Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 65, 26 January 1918 — Page 11

THK RICHMOND PALLADIUM, JAN. 516,1918.

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MY LAST MANUAL TRAINING LESSON All the licy? i2 the A class take Manual Training.' Mr. ' ('!'. ul said, "Who wants to dig post holes?" Walter said, "Asa and I will (lis the holes." Mr. Outland said, "All right." So Walter and I went out to dig. First I dug awhile and when I got tired Walter would dig. So we dug the holes thirty inches deep and when we got through Mr. Outland came out. He told us to go down into the' basement and get the parts of the slide; so we got them. We put the po.ts into the holes and then put die slide part on. Then we nailed it to the posts Mr. Outland sr.id: "That will be all for today," so we went home. ASA M ASTON', G-A Grade, Sovastapol School.

THE KAISER'S FACE I will tell you about the Kaiser's face that I made. He had a black head, and a hat with the name of Kaiser on it. He had a nose that was round, and his eyes were as big as your finger nail. The mouth that he had on was like a moon with nine teeth in it. WILBUR WILLIAMS, Sevastapol School. What We Did to School Yard This ceminer our school yard was torn ui. It was dug up so the water would run off. They hauled fresh gravel on the yard. On Thursday afternoon the 6-A grade boys work on the playground. One Thursday we raked all the large stones off. The first thing we did, that Thursday was to get our tools. There were only two rakes. Mr. Outland used one and I used the other. We raked the stones Into piles. Then the boys hauled them off. We worked a long time. Soon we were done. We put our tools up. ASA MATSON. He Loves Children Edward F. Frefz, of the American food mission, (n London. LONDON, Jan. 26 An American special mission in the service of the federal food administration and sent to study the food situation ; of Great Britain has recently arrived here. The mission will gather information regarding the British methods of dealing with food shortages. I The Americans have already ex-! pressed themselves as impressed with the manner In which Lord Rhonda, Britain's food administrator, and his associates have dealt with the food problems here. They expect to return with information ! of considerable value to Herbert Hoover and British methods will be carefully considered by the American food administration in Its grappling with very similar problems in America. A recent British official photograph shows Edward F. Trefz. a member of the American mission, holding in his arms a small friend he met while on a visit of inspection to the Poplar district of IiOndon. The Americans have been especially interested in the circumstances of London's large tenement committees, where the greatest efforts have been necessary to get food to the city's poor.

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Lady Maud Cavendish, daughter of CafC's governor general, is a great fan for any Sort til xuitdoor winter sport and there are plenty of them to be enjoyed in Canada, her new home. While many of them are new to her she has taken to them all and may be seen preparing to start out on a lively spin in a trapper's sleigh in the photograph. Her father is seen standing on the right at the side of the sleigh. Lady Maud Cavendish (above) ABRAHAM LINCOLN In Gentryville, Indiana, in the year 1816, might have been seen a log cabin without doors or windows, a dirt floor, a bed made of dried leaves, a stool or two and a table formed of logs. The family living there were Thomas Lincoln, a good hearted man who could neither read nor write, Nancy Hanks, his wife, a pale face, sensitive gentle woman, a girl of ten, Sara, and a boy of eight, Abraham. The family had been recently moved from a similar cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. In thii: cabin lived for many years Abraham Lincoln, who, in the province of God was to be the Emancipator of four million slaves. From, the log cabin in Gentryville to the White House in Washington, Honest Abe marched with calm unfaltering trust, and in his pure and patriotic life we read God's purpose for the progress of the human race. Contributed by ALICE HENLEY, Garfield School. THRIFT STAMPS Boys and girls can help win the war by buying Thrift and Savings Stamps. Every Thrift Stamp costs twenty-five cents. When a pupil buys a Thrift Stamp, a card is given to him. When you buy a stamp you should place it where it says one stamp. There are sixteen squares. When you have sixteen stamps you can exchange them for a War Savings Stamp by paying a few cents extra. This stamp will cost $4.12 during January and in February you will pay $4.13 and so on. At the end of five years the government will pay five dollars for this stamp, for all War Savings Stamps draw interest at the rate of 4 per cent. Thrift Stamps do not draw Interest and for that reason children should work hard to hold at least one War-Savings Stamp. Children are asked to buy these stamps because our country Is In war. The United States needs a lot of money to feed and clothe our soldiers and sailors. As we want our country to win we are going to help in every way we can. OTIS THOMAS, Baxter School. SOCIETY Miss Nellie Hoffman spent her vacation in Greenville, Ohio. She returned Monday morning. Master Ather Regs spent Monday In Centervllle, the guest of his cousin. Robert Sullivan. Master James Basore attended the lecture at the Coliseum Sunday night. Master Howard Hosbroolc spent Tuesday afternoon coasting in Glen Miller. Miss Nellie Hoffman attended the basketball game Saturday afternoon. Miss Leota Hosbrook spent Tuesday afternoon the guest of Miss Nellie Hoffman.

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and her start for a spin in a trapper's sleigh behind a dog team.

The Way We Mixed Cement First we strained gravel from the sand which we had in the school yard. Second, we mixed cement with a shovel. Third, we mixed water in it with a shovel. We use the cement in laying bricks. We put it between the bricks so they will keep together. We used it for making a backstop for thei baso'ball games. We placed a post in the ground and put cement around the post and made it solid. WALTER BALDWIN, Sevastopol School. WEDDING OF MRS. FOX There was once upon a time a fox with nine tails who thought that his wife was not faithful to him. He determined to put it to a test, so he stretched himself out under the bench and keeping his legs perfectly still he appeared dead. Mrs. Fox meanwhile ascended to her room and shut the door and her maid the cat stood over the hearth cooking. As soon as it was known that Mr. Fox was dead several suitors came to pay their respects t the widow. The maid hearing some one knocking at the door and there she saw a young fox who said, "Miss Kitten is Mrs. Fox in? How is she?" "She sits in her room and cries all the time." "Tell her then my maiden that a young fox is here that wishes to marry her." Then the cat went up stairs and told the fox that there was a suitor downstairs. The fox asked if he had nine beautiful tails and when she found that he had not she would have nothing to do with him. So it fared with all the suitors until at least there came a fox with nine tails. Mrs. Fox consented to marry him. Just a3 they , were about to celebrate the wedding the old Fox aroused himself and threw ail the guests out of the window and then lived happy ever after. Roland Schmidt, St. Andrew's School. How We Mixed Cement Charles and I mixed cement yesterday afternoon. First: Ellsworth, the janitor, Charles and I brought up the tools, the screen and shovels from the cellar and then Ellsworth set us to work screening gravel. Charles and I screened a wheel-barrow load. Then Ellsworth put on some cement and Charles and I mixed the sand and cement well and then Ellsworth put In the water and we mixed it again. Ellsworth put In some more water till it was sloppy. Then I shoveled the cement into the brick while Charles took the broom and spread it. We put in the bricks on the south side of the school yard. FLOYD BROWN. 6-A Grade, Sevastapol School. If trust is the first requisite for making a friend, faithfulness Is the first requisite for keeping him.

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS About four hundred years ago a boy lived in. Italy by the name of Christopher Columbus. He lived near the sea. He liked to sit on the wharf and watch the ships sailing away to far off countries. He liked to her the stories that the sailors told him. One day he was sitting on the wharf and he began to cry. A sailor came up and asked him what was the matter. He told him that he wanted to be a sailor. One day he made up his mind to be a sailor. So he did. Afterwards he became captain and sailed far and wide. The people living at that time thought the world was flat. Columbus thought it was round. One day he wanted to go to India. He asked for help The king and queen of Spain gave him three small ships and about ninety men. He set sail on August 3,1492. He sailed for many weeks. One day some birds were seen. Afterwards on October 12, land was discovered. Strange men came out to meet the white men. Columbus thought the land was India, so he called the people Indians. He did not know he had discovered a new world. FLOYD GARDNER, 4-B Grade, Baxter School. The Dog and the Skunk There was once a dog who told me about his mother's youth. When she was very young a bear got after her. She cried and her mother came and carried her to her nest. Her mother told her to keep quiet when she heard a skunk coming, for skunks love to tease little pups. One day she saw the old skunk go to the river to get a drink. She thought that this was a good chance to run away from home. As she starteed out the skunk saw her. He chased her all around the field and would have caught her if her mother had not rescued her. GAZEL, Columbia City. THE GOOD DOCTOR Once upon a time there was a very poor woman who had three children. She always worked very hard and had worn herself out. Now she was very ill. The children sent for the doctor but they had no money to pay him. He was a very kind doctor so he said that he would do all he could to help them. As the children were playing in the yard they saw something sparkling in the grass. They picked it up and found that it was a diamond. The good doctor took It to town and sold it for them. The doctor took them all to his house to live. The children each had a pony and the mother soon grew strong. She was the most beautiful lady in the city. Mary Jane Schillinger.

My Trip to Italy I went to New York on the train and had a delightful trip. I saw many pretty things. At New York I got on a steamer. I had my clothes in a valise. We went across the Atlantic ocean in about one week. We went to Bordeaux, France. We stayed there three days. We went across the southern part of France to Marseilles, France. We got a steamer from Marseilles to Genoa, Italy. We went through Genoa and saw many beautiful buildings. We stayed in Genoa one week. On the sixth day we started for Florence. I saw many famous art buildings In Florence, which are among the best in the world. We finished the week and part of the next in Florence. Next we started for Rome. Rome is the Capital of Italy. There were many splendors in Rome. We saw many gardens and In the country there were groves of grapes, lemons, mulberry trees and oranges. There are many ruins of ancient buildings. One, the Vatican where the Pope resides, is the most noted place in Christendom. Another is St. Teters, which is the largest and most famous church in the world. Another Is the Coliseum, which is a huge oval-shaped amphitheatre open to the sky, which seats forty to fifty thousand. Rome was a beautiful city. We stayed there for a week and afterwards went to Naples on the north side of the Naples May. Toward the east is Mt. Vesuvius with the Apennnines In the distance. On the south side of the bay is a deep rocky coast, behind which are villages partly hidden among olive, lemon and orange groves. All along the bay are cities and towns. We stayed there five days. Next we went through the strait of Mlssina up the Adriatic Sea to eVnice. Here I saw many famous ruins of ancient buildings. We stayed with some people that lived on the Grand Canal, which is the main one. Wo stayed here about ten days and visited many places. We had a splendid time. The next day I was to start for home. We went down the Adriatic Stea, through the Mediterranean Sea, through the Strait ot Gibralter. Then wc started to cross the Atlantic. We landed at New York. I got on a train and came to Richmond. . I had a splendid voyage and I took notes about everything I had seen and wrote an account in a book. . So ended my voyage to Italy. W'ould you like to take this voyage? RUTH HARLAN, Age 10 yrs., 6-A Grade, Baxter School. PETER COTTONTAIL Once there was a little rabbit that got; loose from his mother. He was traveling through the w bod when he saw a light. At last, he came to it. He saw that it was his own sister Cottontail's house, and there was her husband Jack. They took him and gave him a cabbage leaf and some beans and water. When he had finished she Bent him to bed. The next morning Peter was the first one up. He got his breakfast and Susan sent him to get somo milk. It was rabbit village so he got the milk and started home. Peter didn't like to carry the milk so he drank it. He then stumbled and broke the bottle so when he got home he had nothing left. Susan asked where the milk and bottle were and he told her that he drank the milk and broke the bottle. She sent him to bed without his dinner. When Jack came home Susan told him the story. Jack decided to punish Peter. He put Peter in a bag and got a strap and then I don't know what he did but I do know that Peeter was never naughty again. They all lived happy ever after, Mary Jane Schillinger, Warner SchooL

THE HONOR ROLL Every room in Baxter School building has an Honor Roll. This includes every pupil that has bought a Thrift Stamp. When he has four dollars worth he has a gold star placed opposite his name. He has a gold star for every four Thrift Stamps he gets. When he has four dollards worth he has a small American flag placed opposite his name. . The Fourth Grade is foing to try to get more Thrift Stamps than any other room. MABEL BORTNER, . , 4-A Gradfc, Baxter School. ' ' -

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