Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 41, 29 December 1917 — Page 12

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RICHMOND, INDIANA. DEC !".. 1!'17

Letters to Santa Cla Dear Santa Claus, I take, my pen To write you a brief letter Altho I know the older foUw Could do the thing up better. I can not trust rny Undo Tom Nor even Uncle Birleys, ' They might not say a word for nie And I'd get left entirely. I want the latest coasting sled, A stout one painted yellowOne that will always keep ahead And beat the other fellows. I want a pair of" shining skates, No drum 1 don't like music And do not bring me too much cake It always makes me too Bick. Just keep the cake for Sister Maud She's death on cake and candy, But load me up on oranges If you have got them handy. I'd like a pair of winter gloves That long will prove a treasure Also a lot of bully books To heighten fireside pleasure. Now Santa, if you'll bring me these You could not please me better I'll thank you very much besides And always be your debtor. And Santa Dear, do not forget The boy around the corner He's very poor so make him glad. TUETTEL FORD. Lewisburg, Ohio. Dear ' Santa Claus: Will you please bring me an eraser and pencils. Beverly. Dear Santa Claus: I am a boy seven years old. Several years ago I was stricken with infantile paralysis. I have a brother nine years old and we have been quarantined in with the small pox. We do not feel that we will have a very large Xmas I would be glad to get anything you could send us." Clarence. Dear Santa Claus.. Please send me a cap, a scarf, a story book, a little doll and a pencil box. Florence. Dear Santa: Please send me a doll, a story book and a pair of mittens. Bessie. Dear Santa Claus: Please send me a cap, a story book and a dog. Albeit Dear Santa Claus: I will write you a letter and tell you what I want for... Xmas. I want a sled, a sweater and cap, two ribbons and some nut and candy. Emma Alley, Lewisburg, Ohio. Dear Santa Claus: v My name is Mary Elizabeth Fine. Will you have any toys for little hoys and girls this Xmas? My little sister and brother, Margaret and John and I would like you to bring

us v 5 its some. Margaret would like a doll buggy and John would like a little car and a doctor's suit and I would like a doll-head and a cabinet, a set of dishes and a signet ring St. Mary's School, First Grade. Richmond, Ind., Dec. 17, 1917 Dear Santa Claus Please send me a pair of woolen mittens, a pair of stockings, a story book and a doll. I am 12 years old. My address is 178 Linden Ave. Yours truly, Janie Kline. Richmond, Ind., Dec. 17, 1917. Dear 'Santa Claus Please send me a pair of gloves, a story book, a pair of stockings. My age Is 7 years. Your loving friend, El?.ie Kline, 178 Linden Ave. MY, PET DURING THE WAR I am a little French' girl in the war zone. As I was sitting beside the fire one evening I heard a noise at the door. My mother and father were talking over the dreadful war so they didn't notice it. I stepped quietly to the window and looked out. I couldn't see anything but the dark night. But I heard another noise. I went to the door and opened it. There was a large brown dog. Mother looked around and asked what was the matter. I told her and she said to let the dog in. I did so aud there was an envelope on its collar. It said: "My dear friends, the Germans are coming tonight to destroy our city and capture our men unless a strong body of men will meet at the town hall to fight. Come at once." "Oh father! does that mean that you have to go," said I. . " "Yes, my daughter, but this dog will be your Christmas guest and he can take care of you." After a while there was a knock at the door and a man came in. He said that the Germans had been delayed in getting there so father didn't have to go after all. The next day an American come and brought good things to eat. CONSERVE Many housewives are now conserving quantities of food. If we boys and girls want to do our bit, let us conserve our time. After the war, men and women will be needed for business who have been educated and the world will not want the men and women who have idled their time away In school. Katherine Reed.

SANTA'S MESSAGE Listen children! Listen! Christmas time is here. Are you expecting as umny p:csents As you received Inst .von ? 'Tbo perhaps you have thought, Santa may not fill Your stocking quite so full. Hit you'll be glad Why yes, I know you will. We must think of others Just across the way And If Santa should send you a message This is what lie would: say "Children dear children, All over the U. S. A. I've a message to deliver To you, this very day. There are so many Children, just across the sea Homeless and hungry this Xmas; So listen to my plea. By doing with less Dear children, each one of you Will be helping me to give them More cheer. They need it too. You may not receive Quite so much candy this year, Or nuts or fruits or toys, but then Be brave, don't shed a tear. For you surely know, It will take more of my time Over there, than ever before. Tbo I feel it a crime To think that I must Lessen you Xmas somewhat; Do not think it is just neglect, For oh no, it is not. You see our Sammies Are over there and so they to Quite a bit of my time will take. But I will trust that you Will help me give them

I A Xmas they won't forget. You must do with less yours' yourselves, tho I know you will not fret. So this is the message that I send To you, and please reniembar I Am still your loving friend.'' Santa. You have the message Children, what will be Your reply to dear old Santa, 1 wonder. And now just let me see I know you're not selfish; Then listen I pray. You must answer dear old Santa's message, And this is what to say: "Dear, dear Santa Claus We gladly accept your plan. We were expecting your message. We will do all we can. We know the children Over there are needing you, And all that you will have to-give. So we want to help too. Now please dear Santa, Do not bring us much this year. For if by our doing with less Will mean for them more cheer, Why, we will gladly Make this sacrifice and so, Spend just as much time as you wish With them, for we know, That you are needed Over there and Santa dear Oh, no! You're not neglecting us Of that you' need not fear. So good-bye Santa Good luck and God speed we say, From your loyal little friends, all Over the IT. S. A." Mrs. R. M. Wiley. A CHRISTMAS TREE'S XMAS I am a little evergreen tree. One day I said to my brother, "I wonder if some rich person will come and take us this year, Grandma said they took some of us every year. Here comes someone now. I'm going to stand straight so they will take me. I always love to see happy children." "You are too small. People like big trees," was the answer. "Oh father, this is a nice tree!" exclaimed a little girl. "Here's a nicer one, Sis, don't you want this?" asked her brother as he pointed to me. "That is the prettiest, I want that." So I was taken to my new home and set up in the middle of a snowwhite sheet. . They put very pretty trimming on me but no gifts. I was very proud of my new dress. "We will have a merry Christmas even if we don't have any presents, because we know some soldier or French child is made happy with something bought with the money we didn't spend," said father. The little girl and her brother and the little Christmas tree agreed ith him. Glenna Miller.

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Three liirls at a Jeu I'arty There were ii.ee three girls! about .seven years old. Tho girls names were Alice, Dorothy and Mabel. Each brought ' her doll. : They had a good time playing garnets. Then tiiey had a tea party. ; They luid goldenrod and asters for. the flowers on the tobb. The three girl" had a very nice time. It was almost time for them to go home now, for their mother said for them , not to stay too late. j As Mabel was going out the doorj she tripped on the door step and I broke her doll. Alice and Dorothy were very sorry. Her mother told Mabel to be very careful the next time ami she would buy her a doll. It was a lesson to the other girls always be careful with a doll. Harriett Hunt, Baxter school. till, bdtMY WAR CHRISTMAS 1 am a little girl that lives in a village in southern England. My father, mother and brother are doing something, for our country. My father and brother are fighting and my mother works in a warehouse. My little brother and I work in a garden not far from town. At daybreak we start to work and just as evening is coming we start home. We live in a cellar down in the ground where it is very cold. We live here because there are German airplanes around a great deal of the time and if a bomb should be dropped it would not hurt us. Before the war began we had such a lovely Christmas. When 'we came downstairs there was a lovely yule log on the fire and a beautiful tree but now everything is different, for we will have only little food, but I am happy because when I save others can have more. When the was is over we all will have as much as we want. Annie Hale, Garfield School. ..LIBRARIES FOR SOLDIERS. . When the soldiers were in camp during the civil war, they did not have enough work to do during their leisure hours, which made it easy for them to yeield to temptations such as gambling and similar evils. This weakened their characters for all their lives. Many came back home and failed in business. While in the army, they had little responsibility, and therefore they were inclined to allow their minds to wander to evil. When if they had had some mental employment such as good books, magazines and things to influence them for the better, many boys would have been benefited, instead of drifting into evils. During the present war some people have decided upon a plan which is to supply the soldiers with libraries so as to keep them busy during their leisure hours. This would give them useful knowledge which would be a benefit in after life, especially to those who have had no opportunity to get a good education. Shall we not do something to bring these libraries into existence? Some one may say, "What can I a little child, do?" I dare say that all of us are given pennies, nickels and dimes for candy, mov ing pictures or some similar passing enjoyment which we soon forget and which does us no good. Even though we have no books and seemingly no money we all have a few cents which we spend foolishly; if we would save this, we would soon have a dollar. Think, if everyone would give a dollar or even less, how quickly these libraries would come into existence. So let each one of us do our bit however small, to supply these libraries, which will be such a comfort to soldiers. Dorothy Ella Miller.

SAVE Saving does not mean hoarding food. It means to be economical in the use of food. Use more fish and fowl, use less wheat and meat Some women evidently do not understand how to save. - The other day when a man came to the door of a lady's house and asked her if she didn't want to buy some corn meal, she said: "No, I don't care for any; we don't like it. On wheatless days we have biscuits for dinner." This shows that some people do not understand what the wheatless day means. Girls, are we studying this matter so that we can help our mothers understand what conserving food means. Mary Louise Matthews.

Query Corner

The editor will try to answer questions readers of tho Junior submit to her. Sho will not promise to answer rll of them. Tho questions will be answered in rotation, .so do not expect the answer to ho printed in the aiiie week in which you send it in. Dear Aunt Molly How old ia President Wilson? Leoa Hnsbrook. Dear Leota President Wilson will be CI years old the 2Sth'"of December, 1917.- Aunt Molly. Dear Aunt Molly When will tho war end? Jean Trembley. Dear JeanThat is something that no one knows, probably not for a long time. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly Why is tha world round? James Johnston. Dear James I don't know union's it. is to keep the people lvoi:i railing off. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly Who got up the Junior Palladium? Jack MeLallen. Dear Jack Some men who hud an interest in the children of Richmond and the country. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly Why do the boys always want to pick a fuss with the girls? Boneira Widup. Dear Boneita The boys don't want to fuss with the girls; they just want to tease them. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly Why don't tho boys powder like the girls? Mary Wigent. Dear Mary So m e boys do powder. Ed. LIFE IN THE CAMP The soldier in the camps have a good time just the same as anyone. They play football, basketball and chess. They have shows and other amusements. They are well fed and clothed. At certain times they drill, have target shooting, throw hand grenades and have gas attacks. Some times they iave bayonet practice. They do this at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Roderick Hinskey. EXCHANGE COLUMN Open to All Boys snd Girls. These Ads Cost You Nothing; Send In Your "Wants" to The Palladium Junior. WANTED An empty shed or part of a barn to keep our treek cart. Boy Scouts, Troop 2. WANTED 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 BoyB 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. FOR SALE Hand car. Irish Mail. Call 501 N. 18th St. FOUND A door key, Saturday. Dec. 8, 1917. Owner may have it by calling at J. W. Torbeck, 302 S .9 St., City. LOST T tiger kitten, brown striped. If found please return to So. West A street or phone 4S13. WANTED Black and white Banty hen. Notify John W. Torbeck. 302 S. 9 St., City. FOR SALE Two pairs of registered Belgian Hares, from Chief Red Oak. Holmes Park, Missouri. Harold Hanson.

FOR SALE Childs fine hand-made sleigh and white buffalo robe. Cost fifty dollars when new. Can be seen at 602 N. 20th St. Harold Hanson. . ..

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