mary Jiad worked very hard to get something for her mother and herself. She thought of her father and lay in bed crying. The next morning she found a sweater, loaf of bread, stockings, shoes and many other things. The children of the United States and the Red Cross had sent them over for the children. Although the little American children probably will never know what joy their gifts brought to the poverty-strick en people, yet they can easily pre sume that little Mary, one of the receivers, was the happiest little girl In the great city of ParisPauline Druley, 7th grade, Boston Twp. Dist. No. 6.

"Somewhere in France"

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What Santa Claus Brought Once there was a very good little girl whose name was Mary. A little boy lived next door to Mary who was a naughty boy. On Christmas eve Mary's mother said, "You must go to bed early tonight so Santa Claus can como. "Alright," Baid Mary. Bob's mother said he must go to bed too. "No," said Bob, "I want to see Santa' Claus." "Alright," said his mother. At last Bob got so tired that he fell asleep. When his mother saw him she took him to bed. On Christmas morning Mary went downstairs. There was a beautiful

Christmas tree and everything she had wished for. But when Bob went downstairs there was a big whip for his mother to whip him with. Bob knew why he got it. After that he was always good. Madge Townsend, Starr school. The Y. M. C. A. Hut I think this Y. M. C. A. hut is one of the best things for the sol-" diers because when he leaves home for training camp, he has no home except this Y.'M. C. A. hut. My sister received a letter from a young ' man at Camp Shelby, Miss. He said "He spends one-half his time at this Y. M. C. A. hut'because this is the only place he can have amuseiient. We have a little stage in his Y. M. C. A. hut. Some times 'hey have a picture show and some Umes a little show. Every soldier h willing to taRe part in this show 'or the benefit of the other soldiers. John H. Sudhoff.