Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 119, 30 March 1918 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, MARCH 30, 1913

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THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium Is the children's section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 0. 1916, and Issued ecch Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters ?.nd contributors. News -Items, 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 of the paper, with the author's name and age signed. Aunt Molly is always glad to meet the children personally au they bring their articles to the Palladium office, or to receive tetters addressed to tne Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each ooy and girl will use it thoroughly.

Dear Junior Folks : You are all patriotic boys and girls aren't you, Juniors? Of course you are. You have done wonderfully well in buying thrift and war saving stamps and in doing work for the Red Cross but then folks there are other things that must be done and you little folks are just the ones to do them. You have heard of the Smileage Books. Do you know what they are for Junior Folks? They are books that will entitle the holder to any entertainment that is given. They

cost a dollar. Buy them boys and girls and by doing so you will be giving the soldier to whom you send it a chance to have

a good time. Then too, you have heard Belgiums. Just stop a minute

must suffer. They have been behind the German lines for three years and have practically nothing. They have no

homes, no clothing and very

have had to bear the awful cruelty of the Germans. Send them old clothes folks. They don't care if they are stained

and torn. The Belgiums are so this spring when you are clothes look at them carefully

use them next winter and if not don't put them away in the attic but take them to 14 North 9th street and have them sent to those stricken people. Do this Juniors and you will please your country and your old AUNT MOLLY

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Leonard Yost. Beachy gets very excited in General Science. She spilt a bottle of ink on her new Zebra dress. We can't blame her as she was so close to Professor. r Aunt Matilda has had a very severe attack of the measles. Sarah Ann has tried very hard Our Hospital One day we asked mama what we should play and she said to play hospital and to use a sheet for the ambulance. We decided to do as she said. First we took Junior, of course, he wasn't heavy and we got him to thb' n -. Heavy, out we managed to get her over.1 Then came Mar- '. shall's turn and when we were hnlf way across the room the sheet split and Marshall fell on the floor. Marcella Eyarison. At Home - At home this year I have had the whooping cough. I crocheted up all the crochet thread-that we had. When my father went to town he got me some more. I crocheted a yoke with it. I have had the whooping cough for seven weeks. I am about ready to go back to school now. I am a reader of the Junior and can hardly wait until Saturday so that I can real It. Edith Crawford. Creensfork school.

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of the clothes campaign for the and think of how those people little to eat. Then, too, they very glad to get anything and putting away your winter and see if you will be able to CD C t to MVr"?' ln"'" ' " . i . w IV. . .v tr-n cj Tcitil v hit l lrl thai h met I at the basket ball tournament. Her name is Glenna Crown. Vernon Ward entertains himself very much in the study hall by writing notes. Louis Binge must be very awkward from what wo hear. He fell last week and hurt his knee so that he could not attend school. Violet Ryan gets so excited when she meets Red Overman that she always runs into him. AN EASTER STORY One Raster morning I went to get my eggs. I made my nests the night before. I looked in the corner of the porch and in the corner of the cellar window. I looked in the baru and there were two big Easter eggs. They werj aTwDblu; colored eggs and the two big eggs. Katherine Parrish, 5A Grade, Baxter School. EASTER TIME I Faw an Easter Bunny; It was neither black nor white, lie never did and never will Get in a scrap or fight. But when it comes to laying. He's right there all the time; And he never stops his laying Until Easter time. David Benn, 5 A Grade, Baxter School. EASTER LILIES Beautiful Easter lilies so fair, Growing everywhere; How beautiful you arc Now with your white blossoms so fair. Dorothy Orr, 5A, Baxter School.

THE HAPPY EASTER Once in a little village there lived a poor widow with her two children. It was the night before Easter. She had nothing to give her children on Easter. That night as she as lying in her bed thinking what she should give her children she saw a beautiful light In her room. It turned out to be a beautiful fairy. She asked the woman what sh- wanted her .children to have. The woman told her one little rabbit each: The fairy struck the floor with her golden wand and two little rabbits sprang up. Tim faiw vanished. The next

morning when the children got up thev saw bv their ueus two nine ! rabbits They said it was the happiest PnstPi- thev had ever had. Roberta Sheffer, ago 11, 131 Chestnut street. Baxter School. THE WHITE CHILD REN'S EASTER "Oh, mother, here is a letter from grandma, exclaimed breath less Jim. Read it, quick." "Yes. read it," piped up the oth er children. So the mother of these excited children sat down to read the following letter. Now since this letter was so exciting, we will 'have to read it also. Boston, March 23, 1918 Dear children: 1 hope that this letter will' find you well and happy. I am feeling fine. What I really want to know Easter? Stay at home, I suppose you will say; but I nm going to say something about that. You are all coming to grandma's and have the nicest Easter you ever had. Now pack up real quick and 1 will be looking for you on the five-thir ty trainto morrow. Now good-bye and hurry because grandma is waiting. With love, GRANDMA. "Oh, may we go?" chimed three anxious Voices. . "Why of course, if. grandma says we must" said Mrs. White. "I think that grandma is awful nice," said little Elsie. "Of course she is," said Mae. "She is the nicest grandma- in the world, guess I know," said Jim. "Well", said smiling Mrs. White, "Every one of you get dressed before daddy gets here." When daddy came, Elsie was the first one to tell him the news. "Oh, daddy," she said, "I dot some awful good news. Dramma White said that we were all going is what you are going to do to her house Easter. We are going too. Wait a minute and I'll get the letter." So happy little Elsie trotted out to get the lp,1(,rt",iomr,;ft?.t..,"V: ;aT"Vusy'. packing Each of the children took grandmother a present. At four-thirty they got on the train and were off. Oh, what a wearisome journey it was for these children. When would they get to grandma's? What time was it? Why didn't the train go faster? These were a few of the questions that they asked their parents. At last the conductor called out, "Boston " How happy they were and just as they stepped off the train they ran into grandmother's arms. What a greeting took place. Then they were bustled into grandfather's auto, and whiz they were traveling over the road before they realized It. At last they stopped In front of grandma's house where they were always welcome. The cows nodded thpir h"jMchickr.. uiad to see you. - .:-. ..:r' ' - - ". - "Sit down, "my dears, and eat a big supper," said grandmother. Tbey did not need a second invitation but did as they were told. At eight o'clock grandmother said: "Now, my dears, you must all go to bed, for I know that you are tired and besides, have you forgotten that the little bunny will come?" They went off to bed and how nice it seemed to climb into an old-fashioned bed. The next morning they were up bright and early to see what the rabbit had brough them. There were three big Easter baskets full of candy eggs. Grandma's sewing basket was full of colored eggs. Then grandmother said, "Here Is a big egg for all of you. Let Mae open the egg and see what there is in it? There is one apiece for all of you." So Mae opened the lid and out

stepped three downy little chick3 i They were very sweet. They were grandmother's Easter gift to them. Mrs. White came into the room nnd said, "Children, I have a nice Easter story for you. So they sat down and mother told the following story: Last night I awoke about eleven o'clock and heard very strange sounds downstairs. I got up and when I got half way down I saw Mr. Bunny fixing eggs. When he saw me he became frightened and started to run away, but I told him not to be afraid because I would not hurt him. At last he said: "Would you like to do me a favor?" "Certainly," I said. "Well," he began, "I am working for Uncle Sam and I sell Thrift stamps. Will you buy some from me and give them to the children? Then try to urge them to biiy more and when they get sixteen they can trade them for a War Savings certificate. In five years the government will pay you five dollars for each certificate." "So I bought you each a stamp from the rabbit. Each one of these stamps costs 25 cents. Save your money end buy more." "Yes," said grandmother, "I am going to give each of you a quarter to buy a stamp." Every one hugged each other and said, "It is the happiest Easter we ever had." Julia Burr, 6-A grade, Starr School.

Easter is Very Near Oh Easter bunny bright, Why don't you come by daylight, I know you will bring me cheer, Because Easter is almost here. Babel Bortner, 5B Grade, Baxter school. EASTER DAY It's not the feast so richly spread And not the words we say, It's not the greeting nor the song That makes Easter day. But this one little thought for us, To take and keep always, Two helpful hands and one glad heart Will make a glad Easter day. Mary E. Dean, 5A Grade, Baxter School. Look before you leap. None but the loving souls are fit for the study of nature. He laughs best who laughs last. Everyone for himself and God for us all. WAGON'S JBUP1 Australian soldiers

Secure, for a while at least, in their dugout camouflaged by tho ruins of an old wagon, these Australian soldiers are prepared for anything the foe may start.

THE PRAYER OF A SLAVE BOY (St. Patrick) When I came to Ireland I was daily employed feeding pattle and oftentimes during the day prayed; and the love and fear of God more and more inflamed me, and my faith and my spirit increased, so that In one day I have made a hundred prayers, and in the night nearly an equal number. So I also remained in the woods and on the mountain, and rose up before day to pray. In snow, in frost, in rain, and felt no injury; nor was there anyslothfulness in me, as I now perceive, because the spirit was ardent and warm within me. Thomas Ryan, St. Mary's School.

LELAH'S EASTER Last Monday Lelah came to her mother and asked her it she could have some eggs. Her mother asked her what she was going to do with them. Lelah said she was going to color them and give them to Mary because she was sick. Her mother said if she would hunt some eggs she could have a dozen. Then Lelah went out to the hen house and found four eggs. She went to the barn and found ten more eggs. She took them to her mother. Her mother askedher if she looked in the barrel. Lelah ran to see if there were any eggs in there. The nest was full of eggs. She ran back to get a pan to put them in. She took the eggs to the house and colored them. Late that afternoon she went to Mary's house and made a nest on the back step. She left a dozen eggs in the nest When sho was running away she saw someone come out of the hack door. Mary's mother saw the ne3t and took it to Mary. Mary had a very nice time that Easter. Ruth Hamilton. 4A Baxter School. What r Did Last Easter Tiie night before Easter I helped color the eggs. Then I went to bed. The next morning I got up earlier thau usual and I went out and gathered my eggs. I had a good time all i day. Ruth McMahan, 322 Randolph St., CB Grade, Baxter School. MY PET KITTEN I have a little pet kitten at i home. His name is Bluey. I named him that because he is blue. He is very funny. Edith Swaim, Second grade, conomy. Half a loaf is better than no bread. in a snug place.

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