Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 161, 18 May 1918 — Page 15

RICHMOND PALLADIUM, MAY 18, 1918

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The Jig's Up, OF Pal; We'll Hafta Enlist or Go to Work!"

MAKING THIS A CHILDREN'S WAR Not since the historic Childreu's Crusade have the children played such an active and important part in any war as they are doing in the one today. They are making Red Cross supplies, planting gardens, and helping very materially in the nation-wide campaign to save food for the soldiers, sailors and the Allies. In the interest of food saving the public school children' of various states in the Union have made many posters and cartoons, and have written essays on food conservation. In the State of Washington the essays have been distributed to woman's clubs throughout the slte. and have formed an interesting colibution to the conservation propaganda which most of these clubs are now conducting. The following sugar essay is a sample of the work done there. It was written by a school-girl in Chewelah, Washington. HELP WIN THE WAR. "Remember this in your coffee: "One lump of sugar is patriotism, two is f-lackerism, three is desertion, and four is treason. "We are at war with Germany, and must win. It is the duty of every patriotic American citizen to save sugar. "Our boys in khaki and the Allies are fighting on the cold, wet battle fields of France and need sugar. Sugar gives heat to the body. To our soldiers sugar is neceesity. With plenty of it our soldiers will be better able to fight and conquer. "We at home can save sugar by substituting glucose, syrups, and honey. Honey is more expensive than Bugar, but it should be our purpose to save sugar no matter what the substitutes cost. Cakes should not be made very often. When they are made they need not bo frosted.

A NIGHT SPENT ALONE One night while I was attending my club we fell to talking about ghosts and haunted houses After we had all told all the gruesome stories we could command, one young man who had heretofore remained quiet, offered to wager five pounds that no one there was brave enough to stay in a certain house that he knew about. I immediately covered his wager. The house was located in the middle of a dense forest and, so the story goes, it had once belonged to a young man who had used it for a hunting lodge. He and his bride had gone there and neither had ever been seen again. Hunters said that stronge cries could be heard around the house. The next morning according to my agreement I started for the house. I took with me a stout walking stick and a pair of pistols because I intended to take no play from the ghosts. It was toward night when I arrived at my destination and when I saw what a desolate looking place it was, I repented of my bargain. Summoning all my courage I entered the house and soon had a fire roaring in the grate. After eating my supper my spirits rose and, lighting my pipe, I decided to walk around the grounds. As I saw nothing alarming, I decided to go to bed. About midnight I was awakened by a frightful noise and a blinding light. I laid still as my limbs felt as though they were paralized Again and again came that awe-inspiring noise and the light. At last I could bear it no longer and, springing up, I lighted a light. The noise came from a room in another part of the house and so clinging to my pistol, I started in search of it. Upon entering the room I could at first see nothing. At last I saw a small dark object in one corner, and, upon investigation, it proved to be a forlorn screech owl. I then decided to find what caused the light. Upon going to the window I found that a storm had been raging and I in my excitement had not noticed it. The light was, of course caused by the lightning. I was much relieved and went back to bed and slept soundly until morning. I promised myself that thai would be the last time that I would stay all night in supposedly haunted houses.

Bobby was out in the back yard and he heard a pig grunt. "What are you grunting about?" Bobby wanted to know. "You've got it soft. You don't have to go to school."

Women in the Business World Now since so many men have been called into service by their country, n.any positions are opened to women that were heretofore tabooed. For the girl or woman who has originality, newspaper work is a fine thing. The girl or woman who takes up this line of work should have good health and good common sense. She should know what will please the public. There are many disappointments in connection with this work though. If the article written is not pleasing or interesting it is thrown away. There i3 also a great deal of hard work connected with mis business and the salaries are small. The reporters on the large papers are paid from $15 to $50 per week, but women reporters seldom reach the $50 mark. A woman's clothes for this type of work should be simple, but of good material. Now-a-days many women practice medicine. In fact there is a great demand for women doctors. Nearly all the medical schools are open to women. There has also been a demand for women dentists and many schools of dentistry are open to them. Then too there has been a demand for women pharmacists and mathematicians, printers and architects. Since President Buchanans' administration, women have been employed as clerks in Governmental offices. They have been found more efficient than men in detectI ing counterfeit and in handling mutilated money. Typists and bookkeepers are always in demand. Since the establishment of Kindergartens in all the public schols there has been a demand for teachers and for the girl who cares for children there is no kind of work that is more desirable. This Is very important work as it ia a way trains the children for what is to come in the grades. They become accustomed to school ways and because of this are more easily controlled in the in the other grades. Children who have kindergarten training also seem to get along faster in pchool. Private kindergartens are money making undertakings. Since the war began there are many women who have the management of farms. Most of these

women have shown themselves capable of farming. If a girl desires to take up agriculture there are schools throughout the country that have special courses for agriculture. Poultry raising is also becoming a fad with the American women. There is a great deal of money in this work if it is properly managed. For the woman with capital the dairy business is a money making enterprise, but if carried on in a small scale the profits will not be very great.

SERVING WITH SANITARY CORPS.

A Belgian war dog. fully protected against Hun frightfulness, is here shown surveying the field of battle in his quest of victims of the fray. These canines perform wonderful service and there are thousands of fighters of all armies who have been rescued by them.

West Virginia and Ohio investors have incorporated the Liberty Collieries Co., Charleston. W. Va., with $150,000 capital for developing coal lands.

You Should Have a Garden This spring every one should be considering the garden question. 'On the farm there is never a spring but that the farmers prepare for a large garden harvest. But some people in town who have only back yards for their gardens, before now have thought it not worth their while to have so small a garden. For every one to have gardens is especally necessary in war times. Think of the money people in town spend for vegetables, which could go for Liberty bonds or Red Cross or some help in the war. Those vegetables might just as well have come out of their own back yard. Plants are high and I think if everyone would buy seeds and grow his own plants it would be much cheaper. Of course back yard gardens are rather small, but one way to economize in space is not to sow seeds such as lettuce or radishes all at once. Sow a few now and later sow some more, use the vegetables from the seeds sowed first and put something in its place. Of course some people who live in flats have no yards for gardens. If it is impossible for them to rent a vacant lot, the ones who have gardens do not have to buy and so what they would buy would be on the market for some one else. .

Query Corner!

The editor will try to answer questions readers of tho -Junior submit' to her. She will not promise to answer all of them. The questions will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the answ?? ta.be printed in the same week i hlcta you send It In. "

Dear Aunt Molly: What kind of slippers do you think are suitable for a girl ten years old? Freda Mae Layer. Dear Freda: Personally I think white shoes look better on a girl of that age than other shoes, but if one desires slippers, I think that Oxfords or ''Baby Doll" pumps are suitable. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Do you think girls of thirteen are too young to go with boys? - Blue Eyes and Curly.

Dear Blue Eyes and Curly Locks:

I am not editing the "Heart and Home Column" here, but I think that girls of that age should give all their time to studying and not

to the boys. Ed. ... Dear Aunt Molly: ! Who is Von Hindenburg? Tommy. Dear Tommy: Von Hindenburg is the commander of Germany's troops. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly Why do people have hair? Miriam Mc. Dear Miriam: A long time ago the hair was a protection against the cold, but now it seems that it is for ornamental purposes only. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: What arc some good magazines? . Marold B. Dear Harold: The Lone Scout, Boy Scout, St. Nicklas, Youths' Companion, American, Woman's Home Companion and Every Week are some very good magazines for boys and girls. Dear Aunt Molly: What is your ravorite flower? Ruth. Dear Ruth: I have no favorite flower. I am fond of all of them. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: What is the name of the paper published by the High School? ... Lawrence C. Dear Lawrence: It is called the R. H. S. Register. Ed. Dear Aunt Molly: Do you like dogs? Marjorie M. Dear Marjorie: Yes, I am very fond of dogs. Ed.

The time has been changed purposely for men who work in factories, so they can work of an evening in their gardens. Anyone who is not informed on how to make garden, could easily question Mr. Murphy, and the government also sends out pamphlets for the benefit of the gardener. WILODEAN STETTLER.

Machinery will be built by the Auto Knot Machine Co., WinstonSalem, N. C, incorporated with $100,000 capital.

SPRAYING IS DEATH TO BUGS j0 V s-' xsynm Y y S ' "I 'i '; ?A7S )

Keep the bugs on the run, says the National War Garden Commission, of Washington, which will give any reader of this paper a free war

garden primer if he sends for it. Buy W S S i j&zia.sm:,