Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 35, 22 December 1917 — Page 16

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RICHMOND, INDIANA. DEC. 22. 1117. THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM . The Junior Palladium 13 the children's section ot the Richmond Palladium,-founded May C, 1916,-and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are Invited to be reporters end contributors News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, Etories, local jokes and -original poems are acceptable and 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 eonally na they bring their articles to the Palladium office, or to receive ; letters addrcsseu to the Junior Editor. This Is your little newspaper ; and we hope each Doy and girl will use It thoroughly.

Dear Junior Folks: How many of you are glad that Christmas Is near? All of you are ' " l - 3 ' n T i tl-

v'kihu area i jou: junior rums, minK just a minute, mis unnsrmas ' is different from any Xmas any of us have ever had. This is our first war, Christmas and so Juniors let us make this a Patriotic Xmas by , being economical In buying Xmas gifts. Let us all buy useful and practical gifts, things that are really appreciated by people. Junior Folks, let us be economical N In another sense. Buy inexpensive things because Junior Folks it isn't the price of the gift that counts but the spirit in which it is given. A happy smile will give as much pleasure as anything. So Junior Folks, have a very merry Xmas but try to remember these things to please your AUNT MOLLY. MERRY CHRISTMAS! werBkifcirv ana uvea on a cloud, I'd float and I'd Bailff sing pretty loud; "y But when Christmas came you just' guess I would see That folks were as happy as happy could be! Merry Christmas, Junior FolksJust the merriest Christmas ever, jd you can have it, too, even if tn.s is r tjmei because you know THE BOYS WHO went TO FUNNYLAnd decided to find a land where the people ot the fna? papers live. They - walked until they came to the Pacific Ocean. Then they walked until they came to a house where they sell boats. They bought one and sailed away. After they had sailed for thirty days, the boat began to go faster and faster until it went into a swift place where the water went around and straight down. The boys were afraid they would be drowned. The boat gave one quick whirl on its way down. When it stopped going down, they were in a strange land. The boys anchored their boat and started out to explore. ' After they had walked about a mile they i came to a ' house and knocked at the door. They asked the woman If they could get dinner" there. The lady told them' to : walk ' in. .When they got ' inside, they saw Happy Hooligan waiting for his wife to. finisn dinner. In them to dinner. Tbey ate Axid Happy asked them if they would like to go f or ' a walk ' along the , beach. They said . they would go. Then, they started out and took some fishing-poles along. - As they turned the corner -whom should they see j but Mr. Newlywed running after a dog that had Snookum's dress. They went on their way. When ttiey got to the beach, they -met .Alphonso and Gaston with whom they were soon engaged in conversation.

whatV It 'sn't what you are given for Christmas presents that makes you really happy; it is the way you feel in your heart. And there isn't anything that can keep you from being really,' happy but you yourself. ' And Junior Folks, the happiest people of all are those who give something to some one else. Try it and see. It doesn't have to be a great big present that costs lots of money, and it doesn't even have to be something tied up in white paper. But one present you can give almost anybody that will make you just as happy as anything is guess what? Why a great big smile and a "Merry Christmas." i Merry Christmas, again, Junior Folks; such a real merry Christmas that even the very spirit o all that our little Christ Child's birthday means may come into "your heart, and make you have a little taste of living happily ever after. AUNT MOLLY.

Dear Junior Folks: , Why don't you save your money and buy War Stamps? They cost twia? cents apiece. If you buy 16 for you are given a government certificate for $5. Therefore you are not"t;;ly helping your country but are saving for yourself. Now Juniors save your penflies for stamps and help your government. AUNT MOLLY. Happy and Gaston went a boatriding together and let Alphonso the boys. When they had reached t.taia tfcey began to -fish. Happy p go he could get some bait, font wu, be started to sit down, he sat ovc the edge of the boat. Gaston thinking it Was a whale, rowed ashore with the boat. Happy swam out where Alphonso and the boys were. He grabbed the stern of the boat and was going to pull himself aboard it. Alphonso thought he was a shark and broke both oars over liis head. But Alphonso also was thrown out of the boat , by his exertions and disappeared under the water, so the boys, all by themselves, were left in the boat. . . The boat floated onward for two days before it came ashore. - The boys went ashore and cooked some fifth they had caught. "While they were eating two men threw some blankets over their heads and carried them away. . '. Wheni the blankets were removed, the boys were in a large house. A large fat man said, "My name is. Der Captain and this man's name is Inspector, yours shall be Hans and. Fritz. That night they tried to get away but got a very hard whipping. Afterward they planned to get even. Although the boys, Hans and Fritz play many tricks on Der Captain, tehy have no desire to leave their new home in Funnyland William Bennett, Seventh grade, Dist. No. 6, Boston Twp. - -

THE WONDERFUL LAMP Once upon a time there was a girl who met with a great misfortune. When she was a tiny babe her father ran away and left her mother. The mother worried so much about the father that she soon died and left the babe alone in the orld. Her name was June Dale Black. After the death of her parents, June went to live with her aunt and uncle. Her aunt took good care of her and when she was large enough to ran around the house she would go out in the wood and play. As June was playing in the wood one day she saw a bright shining thing far away. She started after it but it seemed to get farther away all the time. At last she reached it and found it to be a lantern. She touched it arid it turned into a man. He-told June to take the lantern and travel until she Came to a large hill and there she would meet a man who would tell her "Hat to do. Jiuu, -rua as be told her and before long so.. ame to the hill and found the man. iio told her to touch the lantern and then tbe hill would open. He told her to to into the hill. The girl did as she was told. She went inside and sat down. She was instantly clothed with fine clothes.. June touched the lantern and a beautiful woman stood before her. The woman told her that every time she wanted anything she should touch the lantern and she should have it. June went back to her uncle's house and showed him the lantern'. Her aunt, and uncle were very much pleased with it. They touched -it and wished for a palace. - The" wish -was granted and they, all lived happy ever afterward -Mildred Inks, 7B West Ward . School, Columbia City, Indiana. - EAT CHICKENS NOW "Oh I'm tired of chicken and fish all the time," sighed Tommy, "please have something else for dinner." "I thought you wanted to go to training camp and learn to fight so you could help win the war," replied mother. "I do, but they don't have chicken and such stuff as that all the time." "The don't have it, I know, but they wish they did. They have beans and soup and different foods you don't care for, most all the time. They don't get pie and cake as you do only when people send it to them and some have nobody to send it tq them." Tommy had no answer for this but ate his fish and chicken willingly. Glenna Miller. In the Army I have two uncles- in the army. One has been in the service for twenty-two years, and is captain of the Reserve corps. I have an uncle at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, who is a sargeant. He was dratted and tried to get Inthe Officers' Reserve corps, and . is trying to get to be a lieutenant, and expects to go to France in February. He has plenty to eat and has it nice. Eugene Kenney, 7B English.

HOLLAND Holland is a little country in the northern part of Europe. All the people ! wear wooden shoes. Some men wear trousers like boys in our country do. The girls angi women wear lots and lots of starched skirts and when they play or walk they knit. The dykes of Holland are very wonderful. If they were stretched out they would reach from here to Boston, Mass. You could go from here to Boston and half-way back on a canal. Everybody washes his house and front side walk very . often and keeps a cow in the cleanest, neatlittle barn fastened onto the house. A good deal of the land that Holland has is below the sea. One of the songs that the Hollanders sing is Water, Water Everywhere but not a Dt op to Drink. : . , The canals are fine places to skate in winter: - In some of the houses they arrange two mirrors so they can look up and down the street. A boy brings the' milk in a cart drawn by dogs. They get the water they drink in the same way. Dudley Woodman, 5B grade, Joseph Moore School.

THE BAY OF NAPLES The bay of Nables is one of the most beautiful bays in the world. It is on the western coast, of Italy. When you go in, Naples is on the : left and straight ahead is Mt. Vesuvius and on the right is the Island of Capri. - 'When you go near the Island of Capri you will see" a hole just big enough for a row boat to go through. In this cave everything looks blue. In here are some boys, Who if you ? throw a penny out in the water, will dive after it, and when they are in the water their skin. Iodks like marble. . Mt Vesuvius is a volcano that once buried Pompeii with lava and ashes. Stones fly out of the top and go back in again. At night the sky is red above it. On top the earth is hot and if you stand there long enough it will burn the soles of your shoes. The- ground Is red, yellow and black. Dudley Wood: man, 5B grade, Joseph Moore School.

A LITTLE FRENCH GIRL During this war in France, there is a girl whose name is Joan. This girl has no mother nor father and stays with her aun.t who is very mean to her. She always has to work and never gets with other French girls, who are very nice to her. v One day her aunt told her to go hoe the corn. As she was working in the field a little girl, named Riccola came along and stopped and talked to Joan a long time. Her aunt watched her atid said, "I will not let you go out and play any more.". But as the woman was very busy, she did not take the trouble to go to the field. Riccola asked Joan to go with lier to her grandmother's. As Joan saw her aunt was not watching her, she slipped through the corn ana went with her friend. . . As Joan had told Riccola of the cruelty from her aunt she was much impressed, The little girl said, "Tomorrow is" Christmas eve, and as you are treated so mean, won't you stay with me?" We will go to grandmother's and have a very nice time I am sure." So Joan agreed, even to make her home with them. The next morning they were up early and j,they soon arrived at

grandmother's. She was very glad to see them and treated Joan equally as well as Piccola. That night they had a very nice time. They all were glad Joan was there. - ; Mrs. Jones never found Joan and supposed - she ' had . been stolen away. After that; Jean stayed with Piccola and they both lived happily ever after. . Edith Sheffer. Age 12, -Boston Twp., Dist. No. 6. " A SURPRISE FOR GRANDMA My grandma Suavely moved to Indianapolis, but she still takes the Palladium. One day she said, Mary Louise, I read the Junior every week and never see a story from you. So don't you think this will surorise her. - I -would like to ie a little mouse back of her chair when she reads this. Mary Louise Suavely.