Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 137, 20 April 1918 — Page 13

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. APRIL 20. 1918 PAOB THREB

Girl Does Work When Mother is 111 .1 am saving up my money to buy Thrift Stamps. I have 15 cents already. My mother is sick and yesterday I had to do almost all of the work. In the morning I washed the dishes, made the beds, and took care of little sister and then got dinner. .In the aftternoon I took sister out again. Then I got supper, and did the dishes. Then I read the paper a little and went to bed.

next Saturday I am going to the Washington to see Little Red Riding Hood It costs 5 cents to go. I am helping to win the war all I can. Grace Ryan, Baxter School. PLAY TIME . One day I called my dog to get her dinner, but she didn't come, so I went to hunt her. I couldn't find her. so went home in disgust. I went to feed my rabbits and found her in the box with them. She likes them very much. Joe Hildebrand, Columbia City. THRIFT STAMPS. Buy Thrift Stamps to help Uncle Sam. Dcn't buy just one, but sixteen. When you have sixteen exchange it for a War Savings Stamp. I am going to work this summer to helD win the war. Melburn Kutter, East Jefferson School. A nickel and a penny were lying or. the table. The penny fell off, why didn't the nickel? Ans. A nickel has more sense (cents) than a penny. Katherine Duval. Pauline Arnold, Starr School. WORK O FA THRIFT STAMP. Each Thrift Stamp kills a German, A German that is so cruel; A big stamp kills the Kaiser The Kaiser that tries to rule. In 1923 how happy will we be, When we can get the money, And set our allies free. Phillip Kessler, Starr School. Boy Picks Greens I picked greens and sold them. I got sixty-two cents for them. I bought Thrift Stamps. Howard Harlan, 2A. How I Help Win the War I used to go to the picture shows two times a week. Now I only go to the picture shows once a week. I go with my mother, and sometimes when father has time he goes with mother pnd I. Robert Hough, Baxter School. JOHNNY'S THRIFT STAMPS. "Johnny went to school one day feeline verv smart. He raised his hand with all his might. The! i i .i i i i i j He said, "I want some thrift ! stamps. Four if you please." . "What are they," asked the children. They did not know what he meant. The teacher was the only one beside John that knew. Johnny pot his thrift stamps and was the first to have his name placed on the thrift stamp honor roll. That noon Johnny told the children all about thrift stamps. The children bought them after that, and now Johnny's room is ahead of all the other rooms in the sale of thrift stamps. Mary Jane Schillinger, Warner School. Brother Sends New Dimes When my big brother was" In California when ever I wrote him a letter he would send me new dimes and on Christmas he would send $2.00. When the Thrift Stamp club was organized I bought two War Savings Stamps. "Another way I bought Thrift Stamps was to sell old papers to the rag man and I also do not 1uy much c$ndy and save money that I used to spend for candy. Ruth McMahan, Baxter School. SAVE SUGAR We think of our soldiers In France, how they need comfort and plenty to eat and wear. We can not feed and clothe them unless we save. Some of the candy companies have barrels of sugar, while grocer so we got a little bottle and sugar and not have over five cents worth of candy a week, we might be able to do something. Instead of Bugar candy we could have molasses candy and in that way save sugar. Use your left-overs and help our soldiers. Marianne Swayne.

GIRL SCOUT GETS

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Mrs. Woodrow Wilson recently conferred tha golden eaglet badge, the highest honor attainable by a girl scout, to Miss Edna Ruth Coleman, of Washington. Miss Coleman is but the fourth girl in the United States to receive the honor and she passed fifteen of the seventeen proficiency tests to qualify when fourteen were only necessary. Winning the eaglet adds seven more to Miss Coleman's list of scout achievements.

WHAT I AM GOING TO DO TO WIN THE WAR. Did vnn ever eo nast a candy 'jhop and have a nickel or dime? And the candy looked so good that you just start to go in ana get some and then you remember what your teacher said about Thrift Stamps. You go home and father eives vou fifteen cents and says now you can buy that candy you saw. But you say now-1 will get a Thrift Stamp. Philip Grams, Starr School. A SURPRISE. One morning I got up and found a pig in the clothes basket. He could not drink milk from a saucer so we wot a little bottle and made him drink out of it. One morning when I got up he was gone and mother said that he was dead. Robert Lewis, Starr Schoo.l THRIFT STAMP HELPS WIN THE WAR. I am a Thrift Stamp and cost twenty-five cents. I am going to help my country win the war. I am for a soldier boy in the trenches. Robert Chestnut, 3B, Starr School. HOW I GOT IT IN THE EYE. One night this winter I was with my friend. He and I were standing reading a paper. The first thing I knew something went zing, and I had my hand up to my eye, brushing the snow out of it My brother had thrown the snowball. Ralph Pratt, Columbia City, Ind. Girl Dries Dishes for Mother I dry dishes every night for mother. Mildred gives me a dime every Tuesday night I save my dimes and buy Thrift Stamps. Mary Parker, 2A grade. '

GOLDEN EAGLET Ruth Coleman. WAITING FOR SCHOOL TO BE OUT. I was waiting for school to be out one afternoon. It seemed to be longer than any other time. My aunt was at my house and she had some children with her. I had some games that I made up. I was thinking about it too much and I had to stay in for spelling-class. It was late when I got home and my aunt was gone home.-Naomi Long, age 12, grade 5A, West Ward. Columbia City, Ind. COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL. One day when I was coming home from school I was was riding my tricycle. My brother was behind me and I thought that he was trying to stop me with a stick. I told him not to do it He said that was not doing anything. I looked at my wheel and there was a crack in it. It was making all the noise. Mark Grams. Starr School. GIRL WANTED TO BUY THRIFT STAMPS. I asked mother if I could take the money out of my bank and buy Thrift Stamps. She said that I didn't have enough money. My cousin has four War Savings Stamps and her sister has two Thrift Stamps Ruth Eleanor Roland. SAVE. Let us save money, And not spend it for honey. So the soldiers can tramp On a wretched miser, Who is the Kaiser. Elizabeth Unthank, Starr School. DRINKING FROM THE HOSE. I had the hose and-was going to take a drink. I turned it on slow and was drinking when someone turned it on full force. It splashed into my face. Helen Plattner, Columbia City.

Girl Takes Care of Baby One day when I was playing In the back yard, my neighbor lady came over to my house. She asked me if I would stay with her baby till she vent to town. Of course I could not tell her "no", because I liked to play with the baby. She told me if I would stay with it she would give me a quarter to buy a Thrift Stump. When she came back instead of giving me a quarter, why she gave me fifty cents. I bought two stare ps with that money. Every day I wash the dishes and dust the rooms for my mother. At the end of each week she gives me five cents. I have pulled the sprouts off the potatoes, and I get money for them. I am saving every penny I make to buy Thrift Stamps with for I want to do all I can to help Uncle Sam win the war. Ruth Hamilton, Baxter.

Girl Sweeps Floor I earn my money by working. I wash the dishes, sweep , the floor and take care of the little chickens. Mother pays me 10 cents each time I cary the ashes out for mother. I do not work for money, but she pays me for it. When I have 25 cents I buy Thrift Stamps. Margaret Harvey, Baxter School. Girl Saves Money I earned one Thrift Stamp by putting a verse in the newspaper. And for. the rest I drew money that I had saved from the bank. The way I saved up that money was, I saved my pennies, nickels, and dimes, and put them in my little bank. I do not go to very many picture shows," only those that we know are good and I do not buy candy. Thelma1 Albin, Baxter. Boy Will Work in Garden I earn money by woi?:ing at home for sister. I dry dishes, sweep the floor, and carry out the ashes on Saturday mornings. This summer I am going to mow the grass for a lady that will give me 75 cents. In the afternoons I am going to work in our garden. I will not get money for it, but I will get some of the vegetables. I will sell them and buy Thrift Stamps. Robert Long, 6B, 11 years old, Baxter School. Boy Empties Ashes Every Tuesday and Saturday mornings I go to a lady's house to empty ashes. She pays me a dollar a month. I use it to buy Thrift Stamps. Then after school I beat rugs for mother but not for money. Fred Throckmorton, Baxter. , Boy Helps His Mother I help my mother dust. My brother and I do the dishes. On Monday I mop the kitchen floor. In the summer I help my mother do her washings. She buys me Thrift Stamps. She buys me one every week. I have ten Thrift Stamps now. Wilbur Robbins, Baxter School.

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Query Corner

Tho editor will try to answer questions readers of tho Junior submit to her. She will not; promise to answer U of them. The questions will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the answer to bo printed in the same week in which you 6end It in. Dear Aunt Molly: Whv do girls wear hair ribbons? Willie. Dear Willie: The main reason is because they want to b2 in style. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Who are the most important, boys or girls? Columbia City. Dear Columbia City: They both are very important. One is not more important than the other Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Do you like cats? Tommy A. Dear Tommy: I do not like them, but I do think that they are very useful as they tend to keep the rats and mice from eating up the food which ve ourselvts can eat Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Who is Mr. Asquith? Ada Me. Dear Ada: Mr. Herbert Henry Asquith was formerly the, Prime Minister of England. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Who is Rene Viviani? Ada Meyers. Dear Ada: Rene Viviani was the Premier of France. Ed.. Dear Aunt Molly: , Hew old are you? Mary S. Dear Mary: I'm afraid to tell .but you may come to the office and then perhaps you can guess. Ed. THRIFT STAMP MONEY I save all our old paper and magazines. I asked my grandmother to save her paper and magazines for me. It then tie them up with cord. My father takes them to the junk shop. With the money I buy Thrift Stamps. When the Palladium was giving a stamp for the best Thrift Stamp verse I won one. My mother gives me money about every week to buy Thrift Stamps with. I earned the money by helping mother. Curtis Hayward, Baxter School. A MISTAKE. At school the other day a girl that sat back of me was making a face of the kaiser. She began to spell kaiser with a capital letter, , but I told her that since be was our enemy we should not use a capital letter. Mary Jane Schillinger, Warner School.